Below you may find selected research articles from Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences faculty in the Schmid College of Science and Technology.

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Submissions from 2004

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Rain Gauge Derived Precipitation Variability over Virginia and its Relation with the EL NINO Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Hesham el-Askary, S. Sarkar, L. Chiu, Tarek El-Ghawazi, and Menas Kafatos

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Mussels Pull Off Not Getting Pulled Off, Douglas S. Fudge

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Molecular Design of the α-keratin Composite: Insights from a Matrix-free Model, Hagfish Slime Threads, Douglas S. Fudge and John M. Gosline

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Muscarinic Agonist-Mediated Heterologous Desensitization in Isolated Ileum Requires Activation of Both Muscarinic M2 and M3 Receptors, Michael T. Griffin, Minoru Matsui, Darakhshanda Shehnaz, Khurram Z. Ansari, Makoto M. Taketo, Toshiya Manabe, and Frederick J. Ehlert

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Turning tRNA Upside Down: When Aminoacylation is Not a Prerequisite to Protein Synthesis, Michael Ibba and Christopher Francklyn

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Aminoacyl-tRNAs: Setting the Limits of the Genetic Code, Michael Ibba and Dieter Söll

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A Freestanding Proofreading Domain is Required for Protein Synthesis Quality Control in Archaea, Dragana Korencic, Ivan Ahel, James Schelert, Mike Sacher, Benfang Ruan, Constantinos Stathopoulos, Paul Blum, Michael Ibba, and Dieter Söll

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Divergence in Non-Cognate Amino Acid Recognition Between Class I and Class II Lysyl-tRNA Synthetases, Jeffrey D. Levengood, Sandro F. Ataide, Hervé Roy, and Michael Ibba

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Demographic Estimates from Y Chromosome Microsatellite Polymorphisms: Analysis of a Worldwide Sample, J. Michael Macpherson, Sohini Ramachandran, Lisa Diamond, and Marcus W. Feldman

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Post-Transfer Editing in vitro and in vivo by the Beta-subunit of Phenylalanyl-tRNA Synthetase, Hervé Roy, Jiqiang Ling, Michael Irnov, and Michael Ibba

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Methyl Bromide In Preindustrial Air: Measurements From an Antarctic Ice Core, Eric S. Saltzman, Murat Aydin, Warren J. De Bruyn, Daniel B. King, and Shari A. Yvon-Lewis

Submissions from 2003

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Trans-editing of Mischarged tRNAs, Ivan Ahel, Dragana Korencic, Michael Ibba, and Dieter Söll

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Near-Real-Time Measurement Of Sea-Salt Aerosol During the Seas Campaign: Comparison Of Emission-Based Sodium Detection With an Aerosol Volatility Technique, P. Campuzano-Jost, Catherine D. Clark, H. Maring, D. S. Covert, S. Howell, V. Kapustin, K. A. Clarke, E. S. Saltzman, and A. J. Hynes

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The Aqueous Phase Yield Of Alkyl Nitrates From Roo+No: Implications For Photochemical Production In Seawater, Elizabeth E. Dahl, Eric S. Saltzman, and Warren J. De Bruyn

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Diurnal Variation in the Basal Emission Rate of Isoprene, Jennifer L. Funk, Clive G. Jones, Christine J. Baker, Heather M. Fuller, Christian P. Giardina, and Manuel T. Lerdau

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Non-orthologous Replacement of Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase Prevents Addition of Lysine Analogs to the Genetic Code, Brian C. Jester, Jeffrey D. Levengood, Hervé Roy, Michael Ibba, and Kevin M. Devine

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Increased Relaxant Action of Forskolin and Isoproterenol against Muscarinic Agonist-Induced Contractions in Smooth Muscle from M2 Receptor Knockout Mice, Minoru Matsui, Michael T. Griffin, Darakhshanda Shehnaz, Makoto M. Taketo, and Frederick J. Ehlert

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Differentiation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato Strains Using Class I Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase Encoding Genes, Nina Mejlhede, Amanda Monthán, Michael Theisen, and Michael Ibba

