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Wilson, David B.
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- agricultural biotechnology
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- David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF) Faculty Fellow
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- Production of cellulase in plants for conversion of biomass to sugar for bioenergy
- Production of cellulase in plants for conversion of biomass to sugar for bioenergy
- The Northeast Sun Grant Initiative
- The Northeast Sun Grant Initiative
- The structure, function and practical applications of plant cell walls
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- Cellulase Processivity. Methods Mol Biol.. 908:93-99. 2012
- Determination of the molecular states of the processive endocellulase Thermobifida fusca Cel9A during crystalline cellulose depolymerization.. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 109:295-299. 2012
- Paradigmatic status of an endo- and exoglucanase and its effect on crystalline cellulose degradation.. Biotechnol Biofuels. 5:78. 2012
- Processive and nonprocessive cellulases for biofuel production-lessons from bacterial genomes and structural analysis. . Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 93:497-502. 2012
- Synergistic interactions in cellulose hydrolysis . Biofuels. 3:61-70. 2012
- Determination of the catalytic base in family 48 glycosyl hydrolases.. Applied Environmental Microbiology. 77:6274-6. 2011
- Microbial diversity of cellulose hydrolysis.. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 14:259-263. 2011
- Cellulase-xylanase synergy in designer cellulosomes for enhanced degradation of a complex cellulosic substrate.. MBio. 1. 2010
- Contribution of a xylan-binding module to the degradation of a complex cellulosic substrate by designer cellulosomes.. Applied Environmental Microbiology. 76:3787-3796. 2010
- Demonstration of the importance for cellulose hydrolysis of CelS, the most abundant cellulosomal cellulase in Clostridium thermocellum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107:17855-6. 2010
- Enhanced cellulose degradation by nano-complexed enzymes: Synergism between a scaffold-linked exoglucanase and a free endoglucanase.. Journal of Biotechnology. 147:205-11. 2010
- Thermobifida fusca exoglucanase Cel6B is incompatible with the cellulosomal mode in contrast to endoglucanase Cel6A. Systematic & Synthetic Biology. 4:193-201. 2010
- Cell Cycle Progression in Escherichia coli B/r Affects Transcription of Certain Genes: Implications for Synthetic Genome Design. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 102:902-909. 2009
- Cellulases and biofuels. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 20:295-9. 2009
- Effect of linker length and dockerin position on conversion of a Thermobifida fusca endoglucanase to the cellulosomal mode. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75:7335-42. 2009
- Processivity, synergism, and substrate specificity of Thermobifida fusca Cel6B. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75:6655-61. 2009
- Site-directed mutagenesis to probe catalysis by a Thermobifida fusca beta-1,3-glucanase (Lam81A). Protein Eng Des Sel. 22:375-82. 2009
- The absence of a single identifiable catalytic base residue in Thermobifida fusca exocellulase Cel6B. FEBS Journal. 276:3837-45. 2009
- The first evidence that a single cellulase can be essential for cellulose degradation in a cellulolytic microorganism. Molecular Microbiology. 74:1287-1288. 2009
- Chitin binding by Thermobifida fusca cellulase catalytic domains. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 100:644-52. 2008
- A Tomato Endo-beta-1,4-glucanase, SlCel9C1, Represents a Distinct Subclass with a New Family of Carbohydrate Binding Modules (CBM49). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282:12066-12074. 2007
- A comparison of nLC-ESI-MS/MS and nLC-MALDI-MS/MS for GeLC-based protein identification and iTRAQ-based shotgun quantitative proteomics. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques. 18:226-37. 2007
- Characterization of a family 45 glycosyl hydrolase from Fibrobacter succinogenes S85. Anaerobe. 13:83-8. 2007
- Effect of digestion by pure cellulases on crystallinity and average chain length for bacterial and microcrystalline celluloses. Cellulose. 14:283-293. 2007
- Expression of thermostable microbial cellulases in the chloroplasts of nicotine-free tobacco. Journal of Bacteriology. 131:362-369. 2007
