
Publications
Falk R., Gilad N., Achache H., Rappaport Y., Halfon R., Shabtai R., Ishtayeh H., Wolovelsky L., Ram O., Tzur Y.B.. (2025). Three lncRNAs promote PUM protein condensation and germline differentiation. Nature Communication. 24;16(1):8357.PubMed.
Zhu H., Bruck-Haimson R., Zaretsky A., Cohen I., Falk R., Achache H., Tzur Y.B., Cohen E.. (2025). A nucleolar mechanism suppresses organismal proteostasis by modulating TGFβ/ERK signalling. Nature Cell Biology. 27(1):87-102. PubMed.
Shabtai R. and Tzur, Y.B., (2023). Male-specific roles of lincRNA in C. elegans fertility. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 11: 1115605. PubMed
Tzur, Y.B., (2022). llncRNAs in fertility: redefining the gene expression paradigm? Trends in Genetics. 38(11):1170-1179. PubMed
Rappaport, Y., Falk R., Achache, H., Tzur, Y.B., (2022). linc-20 and linc-9 do not have compensatory fertility roles in C. elegans. MicroPubl Biol. 2022:10.17912/micropub.biology.000524. PubMed
Rappaport, Y*., Achache, H*., Falk R., Murik O., Ram O., Tzur, Y.B., (2021). Bisection of the X Chromosome Disrupts the Initiation of Chromosome Silencing during Meiosis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nat. Comm. 12, 4802. PubMed
Achache, H.RA*, Falk, R.*, Lerner, N., Beatus, T., Tzur, Y.B., (2021). Oocyte Aging is Controlled by Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Signaling. Aging Cell. 20(6): 1-16. PubMed
Ishtayeh H., Achache H., Kroizer E., Rappaport Y., Itskovits E., Gingold H., Best C., Rechavi O., Tzur Y.B., (2021). Systematic analysis of long intergenic non-coding RNAs in C. elegans germline uncovers roles in somatic growth. RNA Biol. 18(3):435-445. PubMed
Achache H., Laurent L., Hecker-Mimoun Y., Ishtayeh H., Rappaport Y., Kroizer E., Colaiácovo M.P., Tzur Y.B. (2019). Progression of Meiosis Is Coordinated by the Level and Location of MAPK Activation Via OGR-2 in Caenorhabditis elegans. GENETICS. 212(1):213-229. PubMed
Moll L., Roitenberg N., Bejerano-Sagie M., Boocholez H., Carvalhal Marques F., Volovik Y., Elami T., Siddiqui A.A., Grushko D., Biram A., Lampert B., Achache H., Ravid T., Tzur Y.B., Cohen E. (2018). The insulin/IGF signaling cascade modulates SUMOylation to regulate aging and proteostasis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Elife. pii: e38635. PubMed
Tzur Y.B., Winter E., Gao J., Hashimshony T., Yanai I., Colaiácovo M.P. (2018). Spatiotemporal Gene Expression Analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans Germline Uncovers a Syncytial Expression Switch. Genetics. 210(2):587-605. PubMed
Nadarajan S., Mohideen F., Tzur Y.B., Ferrandiz N., Crawley O., Montoya A., Faull P., Snijders A.P., Cutillas P.R., Jambhekar A., Blower M.D., Martinez-Perez E., Harper J.W., Colaiacovo M.P. (2016) The MAP kinase pathway coordinates crossover designation with disassembly of synaptonemal complex proteins during meiosis. Elife; 5:e12039. PubMed
Calarco J., Chiu H., Dickinson D. J., Friedland A.E., Lee, J., Lo T-W., Schwartz H., Tzur Y.B., Ward J.D. (2013).Workshop review: Engineered nucleases for genome editing in nematodes. Worm Breeder’s Gazette 19(4), 25-26.
Tzur Y. B., Friedland A. E., Nadarajan S., Church G. M., Calarco J. A., Colaiácovo M. P. (2013). Heritable custom genomic modifications in C. elegans via a CRISPR-Cas9 system. Genetics. 195: 1181-1185. PubMed
Friedland A.E., Tzur Y.B., Esvelt K.M., Colaiácovo M.P., Church G.M., Calarco J.A. (2013). Heritable genome editing in C. elegans via CRISPR-Cas system. Nat. Methods. 10(8), 741-743. PubMed
Tzur Y. B., de Carvalho C.E., van Bostelen I., Gu Y., Chu D.S., Cheeseman I.M. Colaiácovo M.P. (2012).LAB-1 Targets PP1 and Restricts Aurora B Kinase upon Entrance into Meiosis to Promote Sister Chromatid Cohesion. PLoS Biol. 10(8):e1001378. PubMed
Tzur Y. B., Colaiácovo M.P. (2009). Genetics: Crossover control in two steps. Nature 462, 46-47. PubMed
Mattout A. Goldberg M., Tzur Y.B., Margalit A., Gruenbaum Y. (2007). Specific and conserved sequences in D. melanogaster and C. elegans lamins and histone H2A mediate the attachment of lamins to chromosomes, J. Cell Sci. 120,77-85. PubMed
Tzur Y. B., Wilson K.L., Gruenbaum Y. (2006). SUN-domain proteins: ‘velcro’ that links nucleoskeleton to cytoskeleton, Nat. Rev. Cell. Mol. Biol. 10,782-788. PubMed
Tzur Y. B., Margalit A., Melamed-Book N., Gruenbaum Y. (2006). Matefin/SUN-1 is CED-4 receptor at the nuclear envelope. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 13397-13402. PubMed
Tzur Y. B., Hersh B. M., Horvitz H. R., Gruenbaum Y. (2002). Fate of the nuclear lamina during Caenorhabditis elegans apoptosis. J. Struct. Biol. 137, 146-153. PubMed
Cohen M., Tzur Y. B., Neufeld E., Feinstein N., Delannoy M. R., Wilson K. L., Gruenbaum Y. (2002). Transmission electron microscope studies of the nuclear envelope in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. J. Struct. Biol. 140, 232-240. PubMed
Tzur Y.B., Gruenbaum Y. (2002). Nuclear envelope breakdown and reassembly in C. elegans: Evolutionary aspects of lamina structure and function. In "Dynamics of Nuclear Envelope Assembly in Embryos and Somatic Cells" Landes Bioscience (USA) Ed. Philippe Collas. 8, 103-111. NCBI
Goldberg M., Nili E., Cojocaru G., Tzur Y.B., Berger R., Brandies M., Rechavi G., Gruenbaum, Y., Simon A.j. (1999). Functional organization of nuclear lamina. In textbook of gene therapy and molecular biology: “from basic mechanism to clinical application”. Ed. T. Boulikas., vol 5.

