publications

2022

Bakopoulos, D, Whisstock, JC, Warr, CG & Johnson, TK 2022, 'Macrophage self-renewal is regulated by transient expression of PDGF- and VEGF-related factor 2', The FEBS Journal, vol. 289, no. 13, pp. 3735-3751. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.16364

Karunaraj, P, Tidswell, O, Duncan, EJ, Lovegrove, MR, Jefferies, G, Johnson, TK, Beck, CW & Dearden, PK 2022, 'Noggin proteins are multifunctional extracellular regulators of cell signaling', Genetics, vol. 221, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyac049

2021

Nim, HT, Dang, L, Thiyagarajah, H, Bakopoulos, D, See, M, Charitakis, N, Sibbritt, T, Eichenlaub, MP, Archer, SK, Fossat, N, Burke, RE, Tam, PPL, Warr, CG, Johnson, TK & Ramialison, M 2021, 'A cis-regulatory-directed pipeline for the identification of genes involved in cardiac development and disease', Genome Biology, vol. 22, no. 1, 335. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-021-02539-0

Shaw, KH, Dent, CI, Johnson, TK, Anderson, A, de Bruyne, M & Warr, CG 2021, 'Natural variation at the Drosophila melanogaster Or22 odorant receptor locus is associated with changes in olfactory behaviour', Open Biology, vol. 11, no. 9, 210158. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.210158

2020

Bakopoulos, D, Beadle, LF, Esposito, KM, Mirth, CK, Warr, CG & Johnson, TK 2020, 'Insulin-Like Signalling Influences the Coordination of Larval Hemocyte Number with Body Size in Drosophila melanogaster', G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 2213-2220. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.120.401313

Mele, S & Johnson, TK 2020, 'Receptor tyrosine kinases in development: Insights from Drosophila', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol. 21, no. 1, 188. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21010188

2019

Gorelick, S, Buckley, G, Gervinskas, G, Johnson, TK, Handley, A, Caggiano, MP, Whisstock, JC, Pocock, R & de Marco, A 2019, 'PIE-scope, integrated cryo-correlative light and FIB/SEM microscopy', eLife, vol. 8, e45919. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45919

Bakopoulos, D, Whisstock, JC & Johnson, TK 2019, 'Control of growth factor signalling by MACPF proteins', Biochemical Society Transactions, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 801-810. https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20180179

Shaw, KH, Johnson, TK, Anderson, A, de Bruyne, M & Warr, CG 2019, 'Molecular and Functional Evolution at the Odorant Receptor Or22 Locus in Drosophila melanogaster', Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 919-929. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz018

Taylor, SE, Tuffery, J, Bakopoulos, D, Lequeux, S, Warr, CG, Johnson, TK & Dearden, PK 2019, 'The torso-like gene functions to maintain the structure of the vitelline membrane in Nasonia vitripennis, implying its co-option into Drosophila axis formation', Biology Open, vol. 8, no. 9, bio046284, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.046284

2018

Henstridge, MA, Aulsebrook, L, Koyama, T, Johnson, TK, Whisstock, JC, Tiganis, T, Mirth, CK & Warr, CG 2018, 'Torso-like is a component of the hemolymph and regulates the insulin signaling pathway in Drosophila', Genetics, vol. 208, no. 4, pp. 1523-1533. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.300601

Johns, AR, Henstridge, MA, Saligari, MJ, Moore, KA, Whisstock, JC, Warr, CG & Johnson, TK 2018, 'Genome-wide screen for new components of the Drosophila melanogaster Torso receptor tyrosine kinase pathway', G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 761-769. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300491

2017

Johnson, TK, Henstridge, MA & Warr, CG 2017, 'MACPF/CDC proteins in development: Insights from Drosophila torso-like', Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, vol. 72, pp. 163-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.05.003

Johnson, TK, Moore, KA, Whisstock, JC & Warr, CG 2017, 'Maternal torso-like coordinates tissue folding during Drosophila gastrulation', Genetics, vol. 206, no. 3, pp. 1459-1468. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.200576