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Activation of the Pyrrolysine Suppressor tRNA Requires Formation of a Ternary Complex with Class I and Class II Lysyl-tRNA Synthetases, Carla Polycarpo, Alexandre Ambrogelly, Benfang Ruan, Debra Tumbula-Hansen, Sandro F. Ataide, Ryuichiro Ishitani, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, Osamu Nureki, Michael Ibba, and Dieter Söll

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Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis in Archaea: Different but Not Unique, Mette Praetorius-Ibba and Michael Ibba

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Changing Slow Calcium-Activated Potassium Current Kinetics Influence Bursting Activity in a Model of Pyramidal Neurons, Keun-Hang Susan Yang, Piotr J. Franaszczuk, and Gregory K. Bergey

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The Influence of Slow Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels on Epileptiform Activity in a Neuronal Model of Pyramidal Cells, Keun-Hang Susan Yang, Piotr J. Franaszczuk, and Gregory K. Bergey

Submissions from 2002

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Functional Annotation of Class I Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase Phylogeny Indicates a Limited Role for Gene Transfer, Alexandre Ambrogelly, Dragana Korencic, and Michael Ibba

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Genetic Code: Introducing Pyrrolysine, Michael Ibba and Dieter Söll

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The Effect of Changes in the Inhibitory Interneuron Connectivity on the Pattern of Bursting Behavior in a Pyramidal Cell Model, Keun-Hang Susan Yang, Piotr J. Franaszczuk, and Gregory K. Bergey

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The Influences of GABAA and GABAB Inhibition in Bursting Activity in a Model of Pyramidal Cells, Keun-Hang Susan Yang, Piotr J. Franaszczuk, and Gregory K. Bergey

Submissions from 2001

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Acetylcholine-Induced Desensitization of Muscarinic Contractile Response in Guinea Pig Ileum Is Inhibited by Pertussis Toxin Treatment, Frederick J. Ehlert, Khurram Z. Ansari, Darakhshanda Shehnaz, Gregory W. Sawyer, and Michael T. Griffin

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A Test of Biochemical Symmorphosis in a Heterothermic Tissue: Bluefin Tuna White Muscle, Douglas S. Fudge, James S. Ballintyne, and E. Don Stevens

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The Renaissance of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis, Michael Ibba and Dieter Söll

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Protein Synthesis: Twenty Three Amino Acids and Counting, Michael Ibba, Constantinos Stathopoulos, and Dieter Söll

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Post-Transcriptional Modification in Archaeal tRNAs: Identities and Phylogenetic Relations of Nucleotides from Mesophilic and Hyperthermophilic Methanococcales, James A. McCloskey, David E. Graham, Shaolian Zhou, Pamela F. Crain, Michael Ibba, Jordan Konisky, Dieter Söll, and Gary J. Olsen

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Synaptic Connections on the Patterns of Bursting in A Neuronal Circuit Model, Keun-Hang Susan Yang, Piotr J. Franaszczuk, and Gregory K. Bergey

Submissions from 2000

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Context-Dependent Anticodon Recognition by Class I Lysyl-tRNA Synthetases, Dieter Söll, Hubert D. Becker, Pierre Plateau, Sylvain Blanquet, and Michael Ibba

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Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases, the Genetic Code, and the Evolutionary Process, Carl R. Woese, Gary J. Olsen, Michael Ibba, and Dieter Söll

Submissions from 1999

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A Simple Method for Estimation of Agonist Activity at Receptor Subtypes: Comparison of Native and Cloned M3 Muscarinic Receptors in Guinea Pig Ileum and Transfected Cells, Frederick J. Ehlert, Michael T. Griffin, Gregory W. Sawyer, and Regina Bailon

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Denmark Lacks Coherent Policy on Basic Research, Michael Ibba and Thomas Bentin

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Archaeal Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis: Unique Determinants of a Universal Genetic Code?, Michael Ibba, A. W. Curnow, J. Bono, P. A. Rosa, C. R. Woese, and D. Söll

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Substrate Recognition by Class I Lysyl-tRNA Synthetases: A Molecular Basis for Gene Displacement, Michael Ibba, Heather C. Losey, Yutaka Kawarabayasi, Hisasi Kikuchi, Shipra Bunjun, and Dieter Söll

