Kristi Wharton

Summary

Affiliation: Brown University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Genetic analysis of the bone morphogenetic protein-related gene, gbb, identifies multiple requirements during Drosophila development
    K A Wharton
    Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
    Genetics 152:629-40. 1999
  2. ncbi TGFbeta family signaling: novel insights in development and disease
    Kristi Wharton
    Department of Molecular Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Development 136:3691-7. 2009
  3. ncbi Dual function of the Drosophila Alk1/Alk2 ortholog Saxophone shapes the Bmp activity gradient in the wing imaginal disc
    Erdem Bangi
    Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Development 133:3295-303. 2006
  4. ncbi Dpp and Gbb exhibit different effective ranges in the establishment of the BMP activity gradient critical for Drosophila wing patterning
    Erdem Bangi
    Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Dev Biol 295:178-93. 2006
  5. ncbi A comparative study of Desktop, Fishtank, and Cave systems for the exploration of volume rendered confocal data sets
    - Prabhat
    Center for Computation and Visualization, Department of Computer Science, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph 14:551-63. 2008
  6. ncbi Yantar, a conserved arginine-rich protein is involved in Drosophila hemocyte development
    Sergey A Sinenko
    Division of Pediatric Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Dev Biol 273:48-62. 2004

Research Grants

  1. Differential regulation of BMP signals in vivo
    Kristi Wharton; Fiscal Year: 2007

Collaborators

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Genetic analysis of the bone morphogenetic protein-related gene, gbb, identifies multiple requirements during Drosophila development
    K A Wharton
    Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
    Genetics 152:629-40. 1999
    ..These results indicate that signaling by both gbb and dpp may contribute to the development of some tissues, while in others, gbb may signal independently of dpp...
  2. ncbi TGFbeta family signaling: novel insights in development and disease
    Kristi Wharton
    Department of Molecular Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Development 136:3691-7. 2009
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  3. ncbi Dual function of the Drosophila Alk1/Alk2 ortholog Saxophone shapes the Bmp activity gradient in the wing imaginal disc
    Erdem Bangi
    Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Development 133:3295-303. 2006
    ..This previously unknown mechanism for modulating ligand availability and range raises important questions regarding the function of vertebrate Sax orthologs...
  4. ncbi Dpp and Gbb exhibit different effective ranges in the establishment of the BMP activity gradient critical for Drosophila wing patterning
    Erdem Bangi
    Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    Dev Biol 295:178-93. 2006
    ..The existence of related ligands with different functional ranges may represent a conserved mechanism used in different species to generate robust long range activity gradients...
  5. ncbi A comparative study of Desktop, Fishtank, and Cave systems for the exploration of volume rendered confocal data sets
    - Prabhat
    Center for Computation and Visualization, Department of Computer Science, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph 14:551-63. 2008
    ..After analyzing data in each environment, subjects were asked to choose which environment they wanted to analyze additional data sets in--subjects uniformly selected the Cave environment...
  6. ncbi Yantar, a conserved arginine-rich protein is involved in Drosophila hemocyte development
    Sergey A Sinenko
    Division of Pediatric Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Dev Biol 273:48-62. 2004
    ..Ytr function has been preserved in evolution as hematopoietic specific expression of the Drosophila or mouse Ytr proteins rescue the differentiation defects in mutant hemocytes...

Research Grants3

  1. Differential regulation of BMP signals in vivo
    Kristi Wharton; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Results from these experiments will have a significant impact on our understanding of how BMP signaling levels are regulated. ..