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Shawn P. Shortill

University of British ColumbiaORCID 0000-0001-8742-7442Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:yeast· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1

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Elizabeth ConibeariD· 2 shared Mia S. FrieriD· 2 shared Michael DaveyiD· 2 shared Christopher J. NelsoniD· 1 shared David Dilworth· 1 shared Martin HirstiD· 1 shared Misha Bilenky· 1 shared Neda S. Savić· 1 shared

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Cell BiologyThe Journal of Cell BiologyPeer-reviewedJul 7, 2026

The Rab GEF VINE couples phosphatase recruitment to GAP-mediated Rab5 inactivation

Mia S. Frier, Shawn P. Shortill, Michael Davey, Elizabeth Conibear

The paper identifies VINE, a VPS9-family GEF complex, as a regulator of Rab5 inactivation through phosphatase recruitment and GAP-mediated dephosphorylation.

1 citation

yeastexperimental assay

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Cell BiologyMolecular Biology of the CellPeer-reviewedApr 10, 2024

N-terminal signals in the SNX-BAR paralogs Vps5 and Vin1 guide coat complex formation

Shawn P. Shortill, Mia S. Frier, Michael Davey, Elizabeth Conibear

This study identifies N-terminal signals in Vin1 and Vps5 that guide the formation of specific endosomal coat complexes in yeast.

7 citations

yeastproteomics

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintMar 24, 2019

Genetic dissection of the redundant and divergent functions of histone chaperone paralogs in yeast

Neda S. Savić, Shawn P. Shortill, Misha Bilenky…·Christopher J. Nelson

This study investigates the redundant and divergent functions of histone chaperone paralogs Fpr3 and Fpr4 in yeast using a refined synthetic genetic array approach.

DOI 10.1101/586347

yeastDNA methylation

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