Benny Björkblom

3.6.2008
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku

Identification and functional characterization of brain substrates for the stress activated protein kinase JNK

Reviewers:

Docent G. Herma Renkema, Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere

Professor Pekka Lappalainen, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

Opponent:

Professor Patricia C. Salinas, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK

Custos:

J. Peter Slotte, Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku

Publications:

  1. Björkblom B, Hongisto V, Vainio JC, Herdegen T, Courtney MJ & Coffey ET. The role of JNK isoforms in the death of primary cultured neurons. (manuscript)
  2. Björkblom B, Östman N, Hongisto V, Komarovski V, Filén JJ, Nyman TA, Kallunki T, Courtney MJ & Coffey ET. (2005) Constitutively active cytoplasmic c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 is a dominant regulator of dendritic architecture: role of microtubule-associated protein 2 as an effector. J Neurosci. 25:6350-61.
  3. Tararuk T, Östman N, Li W, Björkblom B, Padzik A, Zdrojewska J, Hongisto V, Herdegen T, Konopka W, Courtney MJ & Coffey ET. (2006) JNK1 phosphorylation of SCG10 determines microtubule dynamics and axodendritic length. J Cell Biol. 173:265-77.
  4. Björkblom B, Westerlund N, Pazik A, Parviainen L, Courtney MJ & Coffey ET. MARCKS-related protein induced F-actin bundling and cell migration is regulated by JNK mediated phosphorylation (manuscript)