- Genome sequence and analysis of the soil cellulolytic actinomycete Thermobifida fusca YX. Journal of Bacteriology. 189:2477-86. 2007
- Genome sequence of the cellulolytic gliding bacterium Cytophaga hutchinsonii. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73:3536-46. 2007
- Molecular cloning, characterization, and expression studies of water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) somatotropin. Biochemistry (Mosc). 72:162-169. 2007
- Multiple display of catalytic modules on a protein scaffold: nano-fabrication of enzyme particles. Journal of Biotechnology. 131:433-9. 2007
- Processivity, substrate binding, and mechanism of cellulose hydrolysis by Thermobifida fusca Cel9A. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73:3165-72. 2007
- Proteomic and transcriptomic analysis of extracellular proteins and mRNA levels in Thermobifida fusca grown on cellobiose and glucose. Journal of Bacteriology. 189:6260-5. 2007
- Characterization of a Thermobifida fusca beta-1,3-glucanase (Lam81A) with a potential role in plant biomass degradation. Biochemistry. 45:14094-14100. 2006
- Effect of Cellulase Mole Fraction and Cellulose Recalcitrance on Synergism in Cellulose Hydrolysis and Binding. Biotechnology Progress. 22:270-277. 2006
- Thermobifida fusca family-6 cellulases as potential designer cellulosome components. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. 24:3-12. 2006
- Cloning and expression of novel somatotropin gene in bacterial (E. coli) and yeast (Pichia pastoris) expression systems. FEBS Journal. 272:518. 2005
- Crystal structure of Thermobifida fusca endoglucanase Cel6A in complex with substrate and inhibitor: the role of tyrosine Y73 in substrate ring distortion. Biochemistry. 44:12915-12922. 2005
- Phenolic extraction from apple peel by cellulases from Thermobifida fusca. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 53:9560-9565. 2005
- Quantifying bacterial population dynamics in compost using 16S rRNA gene probes. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 66:457-463. 2005
- Selective cadmium accumulation using recombinant Escherichia coli. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 99:109-14. 2005
- A modular minimal cell model: Purine and pyrimidine transport and metabolism. PNAS. 101:6681-6686. 2004
- Characterization and comparison of metal accumulation in two Escherichia coli strains expressing either CopA or MntA, heavy metal-transporting bacterial P-type adenosine triphosphatases. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 117:33-48. 2004
- Cloning, characterization and phylogenetic relationships of cel5B, a new endoglucanase encoding gene from Thermobifida fusca. Journal of Basic Microbiology. 44:383. 2004
- Kinetic studies of Thermobifida fusca Cel9A active site mutant enzymes. Biochemistry. 43:9655-9663. 2004
- Purification and characterization of Thermobifida fusca xylanase 10B. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 50:835-43. 2004
- Recombinant expression and enzymatic characterization of PttCel9A, a KOR homologue from Populus tremula x tremuloides. Biochemistry. 43:10080-10089. 2004
- Studies of Thermobifida fusca plant cell wall degrading enzymes. The Chemical Record. 4:72-82. 2004
- Synergistic activity of Paenibacillus sp. BP-23 cellobiohydrolase Cel48C in association with the contiguous endoglucanase Cel9B and with endo- or exo-acting glucanases from Thermobifida fusca. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 87:161-169. 2004
- An engineered chorismate mutase with allosteric regulation. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 11:3109-3114. 2003
- Binding and reversibility of Thermobifida fusca Cel5A, Cel6B, and Cel48A and their respective catalytic domains to bacterial microcrystalline cellulose. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 84:151-159. 2003
- Binding of Thermobifida fusca CDCel5A, CDCel6B and CDCel48A to easily hydrolysable and recalcitrant cellulose fractions on BMCC. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 31:941-948. 2003
- Cloning, expression and characterization of a family-74 xyloglucanase from Thermobifida fusca. European Journal of Biochemistry. 270:3083-3091. 2003
- Comparison of extracellular Escherichia coli AppA phytases expressed in Streptomyces lividans and Pichia pastoris. Biotechnology Letters. 25:827-831. 2003
- Computational and Experimental Studies of the Catalytic Mechanism of Thermobifida fusca Cellulase Cel6A (E2). Protein Engineering. 16:125-134. 2003
