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Craig Mello PhD

TitleDistinguished Professor
Endowed TitleBlais University Chair in Molecular Medicine
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentRNA Therapeutics Institute
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
368 Plantation Street Suite AS5-2047
Worcester MA 01605
Phone508-856-1602
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentCancer Center

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    DepartmentProgram in Molecular Medicine

    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentRNA Therapeutics Institute

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentInterdisciplinary Graduate Program

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentMD/PhD Program

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentRNA Therapeutics and Biology Program

    InstitutionUMass Chan Programs, Centers and Institutes
    DepartmentCancer Center


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    Brown University, Providence, RI, United StatesBSBiochemistry
    Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United StatesPHDCellular/Developmental Biology

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    Academic Background

    Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine

    Dr. Craig C. Mello received his B.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Brown University in 1982, and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1990. From 1990 to 1994 he conducted postdoctoral research at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA. He has been a member of the University of Massachusetts Medical School faculty since 1995, and a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator since 2000. His pioneering research on RNAi, in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Fire, has been recognized with numerous awards culminating with the prestigious 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

    RNA-mediated Gene Regulation

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    In much the same way that we use short search queries to navigate the World Wide Web, cells use short segments of genetic code to find and regulate matching information. The proteins that mediate these searches are highly conserved in plants and animals and are essential for viability and fertility. Craig Mello is investigating how these search mechanisms work and how organisms use them to regulate, share, and propagate genetic information.

    For more information about Dr. Mello's research, please visit his Howard Hughes Medical Institute page at:

    https://www.hhmi.org/research/rna-interference-and-development-c-elegans


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    There are numerous potential rotation project available in the Mello lab:



    Projects include: Investigation of RNAi and related mechanisms, including Piwi Argonaute pathways and their affects on fertility and epigenetic inheritance; Investigation of germline determination and cell-fate specification during embryogenesis; the exploration of CRISPR mediated genome editing tools for C. elegans and other organisms; and finally the use of CRISPR to generate C. elegans models for human genetic disease.



