Science Hall 107a (973) 655-7178
Department Chair
Spring Office Hours: Tue: 4-5:30; Wed: 11-12:30; Thu: 12-1.
Professor Vega's Web Page: http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~qvega/index.html
Courses Taught
BIOL 230 Cell and Molecular Biology
BIOL 434 Introduction to Molecular Biology
BIOL 435 Experimental Molecular Biology
BIOL 492 Senior Colloquium
BIOL 547 Molecular Biology I
BIOL 548 Molecular Biology II
BIOL 592 Graduate Colloquium
BIOL 594 Signal Transduction
Publications
1992 Vega, Q.C., Cochet, C., Filhol, O., Chang, C.P., Rhee, S.G. and Gill, G.N. A site of tyrosine phosphorylation in the C terminus of the epidermal growth factor receptor is required to activate phospholipase C. Mol. Cell. Bio. 12, 128-135.
1995 Vega, Q.C., Walton, K.M., and Dixon, J.E. Protein tyrosine phosphatases and the cytoskeleton. Adv. Prot. Phos. 9, 165-182.
1996 Mourey, R.J., Vega, Q.C., Campbell, J.S., Wenderoth, M.P., Hauschka, S.D., Krebs, E.G. and Dixon, J.E. A novel cytoplasmic dual-specificity protein tyrosine phosphatase implicated in muscle and neuronal differentiation. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 3795-3802.
1996 Vega, Q.C., Worby, C.A., Lechner, M.S., Dixon, J.E. and Dressler, G.R. Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor activates the receptor tyrosine kinase RET and promotes kidney morphogenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93, 10657-10661.
1996 Liu, X., Vega, Q.C., Decker, R.A., Pandey, A., Worby, C.A. and Dixon, J.E. Oncogenic RET receptors display different autophosphorylation sites and substrate binding specificities. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 5309-5312.
1996 Worby, C. A., Vega, Q. C., Zhao, Y., Chao, H. H-J., Seasholtz, A. F., and Dixon, J. E. Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor signals through the RET receptor and activates MAPK. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 23619-23622.
1997 Alun Davies, Jack Dixon, Gary Fox, Carlos Ibanez, Shuqian Jing, Eugene Johnson, Jeffrey Millbrandt, Heidi Phillips, Arnon Rosenthal, Mart Saarma, Michele Sanicola, James Treanor, and Quinn Vega. Nomenclature of GPI-linked receptors for the GDNF ligand family. Neuron, 19, 485.
1998 Vega, Q.C., Worby, C.A., Chao, H.J.H., Seasholtz, A.F., Thompson, R.C., Dixon, J.E. Identification and Characterization of GFRa-3, a novel co-receptor belonging to the glial cell line-derived neurotrophic receptor family. J. Biol. Chem. 73, 3502-3508.
2000 Vega, Q. C. Undergraduate Research in a Biotechnology Teaching Laboratory: Expression and Purification of a Tyrosine Kinase. Journal of Industrial Microbiology. 24, 359-363.
2001 Vega, Q. C. Analysis of Phospholipase C-gamma activation by a truncated receptor tyrosine kinase in vitro. Journal of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics. 5, 347-355.
2001 Vega, Q.C. Translocation of PLC-g to the plasma membrane by truncated tyrosine kinases. Journal of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics. 5, 393-398.
2002 Areche, E., Smalley, J., Vega, Q.C. A Method for Random Mutagenesis of a RET Co-receptor. In Vivo. 23, 4-9.
2003 Vega, Q. Research in an Undergraduate Teaching
Laboratory: Reaching a Larger
Audience. Council on
Undergraduate Research Quarterly.
24, 31-34.