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Babitzke, P., J. Yealy, and D. Campanelli. Interaction of the trp RNA-binding Attenuation Protein (TRAP) of Bacillus subtilis with RNA: Effects of the Number of GAG Repeats, the Nucleotide Sequence Separating Adjacent Repeats, and RNA Secondary Structure. J. Bacteriol. 178:5159-5163.

Brenchley, J. Psychrophilic Microorganisms and Their Cold-active Enzymes. J. Ind. Microbiol. & Biotechnol. 17:432-437.

DePrada, P., J. Loveland-Curtze, and J. Brenchley. Production of Two Extracellular Alkaline Phosphatases by a Psychrophilic Arthrobacter Strain. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:3732-3738.

Mühlenhoff, U., J. Kruip, W. Nitschke, D.A. Bryant, M. Rögner, P. Sétif, and E. Boekema. Characterization of a Redox Active Cross-linking Complex Between Cyanobacterial Photosystem I and its Physiological Acceptor Flavodoxin. EMBO J. 15:448-497.

Mühlenhoff, U., J. Zhao, and D.A. Bryant. Interaction of Photosystem I and Flavodoxin from the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 as Revealed by Chemical Cross-linking. Eur. J. Biochem. 325:324-331.

Caslake, L. and D.A. Bryant. Cloning and Characterization of the sigA Gene Encoding the Major Sigma Factor of RNA Polymerase from the Marine Cyanobacterium Synchococcus sp. PCC 7002. Microbiology 142:347-357.

Schluchter, W.M., G. Shen, J. Zhao, and D.A. Bryant. Characterization of psaI and psaL Mutants of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002: A New Model for State Transitions in Cyanobacteria. Photochem. Photobiol. 64:53-66.

Chung, S. and D.A. Bryant. Characterization of csmB Genes from Chlorobium vibrioforme 8327D and Chlorobium tepidum and Overproduction of the Chlorobium tepidum CsmB Protein in Escherichia coli. Arch. Microbiol. 166:234-244.

Sültemeyer, D., G.D. Price, D.A. Bryant, and M.R. Badger. PsaE- and NdhF-mediated Electron Transport Affect Bicarbonate Transport Rather than Carbon Dioxide Uptake in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002. Planta Med. 201:36-42.

Jung, Y.-S., I.R. Vassiliev, F. Qiao, F. Yang, D.A. Bryant, and J.H. Golbeck. Modified Ligands to FA and FB in Photosystem I. II. Chemical Rescue of a [4Fe-4S] Cluster Using an External Thiolate in Alanine, Glycine, and Serine Mutants of PsaC. J. Biol. Chem. 271:31135-31144.

Chung, S., and D.A. Bryant. Characterization of the csmD and csmE Genes From Chlorobium Tepidum. The CsmA, CsmC, CsmD, and CsmE Proteins are Components of the Chlorosome Envelope. Photosynth. Res. 50:41-59.

Daniel, A.M., J.J. Swenson, R.P. Reddy Mayreddy, K. Khalili, and R.J. Frisque. Sequences Within the Early and Late Promoters of Archetype JC Virus Restrict Viral DNA Replication and Infectivity. Virology 216:90-101.

Freeland, T.M., R.B. Guyer, A.Z. Ling, and R.A. Deering. Apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) Endonuclease from Dictyostelium discoideum: Cloning, Nucleotide Sequence and Induction by Sublethal Levels of DNA Damaging Agents. Nucleic Acids Res. 24:1950-1953.

Deering, R.A., R.B. Guyer, L. Stevens, and T.E. Watson-Thais. Some Repair-deficient Mutants of Dictyostelium Discoideum Display Enhanced Susceptibilities to Bleomycin. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 40:464-467.

Kidd, R.R., H.P. Yennawar, P. Sears, C.H. Wang, G.K. Farber. A Weak Calcium Binding Site in Subtilisin BPN has a Dramatic Effect on Protein Stability. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 118:1645-1650.

Farber, G.K. The Structural Effects of Solvent Engineering. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 799:85-89.

