61. Lovato TL and Cripps RM (2017) Editorial - High heart: a role for calcineurin signaling in hypoxia-influenced cardiac growth. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, in press. PMCID in progress.
60. Adema C et al (107 authors) (2017) Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail. Nature Communications 8:15451. PMCID: PMC5440852.
59. Chechenova MB, Maes S, Oas ST, Nelson C, Bryantsev A and Cripps RM (2017) Functional redundancy and non-redundancy between two Troponin C isoforms in Drosophila adult muscles. Molecular Biology of the Cell 28:760-770. *Cover image. PMCID: PMC5349783.
58. Lovato TL and Cripps RM (2016) Regulatory networks that direct the development of specialized cell types in the Drosophila heart. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease 3: 18 doi10.3390/jcdd3020018. PMCID: PMC5044875
57. Trujillo GV, Nodal DH, Lovato CV, Hendren JD, Helander LA, Lovato TL, Bodmer R and Cripps RM (2016) The canonical Wingless signaling pathway is required but not sufficient for inflow tract formation in the Drosophila melanogaster heart. Developmental Biology 413: 16-25. PMCID: PMC4834244
56. Adame V, Chapapas H, Cisneros M, Deaton C, Deichmann S, Gadek C, Lovato TL, Chechenova MB and Cripps RM (2016) An undergraduate laboratory class using CRISPR/Cas9 technology to mutate Drosophila genes. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 3: 263-275. PMCID: PMC5377917
55. Chechenova MB, Maes S and Cripps RM (2015) Expression of the Troponin C at 41C gene in adult Drosophila tubular muscles depends upon both positive and negative regulatory inputs. PLOS One 10: e0144615. PMCID: PMC4671713
54. Lovato TL, Sensibaugh CA, Swingle KL, Martinez M and Cripps RM (2015) The Drosophila transcription factors Tinman and Pannier activate and collaborate with Myocyte enhancer factor-2 to promote heart cell fate. In revision for PLOS One. PMCID: in progress
53. Brunetti TM, Fremin B and Cripps RM (2015) Identification of singles bar as a direct transcriptional target of Drosophila Myocyte enhancer factor-2 and a regulator of adult myoblast fusion. Developmental Biology 401: 299-309. PMCID: PMC4424145
52. Elwell JA, Lovato TL, Adams MM, Baca EM, Lee T and Cripps RM (2015) The myogenic repressor gene Holes in muscles is a direct transcriptional target of Twist and Tinman in the Drosophila embryonic mesoderm. Developmental Biology 400: 266-276. PMCID: PMC4385497
51. Oas, ST, Bryantsev AL and Cripps RM. Arrest is a regulator of fiber-specific alternative splicing in the indirect flight muscles of Drosophila. Journal of Cell Biology, in press. *Cover image; * featured in In Focus section of the journal.
50. Morriss GR, Jaramillo CT, Mikolajczak CM, Duong S, Jaramillo MS and Cripps RM (2013) The Drosophila wings apart gene anchors a novel, evolutionarily conserved pathway of neuromuscular development. Genetics: 195: 927-940.
49. Chechenova MB, Bryantsev AL and Cripps RM (2013) The Drosophila Z-disc protein Z(210) is an adult muscle isoform of Zasp52, which is required for normal myofibril organization in indirect flight muscles. J. Biol. Chem. 288: 3718-3726. PMCID: PMC3567627
48. LaBeau-DiMenna EM, Clark KA, Bauman KD, Parker DS, Cripps RM and Geisbrecht ER (2012) Thin, a TRIM32 ortholog, is essential for myofibril stability and is required for the integrity of the costamere in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 109: 17983-17988. PMCID: PMC3497806
47. Bryantsev AL, Duong S, Brunetti TM, Chechenova MB, Lovato TL, Nelson C, Shaw E, Uhl JD, Gebelein B and Cripps RM. (2012) A transcriptional code for muscle fiber identity in Drosophila. Developmental Cell. 23: 664-673.
46. Bryantsev AL and Cripps RM. (2012) Purification of cardiac cells from Drosophila embryos. Methods 56: 44-49.
45. Bryantsev AL, Baker PW, Lovato TL, Jaramillo MS, and Cripps RM. (2012) Differential requirements for Myocyte enhancer factor-2 during adult myogenesis in Drosophila. Developmental Biology 361: 191-207.