- Corn fiber hydrolysis by Thermobifida fusca extracellular enzymes. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 61:352-358. 2003
- Mapping of chorismate mutase and prephenate dehydrogenase domains in the Escherichia coli T-protein. European Journal of Biochemistry. 270:757-763. 2003
- Molecular assessment of inoculum efficacy and process reproducibility in composting using ARISA. Transactions of the ASAE. 46:919-927. 2003
- Quantitative and qualitative changes in microbial community structure during early stages of composting using ARISA. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 46:1-9. 2003
- Quantitative determination of noncovalent binding interactions using automated nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 75:3010-3018. 2003
- Binding mechanisms for Thermobifida fusca Cel5A, Cel6B, and Cel48A cellulose-binding modules on bacterial microcrystalline cellulose. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 80:380-392. 2002
- Cooperative and competitive binding in synergistic mixtures of Thermobifida fusca cellulases Cel5A, Cel6B, and Cel9A. Biotechnol. Prog. 18:760-769. 2002
- Mutation and expression of N233C-D506C of cellulase Cel6B from Thermobifida fusca in Escherichia coli. Enzyme & Microbial Technology. 30:804-808. 2002
- Probing the overlap of chorismate mutase and prephenate dehydrogenase sites in the Escherichia coli T-protein: a dehydrogenase-selective inhibitor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 12:929-931. 2002
- Synergism in binary mixtures of Thermobifida fusca cellulases Cel6B, Cel9A, and Cel5A on BMCC and avicel. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 101:97-111. 2002
- A selective inhibitor of prephenate dehydratase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 11:2485-2488. 2001
- Bioaccumulation of mercury from wastewater by genetically engineered Escherichia coli. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 56:276-279. 2001
- Cloning and biochemical characterization of BglC, a -glucosidase from cellulolytic actinomycete Thermobifida fusca. Current Microbiology. 42:295-301. 2001
- A celR mutation affecting transcription of cellulase genes in Thermobifida fusca. Journal of Bacteriology. 182:252-255. 2000
- Cloning, expression and characterization of a family 48 exocellulase, Cel48A, from Thermobifida fusca. Eur. J. Biochem. 267:4988-4997. 2000
- Construction and characterization of Escherichia coli genetically engineered for Ni(II) bioaccumulation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66:5383-5386. 2000
- Effects of non-catalytic residue mutations on substrate specificity and ligand binding of Thermobifida fusca endocellulase Cel6A. Eur. J. Biochem. 267:244-252. 2000
- Probing the catalytic mechanism of prephenate dehydratase by site-directed mutagenesis of the Escherichia coli P-protein dehydratase domain. Biochemistry. 39:4722-4728. 2000
- Site-directed mutation of non-catalytic residues of Thermobifida fusca exocellulase Cel6B. Eur. J. Biochem.. 267:3101-3115. 2000
- Characterization and cloning of CelR, a transcriptional regulator of cellulase genes from Thermomonospora fusca. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274:13127-13132. 1999
- Characterization of cadmium uptake in Lactobacillus plantarum and isolation of cadmium and manganese uptake mutants. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65:4741-4745. 1999
- Cloning, expression and characterization of cadmium/manganese uptake genes from Lactobacillus plantarum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65:4746-4752. 1999
- Comparing the thermodynamic stabilities of a related thermophilic and mesophilic enzyme. Biochemistry. 38:2570-2576. 1999
- Expression of an Aspergillus niger phytase gene (phyA) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65:1915-1918. 1999
- Mechanistic studies of active site mutants of Thermomonospora fusca endocellulase E2. Biochemistry. 38:9746-9751. 1999
- Regulation of phenylalanine biosynthesis. Calorimetric studies on the E. coli P-protein and its regulatory domain. Biochemistry. 38:12212-12217. 1999
- Substrate heterogeneity causes the non-linear kinetics of insoluble cellulose hydrolysis. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 66:35-41. 1999
- Active-site binding of glycosides by Thermomonospora fusca endocellulase E2. Biochemistry. 37:9220-9229. 1998
- Chorismate mutase-prephenate dehydratase from Escherichia coli: study of catalytic and regulatory domains using genetically engineered proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273:6248. 1998
