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SPIRE Scholars Publications

First Authored Publications

  1. Abdullah, M.T., I. Nepliounev, G. Alfonina, S. Ram, P. Rice, W. Cade and C. Elkins, 2005, Normal human serum killing of dsrA mutants of Haemophilus ducreyi occurs via the classical complement pathway and is initiated by immunoglobulin M binding, Infection and Immunity, 73(6), p 3431-3439.
  2. Baines, A.T., Lim, K.-H., Shields, J.M., Lambert, J.M., Counter, C.M., Der, C.J., and Cox, A.D. 2006. Use of retrovirus expression of interfering RNA to determine the contribution of activated K-Ras and Ras effector expression in human tumor cell growth.  Methods in Enzymology.  Vol. 407, pp. 556-74,
  3. Casper AM, Mieczkowski PA, Gawel M, and Petes TD. 2008. Low levels of DNA polymeras alpha induce mitotic and meiotic instability in the ribosomal DNA gene cluster of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS Genetics4(6): 1-11. e1000105
  4. Ganko EW, Meyers BC, Vision TJ. 2007. Divergence in expression between duplicated genes in Arabidopsis. Mol. Biol. Evol: 24: 2298-2309.
  5. LaGier, M and D.S. Threadgill. 2008. Identification of novel genes in the oral pathogen Campylobacter rectus. Oral Microbiology and Immunology 23(5): 406-412.
  6. McVey M, S. Andersen, G.J. Broze, III*, and J.J. Sekelsky.  2007.  Multiple functions for the Drosophila DmBlm helicase in maintenance of genome stability.  Genetics: 176:1979-1992.
  7. McVey, M., D. Radut*, and J.J. Sekelsky.  2004.  End-joining repair of double-strand breaks in Drosophila is largely DNA ligase IV independent.  Genetics: 168: 2067-2076.
  8. McVey, M., J.R. LaRocque, M.D. Adams, and J.J. Sekelsky.  2004.  Formation of deletions during double strand break repair in Drosophila DmBlm mutants occurs after strand invasion.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA: 101: 15694-15699.
  9. McVey, M., M.D. Adams, J. LaRocque, and J.J. Sekelsky.  2004.  Evidence for multiple cycles of strand invasion during repair of double-strand gaps in Drosophila.  Genetics: 167: 699-705.
  10. Adams, M.D., M. McVey (co-first author), and J.J. Sekelsky.  2003.  Drosophila BLM in double-strand break repair by synthesis-dependent strand annealing.  Science: 299: 265-267.
  11. Moran, J. P., Walter, J., Tonkonogy, S. L., Tannock, G. W. and Sartor, R. B. 2009. Bifidobacterium animalis causes extensive duodenitis and mild colonic inflammation in monoassociated interleukin-10 knockout mice. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
    15(7): 1022-1031.
  12. Perez, K.E. & R.L. Minton. 2008. Practical applications for systematics and taxonomy in North American freshwater gastropod conservation. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27(2): 471-483.
  13. Rosser, MF, Muchowski, PJ, Patterson, C, Cyr, DM.  2007. Chaperone Activity of the E3 ubiquitin ligase, CHIP.  Journal of Biological Chemistry 282: 22267-22277.
  14. Rosypal, AC, RR Tidwell, DS Lindsay. 2007. Prevalence of antibodies to Leishmania infantum and Trypanosoma cruzi in wild canids from South Carolina. Journal of Parasitology. 93(4): 955-957.
  15. Rosypal, AC, JE Hall, S Bakunova, DA Patrick, S Bakunov, CE Stephens, A Kumar, DW Boykin, RR Tidwell. 2007. In vitro activity of dicationic compounds against a North American foxhound isolate of Leishmania infantum. Veterinary Parisotology. 158(1): 97-112.
  16. Rosypal, A.C., J. A. Cortas-Vecino, S. M. Gennari, J.P. Dubey, R.R. Tidwell, D.S. Lindsay. 2007. Serological survey of Leishmania infantum and Trypanosoma cruzi in dogs from urban areas of Brazil and Colombia. Veterinary Parasitology: 149(3-4), 172-177.
  17. Rosypal, AC, *Hailemariam, S, *Wekheye V., Huong, LTT, Dubey, JP, Lindsey DS, Tidwell, RR.  2009. Survey of dogs from Vietnam for antibodies to visceralizing Leishmania. Journal of Parasitology. In press.
  18. Rybarczyk BJ, Montefiori D, Johnson PR, West A, Johnston RE, Swanstrom R. 2004. Correlation Between env V1/V2 Region Diversification and Neutralizing Antibodies During Primary Infection by Simian Immunodeficiency Virus sm in Rhesus Macaques.  Journal of Virology, 78(7), 3561-3571.
  19. Shannon, K.B, Canman, J.C., Moree, C.B., Tirnauer, J.S, and Salmon, E.D.  2005. Taxol-stabilized microtubules can position the cytokinetic furrow in mammalian cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell 16: 4423-4436.
  20. Shannon, K.B, Canman, J.C. and Salmon, E.D. 2002. Mad2 and BubR1 function in a single pathway that responds to a loss of tension.  Molecular Biology of the Cell 13: 3706-3719.
  21. Shannon, K.B. and Salmon, E.D.  2002. Chromosome Dynamics:  New light on Aurora B function.  Current Biology 12: R458-460.
  22. Strunk K.E., Husted C., Miraglia L.C., Sandahl M.A., Rearick W.A., Hunter D.M., Earp H.S. 3rd. Muraoka-Cook R.S. 2007. HER4 D-box sequences regulate mitotic progression and degradation of the nuclear HER4 cleavage product s80HER4. Cancer Res. 67(14):6582-90.
  23. Thompson, J.T. and W.M. Kier. 2006. Ontogeny of circular muscle ultrastructure and implications for jet locomotion in Oval Squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana. Journal of Experimental Biology. 209: 433-443.
  24. Thompson, J.T. and W.M. Kier. 2002. Ontogeny of squid mantle function: changes in the mechanics of escape-jet locomotion in the oval squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana Lesson, 1830. Biological Bulletin. 203: 14-26.
  25. Thompson, J.T., and W.M. Kier. 2001. Ontogenetic changes in fibrous connective tissue organization in the oval squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana Lesson, 1830. Biological Bulletin. 201: 136-153.
  26. Thompson, J.T. and W.M. Kier. 2001. Ontogenetic changes in mantle kinematics during escape-jet locomotion in the oval squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana Lesson, 1830. Biological Bulletin. 201: 154-166.
  27. Walton KLW, Galanko JA, Sartor RB, and NC Fisher. 2006. T cell-mediated oral tolerance is intact in germ-free mice.  Clinical and Experimental Immunology:143:503-512.
  28. Walton KLW, He JP, Kelsall BL, Sartor RB, and NC Fisher. 2006. Dendritic cells in germ-free and specific pathogen-free mice are similar in phenotype and antigen-presentation function.  Immunology Letters102(1):16-24.
  29. Walton KLW, Holt, L, Sartor, RB. 2009. Lipopolysaccharide activates innate immune responses in murine intestinal myofibroblasts through multiple signaling pathways. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00022.2008
  30. Welch, A. M.  2003.  Genetic consequences of a female mating preference in gray tree frogs are context dependent.  Evolution 57: 883-893
  31. White CD, Leduc I, Jeter C, Harris C, Olsen B, and Elkins C. 2005, Haemophilus ducreyi Outer Membrane Determinants, Including DsrA, Define Two Clonal Populations. Infec Immun: 73(4): p. 2387-2399.
  32. Wiles, K.B., Wiles, N.S., Herlihy, K.P., Maynor, B.W., Rolland, J.P., DeSimone, J.M. 2006. Soft lithography using perfluorinate polyether molds and PRINT technology for fabrication of 3-D arrays on glass substrates. International Society for Optical Engineering. 6151-119.
  33. Wilkins, H.R., Ohneda, K., Keku, T.O., D’Ercole, A.J., Fuller, C.R., Williams, K.L. and Lund, P.K. 2002. Reduction of spontaneous and irradiation-induced apoptosis in the small intestine of IGF-I transgenic mice. Am. J. Physiol. 283: G457-464.

