Selected Publications




Yatsenko AS, Kucherenko MM, Pantoja M, Fischer KA, Madeoy J, Deng WM, Schneider M, Baumgartner S, Akey J, Shcherbata HR, Ruohola-Baker H. 2009. The conserved WW-domain binding sites in Dystroglycan C-terminus are essential but partially redundant for Dystroglycan function. BMC Developmental Biology. 27:9-18

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. : 441-552.

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.



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