A. Chovnick

Publication List Details

Period

1990 - 1992

Number

48

Co-Authors

Use of rosy mutant strains of Drosophila melanogaster to probe the structure and function of xanthine dehydrogenase.

Hughes, R K, Doyle, W A, Chovnick, A, Whittle, J R, Burke, J F, Bray, R C

The usefulness in structure/function studies of molybdenum-containing hydroxylases in work with rosy mutant strains of Drosophila melanogaster has been investigated. At least 23 such strains are...

Heterochromatic Position Effect at the Rosy Locus of DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: Cytological, Genetic and Biochemical Characterization

Rushlow, C. A., Chovnick, A.

This report describes cytological, genetic and biochemical studies designed to characterize two γ-radiation induced, apparent "underproducer" variants of the rosy locus (ry:3-52.0), ryps1149 and...

Studies on the Mechanism of Heterochromatic Position Effect at the Rosy Locus of DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Rushlow, C. A., Bender, W., Chovnick, A.

Experiments are described that extend the characterization of position effect variants of the rosy locus and test possible mechanisms of heterochromatic position effect.—Rosy position effect...

On the Identification of the ROSY Locus DNA in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: Intragenic Recombination Mapping of Mutations Associated with Insertions and Deletions

Clark, S. H., McCarron, M., Love, C., Chovnick, A.

DNA extracts of several rosy-mutation-bearing strains were associated with large insertions and deletions in a defined region of the molecular map believed to include the rosy locus DNA. Large-scale,...

Recombination Can Initiate and Terminate at a Large Number of Sites within the Rosy Locus of Drosophila Melanogaster

Clark, S. H., Hilliker, A. J., Chovnick, A.

This report presents the results of a recombination experiment designed to question the existence of special sites for the initiation or termination of a recombination heteroduplex within the region...

Hybrid Dysgenesis in Drosophila Simulans Lines Transformed with Autonomous P Elements

Daniels, S. B., Chovnick, A., Kidwell, M. G.

The molecular and phenotypic analysis of several previously described P element-transformed lines of Drosophila simulans was extended in order to determine whether they had the potential to produce a...

Molecular Analysis of Recombination Events in Drosophila

Curtis, D., Clark, S. H., Chovnick, A., Bender, W.

The locations of crossover junctions and gene conversion tracts, isolated in the rosy gene of Drosophila melanogaster, were determined using DNA sequencing and denaturing gradient gel...

Xanthine Dehydrogenase Is Transported to the Drosophila Eye

Reaume, A. G., Clark, S. H., Chovnick, A.

The rosy (ry) locus in Drosophila melanogaster codes for the enzyme xanthine dehydrogenase. Mutants that have no enzyme activity are characterized by a brownish eye color phenotype reflecting a...

The Relationship between P Elements and Male Recombination in Drosophila Melanogaster

Duttaroy, A., McCarron, M., Sitaraman, K., Doughty, G., Chovnick, A.

P element dysgenesis associated male recombination in Drosophila was examined with a selective system focused upon 5% of the standard female genetic map divided into eight recombination segments. We...

Evidence for Horizontal Transmission of the P Transposable Element between Drosophila Species

Daniels, S. B., Peterson, K. R., Strausbaugh, L. D., Kidwell, M. G., Chovnick, A.

Several studies have suggested that P elements have rapidly spread through natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster within the last four decades. This observation, together with the observation...

Cloning and Characterization of the Scalloped Region of Drosophila Melanogaster

Campbell, S. D., Duttaroy, A., Katzen, A. L., Chovnick, A.

Viable mutants of the scalloped gene (sd) of Drosophila melanogaster exhibit defects that can include gapping of the wing margin and ectopic bristle formation on the wing. Lethal sd alleles...

The L(3)s12 Locus of Drosophila Melanogaster: Heterochromatic Position Effects and Stage-Specific Misexpression of the Gene in P Element Transposons

Dutton-Jr, F. L., Chovnick, A.

l(3)S12 is a vital locus whose function is required in embryos, early larvae, late pupae and oogenesis. We have identified a cold-sensitive allele, l(3)S12(3), and characterized conditional...

The Effect of DNA Sequence Polymorphisms on Intragenic Recombination in the Rosy Locus of Drosophila Melanogaster

Hilliker, A. J., Clark, S. H., Chovnick, A.

The effect of simple DNA sequence polymorphisms on intragenic recombination in the rosy locus of Drosophila melanogaster was assayed. Two crosses were performed involving nearly identical molecular...

The Rosy Locus in Drosophila Melanogaster: Xanthine Dehydrogenase and Eye Pigments

Reaume, A. G., Knecht, D. A., Chovnick, A.

The rosy gene in Drosophila melanogaster codes for the enzyme xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH). Mutants that have no enzyme activity are characterized by a brownish eye color phenotype reflecting a...