Chao, H-T, Davids, M, Burke, E, Pappas, JG, Rosenfeld, JA, McCarty, AJ, Davis, T, Wolfe, L, Toro, C, Tifft, C, Xia, F, Stong, N, Johnson, TK, Warr, CG, Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Yamamoto, S, Adams, DR, Markello, TC, Gahl, WA, Bellen, HJ, Wangler, MF & Malicdan, MCV 2017, 'A syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder caused by de novo variants in EBF3', American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 100, no. 1, pp. 128-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.11.018

2016

Forbes-Beadle, L, Crossman, T, Johnson, TK, Burke, R, Warr, CG & Whisstock, JC 2016, 'Development of the cellular immune system of Drosophila requires the membrane attack complex/perforin-like protein Torso-like', Genetics, vol. 204, no. 2, pp. 675-681. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.185462

2015

Johnson, TK, Henstridge, MA, Herr, A, Moore, KA, Whisstock, JC & Warr, CG 2015, 'Torso-like mediates extracellular accumulation of Furin-cleaved Trunk to pattern the Drosophila embryo termini', Nature Communications, vol. 6, 8759. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9759

2014

Telonis-Scott, M, Clemson, AS, Johnson, TK & Sgrò, CM 2014, 'Spatial analysis of gene regulation reveals new insights into the molecular basis of upper thermal limits', Molecular Ecology, vol. 23, no. 24, pp. 6135-6151. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13000

Duncan, EJ, Johnson, TK, Whisstock, J, Warr, CG & Dearden, PK 2014, 'Capturing embryonic development from metamorphosis: how did the terminal patterning signalling pathway of Drosophila evolve?', Current Opinion in Insect Science, vol. 1, pp. 45 - 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2014.04.007

Ellisdon, AM, Zhang, Q, Bennett, MA, Johnson, TK, Warr, CG, Law, RHP & Whisstock, JC 2014, 'High resolution structure of cleaved Serpin 42 Da from Drosophila melanogaster', BMC Structural Biology, vol. 14, no. 1, 14, pp. 1 - 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6807-14-14

Liu, Y-C, Pearce, M, Honda, T, Johnson, TK, Charlu, S, Sharma, K, Imad, M, Burke, RE, Zinsmaier, KE, Ray, A, Dahanukar, A, de Bruijne, M & Warr, CG 2014, 'The Drosophila melanogaster phospholipid flippase dATP8B is required for odorant receptor function', PLoS Genetics, vol. 10, no. 3, e1004209. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004209

Henstridge, MA, Johnson, TK, Warr, CG & Whisstock, J 2014, 'Trunk cleavage is essential for Drosophila terminal patterning and can occur independently of Torso-like', Nature Communications, vol. 5, no. 3419, pp. 1 - 7. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4419

2013

Telonis-Scott, M, Van Heerwaarden, B, Johnson, TK, Hoffmann, AA & Sgro, CM 2013, 'New levels of transcriptome complexity at upper thermal limits in wild Drosophila revealed by exon expression analysis', Genetics, vol. 195, no. 3, pp. 809 - 830. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.113.156224

Rances, E, Johnson, TK, Popovici, JOO, Iturbe-Ormaetxe, I, Zakir, TS, Warr, CG & O'Neill, SL 2013, 'The Toll and Imd pathways are not required for Wolbachia-mediated dengue virus interference', Journal of Virology, vol. 87, no. 21, pp. 11945 - 11949. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01522-13

Buszard, BJ, Johnson, TK, Meng, T-C, Burke, RE, Warr, CG & Tiganis, T 2013, 'The nucleus- and endoplasmic reticulum-targeted forms of protein tyrosine phosphatase 61F regulate Drosophila growth, life span, and fecundity', Molecular and Cellular Biology, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 1345 - 1356. https://doi.org/10.1128/MCB.01411-12

Johnson, TK, Crossman, T, Foote, K, Henstridge, MA, Saligari, MJ, Forbes Beadle, LJ, Herr, A, Whisstock, J & Warr, CG 2013, 'Torso-like functions independently of Torso to regulate Drosophila growth and developmental timing', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 110, no. 36, pp. 14688 - 14692. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1309780110