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    1. Kim Y, Nguyen TT, Durning DJ, Ishidate T, Aydemir O, Mello CC, Hu Y, Kahn TW, Aroian RV. Resistance to Cry14A family Bacillus thuringiensis crystal proteins in Caenornabditis elegans operates via the nhr-31 transcription factor and vacuolar-type ATPase pathway. PLoS Pathog. 2024 Oct; 20(10):e1012611. PMID: 39423230.
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    2. Zhang G, Zheng C, Ding YH, Mello C. Casein kinase II promotes piRNA production through direct phosphorylation of USTC component TOFU-4. Nat Commun. 2024 Mar 28; 15(1):2727. PMID: 38548791.
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    3. Zhang G, Zheng C, Ding YH, Mello C. Casein kinase II promotes piRNA production through direct phosphorylation of USTC component TOFU-4. bioRxiv. 2023 Aug 10. PMID: 37609319.
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    4. Sun B, Kim H, Mello CC, Priess JR. The CERV protein of Cer1, a C. elegans LTR retrotransposon, is required for nuclear export of viral genomic RNA and can form giant nuclear rods. PLoS Genet. 2023 Jun; 19(6):e1010804. PMID: 37384599.
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    5. Ding YH, Ochoa HJ, Ishidate T, Shirayama M, Mello CC. The nuclear Argonaute HRDE-1 directs target gene re-localization and shuttles to nuage to promote small RNA-mediated inherited silencing. Cell Rep. 2023 05 30; 42(5):112408. PMID: 37083324.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    6. Dai S, Tang X, Li L, Ishidate T, Ozturk AR, Chen H, Dude AL, Yan YH, Dong MQ, Shen EZ, Mello CC. A family of C. elegans VASA homologs control Argonaute pathway specificity and promote transgenerational silencing. Cell Rep. 2022 09 06; 40(10):111265. PMID: 36070689.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    7. Ghanta KS, Chen Z, Mir A, Dokshin GA, Krishnamurthy PM, Yoon Y, Gallant J, Xu P, Zhang XO, Ozturk AR, Shin M, Idrizi F, Liu P, Gneid H, Edraki A, Lawson ND, Rivera-P?rez JA, Sontheimer EJ, Watts JK, Mello CC. 5'-Modifications improve potency and efficacy of DNA donors for precision genome editing. Elife. 2021 10 19; 10. PMID: 34665130.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    8. Makeyeva YV, Shirayama M, Mello CC. Cues from mRNA splicing prevent default Argonaute silencing in C.?elegans. Dev Cell. 2021 09 27; 56(18):2636-2648.e4. PMID: 34547227.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    9. Ghanta KS, Ishidate T, Mello CC. Microinjection for precision genome editing in Caenorhabditis elegans. STAR Protoc. 2021 09 17; 2(3):100748. PMID: 34505086.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    10. Kim H, Ding YH, Zhang G, Yan YH, Conte D, Dong MQ, Mello CC. HDAC1 SUMOylation promotes Argonaute-directed transcriptional silencing in C. elegans. Elife. 2021 05 18; 10. PMID: 34003109.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    11. Kim H, Ding YH, Lu S, Zuo MQ, Tan W, Conte D, Dong MQ, Mello CC. PIE-1 SUMOylation promotes germline fates and piRNA-dependent silencing in C. elegans. Elife. 2021 05 18; 10. PMID: 34003111.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    12. Spichal M, Heestand B, Billmyre KK, Frenk S, Mello CC, Ahmed S. Germ granule dysfunction is a hallmark and mirror of Piwi mutant sterility. Nat Commun. 2021 03 03; 12(1):1420. PMID: 33658512.
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    13. Chaves DA, Dai H, Li L, Moresco JJ, Oh ME, Conte D, Yates JR, Mello CC, Gu W. The RNA phosphatase PIR-1 regulates endogenous small RNA pathways in C.?elegans. Mol Cell. 2021 02 04; 81(3):546-557.e5. PMID: 33378643.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    14. Ghanta KS, Mello CC. Melting dsDNA Donor Molecules Greatly Improves Precision Genome Editing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 2020 11; 216(3):643-650. PMID: 32963112.
      Citations: 60     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    15. Dokshin GA, Davis GM, Sawle AD, Eldridge MD, Nicholls PK, Gourley TE, Romer KA, Molesworth LW, Tatnell HR, Ozturk AR, de Rooij DG, Hannon GJ, Page DC, Mello CC, Carmell MA. GCNA Interacts with Spartan and Topoisomerase II to Regulate Genome Stability. Dev Cell. 2020 01 06; 52(1):53-68.e6. PMID: 31839538.
