Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge

Michael Ashburner - Publications on Puffing Studies

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Primary papers

M. Ashburner. 1966. A comparison of the distribution of puffs and intercalary heterochromatin in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster. Naturwissenschaften 53: 370-371.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/lh2m818325666742/?p=4d49522e09724f4f9c1e99e2c1239fbb&pi=10
doi:10.1007/BF01185167
M. Ashburner. 1967. Gene activity dependent on chromosome synapsis in the polytene chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster. Nature 214: 1159-1160.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v214/n5093/pdf/2141159b0.pdf
doi:10.1038/2141159b0
M. Ashburner. 1967. Patterns of puffing activity in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila. I. Autosomal puffing patterns in a laboratory stock of Drosophila melanogaster. Chromosoma 21: 398-428.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/k246624k5320785x/?p=4d49522e09724f4f9c1e99e2c1239fbb&pi=12
doi:10.1007/BF00336950
M. Ashburner. 1969. On the problem of the genetic similarity between sibling species - puffing patterns in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans. American Naturalist 103: 189-191.
doi:10.1086/282593
M. Ashburner. 1969. Patterns of puffing activity in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila. II. The X-chromosome puffing patterns of D. melanogaster and D. simulans. Chromosoma 27: 47-63.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/h185l46068024075/?p=75e03f0914f8445b9b4b8df32c12def1&pi=32
doi:10.1007/BF00326110
M. Ashburner. 1969. Patterns of puffing activity in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila. III. A comparison of the autosomal puffing patterns of the sibling species D. melanogaster and D. simulans. Chromosoma 27: 64-85.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/t82183vp72874170/?p=75e03f0914f8445b9b4b8df32c12def1&pi=31
doi:10.1007/BF00326111
M. Ashburner. 1969. Patterns of puffing activity in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila. IV. Variability in puffing patterns. Chromosoma 27: 156-177.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/p4111458gwq85735/?p=bfc65af2188c4454b377443a77c5b703&pi=7
doi:10.1007/BF00326142
M. Ashburner. 1970. Patterns of puffing activity in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila. V. Responses to environmental treatments. Chromosoma 31: 356-376.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/m113315430j60526/?p=bfc65af2188c4454b377443a77c5b703&pi=6
doi:10.1007/BF00321231
M. Ashburner. 1971. Induction of puffs in polytene chromosomes of in vitro cultured salivary glands of Drosophila melanogaster by ecdysone and ecdysone analogues. Nature 230: 222-224.
N.J. Lane, Y.R. Carter and M. Ashburner. 1972. Puffs and salivary gland function: The fine structure of the larval and prepupal salivary glands of Drosophila melanogaster. Wilhelm Roux' Archiv. Ent. Mech. Org. 169: 216-238.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/x856352023454um7/?p=bfc65af2188c4454b377443a77c5b703&pi=4
doi:10.1007/BF00582554
M. Ashburner. 1972. Ecdysone induction of puffing in polytene chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster. Effects of inhibitors of RNA synthesis. Expt. Cell Res. 71: 433-440.
doi:10.1016/0014-4827(72)90313-8
M. Ashburner. 1972. N-ethylmaleimide inhibition of the induction of gene activity by the hormone ecdysone. FEBS Letters 22: 265-269.
doi:10.1016/0014-5793(72)80246-1
M. Ashburner. 1972. Patterns of puffing activity in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila. VI. Induction by ecdysone in salivary glands of D. melanogaster cultured in vitro. Chromosoma 38: 255-281.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w351103w4142w345/?p=75e03f0914f8445b9b4b8df32c12def1&pi=33
doi:10.1007/BF00290925
M. Ashburner and F. Lemeunier. 1972. Patterns of puffing activity in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila. VII. Homology of puffing patterns on chromosome arm 3L in D. melanogaster and D. yakuba with notes on puffing in D. teissieri. Chromosoma 38: 283-295.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/v43w1j4630286w76/?p=0cbad919aa4f4a688680fe59262995a3&pi=26
doi:10.1007/BF00290926
M. Ashburner and A. Garcia-Bellido. 1973. Ecdysone induction of puffing activity in salivary glands of Drosophila melanogaster grown in adult abdomens. Wilhelm Roux' Arch. Ent. Mech. 172: 166-170.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/v515185274w847q3/?p=bfc65af2188c4454b377443a77c5b703&pi=1
doi:10.1007/BF00576940
M. Ashburner. 1973. Sequential gene activation by ecdysone in polytene chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster. I. Dependence upon hormone concentration. Developmental Biol. 35: 47-61.
doi:10.1016/0012-1606(73)90006-7
M. Ashburner, C. Chihara, P. Meltzer and G. Richards. 1974. Temporal control of puffing activity in polytene chromosomes. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 38: 655-662.
M. Ashburner. 1974. Sequential gene activation by ecdysone in polytene chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster. II. Effects of inhibitors of protein synthesis. Developmental Biology 39: 141-157.
doi:10.1016/S0012-1606(74)80016-3
M. Ashburner and G. Richards. 1976. Sequential gene activation by ecdysone in polytene chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster. III. Consequences of ecdysone withdrawal. Developmental Biology 54: 241-255.
doi:10.1016/0012-1606(76)90302-X
M. Ashburner. 1978. Patterns of puffing activity in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila. VIII. A revision of puffing patterns of the proximal region of chromosome arm 2L of Drosophila melanogaster. Chromosoma 68: 195-203.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/j4198660373744q7/?p=4d49522e09724f4f9c1e99e2c1239fbb&pi=17
doi:10.1007/BF00335416
J. J. Holden and M. Ashburner. 1978. Patterns of puffing activity in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila. IX. The salivary and prothoracic gland chromosomes of a dominant temperature sensitive lethal of D. melanogaster. Chromosoma 68: 205-227.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/p0488735n4773534/?p=4d49522e09724f4f9c1e99e2c1239fbb&pi=18
doi:10.1007/BF00335417
V. Velissariou and M. Ashburner. 1980. The secretory proteins of the larval salivary gland of Drosophila melanogaster: Cytogenetic correlation of a protein and a puff. Chromosoma 77: 13-27.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/u64501472622m528/?p=4d49522e09724f4f9c1e99e2c1239fbb&pi=19
doi:10.1007/BF00292038
V. Walker and M. Ashburner. 1981. The control of ecdysterone regulated puffs in Drosophila salivary glands. Cell 26: 269-277.
doi:10.1016/0092-8674(81)90309-3
V. Velissariou and M. Ashburner. 1981. Cytogenetic and genetic mapping of a salivary gland secretion protein in Drosophila melanogaster. Chromosoma 84: 173-185.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/k135676r50481416/?p=0cbad919aa4f4a688680fe59262995a3&pi=24
doi:10.1007/BF00399129
S.R.H. Russell, G. Heimbeck, C.M. Goddard, A.T.C. Carpenter and M. Ashburner. 1996. The Drosophila Eip78C gene is not vital but has a role in regulating chromosome puffs. Genetics 144: 159-170.
http://www.genetics.org/cgi/reprint/144/1/159

