A collection of published articles from members of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Kennesaw State University.
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Submissions from 2023
Intracellular Zinc Trafficking during Crotalus atrox Venom Wound Development, Eric A. Albrecht, Jasmine D. Carter, Veronica Garbar, Abeeha Choudhary, and Scott A. Tomlins
Fungi as a source of eumelanin: current understanding and prospects, William Beeson, Kyle Gabriel, and Christopher Cornelison
Identification of novel anti-amoebic pharmacophores from kinase inhibitor chemotypes, Lori Ferrins, Melissa J. Buskes, Madison M. Kapteyn, Hannah N. Engels, Suzanne E. Enos, Chenyang Lu, Dana M. Klug, Baljinder Singh, Antonio Quotadamo, Kelly Bachovchin, Westley F. Tear, Andrew E. Spaulding, Katherine C. Forbes, Seema Bag, Mitch Rivers, Catherine LeBlanc, Erin Burchfield, Jeremy R. Armand, Rosario Diaz-Gonzalez, Gloria Ceballos-Perez, Raquel García-Hernández, Guiomar Pérez-Moreno, Cristina Bosch-Navarrete, Luis Miguel Ruiz-Pérez, Francisco Gamarro, Dolores González-Pacanowska, Miguel Navarro, Kojo Mensa-Wilmot, Michael P. Pollastri, Dennis E. Kyle, and Christopher A. Rice
Utilization of a cell-penetrating peptide-adaptor for delivery of human papillomavirus protein E2 into cervical cancer cells to arrest cell growth and promote cell death, Julia C. LeCher, Hope L. Didier, Robert L. Dickson, Lauren R. Slaughter, Juana C. Bejarano, Steven Ho, Scott J. Nowak, Carol A. Chrestensen, and Jonathan L. McMurry
Allelic variation in the indoleacetic acid-lysine synthase gene of the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas savastanoi and its role in auxin production, Adrián Pintado, Hilario Domínguez-Cerván, Victoria Pastor, Marissa Vincent, Soon Goo Lee, Víctor Flors, and Cayo Ramos
Chemical Optimization of CBL0137 for Human African Trypanosomiasis Lead Drug Discovery, Baljinder Singh, Amrita Sharma, Naresh Gunaganti, Mitch Rivers, Pradip K. Gadekar, Brady Greene, Michael Chichioco, Carlos E. Sanz-Rodriguez, Courtney Fu, Catherine LeBlanc, Erin Burchfield, Nyle Sharif, Benjamin Hoffman, Gaurav Kumar, Andrei Purmal, Kojo Mensa-Wilmot, and Michael P. Pollastri
Submissions from 2022
SARS-CoV-2 and Coronavirus Disease Mitigation: Treatment Options, Vaccinations and Variants, Almu’Atasim Khamees, Jamal Bani-Issa, Mazhar Salim Al Zoubi, and Christopher T. Cornelison
Interdisciplinary differences in hybrid courses: A study in biology & communication, Jennifer Louten and Laura Beth Daws
Roadway-associated culverts may serve as a transmission corridor for pseudogymnoascus destructans and white-nose syndrome in the coastal plains and coastal region of Georgia, USA, Kelly E. Lutsch, Ashley G. McDonald, Kyle T. Gabriel, and Christopher Cornelison
Bacteriophages Isolated From Turkeys Infecting Diverse Salmonella Serovars, Zhongjing Lu, John Marchant, Samantha Thompson, Henry Melgarejo, Dzhuliya Ignatova, Sandra Kopić, Rana Damaj, Hedy Trejo, Rodrigo Paramo, Ashley Reed, Fred Breidt, and Sophia Kathariou
Antifungal Potential of Azotobacter salinestris Strain Azt 31 against Phytopathogenic Fusarium spp. Associated with Cereals, Hanumanthu Nagaraja, Gurikar Chennappa, Nagaraj Deepa, and Premila N. Achar
Understanding the possible influence of Pumilio RNA binding proteins on terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus, M. J. Nishanth and Bindu Simon
Taking flight: An educational primer for use with "A novel mechanism for activation of myosin regulatory light chain by protein kinase C-delta in Drosophila", Scott J. Nowak and Krista C. Dobi