      Citations: 26     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    16. Lagoy R, Kim H, Mello C, Albrecht D. A C. elegans model for the rare human channelopathy, Timothy syndrome type 1. MicroPubl Biol. 2018 Dec 18; 2018. PMID: 32550369.
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    17. Dokshin GA, Ghanta KS, Piscopo KM, Mello CC. Robust Genome Editing with Short Single-Stranded and Long, Partially Single-Stranded DNA Donors in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 2018 11; 210(3):781-787. PMID: 30213854.
      Citations: 186     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    18. Ishidate T, Ozturk AR, Durning DJ, Sharma R, Shen EZ, Chen H, Seth M, Shirayama M, Mello CC. ZNFX-1 Functions within Perinuclear Nuage to Balance Epigenetic Signals. Mol Cell. 2018 05 17; 70(4):639-649.e6. PMID: 29775580.
      Citations: 45     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    19. Tang W, Seth M, Tu S, Shen EZ, Li Q, Shirayama M, Weng Z, Mello CC. A Sex Chromosome piRNA Promotes Robust Dosage Compensation and Sex Determination in C.?elegans. Dev Cell. 2018 03 26; 44(6):762-770.e3. PMID: 29456136.
      Citations: 23     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    20. Shen EZ, Chen H, Ozturk AR, Tu S, Shirayama M, Tang W, Ding YH, Dai SY, Weng Z, Mello CC. Identification of piRNA Binding Sites Reveals the Argonaute Regulatory Landscape of the C.?elegans Germline. Cell. 2018 02 22; 172(5):937-951.e18. PMID: 29456082.
      Citations: 100     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    21. Seth M, Shirayama M, Tang W, Shen EZ, Tu S, Lee HC, Weng Z, Mello CC. The Coding Regions of Germline mRNAs Confer Sensitivity to Argonaute Regulation in C.?elegans. Cell Rep. 2018 02 27; 22(9):2254-2264. PMID: 29456100.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    22. Gammon DB, Ishidate T, Li L, Gu W, Silverman N, Mello CC. The Antiviral RNA Interference Response Provides Resistance to Lethal Arbovirus Infection and Vertical Transmission in Caenorhabditis elegans. Curr Biol. 2017 Mar 20; 27(6):795-806. PMID: 28262484.
      Citations: 34     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCellsPHPublic Health
    23. Carmell MA, Dokshin GA, Skaletsky H, Hu YC, van Wolfswinkel JC, Igarashi KJ, Bellott DW, Nefedov M, Reddien PW, Enders GC, Uversky VN, Mello CC, Page DC. A widely employed germ cell marker is an ancient disordered protein with reproductive functions in diverse eukaryotes. Elife. 2016 10 08; 5. PMID: 27718356.
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    24. Tang W, Tu S, Lee HC, Weng Z, Mello CC. The RNase PARN-1 Trims piRNA 3' Ends to Promote Transcriptome Surveillance in C. elegans. Cell. 2016 Feb 25; 164(5):974-84. PMID: 26919432.
      Citations: 69     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    25. Sharma U, Conine CC, Shea JM, Boskovic A, Derr AG, Bing XY, Belleannee C, Kucukural A, Serra RW, Sun F, Song L, Carone BR, Ricci EP, Li XZ, Fauquier L, Moore MJ, Sullivan R, Mello CC, Garber M, Rando OJ. Biogenesis and function of tRNA fragments during sperm maturation and fertilization in mammals. Science. 2016 Jan 22; 351(6271):391-396. PMID: 26721685.
      Citations: 526     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    26. Gu W, Gallagher GR, Dai W, Liu P, Li R, Trombly MI, Gammon DB, Mello CC, Wang JP, Finberg RW. Influenza A virus preferentially snatches noncoding RNA caps. RNA. 2015 Dec; 21(12):2067-75. PMID: 26428694.
      Citations: 33     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    27. Elewa A, Shirayama M, Kaymak E, Harrison PF, Powell DR, Du Z, Chute CD, Woolf H, Yi D, Ishidate T, Srinivasan J, Bao Z, Beilharz TH, Ryder SP, Mello CC. POS-1 Promotes Endo-mesoderm Development by Inhibiting the Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation of neg-1 mRNA. Dev Cell. 2015 Jul 06; 34(1):108-18. PMID: 26096734.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    28. Gammon DB, Mello CC. RNA interference-mediated antiviral defense in insects. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2015 Apr 01; 8:111-120. PMID: 26034705.
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    29. Hainer SJ, Gu W, Carone BR, Landry BD, Rando OJ, Mello CC, Fazzio TG. Suppression of pervasive noncoding transcription in embryonic stem cells by esBAF. Genes Dev. 2015 Feb 15; 29(4):362-78. PMID: 25691467.
