Biology Graduate Students' Publications, 2003-2005

Bai F, Watson JC, Walling J, Weeden N, Santner AA and DeMason D (2005) Molecular Characterization and Expression of PsPK2, a PINOID-Like Gene from Pea (Pisum sativum). Plant Sci. 168, 1281-1291.

Bard M, Sturm AM, Pierson CA, Brown S, Rogers KM, Nabinger S, Eckstein J, Barbuch R, Lees ND, Howell SA and Hazen KC (2005) Sterol Uptake in Candida glabrata: Resuce of Sterol Auxotrophic Mutants. Diagn. Microbiol. Infec. Dis. 52, 285-293.

Blazer-Yost BL and Nofziger C (2005) Phosphoinositide Lipid Second Messengers: New Paradigms for Transepithelial Signal Transduction. Pflugers Archiv. Eur. J. Physiol. 450, 75-82.

Blazer-Yost BL, West TA, Stack J, Peck K, Lahr TF and Gekle M (2005) Effect of the Mycotoxin, Ochratoxin A, on Hormone-Stimulated Ion Transport in a Cultured Cell Model of the Renal Principal Cell. Pflugers Arch. Eur. J. Physiol. 450, 53-60.

Hunter CS and Rhodes SJ (2005) LIM-Homeodomain Genes in Mammalian Development and Human Disease. Mol. Biol. Rep. 32, 67-77.

Johnson CD, Chary SN, Chernoff EA, Zeng Q, Running MP and Crowell DN (2005) Protein Geranylgeranyltransferase I is Involved in Specific Aspects of Abscisic Acid and Auxin Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. 139, 722-733.

Nofziger CL, Chen, Shane MA, Smith C, Brown K and Blazer-Yost BL (2005) PPARg Agonists do not Modulate Insulin-Stimulated Sodium Reabsorption in the A6, M1 or mpkCCDcl4 Renal Cell Lines. Pflugers Arch. Eur. J. Physiol. 451, 445-453.

Parker GE, West BE, Witzmann FA and Rhodes SJ (2005) Serine/Threonine/Tyrosine Phosphorylation of the LHX3 LIM-Homeodomain Transcription Factor. J. Cell. Biochem. 94, 67-80.

Stillwell W, Shaikh SR, Zerouga M, Siddiqui RA and Wassall SR (2005) Docosahexaenoic Acid Affects Cell Signaling by Altering Lipid Rafts. Reprod. Nutr. Dev. 45, 559-579.

West TA and Blazer-Yost BL (2005) Modulation of Basal and Peptide Hormone-Stimulated Na+ Transport by Membrane Cholesterol Content in the A6 Epithelial Cell Line. Cell. Physiol. Biochem. 16, 263-270.

Wassall SR, Shaikh SR, Brzustowicz MR, Cherezov V, Siddiqui RA, Caffrey M and Stillwell W (2005) Interaction of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids with Cholesterol: A Role in Lipid Raft Phase Separation. Talking About Colloids. Macromolecular Symposia, Vol. 219. (Eds. Danino D, Harries D, Wrenn SP) Wiley-VCH. pp. 73-84.  

Yaden BC, Savage JJ, Hunter CS and Rhodes SJ (2005). DNA Recognition Properties of the LHX3b LIM Homeodomain Transcription Factor. Mol. Biol. Rep. 32, 1-6.

Barker KS, Crisp S, Wiederhold N, Lewis RE, Bareither B, Eckstein J, Barbuch R, Bard M and Rogers PD (2004) Genome-wide Expression Profiling Reveals Genes Associated with Amphotericin B and Fluconazole Resistance in Experimentally Induced Antifungal Resistant Isolates of Candida albicans. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 54, 376-385.

Blazer-Yost BL and Nofziger C (2004) Phosphoinositide Lipid Second Messengers: New Paradigms fro Transepithelial Signal Transduction. Pflugers Archiv. Eur. J. Physiol. 450, 75-82.

Guy JC, Hunter CS, Showalter AD, Smith TPL, Charoonpatrapong K, Sloop KW, Bidwell JP and Rhodes SJ (2004) Conserved Amino Acid Sequences Confer Nuclear Localization Upon the Prophet of Pit-1 Pituitary Transcription Factor Protein. Gene 336, 263-273.

Roach C, Feller SE, Ward JA, Shaikh SR, Zerouga M and Stillwell W (2004) Comparison of cis-and trans-Fatty Acid-Containing Phosphatidylcholines on Membrane Properties. Biochemistry 43, 6344-6351.

