Faculty Publications from 2007
“Carbachol Regulation of ERK and the Transcription Factor Elk-1 in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells, John M. Schmitt and Andrea Wagner
Three-Dimensional Kinematics of Hummingbird Flight, Bret W. Tobalske, Douglas R. Warrick, Christopher J. Clark, Donald R. Powers, Tyson L. Hendrick, Gabriel A. Hyder, and Andrew A. Biewener
The Aerodynamics of Hummingbird Flight, Douglas R. Warrick, Bret W. Tobalske, Donald R. Powers, and Michael H. Dickenson
Faculty Publications from 2006
Glucocorticoids Exacerbate Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Neuron-Specific Proopiomelanocortin-Deficient Mice, James L. Smart, VIrgine Tolle, and Malcolm J. Low
Central Dysregulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Neuron-Specific Proopiomelanocortin-Deficient Mice, James L. Smart, Virgine Tolle, Veronica Otero-Corchon, and Malcolm J. Low
Faculty Publications from 2005
Proopiomelanocortin Neurons in Nucleus Tractus Solitarius Are Activated by Visceral Afferents: Regulation by Cholecystokinin and Opioids, Suzanne M. Appleyard, Timothy W. Bailey, Mark W. Doyle, Young-Ho Jin, James L. Smart, Malcolm J. Low, and Michael C. Andresen
Electrochemical Detection of Nanoscale Phase Separation in Binary Self-Assembled Monolayers, R. Carlisle Chambers, Christina E. Inman, and James E. Hutchison
Identification of Neuronal Enhancers of the Proopiomelanocortin Gene by Transgenic Mouse Analysis and Phylogenetic Footprinting, Flavio S. J. de Souza, Andrea M. Santangelo, Viviana Bumaschny, Marıa Elena Avale, James L. Smart, Malcolm J. Low, and Marcelo Rubinstein
Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase Kinase/Calmodulin Kinase I Activity Gates Extracellular-Regulated Kinase-Dependent Long-Term Potentiation, John M. Schmitt, Eric S. Guire, Takeo Saneyoshi, and Thomas R. Soderling
Preservation of Eumelanin Hair Pigmentation in Proopiomelanocortin-Deficient Mice on a Nonagouti (a/a) Genetic Background, Andrzej Slominski, Przemyslaw M. Plonka, Alexander Pisarchik, James L. Smart, Virgine Tolle, Jacobo Wortsman, and Malcolm J. Low
Nocturnal Shift in the Antipredator Response to Predator-Diet Cues in Laboratory and Field Trials, Aaron M. Sullivan, Dale M. Madison, and John C. Maerz
Decline in Avoidance of Predator Chemical Cues: Habituation or Biorhythm Shift?, Aaron M. Sullivan, John C. Maerz, and Dale M. Madison
To Avoid or Not to Avoid? Factors Influencing the Discrimination or Predator Diet Cues by a Terrestrial Salamander, Aaron M. Sullivan, Amy L. Picard, and Dale M. Madison
Aerodynamics of the Hovering Hummingbird, Douglas R. Warrick, Bret W. Tobalske, and Donald R. Powers
Faculty Publications from 2004
Distributions of Z-DNA and Nuclear Factor I in Human Chromosome 22: A Model for Coupled Transcriptional Regulation, P. Christoph Champ, Sandor Maurice, Jeff Vargason, Tracy Camp, and P. Shing Ho
A Transgenic Marker for Newly Born Granule Cells in Dentate Gyrus, Linda S. Overstreet, Shane T. Hentges, Viviana F. Bumaschny, Flavio S.J. de Souza, James L. Smart, Andrea M. Santangelo, Malcolm J. Low, Gary L. Westbrook, and Marcelo Rubinstein
The Impact of Social Interactions on Torpor Use in Hummingbirds, Donald R. Powers
