Professor
Developmental and molecular genetics of Drosophilia pattern formation,
genetic regulation of cell determination
Selected Publications
Zhang, W., Deng, H., Bao., X., Lerach, S., Girton, J., Johansen,
J. and Johansen, K.M. (2005) The JIL-1 histone H3S10 kinase regulated
dimethyl histone H3K9 modifications and heterochromatic spreading
in Drosophila. Development, in press.
Deng, H., Zhang, W., Bao, X., Martin, J.N., Girton, J., Johansen,
J. and Johansen, K.M. (2005) The JIL-1 kinase regulates the structure
of Drosophila polytene chromosomes. Chromosoma 114, 173-182.
Lerach, S., Zhang, W., Deng, H., Bao, X., Girton, J., Johansen, J.
and Johansen, K.M. (2005) The JIL-1 kinase, a member of the MSL complex,
is necessary for proper dosage compensation of eye pigmentation in
Drosophila. Genesis, in press.
Bao, X., Zhang, W., Krencik, R., Deng, H., Wang, Y., Girton, J., Johansen,
J. and Johansen, K.M. (2005) The JIL-1 kinase interacts with lamin
Dm0 and regulates nuclear lamina morphology of Drosophila nurse cells.
J. Cell Sci. 118, 5079-5087.
Qi, H., Rath, U., Ding, Y., Ji, Y., Blacketer, M.J., Girton, J., Johansen,
J. and Johansen, K.M. (2005) EAST interacts with Megator and localizes
to the putative spindle matrix during mitosis in Drosophila. J.
Cell. Biochem. 95, 1284-1291.
Ji, Y., Rath, U., Girton, J., Johansen, K.M. and Johansen, J. (2005)
D-Hillarin, a novel W180-domain protein, affects cytokinesis through
interaction with the septin family member Pnut. J. Neurobiol.
64, 157-169.
Rath, U., Wang, D., Ding, Y., Xu, Y.Z., Qi, H., Blacketer, M.J., Girton,
J., Johansen, J. and Johansen, K.M. (2004) Chromator, a novel and
essential chromodomain protein interacts directly with the putative
spindle matrix protein skeletor. J. Cell. Biochem. 93, 1033-1047.
Qi, H., Rath, U., Wang, D., Xu, Y.Z., Ding, Y., Zhang, W., Blacketer,
M.J., Paddy, M.R., Girton, J., Johansen, J. and Johansen, K.M. (2004)
Megator, an essential coiled-coil protein that localizes to the putative
spindle matrix during mitosis in Drosophila. Mol. Biol. Cell
15, 4854-4865.
Kwon, S.H., Kim, S.H., Chung, H.M., Girton, J.R. and Jeon, S.H. (2003)
The drosophila pleiohomeotic mutation enhances the Polycomblike and
Polycomb mutant phenotypes during embryogenesis and in the adult.
Int. J. Dev. Biol. 47, 389-395.
Zhang, W., Wang, Y., Long, J., Girton, J.R., Johansen, J. and Johansen,
K.M. (2003) A developmentally regulated splice variant from the complex
lola locus encoding multiple different zinc finger domain proteins
interacts with the chromosomal kinase JIL-1. J. Biol. Chem.
278, 11696-11704.
Girton, J.R. and Jeon, S.H. (1994) Novel embryonic and adult homeotic
phenotypes are produced by pleiohomeotic mutations in Drosophila.
Dev. Biol. 161, 393-407.
Gorman, M.J. and Girton, J.R. (1992) A genetic analysis of deltex
and its interaction with the Notch locus in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetics 131, 99-112.
Duus, K.M., Welshons, W.J. and Girton, J.R. (1992) Blackpatch, a neural
degeneration mutation that interacts with the Notch locus in Drosophila.
Dev. Biol. 151, 34-47.
Fitch, C.L., Girton, L. and Girton, J.R. (1992) The suppressor of
forked locus in Drosophila melanogaster: genetic and molecular analyses.
Genetica 85, 185-203.
