The Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications Series is comprised of books and articles published by Marquette University's biological sciences faculty.
Submissions from 2012
Snapshots of Catalysis in Rhizobium Etli Pyruvate Carboxylase, Adam D. Lietzan and Ann L. Menefee
Structure of Mandelate Racemase with Bound Intermediate Analogues Benzohydroxamate and Cupferron, Adam D. Lietzan, Mitesh Nagar, Elisa Pellmann, Jennifer R. Bourque, Stephen L. Bearne, and Martin St. Maurice
Expression of Recombinant EARLI1, a Hybrid Proline-rich Protein of Arabidopsis, in Escherichia coli and its Inhibition Effect to the Growth of Fungal Pathogens and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Lan Li, Chen Zhang, Dan Xu, Michael Schläppi, and Zi-Qin Xu
Karyotypes of two species of Malagasy ground gecko (Paroedura: Gekkonidae), Hana Main, Daniel P. Scantlebury, David Zarkower, and Tony Gamble
The Changes of [Ca2+] in Sr and Ca2+ Release Flux during Fatiguing Activation of Mouse Skeletal Muscle Fibers, Carlo Manno, marisilius Mues, Robert H. Fitts, Oliver Griesbeck, and Eduardo Rios
Novel Forests Maintain Ecosystem Processes After the Decline of Native Tree Species, Joseph Mascaro, R. Flint Hughes, and Stefan A. Schnitzer
Altered Hemodynamics, Endothelial Function, and Protein Expression Occur with Aortic Coarctation and Persist After Repair, Arjun Menon, Thomas J. Eddinger, Hongfeng Wang, David C. Wendell, Jeffrey M. Toth, and John F. LaDisa
A Coupled Experimental and Computational Approach to Quantify Deleterious Hemodynamics, Vascular Alterations, and Mechanisms of Long-Term Morbidity in Response to Aortic Coarctati, Arjun Menon, David C. Wendell, Hongfeng Wang, Thomas J. Eddinger, Jeffrey M. Toth, Ronak Jashwant Dholakia, Paul M. Larsen, Eric S. Jensen, and John F. LaDisa
Ornithine Decarboxylase mRNA is Stabilized in an mTORC1-dependent Manner in Ras-transformed Cells, Sofia Origanti, Shannon L. Nowotarski, Theresa D. Carr, Suzanne Sass-Kuhn, Lan Xiao, Jian-Ying Wang, and Lisa M. Shantz
Developmental Expression of Drop-Dead is Required for Early Adult Survival and Normal Body Mass in Drosophila melanogaster, Christine Lynn Sansone and Edward M. Blumenthal
Microbial Biosafety of Pilot-scale Bioreactor Treating MTBE and TBA-contaminated Drinking Water Supply, Radomir Schmidt, David A. Klemme, Kate M. Scow, and Krassimira R. Hristova
Liana Abundance, Diversity, and Distribution on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Scott A. Mangan, James W. Dalling, Claire Baldeck, Stephen P. Hubbell, Alicia Ledo, Helene C. Muller-Laudau, Michael F. Tobin, Salomón Aguilar, David Brassfield, Andres Hernandez, Suzanne Lao, Rolando Perez, Oldemar Valdes, and Suzanne R. Yorke
A Flagellar A-Kinase Anchoring Protein with Two Amphipathic Helices Forms a Structural Scaffold in the Radial Spoke Complex, Priyanka Sivadas, Jennifer M. Dienes, Martin St. Maurice, William D. Meek, and Pinfen Yang
Methylene Blue Modulates Huntingtin Aggregation Intermediates and is Protective in Huntington's Disease Models, Emily M. Sontag, Gregor P. Lotz, Namita Agrawal, Andrew Tran, Rebecca Aron, Guocheng Yang, Mihaela Necula, Alice Lau, Steven Finkbeiner, Charles G. Glabe, J. Lawrence Marsh, Paul J. Muchowski, and Leslie M. Thompson
Detection of Mutant-Huntingtin Aggregation Conformers and Modulation of SDS-Soluble Fibrillar Oligomers by Small Molecules, Emily M. Sontag, Gregor P. Lotz, Goucheng Yang, Christopher J. Sontag, Brian J. Cummings, Charles G. Glabe, Paul J. Muchowski, and Leslie Michels Thompson