Physiologic Targets and Modes of Action for CBL0137, a Lead for Human African Trypanosomiasis Drug Development, Carlos E. Sanz-Rodriguez, Benjamin Hoffman, Paul J. Guyett, and Kojo Mensa-Wilmot
Metagenomics Next Generation Sequencing (mNGS): An Exciting Tool for Early and Accurate Diagnostic of Fungal Pathogens in Plants, Fatma Seyma Gökdemir, Özlem Darcansoy Iseri, Abhishek Sharma, Premila Achar, and Füsun Eyidogan
MAP kinases differentially bind and phosphorylate NOS3 via two unique NOS3 sites, Xzaviar K. Solone, Amber L. Caldara, Brady Wells, Hao Qiao, Lydia R. Wade, John C. Salerno, Katy A. Helms, Katherine E. Smith, Jonathan L. McMurry, and Carol A. Chrestensen
Submissions from 2021
Crotalus atrox venom-induced cellular toxicity: Early wound progression involves reactive oxygen species, Lindsay E. Brown, Giovanni Reyes, and Eric A. Albrecht
A real-time assay for cell-penetrating peptide-mediated delivery of molecular cargos, Schuyler B. Gentry, Scott J. Nowak, Xuelei Ni, Stephanie A. Hill, Lydia R. Wade, William R. Clark, Aidan P. Keelaghan, Daniel P. Morris, and Jonathan L. McMurry
Microbiopsy Sampling for Examining Age-Related Differences in Skeletal Muscle Fiber Morphology and Composition, Garrett Hester, Trisha VanDusseldorp, Phuong L. Ha, Kaveh Kiani, Alex A. Olmos, Melody Jabbari, Shania Kalladanthyil, SooBin An, Alyssa R. Bailly, Benjamin E. Dalton, and Anton Bryantsev
Akirin is Critical for Early tinman Induction and Subsequent Formation of the Heart in Drosophila melanogaster, Austin Howard, Hayley Milner, Madison Hupp, Courtney Willett, Kristina Palermino, and Scott J. Nowak
How Physiologic Targets Can Be Distinguished from Drug-Binding Proteins, Kojo Mensa-Wilmot
Current Perspectives of Biocontrol Agents for Management of Fusarium verticillioides and Its Fumonisin in Cereals-A Review, Deepa Nagraj, Premila Achar, and Marikunte Y. Sreenivasa
Casein kinase TbCK1.2 regulates division of kinetoplast DNA, and movement of basal bodies in the African trypanosome, Catherine Sullenberger, Benjamin Hoffman, Justin Wiedeman, Gaurav Kumar, and Kojo Mensa-Wilmot
NADPH Oxidases (NOX): An Overview from Discovery, Molecular Mechanisms to Physiology and Pathology, Annelise Vermot, Isabelle Petit-Härtlein, Susan M. Smith, and Franck Fieschi
Molecular Characterization of Ahp2, a Lytic Bacteriophage of, Jian-Bin Wang, Mei-Shiuan Yu, Tsai-Tien Tseng, and Ling-Chun Lin
Submissions from 2020
Investigation of the antifungal and anti-aflatoxigenic potential of plant-based essential oils against aspergillus flavus in peanuts, Premila Narayana Achar, Pham Quyen, Emmanuel C. Adukwu, Abhishek Sharma, Huggins Zephaniah Msimanga, Hanumanthu Nagaraja, and Marikunte Yanjarappa Sreenivasa
cnd-1/NeuroD1 functions with the homeobox gene ceh-5/Vax2 and hox gene ceh-13/labial to specify aspects of RME and DD neuron fate in caenorhabditis elegans, Wendy Aquino-Nunez, Zachery E. Mielko, Trae Dunn, Elise M. Santorella, Ciara Hosea, Lauren Leitner, Derrica McCalla, Claire Simms, Wendy M. Verola, Sharanya Vijaykumar, and Martin L. Hudson
Engineered high-affinity zinc binding site reveals gating configurations of a human proton channel, Vladimir V. Cherny, Boris Musset, Deri Morgan, Sarah Thomas, Susan M.E. Smith, and Thomas E. DeCoursey
ngn-1/neurogenin activates transcription of multiple terminal selector transcription factors in the caenorhabditis elegans nervous system, Elyse L. Christensen, Alexandra Beasley, Jessica Radchuk, Zachery E. Mielko, Elicia Preston, Sidney Stuckett, John I. Murray, and Martin L. Hudson
Improved Cardiac Contraction Imaging in Live Drosophila Embryos, Hayley Milner and Scott J. Nowak
