Nucleic Acid Biochemistry
The following 7 faculty members are pursuing research related to this topic.
Haselkorn, Robert - ProfessorCellular differentiation in nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria; acetyl CoA carboxylase in plants and humans and parasites.
Pan, Tao - ProfessorRNA genomics, RNA epigenetics, RNA folding
Rice, Phoebe A - Associate ProfessorWe study mechanisms of DNA recombination and protein-DNA recognition, combining the tools of biochemistry and x-ray crystallography.
Rothman-Denes, Lucia B - ProfessorRNA polymerases structure and function; mechanisms of transcription regulation; host-viral interactions.
Sosnick, Tobin R - ProfessorProtein and RNA/ribozyme folding; biological structure and thermodynamics as basis for understanding function.
Staley, Jonathan P - Associate ProfessorPre-mRNA splicing: quality control, signal transduction, intron function and snRNA function. Approaches include genetics, genomics, cell biology and biochemistry in budding yeast.
Wool, Ira G - ProfessorStructure and function of eukaryotic ribosomes; RNA structures; RNA-protein interaction.