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Publications by Graham Thomas

2004

Williams, J.A., B. MacIver, E.A. Klipfell, and G.H. Thomas. The C-terminal domain of Drosophila ßHeavy-spectrin exhibits autonomous membrane association and modulates membrane area. J. Cell Sci. 117:771-782.

2003

Thomas, G.H. and D.E. Discher. Conformational compliance of spectrins in membrane deformation, morphogenesis, and signaling. In: Elastomeric Proteins. (P. R. Shewry, A. Tatham, and A. J. Bailey, eds.), pp. 213-241, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U. K.

2002

Medina, E., J.A. Williams, E.A. Klipfell, D.C. Zarnescu, G.H. Thomas, and A. LeBivic. Crumbs interacts with moesin βHeavy-spectrin in the apical membrane skeleton of Drosophila. J. Cell Biol. 158:941-951.

2001

Thomas, G.H. Spectrin: The ghost in the machine. BioEssays. 23:152-160.

1999

Thomas, G.H. and J.A. Williams. Dynamic Rearrangement of the Spectrin Membrane Skeleton During the Generation of Epithelial Polarity in Drosophila. J. Cell Science 112:2843-2852.

Zarnescu, D.C. and G.H. Thomas. Apical Spectrin is Essential for Epithelial Morphogenesis but not Apico-basal Polarity in Drosophila. J. Cell Biol. 146:1075-1086.

1998

Thomas, G.H., D.C. Zarnescu, A.E. Juedes, M.A. Bales, A. Londergan, C.C. Korte, and D.P. Kiehart. Drosophila bHeavy-spectrin is Essential for Development and Contributes to Specific Cell Fates in the Eye. Development 125:2125-2134.

Thomas, G. H. Molecular Evolution of Spectrin Repeats. Bioessays 20:600.

1997

Muse, S.V., A.G. Clark, and G.H. Thomas. Comparisons of the Nucleotide Substitution Process Among Repetitive Segments of the a- and b-spectrin Genes. J. Mol. Evol. 44:492-500.

Thomas, G.H., E.C. Newbern, C.C. Korte, M.A. Bales, S.V. Muse, A.G. Clark, and D.P. Kiehart. Intragenic Duplication and Divergence in the Spectrin Superfamily of Proteins. Mol. Biol. Evol. 14:1285-1295.

1994

Kiehart, D.P., R. Montague, W. Rickoll, D. Foard, and G.H. Thomas. High Resolution Microscopic Methods for the Analysis of Cellular Movements in Drosophila Embryos. Methods Cell Biol. 44:507-532.

Thomas, G.H. and D.P. Kiehart. ?(Heavy)-spectrin has a Restricted Tissue and Subcellular Distribution during Drosophila Development. Development 120:2039-2050.

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