The Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications Series is comprised of books and articles published by Marquette University's biological sciences faculty.
Submissions from 1995
Activities of Spinal Neurons during Brain Stem-dependent Fictive Swimming in Lamprey, James T. Buchanan and Stefan Kasicki
The Neuronal Network for Locomotion in the Lamprey Spinal Cord: Evidence for the Involvement of Commissural Interneurons, James T. Buchanan and David McPherson
Lipopolysaccharide Core Structures in Rhizobium etli and Mutants Deficient in O-Antigen, Russell W. Carlson, Bradley Reuhs, Tong-Bin Chen, U. Ramadas Bhat, and K. Dale Noel
The Influence of Glucose, Cumulus Cells, and Metabolic Coupling on ATP Levels and Meiotic Control in the Isolated Mouse Oocyte, Stephen M. Downs
Differential Regulation of Oocyte Maturation and Cumulus Expansion in the Mouse Oocyte– Cumulus Cell Complex by Site-Selective Analogs of Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate, Stephen M. Downs and Mary Hunzicker-Dunn
Epigenetic Regulation of the Maize Spm Transposon, Nina V. Fedoroff, Michael Schläppi, and Ramesh Raina
Modulation of Swimming in the Lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, by Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Drugs, Christopher Patrick Kemnitz, Todd R. Strauss, Daria M. Hosford, and James T. Buchanan
Effect of Hindlimb Unloading on Rat Soleus Fiber Force, Stiffness, and Calcium Sensitivity, Kerry S McDonald and Robert H. Fitts
Localization and Interaction of N-methyl-D-aspartate and Non-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptors of Lamprey Spinal Neurons, L. E. Moore, James T. Buchanan, and C. R. Murphey
Quantitative Analysis of Electrotonic Structure and Membrane Properties of NMDA-Activated Lamprey Spinal Neurons, C. R. Murphey, L. E. Moore, and James T. Buchanan
Nitrous Oxide: Mechanism of Its Antinociceptive Action, Raymond M. Quock and Linda K. Vaughn
Requirement for Rhizobial Production of 5-Aminoimidazole-4-Carboxamide Ribonucleotide (AICAR) for Infection of Bean, Mary Jo Rosovitz, Jeffrey D. Newman, and K. Dale Noel
Position Effect for Adenine Methylation in the Macronuclear DNA of Tetrahymena, Teresa A. Van Nuland, Elizabeth E. Capowski, and Kathleen M. Karrer
Arachidonic Acid as a Possible Negative Feedback Inhibitor of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors on Neurons, Sukumar Vijayaraghavan, Bo Huang, Edward M. Blumenthal, and Darwin K. Berg
Submissions from 1994
Role of Sarcolemma Action Potentials and Excitability in Muscle Fatigue, Edward Michael Balog, LaDora Vaughan Thompson, and Robert H. Fitts
The MinK Potassium Channel Exists in Functional and Nonfunctional Forms When Expressed in the Plasma Membrane of Xenopus Oocytes, Edward M. Blumenthal and Leonard K. Kaczmarek
Inhibition of Rhizobium etli Polysaccharide Mutants by Phaseolus vulgaris Root Compounds, Linda Eisenschenk, Ronald Diebold, Jeanett Perez-Lesher, Andrew Carlton Peterson, N. Kent Peters, and K. Dale Noel
Cellular Mechanisms of Muscle Fatigue, Robert H. Fitts
Force-velocity and Power Characteristics of Rat Soleus Muscle Fibers after Hindlimb Suspension, Kerry S. McDonald, C. A. Blaser, and Robert H. Fitts
Effects of Strychnine on Fictive Swimming in the Lamprey: Evidence for Glycinergic Inhibition, Discrepancies with Model Predictions, and Novel Modulatory Rhythms, David McPherson, James T. Buchanan, and Stefan Kasicki
Infection of Soybean and Pea Nodules by Rhizobium spp. Purine Auxotrophs in the Presence of 5-aminoimidazole-4-Carboxamide Riboside, Jeffrey D. Newman, Ronald J. Diebold, Bruce W. Schultz, and K. Dale Noel
Epigenetic Regulation of the Maize Spm Transposable Element: Novel Activation of a Methylated Promoter by TnpA, Michael Schläppi, Ramesh Raina, and Nina V. Fedoroff
Shortening Velocity and ATPase Activity of Rat Skeletal Muscle Fibers: Effects of Endurance Exercise Training, Jane Marie Schluter and Robert H. Fitts
A Small Family of Elements with Long Inverted Repeats is Located Near Sites of Developmentally Regulated DNA Rearrangement in Tetrahymena thermophila, John M. Wells, Jay Lee Edward Ellingson, Diana M. Catt, Patricia J. Berger, and Kathleen M. Karrer