Co-authored Publications

  1. Carroll IM, Andrus JM, Bruno-Barcena JM, Klaenhammer TR, Hassan HM, Threadgill DS. 2007. Anti-inflammatory Properties of Lactobacillus gasseri Expressing Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (MnSOD) Using the Interleukin 10-Deficient Mouse Model of Colitis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 293: G729-738.
  2. Rinella ES, Eversley CD, Carroll IM, Andrus JM, Threadgill DW, Threadgill DS. 2006. Human epithelial-specific response to pathogenic Campylobacter jejuni. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 262(2):236-43.
  3. Lim, K.-H., Baines, A.T., Fiordalisi, J.J., Shipitsin, M., Feig, L.A., Cox, A.D., Der, C.J., and Counter, C.M. 2005. Activation of RalA is critical for Ras-induced tumorigenesis of human cells. Cancer Cell 7:533-545.
  4. Rashotte AM, Carson SD, To JP, Kieber JJ. 2003. Expression profiling of cytokinin action in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 132(4):1998-2011. http://www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/content/full/132/4/1998.
  5. Pomp, D. Neherenberg, D. Estrada-Smith, D. Complex genetics of obesity in mouse models. 2008, Annual Review of Nutrition, 28; 331-345.
  6. Nehrenberg DL, Hua K, Estrada-Smith D, Theodore Garland Jr and Pomp D. 2009. Voluntary Exercise and Its Effects on Body Composition Depend on Genetic Selection History. Obesity doi:10.1038/oby.2009.51
  7. Singleton, D.R., M. Hunt, S.M. Powell, R. Frontera-Suau and M.D. Aitken. 2007. Stable isotope probing with multiple growth substrates to determine substrate specificity of uncultivated bacteria.  Journal of Microbiological Methods: 69:180-187.
  8. Wheeler, S.R., Kearney, J.B., Guardiola, A.R., Crews, S.T. 2006. Single-cell mapping of neural and glial gene expression in the developing Drosophila CNS midline cells. Developmental Biology. 294(2): 509-524.
  9. Cayirlioglu, P., W. O. Ward, S.C.S. Key, and R. J. Duronio.  2003.  Transcriptional repressor functions of Drosophila E2F1 and E2F2 cooperate to inhibit genomic DNA synthesis in ovarian follicle cells.  Mol. Cell. Biol.  23(6): 2123-2134.
  10. Chow, A., Leech, D., Singer, P., Boyer, T. 2008. Impact of solar irradiation on disinfection byproduct precursors. Environmental Science and Technology. 42(15): 5586-5593.
  11. Lango, A., Leech, D., and R.G. Wetzel. 2007. Indirect effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and UV radiation on culturable bacteria. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 168: 327-333.
  12. Pearson, C.G., Gardner, M.K., Paliulis, L.V., Odde, D.J., Bloom, K.  2006.  Measuring Nanometer Scale Gradients in Spindle Microtubule Dynamics Using Model Convolution Microscopy.  Mol. Biol. Cell.  17:4069-4079.
  13. Yeh E, Haase J, Paliulis LV, Joglekar A, Bond L, Bouck D, Salmon ED, Bloom KS. 2008. Pericentric chromatin is organized into an intramolecular loop in mitosis. Curr. Biol. 18:81-90.
  14. Gardner, M.K., Bouck, D.C., Paliulis, L.V., Meehl, J.B., O’Toole, E.T., Haase, J.B., Soubry, A., Joglekar, A.P., Winey, M., Salmon, E.D., Bloom, K, and Odde, D.J. 2008. Chromosome congression by kinesin-5 motor-mediated disassembly of longer kinetochore microtubules. Cell. 135:894-906.
  15. Brown, K., B. Lang, K. E. Perez. 2008. A Review of North American Pleurocerid & Hydrobiid Ecology. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27(2): 484-494.
  16. Lysne, S. J., K. E. Perez, Brown, K., R.L. Minton & J. D. Sides. 2008. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27(2): 463-470.
  17. Maggs, C. A., R. Castilho, C. Cunningham, D. Foltz, C. Hensler, T. Jolly, J. Olsen, K. E. Perez, W. Stam, R. Vainola, F. Viard, J. Wares. 2008. Evaluating signatures of glacial refugia for North Atlantic benthic marine taxa? Ecology, 89(11): S108-122. doi: 10.1890/08-0257.1