P Element Transposition in Drosophila Melanogaster: An Analysis of Sister-Chromatid Pairs and the Formation of Intragenic Secondary Insertions during Meiosis

Daniels, S. B., Chovnick, A.

The gap-repair model proposes that P elements move via a conservative, ``cut-and-paste'' mechanism followed by double-strand gap repair, using either the sister chromatid or homolog as the repair...

Drosophila P Element Transposase Induces Male Recombination Additively and without a Requirement for P Element Excision or Insertion

McCarron, M., Duttaroy, A., Doughty, G., Chovnick, A.

P element dysgenesis-associated male recombination in Drosophila was examined with a selective system focused upon a section of the third chromosome divided into eight recombination segments. Tests...

Meiotic Gene Conversion Tract Length Distribution within the Rosy Locus of Drosophila Melanogaster

Hilliker, A. J., Harauz, G., Reaume, A. G., Gray, M., Clark, S. H., Chovnick, A.

Employing extensive co-conversion data for selected and unselected sites of known molecular location in the rosy locus of Drosophila melanogaster, we determine the parameters of meiotic gene...

Organization of the Rosy Locus in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER : Evidence for a Control Element Adjacent to the Xanthine Dehydrogenase Structural Element

Chovnick, A., Gelbart, W., McCarron, M., Osmond, B., Candido, E. P. M., Baillie, D. L.

From a collection of electrophoretic variants of XDH obtained from laboratory strains and natural populations, a stock was isolated that was associated with much greater than normal levels of XDH...

Organization of the Rosy Locus in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: Further Evidence in Support of a CIS-Acting Control Element Adjacent to the Xanthine Dehydrogenase Structural Element

McCarron, M., O'Donnell, J., Chovnick, A., Bhullar, B. S., Hewitt, J., Candido, E. P. M.

The present report summarizes our recent progress in the genetic dissection of an elementary genetic unit in a higher organism, the rosy locus (ry:3–52.0) in Drosophila melanogaster. Pursuing the...

Tissue-Specific and Pretranslational Character of Variants of the Rosy Locus Control Element in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Clark, S. H., Daniels, S., Rushlow, C. A., Hilliker, A. J., Chovnick, A.

Prior reports from this laboratory have described the experimental basis for our understanding of the genetic organization of the rosy locus (ry:3-52.0) of Drosophila melanogaster, as a bipartite...

Use of rosy mutant strains of Drosophila melanogaster to probe the structure and function of xanthine dehydrogenase.

Hughes, R K, Doyle, W A, Chovnick, A, Whittle, J R, Burke, J F, Bray, R C

The usefulness in structure/function studies of molybdenum-containing hydroxylases in work with rosy mutant strains of Drosophila melanogaster has been investigated. At least 23 such strains are...

Heterochromatic Position Effect at the Rosy Locus of DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: Cytological, Genetic and Biochemical Characterization

Rushlow, C. A., Chovnick, A.

This report describes cytological, genetic and biochemical studies designed to characterize two γ-radiation induced, apparent "underproducer" variants of the rosy locus (ry:3-52.0), ryps1149 and...

Studies on the Mechanism of Heterochromatic Position Effect at the Rosy Locus of DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Rushlow, C. A., Bender, W., Chovnick, A.

Experiments are described that extend the characterization of position effect variants of the rosy locus and test possible mechanisms of heterochromatic position effect.—Rosy position effect...

On the Identification of the ROSY Locus DNA in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: Intragenic Recombination Mapping of Mutations Associated with Insertions and Deletions

Clark, S. H., McCarron, M., Love, C., Chovnick, A.

DNA extracts of several rosy-mutation-bearing strains were associated with large insertions and deletions in a defined region of the molecular map believed to include the rosy locus DNA. Large-scale,...

Recombination Can Initiate and Terminate at a Large Number of Sites within the Rosy Locus of Drosophila Melanogaster

Clark, S. H., Hilliker, A. J., Chovnick, A.

This report presents the results of a recombination experiment designed to question the existence of special sites for the initiation or termination of a recombination heteroduplex within the region...

Hybrid Dysgenesis in Drosophila Simulans Lines Transformed with Autonomous P Elements

Daniels, S. B., Chovnick, A., Kidwell, M. G.

The molecular and phenotypic analysis of several previously described P element-transformed lines of Drosophila simulans was extended in order to determine whether they had the potential to produce a...

Molecular Analysis of Recombination Events in Drosophila

Curtis, D., Clark, S. H., Chovnick, A., Bender, W.

The locations of crossover junctions and gene conversion tracts, isolated in the rosy gene of Drosophila melanogaster, were determined using DNA sequencing and denaturing gradient gel...