Submissions from 1993
Inward Rectification of the MinK Potassium Channel, Edward M. Blumenthal and Leonard K. Kaczmarek
Electrophysiological Properties of Identified Classes of Lamprey Spinal Neurons, James T. Buchanan
Expression of Four Myosin Heavy Chain Isoforms with Development in Mouse Uterus, Thomas J. Eddinger and Jane A. Wolf
Two Distinct Gene Subfamilies Within the Family of Cysteine Protease Genes, Kathleen M. Karrer, Stacia L. Peiffer, and Michele E. DiTomas
Effect of Hindlimb Unweighting on Single Soleus Fiber Maximal Shortening Velocity and ATPase Activity, Kerry S. McDonald and Robert H. Fitts
The Effects of Neurotransmitters on the Integrative Properties of Spinal Neurons in the Lamprey, L. E. Moore and James T. Buchanan
The Presence of a Novel Type of Surface Polysaccharide in Rhizobium meliloti Requires a New Fatty Acid Synthase-like Gene Cluster Involved in Symbiotic Nodule Development, György Petrovics, Peter Putnoky, Bradley Reuhs, John Kim, Tina Thorp, K. Dale Noel, Russell W. Carlson, and Adam Kondorosi
TnpA Trans-activates Methylated Maize Suppressor-mutator Transposable Elements in Transgenic Tobacco, Michael Schläppi, David Smith, and Nina V. Fedoroff
T-DNA Transfer to Maize Cells: Histochemical Investigation of Beta-glucuronidase Activity in Maize Tissues, Wen-Hui Shen, Jesús Escudero, Michael Schläppi, Cynthia Ramos, Barbara Hohn, and Zdena Koukolíková-Nicola
Smooth Muscle Myosin Heavy Chains Combine to Form Three Native Myosin Isoforms, Allen E. Tsao and Thomas J. Eddinger
Submissions from 1992
Modulation by cAMP of a Slowly Activating Potassium Channel Expressed in Xenopus Oocytes, Edward M. Blumenthal and Leonard K. Kaczmarek
Structure and Regulation of the MinK Potassium Channel, Edward M. Blumenthal and Leonard K. Kaczmarek
Neural Network Simulations of Coupled Locomotor Oscillators in the Lamprey Spinal Cord, James T. Buchanan
Synaptic Potentials and Transfer Functions of Lamprey Spinal Neurons, James T. Buchanan, L. E. Moore, Russell Hill, P. Wallén, and Stan Grillner
Characterization of the RDC1 Gene Which Encodes the Canine Homolog of a Proposed Human VIP Receptor Expression Does Not Correlate with an Increase in VIP Binding Sites, Jonathan S. Cook, Dana Hance Wolsing, Jelveh Lameh, Christy A. Olson, Paul E. Correa, Wolfgang Sadee, Edward M. Blumenthal, and Jan S. Rosenbaum
Effect of Hindlimb Unweighting on Tissue Blood Flow in the Rat, Kerry S. McDonald, M. D. Delp, and Robert H. Fitts
Fatigability and Blood Flow in the Rat Gastrocnemius-Plantaris-Soleus after Hindlimb Suspension, Kerry S. McDonald, M. D. Delp, and Robert H. Fitts
Apamin Reduces the Late Afterhyperpolarization of Lamprey Spinal Neurons, with Little Effect on Fictive Swimming, Daniel P. Meer and James T. Buchanan
Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1 Catalyzes RNA.RNA Annealing, Stephen Munroe and Xiaofan Dong
Dissection of Nodule Development by Supplementation of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar phaseoli Purine Auxotrophs with 4-Aminoimidazole-5-Carboxamide Riboside, Jeffrey D. Newman, Bruce W. Schultz, and K. Dale Noel
Competence of Immature Maize Embryos for Agrobacterium-Mediated Gene Transfer, Michael Schläppi and Barbara Hohn
Rhizobium leguminosarum CFN42 Lipopolysaccharide Antigenic Changes Induced by Environmental Conditions, Hong Tao, Nicholas J. Brewin, and K. Dale Noel
Muscle Fatigue in Frog Semitendinosus: Role of Intracellular pH, LaDora Vaughan Thompson, Edward Michael Balog, and Robert H. Fitts
Muscle Fatigue in Frog Semitendinosus: Alterations in Contractile Function, LaDora Vaughan Thompson, Edward Michael Balog, Denise A. Riley, and Robert H. Fitts
Muscle Fatigue in the Frog Semitendinosus: Role of the High-energy Phosphates and Pi, LaDora Vaughan Thompson and Robert H. Fitts
Submissions from 1991
5-Hydroxytryptamine Depresses Reticulospinal Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials in Motoneurons of the Lamprey, James T. Buchanan and Stan Grillner