Maupin-Furlow, J.A., and J.G. Ferry. Characterization of the cdhD and cdhE Genes Encoding Subunits of the Corrinoid/iron-sulfur Enzyme of the CO Dehydrogenase Complex from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 178:340-346.

Alber, B.E., and J.G. Ferry. Characterization of Heterologously-produced Carbonic Anhydrase from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 178:2370-3274.

Kisker, C., H. Schindelin, B.E. Alber, J.G. Ferry, and D.C. Rees. A Left-handed -helix Revealed by the Crystal Structure of a Carbonic Anhydrase from an Archaeon. EMBO J. 15:2323-2330.

Jablonski, P.E., D.J. Pheasant, and J.G. Ferry. Conversion of Kepone by Methanosarcin thermophila. FEMS Lett. 139:169-173.

Latimer, M.T., M.A. Painter, and J.G. Ferry. Characterization of a Novel Iron-Sulfur Flavoprotein from Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Biol. Chem. 271:24023-24028.

Maupin-Furlow, J.A., and J.G. Ferry. Analysis of the CO Dehydrogenase/acetyl-CoA Synthase Operon of Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 178:6849-6856.

Ferry, J.G., and J.A. Maupin-Furlow. Analysis of Genes in the Pathway for the Fermentation of Acetate to Methane by Methanosarcina thermophila. In: Microbial Growth on C1 Compounds. (M. Lidstrom and R. Tabita, eds.), pp. 64-71, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, Netherlands.

Rashce, M.E., and J.G. Ferry. Molecular Biology of Methanogens and Archaea. In: The Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine. (R.A. Meyers, ed.), pp. 66-78, Weinheim, New York.

Daniel, A.M., J.J. Swenson, R.P. Reddy Mayreddy, K. Khalili, and R.J. Frisque. Sequences Within the Early and Late Promoters of Archetype JC Virus Restrict Viral DNA Replication and Infectivity. Virology 216:90-101.

Swenson, J.J., P.W. Trowbridge, and R.J. Frisque. Replication Activity of JC Virus Large T Antigen Phosphorylation and Zinc Finger Domain Mutants. J. NeuroVirology 2:78-86.

Bollag, B., P.C. MacKeen, and R.J. Frisque. Purified JC Virus T Antigen Derived From Insect Cells Preferentially Interacts with Binding Site II of the Viral Core Origin Under Replication Conditions. Virology 218:81-93.

Gay, C.V. Role of Microscopy in Elucidating the Mechanism and Regulation of the Osteoclast Resorptive Apparatus. Micros. Res. Tech. 33:165-170.

Twal, W.O., J. Wu, C.V. Gay, and R.M. Leach. Immunolocalization of Basic Fibroblastic Growth Factor in Avian Tibial Dyschondroplastic Cartilage. Poult. Sci. 75:130-134.

May, L.G. and C.V. Gay. Development of a New Method for Obtaining Osteoclasts from Endosteal Surfaces. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. 32:269-278.

Luan, Y., C.A. Praul, C.V. Gay, and R.M. Leach. Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor: An Autocrine Growth Factor for Epiphyseal Growth Plate Chondrocytes. J. Cell. Biochem. 62:372-382.

Wu, J., M. Pines, C.V. Gay, S. Hurwitz, and R.M. Leach. Immunolocalization of Osteonectin in Avian Tibial Dyschondroplastic Cartilage. Dev. Dynamics 207:69-74.

Gay, C.V. Avian Bone Turnover and the Role of Bone Cells. In: The Comparative Endocrinology of Calcium Regulation. (C. Dacke, J. Danks, I. Caple, and G. Flik, eds.), pp. 113-121, J. Endocrinology Ltd, Bristol, England.

Li, B., J.A. Weber, Y. Chen, A.L. Greenleaf, and D.S. Gilmour. Analysis of Promoter-Proximal Pausing by RNA Polymerase II on the hsp70 Heat Shock Gene Promoter in a Drosophila Nuclear Extract. Mol. Cell Biol. 16:5433-5443.

Naver, H., M.P. Scott, J.H. Golbeck, B.L. Møller, and H.V. Scheller. Reconstitution of Barley Photosystem I with Modified PSI-C Allows Identification of Domains Interacting with PSI-D and PSI-A/B. J. Biol. Chem. 271:8996-9001.

