Graduate Program in
Cell and Molecular Biology
   
1991, M.D., Medicine, Tianjin Medical University

Summer 2006 - present, Doctoral Candidate, Cell and Molecular Biology Program, MSU

Contact Information:

Dr. Karen Friderici's Lab
5154 Biomedical Physical Sciences
355-6463 ext. 1554

zhumei@msu.edu@msu.edu

Mei Zhu
Doctoral Research:

Examining the Folding and Stability of Actin Variants in In Vitro and in Cultured Cells

Selected Publications:

Wilch E, Zhu M , Burkhart KB, Regier M, Elfenbein JL, Fisher RA, Friderici KH. Expression of GJB2 and GJB6 Is Reduced in a Novel DFNB1 Allele. Am J Hum Genet . 2006 Jul;79(1):174-9. Epub 2006 May 17.

Rendtorff ND, Zhu M , Fagerheim T, Antal TL, Jones M, Teslovich TM, Gillanders EM, Barmada M, Teig E, Trent JM, Friderici KH, Stephan DA, Tranebjaerg L. A novel missense mutation in ACTG1 causes dominant deafness in a Norwegian DFNA20/26 family, but ACTG1 mutations are not frequent among families with hereditary hearing impairment. Eur J Hum Genet . 2006 Jun 14; [Epub ahead of print]

Bryan KE, Wen KK, Zhu M , Rendtorff ND, Feldkamp M, Tranebjaer L, Friderici KH, Rubenstein PA. Effects of human deafness gamma -actin mutations (DFNA20/26)on actin function. J Biol Chem . 2006 May 10; [Epub ahead of print]

Zhu M , Lovell KL, Patterson JS, Saunders TL, Hughes ED, Friderici KH. Beta-mannosidosis mice: a model for the human lysosomal storage disease. Hum Mol Genet . 2006 Feb 1;15(3):493-500. Epub 2005 Dec 23.

Zhu M , Yang T, Wei S, DeWan AT, Morell RJ, Elfenbein JL, Fisher RA, Leal SM, Smith RJ, Friderici KH. Mutations in the gamma-actin gene (ACTG1) are associated with dominant progressive deafness (DFNA20/26). Am J Hum Genet . 2003 Nov;73(5):1082-91. Epub 2003 Sep 16.