Jeanette E. Natzle
Professor
jenatzle@ucdavis.edu

Molecular & Cellular Biology

Office
334 Briggs Hall
752-1116


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Degrees:
1981 PhD University of California, San Francisco Biochemistry
1976 BS University of California, Davis Biochemistry
Research Interests:

Gene regulation, especially steroid hormone regulation of gene expression in Drosophila. Molecular mechanisms of morphogenesis and differentiation of epithelia during embryogenesis and imaginal disc development at metamorphosis. Drosophila developmental biology and developmental genetics. Identification and characterization of steroid biosynthesis pathways in insects.
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology  
Genetics  
Publications:
  • Natzle JE. 1993. Temporal regulation of Drosophila imagined disc morphogenesis: A hierarchy of primary and secondary 20-hydroxy-ecdysone-responsive loci. Developmental Biology. 155:516-532
  • Olsen CL, Natzle JE, and W Jeffery. 1999. The forkhead gene FH1 is involved in evolutionary modification of the ascidian tadpole larva. . Mechanisms of Development. 85:49-58
  • Chavez VM, Marques G, Delbecque JP, Kobayashi K, Hollingsworth M, Burr J, Natzle JE and MB O'Connor. 2000. The Drosophila disembodied gene controls late embryonic morphogenesis and codes for a cytochrome P450 enzyme that regulates embryonic ecdyson
Teaching Interests:
Cellular regulation of gene expression. Advanced developmental biology. Molecular mechanisms in animal development.