Publications

Majumder, P, Aranjuez, G, Amick J, McDonald, JA. (2012). Par-1 Controls Myosin-II Activity Through Myosin Phosphatase To Regulate Border Cell Migration. Current Biology 22: 363-372.

McDonald, JA*, Khodyakova, A, Aranjuez, G, Dudley, C, Montell, DJ* (2008). The Par-1 serine/threonine kinase regulates epithelial detachment and directional protrusion of migrating border cells. Current Biology 18: 1659-1667.
*Corresponding Authors.

McDonald, JA*,**, Pinheiro, EM*, Kadlec, L, Schupbach, T, Montell, DJ* (2006). Multiple EGFR ligands participate in guiding migrating border cells. Developmental Biology 296: 94-106.
**Co-First Authors; *Corresponding Authors.

McDonald, JA, Montell, DJ (2005). On the border of understanding cell migration. In Cell Migration in Development and Disease (ed. D. Wedlich), Wiley-VCH Publications, Weinheim , Germany, pp. 123-138.

McDonald, JA, Montell, DJ (2005). Analysis of cell migration using Drosophila as a model system. In Cell Migration: Developmental Methods and Protocols (ed. J. -L. Guan), Methods in Molecular Biology 294: 175-202.

McDonald, JA**, Pinheiro, EM**, Montell, DJ (2003). PVF1, a PDGF/VEGF homolog, is sufficient to guide the border cells and genetically interacts with Taiman. Development 130: 3469-3478.
** Co-First Authors.

McDonald, JA, Fujioka, M, Odden, J, Jaynes, JB, Doe, CQ (2003). Specification of motoneuron fate in Drosophila : Integration of positive and negative transcription factor inputs by a minimal eve enhancer. Journal of Neurobiology 57: 193-203.

McDonald, JA, Holbrook, S, Isshiki, T, Weiss, J, Doe, CQ, Mellerick, D (1998). Dorsoventral patterning in the Drosophila central nervous system: The vnd homeobox gene specifies ventral column identity. Genes & Development 12: 3603-3612.

McDonald, JA, Doe, CQ (1997). Establishing neuroblast-specific gene expression in the Drosophila CNS: huckebein is activated by Wingless and Hedgehog and repressed by Engrailed and Gooseberry. Development 124: 1079-1087.