44. Morriss GR, Bryantsev AL, Chechenova M, LaBeau EM, Lovato TL, Ryan KM and Cripps RM. (2011) Analysis of skeletal muscle development in Drosophila. In: Myogenesis: methods and protocols, DiMario J ed. Springer, New York.
43. Shah AP, Nongthomba U, Kelly Tanaka KK, Denton MLB, Meadows SM, Bancroft N, Molina MR, and Cripps RM. (2011) Cardiac remodeling in Drosophila arises from changes in actin gene expression and from a contribution of lymph gland-like cells to the heart musculature. Mech. Dev. 128: 222-233.
42. Wang Z, Wilhelmsson C, Hyrsl P, Loof TG, Dobes P, Klupp M, Loseva O, Mörgelin M, Iklé J, Cripps RM, Herwald H and Theopold U (2010) Pathogen entrapment by Transglutaminase - a conserved early innate immune mechanism. PLoS Pathogens 6: 1-9.
41. Black BL and Cripps, RM. (2010) Myocyte enhancer factor-2 transcription factors in heart development and disease. In: Heart Development and Disease, Harvey RP and Rosenthal N, eds. Academic Press.
40. Lovato, TL, Adams, MM, Baker PW and Cripps RM (2009) A molecular mechanism of temperature sensitivity for mutations affecting the Drosophila muscle regulator Myocyte enhancer factor 2. Genetics 183: 107-117.
39. Jaramillo, MS, Lovato CV, Baca, EM and Cripps RM. (2009) Crossveinless and the TGFß pathway regulate fiber number in the Drosophila adult jump muscle. Development. 136: 1105-1113. *Cover image.
38. LaBeau EM, Trujillo, DL and Cripps RM. (2009) Bithorax Complex genes control alary muscle patterning along the cardiac tube of Drosophila. Mech Dev. 126: 478-486.
37. Bryantsev, AL and Cripps, RM. (2009) Cardiac gene regulatory networks in Drosophila. Biochim. Biophys. Acta: Gene Reg. Mech. 1789: 343-353.
36. Iklé, J, Elwell, JA, Bryantsev, AL and Cripps RM. (2008) Cardiac expression of the Drosophila Transglutaminase (CG7356) gene is directly controlled by Myocyte enhancer factor-2. Dev. Dyn. 237: 2090-2099.
35. Kelly Tanaka KK, Bryantsev AL and Cripps RM. (2008) Myocyte enhancer factor-2 and Chorion factor-2 collaborate in activation of the myogenic program in Drosophila. Mol. Cell. Biol. 28: 1616-1629.
34. Hendren, JD, Shah, AP, Arguelles, AM and Cripps, RM. (2007) Cardiac expression of the Drosophila Sulphonylurea receptor gene is regulated by an intron enhancer dependent upon the NK homeodomain transcription factor Tinman. Mech. Dev. 124: 416-426.
33. Ryan, KM, Hendren, JD, Helander, LA and Cripps, RM. (2007) The NK homeodomain transcription factor Tinman is a direct activator of seven-up in the Drosophila dorsal vessel. Dev Biol. 302: 694-702.
32. Lovato, TL, Benjamin, AR and Cripps, RM. (2005) Transcription of Myocyte enhancer factor-2 in adult Drosophila myoblasts is induced by the steroid hormone ecdysone. Dev. Biol. 288: 612-621.
31. Baker, PW, Kelly Tanaka, KK, Klitgord, N and Cripps, RM. (2005) Adult myogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster can proceed independently of Myocyte enhancer factor-2. Genetics 170:1747-1759.
30. Ryan, KM, Hoshizaki, DK and Cripps, RM. (2005) Homeotic selector genes control the patterning of seven-up cells in the Drosophila dorsal vessel. Mech. Dev. 122: 1023-1033.
29. Cripps, RM. (2005) The contributions of genetics to the study of insect flight muscle function. In Nature’s versatile engine: insect flight muscle inside and out, JO Vigoreaux, Ed. Landes Bioscience, TX.
