Abstracts presented by the Pilgrim lab at conferences.

Research Presented at Conferences by Our Lab.

C. elegans meeting abstracts

----------2000----------

West Coast Worm Meeting 2000
CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS T05H10.5, A HOMOLOGUE OF YEAST UBIQUITIN FUSION DEGRADATION PROTEIN, IS EXPRESSED THROUGHOUT THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND IN THE GUT.
Wanyuan Ao and Dave Pilgrim

West Coast Worm Meeting 2000
UNC-119 AND AXON OUTGROWTH: TOWARD A MECHANISM
Wayne Materi and Dave Pilgrim

West Coast Worm Meeting 2000
THE EVOLUTION AND EXPRESSION OF FEM-2.
Paul Stothard, Dave Hansen, Tamara Checkland, and Dave Pilgrim

Genetics 2000: Visions of the Future (a joint meeting of GSC and GSA)
THE SEX DETERMINING PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE OF CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS,FEM-2.
Tamara L. Checkland, Paul Stohard, Dave Hansen, and Dave Pilgrim.

----------1999----------

1999 International Worm Meeting abstract 157
The UNC-45 protein is a component of muscle thick filaments and co-localizes with myosin heavy chain B, but not myosin heavy chain A.
Wanyuan Ao, D Pilgrim

1999 International Worm Meeting abstract 571
C. elegans unc-119 mutants define novel neurite development defects
WP Materi, MF Maduro, D Pilgrim

1999 International Worm Meeting abstract 786
When humans lead the way: uncovering the role of C27H5.1
Jessica Smith, Michelle Chambers, Dave Pilgrim

1999 International Worm Meeting abstract 810
The Caenorhabditis sex determining protein FEM-2 evolves faster than its paralogs
PM Stothard, DD Hansen, DB Pilgrim

----------1998----------

1998 West Coast Worm Meeting abstract 86
EXPRESSION STUDIES OF THE unc-45 GENE
Wanyuan Ao, Heather Lemon, Shawna Maguire, Dave Pilgrim

1998 West Coast Worm Meeting abstract 130
SEQUENCE AND FUNCTIONAL COMPARISONS OF fem-2 FROM C. ELEGANS AND C. BRIGGSAE
Dave Hansen, Dave Pilgrim

1998 West Coast Worm Meeting abstract 166
USING WORMS TO CATCH FISH: IDENTIFICATION OF UNC-119 AND FEM-2 HOMOLOGUES IN THE ZEBRAFISH, DANIO RERIO
Angela Manning, Paul Stothard, Morris Maduro, Dave Pilgrim

1998 West Coast Worm Meeting abstract 169
THE ROLE OF UNC-119 IN AXONOGENESIS IN C. ELEGANS
Wayne Materi, Morris Maduro, Dave Pilgrim

1998 West Coast Worm Meeting abstract 190
A CHROMOSOME-SPECIFIC MINISATELLITE REPEAT ON LGIII
Dave Pilgrim

1998 West Coast Worm Meeting abstract 191
A NEURAL-SPECIFIC RasGRP IN WORMS
Dave Pilgrim, Bobbi Jo Morrell, Sinisa Urban, Jim Stone

1998 West Coast Worm Meeting abstract 207
A NEW FAMILY OF PROTEINS CONSERVED BETWEEN WORM NEURONS AND THE MAMMALIAN RETINA
Jessica Smith, Michelle Chambers, Dave Pilgrim

1998 West Coast Worm Meeting abstract 211
COMPARISON OF PP2CS FROM C. ELEGANS WITH THEIR C. REMANEI HOMOLOGUES
Paul Stothard, Dave Pilgrim

----------1997----------

Early 1997 International Worm Meeting abstract 21
unc-45 GENE IS EXPRESSED SPECIFICALLY IN MUSCLE CELLS
Wanyuan Ao, Lee Venolia, Dave Pilgrim

Early 1997 International Worm Meeting abstract 220
THE 3' UTRS OF FEM-2 IN C. BRIGGSAE AND C. ELEGANS SHOW SIMILARITY AND MAY BE INVOLVED IN THE CONTROL OF EXPRESSION
Dave Hansen, Paul Stothard, Margaret McPhedran, David Pilgrim

----------1996----------

1996 West Coast Worm Meeting abstract 46
unc-119 ENCODES A NOVEL, FUNCTIONALLY CONSERVED NEURONAL PROTEIN WITH AN APPARENT ROLE IN AXONAL OUTGROWTH
Morris Maduro, Dave Pilgrim

1996 West Coast Worm Meeting abstract 77
THE ACTIVITY AND EXPRESSION PATTERN OF FEM-2
Dave Hansen, Petra Jackle-Baldwin, Dave Pilgrim

1996 West Coast Worm Meeting abstract 82
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF unc-45: A GENE REQUIRED FOR MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT
Dave Pilgrim, Lee Venolia, Wanyuan Ao

1996 West Coast Worm Meeting abstract 130
THE LG III DEFICIENCY eDf2 AND ASSOCIATED FREE DUPLICATION eDp6 ARE NOT MUTUALLY COMPLEMENTARY
Morris Maduro, Dave Pilgrim

1996 West Coast Worm Meeting abstract 165
fem-2 HAS A HUMAN HOMOLOGUE ON CHROMOSOME 22
Paul Stothard, Dave Pilgrim

----------1995----------

1995 International Worm Meeting abstract 253
fem-2 sequence suggests that sex-determination control may involve phosphorylation
Dave Hansen, Petra Jackle, Troy Johnson, Angela McGregor, Dave Pilgrim

The Worm Breeder's Gazette

Worm Breeder's Gazette 14(3): 56 (June 1, 1996)
UNC-119 IS A NOVEL FUNCTIONALLY-CONSERVED NEURONAL PROTEIN
Morris Maduro, Dave Pilgrim

Worm Breeder's Gazette 14(3): 54 (June 1, 1996)
CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF UNC-45: ANOTHER PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE?
Dave Pilgrim, Lee Venolia

Worm Breeder's Gazette 14(2): 54 (February 1, 1996)
Deciphering the Function and Expression Pattern of FEM-2
Dave Hansen, Petra Jackle-Baldwin, Dave Pilgrim

Worm Breeder's Gazette 14(1): 31 (October 1, 1995)
FEM-2 Shows Phosphatase Activity in vitro and in vivo
Dave Hansen, Dave Pilgrim

Worm Breeder's Gazette 13(4): 44 (October 1, 1994)
FEM-2 Protein Shows Sequence Similarity to a Diverse Group of Protein Phosphatases.
Angela McGregor, Dave Hansen, Dave Pilgrim

Worm Breeder's Gazette 13(1): 59 (October 1, 1993)
Molecular Characterization of fem-2
Angela McGregor, Troy Johnson,, Petra Jackle, Dave Hansen, Dave Pilgrim

Worm Breeder's Gazette 12(4): 24 (October 1, 1992)
Narrowing Down fem-2
Petra Jackle, Dave Pilgrim

Worm Breeder's Gazette 11(5): 23
fem-2, unc-45, and daf-7 - Part II
Dave Pilgrim

Worm Breeder's Gazette 11(4): 82
unc-11
Dave Pilgrim

Worm Breeder's Gazette 11(3): 30
fem-2, unc-45 and daf-7
Dave Pilgrim

Worm Breeder's Gazette 10(3): 62
Zinc Finger Proteins in Worms?
Dave Pilgrim

Worm Breeder's Gazette 10(2): 154
Rapid Small Scale Worm RNA Preps
Dave Pilgrim