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Burns, Chris Dr.
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- B.Sc., Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada, 1989.
- Ph.D., Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1996.
- Mechanisms controlling gene expression and virulence in Category B bioterrorism agents Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter jejuni
- Postdoctoctoral Fellow, Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Oxford & Imperial Cancer Research Fund Microbial Genetics Laboratory, Oxford, UK, 1996-2000
- Assistant Professor, Medical College of Georgia, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & Microbiology and Biodefense Program, Augusta, GA, 2001-2006
- Kim J-S, Li J, Barnes IHA, Baltzegar DA, Pajaniappan M, Cullen TW, Trent MS, Burns CM, Thompson SA. Role of Campylobacter jejuni Cj1461 DNA methyltransferase in regulating virulence characteristics. J. Bacteriol. (in press, doi:10.1128/JB.00765-08)
- Pajaniappan M, Hall JE, Cawthraw SA, Newell DG, Gaynor EC, Fields JA, Rathbun KM, Agee WA, Burns CM, Hall SJ, Kelly DJ, Thompson SA. A temperature-regulated Campylobacter jejuni gluconate dehydrogenase is involved in respiration-dependent energy conservation and chicken colonization. Mol Microbiol 2008; 68 (2):474-91.
- Chandran V, Poljak L, Vanzo NF, Leroy A, Miguel RN, Fernandez-Recio J, Parkinson J, Burns CM, Carpousis AJ, Luisi BF. Recognition and cooperation between the ATP-dependent RNA helicase RhlB and ribonuclease RNase E. J Mol Biol 2007; 367 (1):113-32.
- Sonnenfield JM, Burns CM, Higgins CF, Hinton JCD. The nucleoid-associated protein StpA binds curved DNA, has a greater DNA-binding affinity than H-NS and is present in significant levels in hns mutants. Biochimie. 83: 243-250, 2001.
- Dickson KS, Burns CM, Richardson JP. Determination of the free-energy change for repair of a DNA phosphodiester bond. J. Biol. Chem. 275: 15828-31, 2000.
- Burns CM, Nowatzke WL, Richardson JP. Activation of Rho-dependent transcription termination by NusG. Dependence on terminator location and acceleration of RNA release. J. Biol. Chem. 274: 5245-5251, 1999.
- Burns CM, Richardson LV, Richardson JP. Combinatorial effects of NusA and NusG on transcription elongation and Rho-dependent termination in Escherichia coli. J. Mol. Biol. 278: 307-316, 1998.
- Jordi BJAM, Fielder AE, Burns CM, Hinton JCD, Dover N, Ussery DW, Higgins CF. DNA binding is not sufficient for H-NS mediated repression of proU expression. J. Biol. Chem. 272: 12083-12090, 1997.
- Nowatzke WL, Burns CM, Richardson JP. Function of the novel subdomain in the RNA-binding domain of transcription termination factor Rho from Micrococcus luteus. J. Biol. Chem. 272: 2207-2211, 1997.
- Martinez A, Burns CM, Richardson JP. Residues in the RNP1-like sequence motif of Rho protein are involved in RNA-binding affinity and discrimination. J. Mol. Biol. 257: 909-918, 1996.
- Burns CM & Richardson JP. NusG is required to overcome a kinetic limitation to Rho function at an intragenic terminator. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92: 4738-4742, 1995.
- Burns CM, Chan HLB, Dubow MS. In vitro maturation and encapsidation of the DNA of transposable Mu-like phage D108. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87: 6092-6096, 1990.
- Indiana University, Cellular and Molecular Biology NRSA Pre-Doctoral Trainee 1989-1992.
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