Elizabeth Monckton, Msc.,  Research Technologist

B.Sc. Department of Zoology (Honours), University of Alberta M.Sc. Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii Techniques: In ovo electroporation of chick embryos, DNA cloning, southern blots, western blots, PCR, gel shift assays, DNAse I footprinting, chromatin immunoprecipitation, reporter gene assays

Publications:

Bisgrove, D.A., Monckton, E.A. and Godbout, R. Involvement of AP-2 in regulation of the R-FABP gene in the developing chick retina. Mol. Cell. Biol.17: 5935-5945 (1997).

Bisgrove, D.A., Monckton, E.A., Packer, M. and Godbout, R. Regulation of brain fatty-acid binding protein expression by differential phosphorylation of Nuclear Factor 1 in malignant glioma cell lines. J. Biol. Chem. 275:30668-30676 (2000).

Godbout, R. and Monckton, E.A. Differential regulation of the aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 gene in embryonic chick retina and liver. J. Biol. Chem. 276:32896-32904 (2001).

Katyal, S.¹, Gao, Z.¹, Monckton, E.A., Glubrecht, D.D. and Godbout, R. The hierarchical nature of Dab1 tyrosine phosphorylation specifies Src-family kinase activation and neuritogenesis. J. Mol. Biol. 368: 349-364 (2007). ¹co-first authors

Li, L., Monckton, E.A. and Godbout, R. A role for DEAD box 1 at DNA double-strand breaks. Mol. Cell. Biol. 28: 6413-6425 (2008).

Brun, M., Coles, J.E., Monckton, E.A., Glubrecht, D.D., Bisgrove, D.A. and Godbout, R. Nuclear Factor I Regulates Brain Fatty Acid-binding Protein and Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Gene Expression in Malignant Glioma Cell Lines. J. Mol. Biol. 391: 282-300 (2009).

Gao, Z., Monckton, E.A., Glubrecht, D.D. and Godbout, R. Early Isoform of Disabled-1 Functions Independently of Reelin-mediated Tyrosine Phosphorylation in Chick Retina. Mol. Cell. Biol. 30: 4339-4353 (2010).