Position Title
Professor Emerita
Position Title
Professor Emerita
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
Bio
Research Interests
Gene regulation, especially steroid hormone regulation of gene expression in Drosophila. Molecular mechanisms of morphogenesis and differentiation of epithelia during embryogenesis and imaginal disc development at metamorphosis. Steroid hormone role in development and function of the insect immune system. Drosophila developmental biology and developmental genetics. Identification and characterization of steroid biosynthesis pathways in insects.
Education and Degree(s)
- 1976 B.S. in Biochemistry, University of California, Davis
- 1981 Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of California, San Francisco
Publications
- Kiger JA, Natzle JE, Green MM. (2001) Hemocytes are essential for wing maturation in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci 98:10190-10195.
- Harris et al. (2003) A deficeincy screen of the major autosomes identifies a gene (matrimony) that is haplo-insufficient for achiasmate segregation in Drosophila oocytes. Genetics 165: 637-652.
- Kiger JA, Natzle JE, Kimbrell DA, Paddy MR,Kleinhesselink, K., Green, M.M. (2007) Tissue remodeling during maturation of the Drosophila wing. Developmental Biology 301: 178-191.
- Natzle JE, Kiger JA, Green MM (2008) Bursicon signal mutations separate the epithelial-mesenchymal transition from programmed cell death during Drosophila melanogaster wing maturation. Genetics 180: 885-893.
- Natzle JE, Daio F, White BW, Kiger JA (2013) The batone mutation of the disco-related gene targets command neurons in the Bursicon signaling network of Drosophila. Submitted to G#