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• Schofield, R.M.S., J.H. Postlethwait, and H.W. Lefevre (1997) MeV-ion microprobe analyses of whole Drosophila suggest that zinc and copper accumulation is regulated storage not deposit excretion. J. Exp. Biol. 200:3235-3243.
  
• Yan, Y.-L. and J.H. Postlethwait (1990) Vitellogenesis in Drosophila: Sequestration of a yolk polypeptide/invertase fusion protein into developing oocytes. Dev. Biol. 140:281-290.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H., S. Saul, and J.A. Postlethwait (1988) The antibacterial immune response of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Certatitis capitata). J. Insect Physiol. 34:91-96.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. (1987) Hormone and sex-specific gene regulation in Drosophila. In Proceedings of the 1st Congress of the Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology, Nagoya, Japan. 2:11-14.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H., C. Kunert, J. Parker, D. Widders-Ellis, and Y. Yan (1987) Regulation of vitellogenesis in Drosophila. In Invertebrate Reproduction, M. Porchet and A. Strombi, eds., Elsevier Press. 4:23-30.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and J. Parker (1987) Regulation of vitellogenesis in Drosophila. UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, J. D. O'Connor, ed. Molec. Biol. Invert. Devel. 66:29-42.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H., S. Saul, M. Robertson, D. Grace, K. Abrams, and E. Brandenburg (1987) Mechanisms of Immunity in Drosophila and Mediterranean Fruit Flies. ACS Symposium Series. In Biotechnology in Crop Protection, ACS Publications, Washington D.C., pp. 186-198.
  
• Giorgi, F., P. Andolfi, I. Spinetti, M. Masetti, and J.H. Postlethwait (1986) In Vivo uptake of haemolymph from a female sterile mutant into wild-type ovaries of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Insect Physiol. 32:59-70.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H., and C. Kunert (1986) Endocrine and Genetic Regulation of Vitellogenesis in Drosophila. In Comparative Endocrinology: Development and Direction. Progress in Clinical and Biological Research, Vol.X, C.L. Ralph, ed., Alan R. Liss, New York. pp. 33-52.
  
• Robertson, M., and J.H. Postlethwait (1986) The humoral antibacterial response of Drosophila adults. Devel. Compar. Immunol. 10:167-179.
  
• Yan, Y.-L., C. Kunert, and J.H. Postlethwait (1986) Sequence homologies among the Three Yolk Polypeptide (Yp) genes in Drosophila melanogaster. Nucl. Acids Res. 15:67-85.
  
• Giorgi, F., and J.H. Postlethwait (1985) Development of gap junctions in normal and mutant ovaries of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Morphol. 185:115-129.
  
• Giorgi, F., and J.H. Postlethwait (1985) Yolk polypeptide secretion and vitelline membrane deposition in a female sterile Drosophila mutant. Devel. Genet. 86:133-150.
  
• Johns, M.A., and J.H. Postlethwait (1985) Naturally occurring quantitative variants of acid phosphatase-1 in Drosophila melanogaster. Biochem. Genet. 23:468-482.
  
• Minoo, P. and J.H. Postlethwait (1985) Biosynthesis of Drosophila yolk polypeptides. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 2:7-27.
  
• Minoo, P. and J.H. Postlethwait (1985) Processing and secretion of a mutant yolk polypeptide in Drosophila. Biochem. Genet. 23:913-932.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and F. Giorgi (1985) Vitellogenesis: Insects. In Developmental Biology: A Comprehensive Synthesis. L.W. Browder, ed., Plenum Publ.
  
• Tamura, T., C. Kunert, and J.H. Postlethwait (1985) Sex and cell-specific regulation of two yolk polypeptide genes introduced into Drosophila by P-element-mediated gene transfer. Proc. Natl. Acad, Sci. USA 82:7000-7004.
  
• Zhai, Q.H., J.H. Postlethwait, and J.W. Bodley (1984) Vitellogenin synthesis in the lady beetle Coccinella septempunctata. Insect Biochem. 14:299-305.
  
• Shirk, P.D., P. Minoo, and J.H. Postlethwait (1983) 20-hydroxyecdysone stimulates the acumulation of translatable yolk polypeptide gene transcript in adult male Drosophila melanogaster. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 80:186-190.
  
• Jowett, T., J.H. Postlethwait, and D.B. Roberts (1982) Hormonal regulation of a larval haemolymph protein in Drosophila. Embryonic Development, Part A: Genetic Aspects. pp. 373-380. Alan R. Liss, New York.
  
• Jowett, T., and J.H. Postlethwait (1981) Hormonal regulation of synthesis of yolk proteins and a larval serum protein (LsP2) in Drosophila. Nature. 292:633-635.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H., and T. Jowett (1981) Regulation of vitellogenesis in Drosophila. Scientific Papers of the Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry of Wroclas Technical University, No. 22 Conference 7, pp. 591-627.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H., and P.D. Shirk (1981) Genetic and endocrine regulation of vitellogenesis in Drosophila. Am. Zool. 21:687-700.
  