  18. Hayes, D. M., R. L. Minton, K. E. Perez. 2007. Elimia comalensis (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) from the Edwards Plateau, Texas: Multiple Unrecognized Endemics or Native Exotic? American Midland Naturalist.158(1): 97-112.
  19. Sigal, Y. J., Quintero, O. A., Cheney, R. E., and Morris, A. J. 2007. Cdc42 and ARP2/3-independent regulation of filopodia by an integral membrane lipid-phosphatase-related protein. J Cell Sci. 120(Pt 2):340-52.
  20. Turnbull, E.L., Rosser, MF and Cyr, DM  2007. The role of the UPS in Cystic Fibrosis. Protein Targeted Database and Journal.
  21. Younger, JM, Chen, L, Ren, HY, Rosser, MF, Turnbull, EL, Fan, CY, Patterson, C, and Cyr, DM.  2006. Sequential quality-control checkpoints triage misfolded cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator.  Cell 126:571-582.
  22. Younger JM, Fan CY, Chen L, Rosser MF, Patterson C, Cyr DM. 2005. Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator as a model substrate to study endoplasmic reticulum protein quality control in mammalian cells. Methods Molecular Biology 301:293-303.
  23. Dalal S, Rosser MF, Cyr DM, Hanson PI. 2003. Distinct roles for the AAA ATPases NSF and p97 in the secretory pathway. Molecular Biology of the Cell 15(2):637-648.
  24. Canman, J.C., Sharma, N., Straight, A., Shannon, K.B., Fang, G., and Salmon, E.D.  2002. Anaphase onset does not require the microtubule-dependent depletion of kinetochore and centromere-binding proteins.  Journal of Cell Science 115: 3787-3795
  25. Muraoka-Cook R.S., Caskey L.S., Sandahl M.A., Hunter D.M., Husted C, Strunk K.E., Sartor C.I., Rearick W.A. Jr, McCall W., Sgagias M.K., Cowan K.H., Earp H.S. 3rd. 2006.  Heregulin-dependent delay in mitotic progression requires HER4 and BRCA1. Mol Cell Biol. 26(17):6412-24.
  26.   R.S. Muraoka-Cook, S. Feng, K.E. Strunk, and H.S. Earp III  2008.  ErbB4/HER4: Role in mammary gland development, differentiation and growth inhibition. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia. 13(2): 235-246.
  27. YG Langdon, SC Goetz, AE Berg, JT Swanik, and FL Conlon. 2007. SHP-2 is Required for the Maintenance of Cardiac Progenitors.  Development: 134: 4119-4130.
  28. Dave S, Tilstra JS, Matsuoka K, Li F, Karrasch T, Uno Jennifer K, Sepulveda AR, Jobin C, Baldwin AS, Robbins PD, Plevy SE. Amelioration of chronic murine colitis by peptide mediated transduction of the IκB kinase inhibitor NEMO binding domain peptide. J Immunol. 2007 Dec 1;179(11):7852-9.
  29. Doty, G. V. and A. M. Welch.  2001.  Advertisement call duration indicates good genes for offspring feeding rate in gray tree frogs (Hyla versicolor).  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49: 150-156.
  30. Leduc, I, White CD, Nepluev I, Throm RE, Spinola, SM and Elkins C. 2008. Outer membrane protein DsrA is the major fibronectin-binding determinant of Haemophilus ducreyi. Infect Immun. 76(4): 1608-16.
  31. Leduc, I., CD White, Igor Nepluev, Robert E. Throm, Stanley M. Spinola, and Christopher Elkins. 2008. The outer membrane protein DsrA is the major fibronectin-binding determinant of Haemophilus ducreyi. Infect Immun 76(4):1608-16.
  32. Nicole M. Ramocki, Heather R. Wilkins, Scott T. Magness, James G. Simmons, Brooks P. Scull, Ginny H. Lee, Kirk K. McNaughton, and P. Kay Lund. 2008. Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 Deficiency Promotes Apoptosis in the Putative Intestinal Crypt Stem Cell Region, Limits Apcmin/+ Tumors, and Regulates Sox9.  Endocrinology, 149: 261 – 267.
  33. J. G. Simmons, Y. Ling, H. Wilkins, C. R. Fuller, A. J. D’Ercole, James Fagin, and P. K. Lund. 2007.
    Cell-specific effects of insulin receptor substrate-1 deficiency on normal and IGF-I-mediated colon growth Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, 293: G995 – G1003.