Detection of Mutant-Huntingtin Aggregation Conformers and Modulation of SDS-Soluble Fibrillar Oligomers by Small Molecules, Emily M. Sontag, Gregor P. Lotz, Guocheng Yang, Christopher J. Sontag, Brian J. Cummings, Charles G. Glabe, Paul J. Muchowski, and Leslie Michels Thompson
Rcf1 and Rcf2, Members of the Hypoxia-induced Gene 1 Protein Family, Are Critical Components of the Mitochondrial Cytochrome bc1-Cytochrome c Oxidase Supercomplex, Vera Strogolova, Andrew Furness, Micaela Robb-McGrath, Joshua Garlich, and Rosemary A. Stuart
Lianas have a greater competitive effect than trees of similar biomass on tropical canopy trees, Michael F. Tobin, Alexandra Wright, Scott A. Mangan, and Stefan A. Schnitzer
The Enzymes of Biotin Dependent CO(2) Metabolism: What Structures Reveal about Their Reaction Mechanisms, Grover L. Waldrop, Hazel M. Holden, and Martin St. Maurice
Deep Diversification and Long-Term Persistence in The South American ‘Dry Diagona’: Integrating Continent-Wide Phylogeography And Distribution Modeling of Geckos, Fernanda P. Werneck, Tony Gamble, Guarino R. Colli, Miguel T. Rodrigues, and Jack W. Sites Jr.
Dragon's Blood May Have Radioprotective Effects in Radiation-Induced Rat Brain Injury, Nian Xin, Yu-Juan Li, Xu Li, Xiao Wang, Yan Li, Xiao Zhang, Rong-Ji Dai, Wei-Wei Meng, Hai-Long Wang, Hong Ma, Michael Schläppi, and Yu-Lin Deng
Perturbing Microtubule Integrity Blocks AMP-Activated Protein Kinase-Induced Meiotic Resumption in Cultured Mouse Oocytes, Ru Ya and Stephen Downs
Submissions from 2011
Uncovering New Functions for MicroRNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans, Allison L. Abbott
Probing the Allosteric Activation of Pyruvate Carboxylase Using 2′,3′-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl) adenosine 5′-triphosphate as a Fluorescent Mimic of the Allosteric Activator Acetyl CoA, Abdussalam Adina-Zada, Rasmani Hazra, Chutima Sereerukb, Sarawut Jitrapakdee, Tonya N. Zeczycki, Martin St. Maurice, W Wallace Cleland, John C. Wallace, and Paul V. Attwood
Rhythmic Leptin Is Required for Weight Gain from Circadian Desynchronized Feeding in the Mouse, Deanna M. Arble, Martha H. Vitaterna, and Fred W. Turek
Role of BacA in Lipopolysaccharide Synthesis, Peptide Transport, and Nodulation by Rhizobium sp. Strain NGR234, Silvia Ardissone, Hajime Kobayashi, Kumiko Kambara, Coralie Rummel, K. Dale Noel, Graham C. Walker, William J. Broughton, and William J. Deakin
Involvement of Protein Kinase C and Protein Kinase A in the Enhancement of L-type Calcium Current by GABAB Receptor Activation in Neonatal Hippocampus, Jennifer Grace Bray and Michelle Mynlieff
Flexibility in the Patterning and Control of Axial Locomotor Networks in Lamprey, James T. Buchanan
Spinal Locomotor Inputs to Individually Identified Reticulospinal Neurons in the Lamprey, James T. Buchanan
Magnetic Scanometric DNA Microarray Detection of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Degrading Bacteria for Environmental Monitoring, Mei-Lin Chan, Gerardo Jaramillo, Krassimira R. Hristova, and David A. Horsley
Unexpected Accumulation of ncm5U and ncm5s2U in a trm9 Mutant Suggests an Additional Step in the Synthesis of mcm5U and mcm5s2U, Changchun Chen, Bo Huang, James T. Anderson, and Anders S. Byström