Developmental Changes in Actin and Myosin Heavy Chain Isoform Expression in Smooth Muscle, Thomas J. Eddinger and Richard A. Murphy
The Determinants of Skeletal Muscle Force and Power: Their Adaptability with Changes in Activity Pattern, Robert H. Fitts, Kerry S. McDonald, and Jane Marie Schluter
Submissions from 1990
Expression of Rhizobium leguminosarum CFN42 Genes for Lipopolysaccharide in Strains Derived from Different R. leguminosarum Soil Isolates, Benita Anne Brink, Jill Miller, Russell W. Carlson, and K. Dale Noel
Mapping of Complementation Groups Within a Rhizobium leguminosarum CFN42 Chromosomal Region Required for Lipopolysaccharide Synthesis, Joseph Richard Cava, Hong Tao, and K. Dale Noel
Constancy of Adenine Methylation in Tetrahymena Macronuclear DNA, Kathleen M. Karrer and Susan Stein-Gavens
Assessment of Chemokinetic Behavior of Inflammatory Lung Macrophages in a linear Under-agarose Assay, Debra Kay Newton-Nash, Peter J. Tonellato, M Swiersz, and Peter Abramoff
Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Tetrahymena thermophila, Laurie A. Stargell, Kathleen M. Karrer, and Martin A. Gorovsky
Inhibition of Plant Glycosidases by a D-Galacturonic Acid Analog, Michael K. Tong, Edward M. Blumenthal, and Bruce Ganem
Boll Weevil Testis-Specific cDNA, Patrick M. Trewitt, Larry J. Heilmann, and A. Krishna Kumaran
Location of gyrA on the Physical Map of the Escherichia coli Chromosome, Gene Webb, Kalpana Rohatgi, and James B. Courtright
Submissions from 1989
Identification of Excitatory Interneurons Contributing to Generation of Locomotion in Lamprey: Structure, Pharmacology, and Function, James T. Buchanan, Stan Grillner, Staffan Cullheim, and Mårten Risling
Molecular Analysis of N6-Methyladenine Patterns in Tetrahymena thermophila Nuclear DNA, Elizabeth E. Capowski, John M. Wells, Gail Singer Harrison, and Kathleen M. Karrer
The Structures of the Lipopolysaccharide Core Components from Rhizobium leguminosarum Biovar Phaseoli CE3 and Two of its Symbiotic Mutants, CE109 and CE309, Russell W. Carlson, Francisca Garci, K. Dale Noel, and Rawle Hollingsworth
Rhizobium leguminosarum CFN42 Genetic Regions Encoding Lipopolysaccharide Structures Essential for Complete Nodule Development on Bean Plants, Joseph Richard Cava, Pappi M. Elias, Debra A. Turowski, and K. Dale Noel
Rhizobium leguminosarum Exopolysaccharide Mutants: Biochemical and Genetic Analyses and Symbiotic Behavior on Three Hosts, Ronald Diebold and K. Dale Noel
Single Muscle Fiber Enzyme Shifts with Hindlimb Suspension and Immobilization, Robert H. Fitts, C. J. Brimmer, Anne Heywood-Cooksey, and R. J. Timmerman
Effect of Swim Exercise Training on Human Muscle Fiber Function, Robert H. Fitts, D. L. Costill, and P. R. Gardetto
Contractile Function of Single Muscle Fibers after Hindlimb Suspension, P. R. Gardetto, Jane Marie Schluter, and Robert H. Fitts
Expression of Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy and Light Chains in Smooth Muscle, Bruce D. Gaylinn, Thomas J. Eddinger, Paul A. Martino, Penny L. Monical, Donald F. Hunt, and Richard A. Murphy
Methylation of Replicating and Nonreplicating DNA in the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, Gail Singer Harrison and Kathleen M. Karrer
The Voltage Sensor of Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle. Ion Dependence and Selectivity, Gonzalo Pizarro, Robert H. Fitts, Ismael Uribe, and Eduardo Rios
Cloning of Tetrahymena Genomic Sequences Whose Message Abundance is Increased During Conjugation, Melissa B. Rogers and Kathleen M. Karrer
Effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine on the Afterhyperpolarization, Spike Frequency Regulation, and Oscillatory Membrane Properties in Lamprey Spinal Cord Neurons, P. Wallén, James T. Buchanan, Stan Grillner, R. H. Hill, J. Christenson, and T. Hökfelt
Submissions from 1988
Immunohistochemical Studies of Cholecystokininlike Peptides and Their Relation to 5-HT, CGRP, and Bombesin Immunoreactivities in the Brainstem and Spinal Cord of Lampreys, Lennart Brodin, James T. Buchanan, Tomas Hökfelt, Sten Grillner, Jens F. Rehfeld, Peter Frey, Albert A. J. Verhofstad, Graham J. Dockray, and John H. Walsh