28. Cripps, RM, Lovato, TL and Olson, EN. (2004) Positive autoregulation of the Myocyte enhancer factor-2 myogenic control gene during somatic muscle development in Drosophila. Dev. Biol. 267: 536-547.
27. Herranz, R, Diaz-Castillo, C, Nguyen, TP, Lovato, TL, Cripps, RM and Marco, R. (2004) Characterization of the whole Troponin C gene repertoire in Drosophila melanogaster. Gene Exp. Patt. 4: 183-190.
26. Lovato, TL, Nguyen, TP, Molina MR and Cripps, RM. (2002) The Hox gene abdominal-A specifies heart cell fate in the Drosophila dorsal vessel. Development 129: 5019-5027.
25. Verzi, MP, Anderson, JP, Dodou, E, Kelly, KK, Greene, SB, North, BJ, Cripps, RM and Black, BL. (2002) N-twist, an evolutionarily conserved bHLH protein expressed in the developing CNS, functions as a transcriptional inhibitor. Dev. Biol. 249: 174-190.
24. Cripps RM and Olson EN. (2002) Control of cardiac development by an evolutionarily conserved transcriptional network. Dev. Biol. 246: 14-28.
23. Kelly KK, Meadows SM and Cripps RM. (2002) Drosophila Mef2 is an essential regulator of Actin57B transcription in cardiac, skeletal and visceral muscle lineages. Mech. Dev. 110: 39-50.
22. Molina MR and Cripps RM. (2001) Ostia, the inflow tracts of the Drosophila heart, develop from a genetically distinct subset of cardial cells. Mech. Dev. 109: 51-59.
21. Arredondo JJ, Mardahl-Dumesnil M, Cripps RM, Cervera M, and Bernstein SI. (2001) Overexpression of mini-paramyosin causes muscle dysfunction and progressive myofibril degeneration in the indirect flight muscles of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Muscle Res. Cell Motility 22: 287-299.
20. Lovato TL, Meadows SM, Baker PW, Sparrow JC and Cripps RM. (2001) Characterization of muscle actin genes in Drosophila virilis reveals significant molecular complexity in skeletal muscle types. Insect Mol. Biol. 10: 333-340.
19. Arredondo JJ, Ferreres RM, Maroto M, Cripps RM, Marco R, Bernstein SI and Cervera, M (2001) Control of the Drosophila paramyosin/miniparamyosin gene expression: a possible role for MEF2 in structural muscle protein transcriptional regulation. J. Biol. Chem. 276: 8278-8287.
18. Cripps RM and Bernstein SI (2000) Generation of transgenic Drosophila melanogaster by P-element mediated germline transformation. Pps. 93-125 in: “Gene transfer methods: introducing genes into living cells and organisms”, PA Norton and LF Steel, eds. BioTechniques Books, Natick, MA.
17. Cripps RM, Zhao B and Olson EN (1999) Transcription of the myogenic regulatory gene Mef2 in cardiac, somatic and visceral muscle cell lineages is regulated by a Tinman-dependent core enhancer. Dev. Biol. 215: 420-430.
16. Cripps RM, Suggs JA and Bernstein SI (1999) Assembly of thick filaments and myofibrils occurs in the absence of the myosin head. EMBO J. 18: 1793-1804.
15. Hodges D, Cripps RM, O’Connor ME and Bernstein, SI (1999) The role of evolutionarily conserved sequences in alternative splicing at the 3’ end of the Drosophila melanogaster myosin heavy chain RNA. Genetics 151: 263-276.
14. Cripps RM and Olson EN (1998) Twist is required for muscle template splitting during adult Drosophila myogenesis. Dev. Biol. 203: 105-116.
13. Cripps RM, Black BL, Zhao B, Lien C-L, Schulz RA and Olson, EN (1998) The myogenic regulatory gene Mef2 is a direct target for transcriptional activation by Twist during Drosophila myogenesis. Genes Dev. 12: 422-434.
12. Clayton JD, Cripps RM, Sparrow JC and Bullard B (1998) Interaction of troponin-H and glutathione S-transferase-2 in the indirect flight muscles of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Muscle Res. Cell Motil. 19: 117-128.
