Volume 1, may
1998
*Please note: only papers with an * can be viewed from outside MIT*
*Letter
from the Editor · [.pdf]
*Message
from the Chairman
R E V I E W
Jane
Sohn · Thyroid Carcinoma
U R O
P R E S E A R C H P A P E R S
Dow-Chung
Chi · XREFDB: A Genome Cross-Referencing Database
Infrastructure for the Post-Genome World
Jung
Yoon Choi · The Role of 3MeA DNA Glycosylases on
Homologous Recombination in Eukaryotic Cells
Corinna
Cosmas · Analysis of Relative Expression Levels of
p53 Target Genes in G1 Arrested and Apoptotic Cells
Niti
Dube · Structural Variations of Two Isomorphic b-DNA
35 Deoxydodecamers: d(CGCAAGCTTGCG) and d(CGCGAATTCGCG)
Eric
Fynn Thompson · Müllerian Inhibiting Substance
Induces Apoptosis in a Rat Leydig Tumor Cell Line
Joel
Johnson · Novel Cold Sensitive Mutation Isolated
in Bacteriophage P22 Coat Protein
Felix
Lam · Studying Growth Restriction in Mammalian Development
with the p16 ink 4a Tumor Suppressor
Thomas
Perez · Apparent Suppression of the Temperature Sensitive
Phenotype of ldlE Mutants by the Neomycin Resistance Genes
Sunny
Shin · Synthesis and Initial Characterization of
Derivatives of a Cathepsin S Peptide Vinyl Sulfone Inhibitor
Deborah
Weinstein · Isolation and Characterization
of ORC4 Temperature Sensitive Alleles
Charles
Wykoff · Caveolin-1 Recombinant Expression Abrogates
Anchorage-Independent Growth of Transformed Cell Lines
P R O
J E C T L A B R E S E A R C H P A P
E R S
Irene
Kim · Transposon Isolation and Mutagenesis in Rhodococcus
Lindsay
Kong · Construction of a Bait Plasmid for Use in
a Yeast Two-Hybrid Interaction Screen Using Transcription Factors E2F1
and E2F3 as Target Genes
Wilson
Leong · Use of a Conditionally Lethal Gene, sacB,
from the Bacillus subtilis in Rhodococcus erythropolis SQ1
to Entrap Insertion Sequences
David
Nadell · Protein Interactions with CHS3 in Saccharomyces
cerevisiaee
Scott
Ribbich · Use of the Bacillus subtilis Structural
Gene sacB in Positive Selection of IS Elements in Rhodococcus erythropolis
Sarah
Shore · Examination of the Large Cryptic Plasmids
in Rhodococcus I24 and Rhodococcus B264-1 in an Attempt to Locate Genes
Involved in the Bioconversion of Indene, Naphthalene and Toluene
Eric
Strong · The Construction of a Bait for Use in a
Yeast Two-Hybrid System to Screen for Protein-Protein Interactions with
GlcNAc-TV
Yue
Zheng · Toward constructing a Rhodococcus Replicon:
The Making of pWDYZ, a Modified pTrc99A with a Trc-cI857 Construct
R E S
E A R C H P R O P O S A L S
* Carmen
Berg · Elucidating the Mechanism by Which
Protamine Negates Heparin's Antiproliferative Effect on Smooth Muscle Cells
Caroline
Chang · Effects of Synaptic Plasticity Blockade in
CA1 on Non-spatial Learning Behaviors
Amy
Ly · Proposal for Structure Function Studies of the
Bacteriophage Mu Protein MuB Carboxyl-terminus