Biology Publications

Dr. Braunhut
Dr. Graves
Dr. Bettencourt

Dr. Braunhut

  1. 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. 
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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. 
  6. 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.

Dr. Graves

  1. 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. 
  2. 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.
  3. 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. 
  4. 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.

Dr. Bettencourt

  1. 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.
  2. Richards, S., Y. Liu, B.R. Bettencourt et al. 2005. Comparative sequencing and analysis of Drosophila pseudoobscura.  Genome Research 15: 1-18.
  3. Kulathinal, R.J., B.R. Bettencourt, and D.L. Hartl. 2004. Compensated deleterious mutations in insect genomes. Science 306(5701):1553-1554.
  4. 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.
  5. 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. 
  6. 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.
  7. Misra, M., et al. 2002. Annotation of the Drosophila melanogaster euchromatic genome: A systematic review. Genome Biol. 3: 1-22. (one of 30 authors).
  8. 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. 
  9. 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. 
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.