Kathryn Akong   1999- 2003   

M.D./Ph.D.Program &

Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology

Roles of APC proteins in Wnt signaling and cytoskeletal regulation during embryogenesis and brain development

Kathryn's picture

Publications

Hayden, M.A., Akong, K., and Peifer, M. (2007). Novel roles for APC family members and Wingless/Wnt signaling during Drosophila brain development. Developmental Biology 305:358-76.

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.

Akong, K., McCartney, B.M., and Peifer, M.  (2002).  Drosophila APC2 and APC1 have overlapping roles in the larval brain despite their distinct intracellular localizations.  Developmental Biology 250, 71-90.

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.