11. Harvey R, Olson EN, Schulz RA, Altman J (editors), Biben C, Black BL, Cripps RM and Firulli AB (co-editors) (1997) Genetic Control of Heart Development. HFSP, Strasbourg, France.
10. Cripps RM (1996) Conference Report, Muscle Biology Workshop and American Drosophila Research Conference. J. Muscle Res. Cell Motil. 17: 677-678.
9. Cripps RM (1995) Conference Report, Muscle Biology Workshop and American Drosophila Research Conference. J. Muscle Res. Cell Motil. 16: 567-569.
8. Cripps RM, Becker KD, Mardahl M, Kronert WA, Hodges D and Bernstein, SI (1994) Transformation of Drosophila melanogaster with the wild-type myosin heavy-chain gene: rescue of mutant phenotypes and analysis of defects caused by overexpression. J. Cell Biol. 126: 689-699. *Cover image.
7. Cripps RM, Ball E, Stark M, Lawn A and Sparrow JC (1994) Recovery of dominant autosomal flightless mutants of Drosophila melanogaster and identification of a new gene required for normal muscle structure and function. Genetics 137: 151-164.
6. Cripps RM (1994) Conference Report, Muscle Biology Workshop at American Drosophila Research Conference. J. Muscle Res. Cell Motil. 15: 583-585.
5. Mardahl M, Cripps RM, Rinehart RR, Bernstein SI and Harris GL (1993) Introduction of y+ onto a CyO chromosome. Drosophila Inform. Serv. 72: 141-142.
4. Bernstein SI, O'Donnell PT and Cripps RM (1993) Molecular genetic analysis of muscle development, structure and function in Drosophila. Int. Rev. Cytol. 43: 63-152.
3. Peckham M, Cripps RM, White DCS and Bullard B (1992) Mechanics and protein content of insect flight muscles. J. Exp. Biol. 168: 57-76.
2. Cripps RM and Sparrow JC (1992) Polymorphism in a Drosophila indirect flight muscle -specific tropomyosin isozyme does not affect flight ability. Biochem. Genet. 30: 159-168.
1. Cripps RM and Sparrow JC (1989) Dominant flightless phenotype of the vestigial-Depilate deficiency of Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Genet. 10: 98-105.
60. Adema C et al (107 authors) (2017) Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail. Nature Communications 8:15451. PMCID: PMC5440852.
59. Chechenova MB, Maes S, Oas ST, Nelson C, Bryantsev A and Cripps RM (2017) Functional redundancy and non-redundancy between two Troponin C isoforms in Drosophila adult muscles. Molecular Biology of the Cell 28:760-770. *Cover image. PMCID: PMC5349783.
58. Lovato TL and Cripps RM (2016) Regulatory networks that direct the development of specialized cell types in the Drosophila heart. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease 3: 18 doi10.3390/jcdd3020018. PMCID: PMC5044875
57. Trujillo GV, Nodal DH, Lovato CV, Hendren JD, Helander LA, Lovato TL, Bodmer R and Cripps RM (2016) The canonical Wingless signaling pathway is required but not sufficient for inflow tract formation in the Drosophila melanogaster heart. Developmental Biology 413: 16-25. PMCID: PMC4834244
56. Adame V, Chapapas H, Cisneros M, Deaton C, Deichmann S, Gadek C, Lovato TL, Chechenova MB and Cripps RM (2016) An undergraduate laboratory class using CRISPR/Cas9 technology to mutate Drosophila genes. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 3: 263-275. PMCID: PMC5377917
55. Chechenova MB, Maes S and Cripps RM (2015) Expression of the Troponin C at 41C gene in adult Drosophila tubular muscles depends upon both positive and negative regulatory inputs. PLOS One 10: e0144615. PMCID: PMC4671713
54. Lovato TL, Sensibaugh CA, Swingle KL, Martinez M and Cripps RM (2015) The Drosophila transcription factors Tinman and Pannier activate and collaborate with Myocyte enhancer factor-2 to promote heart cell fate. In revision for PLOS One. PMCID: in progress
53. Brunetti TM, Fremin B and Cripps RM (2015) Identification of singles bar as a direct transcriptional target of Drosophila Myocyte enhancer factor-2 and a regulator of adult myoblast fusion. Developmental Biology 401: 299-309. PMCID: PMC4424145
52. Elwell JA, Lovato TL, Adams MM, Baca EM, Lee T and Cripps RM (2015) The myogenic repressor gene Holes in muscles is a direct transcriptional target of Twist and Tinman in the Drosophila embryonic mesoderm. Developmental Biology 400: 266-276. PMCID: PMC4385497
51. Oas, ST, Bryantsev AL and Cripps RM. Arrest is a regulator of fiber-specific alternative splicing in the indirect flight muscles of Drosophila. Journal of Cell Biology, in press. *Cover image; * featured in In Focus section of the journal.