Neural Control of Locomotion in Lower Vertebrates: From Behavior to Ionic Mechanisms, James T. Buchanan
A New Class of Small Inhibitory Interneurones in the Lamprey Spinal Cord, James T. Buchanan and Stan Grillner
Two Smooth Muscle Myosin Heavy Chains Differ in Their Light Meromyosin Fragment, Thomas J. Eddinger and Richard A. Murphy
Isolation of Auxotrophs and Analysis of Regulation of Tryptophan Biosynthesis in Zymomonas mobilis, Christina Kay Eddy, K. Dale Noel, and Oliver H. Smith
Cosmid Cloning of Five Zymomonas trp Genes by Complementation of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas putida trp Mutants, Christina Kay Eddy, Oliver H. Smith, and K. Dale Noel
Voltage Sensors of the Frog Skeletal Muscle Membrane Require Calcium to Function in Excitation-contraction Coupling, Robert H. Fitts, Gustavo Brum, Gonzalo Pizarro, and Eduardo Rios
Two-Dimensional DNA Gel Electrophoresis as a Method for Analysis of Eukaryotic Genome Structure: Evaluation Using Tetrahymena thermophila DNA, Piroska E. Hüvös, J. Aquiles Sanchez, Kate M. Kramer, Kathleen M. Karrer, and Lawrence J. Wangh
Transformation of Tetrahymena thermophila with Hypermethylated rRNA Genes, Kathleen M. Karrer and Meng-Chao Yao
Rhizobial Purine and Pyrimidine Auxotrophs: Nutrient Supplementation, Genetic Analysis, and the Symbiotic Requirement for the Novo Purine Biosynthesis, K. Dale Noel, Ronald Diebold, Joseph Richard Cava, and Benita Anne Brink
Submissions from 1987
Splenic Regulation of the Murine Pulmonary Lymph Node Response, Elizabeth M. Allen, Peter A. Abramoff, J. N. Fink, and Nickolas J. Calvanico
Survey of Neuropeptide-like Immunoreactivity in the Lamprey Spinal Cord, James T. Buchanan and Lennart Brodin
Reticulospinal Neurones Activate Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors, James T. Buchanan, Lennart Brodin, Nicholas Dale, and Stan Grillner
Newly Identified 'Glutamate Interneurons' and their Role in Locomotion in the Lamprey Spinal Cord, James T. Buchanan and Stan Grillner
Characterization of the Lipopolysaccharide from a Rhizobium phaseoli Mutant that is Defective in Infection Thread Development, Russell W. Carlson, Stanislaw Kalembasa, Debra A. Turowski, Pappi Pachori, and K. Dale Noel
Mechanical Properties of Skinned Single Fibers of Identified Types from Rat Diaphragm, Thomas J. Eddinger and Richard L. Moss
Transmitters, Membrane Properties and Network Circuitry in the Control of Locomotion in Lamprey, Stan Grillner, Peter Wallén, Nicholas Dale, Lennart Brodin, James T. Buchanan, and Russell H. Hill
Fatigue from High- and Low-frequency Muscle Stimulation: Contractile and Biochemical Alterations, Joseph Mark Metzger and Robert H. Fitts
Role of Intracellular pH in Muscle Fatigue, Joseph Mark Metzger and Robert H. Fitts
A Germ Line Specific DNA Sequence is Transcribed in Tetrahymena, Susan Stein-Gavens, John M. Wells, and Kathleen M. Karrer
Submissions from 1986
A Family of DNA Sequences is Reproducibly Rearranged in the Somatic Nucleus of Tetrahymena, Bernice A. Allitto and Kathleen M. Karrer
A Spinal Projection of 5-Hydroxytryptamine Neurons in the Lamprey Brainstem; Evidence from Combined Retrograde Tracing and Immunohistochemistry, Lennart Brodin, James T. Buchanan, T. Hökfelt, Stan Grillner, and A.A.J. Verhofstad
Transplants of Embryonic Brainstem Containing the Locus Coeruleus into Spinal Cord Enhance the Hindlimb Flexion Reflex in Adult Rats, James T. Buchanan and Howard O. Nornes
The Skinned Fiber Technique as a Potential Method for Study of Muscle as a Food, Thomas J. Eddinger
Mechanical and Histochemical Characterization of Skeletal Muscles from Senescent Rats, Thomas J. Eddinger, Robert G. Cassens, and Richard L. Moss
Models of Disuse: A Comparison of Hindlimb Suspension and Immobilization, Robert H. Fitts, Joseph Mark Metzger, Denise A. Riley, and B. R. Unsworth
Site-Specific Methylation of Adenine in the Nuclear Genome of a Eucaryote, Tetrahymena thermophila, Gail Singer Harrison, R. Craig Findly, and Kathleen M. Karrer