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- Ahuja, JS, Sandhu R, Mainpal E, Lawson C, Henley H, Hunt PA, Yanowitz JL, Borner GV. 2017. Control of meiotic pairing and recombination by chromosomally tethered 26S proteasome.
Science 355(6323): 408-411. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf4778. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6323/408.long
- McClendon TB, Mainpal R, AMrit FR, Krause MW, Ghazi A, Yanowitz JL. 2016. X chromosome crossover formation and genome stability in Caenorhabditis elegans are independently regulated by xnd-1. G3(Bethesday) 6(12):3913-3925. doi: 10.1534/g3.116.035725.
- Machovina T, Mainpal R, Daryabeigi A, McGovern O, Paouneskou D, Labella S, Zetka M, Jantsch V, and Yanowitz JL. 2016. A surveillance system ensures crossover formation in C. elegans. Current Biology 26(21):2873-2884. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.007.

- Mainpal R and Yanowitz JL. 2016. A twist of fate: how a meiotic protein is providing new perspectives on germ cell development. Solicited manuscript, Worm, 5(2):e1175259. doi: 10.1080/21624054.2016.1175259.

- Mateo A, Kessler ZK, Jolliffe K, McGovern O, Yu B, Nicolucci, A, Yanowitz JL*. and Derry WB*. 2016. The p53-like protein CEP-1 is required for meiotic fidelity in C. elegans. Current Biology, 26(9):1148-58. doi: 10.1016/ j.cub.2016.03.036. *co-corresponding authors.

- McClendon TB, Sullivan MR, Bernstein KA*, Yanowitz JL*. 2016. Promotion of homologous recombination by SWS-1 in complex with RAD-51 paralogs in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics, advanced online publication, March 2, 2016. doi: 10.1534/genetics.115.185827. *co-corresponding authors.

- Amrit FRG, Steenkiste AM, Ratnappan R, Chen S-W, McClendon TB, Kostka D, Yanowitz J, Olsen CP and Ghazi A. 2016. DAF-16 and TCER-1 facilitate adaptation to germline loss by restoring lipid homeostasis and repressing reproductive physiology in C. elegans. PLoS Genetics 12(2):e1005788. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005788.

- Mainpal R. Nance J. Yanowitz JL. 2015. A germ cell determinant reveals parallel pathways for germ line development in Caenorhabditis elegans. Development Sept 22 pii: dev.125732 PMID: 26395476.
- Chung G, Rose AM, Petalcorin MI, Martin JS, Kessler Z, Sanchez-Pulido L, Ponting CP, Yanowitz JL*, Boulton SJ*. 2015 REC-1 and HIM-5 distribute meiotic crossovers and function redundantly in meiotic double-strand formation in ,Caenorhabditis elegans. Genes and Development Sep 15;29(18):1969-79. PMID: 26385965. *co-corresponding authors.

- Ghazi A*, Yanowitz J*, Silverman GA*. 2014 Expanding the C. elegans toolbox into a toolshed. Methods. Aug 1;68(3):379-80. PMID: 25064639 *co-corresponding authors.

- Zevian S and Yanowitz J. 2014. Methodological considerations for heat shock of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods. Aug 1;68(3):450-7. Epub 2014 Apr 26. PMCID:PMC4112136.

- Kessler Z and Yanowitz J. 2014. Methodological considerations for mutagen exposure in C. elegans. Methods. Aug 1;68(3):441-9. Epub 2014 Apr 21. PMID: 24768858.

- Meneely PM, McGovern OL, Heinis FI, and Yanowitz J. 2012. Crossover distribution and frequency is regulated by him-5 in C. elegans. Genetics Apr;190(4):1251-66. (Epub ahead of print).

- Graham PL, Yanowitz JL, Penn JKM, Desphpande G, Schedl P. 2011.The translation initiation factor eif4e regulates the Sex-Specific expression of the master switch gene Sxl in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genetics 7(7): e1002185.

- Vogel BE, Wagner C, Paterson JM, Xu X, and Yanowitz J. 2011. An extracellular matrix protein prevents cytokinesis failure and aneuploidy in the C. elegans germline. Cell Cycle 10(12): 1916–1920.

- Wagner, C., Kuervers, L., Baillie, D., and Yanowitz, J. 2010. xnd-1 Regulates the Global Recombination Landscape in C. elegans. Nature 467: 839-843.

- Yanowitz, J. 2010. Meiosis: Making a Break for It.Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 22(6):744-51.

- Lim, J.G., Stine, R.R., and Yanowitz, J. 2008. Domain-specific regulation of recombination in C. elegans in response to temperature age, and sex. Genetics, Oct;180(2): 715-26.

- Yanowitz, J. 2008. Genome integrity is regulated by the C. elegans Rad51D homolog, rfs-1. Genetics, May;179(1): 249-62.

- Hochheiser, H. and Yanowitz, J. 2007. If I only had a brain: exploring mouse brain images in the Allen Brain Atlas. Biol. Cell, Jul;99(7): 403-9.

- Ward, J.D., Barber, L.J., Petalcorin, M.I.R., Yanowitz, J., and Boulton, S.J. 2007. Replication blocking lesions present a unique substrate for homologous recombination. Embo J., Jul;26(14): 3384-96.

- Foehr, M.L., Lindy, A.S., Fairbank, R.C., Amin, N.M., Xu, M., Yanowitz, J., Fire, A.Z., and Liu, J. 2006. An antagonistic role for the C. elegans Schnurri homolog SMA-9 in modulating TGFbeta signaling during mesodermal patterning. Development, Aug;133(15): 2887-96.

- Yanowitz J. and Fire, A.Z. 2005. Cyclin D involvement demarcates a late transition in C. elegans embryogenesis. Dev Biol., Mar,1;279(1): 244-51.

- Yanowitz J., Shakir, M.A., Hedgecock, E., Fire, A.Z. and Lundquist, E.A. 2004. UNC-39, the C. elegans homolog of the human myotonic dystrophy-associated homeodomain protein Six5, regulates cell motility and differentiation. Dev Biol., Aug,15;272(2): 389-402.

- Greenberg, T., Yanowitz, J, and Schedl, P. 2004. The Drosophila GAGA factor is required for dosage compensation in males and for the formation of the MSL complex chromatin entry site at 12DE. Genetics, Jan;166(1): 279-89.

- Deshpande G., Calhoun G. , Yanowitz J., and Schedl P. 1999. Novel functions of nanos in downregulating mitosis and transcription during the development of the Drosophila germline. Cell, Oct,29;99(3):271-81.

- Yanowitz J., Deshpande G., Calhoun G., and Schedl P. 1999. An N- terminal truncation uncouples the sex-transforming and dosage compensation functions of Sex-lethal. Mol Cell Biol., Apr;19(4): 3018-28.

- Hanish J., Yanowitz J., and de Lange, T. 1994. Stringent sequence requirements for the formation of human telomeres. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. Sept,13;91(19):8861-65.
