The Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications Series is comprised of books and articles published by Marquette University's biological sciences faculty.
Submissions from 2003
Mismatch Recognition-Coupled Stabilization of Msh2-Msh6 in an ATP-Bound State at the Initiation of DNA Repair, Edwin Antony and Manju M. Hingorani
Regulation of Chloride Permeability by Endogenously Produced Tyramine in the Drosophila Malpighian Tubule, Edward M. Blumenthal
Book Review of Nouragues: Deep Rainforest Ecology, edited by Frans Bongers, Pierre Charles-Dominique, Pierre-Michel Forget and Marc Thery, Walter P. Carson and Stefan A. Schnitzer
Overproduction and Analysis of Eukaryotic Multiprotein Complexes in Escherichia coli Using a Dual-vector Strategy, Jeff Finkelstein, Edwin Antony, Manju M. Hingorani, and Michael O’Donnell
Effects of regular exercise training on skeletal muscle contractile function, Robert Fitts
Genetic Locus and Structural Characterization of the Biochemical Defect in the O-Antigenic Polysaccharide of the Symbiotically Deficient Rhizobium etli Mutant, CE166, Lennart Scott Forsberg, K. Dale Noel, Jodie M. Box, and Russell W. Carlson
Hindlimb Unloading-Induced Muscle Atrophy and Loss of Function: Protective Effect of Isometric Exercise, J. E. Hurst and Robert Fitts
BacS: An Abundant Bacteroid Protein in Rhizobium etli Whose Expression Ex Planta Requires nifA, Olivia Jeanne Jahn, Guillermo Davila, David Romero, and K. Dale Noel
Yeast Oxa1 Interacts with Mitochondrial Ribosomes: The Importance of the C‐terminal Region of Oxa1, Lixia Jia, Mary Kathryn Dienhart, Mark Schramp, Matthew McCauley, Kai Hell, and Rosemary A. Stuart
fc177, a Minor dec-1 Proprotein, Is Necessary to Prevent Ectopic Aggregation of the Endochorion During Eggshell Assembly in Drosophila, Debra Kay Mauzy-Melitz and Gail L. Waring
Diverse Sequences within Tlr Elements Target Programmed DNA Elimination in Tetrahymena Thermophila, Jeffrey D. Wuitschick and Kathleen M. Karrer
Submissions from 2002
The Effects of Serotonin on Functionally Diverse Isolated Lamprey Spinal Cord Neurons, I. V. Batueva, James T. Buchanan, N. P. Veselkin, E. I. Suderevskaya, and E. A. Tsvetkov
Serotonin Modulates Oscillations of the Membrane Potential in Isolated Spinal Neurons from Lampreys, I. V. Batueva, James Buchanan, N. P. Veselkin, E. I. Suderevskaya, and E. A. Tsvetkov
Spinal Cord of Lamprey, James T. Buchanan
A Potential Role for AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in Meiotic Induction in Mouse Oocytes, Stephen M. Downs, Emma R. Hudson, and D. Grahame Hardie
Dual Requirement for Yeast hnRNP Nab2p in mRNA poly(A) Tail Length Control and Nuclear Export, Ronald E. Hector, Keith R. Nykamp, Sonia Dheur, James T. Anderson, Priscilla J. Non, Carl R. Urbinati, Scott M. Wilson, Lionel Minvielle‐Sebastia, and Maurice S. Swanson
Methylation of Adenine in the Nuclear DNA of "Tetrahymena" is Internucleosomal and Independent of Histone H1, Kathleen M. Karrer and Teresa Ann Van Nuland
Smooth Muscle Myosin Heavy Chain Isoform Distribution in the Swine Stomach, Jonathan A. Parisi and Thomas J. Eddinger
RhoA Kinase and Protein Kinase C Participate in Regulation of Rabbit Stomach Fundus Smooth Muscle Contraction, Paul H. Ratz, Joel T. Meehl, and Thomas Eddinger
Thin Filament Diversity and Physiological Properties of Fast and Slow Fiber Types in Astronaut Leg Muscles, Danny A. Riley, James L. W. Bain, Joyce L. Thompson, Robert Fitts, Jeffrey J. Widrick, Scott W. Trappe, Todd A. Trappe, and David L. Costill
