Selected Publications

2026

Wei, J., Zhang, Y., Wu, J., Ye, B., Fan, X., Hu, Y., Hou, Z., Xiang, S., and Ma, W. (2026). Multivalent 28S rRNA expansion segments enable reconstitution of multilayered nucleolar architecture. Molecular Cell 86, 1459–1477.e1459. 10.1016/j.molcel.2026.03.023.

2025

Li, W., Shi, X., Tan, C., Jiang, Z., Li, M., Ji, Z., Zhou, J., Luo, M., Fan, Z., Ding, Z., Fang, Y., Sun, J., Ding, J., Lu, H., Ma, W., Xie, W. & Su, W. (2025). Plasma membrane-associated ARAF condensates fuel RAS-related cancer drug resistance. Nature chemical biology 21, 1226–1237. 10.1038/s41589-024-01826-8.

2024

Shi, W., Ding, R., Chen, Y., Ji, F., Ji, J., Ma, W., and Jin, J. (2024). The HRD1-SEL1L ubiquitin ligase regulates stress granule homeostasis in couple with distinctive signaling branches of ER stress. iScience 27, 110196. 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110196.

2023

Hu, Y., Xu, J., Gao, E., Fan, X., Wei, J., Ye, B., Xu, S., and Ma, W. (2023). Enhanced single RNA imaging reveals dynamic gene expression in live animals. eLife 12. 10.7554/eLife.82178.

2022

Kwon, B., Fansler, M.M., Patel, N.D., Lee, J., Ma, W., and Mayr, C. (2022). Enhancers regulate 3' end processing activity to control expression of alternative 3'UTR isoforms. Nat Communications 13, 2709. 10.1038/s41467-022-30525-y.

2021

Xu, J., Meng, X., Yang, Q., Zhang, J., Hu, W., Fu, H., Chen, J.W., Ma, W., Chisholm, A.D., Sun, Q., and Xu, S. (2021). Redox-sensitive CDC-42 clustering promotes wound closure in C. elegans. Cell Reports 37, 110040. 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110040.

Ma, W. #, Zhen, G., Xie, W., and Mayr, C. (2021). In vivo reconstitution finds multivalent RNA-RNA interactions as drivers of mesh-like condensates. eLife 10. 10.7554/eLife.64252. (# Co-corresponding author)

2020以前

Ma, W., and Mayr C. A membraneless organelle associated with the endoplasmic reticulum enables 3ꞌUTR-mediated protein-protein interactions. Cell (2018) 175, 1492-1506

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Miao, L., Yuan, Y., Cheng, F., Fang, J., Zhou, F., Ma, M., Jiang, Y., Huang, X., Wang, Y., Shan, L., Chen, D., and Zhang, J. Translation repression by maternal RNA binding protein Zar1 is essential for early oogenesis in zebrafish. Development (2017) 144, 128-138

Fang, J., Wang, H., Miao, L., Kuang, X., Ma, W., Wang, C., Zhang, J., and Xia, G. Involvement of protein acyltransferase ZDHHC3 in maintaining oocyte meiotic arrest in Xenopus laevis. Biology of Reproduction (2016) 67, 1-9

Kuang, X., Liu, C., Fang, J., Ma, W.#, Zhang, J.#, and Cui, S#. The tumor suppressor gene lkb1 is essential for glucose homeostasis during zebrafish early development. FEBS Letters (2016) 590, 2076-2085 (# Co-corresponding author)

Ma, W., and Zhang, J. Jag1b is essential for patterning inner ear sensory cristae by regulating anterior morphogenetic tissue separation and preventing posterior cell death. Development (2015) 142, 763-773

Liu, C., Ma, W., Su, W., and Zhang, J. Prdm14 acts upstream of islet2 transcription to regulate axon growth of primary motoneurons in zebrafish. Development (2012) 139, 4591-4600