Publications
Carboni,
A., Hanson, M.A., Lindsay, S.A., Wasserman, S.A., and
Lemaitre, B. (2021) Cecropins contribute to Drosophila
host defense against a subset of fungal and Gram-negative
bacterial infection GENETICS-2021-304672R1. in press.
Hanson,
M.A., Cohen, L.B., Marra, A., Iatsenko, I., Wasserman, S.A.
and Lemaitre, B. (2021) The Drosophila Baramicin
polypeptide gene protects against fungal infection. PLoS
Pathogens https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009846.
Lin
S.J.H, Cohen L.B., Wasserman S.A. (2020) Effector specificity
and function in Drosophila innate immunity: Getting AMPed and
dropping Boms. PLoS Pathogens 16(5): e1008480. Full text
Cohen,
L.B., Lindsay, S.A., Lin, S.J.H., Xu, Y., and Wasserman S.A.
(2020) The Daisho peptides mediate Drosophila defense against
a subset of filamentous fungi. Front. Immunol. doi:
10.3389/fimmu.2020.00009. Full text
Lin, S.J.H., Fulzele, A., Cohen,
L.B., Bennett, E.J., and Wasserman S.A. (2020) Bombardier
Enables Delivery of Short-Form Bomanins in the Drosophila Toll
Response. Front. Immunol. 10.3389/fimmu.2019.03040. Full text
Lindsay, S.A., Lin, S.J.H., and
Wasserman S.A. (2018) Short-Form Bomanins Mediate Humoral
Immunity in Drosophila. J. Innate Immunity. 10:306-314.
Full text
Zhou, B., Lindsay, S.A., and Wasserman S.A
(2015). Alternative NF-κB isoforms in the Drosophila
neuromuscular junction and brain. PLoS One. 10(7):e0132793.
Full text
Ko, K., Root, C.M., Lindsay, S.A., Zaninovich, O.A., Shepherd, A.K., Wasserman, S.A., Ki, S.M., and Wang J.W. (2015) Starvation promotes concerted modulation of appetitive olfactory behavior via parallel neuromodulatory circuits. Elife. 4:e08298.Full text
Clemmons, A.W., Lindsay, S.A., and
Wasserman S.A (2015). An effector peptide family required for
Drosophila Toll-mediated immunity. PLoS Pathogens. 11(4):e1004876.
Full text
Higgins, R., Gendron, J.M., Rising,
L., Mak, R., Webb, K., Kaiser, S.E., Zuzow, N., Riviere, P.,
Yang, B., Fenech, E., Tang, X., Lindsay, S.A., Christianson,
J.C., Hampton, R.Y., Wasserman, S.A., and Bennett, E.J. (2015).
The unfolded protein response triggers site-specific regulatory
ubiquitylation of 40S ribosomal proteins. Mol. Cell.
pii: S1097-2765(15)00308-1. Full text
Lindsay, S.A., and Wasserman S.A. (2014) Conventional and non-conventional Drosophila Toll signaling. Dev. Comp. Immunol.,42, 16-24. Full text.
Daigneault, J., Klemetsaune, L., and Wasserman S.A. (2013) The IRAK
homolog Pelle is the functional counterpart of IκB Kinase in
the Drosophila Toll pathway. PLoS One, 8:e75150. Full text
Clemmons, A.W., and Wasserman S.A.
(2013) Combinatorial effects of transposable elements on gene
expression and phenotypic robustness in Drosophila
melanogaster. G3:
Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 3, 1531-1538.Full text.
Wasserman S.A. (2010) Structural
biology: Immunity takes a heavy Toll. Nature. 465, 882-883. Full text
Towb, P., Sun, H., and Wasserman
S.A. (2009) Tube is an IRAK-4 homolog in a Toll pathway adapted
for development and immunity. J.
Innate Immunity. 1, 309-321. Full text
Busse M.S., Arnold C.P., Towb, P.,
Katrivesis J., and Wasserman S.A. (2007) A κB sequence code for
pathway-specific innate immune responses. EMBO J. 26, 3826-3835. Full text
Franklin-Dumont, T.M., Chatterjee,
C., Wasserman, S.A., and DiNardo,S. (2007) A novel EIF4G
homolog, Off-schedule, couples translational control to meiosis
and differentiation in Drosophila spermatocytes. Development.