Xanthine Dehydrogenase Is Transported to the Drosophila Eye

Reaume, A. G., Clark, S. H., Chovnick, A.

The rosy (ry) locus in Drosophila melanogaster codes for the enzyme xanthine dehydrogenase. Mutants that have no enzyme activity are characterized by a brownish eye color phenotype reflecting a...

The Relationship between P Elements and Male Recombination in Drosophila Melanogaster

Duttaroy, A., McCarron, M., Sitaraman, K., Doughty, G., Chovnick, A.

P element dysgenesis associated male recombination in Drosophila was examined with a selective system focused upon 5% of the standard female genetic map divided into eight recombination segments. We...

Evidence for Horizontal Transmission of the P Transposable Element between Drosophila Species

Daniels, S. B., Peterson, K. R., Strausbaugh, L. D., Kidwell, M. G., Chovnick, A.

Several studies have suggested that P elements have rapidly spread through natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster within the last four decades. This observation, together with the observation...

Cloning and Characterization of the Scalloped Region of Drosophila Melanogaster

Campbell, S. D., Duttaroy, A., Katzen, A. L., Chovnick, A.

Viable mutants of the scalloped gene (sd) of Drosophila melanogaster exhibit defects that can include gapping of the wing margin and ectopic bristle formation on the wing. Lethal sd alleles...

The L(3)s12 Locus of Drosophila Melanogaster: Heterochromatic Position Effects and Stage-Specific Misexpression of the Gene in P Element Transposons

Dutton-Jr, F. L., Chovnick, A.

l(3)S12 is a vital locus whose function is required in embryos, early larvae, late pupae and oogenesis. We have identified a cold-sensitive allele, l(3)S12(3), and characterized conditional...

The Effect of DNA Sequence Polymorphisms on Intragenic Recombination in the Rosy Locus of Drosophila Melanogaster

Hilliker, A. J., Clark, S. H., Chovnick, A.

The effect of simple DNA sequence polymorphisms on intragenic recombination in the rosy locus of Drosophila melanogaster was assayed. Two crosses were performed involving nearly identical molecular...

The Rosy Locus in Drosophila Melanogaster: Xanthine Dehydrogenase and Eye Pigments

Reaume, A. G., Knecht, D. A., Chovnick, A.

The rosy gene in Drosophila melanogaster codes for the enzyme xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH). Mutants that have no enzyme activity are characterized by a brownish eye color phenotype reflecting a...

P Element Transposition in Drosophila Melanogaster: An Analysis of Sister-Chromatid Pairs and the Formation of Intragenic Secondary Insertions during Meiosis

Daniels, S. B., Chovnick, A.

The gap-repair model proposes that P elements move via a conservative, ``cut-and-paste'' mechanism followed by double-strand gap repair, using either the sister chromatid or homolog as the repair...

Drosophila P Element Transposase Induces Male Recombination Additively and without a Requirement for P Element Excision or Insertion

McCarron, M., Duttaroy, A., Doughty, G., Chovnick, A.

P element dysgenesis-associated male recombination in Drosophila was examined with a selective system focused upon a section of the third chromosome divided into eight recombination segments. Tests...

Meiotic Gene Conversion Tract Length Distribution within the Rosy Locus of Drosophila Melanogaster

Hilliker, A. J., Harauz, G., Reaume, A. G., Gray, M., Clark, S. H., Chovnick, A.

Employing extensive co-conversion data for selected and unselected sites of known molecular location in the rosy locus of Drosophila melanogaster, we determine the parameters of meiotic gene...

Organization of the Rosy Locus in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER : Evidence for a Control Element Adjacent to the Xanthine Dehydrogenase Structural Element

Chovnick, A., Gelbart, W., McCarron, M., Osmond, B., Candido, E. P. M., Baillie, D. L.

From a collection of electrophoretic variants of XDH obtained from laboratory strains and natural populations, a stock was isolated that was associated with much greater than normal levels of XDH...

Organization of the Rosy Locus in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: Further Evidence in Support of a CIS-Acting Control Element Adjacent to the Xanthine Dehydrogenase Structural Element

McCarron, M., O'Donnell, J., Chovnick, A., Bhullar, B. S., Hewitt, J., Candido, E. P. M.

The present report summarizes our recent progress in the genetic dissection of an elementary genetic unit in a higher organism, the rosy locus (ry:3–52.0) in Drosophila melanogaster. Pursuing the...

Tissue-Specific and Pretranslational Character of Variants of the Rosy Locus Control Element in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Clark, S. H., Daniels, S., Rushlow, C. A., Hilliker, A. J., Chovnick, A.

Prior reports from this laboratory have described the experimental basis for our understanding of the genetic organization of the rosy locus (ry:3-52.0) of Drosophila melanogaster, as a bipartite...