Selected Publications

Drosophila Chromosome Structure Group

1. Dronamraju R, Mason JM. Recognition of double strand breaks by a mutator protein (MU2) in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genetics 2009; 5: e1000473. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000473. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=19424425)
2. Capkova Frydrychova R, Biessmann H, Mason JM. Regulation of telomere length in Drosophila. Cytogenet Genome Res 2008; 122:356-364. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=19188706)
3. Capkova Frydrychova R, Mason JM, Archer TK. HP1 is distributed within distinct chromatin domains at Drosophila telomeres. Genetics 2008; 180:121-131. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=18723888)
4. Capkova Frydrychova R, Biessmann H, Konev AY, Golubovsky MD, Johnson J, Archer TK, Mason JM. Transcriptional activity of the telomeric retrotransposon HeT-A in Drosophila melanogaster is stimulated as a consequence of subterminal deficiencies at homologous and nonhomologous telomeres. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:4991-5001.  [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17470550)
5. Walter MF, Biessmann MR, Benitez C, Török T, Mason JM, Biessmann H. Effects of telomere length in Drosophila melanogaster on life span, fecundity and fertility. Chromosoma 2007; 116:401-51. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17089138)
6. Biessmann H, Prasad S, Semeshin VF, Andreyeva EN, Nguyen Q, Walter MF, Mason  JM. Two distinct domains in Drosophila melanogaster telomeres. Genetics 2005; 171:1767-1777. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16143601)
7. Mason JM, Ransom J, Konev AY. A deficiency screen for dominant suppressors of telomeric silencing in Drosophila. Genetics 2004; 168:1353-1370. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15579690)
8. Mason JM, Konev AY, Golubovsky MD, Biessmann H. Cis- and trans-acting influences on telomeric position effect in Drosophila melanogaster detected with a subterminal transgene. Genetics 2003; 163:917-930. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12663532)
9. Mason JM, Konev AY, Biessmann H. Telomeric position effect in Drosophila melanogaster reflects a telomere length control mechanism. Genetica 2003; 117:319-325. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12723711)
10. Siriaco GM, Cenci G, Haoudi A, Champion L, Zhou C, Gatti M, Mason JM. Telomere elongation (Tel), a new mutation in Drosophila melanogaster that produces long telomeres. Genetics 2002; 160:235-245. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11805059)
11. Golubovsky MD, Konev AY, Walter MF, Biessmann H, Mason JM. Terminal retrotransposons activate a subtelomeric white transgene at the 2L telomere in Drosophila. Genetics 2001; 158:1111-1123. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11454760)
12. Mason JM, Champion LE, Hook G. Germ-line effects of a mutator, mu2, in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 1997; 146:1381-97. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9258681)

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