Michael Lin

Publications

• Improving FRET dynamic range with bright green and red fluorescent proteins. Lam AJ, St-Pierre F, Gong Y, Marshall JD, Cranfill PJ, Baird MA, McKeown MR, Wiedenmann J, Davidson MW, Schnitzer MJ, Tsien RY, Lin MZ. Nat Methods. 2012; 9 (10): 1005-12
• Optical control of protein activity by fluorescent protein domains. Zhou XX, Chung HK, Lam AJ, Lin MZ. Science. 2012; 338 (6108): 810-4
• Beyond the rainbow: new fluorescent proteins brighten the infrared scene. Lin MZ, Nat Methods. 2011; 8 (9): 726-8
• TimeSTAMP tagging of newly synthesized proteins. Lin MZ, Tsien RY. Curr Protoc Protein Sci. 2010: Chapter 26 Unit 26.5
• Toward the second generation of optogenetic tools. Knöpfel T, Lin MZ, Levskaya A, Tian L, Lin JY, Boyden ES. J Neurosci. 2010; 30 (45): 14998-5004
• Autofluorescent proteins with excitation in the optical window for intravital imaging in mammals. Lin MZ, McKeown MR, Ng HL, Aguilera TA, Shaner NC, Campbell RE, Adams SR, Gross LA, Ma W, Alber T, Tsien RY. Chem Biol. 2009; 16 (11): 1169-79
• Characterization of engineered channelrhodopsin variants with improved properties and kinetics. Lin JY, Lin MZ, Steinbach P, Tsien RY. Biophys J. 2009; 96 (5): 1803-14
• Mammalian expression of infrared fluorescent proteins engineered from a bacterial phytochrome. Shu X, Royant A, Lin MZ, Aguilera TA, Lev-Ram V, Steinbach PA, Tsien RY. Science. 2009; 324 (5928): 804-7
• A drug-controllable tag for visualizing newly synthesized proteins in cells and whole animals. Lin MZ, Glenn JS, Tsien RY. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008; 105 (22): 7744-9
• Improving the photostability of bright monomeric orange and red fluorescent proteins. Shaner NC, Lin MZ, McKeown MR, Steinbach PA, Hazelwood KL, Davidson MW, Tsien RY. Nat Methods. 2008; 5 (6): 545-51
• Selective labeling of proteins with chemical probes in living cells. Lin MZ, Wang L. Physiology (Bethesda). 2008: 23 131-41
• Survival factor-mediated BAD phosphorylation raises the mitochondrial threshold for apoptosis. Datta SR, Ranger AM, Lin MZ, Sturgill JF, Ma YC, Cowan CW, Dikkes P, Korsmeyer SJ, Greenberg ME. Dev Cell. 2002; 3 (5): 631-43
• EphA receptors regulate growth cone dynamics through the novel guanine nucleotide exchange factor ephexin. Shamah SM, Lin MZ, Goldberg JL, Estrach S, Sahin M, Hu L, Bazalakova M, Neve RL, Corfas G, Debant A, Greenberg ME. Cell. 2001; 105 (2): 233-44
• Neurogenin promotes neurogenesis and inhibits glial differentiation by independent mechanisms. Sun Y, Nadal-Vicens M, Misono S, Lin MZ, Zubiaga A, Hua X, Fan G, Greenberg ME. Cell. 2001; 104 (3): 365-76
• Neurotrophins use the Erk5 pathway to mediate a retrograde survival response. Watson FL, Heerssen HM, Bhattacharyya A, Klesse L, Lin MZ, Segal RA. Nat Neurosci. 2001; 4 (10): 981-8
• EphB receptors interact with NMDA receptors and regulate excitatory synapse formation. Dalva MB, Takasu MA, Lin MZ, Shamah SM, Hu L, Gale NW, Greenberg ME. Cell. 2000; 103 (6): 945-56
• Akt promotes cell survival by phosphorylating and inhibiting a Forkhead transcription factor. Brunet A, Bonni A, Zigmond MJ, Lin MZ, Juo P, Hu LS, Anderson MJ, Arden KC, Blenis J, Greenberg ME. Cell. 1999; 96 (6): 857-68
• Rapid nuclear responses to target-derived neurotrophins require retrograde transport of ligand-receptor complex. Watson FL, Heerssen HM, Moheban DB, Lin MZ, Sauvageot CM, Bhattacharyya A, Pomeroy SL, Segal RA. J Neurosci. 1999; 19 (18): 7889-900