      Citations: 46     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    30. Tsai HY, Chen CC, Conte D, Moresco JJ, Chaves DA, Mitani S, Yates JR, Tsai MD, Mello CC. A ribonuclease coordinates siRNA amplification and mRNA cleavage during RNAi. Cell. 2015 Jan 29; 160(3):407-19. PMID: 25635455.
      Citations: 40     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    31. Conte D, MacNeil LT, Walhout AJM, Mello CC. RNA Interference in Caenorhabditis elegans. Curr Protoc Mol Biol. 2015 Jan 05; 109:26.3.1-26.3.30. PMID: 25559107.
      Citations: 44     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    32. Gammon DB, Duraffour S, Rozelle DK, Hehnly H, Sharma R, Sparks ME, West CC, Chen Y, Moresco JJ, Andrei G, Connor JH, Conte D, Gundersen-Rindal DE, Marshall WL, Yates JR, Silverman N, Mello CC. A single vertebrate DNA virus protein disarms invertebrate immunity to RNA virus infection. Elife. 2014 Jun 25; 3. PMID: 24966209.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    33. Kim H, Ishidate T, Ghanta KS, Seth M, Conte D, Shirayama M, Mello CC. A co-CRISPR strategy for efficient genome editing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 2014 Aug; 197(4):1069-80. PMID: 24879462.
      Citations: 169     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    34. Shirayama M, Stanney W, Gu W, Seth M, Mello CC. The Vasa Homolog RDE-12 engages target mRNA and multiple argonaute proteins to promote RNAi in C. elegans. Curr Biol. 2014 Apr 14; 24(8):845-51. PMID: 24684931.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    35. Ishidate T, Elewa A, Kim S, Mello CC, Shirayama M. Divide and differentiate: CDK/Cyclins and the art of development. Cell Cycle. 2014; 13(9):1384-91. PMID: 24675894.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    36. Seth M, Shirayama M, Gu W, Ishidate T, Conte D, Mello CC. The C. elegans CSR-1 argonaute pathway counteracts epigenetic silencing to promote germline gene expression. Dev Cell. 2013 Dec 23; 27(6):656-63. PMID: 24360782.
      Citations: 117     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    37. Conine CC, Moresco JJ, Gu W, Shirayama M, Conte D, Yates JR, Mello CC. Argonautes promote male fertility and provide a paternal memory of germline gene expression in C. elegans. Cell. 2013 Dec 19; 155(7):1532-44. PMID: 24360276.
      Citations: 90     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    38. Ishidate T, Kim S, Mello C, Shirayama M. Inductive asymmetric cell division: The WRM leads the way. Worm. 2013 Oct 01; 2(4):e26276. PMID: 24524013.
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    39. Kim S, Ishidate T, Sharma R, Soto MC, Conte D, Mello CC, Shirayama M. Wnt and CDK-1 regulate cortical release of WRM-1/?-catenin to control cell division orientation in early Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Mar 05; 110(10):E918-27. PMID: 23431196.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    40. Gu W, Lee HC, Chaves D, Youngman EM, Pazour GJ, Conte D, Mello CC. CapSeq and CIP-TAP identify Pol II start sites and reveal capped small RNAs as C. elegans piRNA precursors. Cell. 2012 Dec 21; 151(7):1488-500. PMID: 23260138.
      Citations: 128     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    41. D'Ambrogio A, Gu W, Udagawa T, Mello CC, Richter JD. Specific miRNA stabilization by Gld2-catalyzed monoadenylation. Cell Rep. 2012 Dec 27; 2(6):1537-45. PMID: 23200856.
      Citations: 69     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    42. Li L, Gu W, Liang C, Liu Q, Mello CC, Liu Y. The translin-TRAX complex (C3PO) is a ribonuclease in tRNA processing. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2012 Aug; 19(8):824-30. PMID: 22773104.
      Citations:    
    43. Shirayama M, Seth M, Lee HC, Gu W, Ishidate T, Conte D, Mello CC. piRNAs initiate an epigenetic memory of nonself RNA in the C. elegans germline. Cell. 2012 Jul 06; 150(1):65-77. PMID: 22738726.
      Citations: 308     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    44. Lee HC, Gu W, Shirayama M, Youngman E, Conte D, Mello CC. C. elegans piRNAs mediate the genome-wide surveillance of germline transcripts. Cell. 2012 Jul 06; 150(1):78-87. PMID: 22738724.
