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UMBC Biological Sciences
departmental publications
2007

Zaman, S.M., L. Lindahl, and J.M. Zengel.   2007.  Novel mutations in ribosomal proteins L4 and L22 that confer erythromycin resistance in E. coli.  Mol. Microbiology, 66:1039-1050. [Abstract]

Harrington MJ, Hong E, Fasanmi O, Brewster R. (2007) Cadherin-mediated adhesion regulates posterior body formation. BMC Dev Biol. 7:130. [Abstract] [PDF]

Min Woo Lee, Hua Lu, Ho Won Jung, Jean T. Greenberg (2007) A key role for the Arabidopsis WIN3 protein in disease resistance triggered by Pseudomonas syringae that secrete AvrRpt2. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 20(10): 1192-1200. [Abstract]

T.-H. Chiou, L.M. Mathger, R.T. Hanlon, and T.W. Cronin. 2007.  Spectral and spatial  properties of polarized light reflections from the arms of squid  (Loligo pealeii) and cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis L.).  Journal of Experimental Biology  210:3624-3635. [Abstract]

Ogura T, Margolskee RF, Tallini YN, Shui B, Kotlikoff MI, Lin W.   
Immuno-localization of vesicular acetylcholine transporter in mouse taste cells and adjacent nerve fibers: indication of acetylcholine release. Cell Tissue Res. (2007) Oct;330(1):17-28. Epub 2007 Aug 18. [Abstract] [PDF]

Guarraia C, Norris L, Raman A, Farabaugh PJ. Saturation mutagenesis of a +1 programmed frameshift-inducing mRNA sequence derived from a yeast retrotransposon. RNA 2007 13:1940-1947. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mendelson TC, Imhoff VE, Venditti JJ. 2007. The accumulation of reproductive barriers during speciation: postmating barriers in two behaviorally isolated species of darters (Percidae: Etheostoma). Evolution 2007 Sep 25;. [Epub ahead of print] [Abstract]

Reynolds, R.M., Temiyasathit, S., Reedy, M.M., Ruedi, E.A., Drnevich, J.M., Leips, J. and Hughes, K.A. 2007. Age specificity of inbreeding load in Drosophila melanogaster and implications for the evolution of late-life mortality plateaus.  Genetics 177:587-595. [Abstract]

Lai, C.Q., Leips, J., Zou, W., Roberts, J.F., Wollenberg, K.R., Parnell, L.D., Zeng, Z.B., Ordovas, J.M., Mackay, T.F.C.  2007. Speed-mapping quantitative trait loci using microarrays.  Nature Methods 4:839-841.

Bunt, S.K., Yang, L., Sinha, P., Clements, V.K., Leips, J., Ostrand-Rosenberg, S.  2007.  Reduced inflammation in the tumor microenvironment delays the accumulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and limits tumor progression. Cancer Research 67:10019-10026.

Ligi, S.L. and Omland, K.  2007.  Contrasting breeding strategies of two sympatric orioles: first documentation of double brooding by Orchard Orioles.  Journal of Field Ornithology 78: 298-302. [Abstract]

Taliaferro DL, Farabaugh PJ. Testing constraints on rRNA bases that make nonsequence-specific contacts with the codon•anticodon complex in the ribosomal A site. RNA. 2007 13:1279-1286. [Abstract] [Text] [PDF]

Nickle B and Robinson PR.  (2007).  The opsins of the vertebrate retina: insights from structural, biochemical, and evolutionary studies.  Cell Mol. Life Sci. Epub ahead of print. [Abstract]

Peters, J.L., Zhuravlev, Y., Fefelov, I., Logie, A. and Omland, K. E.  2007.  Nuclear loci and coalescent methods support ancient hybridization as cause of mitochondrial paraphyly between gadwall and falcated duck (Anas spp.).  Evolution 61: 1992-2006. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kiere, L. M.,  Hofmann, C. M., Tracy, I. E., Cronin, T. W., Leips, J. W. and Omland, K. E.  2007.  Using color to define species boundaries: quantitative analysis in the Orchard Oriole complex supports the recognition of two species.  Condor 109: 692-697. [undergraduate 1st author] [Abstract] [PDF]

Duncan L, Nishii I, Harryman A, Buckley S, Howard A, Friedman NR, Miller SM. (2007) The VARL gene family and the evolutionary origins of the master cell-type regulatory gene, regA, in Volvox carteri. J. Mol. Evol. 65:1-11.
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De Luca, M. and J. Leips.  2007. Mapping genetic polymorphisms affecting natural variation in Drosophila longevity.  Methods in Molecular Biology 371:307-320.

