Faculty Profile

Jeanette E. Natzle
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences)
334 Briggs Hall
Office 752-1116
Lab
jenatzle@ucdavis.edu
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Degrees:
1981 - PhD - University of California, San Francisco - Biochemistry
1976 - BS - University of California, Davis - Biochemistry

Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Cell 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

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.

Teaching Interests:


Cellular regulation of gene expression. Advanced developmental biology. Molecular mechanisms in animal development.