Biology Publications
Dr. Braunhut
Dr. Graves
Dr. Bettencourt
BraunhutDr. Braunhut
- Vorotnikova, K, Tries, M and S.J. Braunhut. 2003. Radiation induced apoptosis in capillary endothelial cells: Protection by retinoids and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMP). Journal of Radiation Research, in press.
- Zhou, T., Marx, KA, Warren M. Schulze, H., and S.J. Braunhut. 2003. Hydrophilic modification of the quartz crystal microbalance gold surface improves endothelial cell adhesion and spreading. Biotechnology Progress, in press.
- Marx, KA, Zhou, T., Montrone A. and S.J. Braunhut. 2002. A quartz crystal microbalance cell biosensor : Detecting nocodazole dependent microtubule disruption dynamics in living cells. Adv. Biomaterials 711: 125-132.
- Marx, KA, Zhou, T., Montrone A., Shultze, H. and S.J. Braunhut. 2001. A quartz crystal microbalance cell biosensor: detection of microtubule alterations in living cells at nM nocodazole concentrations. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 16: 773-782. Editors choice.
- Zhou, T., Marx, KA, Warren M. Schulze, H., and S.J. Braunhut. 2000. The quartz crystal microbalance as a continuous monitoring tool for the study of endothelial cell surface attachment and growth . Biotechnology Prog. 16: 268-277.
- Warren, M.C., Medeiros, D., Bump, E.A., S.J. Braunhut. 2000. Oxidative stress-induced apoptosis of endothelial cells: The role of matrix metalloproteinases. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 29: 537-547.
GravesDr. Graves
- Sun, L., Gurnon, J.R. G. Kutish, M.V. Graves, J.L. Van Etten. (2000) Characterization of a β-1,3-glucanase encoded by chlorella virus PBCV-1. Virology 276:27-36.
- Graves, M.V., C.T. Bernadt, R. Cerny, J.L. Van Etten. (2001). Molecular and genetic evidence for a virus-encoded glycosyltransferase involved in protein glycosylation. Virology, 285: 332-345.
- Van Etten, J.L., M.V.Graves, D.G. Mueller, W. Boland, N. Delaroque, (2002) Phycodnaviridae – Huge DNA Algal Viruses. Archives in Virology, 147:1479-1516.
- Nandhagopal, N, A. Simpson, J.R.Gurnon, X. Yan, T.S. Baker, M.V. Graves, J.L. Van Etten, M.G. Rossmann, (2002) The structure and evolution of the major capsid protein of a large, lipid-containing, DNA virus. PNAS-USA 99:14758-14763.
BettencourtDr. Bettencourt
- Lemos, B., B.R. Bettencourt, C.D. Meiklejohn, and D.L. Hartl. 2005. Evolution of proteins and gene expression levels are coupled in Drosophila and are independently associated with mRNA abundance, protein length, and number of protein-protein interactions. Mol. Biol. Evol. 22(5):1345-1354.
- Richards, S., Y. Liu, B.R. Bettencourt et al. 2005. Comparative sequencing and analysis of Drosophila pseudoobscura. Genome Research 15: 1-18.
- Kulathinal, R.J., B.R. Bettencourt, and D.L. Hartl. 2004. Compensated deleterious mutations in insect genomes. Science 306(5701):1553-1554.
- Lerman, D.N., P. Michalak, A.B. Helin, B.R. Bettencourt, and M.E. Feder. 2003. Modification of heat-shock gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster populations via transposable elements. Mol. Biol. Evol. 20: 135-144.
- Bettencourt, B.R., I. Kim, A.A. Hoffmann, and M.E. Feder. 2002. Response to natural and laboratory selection at the Drosophila hsp70 genes. Evolution 59: 1796-1801.
- Bettencourt, B.R., and M.E. Feder. 2002. Rapid concerted evolution via gene conversion at the Drosophila hsp70 genes. J. Molec. Evol. 54: 569-586.
- Misra, M., et al. 2002. Annotation of the Drosophila melanogaster euchromatic genome: A systematic review. Genome Biol. 3: 1-22. (one of 30 authors).
- Bettencourt, B.R., and M.E. Feder. 2001. Hsp70 duplication in the Drosophila melanogaster species group: how and when did two become five? Mol. Biol. Evol. 18: 1272-1282.
- Krebs, R.A., S.P. Roberts, B.R. Bettencourt, and M.E. Feder. 2001. Changes in thermotolerance and Hsp70 expression with domestication in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Evol. Biol 14: 75-82.
- Michalak, P., I. Minkov, A. Helin, D.N. Lerman, B.R. Bettencourt, M.E. Feder, A. Korol, and E. Nevo. 2001. Genetic evidence for adaptation-driven incipient speciation of Drosophila melanogaster along a microclimatic contrast in "Evolution Canyon," Israel. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 98(23): 13195-13200.
- Zatsepina, O.G., V.V. Velikodvorskaia, V. Molodtsov, B.R. Bettencourt, D.N. Lerman, M.E. Feder, and M.B. Evgenev. 2001. A Drosophila melanogaster strain from sub-equatorial Africa has exceptional thermotolerance but decreased Hsp70 expression. J. Exp. Biol. 204: 1869-1881.
- Bettencourt, B.R., M.E. Feder, and S. Cavicchi. 1999. Experimental evolution of Hsp70 expression and thermotolerance in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 53(2):484-492.
- Krebs,R.A., and B.R. Bettencourt. 1999. Heat shock protein variation and the evolution of thermotolerance in Drosophila. American Zoologist 39(6):910-919.