• Jowett, T., and J.H. Postlethwait (1980) The regulation of yolk polypeptide synthesis in Drosophila ovaries and fat body by 20-hydroxecdysone and a juvenile hormone analogue. Dev. Biol. 80:225-234.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. (1980) Genetic analysis of Drosophila vitellogenesis: A molecular weight varient of yolk polypeptide-2 in Drosophila simulans. Molec. Gen. Genet. 178:253-260.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H., M. Bownes, and T. Jowett (1980) Sexual phenotype and vitellogenin synthesis in Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 79:379-387.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H., G. Lauge, and A.M. Handler (1980) Yolk protein synthesis in ovariectomized and genetically agametic (X87) Drosophila melanogaster. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 40:385-390.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. (1979) Clonal analysis of Drosophila cuticular patterns. In Genetics and Biology of Drosophila, Vol. 2C, Ashburner and Wright, eds., Academic Press: London, pp. 359-442.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and A.M. Handler (1979) The roles of juvenile hormone and ecdysterone during vitellogenesis in isolated abdomens of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Insect Physiol. 25:455-460.
  
• Handler, A.M. and J.H. Postlethwait (1978) Regulation of vitellogenin synthesis in Drosophila by ecdysterone and juvenile hormone. J. Exp. Zool. 206:247-254.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. (1978) Development of cuticular patterns in legs of a cell lethal mutant of Drosophila melanogaster. Wilhelm Roux's Archiv. 185:37-57.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and A.M. Handler (1978) Nonvitellogenic female sterile mutants and the regulation of vitellogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 67:202-213.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and G.J. Jones (1978) Endocrine control of larval fat body histolysis in normal and mutant Drosophila melanogaster. J. Exp. Zool. 203:207-214.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and R. Kaschnitz (1978) The synthesis of Drosophila melanogaster vitellogenins in vivo, in culture and in a cell-free translation system. FEBS Lett. 95:247-251.
  
• Handler, A.M. and J.H. Postlethwait (1977) Endocrine control of vitellogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster: Effects of the brain and corpus allatum. J. Exp. Zool. 202:389-401.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H., A.M. Handler, and P.W. Gray (1976) A genetic approach to the study of juvenile hormone control of vitellogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. In The Juvenile Hormones, Gilbert, L., ed., Plenum Press: New York, pp. 449-469.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. (1975) Pattern formation in the wing and haltere imaginal discs after irradiation of Drosophila melanogaster first instar larvae. Wilhelm Roux's Arch. 178:29-50.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and P. Gray (1975) Regulation of acid phosphatase activity in the ovary of Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 47:196-205.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. (1974) Development of the temperature-sensitive homoeotic mutant Ophthalmoptera of Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 36:212-217.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. (1974) Juvenile hormone and the adult development of Drosophila. Biol. Bull. 147:119-135.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and J.R. Girton (1974) Development in genetic mosaics of Aristapedia, a homoeotic mutant of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 76:767-774.
  
• Guerra, M., J.H. Postlethwait, and H.A. Schneiderman (1973) The development of the imaginal abdomen of Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 32:361-372.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. (1973) A quantitative juvenile hormone assay on Drosophila. DIS 50:135-138.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. (1973) Effects of juvenile endocrine organs and juvenile hormone on the metamorphosis of Drosophila. DIS 50:174-176.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. (1973) Molting of Drosophila first instar cuticle induced by a metamorphosing host. DIS 50:186-187.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and H.A. Schneiderman (1973) Developmental genetics of Drosophila imaginal discs. Ann. Rev. Genet. 7:381-483.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and H.A. Schneiderman (1973) Pattern formation in imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster after irradiation of embryos and young larvae. Dev. Biol. 32:345-360.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and K. Weiser (1973) Vitellogenesis induced by juvenile hormone in the female sterile mutant ap4 of Drosophila melanogaster. Nature New Biol. 244:284-285.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H., P.J. Bryant, and G. Schubiger (1972) The homoeotic effect of "Tumorous Head" in Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 29:337-342.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H., C.A. Poodry, and H.A. Schneiderman (1971) Cellular dynamics of pattern duplication in imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster cultured in vivo. Dev. Biol. 26:125-132.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and H.A. Schneiderman (1971) A clonal analysis of development in Drosophila melanogaster: Morphogenesis, determination and growth in the wild-type antenna. Dev. Biol. 24:477-519.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and H.A. Schneiderman (1971) Pattern formation and determination in the antenna of the homoeotic mutant, Antennapedia of Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 25:606-640.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and H.A. Schneiderman (1970) Induction of metamorphosis by ecdysone analogues: Drosophila imaginal discs cultured in vivo. Biol. Bull. 138:47-55.
  
• Postlethwait, J.H. and H.A. Schneiderman (1969) A clonal analysis of determination in Antennapedia, a homoeotic mutant of Drosophila melanogaster. PNAS 61:176-183.