R. Grace Zhai

Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Affiliated withUniversity of Miami, Miller School of Medicine University of Miami Yantai University

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Publication title Cited by 183	2011
Publication title Cited by 35	2018

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Molecular mechanisms of CNS synaptogenesis. Trends in neurosciences\| PubMed ID: 11972960	2002
Unitary assembly of presynaptic active zones from Piccolo-Bassoon transport vesicles. Neuron\| PubMed ID: 12718858	2003
Mapping Drosophila mutations with molecularly defined P element insertions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 12960394	2003
Synaptojanin is recruited by endophilin to promote synaptic vesicle uncoating. Neuron\| PubMed ID: 14622578	2003
The architecture of the active zone in the presynaptic nerve terminal. Physiology (Bethesda, Md.)\| PubMed ID: 15381754	2004
Hauling t-SNAREs on the microtubule highway. Nature cell biology\| PubMed ID: 15459718	2004
Mutations in Drosophila sec15 reveal a function in neuronal targeting for a subset of exocyst components. Neuron\| PubMed ID: 15848801	2005
The v-ATPase V0 subunit a1 is required for a late step in synaptic vesicle exocytosis in Drosophila. Cell\| PubMed ID: 15907473	2005
Activity-independent prespecification of synaptic partners in the visual map of Drosophila. Current biology : CB\| PubMed ID: 16979562	2006
Drosophila NMNAT maintains neural integrity independent of its NAD synthesis activity. PLoS biology\| PubMed ID: 17132048	2006
NAD synthase NMNAT acts as a chaperone to protect against neurodegeneration. Nature\| PubMed ID: 18344983	2008
Nicotinamide/nicotinic acid mononucleotide adenylyltransferase, new insights into an ancient enzyme. Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS\| PubMed ID: 19448972	2009
BMAA neurotoxicity in Drosophila. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : official publication of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor Neuron Diseases\| PubMed ID: 19929734	2009
Dealing with misfolded proteins: examining the neuroprotective role of molecular chaperones in neurodegeneration. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)\| PubMed ID: 20938400	2010
Nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase is a stress response protein regulated by the heat shock factor/hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha pathway. The Journal of biological chemistry\| PubMed ID: 21478149	2011
Nmnat exerts neuroprotective effects in dendrites and axons. Molecular and cellular neurosciences\| PubMed ID: 21596138	2011
NMNAT suppresses tau-induced neurodegeneration by promoting clearance of hyperphosphorylated tau oligomers in a Drosophila model of tauopathy. Human molecular genetics\| PubMed ID: 21965302	2012
CREB-activity and nmnat2 transcription are down-regulated prior to neurodegeneration, while NMNAT2 over-expression is neuroprotective, in a mouse model of human tauopathy. Human molecular genetics\| PubMed ID: 22027994	2012
Protein Aggregates Are Recruited to Aggresome by Histone Deacetylase 6 via Unanchored Ubiquitin C Termini. The Journal of biological chemistry\| PubMed ID: 22069321	2012
Î²-N-Methylamino-L-alanine Induces Neurological Deficits and Shortened Life Span in Drosophila. Toxins\| PubMed ID: 22069570	2010
Nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase maintains active zone structure by stabilizing Bruchpilot. EMBO reports\| PubMed ID: 23154466	2013
Alternative splicing of Drosophila Nmnat functions as a switch to enhance neuroprotection under stress. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 26616331	2015
Attenuation of polyglutamine-induced toxicity by enhancement of mitochondrial OXPHOS in yeast and fly models of aging. Microbial cell (Graz, Austria)\| PubMed ID: 28357370	2016
NMNAT: It's an NAD synthase… It's a chaperone… It's a neuroprotector. Current opinion in genetics & development\| PubMed ID: 28445802	2017
Spermine synthase deficiency causes lysosomal dysfunction and oxidative stress in models of Snyder-Robinson syndrome. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 29097652	2017
Publisher Correction: Spermine synthase deficiency causes lysosomal dysfunction and oxidative stress in models of Snyder-Robinson syndrome. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 29348635	2018
Nmnat mitigates sensory dysfunction in a model of paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy. Disease models & mechanisms\| PubMed ID: 29716954	2018