Melissa Phelps

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An Amino-Terminal Polo Kinase Interaction Motif Acts in the Regulation of Centrosome Formation and Reveals a Novel Function for centrosomin (cnn) in Drosophila

R. Eisman, Melissa Phelps, T. Kaufman
Biology, Medicine
Genetics
1 October 2015

The formation of the pericentriolar matrix (PCM) and a fully functional centrosome in syncytial Drosophila melanogaster embryos requires the rapid transport of Cnn during initiation of the centrosome… Expand

Effects of Gene Dose, Chromatin, and Network Topology on Expression in Drosophila melanogaster

H. Lee, Dong-Yeon Cho, +8 authors B. Oliver
Biology, Medicine
PLoS genetics
1 September 2016

Deletions, commonly referred to as deficiencies by Drosophila geneticists, are valuable tools for mapping genes and for genetic pathway discovery via dose-dependent suppressor and enhancer screens.… Expand

Centrosomin: A Complex Mix of Long and Short Isoforms Is Required for Centrosome Function During Early Development in Drosophila melanogaster

R. Eisman, Melissa Phelps, T. Kaufman
Biology, Medicine
Genetics
1 August 2009

Centrosomin (Cnn) is a required core component in mitotic centrosomes during syncytial development and the presence of Cnn at centrosomes has become synonymous with fully functional centrosomes in… Expand

The end of a monolith: Deconstructing the Cnn-Polo interaction

R. Eisman, Melissa Phelps, T. Kaufman
Biology, Medicine
Fly
2 April 2016

ABSTRACT In Drosophila melanogaster a functional pericentriolar matrix (PCM) at mitotic centrosomes requires Centrosomin-Long Form (Cnn-LF) proteins. Moreover, tissue culture cells have shown that… Expand

Genome-wide expression profiling Drosophila melanogaster deficiency heterozygotes reveals diverse genomic responses

H. Lee, Dong-Yeon Cho, +8 authors B. Oliver
Biology
26 November 2015

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