      Citations: 203     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    45. Thivierge C, Makil N, Flamand M, Vasale JJ, Mello CC, Wohlschlegel J, Conte D, Duchaine TF. Tudor domain ERI-5 tethers an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase to DCR-1 to potentiate endo-RNAi. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2011 Dec 18; 19(1):90-7. PMID: 22179787.
      Citations: 31     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    46. Gu W, Claycomb JM, Batista PJ, Mello CC, Conte D. Cloning Argonaute-associated small RNAs from Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods Mol Biol. 2011; 725:251-80. PMID: 21528459.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    47. Xie J, Xie Q, Zhang H, Ameres SL, Hung JH, Su Q, He R, Mu X, Seher Ahmed S, Park S, Kato H, Li C, Mueller C, Mello CC, Weng Z, Flotte TR, Zamore PD, Gao G. MicroRNA-regulated, systemically delivered rAAV9: a step closer to CNS-restricted transgene expression. Mol Ther. 2011 Mar; 19(3):526-35. PMID: 21179009.
      Citations: 83     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    48. Lee HC, Li L, Gu W, Xue Z, Crosthwaite SK, Pertsemlidis A, Lewis ZA, Freitag M, Selker EU, Mello CC, Liu Y. Diverse pathways generate microRNA-like RNAs and Dicer-independent small interfering RNAs in fungi. Mol Cell. 2010 Jun 25; 38(6):803-14. PMID: 20417140.
      Citations:    
    49. Conte D, Mello CC. Primal RNAs: The end of the beginning? Cell. 2010 Feb 19; 140(4):452-4. PMID: 20178736.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    50. Conine CC, Batista PJ, Gu W, Claycomb JM, Chaves DA, Shirayama M, Mello CC. Argonautes ALG-3 and ALG-4 are required for spermatogenesis-specific 26G-RNAs and thermotolerant sperm in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Feb 23; 107(8):3588-93. PMID: 20133686.
      Citations: 129     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    51. Vasale JJ, Gu W, Thivierge C, Batista PJ, Claycomb JM, Youngman EM, Duchaine TF, Mello CC, Conte D. Sequential rounds of RNA-dependent RNA transcription drive endogenous small-RNA biogenesis in the ERGO-1/Argonaute pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Feb 23; 107(8):3582-7. PMID: 20133583.
      Citations: 112     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    52. Liu J, Maduzia LL, Shirayama M, Mello CC. NMY-2 maintains cellular asymmetry and cell boundaries, and promotes a SRC-dependent asymmetric cell division. Dev Biol. 2010 Mar 15; 339(2):366-73. PMID: 20059995.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    53. Claycomb JM, Batista PJ, Pang KM, Gu W, Vasale JJ, van Wolfswinkel JC, Chaves DA, Shirayama M, Mitani S, Ketting RF, Conte D, Mello CC. The Argonaute CSR-1 and its 22G-RNA cofactors are required for holocentric chromosome segregation. Cell. 2009 Oct 02; 139(1):123-34. PMID: 19804758.
      Citations: 251     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    54. van Wolfswinkel JC, Claycomb JM, Batista PJ, Mello CC, Berezikov E, Ketting RF. CDE-1 affects chromosome segregation through uridylation of CSR-1-bound siRNAs. Cell. 2009 Oct 02; 139(1):135-48. PMID: 19804759.
      Citations:    
    55. Gu W, Shirayama M, Conte D, Vasale J, Batista PJ, Claycomb JM, Moresco JJ, Youngman EM, Keys J, Stoltz MJ, Chen CC, Chaves DA, Duan S, Kasschau KD, Fahlgren N, Yates JR, Mitani S, Carrington JC, Mello CC. Distinct argonaute-mediated 22G-RNA pathways direct genome surveillance in the C. elegans germline. Mol Cell. 2009 Oct 23; 36(2):231-44. PMID: 19800275.
      Citations: 289     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    56. Batista PJ, Ruby JG, Claycomb JM, Chiang R, Fahlgren N, Kasschau KD, Chaves DA, Gu W, Vasale JJ, Duan S, Conte D, Luo S, Schroth GP, Carrington JC, Bartel DP, Mello CC. PRG-1 and 21U-RNAs interact to form the piRNA complex required for fertility in C. elegans. Mol Cell. 2008 Jul 11; 31(1):67-78. PMID: 18571452.
      Citations: 322     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    57. Mello CC. Return to the RNAi world: rethinking gene expression and evolution. Cell Death Differ. 2007 Dec; 14(12):2013-20. PMID: 18007672.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    58. Mello CC. Return to the RNAi world: rethinking gene expression and evolution (Nobel Lecture). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2007; 46(37):6985-94. PMID: 17712806.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    59. Yigit E, Batista PJ, Bei Y, Pang KM, Chen CC, Tolia NH, Joshua-Tor L, Mitani S, Simard MJ, Mello CC. Analysis of the C. elegans Argonaute family reveals that distinct Argonautes act sequentially during RNAi. Cell. 2006 Nov 17; 127(4):747-57. PMID: 17110334.