The Ecology of Lianas and Their Role in Forests, Stefan A. Schnitzer and Frans Bongers
Herbivore and Pathogen Damage on Grassland and Woodland Plants: A Test of The Herbivore Uncertainty Principle, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Peter B. Reich, Belle Bergner, and Walter P. Carson
Shortening Velocity and Myosin Heavy- and Light-Chain Isoform mRNA in Rabbit Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells, Jennifer J. Sherwood and Thomas J. Eddinger
Insertion of proteins into the inner membrane of mitochondria: the role of the Oxa1 complex, Rosemary A. Stuart
ASI1, a Gene Encoding a Novel Leucine Zipper Protein, Is Induced during Development of the Macronucleus in Tetrahymena, Rupa A. Udani and Kathleen M. Karrer
Unilateral Lower Limb Suspension Does Not Mimic Bed Rest or Spaceflight Effects on Human Muscle Fiber Function, Jeffrey J. Widrick, S. W. Trappe, Janell Romatowski, Danny A. Riley, David Costill, and Robert Fitts
A Novel Family of Mobile Genetic Elements Is Limited to the Germline Genome in Tetrahymena Thermophila, Jeffrey D. Wuitschick, Jill A. Gershan, Andrew J. Lochowicz, Shuqiang Li, and Kathleen M. Karrer
A Novel Family of Mobile Genetic Elements is Limited to the Germline Genome in Tetrahymena thermophila, Jeffrey D. Wuitschick, Jill A. Gershan, Andrew J. Lochowicz, Shuqiang Li, and Kathleen M. Karrer
Submissions from 2001
The Functions of the Multiproduct and Rapidly Evolving dec-1 Eggshell Gene Are Conserved Between Evolutionarily Distant Species of Drosophila, James Charles Badciong, Jeffrey Michael Otto, and Gail L. Waring
Effects of Depolarization and Low Intracellular pH on Charge Movement Currents of Frog Skeletal Muscle Fibers, Edward Michael Balog and Robert Fitts
Characterization of Transepithelial Potential Oscillations in the Drosophila Malpighian Tubule, Edward M. Blumenthal
Cellular and Molecular Analysis of Molluscan Circadian Pacemakers, Edward M. Blumenthal
Contributions of Identifiable Neurons and Neuron Classes to Lamprey Vertebrate Neurobiology, James T. Buchanan
Genetic Locus Required for Antigenic Maturation of Rhizobium etli CE3 Lipopolysaccharide, Dominik M. Duelli, Andrea Tobin, Jodie M. Box, V.S. Kumar Kolli, Russell W. Carlson, and K. Dale Noel
Single Rabbit Stomach Smooth Muscle Cell Myosin Heavy Chain SMB Expression and Shortening Velocity, Thomas J. Eddinger and Daniel P. Meer
Functional and Structural Adaptations of Skeletal Muscle to Microgravity, Robert Fitts, Danny R. Riley, and Jeffrey J. Widrick
A Purine-rich Intronic Element Enhances Alternative Splicing of Thyroid Hormone Receptor mRNA, Michelle Laura Hastings, Catherine M. Wilson, and Stephen H. Munroe
Oxa1p Acts as a General Membrane Insertion Machinery for Proteins Encoded by Mitochondrial DNA, Kai Hell, Walter Neupert, and Rosemary A. Stuart
Purification and Characterization of Human Cell-Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 (C-CAM1) Expressed in Insect Cells, Dillon Phan, Eric Han, Geoff Birrell, Sophie Bonnal, Laura Duggan, Noriko Esumi, Howard Gutstein, Ruixiang Li, Sergiy Lopato, Anita L. Manogaran, Eleanor S. Pollak, Alo Ray, P. Prabhakara Reddi, Andreas S. Reichert, Paolo Struffi, Gustavo Tiscornia, Laurie Ann Ximenex-Fyvie, Hongbing Zhang, and Sue-Hwa Lin
RNA Levels and Activity of FLOWERING LOCUS C are Modified in Mixed Genetic Backgrounds of Arabidopsis Thaliana, Michael Schläppi