Validation of methylene blue viability staining with the emerging pathogen Candida auris, Ryan A. Parker, Kyle T. Gabriel, Kayla Graham, and Christopher T. Cornelison
Interdomain Flexibility within NADPH Oxidase Suggested by SANS Using LMNG Stealth Carrier, Annelise Vermot, Isabelle Petit-Härtlein, Cécile Breyton, Aline Le Roy, Michel Thépaut, Corinne Vivès, Martine Moulin, Michael Härtlein, Sergei Grudinin, Susan M. Smith, Christine Ebel, Anne Martel, and Franck Fieschi
Submissions from 2019
Hydrophobic gasket mutation produces gating pore currents in closed human voltage-gated proton channels, Richard Banh, Vladimir V. Cherny, Sarah Thomas, and Susan M. E. Smith
Is the Hydrophobic Gasket a Secondary Selectivity Filter in the Human Voltage Gated Proton Channel HHV1?, Richard Banh, Kethika Kulleperuma, Sarah Thomas, and Susan M. E. Smith
Myogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster: Dissection of Distinct Muscle Types for Molecular Analysis, Anton L. Bryantsev, Lizzet Castillo, Sandy T. Oas, Maria B. Chechenova, Tracy E. Dohn, and TyAnna L. Lovato
Regulation of fiber-specific actin expression by the Drosophila SRF ortholog Blistered, Ashley A. DeAguero, Lizzet Castillo, Kaveh Kiani, and Anton L. Bryantsev
Lipolytic Activity and the Utilization of Fatty Acids Associated with Bat Sebum by Pseudogymnoascus destructans, Kyle T. Gabriel, John J. Neville, George E. Pierce, and Christopher T. Cornelison
Kinetic analysis of bacteriophage Sf6 binding to outer membrane protein a using whole virions, Natalia B. Hubbs, Mareena M. Whisby-Pitts, and Jonathan L. McMurry
Genistein Has Antiviral Activity against Herpes B Virus and Acts Synergistically with Antiviral Treatments to Reduce Effective Dose, Julia C. LeCher, Nga Diep, Peter W. Krug, and Julia K. Hilliard
Validation of methylene blue viability staining with the emerging pathogen Candida auris, Ryan A. Parker, Kyle T. Gabriel, Kayla Graham, and Chris T. Cornelison
D-Amphetamine Exposure Differentially Disrupts Signaling Across Ontogeny in the Zebrafish, Bradley J. Serpa, Jennifer D. Bullard, Victoria C. Mendiola, Crystal J. Smith, Brandon Stewart, and Lisa R. Ganser
Submissions from 2018
Histidine168 is crucial for ΔpH-dependent gating of the human voltage-gated proton channel, hHV1, Vladimir V. Cherny, Deri Morgan, Sarah Thomas, Susan M. E. Smith, and Thomas E. DeCoursey
Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils Against the Fungal Pathogens Ascosphaera apis and Pseudogymnoascus destructans, Kyle T. Gabriel, Leila Kartforosh, Sidney A. Crow Jr., and Christopher T. Cornelison
Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils Against the Fungal Pathogens Ascosphaera apis and Pseudogymnoascus destructans, Kyle T. Gabriel, Leila Kartforosh, Sidney A. Crow Jr., and Christopher T. Cornelison
Detection of antibiotic-producing Actinobacteria in the sediment and water of Ma’in thermal springs (Jordan), Emad I. Hussein, Jacob H. Jacob, Muhamad Ali K. Shakhatreh, and Christopher Cornelison
H 1 Proton Channels in Dinoflagellates: Not Just for Bioluminescence?, Gabriel Kigundu, Jennifer L. Cooper, and Susan M. Smith
Five Decades of Research on Mitochondrial NADH-quinone Oxidoreductase (complex I), Tomoko Ohnishi, S. Tsuyoshi Ohnishi, and John C. Salerno
SUMO Targeting of a Stress-tolerant Ulp1 SUMO Protease, Jennifer Peek, Catherine Harvey, Dreux Gray, Danny Rosenberg, Likhitha Kolla, Reuben Levy-Myers, Rui Yin, Oliver Kerscher, and Jonathan L. McMurry
Assessment of the non-lactic acid bacteria microbiota in fresh cucumbers and commercially fermented cucumber pickles brined with 6% NaCl, Ilenys M. Pérez-Díaz, Janet S. Hayes, Eduardo Medina, and Zhongjing Lu