Chitnis, V.P., Y.-S. Jung, L. Albee, J.H. Golbeck, and P.R. Chitnis. Mutational Analysis of Photosystem I Polypeptides: Role of PsaD and Lysyl 106 Residue in the Reductase Activity of Photosystem I. J. Biol. Chem. 271:11772-11780.

Jung, Y.-S., I.R. Vassiliev, F. Qiao, F. Yang, D. Bryant, and J.H. Golbeck. Modified Ligands to FA and FB in Photosystem I. III. Chemical Rescue of a [4Fe-4S] Cluster Using an External Thiolate in Alanine, Glycine and Serine Mutants of PsaC. J. Biol. Chem. 271:31135-31144.

Wells, T.A., A. Losi, R. Dai, P.A. Scott, S.-M. Park, J.H. Golbeck, and P.-S. Song. Electron Transfer Quenching and Photoinduced EPR of Hypericin and Ciliate Photoreceptor Stentorin. J. Phys. Chem. 101:366-372.

Golbeck, J.H. Photosystem I and its Bacterial Counterparts. In: CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology. (P.S. Song and W. Horspool, eds). pp. 1407-1419, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

Hammerstedt, R.H. Evaluation of Sperm Quality: Identification of the Subfertile and Course of Action. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 42:77-87.

Harayama, H., S. Kato, and R.H. Hammerstedt. Electrophoretic Characterization of Boar Epididymal Antiagglutinin. Biol. Reprod. 55:325-332.

Wilfinger, W.W., C.S. Baker, E.L. Kunze, A.T. Phillips, and R.H. Hammerstedt. Versatile Fluid-mixing Device for Cell and Tissue Microgravity Research Applications. J. Spacecraft Rockets 33:126-130.

Jackson, J.D., H. Petrykowska, S. Philipsen, W. Miller, and R. Hardison. Role of DNA Sequences Outside the Cores of DNase Hypersensitive Sites (Hss) in Functions of the a-globin Locus Control Region: Domain Opening and Synergism Between HS2 and HS3. J. Biol. Chem. 271:11871-11878.

Hardison, R. A Brief History of Hemoglobins - Plant, Animal, Protist, Bacteria (Commentary). Proc. Natl. Acad Sci. USA 93:5675-5679.

Jackson, J.D. W. Miller, and R. Hardison. Sequences Within and Flanking DNase Hypersensitive Sites 3 and 2 of the -globin Locus Control Region Required for Synergistic Versus Additive Interactions with the a-globin Gene Promoter. Nucleic Acids Res. 24:4327-4335.

Hymer, W.C., R.E. Grindeland, T. Salada, P. Nye, E.J. Grossman, and P. Lane. Experimental Modification of Rat Pituitary Growth Hormone Cell Function During and After Spaceflight. J. Appl. Physiol. 80:955-970.

Hymer, W.C., T. Salada, L. Avery, and R.E. Grindeland. Experimental Modification of Rat Pituitary Prolactin Cell Function During and After Spaceflight. J. Appl. Physiol. 80:971-980.

Hymer, W.C., T. Salada, R. Cenci, K. Krishnan, G.V.F. Seaman, R. Snyder, H. Matsumiya, and S. Nagaoka. Bioprocessing in Microgravity: Applications of Continuous Flow Electrophoresis to Rat Anterior Pituitary Particles. J. Biotechnol. 47:353-365.

Hymer, W.C., R.E. Grindland, T. Salada, R. Cenci, K. Krishnan, C. Mukai, and S. Nagaoka. Feeding Frequency Affects Cultured Rat Pituitary Cells in Low Gravity. J. Biotechnol. 47:289-312.

Spence, R.A., K.S. Anderson, and K.A. Johnson. HIV-1 Resistance to Nonnucleoside Inhibitors. Biochemistry 35:1054-1063.

Brandis, J.W., S.G.Edwards, and K.A. Johnson. Slow Rate of Phosphodiester Bond Formation Accounts for the Strong Bias that Taq DNA Polymerase Shows Against 2',3'-dideoxynucleotide Terminators. Biochemistry 35:2189-2200.

