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Bursicon Signaling Mutations Separate the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition From Programmed Cell Death During Drosophila melanogaster Wing Maturation by Natzle, Jeanette E, Kiger, John A. Jr, Green, M.M

“…Following eclosion from the pupal case, wings of the immature adult fly unfold and expand to present a flat wing blade. During expansion the epithelia, which…”
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Functional Dissection of Neuroanatomical Loci Regulating Ethanol Sensitivity in Drosophila by Rodan, Aylin R, Kiger, John A., Jr, Heberlein, Ulrike

“…Ethanol has complex but similar effects on behavior in mammals and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. In addition, genetic and pharmacological approaches…”
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Tissue remodeling during maturation of the Drosophila wing by Kiger, John A., Natzle, Jeanette E., Kimbrell, Deborah A., Paddy, Michael R., Kleinhesselink, Kurt, Green, M.M.

“…The final step in morphogenesis of the adult fly is wing maturation, a process not well understood at the cellular level due to the impermeable and refractive…”
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Hemocytes are Essential for Wing Maturation in Drosophila melanogaster by Kiger, John A., Natzle, Jeanette E., Green, M. M.

“…Newly eclosed flies have wings that are highly folded and compact. Within an hour, each wing has expanded, the dorsal and ventral cuticular surfaces bonding to…”
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Transgenic inhibitors identify two roles for protein kinase A in drosophila development by Kiger, J.A. Jr, Eklund, J.L, Younger, S.H, O'Kane, C.J

“…We have initiated an analysis of protein kinase A (PKA) in Drosophila using transgenic techniques to modulate PKA activity in specific tissues during…”
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Defect in cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase due to the dunce mutation of learning in Drosophila melanogaster by Byers, Duncan, Davis, Ronald L, Kiger, John A

“…Cyclic AMP is an intracellular mediator ('second messenger') in the nervous and endocrine control of cellular function, regulating different processes in…”
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Sexual hyperactivity and reduced longevity of dunce females of Drosophila melanogaster by Bellen, H.J, Kiger, J.A. Jr

“…The dunce gene of Drosophila melanogaster codes for a cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate-specific phosphodiesterase. Mutations of dunce alter or abolish the…”
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Genetic evidence for a protein kinase A/cubitus interruptus complex that facilitates processing of cubitus interruptus in Drosophila by Kiger, Jr, J A, O'Shea, C

“…Hedgehog (Hh) activates a signal transduction pathway regulating Cubitus interruptus (Ci). In the absence of Hh, full-length Ci (Ci-155) is bound in a complex…”
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GENETIC ANALYSIS OF CHROMOMERE 3D4 IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: THE DUNCE AND SPERM-AMOTILE GENES by Salz, Helen K, Davis, Ronald L, Kiger, John A., Jr

“…Both male and female Drosophila that are homozygous deficient for chromomere 3D4 are viable but sterile and lack detectable cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase…”
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A cytogenetic analysis of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase activities in Drosophila [melanogaster] by Kiger, J.A. Jr, Golanty, E

“…The genome of Drosophila melanogaster has been surveyed for chromosomal regions which exert a dosage effect on the activities of cAMP phosphodiesterase or cGMP…”
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A genetically distinct form of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase associated with chromomere 3D4 in Drosophila melanogaster by Kiger, John A., Jr, Golanty, Eric

“…Two cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase enzymes (E.C.3.1.4.17) are present in homogenates of adult Drosophila melanogaster. The two enzymes differ from one another in…”
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The consequences of nullosomy for a chromosomal region affecting cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity in Drosophila [melanogaster] by Kiger, John A., Jr

“…A study of Drosophila nullosomic for chromomere 3D4 shows that this region of the genome is necessary for male fertility, normal female fertility and normal…”
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DNA of Vegetative Bacteriophage Lambda, VI. Electron Microscopic Studies of Replicating Lambda DNA by Kiger, John A., Sinsheimer, Robert L.

“…Electron micrographs of replicating lambda DNA molecules, during the period of progeny-particle DNA formation, show single-tailed circular structures. The…”
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Two Drosophila learning mutants, dunce and rutabaga, provide evidence of a maternal role for cAMP on embryogenesis by Bellen, Hugo J., Gregory, Boni K., Olsson, Christine L., Kiger, John A.

“…The dunce gene of Drosophila melanogaster encodes a cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase (form II). Mutant dunce flies have elevated levels of cAMP and exhibit a…”
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Genetic evidence for a protein kinase A/Cubitus interruptus complex that facilitates processing of Cubitus interruptis in Drosophila by Kiger, John A, O'Shea, Cristin

“…Kiger and O'She examine hedgehog (Hh) target gene expression caused by mutant forms of protein kinase A regulatory (PKAr) and catalytic (PKAc) subunits and by…”
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A kinetic study of cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate binding and mode of activation of protein kinase from Drosophila melanogaster embryos by Tsuzuki, Junji, Kiger, John A

“…Cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and its regulatory subunit were isolated from Drosophila melanogaster embryos. The profiles of cyclic AMP binding by these…”
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Genetic analysis of chromomere 3D4 in Drosophila melanogaster. II: Regulatory sites for the dunce gene by SALZ, H. K, KIGER, J. A. JR

“…Chromomere 3D4 of the X chromosome of D. melanogaster contains two genes, dunce (dnc) and sperm amotile (sam). Mutations in dnc cause defects in memory…”
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The inability of yeast transfer RNA to suppress an amber mutation in an E. coli system by Kiger, Jr, J A, Brantner, C J

“…Transfer RNA from super-suppressor mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cannot suppress an amber mutation in vitro in an E. coli protein synthesizing system. It…”
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Participation by Drosophila transfer RNA in protein synthesis in an E.coli protein synthesizing system by Kiger, John A.

“…Drosophila melanogaster tyrosyl-tRNATyr is shown to participate directly and with high efficiency in an E. coli protein synthesizing system employing…”
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dunce mutants of Drosophila melanogaster: mutants defective in the cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase enzyme system by Davis, R.L, Kiger, J.A. Jr

“…The cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase activities present in flies of six mutant strains of the dunce gene and in the parent wild-type strains are…”
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