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

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Kavarana MJ, Trivedi D, Cai M, Ying J, Hammer M, Cabello C, Grieco P, Han G, Hruby VJ. Novel cyclic templates of alpha-MSH give highly selective and potent antagonists/agonists for human melanocortin-3/4 receptors. J Med Chem 2002;45:2644-50.

Quinones HI, List AF, Gerner EW. Selective exclusion by the polyamine transporter as a mechanism for differential radioprotection of amifostine derivatives. Clin Cancer Res 2002;8:1295-300.

Reed C, Sturbaum GD, Hoover PJ, Sterling CR. Cryptosporidium parvum mixed genotypes detected by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002;68:427-9.

Saengsirisuwan V, Perez FR, Kinnick TR, Henriksen EJ. Effects of exercise training and antioxidant R-ALA on glucose transport in insulin-sensitive rat skeletal muscle. J Appl Physiol 2002;92:50-8.

BARRY UNIVERSITY

Lee JM, Petrucelli L, Fisher G, Ramdath S, Castillo J, Di Fiore MM, D’Aniello A. Evidence for D-aspartyl-beta-amyloid secretase activity in human brain. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2002;61:125-31.

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Urizar NL, Liverman AB, Dodds DT, Silva FV, Ordentlich P, Yan Y, Gonzalez FJ, Heyman RA, Mangelsdorf DJ, Moore DD. A natural product that lowers cholesterol as an antagonist ligand for FXR. Science 2002;296:1703-6.

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE

Yaspelkis BB III, Saberi M, Singh MK, Trevino B, Smith TL. Chronic leptin treatment normalizes basal glucose transport in a fiber type-specific manner in high-fat-fed rats. Metabolism 2002;51:859-63.

Yaspelkis BB III, Singh MK, Trevino B, Krisan AD, Collins DE. Resistance training increases glucose uptake and transport in rat skeletal muscle. Acta Physiol Scand 2002;175:315-23.

CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY

Erhart MA, Lekgothoane S, Grenier J, Nadeau JH. Pattern of segmental recombination in the distal inversion of mouse t haplotypes. Mamm Genome 2002;13:438-44.

CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, YORK COLLEGE

Rockhill RL, Daly FJ, MacNeil MA, Brown SP, Masland RH. The diversity of ganglion cells in a mammalian retina. J Neurosci 2002;22:3831-43.

Rosenthal BS, Wilson WC. Relations of psychological distress with objective individual, family, and neighborhood characteristics of urban adolescents. Psychol Rep 2002;90:371-86.

UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Choudhary MA, Mazhar M, Ali S, Song X, Eng G. Synthesis, characterization, and biological activity of dimethyltin dicarboxylates containing geranium. Metal Based Drugs 2002;8:275-81.

Eng G, Desta D, Biba E, Song X, May L. Specification of some triorganotin compounds in sediments from the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers, Washington, DC, using Mössbauer spectroscopy. Appl Organomet Chem 2002;16:67-71.

Song X, Cahill C, Eng G. Crystal structure of triphenyltin 4-methoxybenzoate. Main Group Metal Chem 2002;25:177-8.

Song X, Cahill C, Eng G. The crystal structure of tricyclohexyltin N-n-butyl dithiocarbamate. Main Group Metal Chem 2002;25:13-4.

NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY

Sappington PL, Yang R, Yang H, Tracey KJ, Delude RL, Fink MP. HMGB1 B box increases the permeability of caco-2 enterocytic monolayers and impairs intestinal barrier function in mice. Gastroenterol 2002;123:790-802.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

Canman JC, Sharma N, Straight A, Shannon KB, Fang G, Salmon ED. Anaphase onset does not require the microtubule-dependent depletion of kinetochore and centromere-binding proteins. J Cell Sci 2002;115:3787-95.

Hammond L, Castanotto D, Rice SR, Nimgaonkar VL, Wirshing DA, Rossi JJ, Heston LL, Sobell JL. Alteration of branch site consensus sequence and enhanced pre-mRNA splicing of an NMDAR1 intron not associated with schizophrenia. Am J Med Genet 2002;114:631-6.

Shannon KB, Canman JC, Salmon ED. Mad2 and BubR1 function in a single checkpoint pathway that responds to a loss of tension. Mol Biol Cell 2002;13:3706-19.

Shannon KB, Salmon ED. Chromosome dynamics: new light on aurora B kinase function. Curr Biol 2002;12:R458-60.

Thompson JT, Kier WM. Ontogeny of squid mantle function: changes in the mechanics of escape-jet locomotion in the oval squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana lesson. Biol Bull 2002;203:14-26.

Wilkins HR, Ohneda K, Keku TO, D’Ercole AJ, Fuller CR, Williams KL, Lund PK. Reduction of spontaneous and irradiation-induced apoptosis in small intestine of IGF-I transgenic mice. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2002;283:G457-64.

Williams KL, Fuller CR, Fagin J, Lund PK. Mesenchymal IGF-I overexpression: paracrine effects in the intestine, distinct from endocrine actions. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2002;283:G875-85.

PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO

Hales NW, Yamauchi K, Alicea A, Sundaresan A, Pellis NR, Kulkarni AD. A countermeasure to ameliorate immune dysfunction in in vitro simulated microgravity environment: role of cellularnucleotide nutrition. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2002;38:213-7.

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY

Harris G, Doctor VM. The effect of 6-aminohexanoic acid and fucoidan on the activation of glutamic plasminogen by streptokinase. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis 2002;13:355-9.

UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, HUMACAO

Alegria AE, Cordones E, Santiago G, Marcano Y, Sanchez S, Gordaliza M, Martin-Martin ML. Reductive activation of terpenylnaphthoquinones. Toxicol 2002;175:167-75.

Montanez-Clemente I, Alvira E, Macias M, Ferrer A, Fonceca M, Rodriguez J, Gonzalez A, Barletta G. Enzyme activation in organic solvents: co-lyophilization of subtilisin Carlsberg with methyl-ß-cyclodextrin renders an enzyme catalyst more active than the cross-linked enzyme crystals. Biotechnol Bioeng 2002;78:53-9.

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, COLLEGE AT OLD WESTBURY

Hoyte RM, Zhang JX, Lerum R, Oluyemi A, Persaud P, O’Connor C, Labaree DC, Hochberg RB. Synthesis of halogen-substituted pyridyl and pyrimidyl derivatives of [3,2-c]pyrazolo corticosteroids: strategies for the development of glucocorticoid receptor mediated imaging agents. J Med Chem 2002;45:5397-405.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO

Mata NL, Radu RA, Clemmons RS, Travis GH. Isomerization and oxidation of vitamin A in cone-dominant retinas: a novel pathway for visual-pigment regeneration in daylight. Neuron 2002;36:69-80.

YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Dragon F, Gallagher JE, Compagnone-Post PA, Mitchell BM, Porwancher KA, Wehner KA, Wormsley S, Settlage RE, Shabanowitz J, Osheim Y, Beyer AL, Hunt DF, Baserga SJ. A large nucleolar U3 ribonucleoprotein required for 18S ribosomal RNA biogenesis. Nature 2002;417:967-70.

Wehner KA, Gallagher JE, Baserga SJ. Components of an interdependent unit within the SSU processome regulate and mediate its activity. Mol Cell Biol 2002;22:7258-67.

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