Moyer, M.L., Gilbert S.P., and K.A. Johnson. Purification and Characterization of Two Monomeric Kinesin Constructs. Biochemistry 35:6321-6329.

Spence, R.A. and K.A. Johnson. Therapeutic Potential of Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors in the Treatment of HIV Infection. Exp. Opin. Invest. Drugs 5:985-1001.

McCubbin, A.G. and T.-H. Kao. Self-incompatibility and Pollen Rejection in Angiosperms. In: In Vitro Haploid Reproduction in Higher Plants. (S.M. Jain, S.K. Sopory, and R.E.Veilleux, eds.), Vol. 2, pp. 225-253, Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht, Netherlands.

McCubbin, A.G. and T.-H. Kao. Molecular Mechanisms of Self-incompatibility. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 7:150-154.

Lee, H.-S., B. Karunanandaa, A. McCubbin, S. Gilroy, and T.-H. Kao. PRK1, a Receptor-like Kinase of Petunia inflata, is Essential for Post-Meiotic Development of Pollen. Plant J. 9:613-624.

Kao, T.-H. and A.G. McCubbin. How Flowering Plants Discriminate Between Self and Non-self Pollen to Prevent Inbreeding. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:12059-12065.

Kumar, S., K.A. Balczarek, and Z.-C. Lai. Evolution of the hedgehog Gene Family. Genetics 142:965-972.

Lai, Z.-C., S.D. Harrison, F. Karim, Y. Li, and G.M. Rubin. Loss of tramtrack Gene Activity results in Ectopic R7 Cell Formation, Even in a sina Mutant Background. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:5025-5030.

Ellis, L.A., A.M. Mastro, and M.F. Picciano. Milk-borne Prolactin and Neonatal Development. J. Mammary Gland Biol. Neoplasia 1:259-268.

Gunes, H. and A.M. Mastro. Prolactin Receptor Gene Expression in Rat Splenocytes and Thymocytes from Birth to Adulthood. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 117:41-52.

Grove, D.S., C.V. Crowl, A. Gagajewski, C.-S. Yang, G.R. Reddy, G.A. Hamilton, and A.M. Mastro. Inhibition of Proliferation and of IL-2 Production and Utilization in Lymphocytes by S-oxalylglutathione. Exp. Cell Res. 225:162-170.

Grove, D.S. and A.M. Mastro. Modulation of Levels of a Negative Transcription Factor for IL-2 by 12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate and Okadaic Acid. Cytokine 8:809-819.

Kaufman, R.I. and B.T. Nixon. Use of PCR to Isolate Genes Encoding 54-dependent Activators from Diverse Bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 178:3967-3970.

Scholl, D. and B.T. Nixon. Cooperative Binding of DctD to the dctA UAS of Rhizobium Meliloti is Enhanced in a Constitutively Active Truncated Mutant. J. Biol. Chem. 271:26435-26442.

Wilfinger, W.W., C.S. Baker, E.L. Kunze, A.T. Phillips, and R.H. Hammerstedt. Versatile Fluid-mixing Device for Cell and Tissue Microgravity Research Applications. J. Spacecraft Rockets 33:126-130.

Taggart, A.K. and B.F. Pugh. Dimerization of TFIID When not Bound to DNA. Science 272:1331-1333.

Pugh, B.F. Mechanisms of Transcription Complex Assembly. Curr. Opin. Cell. Biol. 8:303-311.

Tang, X., M.S. Halleck, R.A. Schlegel, and P. Williamson. A Subfamily of P-type ATPases with Aminophospholipid Transporting Activity. Science 272:1495-1497.

Comfurius, P., P. Williamson, E.F. Smeets, R.A. Schlegel, E.M. Bevers, and R.F.A. Zwaal. Reconstitution of Phospholipid Scramblase Activity from Human Blood Platelets. Biochemistry 35:7631-7634.

Schlegel, R.A., M. Callahan, S. Krahling, D. Pradhan, and P. Williamson. Mechanisms for Recognition and Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Lymphocytes by Macrophages. In: Mechanisms of Lymphocyte Activation and Immune Regulation VI: Cell Cycle and Programmed Cell Death in the Immune System. (S. Gupta and J.J. Cohen, eds.), pp. 21-28, Plenum, New York.