- Factorial optimization of a six-cellulase mixture. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 58:494-501. 1998
- Fed-batch production of Thermomonospora fusca endoglucanase by recombinant Streptomyces lividans. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 60:70-76. 1998
- Hg2+ removal by genetically engineered Escherichia coli in a hollow fiber bioreactor. Biotechnology Progress. 14:667-671. 1998
- Regulation of biosynthesis of individual cellulases in Thermomonospora fusca. Journal of Bacteriology. 180:3529-3532. 1998
- Roles of the catalytic domain and two cellulose binding domains of Thermomonospora fusca E4 in cellulose hydrolysis. Journal of Bacteriology. 180:1709-1714. 1998
- The role of ruminal carboxymethylcellulases in the degradation of -glucans from cereal grain. FEMS Microbiol. Ecology. 27:261-268. 1998
- A Prevotella ruminicola B14 operon encoding extracellular polysaccharide hydrolases. Current Microbiology. 35:274-277. 1997
- A mutant of Prevotella ruminicola B14 deficient in -1,4-endoglucanase and mannanase activities. FEMS Microbiol. Letters. 154:9-15. 1997
- Binding capacities of Thermomonospora fusca E3, E4 and E5, the E3 binding domain, and Trichoderma reesei CBHI on avicel and bacterial microcrystalline cellulose. Bioresource Technology. 60:169-178. 1997
- Binding reversibility and surface exchange of Thermomonospora fusca E3 and E5 and Trichoderma reesei CBHI. Enz. and Micro. Tech. 20:411-417. 1997
- Construction and characterization of Escherichia coli genetically engineered for Hg2+ bioremediation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 63:2442-2445. 1997
- Genetic engineering of bacteria and their potential for Hg2+ bioremediation. Biodegradation. 8:97-103. 1997
- Kinetics of cellulose digestion by Fibrobacter succinogenes S85. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 63:665-669. 1997
- Structure and mechanism of endo/exocellulase E4 from Thermomonospora fusca. Nature Structural Biology. 4:810-818. 1997
- Surface residue mutations which change the substrate specificity of Thermomonospora fusca endoglucanase E2. Journal of Biotechnology. 57:101-113. 1997
- Cloning, sequencing, and expression of a Thermomonospora fusca protease gene in Streptomyces lividans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 62:4256-4259. 1996
- Identification of two functionally different classes of exocellulases. Biochemistry. 35:586-592. 1996
- On the mechanism of chorismate mutases: clues from wild-type E. coli enzyme and a site-directed mutant related to yeast chorismate mutase. Tetrahedron Lett. 37:8675-8678. 1996
- Site-directed mutagenesis of monofunctional chorismate mutase engineered from the E. coli P-protein. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 4:1015-1020. 1996
- Use of a modified Bacteroides-Prevotella shuttle vector to transfer a reconstructed -1,4-D-endoglucanase gene into Bacteroides uniformis and Prevotella ruminicola B14. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 62:196-202. 1996
- Why are ruminal cellulolytic bacteria unable to digest cellulase at low pH?. Journal of Dairy Science. 79:1503-1509. 1996
- Characterization of a Thermomonospora fusca exocellulase. Biochemistry. 34:3386-3395. 1995
- Cloning of Thermomonospora fusca cellulose genes in E. coli and S. lividans. Part B, Methods in Molecular Genetics. 6:367-374. 1995
- Conformational Modeling of Substrate Binding to Endocellulase E2 From Thermomonospora fusca. Protein Engineering. 8:1145-1152. 1995
- The cellular location of the Prevotella ruminicola ß-1,4-D-endoglucanase and its occurrence in other strains of ruminal bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 61:3288-3292. 1995
- The effect of carbohydrates on the expression of the Prevotella ruminicola 1,4-ß-D-endoglucanase. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 125:305-310. 1995
- A new thermostable endoglucanase, Acidothermus cellulolytus E1; synergism with Trichoderma reesei CBHI and comparison to Thermomonospora fusca E5. Appl. Biochem. & Biotech. 45:245-256. 1994
- Characterization and sequence of a Thermomonospora fusca xylanase. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 60:763-770. 1994
- Activity studies of eight purified cellulases: specificity, synergism, and binding domain effects. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 42:1002-1013. 1993