Calcium Activation of ERK Mediated by Calmodulin Kinase I, John M. Schmitt, Gary A. Wayman, Naohito Nozaki, and Thomas R. Soderling
Take-off Mechanics in Hummingbirds (Trochilidae), Bret W. Tobalske, Douglas L. Altshuler, and Donald R. Powers
Faculty Publications from 2003
Creating Monolayers and Thin Films of a Novel Bis(alkyl) Substituted Asymmetrical Polyoxotungstate, {[CH3(CH2)11Si]2OSiW11O39}42 Using the Langmuir–Blodgett Technique, R. Carlisle Chambers, Elizabeth J. Osburn Atkinson, David McAdams, Eric J. Hayden, and Davida Ankeny Brown
Effect of Sequence on the Conformation of DNA Holliday Junctions, Franklin A. Hays, Jeff Vargason, and P. Shing Ho
Central Serotonin and Melanocortin Pathways Regulating Energy Homeostasis, Lora K. Heisler, Michael A. Cowley, Toshiro Kishi, Laurence H. Tecott, Wei Fan, Malcolm J. Low, James L. Smart, Marcelo Rubinstein, Jeffrey B. Tatro, Jeffrey M. Zigman, Roger D. Cone, and Joel K. Elmquist
Hypothalamic Proopiomelanocortin Neurons Are Glucose Responsive and Express KATP Channels, Nurhadi Ibrahim, Martha A. Bosch, James L. Smart, Jian Qiu, Marcelo Rubinstein, Oline K. RØnnekleiv, Malcolm J. Low, and Martin J. Kelly
Are Hummingbirds Facultatively Ammonotelic? Nitrogen Excretion and Requirements as a Function of Body Size, Todd J. McWhorter, Donald R. Powers, and Carlos Martinez del Rio
Influence of Normal Daytime Fat Deposition on Laboratory Measurements of Torpor Use in Territorial versus Nonterritorial Hummingbirds, Donald R. Powers, A R. Brown, and J A. Van Hook
On Temporal Variation and Conflicting Selection Pressures: A Test of Theory Using Newts, Jason R. Rohr, Dale M. Madison, and Aaron M. Sullivan
Proopiomelanocortin Physiological Roles: Pituitary Versus Hypathalamic Functions, James L. Smart
Lack of Proopiomelanocortin Peptides Results in Obesity and Defective Adrenal Function but Normal Melanocyte Pigmentation in the Murine C57BL/6 Genetic Background, James L. Smart and Malcolm J. Low
Behavioural Responses by Red-Backed Salamanders to Conspecific and Heterospecific Cues, Aaron M. Sullivan, Dale M. Madison, and Jason R. Rohr
The Anorexigenic Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitor, C75, Is a Nonspecific Neuronal Activator, Kanji A. Takahashi, James L. Smart, Hongyan Liu, and Roger D. Cone
Size Selective Recognition of siRNA by an RNA Silencing Suppressor, Jeff Vargason, Gyorgy Szittya, Jozsef Burgyan, and Traci M. Tanaka Hall
Faculty Publications from 2002
Activation of Central Melanocortin Pathways by Fenfluramlne, Lora K. Heisler, Michael A. Cowley, Laurence H. Tecott, Wei Fan, Malcolm J. Low, James L. Smart, Marcelo Rubinstein, Jeffrey B. Tatro, Jacob N. Marcus, Henne Holstege, Charlotte E. Lee, Roger D. Cone, and Joel K. Elmquist
A Complex, Cross-Taxon, Chemical Releaser of Antipredator Behavior in Amphibians, Dale M. Madison, Aaron M. Sullivan, John C. Maerz, James H. McDarby, and Jason R. Rohr
Sex Differences and Seasonal Trade-Offs in Response to Injured and Non-Injured Conspecifics in Red-Spotted Newts, Notophthalmus viridescens, Jason R. Rohr, Dale M. Madison, and Aaron M. Sullivan
Ga and GBy Require Distinct Src-dependent Pathways to Activate Rap1 and Ras, John M. Schmitt and Philip J. S. Stork
