School of Molecular Biosciences

Dr. Jennifer Watts

Publications (Selected)

Trisha J. Brock, John Browse and Jennifer L. Watts.  “Fatty Acid Desaturation and the Regulation of Adiposity in Caenorhabditis  elegans.” Genetics 176(2007) 865-875. PDF

Lena K. Schroeder, Susan Kremer, Maxwell J. Kramer, Erin Currie, Elizabeth Kwan, Jennifer L. Watts, Andrea L. Lawrenson and Greg Hermann.  “Function of the Caenorhabditis elegans ABC transporter PGP-2 in the biogenesis of a lysosome-related fat storage organelle”.  Mol Biol Cell 18 (2007) 995- 1008. PDF

Homare M. Kubagawa, Jennifer L. Watts, Chad Corrigan, Johnathan W. Edmonds, Elizabeth Sztul, John Browse, and Michael A. Miller. “Oocyte signals derived from polyunsaturated fatty acids control sperm recruitment in vivoNature Cell Biology 8 (2006) 1143-1148. PDF

Fajun Yang, Bryan W. Vought, John S. Satterlee, Z.-Y. Jim Sun, Jennifer L. Watts, Rosalie DeBeaumont, R. Mako Saito, Sven G. Hyberts, Shaosong Yang, Christine Macol, Lakshmanan Iyer, Robert Tjian, Sander van den Heuvel, Anne Hart, Gerhard Wagner, and Anders M. Näär. “An ARC/ Mediator subunit required for SREBP control of cholesterol and lipid homeostasis.”  Nature 442 (2006) 700-704. PDF

Trisha J. Brock, John Browse, and Jennifer L. Watts.  “Genetic Regulation of Unsaturated Fatty Acid Composition in C. elegans.”  PLOS Genetics 2 (2006) e108. PDF

Jennifer L. Watts and John Browse.  "Dietary manipulation implicates lipid signaling in the maintenance of C. elegans germ cells"  Developmental Biology 292(2006) 381-392. PDF

Amanda H. Kahn-Kirby, J.L.M Dantzker, John Browse, Cornelia I. Bargmann, and Jennifer L Watts.  “Specific polyunsaturated fatty acids drive TRPV-dependent sensory signaling in vivoCell 119 (2004), 889-900. PDF

Kaveh Ashrafi, Francesca Y. Chang, Jennifer L. Watts, Andrew G. Fraser, Ravi S. Kamath, Julie Ahringer, and Gary Ruvkun. "Genome-wide RNAi analysis of C. elegans fat regulatory genes"  Nature  421(2003) 268-272. PDF

Jennifer L. Watts, Eric Phillips, Katharine R. Griffing, and John Browse.  "Deficiencies in C20 polyunsaturated fatty acids cause behavioral and developmental defects in C. elegans fat-3 mutants"  Genetics  163 (2003) 581-589. PDF

Marina Kniazeva, Matt Sieber, Scott McCauley, Kang Zhang, Jennifer L. Watts, and Min Han.  "Suppression of the ELO-2 FA elongation activity results in alterations of the fatty acid composition and multiple physiological defects, including abnormal ultradian rhythms, in C. elegansGenetics  163 (2003) 159-160. PDF

Jennifer L. Watts and John Browse.  "Genetic dissection of polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis in Caenorhabditis elegansProc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 99 (2002) 5854-5859. PDF

James G. Wallis, Jennifer L. Watts, and John Browse.  "Polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis.  What will they think of next?"  Trends Biochem Sci. 27 (2002) 467-473 PDF

Jennifer L. Watts and John Browse.  “A Palmitoyl-CoA-Specific D 9 Fatty Acid Desaturase from Caenorhabditis elegans”  Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 272 (2000) 263-269. PDF

Marlyse Peyou-Ndi, Jennifer L. Watts, John Browse.  "Identification and Characterization of an Animal D12 Fatty Acid Desaturase from Caenorhabditis elegansArchives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 376 (2000) 399-408. PDF

Jennifer L. Watts and John Browse.  “Isolation and Characterization of a D5-Fatty Acid Desaturase from Caenorhabditis elegans”  Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 362 (1999) 175-182. PDF

 

 

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