Kladde, M.P., M. Xu, and R.T. Simpson. Direct Study of DNA-protein Interactions in Repressed and Active Chromatin in Living Cells. EMBO J. 15:6290-6300.

Kladde, M.P. and R.T. Simpson. Chromatin Structure Mapping in vivo Using Methyltransferases. Methods Enzymol. 274:214-233.

Simpson, R.T. Chromatin Structure and Gene Expression. Trends Biochem. Sci. 21:198-199.

Stewart, P., R.E. Whitwam, P.J. Kersten, D. Cullen, and M. Tien. Efficient Expression of a Phanerochaete chrysosporium Manganese Peroxidase Gene in Aspergillus oryzae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 6:860-864.

Koduri, R.S., R.E. Whitwam, D. Barr, S.D. Aust, and M. Tien. Oxidation of 1,2,4,5-Tetramethoxybenzene by Lignin Peroxidase of Phanerochaete chrysoporium. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 326:216-265.

Nanny, M.A., J.M. Bortiatynski, M. Tien, and P.G. Hatcher. Investigations of Enzymatic Alterations of 2,4-dichlorophenol Using 13C-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Combination with Site-Specific 13C-Labeling: Understanding the Environmental Fate of This Pollutant. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:1857-1864.

Whitwam, R and M. Tien. Heterologous Expression and Reconstitution of Fungal Mn Peroxidase. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 333:439-446.

Myer, S. and M. Tien. Characterization of Biodegradation Catalyzed by Mutant Strains of Phanerochaete Chrysosporium and other Fungi. In: Culture Collector to Improve the Quality of Life. (R.A. Samson, J.A. Stalpers, D. van der Mei, and A.H. Stouthamer, eds.), pp. 344-351, Ponsen & Looyen, Wageningen, Netherlands.

Vettese-Dadey, M., P.A. Grant, T.R. Hebbes, C. Crane-Robinson, C.D. Allis, and J.L. Workman. Acetylation of Histone H4 Plays a Primary Role in Enhancing Transcription Factor Binding to Nucleosomal DNA in vitro. EMBO J. 15:2508-2518.

Owen-Hughes, T.A., R.T. Utley, J. Cote, C.L. Peterson, and J.L. Workman. Persistent Site-specific Remodeling of a Nucleosome Array by Transient Action of the SWI/SNF Complex. Science 273:513-516.

Owen-Hughes, T.A. and J.L. Workman. Remodeling the Chromatin Structure of a Nucleosome Array by Transcription Factor-targeted Trans-displacement of Histones. EMBO J. 15:4702-4717.

Niu, X., C.C.Adams, J.L. Workman, and M.J. Guiltinan. Binding of the Wheat bzip Protein, EMBP-1, to Nucleosomal DNA is Modulated by Nucleosome Positioning. Plant Cell 8:1596-1587.

Wang, W., J. Cote, Y. Xue, S. Zhou, P.A. Kavari, S.R. Biggar, C. Muchardt, G.V. Kalpana, S.P. Goff, M. Yaniv, J.L. Workman, and G.R. Crabtree. Purification and Biochemical Heterogeneity of the Mammalian SWI/SNF Complex. EMBO J. 15:5370-5382.

Mizzen, C.A., X.J. Yang, J.E. Brownell, A.J. Bannister, T. Owen-Hughes, J.L. Workman, S.L. Berger, T. Kouzarides, Y. Nakatani, and C.D. Allis. The TAFII230-250 Subunit of TFIID has Histone Acetyltransferase Activity. Cell 87:1261-1270.

Steger, D.J. and J.L. Workman. Remodeling Chromatin Structures for Transcription: What Happens to the Histones? Bioessays 18:875-883.

Utley, R.T., T.A. Owen-Hughes, L.-J. Juan, J. Cote, C.C. Adams, and J.L. Workman. In vitro Analysis of Transcription Factor Binding to Nucleosomes and Nucleosome Disruption/displacement. Methods Enzymol. 274:2376-2391.

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