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Maxwell Heiman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator, Boston Children's Hospital
FBN-1, a fibrillin-related protein, is required for resistance of the epidermis to mechanical deformation during C. elegans embryogenesis.
Authors: Authors: Kelley M, Yochem J, Krieg M, Calixto A, Heiman MG, Kuzmanov A, Meli V, Chalfie M, Goodman MB, Shaham S, Frand A, Fay DS.
Elife
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Shaping dendrites with machinery borrowed from epithelia.
Authors: Authors: McLachlan IG, Heiman MG.
Curr Opin Neurobiol
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Neurons at the extremes of cell biology.
Authors: Authors: Heiman MG, Pallanck L.
Mol Biol Cell
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Structure of sterol aliphatic chains affects yeast cell shape and cell fusion during mating.
Authors: Authors: Aguilar PS, Heiman MG, Walther TC, Engel A, Schwudke D, Gushwa N, Kurzchalia T, Walter P.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Twigs into branches: how a filopodium becomes a dendrite.
Authors: Authors: Heiman MG, Shaham S.
Curr Opin Neurobiol
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DEX-1 and DYF-7 establish sensory dendrite length by anchoring dendritic tips during cell migration.
Authors: Authors: Heiman MG, Shaham S.
Cell
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Ancestral roles of glia suggested by the nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans.
Authors: Authors: Heiman MG, Shaham S.
Neuron Glia Biol
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The Golgi-resident protease Kex2 acts in conjunction with Prm1 to facilitate cell fusion during yeast mating.
Authors: Authors: Heiman MG, Engel A, Walter P.
J Cell Biol
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Prm1p, a pheromone-regulated multispanning membrane protein, facilitates plasma membrane fusion during yeast mating.
Authors: Authors: Heiman MG, Walter P.
J Cell Biol
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Dev Biol
Authors: Authors: When is a neuron like an epithelial cell
2022 09; 489:161-164.
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