Refereed Journal Publications
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Jang, J.K., T. Rahman and K. S. McKim, 2005 The kinesinlike protein subito contributes to central spindle assembly and organization of the meiotic spindle in Drosophila oocytes. Mol. Biol. Cell. 16:4684-4694
Dorsett D., J.C. Eissenberg, Z. Misulovin, A. Martens, B. Redding and K.S. McKim, 2005 Effects of sister chromatid cohesion proteins on cut gene expression during wing development in Drosophila. Development. 132:4743-4753
Anderson, L.K., S.M. Royer, S.L. Page, K.S. McKim, A. Lai, M.A. Lilly and R.S. Hawley, 2005 Juxtaposition of C(2)M and the transverse filament protein C(3)G within the central region of Drosophila synaptonemal complex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102:4482-4487
Sherizen, D. E., J.K. Jang, N. Kato, and K. S. McKim, 2005 Translocations are dominant meiotic crossover suppressors due to a defect early in the recombination pathway. Genetics 169: 767-81
R. Bhagat, E. A. Manheim, D. E. Sherizen and K. S. McKim, 2004 Studies on crossover specific mutants and the distribution of crossing over in Drosophila females. Cytogenet Genome Res 107: 160-171
J.K. Jang, Sherizen, D.E., R. Bhagat, E.A. Manheim and Kim S. McKim, 2003 Relationship of DNA double-strand breaks to synapsis in Drosophila. J. Cell Science 116: 3069-3077
Manheim E. A. and K. S. McKim, 2003 C(2)M, a novel component of the synaptonemal complex, regulates meiotic crossing over. Curr. Biol. 13: 276-285
Liu, H., J.K. Jang, N. Kato and K. S. McKim, 2002 mei-P22 encodes a chromosome-associated protein required for the initiation of meiotic recombination in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 162: 245-258
Guinta, K., J.K. Jang, E.A Manheim, G. Subramanian and K. S. McKim, 2002 subito encodes a kinesin-like protein required for meiotic spindle pole formation in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 160: 1489-1501
Manheim, E.A. J. K. Jang and K. S. McKim, 2002 Cytoplasmic localization and regulation of MEI-218, a protein required for meiotic crossing over in Drosophila. Mol. Biol. Cell 13: 84-95
Liu, H., J.K. Jang, J. Graham, K. Nycz, K. and K.S. McKim, 2000 Two genes required for meiotic recombination are expressed from a dicistronic message. Genetics 154: 1735-1746
McKim, K.S. and A. Hayashi-Hagihara, 1998 mei-W68 in Drosophila melanogaster encodes a Spo11 homolog: Evidence that the mechanism for initiating meiotic recombination is conserved. Genes & Dev. 12: 2932-2942.
Page, S.L., K.S. McKim, B. Deneen, T. L. Van Hook, and R. S. Hawley, 2000 Genetic studies of mei-P26 reveal a link between the processes that control germ cell proliferation in both sexes and those that control meiotic exchange in Drosophila. Genetics 155:1757-72
McKim, K.S., J.K. Jang, J.J. Sekelsky, A. Laurencon, and R. S. Hawley, 2000 mei-41 is required for precocious anaphase in Drosophila females. Chromosoma 109: 44-49
McKim, K.S., B. Green-Maroquin, G. Chin, J. J. Sekelsky and R. S. Hawley, 1998 Meiotic Synapsis in the Absence of Recombination. Science 279: 876-878.
Sekelsky, J.J., K. S. McKim, L. Messina, R.L. French, W.D Hurley, T. Arbel, G.M. Chin, B. Deneen, S.J. Force, K.L. Hari, J.K. Jang, A.C. Laurencon, L.D. Madden, H.J. Matthies, D.B. Milliken, S.L. Page, A.D. Ring, S.M. Wayson, C.C. Zimmerman and R.S. Hawley, 1999 Identification of novel Drosophila meiotic genes recovered in a P-element screen. Genetics 152: 529-542.
McKim, K.S., J.B Dahmus and R.S. Hawley, 1996 Cloning of the Drosophila melanogaster meiotic recombination gene mei-218: A genetic and molecular analysis of interval 15E. Genetics 144: 215-228.
McKim, K.S. and R.S. Hawley, 1995 Chromosomal control of meiotic cell division. Science 270: 1595-1601.
Sekelsky, J.J., K.S. McKim, G.M. Chin, and R. Scott Hawley, 1995 The Drosophila meiotic recombination gene mei-9 encodes a homolog of the yeast excision repair protein Rad1. Genetics 141: 619-627.
Hari, K.L, A. Santerre, J.J. Sekelsky, K.S. McKim, J.B. Boyd, and R. S. Hawley, 1995 The mei-41 Gene of Drosophila melanogaster is a structural and functional homolog of the human ataxia telangiectasia gene. Cell, 82: 815-821.
McKim, K. S., C. Matheson, M. Marra, M. Wakerchuk and D. L. Baillie, 1994 Genetic and molecular organization around unc-60: a gene encoding a putative actin binding protein. Mol. Gen. Genet. 242: 346-57.
McKim, K. S., K. Peters and A. M. Rose, 1994 Spontaneous duplication loss and breakage in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genome 37: 595-606.
McKim, K. S., J. K. Jang, W. Theurkauf, and R. S. Hawley, 1993 The mechanical basis of meiotic metaphase arrest. Nature 362: 364-366.
McKim, K. S., K. Peters and A. M. Rose, 1993 Two types of sites required for meiotic chromosome pairing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 134: 749-768.
Hawley, R. S., K. S. McKim and T. Arbel, 1993 Meiotic segregation in Drosophila melanogaster females: Molecules, mechanisms, and myths. Ann. Rev. Genet. 27: 281-317.
McKim, K.S., T.V Starr and A. M. Rose, 1992 Genetic and molecular analysis of the dpy-14 region in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mol. Gen. Genet. 233: 241-251.
Hawley R. S., H Irick, A. E. Zitron, D. A. Haddox, A Lohe, C. New, M. D. Whitley, T. Arbel, J. Jang, K. McKim and G. Childs, 1992 There are two mechanisms of achiasmate segregation in Drosophila females, one of which requires heterochromatic homology. Dev. Genet. 13: 440-467.
McKim, K. S. and A. M. Rose, 1990 Chromosome I duplications in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 124: 115 - 132.
Clark, D. V., R. C. Johnsen, K. S. McKim and D. L. Baillie, 1990 Analysis of lethal mutations induced in a mutator strain that activates transposable elements in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genome 33: 109-114.
McKim, K. S., A. M. Howell and A. M. Rose, 1988 The effects of translocations on recombination frequency in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 120: 987-1001.
McKim, K. S., M. F. P. Heschl, R. E. Rosenbluth and D. L. Baillie, 1988 Genetic organization of the unc-60 region in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 118: 49-59.