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The Mannella Group

Carmen A. Mannella

Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Molecular Medicine
Professor, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (1974)
Postdoctoral training, Roswell Park Memorial Institute and St. Louis University

E-mail: carmen@wadsworth.org.

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  • Mannella, C.A. (2006) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1762, 140-147. The relevance of mitochondrial membrane topology to mitochondrial function.
  • Csordás, G., Renken, C., Várnai, P., Walter, L., Weaver, D., Buttle, K.F., Balla, T., Mannella, C.A., Hajnóczky, G. (2006) J. Cell Biol. 174, 915-921 Structural and functional features and significance of the physical linkage between ER and mitochondria [with cover and commentary].
  • Celotto, A.M., Frank, A.C., McGrath, S.W., Fergestad, T., Van Voorhies, W.A., Buttle, K.F., Mannella, C.A., Palladino, M.J. (2006) J. Neurosci. 26, 810-820. Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy in Drosophila [with cover].
  • Marko, M., Hsieh, C.-E., MoberlyChan, W., Mannella, C.A., Frank, J. (2006) J. Microscopy 222, 42-47. Focused ion beam milling of vitreous water: Prospects for an alternative to cryo-ultramicrotomy of frozen-hydrated biological samples.
  • Hsieh, C.-E., Marko, M., Leith, A., Mannella, C.A., Frank, J. (2006) J. Struct. Biol. 153, 1-13. Towards high-resolution three-dimensional imaging of native mammalian tissue: Electron tomography of frozen-hydrated rat liver sections.
  • Mannella, C.A. (2006) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1763, 542-548. Structure and dynamics of mitochondrial inner membrane cristae.
  • Pavlov, E., Grigoriev, S.M., Dejean, L.M., Zweihorn, C.L., Mannella, C.A., Kinnally, K.W. (2005) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1710, 96-102. The mitochondrial channel VDAC has a cation-selective open state.
  • Keithly, J.S., Langreth, S.G., Buttle, K.F., Mannella, C.A. (2005) J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 52, 1-9. Electron tomographic and ultrastructural analysis of the Cryptosporidium parvum relict mitochondrion, its associated membranes, and organelles [with cover].
  • John, G.B., Shang, Y., Li, L., Renken, C., Mannella, C.A., Selker, J.M., Rangell, L., Bennett, M.J., Zha, J. (2005) Mol. Biol. Cell 16, 1543-1554. The mitochondrial inner membrane protein mitofilin controls cristae morphology.
  • Khodjakov, A., Rieder, C., Mannella, C.A., Kinnally, K.W. (2004) Mitochondrion 3, 217-227. Laser micro-irradiation of mitochondria: Is there an amplified mitochondrial death signal in neural cells?
  • Scorrano, L., Ashiya, M., Buttle, K., Weiler S., Mannella, C.A., Korsmeyer, S.J. (2002) Devel. Cell 2, 55-67. Distinct pathways remodel mitochondrial cristae or release cytochrome c during apoptosis [featured article].
  • Deng, Y., Kohlwein, S.D., Mannella, C.A. (2002) Protoplasma 219, 160-167. Fasting induces cyanide-resistant respiration and oxidative stress in the amoeba Chaos carolinensis: Implications for the cubic structural transition in mitochondrial membranes.
  • Pavlov, E.V., Priault, M., Pietkiewicz, D., Cheng, E.H.-Y., Antonsson, B., Manon, S., Korsmeyer, S.J., Mannella, C.A., Kinnally, K.W. (2001) J. Cell Biol. 155, 725-732. A novel, high-conductance channel linked to apoptosis in mammalian cells and Bax expression in yeast [with commentary, pp. 695-698].
  • Mannella, C.A., Pfeiffer, D.R., Bradshaw, P.C., Moraru, I.I., Slepchenko, B., Loew, L.M., Hsieh, C., Buttle, K., Marko, M. (2001) IUBMB Life 52: 1-7. Topology of the mitochondrial inner membrane: dynamics and bioenergetic implications [with cover]
  • Verschoor, A., Tivol, W.F., Mannella, C.A. (2001) J. Struct. Biol. (in press) Single-particle approaches in the analysis of small 2D crystals of the mitochondrial channel, VDAC.
  • Frey, T., Mannella, C.A. (2000) Trends Biochem. Sci. 25, 319-324. The internal structure of mitochondria [with cover].

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