Biennialism and Vernalization-Promoted Flowering in Hyoscyamus niger: a Comparison with Arabidopsis, Michael Schläppi and Monica Patel
Treefall Gaps and the Maintenance of Species Diversity in a Tropical Forest, Stefan A. Schnitzer and Walter P. Carson
Protransglutaminase (Factor XIII) Mediated Crosslinking of Fibrinogen and Fibrin, Kevin R. Siebenlist, David A. Meh, and Michael W. Mosesson
Comparison of a Space Shuttle Flight (STS-78) and Bed Rest on Human Muscle Function, Scott W. Trappe, Todd A. Trappe, Gary A. Lee, Jeffrey J. Widrick, David L. Costill, and Robert Fitts
Fiber-Type Susceptibility to Eccentric Contraction-Induced Damage of Hindlimb-Unloaded Rat AL Muscles, K. Vijayan, Joyce L. Thompson, Kris M. Norenberg, Robert Fitts, and Danny A. Riley
Functional Properties of Slow and Fast Gastrocnemius Muscle Fibers After a 17-day Spaceflight, Jeffrey J. Widrick, Janell Romatowski, Kris M. Norenberg, Shannon T. Knuth, James L. W. Bain, Danny A. Riley, S. W. Trappe, Todd A. Trappe, David Costill, and Robert Fitts
Submissions from 2000
Density and Diversity of Lianas Along a Chronosequence in a Central Panamanian Lowland Forest, Saara J. DeWalt, Stefan A. Schnitzer, and Julie S. Denslow
Uncharged tRNA Activates GCN2 by Displacing the Protein Kinase Moiety from a Bipartite tRNA-Binding Domain, Jinsheng Dong, Hongfang Qiu, Minerva Garcia-Barrio, James T. Anderson, and Alan G. Hinnebusch
Expression of Smooth Muscle Myosin Light Chain 17 and Unloaded Shortening in Single Smooth Muscle Cells, Thomas J. Eddinger, A. A. Korwek, Daniel P. Meer, and Jennifer J. Sherwood
Selection of Alternative 5′ Splice Sites: Role of U1 snRNP and Models for the Antagonistic Effects of SF2/ASF and hnRNP A1, Ian C. Eperon, Olga V. Makarova, Akila Mayeda, Stephen Munroe, Javier F. Cáceres, Daniel G. Hayward, and Adrian R. Krainer
Spaceflight Effects on Single Skeletal Muscle Fiber Function in the Rhesus Monkey, Robert Fitts, Dominique Desplanches, Janell Romatowski, and Jeffrey J. Widrick
Physiology of a Microgravity Environment Invited Review: Microgravity and Skeletal Muscle, Robert H. Fitts, Danny R. Riley, and Jeffrey J. Widrick
Physiology of a Microgravity Environment Invited Review: Microgravity and Skeletal Muscle, Robert Fitts, Danny R. Riley, and Jeffrey J. Widrick
Effect of Spaceflight on the Isotonic Contractile Properties of Single Skeletal Muscle Fibers in the Rhesus Monkey, Robert Fitts, Janell Romatowski, Cynthia A. Blaser, Lourdes De La Cruz, Gwen J. Gettelman, and Jeffrey J. Widrick
Effect of Spaceflight on the Maximal Shortening Velocity, Morphology, and Enzyme Profile of Fast- and Slow-Twitch Skeletal Muscle Fibers in Rhesus Monkeys, Robert Fitts, Janell Romatowski, Lourdes De La Cruz, Jeffrey J. Widrick, and Dominique Desplanches
A Family of Developmentally Excised DNA Elements in Tetrahymena is under Selective Pressure to Maintain an Open Reading Frame Encoding an Integrase-Like Protein, Jill A. Gershan and Kathleen M. Karrer
Substrate Profile in Rat Soleus Muscle Fibers After Hindlimb Unloading and Fatigue, Varvara P. Grichko, Anne Heywood-Cooksey, Kameha R. Kidd, and Robert Fitts
Varying the Abundance of O Antigen in Rhizobium etli and Its Effect on Symbiosis with Phaseolus vulgaris, K. Dale Noel, Lennart Scott Forsberg, and Russell W. Carlson
Drosophila dec-1 Eggshell Proteins Are Differentially Distributed via a Multistep Extracellular Processing and Localization Pathway, Maria Isabel Nogueron, Debra Kay Mauzy-Melitz, and Gail L. Waring
