The fly muscles lab
at Dalhousie University Biology Department Nova Scotia, Canada
Publications
The filamins of Drosophila T Mulder, J Johnson, N González-Morales. (2025). Genome. 68, 1-11 2025
Filamin protects myofibrils from contractile damage through changes in its mechanosensory region
LAB Fisher, B Carriquí-Madroñal, T Mulder, S Huelsmann, F Schöck, N González Morales (2024). PLoS Genetics. 20 (6), e1011101
The oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex is involved in myofibril growth and Z-disc assembly in Drosophila.
N González Morales, O Marescal, S Szikora, A Katzemich, ... (2023). Journal of Cell Science. 136 (13)
Research Highlight J Cell Sci (2023) 136 (13): e136_e1301.
The insect perspective on Z-disc structure and biology
F Schöck, N González-Morales (2022). Journal of Cell Science 135 (20), jcs260179
The actin-binding properties of Drosophila Zasp52 contribute to myofibril assembly.
Liao KA*, González-Morales N*, Schöck F. (2020) Plos One. doi:journal.pone.0232137. *equal contribution
Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation for studying sarcomeric protein interactions in Drosophila.
Marescal O, Schöck F. and González-Morales N. (2020). Bio-protocol. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3569.
Commentary: Nanoscopy reveals the layered organization of the sarcomeric Hzone and I-band complexes.
González-Morales N and Schöck F. (2020). Front. Cell Dev. Biol. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00074.
Myofibril diameter is set by a finely tuned mechanism of protein oligomerization in Drosophila.
González-Morales N, Xiao YS, Schilling MA, Marescal O, Liao KA, Schöck F. (2019). eLife. doi: 10.7554/eLife.50496.
Different Evolutionary Trajectories of Two Insect-Specific Paralogous Proteins Involved in Stabilizing Muscle Myofibrils. González-Morales N, Marsh TW, Marescal O, Xiao YS, Schöck F. (2019). Genetics. doi: 10.1534/genetics.119.302217.
Rapid IFM dissection for visualizing fluorescently tagged sarcomeric proteins.
Xiao YS, Schöck F, González-Morales N. (2017). Bio-Protocol. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2606.
Filamin actin-binding and titin-binding fulfill distinct functions in Z-disc cohesion.
González-Morales N, Holenka TK, Schöck F. (2017). PLoS Genet. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006880.
Zasp52, a Core Z-disc Protein in Drosophila Indirect Flight Muscles, Interacts with α-Actinin via an Extended PDZ Domain. Liao KA, González-Morales N, Schöck F. (2016). PLoS Genet. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006400.
Ferritin is required in multiple tissues during Drosophila melanogaster development.
González-Morales N, Mendoza-Ortíz MÁ, Bowes LM, Missirlis F, Riesgo-Escovar JR, (*Co-first authors). (2015). PLoS One. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133499.
The Atypical Cadherin Dachsous and Planar Cell Polarity control Left-Right Asymmetry in Drosophila.
González-Morales N, Géminard C, Le-Breton G, Cérezo D, Coutelis JB, and Noselli S,. (2015). Dev Cell. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.04.026.
Diversity and convergence of mechanisms establishing Left-Right asymmetry in metazoan.
Coutelis JB, González-Morales N, Géminard C, and Noselli S,. (2014). EMBO Reports. doi: 10.15252/embr.201438972.
The Myosin ID Pathway and Left-Right Asymmetry in Drosophila.
Géminard C*, González-Morales N*, Coutelis JB*, and Noselli S,. (2014). Genesis. doi: 10.1002/dvg.22763. *equal contribution