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CHARACTERIZATION OF CDNAS ENCODING PUTATIVE LACCASE-LIKE MULTICOPPER OXIDASES AND DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION IN THE TOBACCO HORNWORM, MANDUCA SEXTA, AND THE MALARIA MOSQUITO, ANOPHELES GAMBIAE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Dittmer, N.T., Suderman, R.J., Jiang, H., Zhu, Y., Gorman, M.J., Kramer, K.J., Kanost, M.R. 2004. Characterization of CDNAs encoding putative laccase-like multicopper oxidases and developmental expression in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, and the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 34: 29-41.

PROPERTIES OF CATALYTIC, LINKER AND CHITIN-BINDING DOMAINS OF INSECT CHITINASE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

ARAKANE,Y. ., ZHU,Q., MATSUMIYA,M., MUTHUKRISHNAN,S., KRAMER,K.J., PROPERTIES OF CATALYTIC, LINKER AND CHITIN-BINDING DOMAINS OF INSECT CHITINASE, JOURNAL OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 33: 631-648. 2003.

APPLICATION OF AVIDIN-BIOTIN TECHNOLOGY AND ADSORPTIVE TRANSFER STRIPPING SQUARE-WAVE VOLTAMMETRY FOR DETECTION OF DNA HYBRIDIZATION AND AVIDIN IN TRANSGENIC AVIDIN MAIZE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

MASARIK,M., KIZEK,R., KRAMER,K.J., BILLOVA,S., BRAZDOVA,M., VACEK,J., BAILEY,M., JELEN,F., HOWARD,J.A., APPLICATION OF AVIDIN-BIOTIN TECHNOLOGY AND ADSORPTIVE TRANSFER STRIPPING SQUARE-WAVE VOLTAMMETRY FOR DETECTION OF DNA HYBRIDIZATION AND AVIDIN IN TRANSGENIC AVIDIN MAIZE, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 75: 2663-2669. 2003.

EFFECTS OF PROTEINASE INHIBITORS ON GROWTH AND DIGESTIVE PROTEOLYSIS OF THE REF FLOUR BEETLE, TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM (HERBST) (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

OPPERT,B.S., MORGAN,T.D., HARTZER,K., LENARCIC,B., GALESA,K., BRZIN,J., TURK,V., YOZA,K., OHTSUBO,K., KRAMER,K.J., EFFECTS OF PROTEINASE INHIBITORS ON GROWTH AND DIGESTIVE PROTEOLYSIS OF THE REF FLOUR BEETLE, TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM (HERBST) (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE). COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY PART C 134 (2003) 481-490.

CHARACTERIZATION AND CDNA CLONING OF THREE MAJOR PROTEINS FROM PHARATE PUPAL CUTICLE OF MANDUCA SEXTA - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

SUDERMAN,R.J., ANDERSEN,S.O., HOPKINS,T.L., KANOST,M.R., KRAMER,K.J., CHARACTERIZATION AND CDNA CLONING OF THREE MAJOR PROTEINS FROM PHARATE PUPAL CUTICLE OF MANDUCA SEXTA, INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 33: 331-343. 2003.

AVIDIN, AN EGG-CITING INSECTICIDAL PROTEIN IN TRANSGENIC CORN - (Book / Chapter)

Kramer, K.J. 2004. Avidin, an egg-citing insecticidal protein in transgenic corn. In: Liang, G.H., Skinner, D.Z., editors. Genetically Modified Crops, Their Development, Uses, and Risks. Food Products Press, The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, NY, p. 119-130.

METALS IN MANDIBLES OF STORED PRODUCT INSECTS: DO ZINC AND MANGANESE ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF LARVAE TO INFEST SEEDS? - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

MORGAN, T.D., BAKER, P., KRAMER, K.J., BASIBUYUK, H.H., QUICKE, D.L. METALS IN MANDIBLES OF STORED PRODUCT INSECTS: DO ZINC AND MANGANESE ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF LARVAE TO INFEST SEEDS?. JOURNAL OF STORED PRODUCTS RESEARCH 39: 65-75. 2002.