Reviews

M. Ashburner. 1969. Genetic control of puffing in polytene chromosomes. In: Chromosomes Today Vol. 2. Edited by C. D. Darlington & K. R. Lewis. pp. 99-106.
M. Ashburner. 1970. The genetic analysis of puffing in polytene chromosomes of Drosophila. Proc. Roy. Soc. London 176B: 319-327.
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/176/1044/319
doi:10.1098/rspb.1970.0052
M. Ashburner. 1970. A prodromus to the genetic analysis of puffing in Drosophila. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. XXXV: 533-538.
M. Ashburner. 1972. Puffing patterns in Drosophila melanogaster and related species. In: Developmental Studies on Giant Chromosomes. Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, Vol. 4. Edited by W. Beermann. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg & Berlin. pp. 101-151.
M. Ashburner. 1974. The hormonal control of gene activity in polytene chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster. Proc. IVth. Internat. Congress Endocrinology, Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam. pp. 315-318.
M. Ashburner. 1974. The genetic and hormonal control of puffing in salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila. Ontogenez 5(2): 107-121. (In Russian, translation in Soviet J. Developmental Biology 5: ).
M. Ashburner. 1974. The puffing activities of the salivary gland chromosomes. In: Handbook of Genetics. Vol. 3. Edited by R. C. King. Plenum Press, New York. pp. 793-811.
M. Ashburner and G. Richards. 1976. The role of ecdysone in the control of gene activity in polytene chromosomes of Drosophila. In: Insect Development. Edited by P. A. Lawrence. Blackwell Scientific Pubs., Oxford. pp. 203-225.
M. Ashburner and P. Cherbas. 1976. The control of puffing by ions - the Kroeger hypothesis: A critical review. Molec. Cell. Endocrinology 5: 89-107.
doi:10.1016/0303-7207(76)90073-3
M. Ashburner. 1976. Aspects of polytene chromosome structure and function. In: Organization and Expression of Chromosomes. Dahlem Workshop. Edited by V. Allfrey and others. Berlin. pp. 85-91.
M. Ashburner. 1978. Happy Birthday - Puffs! In: Chromosomes Today Vol. 6. Edited by A. de la Chapelle and M. Sorsa. Elsevier, Amsterdam pp. 213-222.
M. Ashburner and H. D. Berendes. 1978. Puffing of polytene chromosomes. In: The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila Vol. 2b. Edited by M. Ashburner and T. R. F. Wright. Academic Press, London & New York. pp. 315-395.
M. Ashburner. 1980. Chromosomal action of ecdysone. Nature 285: 435-436. (News and Views).
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v285/n5765/pdf/285435a0.pdf
doi:10.1038/285435a0
M. Ashburner. 1990. Puffs, Genes and Hormones revisited. Cell 61: 1-3. (Minireview).
doi:10.1016/0092-8674(90)90205-S
S. Russell and M. Ashburner. 1996. Ecdysone-regulated chromosome puffing in Drosophila melanogaster. In Metamorphosis (L.I. Gilbert, ed), Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 109-144.
doi:10.1016/B978-012283245-1/50005-1

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