50. Morriss GR, Jaramillo CT, Mikolajczak CM, Duong S, Jaramillo MS and Cripps RM (2013) The Drosophila wings apart gene anchors a novel, evolutionarily conserved pathway of neuromuscular development. Genetics: 195: 927-940.
49. Chechenova MB, Bryantsev AL and Cripps RM (2013) The Drosophila Z-disc protein Z(210) is an adult muscle isoform of Zasp52, which is required for normal myofibril organization in indirect flight muscles. J. Biol. Chem. 288: 3718-3726. PMCID: PMC3567627
48. LaBeau-DiMenna EM, Clark KA, Bauman KD, Parker DS, Cripps RM and Geisbrecht ER (2012) Thin, a TRIM32 ortholog, is essential for myofibril stability and is required for the integrity of the costamere in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 109: 17983-17988. PMCID: PMC3497806
47. Bryantsev AL, Duong S, Brunetti TM, Chechenova MB, Lovato TL, Nelson C, Shaw E, Uhl JD, Gebelein B and Cripps RM. (2012) A transcriptional code for muscle fiber identity in Drosophila. Developmental Cell. 23: 664-673.
46. Bryantsev AL and Cripps RM. (2012) Purification of cardiac cells from Drosophila embryos. Methods 56: 44-49.
45. Bryantsev AL, Baker PW, Lovato TL, Jaramillo MS, and Cripps RM. (2012) Differential requirements for Myocyte enhancer factor-2 during adult myogenesis in Drosophila. Developmental Biology 361: 191-207.
44. Morriss GR, Bryantsev AL, Chechenova M, LaBeau EM, Lovato TL, Ryan KM and Cripps RM. (2011) Analysis of skeletal muscle development in Drosophila. In: Myogenesis: methods and protocols, DiMario J ed. Springer, New York.
43. Shah AP, Nongthomba U, Kelly Tanaka KK, Denton MLB, Meadows SM, Bancroft N, Molina MR, and Cripps RM. (2011) Cardiac remodeling in Drosophila arises from changes in actin gene expression and from a contribution of lymph gland-like cells to the heart musculature. Mech. Dev. 128: 222-233.
42. Wang Z, Wilhelmsson C, Hyrsl P, Loof TG, Dobes P, Klupp M, Loseva O, Mörgelin M, Iklé J, Cripps RM, Herwald H and Theopold U (2010) Pathogen entrapment by Transglutaminase - a conserved early innate immune mechanism. PLoS Pathogens 6: 1-9.
41. Black BL and Cripps, RM. (2010) Myocyte enhancer factor-2 transcription factors in heart development and disease. In: Heart Development and Disease, Harvey RP and Rosenthal N, eds. Academic Press.
40. Lovato, TL, Adams, MM, Baker PW and Cripps RM (2009) A molecular mechanism of temperature sensitivity for mutations affecting the Drosophila muscle regulator Myocyte enhancer factor 2. Genetics 183: 107-117.
39. Jaramillo, MS, Lovato CV, Baca, EM and Cripps RM. (2009) Crossveinless and the TGFß pathway regulate fiber number in the Drosophila adult jump muscle. Development. 136: 1105-1113. *Cover image.
38. LaBeau EM, Trujillo, DL and Cripps RM. (2009) Bithorax Complex genes control alary muscle patterning along the cardiac tube of Drosophila. Mech Dev. 126: 478-486.
37. Bryantsev, AL and Cripps, RM. (2009) Cardiac gene regulatory networks in Drosophila. Biochim. Biophys. Acta: Gene Reg. Mech. 1789: 343-353.