Exotic Properties of a Voltage-gated Proton Channel from the Snail Helisoma trivolvis, Sarah Thomas, Vladimir V. Cherny, Deri Morgan, Liana R. Artinian, Vincent Rehder, Susan M. E. Smith, and Thomas E. DeCoursey
Identification of a Broad-Spectrum Peptidoglycan Hydrolase Associated with the Particle of Xanthomonas oryzae Phage Xop411, Shu-Fen Weng, Yung-Chieh Fu, Juey-Wen Lin, and Tsai-Tien Tseng
Submissions from 2017
Phytoextraction of contaminated urban soils by Panicum virgatum L. enhanced with application of a plant growth regulator (BAP) and citric acid, Matthew Aderholt, Dale L. Vogelien, Marina Koether, and Sigurdur Greipsson
Down-regulation of NOX2 activity in phagocytes mediated by ATM-kinase dependent phosphorylation, Sylvain Beaumel, Antoine Picciocchi, Franck Debeurme, Corinne Vivès, Anne-Marie Hesse, Myriam Ferro, Didier Grunwald, Heather Stieglitz, Pahk Thepchatri, Susan M. Smith, Franck Fieschi, and Marie José Stasia
Functional redundancy and nonredundancy between two Troponin C isoforms in adult muscles, Maria B. Chechenova, Sara Maes, Sandy T. Oas, Cloyce Nelson, Kaveh G. Kiani, Anton L. Bryantsev, and Richard M. Cripps
Exploring the microbial diversity in Jordanian hot springs by comparative metagenomic analysis, Emad I. Hussein, Jacob H. Jacob, Muhamad Ali Shakhatreh, Mutaz A. Abd Al-Razaq, Abdul-Salam F. Juhmani, and Christopher T. Cornelison
Microbial community analysis of the hypersaline water of the Dead Sea using high-throughput amplicon sequencing, Jacob H. Jacob, Emad I. Hussein, Muhamad Ali Shakhatreh, and Christopher T. Cornelison
Breaking in and Busting out: Cell-penetrating Peptides and the Endosomal Escape Problem, Julia C. LeCher, Scott J. Nowak, and Jonathan McMurry
Differential Toxicity and Venom Gland Gene Expression in Centruroides vittatus, Thomas C. McElroy, C. Neal McReynolds, Alyssa Gulledge, Kelci R. Knight, Whitney E. Smith, and Eric A. Albrecht
Insights into Electrosensory Organ Development, Physiology and Evolution from a Lateral ine-enriched Transcriptome, Melinda S. Modrell, Mike Lyne, Adrian R. Carr, and Harrold H. Zakon
A Versatile Cell-penetrating Peptide-adaptor System for Efficient Delivery of Molecular Cargos to Subcellular Destinations, Verra M. Ngwa, David S. Axford, Allison N. Healey, Scott J. Nowak, Carol A. Chrestensen, and Jonathan L. McMurry
Reassessment of the succession of lactic acid bacteria in commercial cucumber fermentations and physiological and genomic features associated with their dominance, I M. Pérez-Díaz, J Hayes, E Medina, K Anekella, K Daughtry, S Dieck, M Levi, R Price, N Butz, Z Lu, and M A. Azcarate-Peril
High-Quality Genome Sequence of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines Strain 12609 Isolated in Taiwan, Shu-Fen Weng, An-Chi Luo, Che-Jui Lin, and Tsai-Tien Tseng
Submissions from 2016
Localisation and Protein-protein Interactions of the Helicobacter pylori taxis sensor T1pD and Their Connection to Metabolic Functions, Wiebke Behrens, Tobias Schweinitzer, Jonathan L. McMurry, and Christine Josenhans
MicroRNAs Expressed during Viral Infection: Biomarker Potential and Therapeutic Considerations, Jennifer Louten, Michael Beach, Kristina Palermino, Maria Weeks, and Gabrielle Holenstein
Bioinformatics Resources for MicroRNA Discovery, Alyssa C. Moore, Jonathan S. Winkjer, and Tsai-Tien Tseng
The SH3 Domain of UNC-89 (obscurin) Interacts with Paramyosin, a Coiled-coil Protein, in Caenorhabditis Elegans Muscle, Hiroshi Qadota, Jonathan McMurry, Verra M. Ngwa, and Et al.