Anolis chrysolepis Duméril and Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Iguanidae), Revisited: Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Anolis chrysolepis Species Group, Annelise B. D'Angiolella, Tony Gamble, Teresa C. S. Avila-Pires, Guarino R. Colli, Brice P. Noonan, and Laurie J. Vitt
Sequential Assembly of Flagellar Radial Spokes, Dennis R. Diener, Pinfen Yang, Stefan Geimer, Douglas G. Cole, Winfield S. Sale, and Joel L. Rosenbaum
Mouse versus Rat: Profound Differences in Meiotic Regulation at the Level of the Isolated Oocyte, Stephen Downs
New Insights on Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Regulation in Muscle Fatigue, Robert H. Fitts
Coming to America: Multiple Origins of New World Geckos, Tony Gamble, A. M. Bauer, G. R. Colli, E. Greenbaum, T. R. Jackman, Laurie J. Vitt, and Andrew M. Simons
A New Genus of Miniaturized and Pug-Nosed Gecko from South America (Sphaerodactylidae: Gekkota), Tony Gamble, Juan D. Daza, Guarino R. Colli, Laurie J. Vitt, and Aaron M. Bauer
Glutamatergic plasticity in medial prefrontal cortex and ventral tegmental area following extended-access cocaine self-administration, Behnam Ghasemzadeh, Preethi Vasudevan, Chad Giles, Anthony Purgianto, Chad Seubert, and John R. Mantsch
Three Arginines in the GABAA Receptor Binding Pocket Have Distinct Roles in the Formation and Stability of Agonist- versus Antagonist-Bound Complexes, Marcel P. Goldschen-Ohm, David A. Wagner, and Mathew V. Jones
The RNA Helicase Mtr4p Modulates Polyadenylation in the TRAMP Complex, Huijue Jia, Xuying Wang, Fei Liu, Ulf-Peter Guenther, Sukanya Srinivasan, James T. Anderson, and Eckhard Jankowsky
Truncation of the Mrp20 Protein Reveals New Ribosome‐assembly Subcomplex in Mitochondria, Jasvinder Kaur and Rosemary A. Stuart
A State-Dependent Salt-Bridge Interaction Exists across the β/α Intersubunit Interface of the GABAA Receptor, Kurt T. Laha and David A. Wagner
First record of Alston's Woolly Mouse Opossum (Micoureus alstoni) from the canal area of Central Panama, Thomas D. Lambert, Michaela K. Halsey, Jacob W. Dittel, Scott A. Mangan, Erika Delfosse, Gregory H. Adler, and Stefan A. Schnitzer
Contributions Made by CDC25 Phosphatases to Proliferation of Intestinal Epithelial Stem and Progenitor Cells, Gwanghee Lee, Sofia Origanti, Lynn S. White, Jinwu Sun, Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck, and Helen Piwnica-Worms
A Rice Plastidial Nucleotide Sugar Epimerase Is Involved in Galactolipid Biosynthesis and Improves Photosynthetic Efficiency, Chunlai Li, Yiqin Wang, Linchuan Liu, Yingchun Hu, Fengxia Zhang, Sod Mergen, Guodong Wang, Michael Schläppi, and Chengcai Chu
Prion Formation and Polyglutamine Aggregation Are Controlled by Two Classes of Genes, Anita L. Manogaran, Joo Y. Hong, Joan Hufana, Jens Tyedmers, Susan Lindquist, and Susan W. Liebman
Minimizing Bias in Biomass Allometry: Model Selection and Log‐Transformation of Data, Joseph Mascaro, Creighton M. Litton, R. Flint Hughes, Amanda Uowolo, and Stefan A. Schnitzer
Dominance by the Introduced Tree Rhamnus cathartica (Common Buckthorn) May Limit Aboveground Carbon Storage in Southern Wisconsin Forests, Joseph Mascaro and Stefan A. Schnitzer
Identifying Polyglutamine Protein Species in situ that Best Predict Neurodegeneration, Jason Miller, Montserrat Arrasate, Elizabeth Brooks, Clare Peter Libeu, Justin Legleiter, Danny Hatters, Jessica Curtis, Kenneth Cheung, Preethi Krishnan, Siddhartha Mitra, Kartika Widjaja, Benjamin A. Shaby, Gregor P. Lotz, Yvonne Newhouse, Emily M. Sontag, Alex Osmand, Michelle Gray, Vanitha Thulasiramin, Frederic Saudou, Mark Segal, X William Yang, Eliezer Masliah, Leslie M. Thompson, Paul J. Muchowski, Karl H. Weisgraber, and Steven Finkbeiner