Kann, M. G. (2007). "Protein interactions and disease: computational approaches to uncover the etiology of diseases." Brief Bioinform, 8(5):333-46. Epub 2007 Jul 16
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Kann, M. G., S. L. Sheetlin, Y. Park, et al. (2007). "The identification of complete domains within protein sequences using accurate E-values for semi-global alignment." Nucleic Acids Res 35(14): 4678-85. [Abstract] [Text] [PDF]

Kann, M. G., R. Jothi, P. F. Cherukuri, et al. (2007). "Predicting protein domain interactions from coevolution of conserved regions." Proteins 67(4): 811-20 [Abstract] [Text] [PDF]

Caruso, Steven M. and Sandoz, James. 2007. BIOINFORMATICS – Identification of Bacteria using rDNA Analysis. Pages 423-433, in Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, Volume 29 (Kari L. Clase, Editor). Proceedings of the 29th Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE), 433 pages.

Sinha P, Clements VK, Fulton AM, and Ostrand-Rosenberg S. Prostaglandin E2 Promotes Tumor Progression By Inducing Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cells. Cancer Rresearch  May 1st 2007; 67: 4507-13.
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Taliaferro D, Farabaugh PJ. An mRNA sequence derived from the yeast EST3 gene stimulates programmed +1 translational frameshifting. 2007 RNA 13:606-613. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kondo, B. and Omland, K. E.  2007.  Ancestral state reconstruction of migration: multistate analysis reveals rapid changes in New World orioles.  Auk 124: 410-419. [Abstract] [PDF]

Peters, J. L. and Omland, K. E.  2007.  Population structure and mitochondrial polyphyly in North American gadwalls (Anas strepera).  Auk 124: 444-462. [Abstract] [PDF]

Price, J. J., Friedman, N. R. and Omland, K. E. 2007. Song and plumage evolution in the New World orioles (Icterus) show similar lability and convergence in patterns.  Evolution 61: 850-863.  [COVER -- APRIL 2007 EVOLUTION] [Abstract] [PDF]

J.M. Douglas, T.W. Cronin, Tsyr-Huei Chiou, and Nathaniel J. Dominy.  2007. Light habitats and the role of polarized iridescence in the sensory ecology of Neotropical nymphalid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).  Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 788-799. [Abstract]

J.M. Jordão, T.W. Cronin, and R.F. Oliveira. 2007. Spectral sensitivity of four species of fiddler crabs (Uca pugnax, Uca pugilator, Uca vomeris and Uca tangeri) measured by in situ microspectrophotometry. Journal of Experimental Biology 210:447-453. [Abstract]

Hofmann, C. M., McGraw, K. J., Cronin, T. W. and Omland, K. E.  2007.  Melanin coloration in New World orioles I: carotenoid masking and pigment dichromatism in the Orchard Oriole complex.  Journal of Avian Biology 38: 163-171. [Abstract] [PDF]

Hofmann, C. M.,  Cronin, T. W. and Omland, K. E.  2007. Melanin coloration in New World orioles II: ancestral state reconstruction reveals lability in the use of carotenoids and phaeomelanins.  Journal of Avian Biology 38: 172-181. [Abstract] [PDF]

Sinha P, Snyder J, Kim E.Y, and Moudgil K.D. The major histocompatibility complex haplotypes dictate and the background genes fine-tune the dominant versus the cryptic response profile of a T cell determinant within a native antigen: relevance to disease susceptibility and vaccination. Scan J Immunol 2007; 65(2): 158-65. [Abstract] [Text] [PDF]

Lin, W., Margolskee, R.F.,  Donnert, G., Hell, D., and Restrepo, D (2007). Olfactory neurons expressing transient receptor potential channel M5 (TRPM5) are involved in sensing semiochemicals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 104(7):2471-6. [Abstract] [PDF]

Kramer EB, Farabaugh PJ. The frequency of translational misreading errors in E. coli is largely determined by tRNA competition. RNA 2007 13:87-96. [Abstract] [PDF]

Valdivia-Granada, W. A., M. G. Kann and J. Malaga (2007). "Transcriptional Interactions during smallpox infection and identification of early infection biomarkers." Pac Symp Biocomput.: 100-111. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ross, C.L.N., Patel, R.R., Mendelson, T.C., Ware, V.C. 2007. The structurally diverse ribosomal protein L23a of Drosophila melanogaster functions within yeast: Insight into the evolutionary history of the L23(a)/L25 ribosomal protein family within several insect lineages. Nucleic Acids Research 35:4503-4514.

Mullen, S.P., Mendelson, T.C., Schal, C., Shaw, K.L. 2007. Rapid evolution of cuticular hydrocarbons in a genus of acoustically diverse Hawaiian crickets (Gryllidae: Trigonidiinae: Laupala). Evolution 61:223-231.

Eisermann, K. and Omland, K. 2007.  Coloration anomaly of a male Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris).  Acta Zoológica Mexicana 23: 197-200.  [PDF]