      Citations: 329     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    60. Hayakawa A, Leonard D, Murphy S, Hayes S, Soto M, Fogarty K, Standley C, Bellve K, Lambright D, Mello C, Corvera S. The WD40 and FYVE domain containing protein 2 defines a class of early endosomes necessary for endocytosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 08; 103(32):11928-33. PMID: 16873553.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    61. Duchaine TF, Wohlschlegel JA, Kennedy S, Bei Y, Conte D, Pang K, Brownell DR, Harding S, Mitani S, Ruvkun G, Yates JR, Mello CC. Functional proteomics reveals the biochemical niche of C. elegans DCR-1 in multiple small-RNA-mediated pathways. Cell. 2006 Jan 27; 124(2):343-54. PMID: 16439208.
      Citations: 220     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    62. Shirayama M, Soto MC, Ishidate T, Kim S, Nakamura K, Bei Y, van den Heuvel S, Mello CC. The Conserved Kinases CDK-1, GSK-3, KIN-19, and MBK-2 Promote OMA-1 Destruction to Regulate the Oocyte-to-Embryo Transition in C. elegans. Curr Biol. 2006 Jan 10; 16(1):47-55. PMID: 16343905.
      Citations: 47     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    63. Nakamura K, Kim S, Ishidate T, Bei Y, Pang K, Shirayama M, Trzepacz C, Brownell DR, Mello CC. Wnt signaling drives WRM-1/beta-catenin asymmetries in early C. elegans embryos. Genes Dev. 2005 Aug 01; 19(15):1749-54. PMID: 16077004.
      Citations: 44     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    64. Wang D, Kennedy S, Conte D, Kim JK, Gabel HW, Kamath RS, Mello CC, Ruvkun G. Somatic misexpression of germline P granules and enhanced RNA interference in retinoblastoma pathway mutants. Nature. 2005 Jul 28; 436(7050):593-7. PMID: 16049496.
      Citations: 150     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    65. Chen CC, Simard MJ, Tabara H, Brownell DR, McCollough JA, Mello CC. A member of the polymerase beta nucleotidyltransferase superfamily is required for RNA interference in C. elegans. Curr Biol. 2005 Feb 22; 15(4):378-83. PMID: 15723801.
      Citations: 55     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    66. Tops BB, Tabara H, Sijen T, Simmer F, Mello CC, Plasterk RH, Ketting RF. RDE-2 interacts with MUT-7 to mediate RNA interference in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nucleic Acids Res. 2005; 33(1):347-55. PMID: 15653635.
      Citations:    
    67. Grigorenko AP, Moliaka YK, Soto MC, Mello CC, Rogaev EI. The Caenorhabditis elegans IMPAS gene, imp-2, is essential for development and is functionally distinct from related presenilins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Oct 12; 101(41):14955-60. PMID: 15469912.
      Citations: 23     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    68. Mello CC, Conte D. Revealing the world of RNA interference. Nature. 2004 Sep 16; 431(7006):338-42. PMID: 15372040.
      Citations: 310     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    69. Hutv?gner G, Simard MJ, Mello CC, Zamore PD. Sequence-specific inhibition of small RNA function. PLoS Biol. 2004 Apr; 2(4):E98. PMID: 15024405.
      Citations: 264     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    70. Pang KM, Ishidate T, Nakamura K, Shirayama M, Trzepacz C, Schubert CM, Priess JR, Mello CC. The minibrain kinase homolog, mbk-2, is required for spindle positioning and asymmetric cell division in early C. elegans embryos. Dev Biol. 2004 Jan 01; 265(1):127-39. PMID: 14697358.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    71. Shin TH, Mello CC. Chromatin regulation during C. elegans germline development. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2003 Oct; 13(5):455-62. PMID: 14550409.
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    72. Venkatesan K, McManus HR, Mello CC, Smith TF, Hansen U. Functional conservation between members of an ancient duplicated transcription factor family, LSF/Grainyhead. Nucleic Acids Res. 2003 Aug 01; 31(15):4304-16. PMID: 12888489.
      Citations: 44     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    73. Timmons L, Tabara H, Mello CC, Fire AZ. Inducible systemic RNA silencing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mol Biol Cell. 2003 Jul; 14(7):2972-83. PMID: 12857879.