PKA Phosphorylation of Src Mediates cAMP's Inhibition of Cell Growth via Rap1, John M. Schmitt and Philip J. S. Stork
Crosstalk between cAMP and MAP Kinase Signaling in the Regulation of Cell Proliferation, Philip J. S. Stork and John M. Schmitt
The Ontogeny of Chemically-Mediated Antipredator Behaviours in Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens): Responses to Injured and Non-Injured Conspecifics, Aaron M. Sullivan, Jason R. Rohr, and Dale M. Madison
The Effect of Cytosine Methylation on the Structure and Geometry of the Holliday Junction: The Structure of d(CCGGTACm5 CGG) at 1.5 Å Resolution, Jeff Vargason and P. Shing Ho
Faculty Publications from 2001
Intrinsically Bent DNA in the Promoter Regions of the Yeast GAL1–10 and GAL80 Genes, Ralph C. Bash, Jeff Vargason, P. Shing Ho, and D. Lohr
Leptin Activates Anorexigenic POMC Neurons through a Neural Network in the Arcuate Nucleus, Michael A. Cowley, James L. Smart, Marcelo Rubinstein, Marcelo G. Cerdan, Sabrina Diano, Tamas L. Horvath, Roger D. Cone, and Malcolm J. Low
Cyclic AMP-Mediated Inhibition of Cell Growth Requires the Small G Protein Rap1, John M. Schmitt and Philip J. S. Stork
Spontaneous and Induced Genetic Mutations of the POMC System, James L. Smart and Malcolm J. Low
A Crystallographic Map of the Transition from B-DNA to A-DNA, Jeff Vargason, Keith Henderson, and P. Shing Ho
Faculty Publications from 2000
CD28 and the Tyrosine Kinase Lck Stimulate Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activity in T Cells via Inhibition of the Small G Protein Rap1, Kendall D. Carey, Tara J. Dillon, John M. Schmitt, Allison M. Baird, Amy D. Holdorf, David B. Straus, Andrey S. Shaw, and Philip J. S. Stork
The Holliday Junction in an Inverted Repeat DNA Sequence: Sequence Effects on the Structure of Four-way Junctions, Brandt F. Eichman, Jeff Vargason, Blaine H.M. Mooers, and P. Shing Ho
Blue-Throated Hummingbird Song: A Pinnacle of Nonoscine Vocalizations, Millicent S. Ficken, Kathryn M. Rusch, Sandra J. Taylor, and Donald R. Powers
Interface Between Titanium Miniplate/Screw and Human Calvaria, Kun Hwang, John M. Schmitt, and Jeffrey O. Hollinger
B2-Adrenergic Receptor Activates Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinases (ERKs) via the Small G Protein Rap1 and the Serine/Threonine Kinase B-Raf, John M. Schmitt and Philip J. S. Stork
Does the Aquatic Salamander, Siren intermedia, Respond to Chemical Cues from Prey?, Aaron M. Sullivan, Paul W. Frese, and Alicia Mathis
The Extended and Eccentric E-DNA Structure Induced by Cytosine Methylation or Bromination, Jeff Vargason, Brandt F. Eichman, and P. Shing Ho
Faculty Publications from 1999
Ion Transport Processes of Crustacean Epithelial Cells, Gregory A. Ahearn, Jeff Duerr, Zhenpeng Zhuang, Richard J. Brown, Amy Aslamkhan, and Deirdre A. Killebrew
Bone Morphogenetic Proteins: An Update on Basic Biology and Clinical Relevance, John M. Schmitt, Kun Hwang, Shelley Winn, and Jeffrey O. Hollinger
Faculty Publications from 1998
Charged Beads Enhance Cutaneous Wound Healing in Rhesus Non-Human Primates, Elisa Burgess, Jeffrey Hollinger, Steven Bennett, John M. Schmitt, Dave Buck, Robert Shannon, Seong-Pill Joh, Jaghu Choi, Thomas Mustoe, Xuanhan Lin, Walter Skalla, Dave Connors, Chris Chrisoforou, and Elliott Gruskin
