Chemistry Publications


MarxDr. Marx

  1. Angelopoulos, A.P., K.A. Marx and K.S. Oh (2002). The Use of Aqueous Enzymatic Polymerizaiton of Amphiphilic Alkyl Tyrosine Derivatives as Environmentally Benign Coatings in the Microelectronics Industry. Polymer Interfaces and Thin Films. Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA 710:207-212.  
  2. Marx, K.A., T. Zhou, A. Montrone and S.J. Braunhut (2002) A quartz Crystal Microbalance Cell Biosensor: Detecting Nocodazole Dependent Microtuble Disruption Dynamics in Living Cells, Proceedings MRS: Advanced Biomaterials-Characterization, Tissue Engineering and Complexity, Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA., 711:125-132.  
  3. Marx, K.A., T. Zhou (2002) Comparative Study of electropolymerization versus Adsoprtion of tyrosine and the Decyl Ester of Tyrosine on Pt Electronds J. Electroanalytical Chem 521:53-60. 
  4. Zhou, T., K.A. Marx, M. Warren, H. Schulze and S.J. Braunhut (2002). Hydrophilic Modification of the Quartz Crystal Microbalance Gold Surface Improves Endothelial Cell Adhesion and Spreading, Biotechnology Progress. In Press.
  5. Minehan, D.S., K.A. Marx and S.K. Tripathy (2001) DNA Binding to Electropolymericed Polypyrrole: The Dependence on Film Characteristics. J. Macromolecular Science-Pure Applied Chem. A38, 1245-1258 (2001). 
  6. Long, D., Marx, K.A. and T. Zhou (2001) Amperometric Hydrogen Peroxide Sensor Electrodes Coated with Electropolymerized Tyrosine Derivative and Phenolic Films J. Electroanalytical Chemistry 501:107-113.  
  7. Marx, K.A. T. Zhou, H. Schulze 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, 16:733-782.
  8. Zhou, T., K.A. Marx, M. Warren, H. Schulze and S.J. Braunhut (2000). The Quartz Crystal Microbalance as a Continuous Monitoring Tool for the Study of Endothelial Cell Attachment and Growth, Biotechnology Progress, 16, 268-277.

McDonaldDr. McDonald

  1. Yamaguchi T, Y Yang, MJ McDonald, K Adachi. (2000) Surface and Interface b Chain Residues Synergistically Affect Hemoglobin Assembly. Biochem Biophys Res Com. 270:683-687.
  2. Chiu F, G Vasudevan, A Morris, MJ McDonald. (2000) Soret Spectroscopic and Molecular Graphic Analysis of Human Semi-b-Hemoglobin Formation. J. Protein Chem. 19:157-162. 
  3. Vasudevan G, MJ McDonald. (2000).Wavelength Dependent Spectral Changes Accompany CN-Hemin Binding to Human Apohemoglobin. J Protein Chem. 19:583-590. 
  4. Morris A, MJ McDonald. (2001). Carboxyl-terminal Modification Alters the Subunit Interactions and Assembly Pathways of Normal and Sickle Hemoglobins. J Protein Chem. 20:611-617. 
  5. Adachi K, Y Yang, AA Joshi, G Vasudevan, A Morris, MJ McDonald. (2001) Consequences of b16 and b112 Replacements on the Kinetics of Hemoglobin Assembly. Biochem Biophys Res Com. 289:75-79. 
  6. Jennings TM, MJ McDonald. (2002) Esterification of the Propionate Groups Promotes a/b Hemoglobin Chain Homogeneity of CN-Hemin Binding. Biochem Biophys Res Comm. 293:1354-1357.  
  7. Vasudevan G., MJ McDonald. (2002) Ordered Heme Binding Ensures The Assembly of Fully Functional Hemoglobin: A Hypothesis. Current Protein and Peptide Science. 3:461-466.