A Developmentally Regulated Deletion Element with Long Terminal Repeats Has Cis-Acting Sequences in the Flanking DNA, Namrata S. Patil and Kathleen M. Karrer
Decreased Thin Filament Density and Length in Human Atrophic Soleus Muscle Fibers After Spaceflight, Danny A. Riley, James L. W. Bain, Joyce L. Thompson, Robert Fitts, Jeffrey J. Widrick, Scott W. Trappe, Todd A. Trappe, and David L. Costill
Have we forgotten the forest because of the trees?, Stefan A. Schnitzer and Walter P. Carson
The impact of lianas on tree regeneration in tropical forest canopy gaps: evidence for an alternative pathway of gap‐phase regeneration, Stefan A. Schnitzer, James W. Dalling, and Walter P. Carson
A Gene Expression Screen Identifies EARLI1 as a Novel Vernalization-Responsive Gene in Arabidopsis Thaliana, Richard K. Wilkosz and Michael Schläppi
Submissions from 1999
Calcium Currents and GABAB Receptors in the Dorsal Sensory Cells of the Lamprey Spinal Cord, I. V. Batueva, James T. Buchanan, E. A. Tsvetkov, A. K. Sagatelyan, and N. P. Veselkin
The Effects of Baclofen on Calcium Channel Currents in Dorsal Sensory Cells of the Spinal Cord in the Lamprey, I. V. Batueva, James T. Buchanan, E. A. Tsvetkov, A. K. Sagatelyan, and N. P. Veselkin
Physiological and Morphological Correlates of Presynaptic Inhibition in Primary Afferents of the Lamprey Spinal Cord, I. V. Batueva, E. A. Tsvetkov, A. K. Sagatelyan, James T. Buchanan, N. Vesselkin, V. Adanina, E. I. Suderevskaya, J. -P Rio, and J. Repérant
Developmental Changes in the Nicotinic Responses of Ciliary Ganglion Neurons, Edward M. Blumenthal, Richard D. Shoop, and Darwin K. Berg
Commissural Interneurons in Rhythm Generation and Intersegmental Coupling in the Lamprey Spinal Cord, James T. Buchanan
Segmental Distribution of Common Synaptic Inputs to Spinal Motoneurons During Fictive Swimming in the Lamprey, James T. Buchanan and Stefan Kasicki
Substrate and Enzyme Profile of Fast and Slow Skeletal Muscle Fibers in Rhesus Monkeys, Varvara P. Grichko, Gwen J. Gettelman, Jeffrey Widrick, and Robert Fitts
Brain-Spinal Feedforward–Feedback Interactions Affect Output Pattern and Intracellular Properties of Motor Networks in the Lamprey, Ranu Jung, James T. Buchanan, and Dan Li
Nucleosome Positioning Is Independent of Histone H1 in Vivo, Kathleen M. Karrer and Teresa A. Van Nuland
Five Myofibrillar Lesion Types in Eccentrically Challenged, Unloaded Rat Adductor Longus Muscle—A Test Model, Joyce L. Thompson, Edward Michael Balog, Robert H. Fitts, and Danny A. Riley
Effect of a 17 Day Spaceflight on Contractile Properties of Human Soleus Muscle Fibres, Jeffrey J. Widrick, Shannon T. Knuth, Kris M. Norenberg, Janell Romatowski, James L. W. Bain, Danny A. Riley, M. Karhanek, S. W. Trappe, Todd A. Trappe, David Costill, and Robert Fitts
Analysis of Genomic G + C Content, Codon Usage, Initiator Codon Context and Translation Termination Sites in Tetrahymena thermophila, Jeffrey D. Wuitschick and Kathleen M. Karrer
Submissions from 1998
Myosin Heavy Chain Isoforms and Dynamic Contractile Properties: Skeletal Versus Smooth Muscle, Thomas J. Eddinger
Velocity, Force, Power, and Ca2+ Sensitivity of Fast and Slow Monkey Skeletal Muscle Fibers, Robert Fitts, Sue C. Bodine, Janell Romatowski, and Jeffrey J. Widrick
Position Effect Takes Precedence Over Target Sequence in Determination of Adenine Methylation Patterns in the Nuclear Genome of a Eukaryote, Tetrahymena thermophila, Kathleen M. Karrer and Teresa A. Van Nuland
