Publications
You can find a list of publications on my Google Scholar page or this National Library of Medicine page. Papers are listed below with some selected data highlights.
2024
Posner, M., T. Garver, T. Kaye, S. Brdicka, M. Suttle, B. Patterson, D.R. Farnsworth. 2024. Loss of αBa-crystallin, but not αA-crystallin, increases age-related cataract in the zebrafish lens. Exp. Eye Res. 109918 PubMed link
2023
Posner, M., K.L. Murray, B. Andrew, S. Brdicka, A. Butterbaugh-Roberts, K. Franklin, A. Hussen, T. Kaye, E. Kepp, M.S. McDonald, T. Snodgrass, K. Zientek, L. David. 2023. Impact of α-crystallin protein loss on zebrafish lens development. Exp Eye Res. 227:109358
2021
Farnsworth, D, M. Posner, A. Miller. 2021. Single cell transcriptomics of the developing zebrafish lens and identification of putative controllers of lens development. Exp Eye Res 108535
2019
Posner, M, M.S. McDonald, K.L. Murray, AJ Kiss. 2019. Why does the zebrafish cloche mutant develop cataract? PLOS ONE 14(3): e0211399
2017
Posner, M, K.L. Murray, M.S. McDonald, H. Eighinger, B. Andrew, A. Drossman, Z. Haley, J. Nussbaum, L.L. David, K.J. Lampi. 2017. The zebrafish as a model system for analyzing mammalian and native α-crystallin promoter function. PeerJ 5:e4093
2016
Fountain, DI, L. Knapp, K. Baugh, M. Posner, S.D. Fenster. 2016. Piccolo paralogs and orthologs display conserved patterns of splicing within the C2A and C2B domains. Genes and Genomics. 38:407-419
2013
Posner, M., J. Skiba, M. Brown, J. Liang, J. Nussbaum, H. Prior. 2013. Loss of the small heat shock protein αA-crystallin does not lead to detectable defects in early zebrafish lens development. Experimental Eye Research. 116:227-233
Weidenhamer, J.D., M. Li, J. Allman, R.G. Bergosh, M. Posner. 2013. Evidence Does not Support a Role for Gallic Acid in Phragmites australis Invasion Success. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 39:323-332
2012
Posner, M, A.J. Kiss, J. Skiba, A. Drossman, M. Dolinka, J.F. Hejtmancik, Y. Sergeev. 2012. Functional validation of hydrophobic adaptation to physiological temperature in the small heat shock protein αA-crystallin. PLoS One 7(3): E34438
2008
Posner, M., M. Hawke, C. LaCava, C. Prince, N.R Bellanco, R.W. Corbin. 2008. A proteome map of the zebrafish (Danio rerio) lens reveals similarities between zebrafish and mammalian crystallin expression. Molecular Vision. 14:806-814
2006
Smith, A.A., K. Wyatt, J. Vacha, T.S. Vihtelic, J.S. Zigler, G.J. Wistow, M. Posner. 2006. Gene duplication and separation of functions in alpha B-crystallin from zebrafish (Danio rerio). FEBS Journal. 273:481-490
2005
Dahlman, J., K. Margot, L-L. Ding, J. Horwitz and M. Posner. 2005.Zebrafish alpha crystallins: protein structure and chaperone-like activity compared to their mammalian orthologs. Molecular Vision. 11:88-96
2003
Posner, M. 2003. A comparative view of alpha crystallins: the contribution of comparative studies to understanding function. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43:481-491
2002
Posner, M. 2002. Linking stress and cell action: review of cell and molecular responses to stress, volume 2: protein adaptations and signal transduction. Journal of Experimental Biology. 205:223-2324
Runkle, S., J. Hill, M. Kantorow, J. Horwitz and M. Posner. 2002. Sequence and spatial expression of zebrafish (Danio rerio) αA-crystallin. Molecular Vision. 8:45-50
1999
Posner, M., M. Kantorow and J. Horwitz. 1999. Cloning, sequencing and differential expression of αB-crystallin in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Gene Structure and Expression. 1447: 271-277
Posner, M. and R.J. Lavenberg. 1999. Movement of California halibut, Paralichthys californicus, along the coast of California. California Department of Fish and Game. 85: 45-55
Posner, M. and R.J. Lavenberg. 1999. Kasatkia seigeli, a new species of Stichaeid (Perciformes: Stichaeidae) from California. Copeia. 1999(4): 1035-1040