Virulence Factors of Aeromonas hydrophila: In the Wake of Reclassification, Cody R. Rasmussen-Ivey, Maria J. Figueras, Donald McGarey, and Mark R. Liles
EFN-4 Functions in LAD-2-mediated Axon Guidance in Caenorhabditis elegans, Alicia A. Schwieterman, Cory J. Donelson, Jonathan L. McMurry, and Martin L. Hudson
The Caenorhabditis elegans Ephrin EFN-4 Functions Non-cell Autonomously with Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans to Promote Axon Outgrowth and Branching, Alicia A. Schwieterman, Alyse N. Steves, Vivian Yee, Cory J. Donelson, Melissa R. Bentley, Elise M. Santorella, Taylor V. Mehlenbacher, Aaron Pital, Austin M. Howard, Melissa R. Wilson, Danielle E. Ereddia, Jonathan L. McMurry, and Martin L. Hudson
HoxD Expression in the Fin-fold Compartment of Basal Gnathostomes and Implications for Paired Appendage Evolution, Frank J. Tulenko, Gaius J. Augustus, James L. Massey, and Seth E. Sims
Antifungal activity of essential oils on Aspergillus parasiticus isolated from peanuts, Mina M. Yooussef, Quyen Pham, Premila Achar, and Marikunte Yanjarappa Sreenivasa
Submissions from 2015
Nox5 Stability and Superoxide Production is Regulated by C-terminal Binding of Hsp90 and CO-chaperones, Feng Chen, Steven Haigh, Yanfang Yu, and Susan M. E. Smith
Nox5 Stability and Superoxide Production is Regulated by C-terminal Binding of Hsp90 and CO-chaperones, Feng Cheng, Steven Haigh, Yanfang Yu, Tyler Benson, Yusi Wang, and Susan M.E. Smith
Tryptophan 207 is Crucial to the Unique Properties of the Human Voltage-gated Proton Channel, hHV1, Vladimir V. Cherny, Deri Morgan, Boris Musset, Gustavo Chaves, Susan M.E. Smith, and Thomas E. DeCoursey
Tryptophan 207 is Crucial to the Unique Properties of the Human Voltage-gated Proton Channel, hHV1, Vladimir V. Cherny, Deri Morgan, Boris Musset, and Susan M. E. Smith
A Cys-Gly-Cys Triad in the Dehydrogenase Region of Nox2 Plays a Key Role in the Interaction with p67phox, Iris Dahan, Susan M. E. Smith, and Edgar Pick
NOX2 As a Target for Drug Development: Indications, Possible Complications, and Progress, Becky A. Diebold, Susan M. E. Smith, Yang Li, and J. David Lambeth
Dosimetry of Acrylamide and Glycidamide Over the Lifespan in a 2-Year Bioassay of Acrylamide in Wistar Han Rats, Timothy R. Fennell, Rodney Snyder, Benjamin Hansen, and Marvin Friedman
A Synthetic Lethal Screen Identifies a Role for Lin-44/Wnt in C.elegans Embryogenesis, Samanth N. Hartin, Martin L. Hudson, Curtis Yingling, and Brian D. Ackley
Glutalytic Clinical Trial for Normal Consumptionof Gluten Containing Foods, Martin Hudson and Colin King
Thioxo-dihydroquinazolin-one Compounds as Novel Inhibitors of Myeloperoxidase, Yang Li, Thota Ganesh, Becky A. Diebold, Yerun Zhu, James W. McCoy, and Susan M.E. Smith
Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteriophage Φ241 isolated from an industrial cucumber fermentation at high acidity and salinity, Zhongjing Lu and Fred Breidt
Weak Interactions between Salmonella enterica FlhB and Other Flagellar Export Apparatus Proteins Govern Type III Secretion Dynamics, Jonathan L. McMurry, Tohru Minamino, Yukio Furukawa, and Joshua W. Francis
