Tian AG, Deng WM. 2009. Par-1 and Tau regulate the anterior-posterior gradient of microtubules in Drosophila oocytes. Developmental Biology. 327(2):458-64.
Cooper E, Deng WM, Chung HM. 2009. Aph-1 is required to regulate Presenilin-mediated gamma-secretase activity and cell survival in Drosophila wing development. Genesis. 47(3):169-74.
Sun J, Smith L, Armento A, Deng WM. 2008. Regulation of the endocycle/gene amplification switch by Notch and ecdysone signaling. The Journal of cell biology. 182(5):885-96.
Yu J, Poulton J, Huang YC, Deng WM. 2008. The Hippo Pathway Promotes Notch Signaling in Regulation of Cell Differentiation, Proliferation, and Oocyte Polarity. PLoS ONE. 3(3): e1761.
Tian AG, Deng WM. 2008. Lgl and its phosphorylation by aPKC regulate oocyte polarity formation in Drosophila. Development. 135(3):463-71.
Poulton J, Deng WM. 2007. Cell-cell communication and axis specification in the Drosophila oocyte. Developmental Biology. 311(1):1-10.
Sun J, Deng WM. 2007. Hindsight mediates the role of notch in suppressing hedgehog signaling and cell proliferation. Developmental Cell. 12(3):431-42.
Schneider M, Khalil AA, Poulton J, Castillejo-Lopez C, Egger-Adam D, Wodarz A, Deng WM, Baumgartner S. 2006. Perlecan and Dystroglycan act at the basal side of the Drosophila follicular epithelium to maintain epithelial organization. Development. 133: 3805-15.
Poulton JS., Deng WM. 2006. Dystroglycan down-regulation links EGF receptor signaling and anterior-posterior polarity formation in the Drosophila oocyte. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103(34): 12775-80.
Sun J, Deng WM. 2005. Notch-dependent downregulation of the homeodomain gene cut is required for the mitotic cycle/endocycle switch and cell differentiation in Drosophila follicle cells. Development 132: 4299-4308.
Althauser C, Jordan K, Deng WM, Ruohola-Baker H. 2005. Fringe-dependent notch activation and tramtrack function are required for specification of the polar cells in Drosophila oogenesis. Developmental Dynamics 232: 1013-1020.
Schaeffer V., Althauser C., Shcherbata HR, Deng WM, Ruohola-Baker H. 2004. Notch-dependent Fizzy-related/Hec1/Cdh1 expression is required for the mitotic-to-endocycle transtition in Drosophila follicle cells. Current Biology 14(7): 630-6.
Deng, W.M., M. Schneider, R.W. Frock, C. Castillejo-Lopez, S. Baumgartner, and H. Ruohola-Baker. 2003. Dystroglycan is required for polarizing the epithelial cells and the oocyte in Drosophila. Development 130: 173-184. (COVER PHOTOGRAPH).
Deng, W.M., C. Althauser, and H. Ruohola-Baker. 2001. Notch-Delta signaling induces a transition from mitotic cell cycle to endocycle in Drosophila follicle cells. Development 128: 4737-4746. (COVER PHOTOGRAPH).
Deng, W.M., and H. Ruohola-Baker. 2000. Laminin A is required for follicle cell-oocyte signaling that leads to establishment of the anterior-posterior axis in Drosophila. Current Biology 10: 683-686.
Jordan, K.C., N.J.Clegg, J.A. Blasi, A.M. Morimoto, J.Sen, D.Stein, H.McNeill, W.M. Deng, M. Tworoger, and H. Ruohola-Baker. 2000. The homeobox gene mirror links EGF signaling to embryonic dorso-ventral axis formation through notch activation. Nature Genetics 24: 429-433.
Larkin, M.K.,* W.M. Deng,* K. Holder, M. Tworoger, N. Clegg, and H. Ruohola-Baker. 1999. Role of Notch pathway in terminal follicle cell differentiation during Drosophila oogenesis. Development Genes & Evolution 209: 301-311. (*equal contribution)
Deng, W.M., K. Leaper, and M. Bownes. 1999. A targeted gene silencing technique show that Drosophila myosin VI is required for egg chamber and imaginal disc morphogenesis. Journal of Cell Science 112: 3677-3690.
Tzolovsky, G.,* W.M. Deng,* T. Schlitt, and M. Bownes. 1999. The Function of the broad complex during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis. Genetics 153: 1371-1383. (*equal contribution)
Hicks, J.L., W.M. Deng, A.D. Rogat, K.G. Miller, and M. Bownes. 1999. Class VI unconventional myosin is required for spermatogenesis in Drosophila. Molecular Biology of the Cell 10: 4341-4353.
Deng, W.M., and M. Bownes. 1998. Patterning and morphogenesis of the follicle cell epithelium during Drosophila oogenesis.
Deng, W.M., and M. Bownes. 1997. Two signaling pathways specify localised expression of the broad complex in Drosophila eggshell patterning and morphogenesis. Development 124: 4639-4647.
Deng, W.M., D. Zhao, K. Rothwell, and M. Bownes. 1997. Analysis of P[gal4] insertion lines of Drosophila melanogaster as a route to identifying genes important in the follicle cells during oogenesis. Molecular Human Reproduction 5: 101-110.
Deng, W.M., and D. Zhao. 1994. Multiple expressions and functions of developmental regulatory genes. Chinese Journal of Cell Biology 14: 164-171.