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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.

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