134, 2851-2861. Full text
Guan X, Middlebrooks B.W., Alexander
S., and Wasserman S.A. (2006). Mutation of TweedleD, a member of
an unconventional cuticle protein family, alters body shape in
Drosophila. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA. 103, 16794-16799. Full text
Wasserman, S. A. (2004). Nature's
fortress against infection. Nature Immunology 5, 474-475. Full text
Park, J. M, Brady, H., Ruocco, M.
G., Sun, H., Williams, D., Lee, S. J., Kato Jr., T., Richards,
N., Chan, K., Mercurio, F., Karin, M., and Wasserman, S.A.
(2004). Targeting of TAK1 by the NF-κB protein Relish
regulates the JNK-mediated immune response in Drosophila.
Genes Dev. 18,
584-594. Full text
Sun, H., Towb, P., Chiem, D. N.,
Foster, B .A., and Wasserman, S.A. (2004). Regulated
assembly of the Toll signaling complex drives Drosophila
dorsoventral patterning. EMBO
J. 23, 100-110. Full text
Sun, H., Bristow, B. N., Qu, G., and
Wasserman, S. A. (2002) A heterotrimeric death
domain complex in Toll signaling. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99,
12871-12876. Full
text
Towb, P., Bergmann, A., and
Wasserman, S. A. (2001). The protein kinase Pelle mediates
feedback regulation in the Drosophila Toll signaling
pathway. Development
128, 4729-4736. Full text
Afshar, K., Gonczy, P., DiNardo, S.,
and Wasserman, S. A. (2001). fumble encodes a pantothenate
kinase homolog required for proper mitosis and meiosis in Drosophila
melanogaster. Genetics
157, 1267-1276. Full
text
Wasserman, S. A. (2000). Toll
signaling: the enigma variations. Curr. Opin. Gen. Dev. 10, 497-502. Full text
Afshar, K., Stuart, B., and
Wasserman, S. A. (2000). Functional analysis of the Drosophila
Diaphanous FH protein in early embryonic development.
Development 127,
1887-1897. Full text
Zapata, J.M., Matsuzawa, S., Godzik,
A., Wasserman, S.A., and Reed, J.C. (2000). The Drosophila
TNF-receptor associated factor-1 (DTRAF1) interacts with Pelle
and regulates NF-κB activity. J. Biol. Chem., 275, 12102-12107. Full text
Xiao, T., Towb, P., Wasserman, S.A.,
and Sprang, S.R. (1999). Three-dimensional structure of a
complex between the death domains of Pelle and Tube. Cell, 99, 545-555. Full text
Maines, J. Z., and Wasserman, S. A.
(1999). Post-transcriptional regulation of the meiotic cdc25
Twine by the Dazl ortholog Boule. Nature Cell Biol. 1,
171-174. Full
text
Thomas, J. A., Allen, J. L. Tsen,
M., Dubnicoff, T., Danao, J., Liao, X. C., Cao, Z., and
Wasserman, S. A. (1999). Impaired cytokine signaling in
mice lacking the Interleukin-1 Receptor Associated Kinase. J. Immunol. 163,
978-984. Full
text
Cheng, M. H., Maines, J. Z., and
Wasserman, S. A. (1998) Biphasic subcellular localization
of the DAZL-related protein Boule in Drosophila
spermatogenesis. Devel.
Biol. 204, 567-576. Full text
Towb, P., Galindo, R. L., and
Wasserman, S. A. (1998). Recruitment of Tube and Pelle to
signaling sites at the surface of the Drosophila
embryo. Development
125, 2443-2450. Full
text
Wasserman, S. A. (1998). FH
proteins as cytoskeletal organizers. Trends Cell Biol. 8,
111-115. Full text
Houston, D. W., Zhang, J., Maines,
J. Z., Wasserman, S. A., and King, M. L. (1998) A Xenopus
DAZ-like gene encodes an RNA component of germ plasm and
is a functional homologue of Drosophila boule. Development 125,
171-180. Full
text
Maines, J. Z., and Wasserman, S. A.
