Publications

1. Williams B.R., Bateman, J.R., Novikov, N.D., & Wu, C.-t. 2007.  Disruption of Topoisomerase II perturbs pairing in Drosophila cell culture.  --> Genetics. 177: 31-46. (full text or pdf)

2.  Bateman J, Wu C-t.  2007.  DNA replication and models for the origin of piRNAs.   BioEssays. Apr;29(4):382-5.  (abstract)

3.  Lee A, Wu C-t.  2006.  Enhancer-promoter communication at the yellow gene of Drosophila melanogaster: Diverse promoters participate in and regulate trans interactions.   Genetics. 2006 Dec;174(4):1867-80. Epub 2006 Oct 22.  (full text)

4.  Derti A, Roth FP, Church GM, Wu C-t.  2006.  Mammalian ultraconserved elements are strongly depleted among segmental duplications and copy number variants.  Nat Gen 38:1216-20. Epub 2006 Sep 24.  (full text and supplement)

5.  Bateman JR*, Lee AM*, Wu C.-t.  2006.  Site-specific transformation of Drosophila via φC31 integrase-mediated cassette exchange.   Genetics. 2006 Jun;173(2):769-77. Epub 2006 Mar 17.  (full text) *These authors contributed equally to this work

56.  King I.F.G.*, R.B. Emmons*, N.J. Francis, B.* Wild, J. Müller, R.E. Kingston, and C.-t. Wu.  2005.  Analysis of a Polycomb Group protein defines regions that link repressive activity on nucleosomal templates to in vivo function.  Mol. Cell. Biol. 25(15): 6578-91. (full text) *These authors contributed equally to this work

7.  Morris, J.R., D.A. Petrov, A.M. Lee, C.-t. Wu.  2004.  Enhancer choice in cis and trans: role of the promoter.  Genetics 167: 1739-47. (full text)

8.  B.R. Williams, Wu, C.-t..  2004.  Does random X-inactivation in mammals reflect a random choice between two X chromosomes?   Genetics 167:1525-8. (full text)

9.  Dunlap, J. C., C.-t. Wu, Editors. 2002. Advances in Genetics, vol 46: Homology Effects. (abstract)

10.  Wu, C.-t. 2002. Homology effects: The difference between 1 and 2.  Adv. Gen. 46: xvii-xxiii. (abstract)

11.  Chen, J.-l., K. L. Huisinga, M.M. Viering, S. A. Ou, C.-t. Wu, and P. K. Geyer. 2002. Enhancer action in trans is permitted throughout the Drosophila genome. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99: 3723-3728. (full text)

12.  Wu, C.-t, and J. R. Morris. 2001. Genes, genetics, and epigenetics: A correspondence.Science 293: 1103-1105. (abstract) (full text)

13.   Wu C-t. 2002. Etymology of epigenetics. Science. 294: 2477-8 and Science 295: 799. Response to a letter to the editors from H. Rubin and a letter to correct an editorial error. (abstract)

14.  Kaplan, C., J. R. Morris, C.-t. Wu, and F. Winston. 2000.  Spt5 and Spt6 are associated with active transcription and have characteristics of general elongation factors in Drosophila melanogaster. Genes Dev. 14: 2623-34.  (full text)

15.  Shao, Z., F. Raible, R. Mollaaghababa, J. R. Guyon, C.-t. Wu, W. Bender, and R.E. Kingston. 1999. Stabilization of chromatin structure by PRC1, a Polycomb complex. Cell 98: 37-46. (full text)

16.  Wu, C.-t. and J.R. Morris. 1999. Transvection and other homology effects. Curr Opin Genet Dev 9: 237-46. (abstract)

17.  Morris, J.R., P.K. Geyer, and C.-t Wu. 1999. Core promoter elements can regulate transcription on a separate chromosome in trans. Genes Dev 13: 253-8. (full text)

18.  Morris, J.R., J. Chen, S.T. Filandrinos, R.C. Dunn, R. Fisk, P.K. Geyer, and C.-t Wu. 1999. An analysis of transvection at the yellowlocus of Drosophila melanogaster.Genetics 151: 633-51. (full text)

19.  Morris, J.R., J.L. Chen, P.K. Geyer, and C.-t. Wu. 1998. Two modes of transvection: enhancer action in transand bypass of a chromatin insulator in cis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95: 10740-5.  (full text)

20.  Wu, C.-t., and M. Howe. 1995. A Genetic Analysis of the Supressor 2 ofzeste complex of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 140: 139-81. (full text)

21.  Wu, C.-t. 1993. Transvection, nuclear structure, and chromatin proteins.J. Cell Biol. 120: 587-90. (full text)

22.  Wu, C.-t., M. Budding, M. S. Griffin, and J. M. Croop. 1991. Isolation and characterization of Drosophila multidrug resistance gene homologues.Mol. Cell. Biol. 11: 3940-8. (full text)

23.  Wu, C.-t., and M. L. Goldberg. 1989. The Drosophila zeste gene and transvection.Trends Genet. 5: 189-94.  (abstract)

24.  Wu, C.-t., R. S. Jones, P. F. Lasko, and W. M. Gelbart. 1989. Homeosis and the interaction of zeste and white in Drosophila.Mol. Gen. Genet. 218: 559-64. (abstract)

25.  Gelbart, W. M., and C.-t. Wu. 1982. Interactions of zeste mutations with loci exhibiting transvection effects in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 102: 179-89. (full text)