Publications

Phelps MP, Seeb LW, Seeb JE. 2020 Transforming ecology and conservation biology through genome editing. Conservation Biology. 34(1):54–65.

Phelps MP. 2019. Increasing eDNA capabilities with CRISPR technology for real-time monitoring of ecosystem biodiversity. Molecular Ecology Resources. 19(5):1103-1105

Pellenz S*, Phelps MP*, Tang W, Hovde B, Sinit R, Fu W, Li H, Chen E, Monnat R.  2019. New human chromosomal sites with “safe harbor” potential for targeted transgene insertion. Human Gene Therapy. 30(7): 814-812

Phelps MP, Yang H°, Patel S°, Rahman MM, McFadden G, Chen E. 2018.  Oncolytic virus-mediated RAS targeting in rhabdomyosarcoma. Molecular Therapy Oncolytics. 11 (2018): 52-61.

Bengtsson NE, Hall JK, Odom GL, Phelps MP, Andrus CR, Hawkins RD, Hauschka SD, Chamberlain JR, Chamberlain JS. 2017.  Muscle-specific CRISPR/Cas9 dystrophin gene editing ameliorates pathophysiology in a mouse model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Nature Communications. 8:14454.

Phelps MP, Bailey JN°, Vleeshouwer-Neumann T, Chen EY. 2016b.  CRISPR screen identifies the NCOR/HDAC3 complex as a major suppressor of differentiation in rhabdomyosarcoma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113(52):15090-15095.

Kehrli K, Phelps M, Lazarchuk P, Chen E, Monnat R Jr, Sidorova JM. 2016.  Class I histone deacetylase HDAC1 and WRN RECQ helicase contribute additively to protect replication forks upon hydroxyurea-induced arrest. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(47):24487-24503

Phelps M, Stuelsatz P, Yablonka-Reuveni Z. 2016a.  Expression profile and overexpression outcome indicate a role for BKlotho in skeletal muscle fibro/adipogenesis. The FEBS Journal. 283(9):1653-68.

Phelps M, Chen E. 2016.  Zebrafish rhabdomyosarcoma. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 916:371-89

Vleeshouwer-Neumann T, Phelps M, Bammler TK, MacDonald JW, Jenkins I, Chen EY. 2015.  Histone deacetylase inhibitors antagonize distinct pathways to suppress tumorigenesis of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. PLOS ONE, 10(12): e0144320.

Yablonka-Reuveni Z, Danoviz ME, Phelps M, Stuelsatz P. 2015.  Myogenic-specific ablation of Fgfr1 impairs FGF2-mediated proliferation of satellite cells at the myofiber niche but does not abolish the capacity for muscle regeneration. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 7:85.

Phelps M., Pettan-Brewer C., Ladiges W., Yablonka-Reuveni, Z. 2013b.  Decline in muscle strength and running endurance in klotho deficient C57BL/6 mice. Biogerontology, 14(6): 729-39

Phelps M.P., Jaffe I.M., Bradley T.M. 2013a.  Muscle growth in teleost fish is regulated by factors utilizing the activin II B receptor.  Journal of Experimental Biology., 216:3742-3750

Phelps M.P. and Bradley T.M. 2012.  The potential of enhancing muscle growth in cultured fish through the inhibition of members of the transforming growth factor-B superfamily. Aquaculture Biotechnology. Chapter 19, Wiley-Blackwell.

Medeiros E.F., Phelps M.P., Fuentes F.D., Bradley T.M.  2009.  Overexpression of follistatin in trout stimulates increased muscling.  American Journal Physiology Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology., 297(1): R235-242