Making teeth to order: conserved genes reveal an ancient molecular pattern in paddlefish (Actinopterygii), Moya M. Smith, Zerina Johanson, Thomas Butts, Rolf Ericsson, Melinda Modrell, Frank Tulenko, Marcus C. Davis, and Gareth J. Fraser
Submissions from 2014
An Asian Origin of Virulent Aeromonas Hydrophila Responsible for Disease Epidemics in United States-Farmed Catfish, Mohammad J. Hossain, Dawei Sun, Donald J. McGarey, and Shannon Wrenn
Submissions from 2013
Characterization of Myxococcus xanthus MazF and Implications for a New Point of Regulation, Tye O. Boynton, Jonathan L. McMurry, and Lawrence J. Shimkets
The Deep Homology of the Autopod: Insights from Hox Gene Regulation, Marcus C. Davis
Distinct Phenotypes in Zebrafish Models of Human Startle Disease, Lisa R. Ganser, Qing Yan, Victoria M. James, Robert Kozol, Maya Topf, Robert J. Harvey, and Julia E. Dallman
Peregrination of the Selectivity Filter Delineates the Pore of the Human Voltage-Gated Proton Channel hHv1, Deri Morgan, Boris Musset, Kethika Kulleperuma, Susan M. E. Smith, Sindhu Rajan, Vladimir V. Cherny, Régis Pomès, and Thomas E. DeCoursey
Calmodulin Activates Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase by Enabling Transitions between Conformational States, John C. Salerno, Krishanu Ray, Thomas Poulos, Huiying Li, and Dipak K. Ghosh
Submissions from 2012
Comparative Studies on the Changes of Total Soluble Proteins and Protease Activity In Georgian Commercial Peanuts Contaminated by Aspergillus flavus, Premila Achar, Marikunte Yanjarappa Sreenivasa, and G. P. Giusso Del Galdo
Bacteriophage Ecology in a Commercial Cucumber Fermentation, Jean Lu, Ilenys M. Perez-Diaz, Janet S. Hayes, and Fred Bredit Jr.
Akirin Links Twist-Regulated Transcription with the Brahma Chromatin Remodeling Complex during Embryogenesis, Scott J. Nowak, Hitoshi Aihara, Katie Gonzalez, Yutaka Nibu, and Mary K. Baylies
Akirin: A Context-Dependent Link Between Transcription and Chromatin Remodeling, Scott J. Nowak and Mary K. Baylies
Submissions from 2011
Immediate Early Inflammatory Gene Responses of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells to Hemorraghic Venom, Eric A. Albrecht, Saravana M. Dhanasekaran, and Scott Tomlins
Rate, Affinity and Calcium Dependence of Nitric Oxide Synthase Isoform Binding to the Primary Physiological Regulator Calmodulin, Jonathan L. McMurry, Carol A. Chrestensen, Israel M. Scott, Elijah W. Lee, Aaron M. Rahn, Allan M. Johansen, Brian J. Forsberg, Kyle D. Harris, and John C. Salerno
Electrosensory Ampullary Organs are Derived from Lateral Line Placodes in Bony Fishes, Melissa S. Modrell, William E. Benis, R. Glenn Northcutt, Marcus C. Davis, and Clare V.H. Baker
Studies of Food Thickeners in Nigeria for Contamination by Aflatoxigenic Forms of Aspergillus and Their Detection by PCR, G. I. Okwu, Premila Achar, Michael J. Ikenebomeh, and S. Y. Sreenivasa
Submissions from 2010
Sequence Analysis of Leuconostoc Mesenteroides Bacteriophage Φ1-A4 Isolated from an Industrial Vegetable Fermentation, Jean Lu, Eric Altermann, Frederick Breidt, and Sergei Kozyavkin