individual publications

• academic article

  • The carboxyl-terminal end of Cox1 is required for feedback-assembly regulation of Cox1 synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria.  Journal of Biological Chemistry.  285:34382-34389. 2010
  • An improved method for introducing point mutations into the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene to facilitate studying the role of cytochrome b in the formation of reactive oxygen species. Meth. Enzymol. : 491-506..  Methods in Enzymology.  456:91-506. 2009
  • Translocation and assembly of mitochondrially coded Saccharomyces cerevisiae cytochrome c oxidase subunit Cox2 by Oxa1 and Yme1, in the absence of Cox18. 182: 519-528..  Genetics.  182:519-528. 2009
  • Dual functions of Mss51 couple synthesis of Cox1 to assembly of cytochrome c oxidase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria. .  Molecular Biology of the Cell.  20:4371-4380. 2009
  • Introduction of cytochrome b mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by a method that allows selection for both functional and nonfunctional cytochrome b proteins.  Biochim. Biophys. Acta.  1777:1147-1156. 2008
  • Translation initiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria: Functional interactions among mitochondrial ribosomal protein Rsm28p, initiation factor 2, methionyl-tRNA-formyltransferase, and novel protein Rmd9p.  Genetics.  175:1117-1126. 2007
  • Alteration of a novel dispensable mitochondrial ribosomal small subunit protein, Rsm28p, allows translation of defective COX2 mRNAs.  Eukaryotic Cell.  4:337-345. 2005
  • Interactions among COX1, COX2 and COX3 mRNA-specific translational activator proteins on the inner surface of the mitochondrial inner membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.  Molecular Biology of the Cell.  14:324-333. 2003
  • Pet111p, an inner membrane-bound translational activator that limits expression of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial gene COX2.  Journal of Biological Chemistry.  276:6392-6397. 2001
  • Analysis of microsatellite mutations in the mitochondrial DNA of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.  Proceedings at the National Academy of Science USA.  97:250-255. 2000
  • Expression of a recoded nuclear gene inserted into yeast mitochondrial DNA is limited by mRNA-specific translational activation.  Proceedings at the National Academy of Science USA.  93:5253-5257. 1996