- Continuous, High-Level Production and Excretion of a Plasmid-Encoded Protein by Escherichia-Coli in a 2-Stage Chemostat. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 41:937-946. 1993
- Crystal structure of the catalytic domain of a thermophilic endocellulase. Biochemistry. 32:9906-9916. 1993
- DNA sequences and expression in Streptomyces lividans of an exoglucanase gene and an endoglucanase gene from Thermomonospora fusca. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 59:3032-3043. 1993
- Dimerization of Thermomonospora fusca ß-1,4-endoglucanase E2. Biochemistry. 32:8146-8150. 1993
- Disulfide arrangement and chemical modification of ß-1,4-endoglucanase E2 from Thermomonospora fusca. Biochemistry. 32:8151-8156. 1993
- Disulfide arrangement and functional domains of ß-1,4-endoglucanase E5 from Thermomonospora fusca. Biochemistry. 32:8157-8161. 1993
- Effects of Plasmid Copy Number and Runaway Plasmid Replication on Overproduction and Excretion of Beta-Lactamase from Escherichia-Coli. Biotechnology Progress. 9:31-39. 1993
- Engineering cellulase mixtures by varying the mole fraction of Thermomonospora fusca E2 and E3, Trichoderma reesei CBHI, and Caldocellum saccharolyticum -glucosidase. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 42:1019-1028. 1993
- Synergism between pure Thermomonospora fusca and Trichoderma reesei cellulases. Biomass and Bioenergy. 4:293-299. 1993
- Biochemistry and genetics of actinomycete cellulases . CRC Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. 12:45-63. 1992
- Escherichia-Coli Host-Cell Modifications in Continuous Culture Affecting Heterologous Protein Overproduction - a Population-Dynamics Study. Biotechnology Progress. 8:340-346. 1992
- Expression of Human Epidermal Growth-Factor by Escherichia-Coli in Continuous Culture. Biotechnology Letters. 14:339-344. 1992
- Fragmentation of cellulose by the major Thermomonospora fusca cellulases, Trichoderma reesei CBHI and their mixtures. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 40:1019-1026. 1992
- Properties of a genetically reconstructed Prevotella ruminicola endoglucanase. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 58:3593-3597. 1992
- Stereoselective hydrolysis catalyzed by related ß-1,4-glucanases and ß-1,4-xylanases.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267:12559-12561. 1992
- A Bacteriodes ruminicola B14 endoglucanase is encoded in two reading frames. Journal of Bacteriology. 173:6919-6929. 1991
- Chorismate mutase/prephenate dehydratase from Escherichia coli: subcloning, overproduction and purification. Tetrahedron. 47:2573-2577. 1991
- DNA sequence of three -1,4-endoglucanase genes from Thermomonospora fusca. Journal of Bacteriology. 173:3397-3407. 1991
- Engineering cellulases. Bioresource Technology. 36:97-99. 1991
- Enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose: an overview. Bioresource Technology. 36:3-14. 1991
- The impact of initial particle size on the fragmentation of cellulose by the cellulases of Thermomonospora fusca. Bioresource Technology. 35:313-319. 1991
- A genetically engineered monofunctional chorismate mutase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 112:4582-4584. 1990
- A simple membrane reactor to obtain high cell density and plasmid encoded protein production from Escherichia coli. Biotech. Techn. 4:73-78. 1990
- Cloning and sequencing of a Bacteroides ruminicola ß-1,4 endoglucanase gene. Journal of Bacteriology. 172:3260-3630. 1990
- Effects of Temperature on Escherichia-Coli Overproducing Beta-Lactamase or Human Epidermal Growth-Factor. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 56:104-111. 1990
- Measuring fragmentation of cellulose by Thermomonospora fusca cellulase. Enzyme & Microbiol. Techn. 12:378-386. 1990
- Oligomerization of the lambda S. protein in the inner membrane of E. coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 172:912-921. 1990
- A new class of endoglycosidase inhibitors: studies on endocellulases. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 111:785-786. 1989
- Cloning of inducible Thermomonospora fusca xylanase gene and its expression in Escherichia coli and Streptomyces lividans. Journal of Bacteriology. 171:2963-2969. 1989
- Cellulases of Thermomonospora fusca. Methods in Enzymology. 160:314-323. 1988
- Cloning and expression of endoglucanase genes of thermophilic Bacillus. Pakistan Journal of Biochemistry. 21:43-47. 1988
- Cloning of Thermomonospora fusca genes coding for ß-1,4-endoglucanases E1, E2 and E5. Gene. 71:331-337. 1988
