Leslie Pick

Publications

• Activation of Ftz-F1-Responsive Genes Through Ftz/Ftz-F1 Dependent Enhancers
  PloS One. 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27723822
• Editorial Overview: Development, Regulation and Evolution of Organ Systems
  Current Opinion in Insect Science. Feb, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27436561
• Evo-Devo: Discovery of Diverse Mechanisms Regulating Development
  Current Topics in Developmental Biology. 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26969982
• Hox Genes, Evo-devo, and the Case of the Ftz Gene
  Chromosoma. Jun, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26596987
• Dermestes Maculatus: an Intermediate-germ Beetle Model System for Evo-devo
  EvoDevo. 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26478804
• Rapid Transcriptome Sequencing of an Invasive Pest, the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha Halys
  BMC Genomics. Aug, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25168586
• Independent Signaling by Drosophila Insulin Receptor for Axon Guidance and Growth
  Frontiers in Physiology. 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24478707
• The Evolving Role of the Orphan Nuclear Receptor Ftz-f1, a Pair-rule Segmentation Gene
  Evolution & Development. Nov-Dec, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24261442
• Insulin Stimulates Translocation of Human GLUT4 to the Membrane in Fat Bodies of Transgenic Drosophila Melanogaster
  PloS One. 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24223128
• Variation and Constraint in Hox Gene Evolution
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Feb, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23341600
• Functional Conservation of Drosophila FTZ-F1 and Its Mammalian Homologs Suggests Ligand-independent Regulation of NR5A Family Transcriptional Activity
  Development Genes and Evolution. May, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23340581
• Conservation and Variation in Hox Genes: How Insect Models Pioneered the Evo-devo Field
  Annual Review of Entomology. 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23317041
• Hox Gene Evolution: Multiple Mechanisms Contributing to Evolutionary Novelties
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. May, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22320178
• Ftz Evolution: Findings, Hypotheses and Speculations (response to DOI 10.1002/bies.201100019)
  BioEssays : News and Reviews in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. Dec, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 22113740
• Rapid Isolation of Gene Homologs Across Taxa: Efficient Identification and Isolation of Gene Orthologs from Non-model Organism Genomes, a Technical Report
  EvoDevo. Mar, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21362165
• Surprising Flexibility in a Conserved Hox Transcription Factor over 550 Million Years of Evolution
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Oct, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20921393
• The POU Transcription Factor Drifter/Ventral Veinless Regulates Expression of Drosophila Immune Defense Genes
  Molecular and Cellular Biology. Jul, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20457811
• Deletion of Drosophila Insulin-like Peptides Causes Growth Defects and Metabolic Abnormalities
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Nov, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19887630
• Stripy Ftz Target Genes Are Coordinately Regulated by Ftz-F1
  Developmental Biology. Nov, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19679121
• Isolation of Regulators of Drosophila Immune Defense Genes by a Double Interaction Screen in Yeast
  Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Mar, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17296495
• Computational Identification of Ftz/Ftz-F1 Downstream Target Genes
  Developmental Biology. Nov, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16996052
• Transgenic Drosophila Models of Noonan Syndrome Causing PTPN11 Gain-of-function Mutations
  Human Molecular Genetics. Feb, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16399795
• Cofactor-interaction Motifs and the Cooption of a Homeotic Hox Protein into the Segmentation Pathway of Drosophila Melanogaster
  Current Biology : CB. Apr, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15823536
• Axons Guided by Insulin Receptor in Drosophila Visual System
  Science (New York, N.Y.). Apr, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12702880