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Narasimha, M., Uv, A., Krejci, A., Brown N.H., Bray S.J. (2008) Grainy head promotes expression of septate junction proteins and influences epithelial morphogenesis. J. Cell Sci. 121, 747-752. PubMed

Tanentzapf, G., Devenport, D., Godt, D., and Brown, N.H. (2007) Integrin-dependent anchoring of a stem-cell niche. Nature Cell Biol. 9, 1413-1418. PubMed

Devenport, D., Bunch, T.A., Bloor, J.W., Brower, D. L., and Brown, N.H. (2007) Mutations in the Drosophila aPS2 integrin subunit uncover new features of adhesion site assembly. Dev. Biol. 308, 294-308. PubMed

Estrada, B., Maeland, A.D., Gisselbrecht, S.S., Bloor, J.W., Brown, N.H., and Michelson, A.M. (2007) The MARVEL domain protein, Singles Bar, is required for progression past the pre-fusion complex stage of myoblast fusion. Dev. Biol. 307, 328-339. PubMed

Dominguez-Gimenz, P., Brown, N.H., and Martin-Bermudo, M.D. (2007) Integrin-ECM interactions regulate the changes in cell shape driving the morphogenesis of the Drosophila wing epithelium. J. Cell Sci., 120, 1061-1071. PubMed

Polesello, C., Huelsmann, S., Brown, N.H., and Tapon, N. (2006) The Drosophila RASSF homologue antagonises the Hippo pathway. Curr. Biol. 16, 2459-2465. PubMed

Tanentzapf, G., and Brown, N.H. (2006) An interaction between integrin and the talin FERM domain mediates integrin activation but not linkage to the cytoskeleton. Nature Cell Biol. 8, 601-606. PubMed

Tanentzapf, G., Martin-Bermudo, M.D., Hicks, M.S. and Brown, N.H. (2006) Multiple factors contribute to integrin-talin interactions in vivo. J. Cell Sci. 119, 1632-1644. PubMed

Röper, K., Mao, Y., and Brown, N.H. (2005) Contribution of sequence variation in Drosophila actins to their incorporation into actin-based structures in vivo. J. Cell Sci. 118,  3937-3948. PubMed

Bécam, I.E., Tanentzapf, G., Lepesant, J-A., Brown, N.H. and Huynh, J-R. (2005) Integrin-independent repression of  cadherin transcription by talin during axis formation in Drosophila. Nature Cell Biol. 7, 510-516. PubMed

Bökel, C., Prokop, A., and Brown, N.H. (2005) Papillote and Piopio, Drosophila ZP-domain proteins required for cell adhesion to the apical extracellular matrix and microtubule organization. J. Cell Sci. 118, 633-642. PubMed

Grabbe, C., Zervas, C.G., Hunter, T., Brown, N.H., and Palmer, R.H. (2004) Focal adhesion kinase is not required for integrin function of viability in Drosophila. Development 131,  5795-5805. PubMed

Devenport, D and Brown, N.H. (2004) Morphogenesis in the absence of integrins: mutation of both Drosophila b subunits prevents midgut migration. Development 131, 5405-5415. PubMed

Narasimha, M. and Brown, N.H. (2004) Novel roles for integrins in epithelial morphogenesis. Curr Biol. 14, 381-385. PubMed

Torgler, C.N., Narasimha, M., Knox, A.L., Zervas, C.G., Vernon, M.C. and Brown, N.H. (2004) Tensin stabilises integrin adhesive contacts in Drosophila. Dev. Cell 6, 357-369. PubMed

Röper, K., and Brown, N. H. (2004) A spectraplakin is enriched on the fusome and organises microtubules during oocyte specification in Drosophila. Curr. Biol. 14, 99-110. PubMed

Röper, K., and Brown, N. H. (2003) Maintaining epithelial integrity: a function for gigantic spectraplakin isoforms in adherens junctions. J. Cell Biol. 162, 1305-1315. PubMed

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Knox, A. L. and Brown, N. H. (2002) Rap1 GTPase regulation of adherens junctions prevents epithelial cell dispersion. Science 295, 1285-1288. PubMed

Boube, M., Martin-Bermudo, M. D., Brown, N. H. and Casanova, J. (2001) Specific tracheal migration is mediated by complementary expression of cell surface proteins. Genes & Dev. 15, 1554-1562. PubMed

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Martin-Bermudo, M.D. and Brown, N. H. (2000) The localized assembly of extracellular matrix integrin ligands requires cell-cell contact.  J. Cell Sci. 113, 3715-3723. PubMed

Kaltschmidt, J.A., Davidson, C.M., Brown, N.H. and Brand, A.H. (2000) Rotation and asymmetry of the mitotic spindle direct asymmetric cell division in the developing central nervous system. Nature Cell Biol., 7-12. PubMed

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Martin-Bermudo, M.D. and Brown, N.H. (1999) Uncoupling integrin adhesion and signaling: the bPS cytoplasmic domain is sufficient to regulate gene expression in the Drosophila embryo. Genes & Dev. 13, 729-739. PubMed

Gregory, S.L. and Brown, N.H. (1998) kakapo, a gene required for adhesion between and within cell layers in Drosophila, encodes a large cytoskeletal linker protein related to plectin and dystrophin. J. Cell Biol. 143, 1271-1282. PubMed

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Prokop, A., Martin-Bermudo, M.D., Bate, M. and Brown, N.H. (1998) Absence of PS integrins or laminin A affects extracellular adhesion, but not intracellular assembly, of hemiadherens and neuromuscular junctions in Drosophila embryos. Dev. Biol. 196, 58-76. PubMed

Bloor, J.W. and Brown, N.H. (1998) Genetic analysis of the Drosophila aPS2 integrin subunit reveals discrete adhesive, morphogenetic and sarcomeric functions. Genetics 148, 1127-1142. PubMed

Martin-Bermudo, M.D., Dunin-Borkowski, O.M. and Brown, N.H. (1997) Specificity of PS integrin function during embryogenesis resides solely in the a subunit extracellular domain. EMBO J. 16, 4184-4193. PubMed

Martin-Bermudo, M.D. and Brown, N.H. (1996) Intracellular signals direct integrin localization to sites of function in embryonic muscles. J. Cell Biol. 134, 217-226. PubMed

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Dunin-Borkowski, O.M. and Brown, N.H. (1995) Mammalian CD2 is an effective heterologous marker of the cell surface in Drosophila. Dev. Biol. 168, 689-693. PubMed

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