Selected Publications over last 7 years

• Mayer, U., Mann, K., Fessler, L.I., Fessler, J.H. and Timpl, R., (1997) Drosophila laminin binds to mammalian nidogen and to heparan sulfate proteoglycan. European J. Biochem. 245 :745-750.
• Takagi, Y., Nomizu, M., Gullberg, D., MacKrell, A.J., Keene, D.R., Yamada, Y. and Fessler, J.H., (1996) Conserved neuron promoting activity in Drosophilaand vertebrate laminin alpha-1. J. Biol. Chem., 271, 18074-18081.
• Fessler, J.H., Takagi, Y. and Fessler L.I., (1996) Drosophila Laminin in "The Laminins", eds. Ekbloem P. and Timpl, R., Harwood Academic Publishers, Amesterdam, The Netherlands, Chap.10, pp. 235-250.
• Parker, C.G., Fessler, L.I., Nelson, R.E. and Fessler, J.H., (1995) Drosophila UDP-glucose: glycoprotein glucosyltransferase: Sequence and characterization of an enzyme that distinguishes between denatured and native proteins. (1995) EMBO Journal, 14, 1294-1303.
• Fogerty, F.J., Fessler, L.I., Bunch, T.A., Yaron, Y., Parker, C.G., Nelson, R.E., Brower, D.L., Gullberg, D. and Fessler, J.H. (1994) Tiggrin, a novel Drosophila extracellular matrix protein that functions as a ligand for Drosophila aPS2bPSintegrins. Development 120, 1747-1758.
• Nelson, R.E., Fessler, L.I., Takagi, Y., Blumberg, B., Keene, D.R., Olson, P.F., Parker, C.G. and Fessler, J.H. (1994) Peroxidasin: a novel enzyme-matrix protein of Drosophila development EMBO Journal, 13, 3438-3447.
• Gullberg, D., Fessler, L.I., and Fessler, J.H. (1994) Differentiation, extracellular matrix synthesis, and integrin assembly by Drosophila embryo cells cultured on vitronectin and laminin substrates. Developmental Dynamics, 199, 116-128.
• Fessler, L.I., Nelson, R.E, and Fessler, J.H. (1994) Drosophila extracellular matrix. Methods Enzymol., 245, 271-294.
• Fessler, J.H., Nelson, R.E., and Fessler, L.I., (1994) Preparation of extracellular matrix, in Drosophila melanogaster : Practical uses in cell and molecular biology, eds. Goldstein, L.S.B. and Fyrberg, E.A., (Volume 44 of Methods in Cell Biology ) Academic Press, San Diego, chapter 18, pp 303-328.
• Tirrell, D.A., Aksay, I., Baer, E., Calvert, P.D., Cappelllo, J., Dimarzio, E.A., Evans, E.A., Fessler, J.H., Hoffman, J.D., Jaffe, M., Mayer, G., Mow, V.C., Waiwright, S.A., (1994) "Hierarchical Structures in Biology as a Guide for New Materials Technology", Committee on Synthetic Hierarchical Structures, National Materials Advisary Board, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington D.C. (International Standard Book Number 0-309-04638-6).
• MacKrell, A.J., Garrison, K., Kusche-Gullberg, M., Fessler, J.H. (1993) Novel Drosophila laminin A chain reveals structural relationships between laminin subunits. FASEB J., 7, 375-381.
• Fessler, L.I., Condic, M., Nelson, R.E., Fessler, J.H., and Fristrom, J. (1993) Site-specific cleavage of basement membrane collagen IV during Drosophila metamorphosis. Development, 117, 1061-1069.
• Olson, P.F., Salo, T., Garrison, K., and Fessler, J.H. (1993) Drosophila acidic ribosomal protein rpA2: Sequence and characterization. J. Cell Biochem., 51, 353-359.
• Kusche-Gullberg, M., Garrison, K., MacKrell, A.J., Fessler, L.I., and Fessler, J.H. (1992) Laminin A chain: Expression during Drosophila development and genomic sequence. EMBO J. 11, 4519-4527.
• Garrison, K., MacKrell, A.J., and Fessler, J.H. (1991) Drosophila laminin A chain: Sequence interspecies comparison and domain structure of a major carboxyl portion. J. Biol. Chem. 266, 22899-22903.
• Olson, P.F., Fessler, L.I., Nelson, R.E., Sterne, R.E., Campbell, A.G., and Fessler, J.H. (1990) Glutactin, a novel Drosophila basement membrane glycoprotein with sequence similarity to serine esterases. EMBO J. 9, 1219-1227.
• Volk, T., Fessler, L.I., and Fessler, J.H. (1990) A role for integrin in the formation of sarcomeric cytoarchitecture. Cell 63, 525-536.
• Fessler, J.H., and Fessler, L.I. (1989) Drosophila extracellular matrix. Ann. Rev. Cell Biol. 5, 309-339.