Drosophila Chorion Gene Amplification

Tower, John Gerard

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
• Type: Research Project (R01)
• Project #: 5R01GM048449-03
• Application #: 2185913
• Study Section: Genetics Study Section (GEN)
• Project Start: 1994-05-01
• Project End: 1998-04-30
• Budget Start: 1996-05-01
• Budget End: 1998-04-30
• Support Year: 3
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: University of California Los Angeles
• Department: Biology
• Type: Schools of Arts and Sciences
• DUNS #: 119132785
• City: Los Angeles
• State: CA
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 90095

Publications

Khokhar, Arvinder; Chen, Nan; Yuan, Ji-Ping et al. (2008) Conditional switches for extracellular matrix patterning in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 178:1283-93

Zhang, Hongjun; Tower, John (2004) Sequence requirements for function of the Drosophila chorion gene locus ACE3 replicator and ori-beta origin elements. Development 131:2089-99

Lu, L; Zhang, H; Tower, J (2001) Functionally distinct, sequence-specific replicator and origin elements are required for Drosophila chorion gene amplification. Genes Dev 15:134-46

Landis, G; Tower, J (1999) The Drosophila chiffon gene is required for chorion gene amplification, and is related to the yeast Dbf4 regulator of DNA replication and cell cycle. Development 126:4281-93

Landis, G; Kelley, R; Spradling, A C et al. (1997) The k43 gene, required for chorion gene amplification and diploid cell chromosome replication, encodes the Drosophila homolog of yeast origin recognition complex subunit 2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94:3888-92

Lu, L; Tower, J (1997) A transcriptional insulator element, the su(Hw) binding site, protects a chromosomal DNA replication origin from position effects. Mol Cell Biol 17:2202-6