Neuronal Control of Swimming Behavior: Comparison of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Model Systems, Olivia Mullins, John Hackett, James T. Buchanan, and W. Otto Friesen
Self-Assembly of Escherichia coli MutL and Its Complexes with DNA, Anita Niedziela-Majka, Nasib K. Maluf, Edwin Antony, and Timothy M. Lohman
Posttranscriptional Regulation of Ornithine Decarboxylase, Shannon L. Nowotarski, Sofia Origanti, and Lisa M. Shantz
Effect of Nitrate, Acetate and Hydrogen on Native Perchlorate-reducing Microbial Communities and Their Activity in Vadose Soil, Mamie Nozawa-Inoue, Mercy Jien, Kun Yang, Dennis E. Rolston, Krassimira R. Hristova, and Kate M. Scow
Genetic and physiological analysis of biennialism in Hyoscyamus niger, Michael Schläppi
The HyPRP gene EARLI1 has an auxiliary role for germinability and early seedling development under low temperature and salt stress conditions (presentation), Michael Schläppi, Dan Xu, Xuan Huang, and Zi-Qin Xu
Increasing liana abundance and biomass in tropical forests: emerging patterns and putative mechanisms, Stefan A. Schnitzer and Frans Bongers
Community and ecosystem ramifications of increasing lianas in neotropical forests, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Frans Bongers, and S. Joseph Wright
Soil microbes regulate ecosystem productivity and maintain species diversity, Stefan A. Schnitzer and John Klironomos
Soil microbes drive the classic plant diversity–productivity pattern, Stefan A. Schnitzer, John Klironomos, Janneke HilleRisLambers, Linda L. Kinkel, Peter B. Reich, Kun Xiao, Matthias C. Rillig, Benjamin A. Sikes, Ragan M. Callaway, Scott A. Mangan, Egbert H. van Nes, and Marten Scheffer
To Duckweeds (Landoltia punctata), Nanoparticulate Copper Oxide is More Inhibitory than the Soluble Copper in the Bulk Solution, Jiyan Shi, Aamir D. Abid, Ian M. Kennedy, Krassimira R. Hristova, and Wendy K. Silk
Influence of EARLI1‐like Genes on Flowering Time and Lignin Synthesis of Arabidopsis thaliana, Y. Shi, X. Zhang, Z.-Y. Xu, C. Zhang, Michael Schläppi, and Z.-Q. Xu
A tight coupling between β2Y97 and β2F200 of the GABAA receptor mediates GABA binding, Phu N. Tran, Kurt T. Laha, and David A. Wagner
Dragon's Blood extract has antithrombotic properties, affecting platelet aggregation functions and anticoagulation activities, Nian Xin, Yu-Juan Li, Rong-Ji Dai, Wei-Wei Meng, Yan Chen, Michael Schläppi, and Yu-Lin Deng
The HyPRP gene EARLI1 has an auxiliary role for germinability and early seedling development under low temperature and salt stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana, Dan Xu, Xuan Huang, Zi-Qin Xu, and Michael Schläppi
Cold-inducible Expression of AZI1 and its Function in Improvement of Freezing Tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zhi-Yan Xu, Xin Zhang, Michael Schläppi, and Zi-Qin Xu
Mathematical Model of Chlorella minutissima UTEX2341 Growth and Lipid Production Under Photoheterotrophic Fermentation Conditions, Jinshui Yang, Ehsan Rasa, Prapakorn Tantayotai, Kate M. Scow, Hong Li Yuan, and Krassimira R. Hristova
Novel Insights into the Biotin Carboxylase Domain Reactions of Pyruvate Carboxylase from Rhizobium etli, Tonya N. Zeczycki, Ann L. Menefee, Abdussalam Adina-Zada, Sarawut Jitrapakdee, Kathy H. Surinya, John C. Wallace, Paul V. Attwood, Martin St. Maurice, and W Wallace Cleland