- Cloning of the Thermomonospora fusca endoglucanase E2 gene in Streptomyces lividans: affinity purification and functional domains of the cloned gene product. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 54:2521-2526. 1988
- Effect of Alkaline-Medium on the Production and Excretion of Beta-Lactamase by Escherichia-Coli. Biotechnology Letters. 10:377-382. 1988
- Identification of a celE-binding protein and its potential role in induction of the celE gene in Thermomonospora fusca. Journal of Bacteriology. 170:3843-3846. 1988
- Potential opportunities and problems for genetically altered rumen microorganisms. Journal of Nutrition. 118:271-279. 1988
- Release of Periplasmic Enzymes and Other Physiological-Effects of Beta-Lactamase Overproduction in Escherichia-Coli. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 32:741-748. 1988
- The influence of carbon source on production of a heat stable protease from Thermomonospora fusca YX. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 128:80-84. 1988
- Transcription of the celE gene in Thermomonospora fusca. Journal of Bacteriology. 170:3838-3842. 1988
- Expression of a Thermomonospora fusca cellulase gene in Streptomyces lividans and Bacillus subtilis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 53:1470-1475. 1987
- Regulation of ß-1,4-endoglucanase synthesis in Thermomonospora fusca. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 53:1352-1357. 1987
- Localization of Inclusion-Bodies in Escherichia-Coli Overproducing Beta-Lactamase or Alkaline-Phosphatase. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 52:1157-1161. 1986
- Continuous Immobilized Recombinant Protein-Production from Escherichia-Coli Capable of Selective Protein Excretion - a Feasibility Study. Biotechnology Progress. 1:75-79. 1985
- Continuous Production of Plasmid-Encoded Proteins from Immobilized Escherichia-Coli. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. 190. 1985
- Purification and characterization of two ß-1,4-endoglucanases from Thermomonospora fusca. Biochemistry. 24:7797-7804. 1985
- Isolation and characterization of the Salmonella typhimurium LT2 xylose regulon. Journal of Bacteriology. 157:158-164. 1984
- Cloning and expression of a Thermomonospora YX endocellulase gene in E. coli. Bio/Technology. 1:594-601. 1983
- A second function of the S gene of bacteriophage lambda. Journal of Bacteriology. 152:1091-1095. 1982
- Effect of the lambda S gene product on the properties of the E. coli inner membrane. Journal of Bacteriology. 151:1403-1410. 1982
- Isolation and characterization of a 2000-bp derivative of pBR322. Plasmid. 7:287-289. 1982
- Galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase: N and C terminal sequences. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 23:167-173. 1979
- Isolation of a plasmid containing the S. cerevisiae galactokinase gene. Gene. 5:291-303. 1979
- Purification of yeast galactokinase m-RNA from S. cerevisiae by indirect immunoprecipitation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 254:3531-3533. 1979
- Cellular transport mechanisms. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 47:933-965. 1978
- Isolation and amino acid analysis of a nonspecific phospholipid transfer protein from rat liver. FEBS Letters. 96:87-89. 1978
- Purification and properties of galactokinase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 252:1162. 1977
- Role of a sugar-lipid intermediate in cholanic acid synthesis by Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 129:225. 1977
- The NH2-terminal sequences of galactokinase from Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Letters. 83:45. 1977
- Properties of the entry and exit reaction of the -methyl galactoside transport system in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 126:1156-1165. 1976
- Tryptophan and cysteine residues of the acetylchlorine receptors of Torpedo species. Biochemistry. 14:4304-4310. 1975
- Localization of translation initiation in the message for E. coli UDP galactose 4-epimerase: the amino terminal sequence. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 61:282-289. 1974
- Source of energy for the Escherichia coli galactose transport system induced by galactose. Journal of Bacteriology. 120:866-871. 1974
- The regulation of properties of the galactose transport system in E. coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 244:553-558. 1974
- Polarity and transcription in the galactose operon of E. coli. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 48:226-234. 1972
