Dr. Christopher Rongo
Waksman Institute
Rutgers University
190 Frelinghuysen Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854

Office 732.445.0955
Lab 732.445.0954
Fax 732.445.5735

rongo@
waksman.rutgers.edu

 
 

Glodowski, D.R., Chen, C. C.-H., Schaefer, H., Grant, B.D., and Rongo, C. RAB-10 regulates glutamate receptor recycling in a cholesterol-dependent endocytosis pathway.  Molecular Biology of the Cell 18(11):4387-96. [PDF]

Charych E.I., Akum B.F., Goldberg J.S., Jornsten R.J., Rongo C., Zheng J.Q., Firestein B.L. Activity-independent regulation of dendrite patterning by postsynaptic density protein PSD-95. Journal of Neuroscience 26:10164-76. [PDF]

Schaefer H., and Rongo C. (2006) KEL-8 is a substrate receptor for CUL3-dependent ubiquitin ligase that regulates synaptic glutamate receptor turnover. Molecular Biology of the Cell 17:1250-60. [PDF]

Umemura, T., Rapp, P., and Rongo, C. (2005) The role of regulatory domain interactions in UNC-43/CaMKII synaptic localization and trafficking.  The Journal of Cell Science 118:3327-38. [PDF]

Chang, H.C., and Rongo, C. (2005) Cytosolic tail sequences and subunit interactions are critical for synaptic localization of glutamate receptors.  The Journal of Cell Science 118:1945-56. [PDF]

Glodowski, D.R., Wright, T., Martinowich, K., Chang, H.C., Beach, D., and Rongo, C. (2005) Distinct LIN-10 domains are required for its neural function, its epithelial function, and its synaptic localization.  Molecular Biology of the Cell: 16:1417-1426. [PDF]

Shim, J., Umemura, T., Nothstein, E., and Rongo, C. (2004) The Unfolded Protein Response regulates glutamate receptor export from the endoplasmic reticulum.  Molecular Biology of the Cell 15:4818-4828. [PDF]

Rongo, C. (2002) A fresh look at the role of CaM Kinase II in hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory.  BioEssays 24:223-233. [PDF]

Firestein, B.L. and Rongo, C. (2001) DLG-1 is a MAGUK similar to SAP97 and is required for adherens junction formation.  Molecular Biology of the Cell 12:3465-3475. [PDF]

Koppen, M., Simske, J.S., Sims, P.A., Firestein, B.L., Hall, D.H., Radice, A.D., Rongo, C., and Hardin, J.D. (2001) Cooperative regulation of JAM-1 by DLG-1 and LET-413 controls junctional tightness of C. elegans epithelia.  Nature Cell Biology 3:983-991. [PDF]

Rongo, C. (2001) Disparate cell types use a shared complex of PDZ proteins for polarized protein localization.  Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews 12:349-359. [PDF]

Rongo, C. and Kaplan, J.M. (1999) CaMKII regulates the density of central glutamatergic synapses in vivo. Nature 402:195-199. [PDF]

Rongo, C., Whitfield, C.W., Rodal, A., Kim, S.K., and Kaplan, J.M. (1998) LIN-10 is a shared component of the polarized protein localization pathways in neurons and epithelia.  Cell 94:751-759. [PDF]







 
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