36. Iklé, J, Elwell, JA, Bryantsev, AL and Cripps RM. (2008) Cardiac expression of the Drosophila Transglutaminase (CG7356) gene is directly controlled by Myocyte enhancer factor-2. Dev. Dyn. 237: 2090-2099.
35. Kelly Tanaka KK, Bryantsev AL and Cripps RM. (2008) Myocyte enhancer factor-2 and Chorion factor-2 collaborate in activation of the myogenic program in Drosophila. Mol. Cell. Biol. 28: 1616-1629.
34. Hendren, JD, Shah, AP, Arguelles, AM and Cripps, RM. (2007) Cardiac expression of the Drosophila Sulphonylurea receptor gene is regulated by an intron enhancer dependent upon the NK homeodomain transcription factor Tinman. Mech. Dev. 124: 416-426.
33. Ryan, KM, Hendren, JD, Helander, LA and Cripps, RM. (2007) The NK homeodomain transcription factor Tinman is a direct activator of seven-up in the Drosophila dorsal vessel. Dev Biol. 302: 694-702.
32. Lovato, TL, Benjamin, AR and Cripps, RM. (2005) Transcription of Myocyte enhancer factor-2 in adult Drosophila myoblasts is induced by the steroid hormone ecdysone. Dev. Biol. 288: 612-621.
31. Baker, PW, Kelly Tanaka, KK, Klitgord, N and Cripps, RM. (2005) Adult myogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster can proceed independently of Myocyte enhancer factor-2. Genetics 170:1747-1759.
30. Ryan, KM, Hoshizaki, DK and Cripps, RM. (2005) Homeotic selector genes control the patterning of seven-up cells in the Drosophila dorsal vessel. Mech. Dev. 122: 1023-1033.
29. Cripps, RM. (2005) The contributions of genetics to the study of insect flight muscle function. In Nature’s versatile engine: insect flight muscle inside and out, JO Vigoreaux, Ed. Landes Bioscience, TX.
28. Cripps, RM, Lovato, TL and Olson, EN. (2004) Positive autoregulation of the Myocyte enhancer factor-2 myogenic control gene during somatic muscle development in Drosophila. Dev. Biol. 267: 536-547.
27. Herranz, R, Diaz-Castillo, C, Nguyen, TP, Lovato, TL, Cripps, RM and Marco, R. (2004) Characterization of the whole Troponin C gene repertoire in Drosophila melanogaster. Gene Exp. Patt. 4: 183-190.
26. Lovato, TL, Nguyen, TP, Molina MR and Cripps, RM. (2002) The Hox gene abdominal-A specifies heart cell fate in the Drosophila dorsal vessel. Development 129: 5019-5027.
25. Verzi, MP, Anderson, JP, Dodou, E, Kelly, KK, Greene, SB, North, BJ, Cripps, RM and Black, BL. (2002) N-twist, an evolutionarily conserved bHLH protein expressed in the developing CNS, functions as a transcriptional inhibitor. Dev. Biol. 249: 174-190.
24. Cripps RM and Olson EN. (2002) Control of cardiac development by an evolutionarily conserved transcriptional network. Dev. Biol. 246: 14-28.
23. Kelly KK, Meadows SM and Cripps RM. (2002) Drosophila Mef2 is an essential regulator of Actin57B transcription in cardiac, skeletal and visceral muscle lineages. Mech. Dev. 110: 39-50.
22. Molina MR and Cripps RM. (2001) Ostia, the inflow tracts of the Drosophila heart, develop from a genetically distinct subset of cardial cells. Mech. Dev. 109: 51-59.
21. Arredondo JJ, Mardahl-Dumesnil M, Cripps RM, Cervera M, and Bernstein SI. (2001) Overexpression of mini-paramyosin causes muscle dysfunction and progressive myofibril degeneration in the indirect flight muscles of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Muscle Res. Cell Motility 22: 287-299.
20. Lovato TL, Meadows SM, Baker PW, Sparrow JC and Cripps RM. (2001) Characterization of muscle actin genes in Drosophila virilis reveals significant molecular complexity in skeletal muscle types. Insect Mol. Biol. 10: 333-340.