      Citations:    
    74. Conte D, Mello CC. RNA interference in Caenorhabditis elegans. Curr Protoc Mol Biol. 2003 May; Chapter 26:Unit 26.3. PMID: 18265327.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    75. Unhavaithaya Y, Shin TH, Miliaras N, Lee J, Oyama T, Mello CC. MEP-1 and a homolog of the NURD complex component Mi-2 act together to maintain germline-soma distinctions in C. elegans. Cell. 2002 Dec 27; 111(7):991-1002. PMID: 12507426.
      Citations: 96     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    76. Bei Y, Hogan J, Berkowitz LA, Soto M, Rocheleau CE, Pang KM, Collins J, Mello CC. SRC-1 and Wnt signaling act together to specify endoderm and to control cleavage orientation in early C. elegans embryos. Dev Cell. 2002 Jul; 3(1):113-25. PMID: 12110172.
      Citations: 74     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    77. Tabara H, Yigit E, Siomi H, Mello CC. The dsRNA binding protein RDE-4 interacts with RDE-1, DCR-1, and a DExH-box helicase to direct RNAi in C. elegans. Cell. 2002 Jun 28; 109(7):861-71. PMID: 12110183.
      Citations: 196     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    78. Soto MC, Qadota H, Kasuya K, Inoue M, Tsuboi D, Mello CC, Kaibuchi K. The GEX-2 and GEX-3 proteins are required for tissue morphogenesis and cell migrations in C. elegans. Genes Dev. 2002 Mar 01; 16(5):620-32. PMID: 11877381.
      Citations: 65     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    79. Grishok A, Mello CC. RNAi (Nematodes: Caenorhabditis elegans). Adv Genet. 2002; 46:339-60. PMID: 11931230.
      Citations: 24     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    80. Victor M, Bei Y, Gay F, Calvo D, Mello C, Shi Y. HAT activity is essential for CBP-1-dependent transcription and differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans. EMBO Rep. 2002 Jan; 3(1):50-5. PMID: 11751575.
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    81. Grishok A, Pasquinelli AE, Conte D, Li N, Parrish S, Ha I, Baillie DL, Fire A, Ruvkun G, Mello CC. Genes and mechanisms related to RNA interference regulate expression of the small temporal RNAs that control C. elegans developmental timing. Cell. 2001 Jul 13; 106(1):23-34. PMID: 11461699.
      Citations: 763     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    82. Parrish S, Fleenor J, Xu S, Mello C, Fire A. Functional anatomy of a dsRNA trigger: differential requirement for the two trigger strands in RNA interference. Mol Cell. 2000 Nov; 6(5):1077-87. PMID: 11106747.
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    83. Grishok A, Tabara H, Mello CC. Genetic requirements for inheritance of RNAi in C. elegans. Science. 2000 Mar 31; 287(5462):2494-7. PMID: 10741970.
      Citations: 150     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    84. Tabara H, Sarkissian M, Kelly WG, Fleenor J, Grishok A, Timmons L, Fire A, Mello CC. The rde-1 gene, RNA interference, and transposon silencing in C. elegans. Cell. 1999 Oct 15; 99(2):123-32. PMID: 10535731.
      Citations: 444     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    85. Shin TH, Yasuda J, Rocheleau CE, Lin R, Soto M, Bei Y, Davis RJ, Mello CC. MOM-4, a MAP kinase kinase kinase-related protein, activates WRM-1/LIT-1 kinase to transduce anterior/posterior polarity signals in C. elegans. Mol Cell. 1999 Aug; 4(2):275-80. PMID: 10488343.
      Citations: 44     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    86. Rocheleau CE, Yasuda J, Shin TH, Lin R, Sawa H, Okano H, Priess JR, Davis RJ, Mello CC. WRM-1 activates the LIT-1 protein kinase to transduce anterior/posterior polarity signals in C. elegans. Cell. 1999 Jun 11; 97(6):717-26. PMID: 10380924.
      Citations: 105     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    87. Batchelder C, Dunn MA, Choy B, Suh Y, Cassie C, Shim EY, Shin TH, Mello C, Seydoux G, Blackwell TK. Transcriptional repression by the Caenorhabditis elegans germ-line protein PIE-1. Genes Dev. 1999 Jan 15; 13(2):202-12. PMID: 9925644.
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    88. Tabara H, Hill RJ, Mello CC, Priess JR, Kohara Y. pos-1 encodes a cytoplasmic zinc-finger protein essential for germline specification in C. elegans. Development. 1999 Jan; 126(1):1-11. PMID: 9834181.
