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Zhaolan Zhou

Researcher at University of Pennsylvania

Publications -  50
Citations -  5295

Zhaolan Zhou is an academic researcher from University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: MECP2 & Rett syndrome. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 50 publications receiving 4716 citations. Previous affiliations of Zhaolan Zhou include Children's Hospital of Philadelphia & Boston Children's Hospital.

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Comprehensive proteomic analysis of the human spliceosome.

TL;DR: The spliceosome is identified as the most complex cellular machine so far characterized, containing at least 30 proteins with known or putative roles in gene expression steps other than splicing, and its components comprise all previously known splicing factors and 58 newly identified components.
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Brain-Specific Phosphorylation of MeCP2 Regulates Activity-Dependent Bdnf Transcription, Dendritic Growth, and Spine Maturation

TL;DR: It is shown that neuronal activity and subsequent calcium influx trigger the de novo phosphorylation of MeCP2 at serine 421 (S421) by a CaMKII-dependent mechanism, which controls the ability of Me CP2 to regulate dendritic patterning, spine morphogenesis, and the activity-dependent induction of Bdnf transcription.
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The protein Aly links pre-messenger-RNA splicing to nuclear export in metazoans

TL;DR: It is shown that Aly, the metazoan homologue of the yeast mRNA export factor Yra1p, is recruited to messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) complexes generated by splicing.
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Pre-mRNA splicing and mRNA export linked by direct interactions between UAP56 and Aly

TL;DR: It is shown that the conserved DEAD-box helicase UAP56, which functions during spliceosome assembly, interacts directly and highly specifically with Aly and is present together with Aly in the spliced mRNP.
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Genome-wide activity-dependent MeCP2 phosphorylation regulates nervous system development and function

TL;DR: It is shown here that disruption of MeCP2 S421 phosphorylation in vivo results in defects in synapse development and behavior, implicating activity-dependent regulation of Me CP2 in brain development and RTT.