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Bockbrader K and Feng Y “Essential function, sophisticated regulation and pathological impact of the selective RNA-binding protein QKI in CNS myelin development”  Future Neurol (2008)
Tang X, Jang SW, Okada M, Chan CB, Feng Y, Liu Y, Luo SW, Hong Y, Rama N, Xiong WC, Mehelen P, and Ye K. “Netrin-1 mediates neuronal survival through PIKE-L interaction with the dependence receptor UNC5B.” Nat Cell Biol. (2008), 10(6):698-706
An J, Gharam K, Liao G, Woo NH, Lau AG, Vanevski F, Torre ER, Jones KR, Feng Y, Lu B, and Xu B. “Distinct Role of Long 3’UTR BDNF mRNA in Spine Morphology and Synaptic Plasticity in the Apical Dendrites of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons” Cell  (2008), 134(1):175-187
Feng Y, “Convergence and divergence in the etiology of myelin impairment in psychiatric disorders and drug addiction" Neurochem. Res 2008
Wang H, Dictenberg J, Ku L, Bassell GJ and Feng Y. Dynamic association of FMRP as an mRNP between microtubules and polyribosomes. Mol Biol Cell. (2008) 19(1):105-114
Jin P, Duan R, Qurashi A, Qin Y, Tian D, Rosser TC, Liu H, Feng Y, Warren ST. Pur alpha Binds to rCGG Repeats and Modulates Repeat-Mediated Neurodegeneration in a Drosophila Model of Fragile X Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome.  Neuron (2007) 55(4):556-64
Chen Y., Donghua Tian, Li Ku, Donna J. Osterhout and Feng Y. “The RNA-binding protein QKI is necessary and sufficient for promoting oligodendrocyte differentiation” J. Biol. Chem.  (2007) 282:23553-60
Zhao LX, Tian D, Xia M, Macklin WB and Feng Y. “Rescuing qkv dysmyelination by a single isoform of the selective RNA-binding protein QKI”, J. Neurosci. (2006), 26:11278-11286
Zhao LX, Ku L, Chen Y, LoPresti P, and Feng Y., “QKI binds MAP1B mRNA and enhances MAP1B expression during oligodendrocyte development”  Mol. Biol  Cell (2006) 11:4179-4186
Lu Z, Ku L, Chen Y, and Feng Y "Developmental abnormalities of myelin structural gene expression in the fyn knockout mice" J. Biol. Chem.  (2005), 280:389-395
Zarnescu DC, Jin P, Betschinger J, Nakamoto M, Wang Y, Dockendorff TC, Feng Y, Jongens TA, Sisson JC, Knoblich JA, Warren ST and Moses K  Fragile X protein functions with Lgl and the PAR complex in flies and mice" Dev. Cell  (2005), 8:43-52
Lu R, Wang H, Liang Z, Ku L, O'Donnell WT, Li W, Warren ST, and Feng Y  “The fragile X protein controls microtubule associated protein 1 translation and microtubule stability in brain neuron development” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2004), 101: 15201-15206
Wang H, Ku L, Osterhout DJ, Li W, Ahmadian A, Liang Z, and  Feng Y. Developmentally-programmed FMRP expression in oligodendrocytes: a potential role of FMRP in regulating translation in oligodendroglia progenitors Hum Mol Genet  (2004), 13: 79-89
Lu Z, Zhang Y, Ku L, Wang H, Ahmadian A, and Feng Y. The quakingviable mutation affects qkI mRNA expression specifically in myelin-producing cells of the nervous system Nucliec Acids Res  (2003), 31:4616-4624
Zhang Y, Lu Z, Ku L, Chen, Y, Wang H, and Feng Y. Tyrosine-phosphorylation of QKI mediates developmental signals to regulate mRNA metabolism  EMBO J (2003), 22: 1801-1810