(1998). Regulation and execution of meiosis in Drosophila
males. In Current
Topics in Developmental Biology, Vol. 37 (M. A. Handel,
editor) Academic Press, San Diego. Full text
Liu, Z-P., Galindo, R. L., and
Wasserman, S. A. (1997). A role for CKII phosphorylation
of the Cactus PEST domain in dorsoventral patterning of the Drosophila
embryos. Genes
Devel. 11, 3413-3422. Full text
Edwards, D. N., Towb, P., and
Wasserman, S. A. (1997). An activity-dependent network of
interactions links the Rel protein Dorsal with its cytoplasmic
regulators. Development
124, 3855-3864. Full
text
Cenci, G., Rawson, R., Belloni, G.,
Castrillon, D. H., Tudor, M., Petrucci, R., Goldberg, M. L.,
Wasserman, S. A., and Gatti, M. (1997). UbcD1, a Drosophila
ubiquitin conjugating enzyme required for proper telomere
behavior. Genes
Devel. 11, 863-875. Full Text
Ryner, L. C., Goodwin, S. F.,
Castrillon, D. H., Anand, A., Villela, A., Baker, B. S., Hall,
J. C., Taylor, B. J., and Wasserman, S. A. (1996). Control
of male sexual behavior and sexual orientation in Drosophila
by the fruitless gene. Cell 87, 1079-1089. Full Text
Reach, M., Galindo, R. L., Towb, P.,
Allen, J. A., Karin, M., and Wasserman, S. A. (1996). A
gradient of Cactus protein degradation establishes dorsoventral
polarity in the Drosophila embryo. Devel. Biol. 180,
353-364. Full
text
Eberhart, C. G., Maines, J. Z., and
Wasserman, S. A. (1996). Meiotic cell cycle requirement
for a fly homolog of human Deleted in Azoospermia.
Nature 381, 783-785. Full Text
Eberhart, C. G., and Wasserman, S.
A. (1995). The pelota locus encodes a protein
required for meiotic cell division: an analysis of G2/M arrest
in Drosophila spermatogenesis. Development 121,
3477-3486. Full Text
Galindo, R. L., Edwards, D. N.,
Gillespie, S. K. H., and Wasserman, S. A. (1995).
Interaction of the pelle kinase with the membrane-associated
protein tube is required for transduction of the dorsoventral
signal in Drosophila embryos. Development 121,
2209-2218. Full text
Gillespie, S. K. H., and Wasserman,
S. A. (1994). dorsal, a Drosophila rel-like
protein, is phosphorylated upon activation of the transmembrane
protein Toll. Mol. Cell.
Biol. 14, 3559-3568. Full text
Castrillon, D. H., and Wasserman, S.
A. (1994). diaphanous is required for cytokinesis in Drosophila
and shares domains of similarity with the products of the limb
deformity gene. Development
120, 3367-3377. Full text
Castrillon, D. H., Gönczy, P., Alexander, S., Rawson, R., Eberhart, C., Viswanathan, S., DiNardo, S., and Wasserman, S. A. (1993). Toward a molecular genetic analysis of spermatogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster: characterization of male-sterile mutants generated by single P element mutagenesis. Genetics 135, 489-505. Full tex
Wasserman, S. A. (1993). A conserved signal transduction pathway regulating the activity of the rel-like proteins dorsal and NF-κB. Mol. Biol. Cell 4, 767-771. Full text
Shelton, C. A., and Wasserman, S. A. (1993) pelle encodes a protein kinase required to establish dorsoventral polarity in the Drosophila embryo. Cell 72, 515-525. Full text
Letsou A, Alexander S, Wasserman SA. (1993) Domain mapping of tube, a protein essential for dorsoventral patterning of the Drosophila embryo. EMBO J. 12:3449-3458. Full text
Avery L., and Wasserman, S. A. (1992) Ordering gene functions: the interpretation of epistasis in regulatory hierarchies. Trends in Genetics 8, 312-316. Full text
Letsou A, Alexander S, Orth K, Wasserman SA. (1991) Genetic and molecular characterization of tube, a Drosophila gene maternally required for embryonic dorsoventral polarity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Feb 1;88:810-814. Full text