Concerted Formation of Macromolecular Suppressor-mutator Transposition Complexes, Ramesh Raina, Michael Schläppi, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Adam Elhofy, and Nina V. Fedoroff
Disproportionate Loss of Thin Filaments in Human Soleus Muscle After 17-day Bed Rest, Danny A. Riley, James L. W. Bain, Joyce L. Thompson, Robert H. Fitts, Jeffrey J. Widrick, Scott W. Trappe, Todd A. Trappe, and David L. Costill
Force-velocity-power and Force-pCa Relationships of Human Soleus Fibers After 17 Days of Bed Rest, Jeffrey J. Widrick, Kris M. Norenberg, C. A. Blaser, M. Karhanek, Jennifer J. Sherwood, Scott W. Trappe, Todd A. Trappe, David L. Costill, and Robert H. Fitts
Submissions from 1997
Effect of Intermittent Weight Bearing on Soleus Fiber Force-velocity-power and Force-pCa Relationships, J. J. Bangart, Jeffrey J. Widrick, and Robert H. Fitts
Detection of Functional Nicotinic Receptors Blocked by α-Bungarotoxin on PC12 Cells and Dependence of Their Expression on Post-Translational Events, Edward M. Blumenthal, William G. Conroy, Suzanne J. Romano, Paul D. Kassner, and Darwin K. Berg
Compounds Exuded by Phaseolus vulgaris That Induce a Modification of Rhizobium etli Lipopolysaccharide, Dominik M. Duelli and K. Dale Noel
Myosin Isoform Heterogeneity in Single Smooth Muscle Cells, Thomas J. Eddinger and Daniel P. Meer
Smooth Muscle Heterogeneity: Does the Striated Muscle Model Apply?, Thomas J. Eddinger and Daniel P. Meer
αa-Adrenoceptor Activation Induces Rhythmic Contractile Activity in Carotid Arteries from Young, not Adult, Rats, Thomas J. Eddinger and Paul H. Ratz
Expression of the Thyroid Hormone Receptor Gene, erbAα, in B Lymphocytes: Alternative mRNA Processing is Independent of Differentiation but Correlates with Antisense RNA Levels, Michelle Laura Hastings, Christine Milcarek, Kathlee Martincic, Martha L. Peterson, and Stephen H. Munroe
Properties and Regulation of the MinK Potassium Channel Protein, Leonard K. Kaczmarek and Edward M. Blumenthal
Expression of Smooth Muscle Myosin Heavy Chains and Unloaded Shortening in Single Smooth Muscle Cells, Daniel P. Meer and Thomas Eddinger
Alternate Junctions and Microheterogeneity of Tlr1, a Developmentally Regulated DNA Rearrangement in Tetrahymena thermophila, Namrata S. Patil, Paula M. Hempen, Rupa A. Udani, and Kathleen M. Karrer
Peak Force and Maximal Shortening Velocity of Soleus Fibers after Non-Weight-bearing and Resistance Exercise, Jeffrey J. Widrick and Robert H. Fitts
Effect of 17 Days of Bed Rest on Peak Isometric Force and Unloaded Shortening Velocity of Human Soleus Fibers, Jeffrey J. Widrick, Janell Romatowski, James L. W. Bain, Scott W. Trappe, Todd A. Trappe, Joyce L. Thompson, David L. Costill, Danny A. Riley, and Robert H. Fitts
Contractile Properties of Rat, Rhesus Monkey, and Human Type I Muscle Fibers, Jeffrey J. Widrick, Janell Romatowski, M. Karhanek, and Robert H. Fitts
Submissions from 1996
Effects of Fatiguing Stimulation on Intracellular Na+ and K+ in Frog Skeletal Muscle, Edward Michael Balog and Robert H. Fitts
Lamprey Spinal Interneurons and Their Roles in Swimming Activity, James T. Buchanan
T-DNA Transfer in Meristematic Cells of Maize Provided with Intracellular Agrobacterium, Jesús Escudero, Gunther Neuhaus, Michael Schläppi, and Barbara Hohn
Muscle Fatigue: The Cellular Aspects, Robert H. Fitts
Effect of Intracellular and Extracellular Ion Changes on E–C Coupling and Skeletal Muscle Fatigue, Robert H. Fitts and Edward Michael Balog