- Regulation of the gal operon of Escherichia coli by the CapR gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 247:2973-2978. 1972
- The purification and characterization of a novel peptidase from sheep red cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 247:2217-2221. 1972
- Initiation of hemoglobin biosynthesis. Ser. Haemat. 4:7083. 1971
- Protein chain initiation in rabbit reticulocytes. Proceedings at the National Academy of Science USA. 66:1282-1289. 1970
- The enzymes of the galactose operon in E. coli. II. The subunits of uridine diphosphogalactose 4-epimerase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 244:2132-2136. 1969
- The enzymes of the galactose operon in E. coli. III. The size and composition of galactokinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 244:2137-2142. 1969
- The enzymes of the galactose operon in E. coli. IV. The frequencies of translation of the terminal cistrons in the operon. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 244:2143-2148. 1969
- Purification of uridine diphosphoglucose dehydrogenase from calf liver. Analytical Biochemistry. 10:472-478. 1965
- The enzymes of the galactose operon in E. coli I. Purification and properties of UDP galactose-4-epimerase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 239:2469-2481. 1964
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- Role of four conserved active-site aspartic acid residues in Thermobifida fusca endocellulase Cel6A In Glycosyl Hydrolases for Biomass Conversion 2001
- Role of four conserved active-site aspartic acid residues in Thermomonospora fusca endoglucanase E2 2000
- Comparison of enzymes catalyzing the hydrolysis of insoluble polysaccharides 1995
- Structure-function relationships in cellulase genes 1993
- Galactokinase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Vol. 90. 1982
- Galactokinase and uridine diphosphogalactose 4-epimerase from E. coli. Vol. IX, Complex Carbohydrates. 1968
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- Cellulases. Encyclopedia of Microbiology. 2009
- Genetic engineering of bacteria and their potential for bioremediation. Bioremediation of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems. 31-39. 2005
- Cadmium and manganese transport genes in bacteria. Recent Advances in Marine Biotechnology. 171-187. 2003
- Osmotic shock. Repairable Lesions in Microorganisms. 1984
- Isolation and function of proteins related to active transport. Bacterial Transport. 1978
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- Thermomonospora fusca cellulase E4: a processive endocellulase. Carbohydrases from Trichoderma reesei and Other Microorganisms. 133-138. 1998
- Overexpression of the phytase gene in microbial systems and the application in animal and human nutrition. 12th Annual Cornell Biotechnology Symposium. 1996
- Initiation of the -chain of rabbit hemoglobin. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium. 313. 1970
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current professional activities
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- Member, the American Society of Biological Chemists
- Member, the American Society of Microbiologists and the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Member, the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars
- Professor Wilson teaches BioBM 633.
- Associate Editor, Plant Disease, 1990-92
- Editor, Biological & Cultural Tests for Control of Plant Diseases, 1988-90
- Associate Editor, Biological & Cultural Tests for Control of Plant Diseases, 1985-87
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- Member, the American Society of Biological Chemists
- Member, the American Society of Microbiologists and the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Member, the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars
- Professor Wilson teaches BioBM 633.
- Associate Editor, Plant Disease, 1990-92
- Editor, Biological & Cultural Tests for Control of Plant Diseases, 1988-90
- Associate Editor, Biological & Cultural Tests for Control of Plant Diseases, 1985-87
service to the profession
- American Academy of Microbiology Member 2003 -
- The John Hopkins University Society of Scholars Member 1990 -
- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Research Review Panel 2011
- National Institute of Health Dental Institute Reviewer, Program 2011
- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Research Review Panel 2010