publications
Regulated Intron Removal Integrates Motivational State and Experience.
Gill J, Park Y, McGinnis JP, Perez-Sanchez C, Blanchette M, Si K.
Cell. 2017; 169(5):836-848.e15.
Immediate perception of a reward is distinct from the reward's long-term salience.
McGinnis JP, Jiang H, Agha MA, Sanchez CP, Lange J, Yu Z, Marion-Poll F, Si K.
eLife. 2016; 5.
A Putative Biochemical Engram of Long-Term Memory.
Li L, Sanchez CP, Slaughter BD, Zhao Y, Khan MR, Unruh JR, Rubinstein B, Si K.
Current biology : CB. 2016; 26(23):3143-3156. NIHMSID: NIHMS827720
The Role of Functional Prion-Like Proteins in the Persistence of Memory.
Si K, Kandel ER.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology. 2016; 8(4):a021774.
Molecular Basis of Orb2 Amyloidogenesis and Blockade of Memory Consolidation.
Hervás R, Li L, Majumdar A, Fernández-Ramírez Mdel C, Unruh JR, Slaughter BD, Galera-Prat A, Santana E, Suzuki M, Nagai Y, Bruix M, Casas-Tintó S, Menéndez M, Laurents DV, Si K, Carrión-Vázquez M.
Khan MR, Li L, Perez-Sanchez C, Saraf A, Florens L, Slaughter BD, Unruh JR, Si K. Cell. 2015;163:1468-1483.
Contribution of Orb2A Stability in Regulated Amyloid-Like Oligomerization of Drosophila Orb2.
White-Grindley E, Li L, Mohammad Khan R, Ren F, Saraf A, Florens L, Si K. PLoS Biol. 2014;12:e1001786.
Critical Role of Amyloid-like Oligomers of Drosophila Orb2 in the Persistence of Memory.
Majumdar A, Cesario WC, White-Grindley E, Jiang H, Ren F, Khan MR, Li L, Choi EM, Kannan K, Guo F, Unruh J, Slaughter B, Si K. Cell. 2012;148:515-529.
Drosophila Orb2 targets genes involved in neuronal growth, synapse formation, and protein turnover.
Mastushita-Sakai T, White-Grindley E, Samuelson J, Seidel C, Si K. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010;107:11987-11992.
Si K, Choi YB, White-Grindley E, Majumdar A, Kandel ER. Cell. 2010;140:421-435.
Bailey CH, Kandel ER, Si K. Neuron. 2004;44:49-57.
Si K, Giustetto M, Etkin A, Hsu R, Janisiewicz AM, Miniaci MC, Kim JH, Zhu H, Kandel ER. Cell. 2003;115:893-904.
A neuronal isoform of the aplysia CPEB has prion-like properties.
Si K, Lindquist S, Kandel ER. Cell. 2003;115:879-891.