Elsa Denker

Position

Senior Engineer, Marine developmental biology group

Affiliation

Research groups

Publications

Differential regulation of magnesium transporters Slc41, Cnnm and Trpm6-7 in the kidney of salmonids may represent evolutionary adaptations to high salinity environments.
Takvam M, Denker E, Gharbi N, Tronci V, Kolarevic J, Nilsen TO.
BMC Genomics. 2024 Nov 29;25(1):1156. doi: 10.1186/s12864-024-11055-x.

Lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus reproduction: Pituitary gene expression, physiological and morphological changes accompanying gonadal maturation
Andersson E, Denker E, Norberg B, Schulz RW, Olausson S, Thorsen A, Stefansson SO, Imsland AKD.
Aquaculture 2023; 566:739162. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.739162.

Chip Protein U-Box Domain Truncation Affects Purkinje Neuron Morphology and Leads to Behavioral Changes in Zebrafish.
Pakdaman Y, Denker E, Austad E, Norton WHJ, Rolfsnes HO, Bindoff LA, Tzoulis C, Aukrust I, Knappskog PM, Johansson S, Ellingsen S.
Front Mol Neurosci. 2021;14:723912. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.723912.

Sulfate homeostasis in Atlantic salmon is associated with differential regulation of salmonid-specific paralogs in gill and kidney.
Takvam M, Denker E, Gharbi N, Kryvi H, Nilsen TO.
Physiol Rep. 2021;9(19):e15059. doi: 10.14814/phy2.15059.

Phylogenetic Reclassification of Vertebrate Melatonin Receptors To Include Mel1d.
Denker E, Ebbesson LOE, Hazlerigg DG, Macqueen DJ.
G3 (Bethesda). 2019;9(10):3225-3238. doi: 10.1534/g3.119.400170.

Assembly and positioning of actomyosin rings by contractility and planar cell polarity.
Sehring IM, Recho P, Denker E, Kourakis M, Mathiesen B, Hannezo E, Dong B, Jiang D.
Elife. 2015;4:e09206. doi: 10.7554/eLife.09206.

Regulation by a TGFβ-ROCK-actomyosin axis secures a non-linear lumen expansion that is essential for tubulogenesis.
Denker E, Sehring IM, Dong B, Audisso J, Mathiesen B, Jiang D.
Development. 2015;142(9):1639-50. doi: 10.1242/dev.117150.

An adhesome comprising laminin, dystroglycan and myosin IIA is required during notochord development in Xenopus laevis.
Buisson N, Sirour C, Moreau N, Denker E, Le Bouffant R, Goullancourt A, Darribère T, Bello V.
Development. 2014;141(23):4569-79. doi: 10.1242/dev.116103.

An equatorial contractile mechanism drives cell elongation but not cell division.
Sehring IM, Dong B, Denker E, Bhattachan P, Deng W, Mathiesen BT, Jiang D.
PLoS Biol. 2014;12(2):e1001781. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001781.

Tubulogenesis in a simple cell cord requires the formation of bi-apical cells through two discrete Par domains.
Denker E, Bocina I, Jiang D.
Development. 2013;140(14):2985-96. doi: 10.1242/dev.092387.

Ciona intestinalis notochord as a new model to investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of tubulogenesis.
Denker E, Jiang D.
Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2012;23(3):308-19. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.03.004. 

Tube formation by complex cellular processes in Ciona intestinalis notochord.
Dong B, Horie T, Denker E, Kusakabe T, Tsuda M, Smith WC, Jiang D.
Dev Biol. 2009;330(2):237-49. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.03.015.

Are Hox genes ancestrally involved in axial patterning? Evidence from the hydrozoan Clytia hemisphaerica (Cnidaria).
Chiori R, Jager M, Denker E, Wincker P, Da Silva C, Le Guyader H, Manuel M, Quéinnec E.
PLoS One. 2009;4(1):e4231. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004231.

Horizontal gene transfer and the evolution of cnidarian stinging cells.
Denker E, Bapteste E, Le Guyader H, Manuel M, Rabet N.
Curr Biol. 2008;18(18):R858-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.031.

Acetylcholinesterase activity in Clytia hemisphaerica (Cnidaria).
Denker E, Chatonnet A, Rabet N.
Chem Biol Interact. 2008;175(1-3):125-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.03.004.

A function for dystroglycan in pronephros development in Xenopus laevis.
Bello V, Sirour C, Moreau N, Denker E, Darribère T.
Dev Biol. 2008;317(1):106-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.02.024.

Ordered progression of nematogenesis from stem cells through differentiation stages in the tentacle bulb of Clytia hemisphaerica (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria).
Denker E, Manuel M, Leclère L, Le Guyader H, Rabet N.
Dev Biol. 2008;315(1):99-113. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.12.023.