Activation and Inhibition of Pyruvate Carboxylase from Rhizobium etli, Tonya N. Zeczycki, Ann L. Menefee, Sarawut Jitrapakdee, John C. Wallace, Paul V. Attwood, Martin St. Maurice, and W Wallace Cleland
Submissions from 2010
Introduction to Gene Regulation by Small RNAs, Allison L. Abbott
Circadian Disruption and Metabolic Disease: Findings from Animal Models, Deanna M. Arble, Kathryn Moynihan Ramsey, Joseph Bass, and Fred W. Turek
Post‐Glacial Expansion into the Paleozoic Plateau: Evidence of an Ozarkian Refugium for the Ozark Minnow Notropis Nubilus (Teleostei: Cypriniformes), Peter B. Berendzen, J.F. Dugan, and Tony Gamble
Effect of Recombinant Growth Hormone Replacement in a Growth Hormone Deficient Subject Recovering from Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Report, Vinita Bhagia, Charles Gilkison, Robert H. Fitts, Dennis J. Zgaljardic, Walter M. High, Brent E. Masel, Randall J. Urban, and Kurt A. Mossberg
Loss of Individual MicroRNAs Causes Mutant Phenotypes in Sensitized Genetic Backgrounds in C. elegans, John L. Brenner, Kristen L. Jasiewicz, Alisha F. Fahley, Benedict J. Kemp, and Allison L. Abbott
Annual Rainfall and Seasonality Predict Pan‐tropical Patterns of Liana Density and Basal Area, Saara J. DeWalt, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Jérôme Chave, Frans Bongers, Robyn J. Burnham, Zhiquan Cai, George B. Chuyong, David B. Clark, Corneille E.N. Ewango, Jeffrey J. Gerwing, Esteban Gortaire, Terese Hart, Guillermo Ibarra-Manriquez, Kalan Ickes, David Kenfack, Manuel J. Macía, Jean-Remy Makana, Miguel Martinez-Ramos, Joseph Mascaro, Sainge Moses, Helene C. Muller-Laudau, Marc P.E. Parren, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy, Diego R. Perez-Salicrup, Francis E. Putz, Hugo Romero-Saltos, and Duncan W. Thomas
Regulation of the G2/M Transition in Rodent Oocytes, Stephen Downs
Role of AMPK Throughout Meiotic Maturation in the Mouse Oocyte: Evidence for Promotion of Polar Body Formation and Suppression of Premature Activation, Stephen Downs, Ru Ya, and Christopher C. Davis
Probing the Catalytic Roles of Arg548 and Gln552 in the Carboxyl Transferase Domain of the Rhizobium etli Pyruvate Carboxylase by Site-directed Mutagenesis, Saowapa Duangpan, Sarawut Jitrapakdee, Abdussalam Adina-Zada, Lindsay Byrne, Tonya N. Zeczycki, Martin St. Maurice, W. Wallace Cleland, John C. Wallace, and Paul V. Attwood
Prolonged Space Flight-Induced Alterations in the Structure and Function of Human Skeletal Muscle Fibres, Robert Fitts, S. W. Trappe, David Costill, Philip M. Gallagher, Andrew C. Creer, Patricia Colloton, Jim R. Peters, Janell Romatowski, J. L. Bain, and Danny A. Riley
A Review of Sex Determining Mechanisms in Geckos (Gekkota: Squamata), Tony Gamble
An Epilepsy-Related Region in the GABAA Receptor Mediates Long-Distance Effects on GABA and Benzodiazepine Binding Sites, Marcel P. Goldschen-Ohm, David A. Wagner, Steven Petrou, and Mathew V. Jones
The impact of lianas on 10 years of tree growth and mortality on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, Laura L. Ingwell, S. Joseph Wright, Kristen K. Becklund, Stephen P. Hubbell, and Stefan A. Schnitzer
Mutant Huntingtin Fragments Form Oligomers in a Polyglutamine Length-Dependent Manner in Vitro and in Vivo, Justin Legleiter, Emily M. Sontag, Gregor P. Lotz, Ellen Sapp, Cheping Ng, Marian DiFiglia, Leslie M. Thompson, and Paul J. Muchowski
