A Genetic Program Promotes C. elegans Longevity at Cold Temperatures via a Thermosensitive TRP Channel

Rui Xiao, Bi Zhang, Yongming Dong, +4

Cell

BiologyCold TemperaturesMolecular PhysiologyThermosensitive Trp ChannelMolecular Regulation +8

C. elegans phototransduction requires a G protein–dependent cGMP pathway and a taste receptor homolog

Jie Liu, Alex Ward, Jingwei Gao, +10

Nature Neuroscience

BiologySignal TransductionMolecular NeuroscienceMolecular PhysiologySignaling Pathway +9

Protein Kinase Activation Increases Insulin Secretion by Sensitizing the Secretory Machinery to Ca2+

Qunfang Wan, Yongming Dong, Hua Yang, +3

The Journal of General Physiology

Synaptic Vesicles Position Complexin to Block Spontaneous Fusion

Rachel T. Wragg, David Snead, Yongming Dong, +5

Neuron

Membrane FusionBlock Spontaneous FusionMolecular BiologyProtein TransportIntracellular Trafficking +2

Presynaptic autophagy is coupled to the synaptic vesicle cycle via ATG-9

Sisi Yang, Daehun Park, Laura Manning, +12

Neuron

PKA Activation Bypasses the Requirement for UNC-31 in the Docking of Dense Core Vesicles from C. elegans Neurons

Keming Zhou, Yongming Dong, Qian Ge, +6

Neuron

Molecular NeuroscienceMolecular PhysiologyDense Core VesiclesNatural SciencesMolecular Biology +9

γ-Neurexin and Frizzled Mediate Parallel Synapse Assembly Pathways Antagonized by Receptor Endocytosis

Peri T. Kurshan, Sean A. Merrill, Yongming Dong, +5

Neuron

Synaptic PlasticitySignal TransductionSynaptic SignalingReceptor EndocytosisSynaptic Transmission +7

The accessory helix of complexin functions by stabilizing central helix secondary structure

Daniel T Radoff, Yongming Dong, David Snead, +3

eLife

Synaptojanin cooperates in vivo with endophilin through an unexpected mechanism

Yongming Dong, Yueyang Gou, Yi Li, +2

eLife

The C-terminal of CASY-1/Calsyntenin regulates GABAergic synaptic transmission at the Caenorhabditis elegans neuromuscular junction

Shruti Thapliyal, Amruta Vasudevan, Yongming Dong, +3

PLoS Genetics

Synaptic TransmissionCytoskeletonNeurotransmissionCellular NeurobiologySynaptic Signaling +18