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Publications: Dr Maria Isabel Palacios de Castro

López EM, Kabanova A, Winkel A, Franze K, Palacios IM, Martín-Bermudo MD ( 2023 ) . Constriction imposed by basement membrane regulates developmental cell migration . PLoS Biology vol. 21 , ( 6 )
( 2020 ) . The humble fruit fly is helping the African science community to thrive . Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology vol. 21 , ( 10 ) 558 - 559 .
Santa-Cruz Mateos C, Valencia-Expósito A, Palacios IM, Martín-Bermudo MD ( 2020 ) . Integrins regulate epithelial cell shape by controlling the architecture and mechanical properties of basal actomyosin networks . PLOS Genetics vol. 16 , ( 6 ) e1008717 - e1008717 .
Drechsler M, Lang LF, Al-Khatib L, Dirks H, Burger M, Schönlieb C-B, Palacios IM ( 2020 ) . Optical flow analysis reveals that Kinesin-mediated advection impacts on the orientation of microtubules in the Drosophila oocyte . Molecular Biology of the CellmbcE19080440 - mbcE19080440 .
Francis D, Chanana B, Fernandez B, Gordon B, Mak T, Palacios IM ( 2019 ) . YAP/Yorkie in the germline modulates the age-related decline of germline stem cells and niche cells . PLOS ONE vol. 14 , ( 4 )
PALACIOS IM ( 2017 ) . Active diffusion and advection in Drosophila oocytes result from the interplay of actin and microtubules . Nature Communications vol. 8 , Article 1520 ,
Martín-Bermudo MD, Gebel L, Palacios IM ( 2017 ) . DrosAfrica: Building an African biomedical research community using Drosophila . Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology vol. 70 , 58 - 64 .
Ng BF, Selvaraj GK, Santa-Cruz Mateos C, Grosheva I, Alvarez-Garcia I, Martín-Bermudo MD, Palacios IM ( 2016 ) . α-Spectrin and integrins act together to regulate actomyosin and columnarization, and to maintain a monolayered follicular epithelium . Journal of Cell Science vol. 129 , ( 9 ) e1.2 - e1.2 .
Vicente‐Crespo M, Muñoz‐Descalzo S, Weil T, Martín‐Bermudo MD, Palacios I ( 2016 ) . Workshop‐Based Training for Capacity Building: Using Drosophila to Bring Research Skills to Africa . The FASEB Journal . vol. 30 ,
Ng BF, Selvaraj GK, Santa-Cruz Mateos C, Grosheva I, Alvarez-Garcia I, Martín-Bermudo MD, Palacios IM ( 2016 ) . α-Spectrin and integrins act together to regulate actomyosin and columnarization, and to maintain a monolayered follicular epithelium . Development vol. 143 , ( 8 ) 1388 - 1399 .
Saavedra P, Brittle A, Palacios IM, Strutt D, Casal J, Lawrence PA ( 2016 ) . Planar cell polarity: the Dachsous/Fat system contributes differently to the embryonic and larval stages of Drosophila . Biology Open vol. 5 , ( 4 ) 397 - 408 .
Palacios IM, Drechsler M, Ganguly S ( 2015 ) . A complex relationship between motor activity, cytoplasmic flows and the organisation of the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons . MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL . vol. 26 ,
Palacios IM, Drechsler M, Ganguly S ( 2015 ) . A complex relationship between motor activity, cytoplasmic flows and the organisation of the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons . MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL . vol. 26 ,
Palacios IM, Martin-Bermudo M ( 2015 ) . Alpha-spectrin is essential for septate junction formation and columnarization, but not for proliferation control, in the follicular epithelium . MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL . vol. 26 ,
Saavedra P, Vincent J-P, Palacios IM, Lawrence PA, Casal J ( 2014 ) . Plasticity of both planar cell polarity and cell identity during the development of Drosophila . eLife vol. 3 ,
Palacios IM ( 2014 ) . Hop-on hop-off: Polysomes take a tour of the cell on endosomes . Journal of Cell Biology vol. 204 , ( 3 ) 287 - 289 .
Drechsler M, Goldstein R, Palacios IM ( 2014 ) . A combined cell biological and biophysical strategy to analyze actin/microtubule crosstalk and its relation to cytoplasmic streaming . MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL . vol. 25 ,
Braun AL, Chanana B, Palacios IM ( 2014 ) . Epithelia patterning and body plan mapping in the Drosophila egg chamber: cell fate specific screen . MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL . vol. 25 ,
Gómez-Lamarca MJ, Cobreros-Reguera L, Ibáñez-Jiménez B, Palacios IM, Martín-Bermudo MD ( 2014 ) . Integrins regulate epithelial cell differentiation by modulating Notch activity . Journal of Cell Science vol. 127 , ( 21 ) 4667 - 4678 .
Williams LS, Ganguly S, Loiseau P, Ng BF, Palacios IM ( 2014 ) . The auto-inhibitory domain and ATP-independent microtubulebinding region of Kinesin heavy chain are major functional domains for transport in the Drosophila germline . Journal of Cell Science vol. 127 , ( 1 ) e1 - e1 .
Roca-Varela ML, Palacios IM ( 2013 ) . How are spoken skills assessed in proficiency tests of general English as a Foreign Language? A preliminary survey . International Journal of English Studies vol. 13 , ( 2 ) 53 - 68 .
Williams LS, Ganguly S, Loiseau P, Ng BF, Palacios IM ( 2013 ) . The auto-inhibitory domain and ATP-independent microtubule-binding region of Kinesin heavy chain are major functional domains for transport in the Drosophila germline . Development vol. 141 , ( 1 ) 176 - 186 .
