Recent Publications

Biology Department

An W-J, Co-Reyes J, Shah VB, Wang W-N, Orf GS, Blankenship RE, Biswas P. 2012. Nano-biohybrid light-harvesting systems for solar energy applications. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 1445:1-6. Abstract & fulltext for subscribers [WU does not have online access] |Book info.

 

Baker CA, Kohashi T, Lyons-Warren AM, Ma X, Carlson BA. 2013. Multiplexed temporal coding of electric communication signals in mormyrid fishes. J Exp Biol 216(Pt 13):2365-79. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, freely available 6 months after publication.

 

Bandyopadhyay A, Elvitigala T, Liberton M, Pakrasi HB (2013) "Variations in the Rhythms of Respiration and Nitrogen Fixation in Members of the Unicellular Diazotrophic Cyanobacterial Genus CyanothecePlant Physiology Epub ahead of print, 2012DEC28.

 

Berla BM, Saha R, Immethun CM, Moon TS, Maranas CD, Pakrasi HB (2013) "Synthetic Biology of Cyanobacteria: Unique Challenges and Opportunities" Frontiers in Microbiology 4:246 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00246

 

Blank L, Sinai I, Bar-David S, Peleg N, Segev O, Sadeh A, Kopelman NM, Templeton AR, Merila J, Blaustein L. 2013. Genetic population structure of the endangered fire salamander (Salamandra infraimmaculata) at the southernmost extreme of its distribution. Animal Conservation 16(4):pages 412–421. Abstract & fulltext for subscribers.

 

Bloch G, Herzog ED, Levine JD, Schwartz WJ. 2013. Socially synchronized circadian oscillators. Proc Biol Sci ;280(1765):20130035. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, freely available 1 year after publication.

 

Buske P, Levin PA. 2013. A flexible C-terminal linker is required for proper FtsZ assembly in vitro and cytokinetic ring formation in vivo. Mol Microbiol 89(2):249-63. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers.

 

Chodok P, Eiamsa-Ard P, Cove DJ, Quatrano RS, Kaewsuwan S. 2013. Identification and functional characterization of two ?12-fatty acid desaturases associated with essential linoleic acid biosynthesis in Physcomitrella patens. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 40(8):901-13. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers.

 

Fishel EA, Dixit R. 2013. Role of nucleation in cortical microtubule array organization: variations on a theme. Plant J 75(2):270-7. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers; issue seems to be freely available.

 

Freeman GM Jr, Nakajima M, Ueda HR, Herzog ED. 2013. Picrotoxin dramatically speeds the mammalian circadian clock independent of Cys-loop receptors. J Neurophysiol 110(1):103-8. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, freely available 12 months after publication.

 

Hall DW, Fox S, Kuzdzal-Fick JJ, Strassmann JE, Queller DC. 2013. The Rate and Effects of Spontaneous Mutation on Fitness Traits in the Social Amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum. G3 (Bethesda) 3(7):1115-1127. PubMed abstract & open access fulltext.

 

Hill NS, Buske PJ, Shi Y, Levin PA. 2013. A Moonlighting Enzyme Links Escherichia coli Cell Size with Central Metabolism. PLoS Genet 9(7):e1003663. Open access fulltext.

 

Landry BP, Stockel J, Pakrasi HB (2013) "Use of degradation tags to control protein levels in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803" Appl Envinron Microbiol 79(8)2833-5.

 

Liu H, Chen J, Huang RYC, Weisz D, Gross ML, Pakrasi HB (2013) "Mass spectrometry-based footprinting reveals structural dynamics of loop E of the chlorophyll-binding protein CP43 during photosystem II assembly in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803" JBC doi:10.1074/jbc.M113.467613

 

Krishnakumar S, Gaudana SB, Viswanathan GA, Pakrasi HB, Wangikar PP. 2013. Rhythm of carbon and nitrogen fixation in unicellular cyanobacteria under turbulent and highly aerobic conditions. Biotechnol Bioeng 110(9):2371-9. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers.

 

Kronfeld-Schor N, Dominoni D, de la Iglesia H, Levy O, Herzog ED, Dayan T, Helfrich-Forster C. 2013. Chronobiology by moonlight. Proc Biol Sci 280(1765):20123088. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, freely available 1 year after publication.

 

Liberton M, Page LE, O'Dell WB, O'Neill H, Mamontov E, Urban VS, Pakrasi HB (2013) "Organization and flexibility of cyanobacterial thylakoid membranes examined by neutron scattering" J Biol Chem doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.416933.

 

Ma X, Kohashi T, Carlson BA. 2013. Extensive excitatory network interactions shape temporal processing of communication signals in a model sensory system. J Neurophysiol 110(2):456-69. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, freely available 1 year after publication.

 

Memon D, Singh AK, Pakrasi HB, Wangikar PP (2013) "A global analysis of adaptive evolution of operons in cyanobacteria" Antonie van Leeuwenhoek doi:10.1007/s10482-012-9813-0.

 

Musgrave WB, Yi H, Kline D, Cameron JC, Wignes J, Dey S, Pakrasi HB, Jez JM (2013) "Probing the origins of glutathione biosynthesis through biochemical analysis of glutamate-cysteine ligase and glutathione synthetase from a model photosynthetic prokaryote" Biochem J doi: 10.1042/BJ20121332.

 

Neuwald JL, Templeton AR. 2013. Genetic restoration in the eastern collared lizard under prescribed woodland burning. Mol Ecol 22(14):3666-3679. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers.

 

Sentmanat M, Wang SH, Elgin SCR. 2013. Targeting heterochromatin formation to transposable elements in Drosophila: Potential roles of the piRNA system. Biochemistry (Moscow) 78(6):562-571. Abstract & fulltext for subscribers.

 

Stockel J, Elvitigala T, Liberton M, Pakrasi HB (2013) "Carbon availability affects diurnally controlled processes and cell morphology of Cyanothece 51142" PLoS ONE 8(2):e56887.

 

Westfall CS, Muehler AM, Jez JM. 2013. Enzyme action in the regulation of plant hormone responses. J Biol Chem 288(27):19304-11. PubMed abstract & fulltext for subscribers, freely available 1 year after publication.