- "Transcriptome changes in culex quinquefasciatus salivary glands during West Nile virus infection"
Girard YA, Mayhew GF, Fuchs JF, Li HR, et al., Journal of Medical Entomology 47(3): 421-435 May 2010. Results from the study suggest that WNV infection influences transcriptional changes in an invertebrate host target tissue that may confer an advantage to the replicating virus, induce a host defense response, and alter the composition of vector saliva.
- "Purification and N-Glycosylation Analysis of Melanoma Antigen Dopachrome Tautomerase"
Vavricka CJ, Ray KW, Christensen BM, et al., Protein Journal 29 (3): 204-212 Apr 2010. Our success in the expression of soluble mammalian DCT and the characterization of N-glycosylation sites is a useful reference toward the comprehensive understanding of the structure/function relationship of mammalian DCT.
- "Mosquito transcriptome changes and filarial worm susceptibility in armigeres subalbatus"
Aliota MT, Fuchs JF, Rocheleau TA, et al., American Journal of Tripical Medicine and Hygiene 81 (5): 66-66 Supplement S Nov 2009. Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Tropical Medicine
- "Crystal structure and substrate specificity of Drosophila 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine Decarboxylase"
Han Q, Ding HZ, Robinson H, Christensen BM, Li JY, PLOS One 5(1): e8826 Jan 2010. The crystal structure of Drosophila DDC and the site-directed mutagenesis study of the enzyme demonstrate that T82 is involved in substrate binding and that H192 is used not only for substrate interaction, but for cofactor binding of drDDC as well.
- "Use of microarray hybridization to identify Brugia genes involved in mosquito infectivity"
McDermott, CM; Christensen, BM; Michalski, ML et al. PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH 106 (1): 227-235 DEC 2009. Brugia malayi and Brugia pahangi microfilariae (mf) require a maturation period of at least 5 days in the mammalian host to successfully infect laboratory mosquitoes. This maturation process coincides with changes in the surface composition of mf that likely are associated with changes in gene expression.