1. Generation of a zebrafish neurofibromatosis model via inducible knockout of nf2a/b. Ayyappa Raja Desingu Rajan, Yuanyun Huang, Jan Stundl, Katelyn Chu, Anushka Irodi, Zihan Yang, Brian E Applegate, Marianne E Bronner; Disease Models & Mechanisms (2024) 17 (12): dmm050862.

  2. Ancient vertebrate dermal armor evolved from trunk neural crest. Jan Stundl, Megan L Martik, Donglei Chen, Desingu Ayyappa Raja, Roman Franěk, Anna Pospisilova, Martin Pšenička, Brian D Metscher, Ingo Braasch, Tatjana Haitina, Robert Cerny, Per E Ahlberg, Marianne E Bronner; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023) 120 (30) e2221120120.

  3. Migration and establishment of progenitor pool of melanocytes is governed by SEMA3E-PLXND1 signaling. Yogaspoorthi Subramaniam, Babita Sharma, Ayush Aggarwal, Desingu Ayyappa Raja, Iti Gupta, Madeeha Ghazi, Sridhar Sivasubbu, Vivek T Natarajan; bioRxiv 2023.02. 28.530560.

  4. Reverse genetic approach to identify regulators of pigmentation using zebrafish. Babita Sharma, Yogaspoorthi J Subramaniam, Desingu Ayyappa Raja, Ayush Aggarwal, Sridhar Sivasubbu, Vivek T Natarajan; Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) (181), e62955, doi:10.3791/62955 (2022).

  5. Kinesin recruitment by adapter SKIP on melanosomes is dynamically controlled by LC3B phosphorylation. Yogaspoorthi Subramaniam, Divya Murthy, Desingu Ayyappa Raja, Amrita Ramkumar, Sridhar Sivasubbu, David G McEwan, Rajesh S Gokhale, Vivek T Natarajan; BioRxiv 2021.03. 11.434917.

  6. Histone variant dictates fate biasing of neural crest cells to melanocyte lineage. Desingu Ayyappa Raja, Yogaspoorthi Subramaniam, Ayush Aggarwal, Vishvabandhu Gotherwal, Aswini Babu, Jyoti Tanwar, Rajender K Motiani, Sridhar Sivasubbu, Rajesh S Gokhale, Vivek T Natarajan; Development (2020) 147 (5): dev182576.

  7. pH‐controlled histone acetylation amplifies melanocyte differentiation downstream of MITF. Desingu Ayyappa Raja, Vishvabandhu Gotherwal, Shaunak A Burse, Yogaspoorthi J Subramaniam, Farina Sultan, Archana Vats, Hemlata Gautam, Babita Sharma, Sachin Sharma, Archana Singh, Sridhar Sivasubbu, Rajesh S Gokhale, Vivek T Natarajan; EMBO reports (2019)21: e48333.

  8. STIM1 activation of adenylyl cyclase 6 connects Ca2+ and cAMP signaling during melanogenesis. Rajender K Motiani, Jyoti Tanwar, Desingu Ayyappa Raja, Ayushi Vashisht, Shivangi Khanna, Sachin Sharma, Sonali Srivastava, Sridhar Sivasubbu, Vivek T Natarajan, Rajesh S Gokhale; The EMBO journal (2018)37: e97597.

  9. Classical autophagy proteins LC3B and ATG4B facilitate melanosome movement on cytoskeletal tracks. Amrita Ramkumar, Divya Murthy, Desingu Ayyappa Raja, Archana Singh, Anusha Krishnan, Sangeeta Khanna, Archana Vats, Lipi Thukral, Pushkar Sharma, Sridhar Sivasubbu, Rajni Rani, Vivek T Natarajan, Rajesh S Gokhale; Autophagy 2017, VOL. 13, NO. 8, 1331–1347