Rogers KM, Pierson CA, Culbertson NT, Mo C, Sturm AM, Eckstein J, Barbuch R, Lees ND and Bard M (2004) Disruption of the Candida albicans CYB5 Gene Results in Increased Azole Sensitivity. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 48, 3825-2835.

Shaikh SR, Dumaual AC, Castillo A, LoCascio D, Siddiqui RA, Stillwell W and Wassall SR (2004) Oleic and Docosahexaenoic Acid Differentially Phase Separate from Lipid Raft Molecules: A Comparative NMR, DSC, AFM and Detergent Extraction Study. Biophys. J. 87, 1752-1766.

Showalter AD, Yaden BC, Chernoff EAG and Rhodes SJ (2004) Cloning and Analysis of Axolotl ISL2 and LHX2 LIM-Homeodomain Transcription Factors. Genesis 38, 110-121.

Siddiqui RA, Shaikh SR, Kovacs R, Ashour M, Haq S, Force T, Stillwell W and Zaloga GP (2004) Inhibition of Phenylephrine-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy by Docosahexaenoic Acid. J. Cell. Biochem. 92, 1141-1159.

Siddiqui RA, Shaikh SR, Sech LA, Yount HR, Stillwell W and Zaloga GP (2004) Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Health Benefits and Cellular Mechanisms of Action. Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, 4, 859-871.

Tran P, Savage JJ, Ingraham HA and Rhodes SJ (2004) Molecular Genetics of Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis Development. In: Pediatric Endocrinology: Mechanisms, Manifestations and Management. (Pescovitz OH, Eugster EA eds.), 63-79, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA.

Wassall SR, Caffrey M, Cherezov V, Brzustowicz MR, Shaikh SR and Stillwell W (2004) Order from Disorder. Corralling Cholesterol with Chaotic Lipids. The Role of Polyunsaturated Lipids in Membrane Raft Formation. Chem. Physics Lipids. 132, 79-88.

West BE, Parker GE, Savage JJ, Kiratipranon P, Toomey KS, Beach LR, Colvin SC, Sloop KW and Rhodes SJ (2004) Regulation of the Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Beta Gene by the LHX3 LIM-Homeodomain Transcription Factor. Endocrinology 145, 4866-4879.

Crowell DN, Packard CE, Pierson CA, Giner J-L, Downes BP and Chary SN (2003) Identification of an Allele of CLA1 Associated with Variegation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiol. Plant. 118, 29-37.

Katzer M and Stillwell W (2003) Partitioning of ABA into Bilayers of Di-Saturated Phosphatidylcholines as Measured by DSC: Site of Integration and Effect of Chain Length. Biophysical J. 84, 314-325.

Lucas ME, Ma Q, Cunningham D, Peters J, Cattanach B, Bard M, Elmore BK and Herman GE (2003) Identification of Two Novel Mutations in the Murine Nsdh1 Sterol Dehydrogenase Gene and Development of a Functional Complementation Assay in Yeast. Mol. Genet. Metabol. 80, 227-233.

Savage JJ, Yaden BC, Kiratipranon P and Rhodes SJ (2003) Transcriptional Control During Mammalian Anterior Pituitary Development. Gene 319, 1-19.

Shaikh SR, Cherezov V, Caffrey M, Stillwell W and Wassall SR (2003) Interaction of Cholesterol with a Docosahexaenoic Acid-Containing PE: Trigger for Microdomain/Raft Formation? Biochemistry. 42, 12028-12037.

Shaikh SR, Dumaual AC, LoCassio D, Siddiqui R and Stillwell W (2003) Acyl Chain Unsaturation in PEs Modulates Phase Separation from the Lipid Raft Molecules Sphingomyelin and Cholesterol. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 311, 793-796.

Walvoord EC, Sloop KW, Dwyer CJ, Rhodes SJ and Pescovitz OH (2003) Severe Short Stature and Endogenous Growth Hormone Resistance in Twin brothers without Growth Hormone Gene Mutations. Endocrine. 21, 289-295.

Werner SR, Lee PA, Schirtzinger LM, DeCamp MW, Crowell DN, Randall SK and Crowell PL (2003) Enhanced Cell Cycle Progression and Down Regulation of p21cip1/Waf1 by PRL Tyrosine Phosphatases. Cancer Letters. 202(2), 201-211.