Phorbol Ester Activation of an NHE-Like Electroneutral Na+ /H+ Antiporter in Isolated E-Cells of Lobster (Homarus Americanus) Hepatopancreas, Jeff Duerr and Gregory A. Ahearn
Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 and Collagen for Bone Regeneration, Jeffrey O. Hollinger, John M. Schmitt, David C. Buck, Robert Shannon, Seong-Pil Joh, H Daniel Zegzula, and John Wozney
Radiomorphometry and Biomechanical Assessment of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 and Polymer in Rabbit Radius Ostectomy Model, Donna L. Wheeler, David L. Chamberland, John M. Schmitt, David C. Buck, John H. Brekke, Jeffrey O. Hollinger, S.-P. Joh, and K.-W. Suh
Faculty Publications from 1996
Characterization of a Basolateral Electroneutral Na+/H+ Antiporter in Atlantic Lobster (Homarus Americanus) Hepatopancreatic Epithelial Vesicles, Jeff Duerr and Gregory A. Ahearn
Faculty Publications from 1995
Ca2+ and Zn2+ are Transported by the Electrogenic 2Na+/1H+ Antiporter in Echinoderm Gastrointestinal Epithelium, Zhenpeng Zhuang, Jeff Duerr, and Gregory A. Ahearn
Faculty Publications from 1994
Role of the Invertebrate Electrogenic 2Na+/H+ Antiporter in Monovalent and Divalent Cation Transport, Gregory A. Ahearn, Jeff Duerr, and V. Pennington
Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of the Organic Conductor (BEDT-TTF)2Br2SeCN, Urs Geiser, H. Hau Wang, John A. Schlueter, Jack M. Williams, James L. Smart, Alan C. Cooper, S. Kalyan Kumar, Maria Caleca, James D. Dudek, K. Douglas Carlson, J. Ren, M. H. Whangbo, J. E. Schirber, and W. R. Bayless
Field Metabolic Rate and Food Consumption of Two Sympatric Hummingbird Species in Southeastern Arizona, Donald R. Powers and Timothy M. Conley
The Effect of Food Availability on Time and Energy Expenditures of Territorial and Non-Territorial Hummingbirds, Donald R. Powers and Todd McKee
Faculty Publications from 1993
An Analysis of pH Tolerance and Substrate Preference of Isolated Skeletal Muscle Mitochondria from Bufo marinus and Rana catesbeiana, Jeff Duerr and Stanley S. Hillman
Synthesis, Superconductivity and ESR Characterization of Rb3C60 Crystals, J. A. Schlueter, U. Welp, H. H. Wang, U. Geiser, J. M. Williams, M. J. Bauer, J. M. Cho, James L. Smart, and S. A. Taha
Fullerene Derivatives and Fullerene Superconductors, H. H. Wang, J. A. Schlueter, A. C. Cooper, J. L. Smart, M. E. Whitten, U. Geiser, K. D. Carlson, J. M. Williams, U. Welp, J. D. Dudek, and M. A. Caleca
Faculty Publications from 1992
Effect of Temperature and Humidity on Evaporative Water Loss in Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna), Donald R. Powers
Faculty Publications from 1991
Osmotic Effects on Mitochondria from Two Species of Amphibian, Bufo marinus and Rana catesbeiana, Jeff Duerr
Diurnal Variation in Mass, Metabolic Rate, and Respiratory Quotient in Anna's and Costa's Hummingbirds, Donald R. Powers
Faculty Publications from 1988
Field Metabolic Rate and Food Consumption by Free-Living Anna's Hummingbirds (Calypte Anna), Donald R. Powers and Kenneth A. Nagy
Faculty Publications from 1987
Effects of Variation in Food Quality on the Breeding Territoriality of the Male Anna's Hummindbird, Donald R. Powers