Publications with undergraduate co-authors (in bold)

Stevens, T L., Rogers, E M., Koontz, L. M. , Fox, D. T., Homem, C. C.F., Nowotarski, S. H., Artabazon, N. B., and Peifer, M. (2007). Using Bcr-Abl to examine mechanisms by which Abl kinase regulates morphogenesis in Drosophila. Molecular Biology of the Cell 19, 378-393.

Gates, J., Mahaffey, J.P., Rogers, S.L., Emerson, M., Rogers, E.M., Sottile, S.L., Van Vactor, D., Gertler, F.B., and Peifer, M. (2007). Enabled plays key roles in Embryonic Epithelial Morphogenesis in Drosophila. Development 134, 2027-2039.

McCartney, B.M., Price, M.H., Webb, R., , Hayden, M.A., Holot, L., Zhou, M, Bejsovec, A., and Peifer, M. (2006). Testing hypotheses for the functions of APC family proteins using null and truncation alleles in Drosophila. Development 133, 2407-2418.

Price, M.H., Roberts, D.M., McCartney, B.M., Jezuit, E., and Peifer, M. (2006). Cytoskeletal dynamics and cell signaling during planar polarity establishment in the Drosophila embryonic denticle. Journal of Cell Science 119: 403-415.

Fox, D.T., Homem, C.C.F., Myster, S.H., Wang, F., Bain, E.E., and Peifer, M. (2005). Rho1 Regulates Drosophila Adherens Junctions Independently of p120ctn. Development, 132, 4819-4831.

Myster, S.H., Wang, F., Cavallo, R., Christian, W., Bhotika, S., Anderson, C.T., and Peifer, M. (2004). Genetic and bioinformatic analysis of 41C and the 2R heterochromatin of Drosophila melanogaster: A window on the heterochromatin-euchromatin junction. Genetics 166, 807-22.

Myster, S.H.,, Cavallo, R., Anderson, C.T., Fox, D.T.. and Peifer, M. (2003). Drosophila p120catenin plays a supporting role in cell adhesion but is not an essential adherens junction component. Journal of Cell Biology160 433-449.

Akong, K., Grevengoed, E.E., Price, M.H., McCartney, B.M., Hayden, M.A., DeNofrio, J.C., and Peifer, M. (2002). Drosophila APC2 and APC1 play overlapping roles in Wingless signaling in the embryo and imaginal discs. Developmental Biology 250, 91-100.

Loureiro, J.J., Akong, K., Cayirlioglu, P., Baltus, A.E., DiAntonio, A., and Peifer, M. (2001) Activated Armadillo/ß-catenin does not play a general role in cell migration and process extension in Drosophila. Developmental Biology 235: 33-44.

McCartney, B., Dierick, H.A., Kirkpatrick, C., Moline, M.M., Baas, A., Peifer, M., and Bejsovec, A. Drosophila APC2 is a cytoskeletally-associated protein that regulates Wingless signaling in the embryonic epidermis. Journal of Cell Biology 146, 1303-1318.

Cox, R.T., Pai,L.-M., Miller, J.R., Orsulic, S.,Stein,J., McCormick, C.A., Audeh, Y., Wang, W., Moon, R.T., and Peifer, M. (1999). Membrane-tethered Drosophila Armadillo cannot transduce Wingless signal on its own. Development 126, 1327-1335.

Cox, R.T., Pai,L.-M., Kirkpatrick, C., Stein,J., and Peifer, M. (1999). Roles of the C-terminus of Armadillo in Wingless signaling in Drosophila . Genetics,153, 319-332.

Pai, L.-M., Kirkpatrick, C., Blanton, J., Oda, H., Takeichi, M., and Peifer, M. (1996). alpha-catenin and DE-cadherin occupy distinct binding sites on Drosophila Armadillo that differ substantially in size. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 32411-32420.

Rauskolb, C., Smith, K., Peifer, M., and Wieschaus, E. (1995). extradenticle determines segmental identities throughout Drosophila development. Development 121, 3663-3673.

Peifer, M., Pai, L.-M., and Casey, M. (1994). Phosphorylation of the Drosophila adhesive junction protein Armadillo: roles for Wingless signal and Zeste white-3 kinase. Dev. Biol. 166, 543-556.

Peifer, M., Sweeton, D., Casey, M., and Wieschaus, E. (1994). wingless signal and Zeste-white 3 kinase trigger opposing changes in the intracellular distribution of Armadillo. Development 120, 369-380.