Palacios IM ( 2012 ) . Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay: from mechanistic insights to impacts on human health . Briefings in Functional Genomics vol. 12 , ( 1 ) 25 - 36 .
Ganguly S, Williams LS, Palacios IM, Goldstein RE ( 2012 ) . Cytoplasmic streaming in Drosophila oocytes varies with kinesin activity and correlates with the microtubule cytoskeleton architecture . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 109 , ( 38 ) 15109 - 15114 .
Baden T, Palacios I, Vicente M, Martin Bermudo MD, Yusuf S, Godino LP ( 2012 ) . HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: DROSOPHILA NEUROGENETICS, UGANDA . INTED2012: INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE . 5347 - 5347 .
Avery P, Vicente-Crespo M, Francis D, Nashchekina O, Alonso CR, Palacios IM ( 2011 ) . Drosophila Upf1 and Upf2 loss of function inhibits cell growth and causes animal death in a Upf3-independent manner . RNA vol. 17 , ( 4 ) 624 - 638 .
Vicente-Crespo M, Palacios IM ( 2011 ) . Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay and development: shoot the messenger to survive? . Biochemical Society Transactions vol. 39 , ( 1 ) 411 - 411 .
Vicente-Crespo M, Palacios IM ( 2010 ) . Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay and development: shoot the messenger to survive? . Biochemical Society Transactions vol. 38 , ( 6 ) 1500 - 1505 .
Loiseau P, Davies T, Williams LS, Mishima M, Palacios IM ( 2010 ) . Drosophila PAT1 is required for Kinesin-1 to transport cargo and to maximize its motility . Journal of Cell Science vol. 123 , ( 16 ) e1 - e1 .
Meignin C, Alvarez-Garcia I, Davis I, Palacios IM ( 2007 ) . The Salvador-Warts-Hippo Pathway Is Required for Epithelial Proliferation and Axis Specification in Drosophila . Current Biology vol. 17 , ( 21 ) 1871 - 1878 .
Palacios IM ( 2007 ) . How does an mRNA find its way? Intracellular localisation of transcripts . Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology vol. 18 , ( 2 ) 163 - 170 .
Palacios IM, Gatfield D, St Johnston D, Izaurralde E ( 2004 ) . An eIF4AIII-containing complex required for mRNA localization and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay . Nature vol. 427 , ( 6976 ) 753 - 757 .
Macchi P, Kroening S, Palacios IM, Baldassa S, Grunewald B, Ambrosino C, Goetze B, Lupas A et al. ( 2003 ) . Barentsz, a New Component of the Staufen-Containing Ribonucleoprotein Particles in Mammalian Cells, Interacts with Staufen in an RNA-Dependent Manner . Journal of Neuroscience vol. 23 , ( 13 ) 5778 - 5788 .
Palacios IM, St Johnston D ( 2002 ) . Kinesin light chain-independent function of the Kinesin heavy chain in cytoplasmic streaming and posterior localisation in theDrosophila oocyte . Development vol. 129 , ( 23 ) 5473 - 5485 .
Benton R, Palacios IM, St Johnston D ( 2002 ) . Drosophila 14-3-3/PAR-5 Is an Essential Mediator of PAR-1 Function in Axis Formation . Developmental Cell vol. 3 , ( 5 ) 659 - 671 .
Palacios IM ( 2002 ) . RNA Processing: Splicing and the Cytoplasmic Localisation of mRNA . Current Biology vol. 12 , ( 2 ) r50 - r52 .
Palacios IM, Johnston DS ( 2001 ) . GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS: The Intracellular Localization of mRNAs in Higher Eukaryotes . Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology vol. 17 , ( 1 ) 569 - 614 .
Wagner C, Palacios I, Jaeger L, St Johnston D, Ehresmann B, Ehresmann C, Brunel C ( 2001 ) . Dimerization of the 3′UTR of bicoid mRNA involves a two-step mechanism11Edited by J. Doudna . Journal of Molecular Biology vol. 313 , ( 3 ) 511 - 524 .
van Eeden FJM, Palacios IM, Petronczki M, Weston MJD, St Johnston D ( 2001 ) . Barentsz is essential for the posterior localization of oskar mRNA and colocalizes with it to the posterior pole . Journal of Cell Biology vol. 154 , ( 3 ) 511 - 524 .
Palacios I, Izaurralde E ( 2001 ) . RNA Intracellular Transport . Encyclopedia of Life Sciences , Wiley
Palacios I, Hetzer M, Adam SA, Mattaj IW ( 1997 ) . Nuclear import of U snRNPs requires importin β . The EMBO Journal vol. 16 , ( 22 ) 6783 - 6792 .
Palacios I, Izaurralde E ( 1997 ) . An immersion in nucleocytoplasmic transport at the Garda lake . Trends in Cell Biology . vol. 7 , 81 - 83 .
Dingwall C, Palacios I ( 1997 ) . Chapter 23 In Vitro Systems for the Reconstitution of snRNP and Protein Nuclear Import . vol. 53 , 517 - 543 .
Palacios I, Weis K, Klebe C, Mattaj IW, Dingwall C ( 1996 ) . RAN/TC4 mutants identify a common requirement for snRNP and protein import into the nucleus . Journal of Cell Biology vol. 133 , ( 3 ) 485 - 494 .
Perales B, de la Luna S, Palacios I, Ortín J ( 1996 ) . Mutational analysis identifies functional domains in the influenza A virus PB2 polymerase subunit . Journal of Virology vol. 70 , ( 3 ) 1678 - 1686 .
Boelens WC, Palacios I, Mattaj IW ( 1995 ) . Nuclear retention of RNA as a mechanism for localization . RNA vol. 1 , ( 3 ) 273 - 283 .