Selected Publications

Drosophila Chromosome Structure Group

1. Mason JM, Capkova Frydrychova R, Biessmann H. (2008) Drosophila telomeres: an exception providing new insights. BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology 30(1): 25-37. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=18081009)
2. Walter MF, Biessmann MR, Benitez C, Torok T, Mason JM, Biessmann H. (2007) Effects of telomere length in Drosophila melanogaster on life span, fecundity, and fertility. Chromosoma 116: 41-51. [Abstract] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17089138&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_docsum
3. Biessmann H, Prasad S, Semeshin VF, Andreyeva EN, Nguyen Q, Walter MF, Mason JM. (2005) Two distinct domains in Drosophila melanogaster telomeres. Genetics 171: 1767-1777. [Abstract] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16143601&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_docsum
4. Biessmann H, Prasad S, Walter MF, Mason JM. (2005) Euchromatic and heterochromatic domains at Drosophila telomeres. Biochem. Cell Biol. 83: 477-485. [Abstract] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16094451&query_hl=4&itool=pubmed_docsum
5. Mason JM, Ransom J, Konev AY. (2004) A deficiency screen for dominant suppressors of telomeric silencing in Drosophila. Genetics 168: 1353-1370. [Abstract] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15579690&query_hl=6&itool=pubmed_docsum
6. Mason JM, Konev AY, Golubovsky MD, Biessmann H. (2003) Cis- and trans-acting influences on telomeric position effect in Drosophila melanogaster detected with a subterminal transgene. Genetics 163: 917-930. [Abstract] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12663532&query_hl=8&itool=pubmed_docsum
7. Mason JM, Konev AY, Biessmann H. (2003) Telomeric position effect in Drosophila melanogaster reflects a telomere length control mechanism. Genetica 117: 319-325. [Abstract] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12723711&query_hl=4&itool=pubmed_docsum
8. Biessmann H, Mason JM. (2003) Telomerase-independent mechanisms of telomere elongation. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 60: 2325-2333. [Abstract] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=14625679&query_hl=4&itool=pubmed_docsum
9. Siriaco GM, Cenci G, Haoudi A, Champion L, Zhou C, Gatti M, Mason JM. (2002) Telomere elongation (Tel), a new mutation in Drosophila melanogaster that produces long telomeres. Genetics 160: 235-245. [Abstract] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11805059&query_hl=13&itool=pubmed_docsum
10. Golubovsky MD, Konev AY, Walter MF, Biessmann H, Mason JM. (2001) Terminal retrotransposons activate a subtelomeric white transgene at the 2L telomere in Drosophila. Genetics 158: 1111-1123. [Abstract] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11454760&query_hl=4&itool=pubmed_docsum
11. Mason JM, Haoudi A, Konev AY, Kurenova E, Walter MF, Biessmann H. (2000) Control of telomere elongation and telomeric silencing in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetica 109: 61-70. [Abstract] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11293796&query_hl=4&itool=pubmed_docsum
12. Kasravi A, Walter MF, Brand S, Mason JM, Biessmann H. (1999) Molecular cloning and tissue-specific expression of the mutator2 gene (mu2) in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 152: 1025-1035. [Abstract] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=10388821&query_hl=4&itool=pubmed_DocSum

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