Book Chapters

  1. Beach DL, Keene, JD. 2007. Ribotrap: Targeted Purification of RNA-Specific RNPs from Cell Lysates via immunoaffinity Precipitation to Identify Regulatory Proteins and RNAs. Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation, Methods in Molecular Biology Series, Humana Press.
  2. Donald B. Bailey, Jr. and T. Powell. 2005. “Assessing the Information Needs of Families in Early Intervention” in Michael H. Guralnick. The Developmental Systems Approach to Early Intervention. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing.
  3. Rosser, MF and Cyr, DM. 2006. Do Hsp40s Act as Chaperones or Co-Chaperones? Networking of Chaperones by Co-Chaperones ed. Gregory L. Blatch.  Landes Bioscience Eurekah.com.

Review Papers

  1. Swenberg, JA, Fryar-Tita, E, Jeong, Yo-Chan, Boysen, G, Starr, T, Walker, V, Albertini, R. 2008. Biomarkers in Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Informing Critical Dose-Response Relationships. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 21: 253-265.
  2. Kier, W.M. and J.T. Thompson. 2003. Muscle arrangement, function and specialization in recent coleoids. (Invited review) Berliner Paläobiologische Abhandlungen. 03:141-162.
  3. Sheikh S., Uno, J., Matsuoka, K, Plevy, S. 2008. Abnormal mucosal immune response to altered bacterial flora following restorative proctocolectomy in patients with ulcerative colitis: serologic measures, immunogenetics, and clinical correlations.  Clinical Immunology 127(3): 270-279.
  4. Zucchero T and Ahmed S.  2006. Genetics of proliferative aging.  Exp Gerontol  41(10): 992-1000.