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    89. Tabara H, Grishok A, Mello CC. RNAi in C. elegans: soaking in the genome sequence. Science. 1998 Oct 16; 282(5388):430-1. PMID: 9841401.
      Citations: 150     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    90. Shi Y, Mello C. A CBP/p300 homolog specifies multiple differentiation pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genes Dev. 1998 Apr 01; 12(7):943-55. PMID: 9531533.
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    91. Fire A, Xu S, Montgomery MK, Kostas SA, Driver SE, Mello CC. Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature. 1998 Feb 19; 391(6669):806-11. PMID: 9486653.
      Citations: 4341     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    92. Rocheleau CE, Downs WD, Lin R, Wittmann C, Bei Y, Cha YH, Ali M, Priess JR, Mello CC. Wnt signaling and an APC-related gene specify endoderm in early C. elegans embryos. Cell. 1997 Aug 22; 90(4):707-16. PMID: 9288750.
      Citations: 197     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    93. Draper BW, Mello CC, Bowerman B, Hardin J, Priess JR. MEX-3 is a KH domain protein that regulates blastomere identity in early C. elegans embryos. Cell. 1996 Oct 18; 87(2):205-16. PMID: 8861905.
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    94. Watts JL, Etemad-Moghadam B, Guo S, Boyd L, Draper BW, Mello CC, Priess JR, Kemphues KJ. par-6, a gene involved in the establishment of asymmetry in early C. elegans embryos, mediates the asymmetric localization of PAR-3. Development. 1996 Oct; 122(10):3133-40. PMID: 8898226.
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    95. Mello CC, Schubert C, Draper B, Zhang W, Lobel R, Priess JR. The PIE-1 protein and germline specification in C. elegans embryos. Nature. 1996 Aug 22; 382(6593):710-2. PMID: 8751440.
      Citations: 109     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    96. Seydoux G, Mello CC, Pettitt J, Wood WB, Priess JR, Fire A. Repression of gene expression in the embryonic germ lineage of C. elegans. Nature. 1996 Aug 22; 382(6593):713-6. PMID: 8751441.
      Citations: 97     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    97. Mickey KM, Mello CC, Montgomery MK, Fire A, Priess JR. An inductive interaction in 4-cell stage C. elegans embryos involves APX-1 expression in the signalling cell. Development. 1996 Jun; 122(6):1791-8. PMID: 8674418.
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    98. Mello C, Fire A. DNA transformation. Methods Cell Biol. 1995; 48:451-82. PMID: 8531738.
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    99. Levitan DJ, Boyd L, Mello CC, Kemphues KJ, Stinchcomb DT. par-2, a gene required for blastomere asymmetry in Caenorhabditis elegans, encodes zinc-finger and ATP-binding motifs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Jun 21; 91(13):6108-12. PMID: 8016123.
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    100. Mello CC, Draper BW, Priess JR. The maternal genes apx-1 and glp-1 and establishment of dorsal-ventral polarity in the early C. elegans embryo. Cell. 1994 Apr 08; 77(1):95-106. PMID: 8156602.
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    101. Sibley MH, Johnson JJ, Mello CC, Kramer JM. Genetic identification, sequence, and alternative splicing of the Caenorhabditis elegans alpha 2(IV) collagen gene. J Cell Biol. 1993 Oct; 123(1):255-64. PMID: 7691828.
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    102. Bowerman B, Draper BW, Mello CC, Priess JR. The maternal gene skn-1 encodes a protein that is distributed unequally in early C. elegans embryos. Cell. 1993 Aug 13; 74(3):443-52. PMID: 8348611.
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    103. Mello CC, Draper BW, Krause M, Weintraub H, Priess JR. The pie-1 and mex-1 genes and maternal control of blastomere identity in early C. elegans embryos. Cell. 1992 Jul 10; 70(1):163-76. PMID: 1623520.
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    104. Mello CC, Kramer JM, Stinchcomb D, Ambros V. Efficient gene transfer in C.elegans: extrachromosomal maintenance and integration of transforming sequences. EMBO J. 1991 Dec; 10(12):3959-70. PMID: 1935914.
      Citations: 1439     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
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