Interaction between the Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Domain and the Biotin Carboxylase Domain in Pyruvate Carboxylase from Rhizobium etli, Adam D. Lietzan, Ann L. Menefee, Tonya N. Zeczycki, Sudhanshu Kumar, Paul V. Attwood, John C. Wallace, W. Wallace Cleland, and Martin St. Maurice
Hsp70 and Hsp40 Functionally Interact with Soluble Mutant Huntingtin Oligomers in a Classic ATP-Dependent Reaction Cycle, Gregor P. Lotz, Justin Legleiter, Rebecca Aron, Emily M. Sontag, Shao-Yi Huang, Cheping Ng, Charles G. Glabe, Leslie M. Thompson, and Paul J. Muchowski
Negative Plant–Soil Feedback Predicts Tree-species Relative Abundance in a Tropical Forest, Scott A. Mangan, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Edward A. Herre, Keenan M.L. Mack, Mariana C. Valencia, Evelyn I. Sanchez, and James D. Bever
Most, but not All, Yeast Strains in the Deletion Library Contain the [PIN+] Prion, Anita L. Manogaran, Viviana M. Fajardo, Robert J. D. Reid, Rodney Rothstein, and Susan W. Liebman
A New Species of Gekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tà Kóu Nature Reserve, Binh Thuan Province, Southern Vietnam, Van Tri Ngo and Tony Gamble
Genetic Basis for Rhizobium etli CE3 O-Antigen O-Methylated Residues That Vary According to Growth Conditions, Kristylea J. Ojeda, Jodie M. Box, and K. Dale Noel
Structure and Expression of Two Nuclear Receptor Genes in Marsupials: Insights into the Evolution of the Antisense Overlap between the α-Thyroid Hormone Receptor and Rev-erbα, Brandon C. Rindfleisch, M. Scott Brown, John L. VandeBerg, and Stephen Munroe
An Exonic Splicing Enhancer within a Bidirectional Coding Sequence Regulates Alternative Splicing of an Antisense mRNA, Valerie K. Salato, Nathaniel W. Rediske, Chao Zhang, Michelle Laura Hastings, and Stephen Munroe
Bioaugmentation for Improved Recovery of Anaerobic Digesters After Toxicant Exposure, Anne Schauer-Gimenez, Daniel Zitomer, James Maki, and Craig Struble
Lianas suppress tree regeneration and diversity in treefall gaps, Stefan A. Schnitzer and Walter P. Carson
Chlamydomonas mutants display reversible deficiencies in flagellar beating and axonemal assembly, Mei Wei, Priyanka Sivadas, Heather A. Owen, David R. Mitchell, and Pinfen Yang
Drosophila Vitelline Membrane Assembly: A Critical Role for an Evolutionarily Conserved Cysteine in the “VM domain” of sV23, T. Wu, Anita L. Manogaran, J. M. Beauchamp, and Gail L. Waring
A Developmentally Regulated Gene, ASI2, Is Required for Endocycling in the Macronuclear Anlagen of Tetrahymena, Lihui Yin, Susan T. Gater, and Kathleen M. Karrer
Inhibitors of Pyruvate Carboxylase, Tonya N. Zeczycki, Martin St. Maurice, and Paul V. Attwood
Submissions from 2009
Srs2 Disassembles Rad51 Filaments by a Protein-Protein Interaction Triggering ATP Turnover and Dissociation of Rad51 from DNA, Edwin Antony, Eric J. Tomko, Qi Xiao, Lumir Krejci, Timothy M. Lohman, and Tom Ellenberger
Circadian Timing of Food Intake Contributes to Weight Gain, Deanna M. Arble, Joseph Bass, Aaron D. Laposky, Martha H. Vitaterna, and Fred W. Turek
Isoform- and Cell-Specific Function of Tyrosine Decarboxylase in the Drosophila Malpighian Tubule, Edward M. Blumenthal
Influx of Calcium through L-type Calcium Channels in Early Postnatal Regulation of Chloride Transporters in the Rat Hippocampus, Jennifer Grace Bray and Michelle Mynlieff