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Transfer RNA Identity Contributes to Transition State Stabilization During Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis, Michael Ibba, Sanja Sever, Mette Praetorius-Ibba, and Dieter Söll

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tRNA Recognition and Evolution of Determinants in Seryl-tRNA Synthesis, Boris Lenhard, Omar Orellana, Michael Ibba, and Ivana Weygand-Durasevic

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Archaeal Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis: Diversity Replaces Dogma, Debra Tumbula, Ute C. Vothknecht, Hyun-soo Kim, Michael Ibba, Bokkee Min, Tong Li, Joanne Pelaschier, Constantinos Stathopoulos, Hubert D. Becker, and Dieter Söll

Submissions from 1998

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No Evidence for Homeoviscous Adaptation in a Heterothermic Tissue: Tuna Heat Exchangers, Douglas S. Fudge, E. Don Stevens, and James S. Ballantyne

Submissions from 1997

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Enzyme Adaptation Along a Heterothermic Tissue: The Visceral Heat Exchangers of the Bluefin Tuna, Douglas S. Fudge, E. Don Stevens, and James S. Ballantyne

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Paleoseismicity Of the North Branch Of the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone In Huntington Beach, California, From Cone Penetrometer Test Data, Lisa B. Grant, John T. Waggoner, Thomas K. Rockwell, and Carmen von Stein

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Archaeal-type Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase in the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, Michael Ibba, James L. Bono, Patricia A. Rosa, and Dieter Söll

Submissions from 1996

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tRNA-Dependent Asparagine Formation, Alan W. Curnow, Michael Ibba, and Dieter Söll

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The Visceral Retia Mirabilia of Tuna and Sharks: An Annotated Translation and Discussion of the Eschricht and Müller 1835 Paper and Related Papers, Douglas S. Fudge and E. Don Stevens

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Transfer RNA-Dependent Cognate Amino Acid Recognition by an Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase, K. W. Hong, Michael Ibba, I. Weygand-Durasevic, M. J. Rogers, H. U. Thomann, and D. Söll

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Glutaminyl-tRNA Synthetase: From Genetics to Molecular Recognition, Michael Ibba, Kwang-Won Hong, and Dieter Söll

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Interactions between Transfer RNA Identity Nucleotides and Their Recognition Sites in Glutaminyl-tRNA Synthetase Determine the Cognate Amino Acid Affinity of the Enzyme, Michael Ibba, K W. Hong, J M. Sherman, S Sever, and D Söll

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Protein-RNA Molecular Recognition, Michael Ibba and Dieter Söll

Submissions from 1995

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Relaxing the Substrate Specificity of an Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Allows in vitro and in vivo Synthesis of Proteins Containing Unnatural Amino Acids, Michael Ibba and Hauke Hennecke

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Increased Rates of tRNA Charging Through Modification of the Enzyme-Aminoacyl-Adenylate Complex of Phenylalanyl-tRNA Synthetase, Michael Ibba, Christopher M. Johnson, Hauke Hennecke, and Alan R. Fersht

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A Broadly Applicable Continuous Spectrophotometric Assay for Measuring Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Activity, Adrian J. Lloyd, Hans-Ulrich Thomann, Michael Ibba, and Dieter Soöll

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A Single Identified Interneuron Gates Tail-Shock Induced Inhibition in the Siphon Withdrawal Reflex of Aplysia, William G. Wright and T. J. Carew

Submissions from 1991

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A Cellular Analysis of Inhibition in the Siphon Withdrawal Reflex of Aplysia, William G. Wright, E. A. Marcus, and T. J. Carew

Submissions from 1985

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Patterns of Sex Change of the Protandric Patellacean Limpet Lottia gigantea (Mollusca: Gastropoda), David R. Lindberg and William G. Wright

Submissions from 1981

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Collastoma-Kozloffi Sp-N, a Neorhabdocoel Turbellarian From the Intestine Of the Sipunculan Themiste-Dyscrita, Clinton A. Westervelt