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Yaping Lei

M.S.

Research Lab Specialist

Education    Experience    Publications   


Education

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

YEAR(s)

FIELD OF STUDY

University of Southern California, CA

M.S.

2000

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Graduate school, Chinese Academic of Science, Peking Union Medical College, China

M.S.

1987

Cardiology

Shanxi Medical University, P.R. China

B.A.

1983

Medicine


Research & Professional Experience

2007-present

Research Lab Specialist, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

1993-2007

Research Lab Technician III/Supervisor, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

1992-1993

Research Associate, Children' s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

1990-1992

Research Associate, Medical school, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

1987-1990

Physician in charge, Cardiology Institute and Fuwai Hospital, P. R. China


Publications

Snead ML, Zhu DH, Lei YP, White SN, Snead CM, Luo W, Paine ML.  (2006). Protein self-assembly creates a nanoscale device for biomineralization. Materials Science and Engineering: C. 26(8); 1296-1300

Wen X, Lei YP, Zhou YL, Okamoto CT, Snead ML, Paine ML. (2005). Structural organization and cellular localization of tuftelin-interacting protein 11 (TFIP11). Cell Mol Life Sci. 62(9):1038-46.

Paine ML, Lei YP, Dickerson K, Snead ML. (2002). Altered amelogenin self-assembly based on mutations observed in human X-linked amelogenesis imperfecta (AIH1). J Biol Chem 2002 May 10;277(19):17112-6

Paine ML, Zhu DH, Luo W, Bringas P Jr, Goldberg M, White SN, Lei YP, Sarikaya M, Fong HK, Snead ML (2000). Enamel biomineralization defects result from alterations to amelogenin self-assembly. J Struct Biol 2000 Dec;132(3):191-200

Moradian-Oldak J, Paine ML, Lei YP, Fincham AG, Snead ML (2000) Self-assembly properties of recombinant engineered amelogenin proteins analyzed by dynamic light scattering and atomic force microscopy. J Struct Biol 131(1):27-37

Zhou YL, Lei Y, Snead ML (2000). Functional antagonism between Msx2 and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha in regulating the mouse amelogenin gene expression is mediated by protein-protein interaction. J Biol Chem 275:29066-75

Snead ML, Paine ML, Luo W, Zhu DH, Yoshida B, Lei YP, Chen LS, Paine CT, Burstein JM, Jitpukdeebudintra S, White SN, Bringas P Jr (1998). Transgene Animal Model for Protein Expression and Accumulation into forming Enamel. Connective Tissue Research 38(1-4), pp. 279-286.

Snead ML, Paine ML, Chen LS, Yoshida B, Luo W, Zhu DH, Lei YP, Liu YH, Maxson RE (1996). The murine amelogenin promoter: Developmentally regulated expression in transgenic animals. Conn. Tiss. Res. 35:1-4, pp. 41-47.

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