19. Arredondo JJ, Ferreres RM, Maroto M, Cripps RM, Marco R, Bernstein SI and Cervera, M (2001) Control of the Drosophila paramyosin/miniparamyosin gene expression: a possible role for MEF2 in structural muscle protein transcriptional regulation. J. Biol. Chem. 276: 8278-8287.
18. Cripps RM and Bernstein SI (2000) Generation of transgenic Drosophila melanogaster by P-element mediated germline transformation. Pps. 93-125 in: “Gene transfer methods: introducing genes into living cells and organisms”, PA Norton and LF Steel, eds. BioTechniques Books, Natick, MA.
17. Cripps RM, Zhao B and Olson EN (1999) Transcription of the myogenic regulatory gene Mef2 in cardiac, somatic and visceral muscle cell lineages is regulated by a Tinman-dependent core enhancer. Dev. Biol. 215: 420-430.
16. Cripps RM, Suggs JA and Bernstein SI (1999) Assembly of thick filaments and myofibrils occurs in the absence of the myosin head. EMBO J. 18: 1793-1804.
15. Hodges D, Cripps RM, O’Connor ME and Bernstein, SI (1999) The role of evolutionarily conserved sequences in alternative splicing at the 3’ end of the Drosophila melanogaster myosin heavy chain RNA. Genetics 151: 263-276.
14. Cripps RM and Olson EN (1998) Twist is required for muscle template splitting during adult Drosophila myogenesis. Dev. Biol. 203: 105-116.
13. Cripps RM, Black BL, Zhao B, Lien C-L, Schulz RA and Olson, EN (1998) The myogenic regulatory gene Mef2 is a direct target for transcriptional activation by Twist during Drosophila myogenesis. Genes Dev. 12: 422-434.
12. Clayton JD, Cripps RM, Sparrow JC and Bullard B (1998) Interaction of troponin-H and glutathione S-transferase-2 in the indirect flight muscles of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Muscle Res. Cell Motil. 19: 117-128.
11. Harvey R, Olson EN, Schulz RA, Altman J (editors), Biben C, Black BL, Cripps RM and Firulli AB (co-editors) (1997) Genetic Control of Heart Development. HFSP, Strasbourg, France.
10. Cripps RM (1996) Conference Report, Muscle Biology Workshop and American Drosophila Research Conference. J. Muscle Res. Cell Motil. 17: 677-678.
9. Cripps RM (1995) Conference Report, Muscle Biology Workshop and American Drosophila Research Conference. J. Muscle Res. Cell Motil. 16: 567-569.
8. Cripps RM, Becker KD, Mardahl M, Kronert WA, Hodges D and Bernstein, SI (1994) Transformation of Drosophila melanogaster with the wild-type myosin heavy-chain gene: rescue of mutant phenotypes and analysis of defects caused by overexpression. J. Cell Biol. 126: 689-699. *Cover image.
7. Cripps RM, Ball E, Stark M, Lawn A and Sparrow JC (1994) Recovery of dominant autosomal flightless mutants of Drosophila melanogaster and identification of a new gene required for normal muscle structure and function. Genetics 137: 151-164.
6. Cripps RM (1994) Conference Report, Muscle Biology Workshop at American Drosophila Research Conference. J. Muscle Res. Cell Motil. 15: 583-585.
5. Mardahl M, Cripps RM, Rinehart RR, Bernstein SI and Harris GL (1993) Introduction of y+ onto a CyO chromosome. Drosophila Inform. Serv. 72: 141-142.
4. Bernstein SI, O'Donnell PT and Cripps RM (1993) Molecular genetic analysis of muscle development, structure and function in Drosophila. Int. Rev. Cytol. 43: 63-152.
3. Peckham M, Cripps RM, White DCS and Bullard B (1992) Mechanics and protein content of insect flight muscles. J. Exp. Biol. 168: 57-76.
2. Cripps RM and Sparrow JC (1992) Polymorphism in a Drosophila indirect flight muscle -specific tropomyosin isozyme does not affect flight ability. Biochem. Genet. 30: 159-168.
1. Cripps RM and Sparrow JC (1989) Dominant flightless phenotype of the vestigial-Depilate deficiency of Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Genet. 10: 98-105.