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Willie Lin

Yong Qi (William) Lin


Contact Information

Tel: (713) 798-4848
Email: yongqil@bcm.tmc.edu


Research Interests




Recent Publications

Xue M, Lin YQ, Pan H, Reim K, Bellen HJ, Rosenmund C (2009) Tilting the balance between facilitatory and inhibitory functions of mammalian and Drosophila Complexins orchestrates synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Neuron, in press.
Yao CK, Lin YQ, Ly CV, Ohyama T, Haueter C, Moiseenkova-Bell VY, Wensel TG, Bellen HJ (2009) A synaptic vesicle- and presynaptic membrane-associated ion channel regulates resting Ca2+ levels and synaptic endocytosis. Cell 138:947-960.
Verstreken P, Ohyama T, Haueter C, Habets RL, Lin YQ, Swan LE, Ly CV, Venken KJ, De Camilli P, Bellen HJ (2009) Tweek, an evolutionarily conserved protein, is required for synaptic vesicle recycling. Neuron 63:203-215.
Giagtzoglou N, Lin YQ, Haueter C, Bellen HJ (2009) Importin 13 regulates neurotransmitter release at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. Journal of Neuroscience 29:5628-5639.
Kim SM, Kumar V, Lin YQ, Karunanithi S, Ramaswami M (2009) Fos and Jun potentiate individual release sites and mobilize the reserve synaptic vesicle pool at the Drosophila larval motor synapse. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106:4000-4005.
Tsuda H, Han SM, Yang Y, Tong C, Lin YQ, Mohan K, Haueter C, Zoghbi A, Harati Y, Kwan J, Miller MA, Bellen HJ (2008) The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 8 protein VAPB is cleaved, secreted, and acts as a ligand for Eph receptors. Cell 133:963-977.
Dawson-Scully K, Lin YQ, Imad M, Zhang J, Marin L, Horne JA, Meinertzhagen IA, Karunanithi S, Zinsmaier KE, Atwood HL (2007) Morphological and functional effects of altered cysteine string protein at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction. Synapse 61:1-16.
Lin YQ, Bennett MR (2006) Schwann cells in rat vascular autonomic nerves activated via purinergic receptors. NeuroReport 17:531-535.
Lin YQ, Bennett MR (2005) Varicosity-Schwann cell interactions mediated by ATP in the mouse vas deferens. Journal of Neurophysiology 93:2787-2796.

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