Name: Tarmo Annilo 
 
Date of birth: June 16, 1965, Estonia
Place of birth: Estonia
Citizenship: Estonian
 
  Office:
Address: Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
Tartu University
Estonian Biocentre
23 Riia St. 51010 Tartu
Estonia
Phone: (372) 7 375 009
Fax: (372) 7 420 286
E-mail: tannilo@ebc.ee
 
  Education:
1983 – 1991 Faculty of Biology and Geography, University of Tartu, Estonia
1992 – 1997 Graduate student, Department of Biotechnology, University of Tartu, Estonia, Research area: Primary structure of human ribosomal protein S7 gene and the nucleocytoplasmic transport of ribosomal proteins.
1999 PhD in Molecular Biology, University of Tartu, Estonia. Title: “Studies on mammalian ribosomal protein S7”. Advisor: Prof. Andres Metspalu MD, Ph.D.   
   
 
  Work Experience:
1991 – 1992 Junior research fellow, Laboratory of Gene Expression, University of Tartu, Estonia
1998 – 1999 Scientist, Estonian Biocentre
Nov. 1999 – Aug. 2004 Postdoctoral fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA. Research areas: (I) Comparative genomics and evolution of the ABC transporter gene family, (II) Using zebrafish as a model organism for the determination of functions of novel genes.
Oct. 2004 – ... Senior scientist, Department of Biotechnology, University of Tartu, Estonia.
    
 
  Publications:
 


Dean M, Annilo T. Evolution of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily in vertebrates. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet. 2005;6:123-42.

Annilo T, Laan M, Stahl J, Metspalu A. The human ribosomal protein S7-encoding gene: isolation, structure and localization in 2p25. Gene. 1995 Nov 20;165(2):297-302.

Annilo T, Karis A, Hoth S, Rikk T, Kruppa J, Metspalu A.  Nuclear import and nucleolar accumulation of the human ribosomal protein S7 depends on both a minimal nuclear localization sequence and an adjacent basic region. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1998 Aug 28;249(3):759-66.

Annilo T, Jelina J, Pata I, Metspalu A.  Isolation and characterization of the mouse ribosomal protein S7 gene. Biochem Mol Biol Int. 1998 Oct;46(2):287-95.

Arnould, I., Schriml, L.M., Prades, C., Lachtermacher-Triunfol, M., Schneider, T., Maintoux, C., Lemoine, C., Debono, D., Devaud, C., Naudin, L., Bauché, S., Annat, M., Annilo, T., Allikmets, R., Gold, B., Denéfle, P., Rosier, M. and Dean, M.: Identifying and characterizing a five-gene cluster of ATP-binding cassette transporters mapping to human chromosome 17q24: a new subgroup within the ABCA subfamily. Genescreen (2001) 1:157-164.

Annilo T, Tammur J, Hutchinson A, Rzhetsky A, Dean M, Allikmets R. Human and mouse orthologs of a new ATP-binding cassette gene, ABCG4. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 2001;94(3-4):196-201.

Prades C, Arnould I, Annilo T, Shulenin S, Chen ZQ, Orosco L, Triunfol M, Devaud C, Maintoux-Larois C, Lafargue C, Lemoine C, Denefle P, Rosier M, Dean M.  The human ATP binding cassette gene ABCA13, located on chromosome 7p12.3, encodes a 5058 amino acid protein with an extracellular domain encoded in part by a 4.8-kb conserved exon. Cytogenet Genome Res. 2002;98(2-3):160-8.

Annilo T, Shulenin S, Chen ZQ, Arnould I, Prades C, Lemoine C, Maintoux-Larois C, Devaud C, Dean M, Denefle P, Rosier M. Identification and characterization of a novel ABCA subfamily member, ABCA12, located in the lamellar ichthyosis region on 2q34. Cytogenet Genome Res. 2002;98(2-3):169-76.

Remaley AT, Bark S, Walts AD, Freeman L, Shulenin S, Annilo T, Elgin E, Rhodes HE, Joyce C, Dean M, Santamarina-Fojo S, Brewer HB Jr.  Comparative genome analysis of potential regulatory elements in the ABCG5-ABCG8 gene cluster. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2002 Jul 12;295(2):276-82.

Annilo T, Chen ZQ, Shulenin S, Dean M. Evolutionary analysis of a cluster of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) genes. Mamm Genome. 2003 Jan;14(1):7-20.

Shulenin S, Nogee LM, Annilo T, Wert SE, Whitsett JA, Dean M. ABCA3 gene mutations in newborns with fatal surfactant deficiency. N Engl J Med. 2004 Mar 25;350(13):1296-303.

Chen ZQ, Annilo T, Shulenin S, Dean M. Three ATP-binding cassette transporter genes, Abca14, Abca15, and Abca16, form a cluster on mouse Chromosome 7F3. Mamm Genome. 2004 May;15(5):335-43.

Annilo T, Dean M. Degeneration of an ATP-binding cassette transporter gene, ABCC13, in different mammalian lineages. Genomics. 2004 Jul;84(1):34-46.

Tarnay JN, Szeri F, Ilias A, Annilo T, Sung C, Le Saux O, Varadi A, Dean M, Boyd CD, Robinow S. The dMRP/CG6214 gene of Drosophila is evolutionarily and functionally related to the human multidrug resistance-associated protein family. Insect Mol Biol. 2004 Oct;13(5):539-48.

Annilo T, Kepp K, Laan M. Natural antisense transcript of natriuretic peptide precursor A (NPPA): structural organization and modulation of NPPA expression.
BMC Mol Biol. 2009 Aug 11;10:81.