Mikeworth, B.P., Compere, F.V., and Petrella, L.N. (2023). LIN-35 is necessary in both soma and germline for preserving fertility in Caenorhabditis elegans under moderate temperature stress. PLoS One. 18:e0286926. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286926.
Sepulveda, N.B., and Petrella, L.N. (2021) Temperature stressed Caenorhabditis elegans males fail to mate successfully and successful males produce very few viable cross progeny. microPublication Biology. doi: 10/17912/micropub.biology.000475.
Cherian, J.C., Adams, K.V. and Petrella, L.N. (2019) Wnt signaling drives ectopic gene expression and larval arrest in the absence of the Caenorhabditis elegans DREAM repressor complex G3. Online Dec, 16, 2019 doi:10.1534/g3.119.400850 Nett, E.M., Sepulveda, N.B. and Petrella, L.N. (2019) Defects in mating behavior and tail morphology are the primary cause of sterility in C. elegans males at high temperature. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222:jeb208041. doi:10.1242/jeb.208041
Costello, M.E. and Petrella, L.N. (2019) C. elegans synMuv B proteins regulate spatial and temporal chromatin compaction during development. Development 146:pii:dev174383. doi:10.1242/dev.174383.
Rechtsteiner, A., Costello M.E., Egelhofer, T., Garrigue, J.M., Strome, S. and Petrella, L.N. (2019) Repression of germline genes in Caenorhabditis elegans somatic tissues by H3K9Dimethylaiton of their promoters. Genetics. 212:125-140 doi: 10.1534/genetics.118.301878.
Mashock, M., Tylor Z., Anthony K., Petrella, L.N., Andersen, E.C, and Hristova, K.R. (2016) Copper oxide nanoparticles impact several toxicological endpoints and cause neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLosOne 11:e016713. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167613.
Petrella, L.N. Natural variants of C. elegans demonstrate defects in both sperm function and oogenesis at elevated temperatures. PLoS One. 9:e112377. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112377
Petrella, L.N., Wang, W., Spike, C.A., Rechtsteiner, A., Reinke, V., and S. Strome. 2011. synMuv B proteins antagonize germline fate in the intestine and ensure C. elegans survival. Development., 138:1069-1079. doi: 10.1242/dev.059501
Spencer, W.C., Zeller, G., Watson, J.D., Watkins, K.L., McWhirter, R.D., Petersen, Henz, S.R., Sreedharan, V., Widmer, C., Von Stetina, S., Katz, M., Shaham, S., Petrella, L.N., Strome, S., Jo, J., Reinke, V., Ratsch, G., and D.M. Miller. 2011. A spatial and temporal map of C. elegans gene expression. Genome Research. 21:325-341. doi: 10.1101/gr.114595.110
Hudson, A.M., Petrella, L.N., Tanaka, A.J., and L. Cooley. 2008. Mononuclear muscle cells in Drosophila ovaries revealed by GFP proteins traps. Dev Biol. 314:329-340. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.11.029.
Quinones-Coello, T.A., Petrella, L.N., Ayers, K., Melillo, A., Mazzalupo, S.M., Hudson, A.M., Wang, S., Castiblanco, C., Buszczak, M., Hoskins., R. and L. Cooley. 2007. Exploring strategies for protein trapping in Drosophila.Genetics. 175:1089-1104. doi: 10.1534/genetics.106.065995
Petrella, L.N., Smith-Leiker, T., and L. Cooley. 2007. The Ovhts polyprotein is cleaved to produce fusome and ring canal proteins required for Drosophila oogenesis. Development. 134-703-712. 10.1242/dev.02766.