Publications

Agarwal, M., D.J.Nelson, and D.A. Larochelle (2002). The three dimensional model of Dictyostelium discoideum RacE based on the humanRhoA-GDP crystal structure. Submitted to the Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modeling 21:3-18.

Neicu, T., A.Pradham, D.A. Larochelle, and A. Kudrolli (2000). Extinction transition in bacterial colonies under forced convection. Physical Review E62(1):1059-1062.

Larochelle, D.A., N. Gerald, and A. De Lozanne (2000). Molecular analysis of racE function in Dictyostelium. Microscopy Research and Techniques-The Biology of Cytokinesis 49(2):145-151.

Kwak E., N. Gerald, D.A. Larochelle, K.K. Vithalani, M. Niswonger, and A. De Lozanne (1999). LvsA, a protein related to the mouse beige protein, is essential for cytokinesis in Dictyostelium. Molecular Biology of the Cell 10:4429-4439.

Vithalani, K.K., C.A. Parent, E.M. Thorn, M. Penn, D.A. Larochelle, P.N. Devreotes, and A. De Lozanne (1998). Identification of Darlin, a Dictyostelium protein with Armadillo-like repeats that binds to small GTPases and is important for the proper aggregation of developing cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell 9:3095-3106.

Larochelle, D.A., K.K. Vithalani and A. De Lozanne (1997). The role of Dictyostelium racE in cytokinesis: Mutational analysis and localization studies by use of green fluorescent protein. Molecular Biology of the Cell 8:935-944.

Larochelle, D.A., K. Vithalani and A. De Lozanne (1996). A novel member of the rho family of small GTP-binding proteins is specifically required for cytokinesis. J. Cell Biology 133:1321- 1329.

Burns, C.G., D.A. Larochelle, H. Erickson, M. Reedy and A. De Lozanne (1995). Single-headed myosin II acts as a dominant negative mutation in Dictystelium. Proc. Natl. Acad. .Sci. USA 92:8244-8248.

Larochelle, D.A. and D. Epel (1993). Myosin heavy chain dephosphorylation during cytokinesis in dividing sea urchin embryos. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 25(3):369-380.

MANUSCRIPTS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION:

Abysalh, J.C., L.L. Kuchnicki and D.A. Larochelle (2003) The identification of Pats1, a novel gene locus required for cytokinesis in Dictyostelium discoideum. Accepted for publication in Molecular Biology of the Cell.

Guerin, N. and D.A. Larochelle (2003). A user's guide to restriction enzyme-mediated integration in Dictyostelium. Accepted for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility dedicated to Dictyostelium research.