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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
by MORE Faculty and Students
(listed by institution)

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS

Campos LM, Dang H, Ng D, Yang Z, Martinez HL, Garcia-Garibay MA. Engineering reactions in crystalline solids: predicting photochemical decarbonylation from calculated thermochemical parameters. J Org Chem 2002;67:3749–54.

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES

Ishimaru RS, Leung K, Hong L, LaPolt PS. Inhibitory effects of nitric oxide on estrogen production and cAMP levels in rat granulosa cell cultures. J Endocrinol 2001;168:249–55.

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE

Cohen RW, Mahoney DA, Can HD. Possible regulation of feeding behavior in cockroach nymphs by the neurotransmitter octopamine. J Insect Behav 2002;15:37–50.

Yaspelkis III BB, Davis JR, Saberi M, Smith TL, Jazayeri R, Singh M, Fernandez V, Trevino B, Chinookoswong N, Wang J, Zhi QS, Levin N. Leptin administration improves skeletal muscle insulin responsiveness in dietinduced insulin-resistant rats. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2001;280:E130–42.

DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY

King MD, Ehrigh MF, Lindsay DS. Effects of recent methyl mercury exposure on acute toxoplasmosis on CBA/J mice. J Eukaryotic Microbiol 2001;199S–200S.

Ngutter LK, Kofler JM, McCollough CH, Vetter RJ. Update on patient radiation doses at a large tertiary care medical center. Health Phys 2001;81:530–5.

Richards GP, Watson MA. Immunochemiluminescent focus assays for the quantitation of hepatitis A virus and rotavirus in cell cultures. J Virol Methods 2001;94:69–80.

Stetten G, Tamburo R. Real-time threedimensional ultrasound methods for shape analysis and visualization. Methods 2001;25:221–30.

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Bogozi A, Lam O, He H, Li C, Tao NJ, Nagahara LA, Amlani I, Tsui R. Molecular adsorption onto metallic quantum wires. J Am Chem Soc 2001;123:4585–90.

Piatigorsky J, Norman B, Dishaw LJ, Kos L, Horwitz J, Steinbach PJ, Kozmik Z. J3-crystallin of the jellyfish lens: similarity to saposins. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 2001;98:12362–7.

Sierra-Montes JM, Freund AV, Ruiz LM, Szmulewicz MN, Rowold DJ, Herrera J. Multiple forms of U2 snRNA coexist in the silk moth Bombyx mori. Insect Mol Biol 2002;11:105–14.

MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL

Carrasco AJ, Dzeja PP, Alekseev AE, Pucar D, Zingman LV, Abraham MR, Hodgson D, Bienengraeber M, Puceat M, Janssen E, Wieringa B, Terzic A. Adenylate kinase phosphotransfer communicates cellular energetic signals to ATP-sensitive potassium channels. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 2001;98:7623–8.

NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY

Masthay MB, Sammeth DM, Helvenston MC, Buckman CB, Li W, Cde Baca MJ, Kofron J. The laser-induced blue state of bacteriorhodopsin: mechanistic and color regulatory roles of protein-protein interactions, protein-lipid interactions, and metal ions. J Amer Chem Soc 2002;124:3418–30.

PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO

McCollum AM, Ganko EW, Barrass PA, Rodriguez JM, McDonald JF. Evidence for the adaptive significance of an LTR retrotransposon sequence in a Drosophila heterochromatic gene. BMC Evol Biol 2002;2:5–11.

SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY

Chetty CS, Reddy GR, Suresh A, Desaiah D, Ali SF, Slikker WJ. Effects of manganese on inositol polyphosphate receptors and nitric oxide synthase activity in rat brain. Int J Toxicol 2001;20:275–80.

Chetty CS, Reddy GR,Murthy KS, Johnson J, Sajwan K, Desaiah D. Perinatal lead exposure alters the expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in rat brain. Int J Toxicol 2001;20:113–20.

Reddy GR, Suresh A,Murthy KS, Chetty CS. Lead neurotoxicity: heme oxygenase and nitric oxide synthase activities in developing rat brain. Neurotox Res 2002;4:33–9.

STILLMAN COLLEGE

Singh J. Gestational protein supplementation reduces developmental toxicity of carbon monoxide. Frontiers in Fetal Health 2001;3:120–2.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY

Amarasinghe GK, Zhou J, Miskimon M, Chancellor K, McDonald JA, Matthews AG, Miller RR, Rouse MD, Summers MF.
Stem-loop SL4 of the HIV-1 psi RNA packaging signal exhibits weak affinity for the nucleocapsid protein. Structural studies and implications for genome recognition. J Mol Biol 2001;314:961–70.

Frey DD, Narahari CR, Butler CD. General local-equilibrium chromatographic theory for eluents containing adsorbing buffers. AIChE J 2002;48:561–71.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL

Pereira M, Rybarczyk BJ, Odrljin T, Hocking DC, Sottile J, Simpson-Haidaris PJ. The incorporation of fibrinogen into extracellular matrix is dependent on active assembly of a fibronectin matrix. J Cell Sci 2002;115:609–17.

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