Kimberly S. LaFever

Vanderbilt University — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

7h-index226citations12works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation(3), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions(3), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research(3), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms(3), Silk-based biomaterials and applications(3)

Publications12 total

Peroxidasin is required for full viability in development and for maintenance of tissue mechanics in adults
Matrix Biology·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Analysis of <i>Drosophila</i> and mouse mutants reveals that Peroxidasin is required for tissue mechanics and full viability
2023Open Access
Dissecting, Fixing, and Visualizing the &lt;em&gt;Drosophila&lt;/em&gt; Pupal Notum
Journal of Visualized Experiments·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Dissecting, Fixing, and Visualizing the &lt;em&gt;Drosophila&lt;/em&gt; Pupal Notum
Journal of Visualized Experiments·2022Open Access
Proteolytic activation of Growth-blocking peptides triggers calcium responses through the GPCR Mthl10 during epithelial wound detection
Developmental Cell·2021· 39 citedOpen Access
Extracellular spreading of Wingless is required for Drosophila oogenesis
PLoS Genetics·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
A protease-initiated model of wound detection
2020· 4 citedOpen Access
Extracellular spreading of Wingless is required for <i>Drosophila</i> oogenesis
2020Open Access
DSS-induced damage to basement membranes is repaired by matrix replacement and crosslinking
Journal of Cell Science·2019· 42 citedOpen Access
A scar-like lesion is apparent in basement membrane after wound repair in vivo
Matrix Biology·2018· 58 citedOpen Access
Both Drosophila matrix metalloproteinases have released and membrane-tethered forms but have different substrates
Scientific Reports·2017· 50 citedOpen Access
A Genetic Screen for Dominant Enhancers of the Cell-Cycle Regulator α-Endosulfine Identifies Matrimony as a Strong Functional Interactor in <i>Drosophila</i>
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics·2011· 11 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Andrea Page-McCaw(11), Gautam Bhave(4), Xiaoxi Wang(3), Patrick Page-McCaw(3), Nicholas Ferrell(3), James T. O’Connor(2), Aaron C. Stevens(2), Erica K. Shannon(2), Fabiha Bushra Akbar(2), Neil P. Narayanan(2), M. Shane Hutson(2), K. Elkie Peebles(2), Selene Colon(2), Dan Wang(2), Aubrie M. Stricker(2), Indrayani Waghmare(2), James S. White(2), William Ramos-Lewis(1), Angela Howard(1), Aidan M. Fenix(1)