Bai, W.-L., Kuan,Y.-S, Brewer-Jensen, P., Wing, J. S.  and Searles, L. L. (2005) Su(s) colocalizes with hypophosphorylated RNA polymerase II (Pol II) on polytene chromosomes and fine tunes gene expression in Drosophila.  Manuscript submitted.

Kuan, Y.-S., Brewer-Jensen, P. and Searles, L.L. (2004) Suppressor of (sable), a putative RNA processing protein, functions at the level of transcription. Mol. Cell Biol. 24, 3734-3746.

Glenn, L. and Searles, L.L. (2001) Distinct domains mediate the early and late functions of the Drosophila ovarian tumor proteins.  Mechan. Dev. 102, 181-191.

Turnage, M.A., Brewer-Jensen, P., Bai, W.-L., and Searles, L.L. (2000) Arginine-rich regions mediate the RNA binding and regulatory activities of the protein encoded by the Drosophila melanogaster suppressor of sable gene. Mol.Cell. Biol. 20, 8198-8208.

Murray, M. V., Turnage, M. A.,Williamson,  K. J. , Steinhauer, W. R.  and Searles,  L. L. (1997) The Drosophila Suppressor of sable protein binds to RNA and associates with a subset of polytene chromosome bands.  Mol.Cell. Biol. 17, 2291-2300.

Sass, G.L., Comer, A.R., and Searles, L.L. (1995) The ovarian tumor protein isoforms of Drosophila melanogaster exhibit differences in function, expression and localization. Dev. Biol. 167, 201-212.

Fridell, R.A. and Searles, L.L. (1994) Evidence for a role of the Drosophila melanogaster suppressor of sable gene in pre-mRNA splicing control.  Mol. Cell. Biol. 14, 859-867.

Sass, G.L., Mohler, J.D., Walsh, R.C., Kalfayan, L.J., and Searles, L.L. (1993)  Structure and expression of hybrid dysgenesis-induced alleles of the ovarian tumor (otu) gene in Drosophila melanogaster.  Genetics 133, 253-263.

Fridell, Y.-W.C. and Searles, L.L. (1992) In vivo transcriptional analysis of the TATA-less promoter of the Drosophila melanogaster vermilion gene.  Mol. Cell Biol. 12, 4571-4577.

Comer, A.R., Searles, L.L., and Kalfayan, L.J. (1992) Identification of a genomic DNA fragment containing the Drosophila melanogaster ovarian tumor (otu) gene and localization of regions governing its expression.  Gene 118, 171-179.

Pret, A.-M. and Searles, L.L. (1991) Splicing of retrotransposon insertions from transcripts of the Drosophila melanogaster vermilion gene in a revertant.  Genetics 129, 1137-1145.