SEQUENCE OF A CDNA AND EXPRESSION OF THE GENE ENCODING A PUTATIVE EPIDERMAL CHITIN SYNTHASE OF MANDUCA SEXTA - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

ZHU,Y. ., SPECHT,C.A., DITTMER,N.T., MUTHUKRISHNAN,S., KANOST,M.R., KRAMER,K.J., SEQUENCE OF A CDNA AND EXPRESSION OF THE GENE ENCODING A PUTATIVE EPIDERMAL CHITIN SYNTHASE OF MANDUCA SEXTA, JOURNAL OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 32: 1497-1506. 2002.

SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF AN ACTIVE SITE TRYPTOPHAN OF INSECT CHITINASE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

ZHANG,H., HUANG,X., FUKAMIZO,T., MUTHUKRISHNAN,S., KRAMER,K.J., SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF AN ACTIVE SITE TRYPTOPHAN OF INSECT CHITINASE, JOURNAL OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 32: 1477-1488. 2002.

SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF AN ACTIVE SITE TRYPTOPHAN OF INSECT CHITINASE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

ZHANG,H., HUANG,X., FUKAMIZO,T., MUTHUKRISHNAN,S., KRAMER,K.J., SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF AN ACTIVE SITE TRYPTOPHAN OF INSECT CHITINASE, JOURNAL OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 32: 1477-1488. 2002.

SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF AN ACTIVE SITE TRYPTOPHAN OF INSECT CHITINASE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

ZHANG,H., HUANG,X., FUKAMIZO,T., MUTHUKRISHNAN,S., KRAMER,K.J., SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF AN ACTIVE SITE TRYPTOPHAN OF INSECT CHITINASE, JOURNAL OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 32: 1477-1488. 2002.

SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF AN ACTIVE SITE TRYPTOPHAN OF INSECT CHITINASE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

ZHANG,H., HUANG,X., FUKAMIZO,T., MUTHUKRISHNAN,S., KRAMER,K.J., SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF AN ACTIVE SITE TRYPTOPHAN OF INSECT CHITINASE, JOURNAL OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 32: 1477-1488. 2002.

SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF ACTIVE SITE ACIDIC AMINO ACID RESIDUES D142, D144, AND E146 IN MANDUCA SEXTA (TOBACCO HORNWORM) CHITINASE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

LU,Y., MUTHUKRISHNAN,S., KRAMER,K.J., SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF ACTIVE SITE ACIDIC AMINO ACID RESIDUES D142, D144, AND E146 IN MANDUCA SEXTA (TOBACCO HORNWORM) CHITINASE, JOURNAL OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 32: 1369-1382. 2002.

CDNA SEQUENCES AND MRNA LEVELS OF TWO HEXAMERIN STORAGE PROTEINS PINSP1 AND PINSP2 FROM THE INDIANMEAL MOTH, PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

ZHU, Y., MUTHUKRISHNAN, S., KRAMER, K.J. CDNA SEQUENCES AND MRNA LEVELS OF TWO HEXAMERIN STORAGE PROTEINS PINSP1 AND PINSP2 FROM THE INDIANMEAL MOTH, PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA. JOURNAL OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 31:525-536. 2002.

EFFECTS OF A POTATO CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR ON MIDGUT PROTEOLYTIC ENZYME ACTIVITY AND GROWTH OF THE SOUTHERN CORN ROOTWORM, DIABROTICA UNDECIMPUNCTATA HOWARDI (COLEOPTERA: CHYSOMELIDAE) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

FABRICK, J., BEHNKE, C., CZAPLA, T., BALA, K., RAO, A.G., KRAMER, K.J., REECK, G.R. EFFECTS OF A POTATO CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR ON MIDGUT PROTEOLYTIC ENZYME ACTIVITY AND GROWTH OF THE SOUTHERN CORN ROOTWORM, DIABROTICA UNDECIMPUNCTATA HOWARDI (COLEOPTERA: CHYSOMELIDAE). JOURNAL OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 32: 405-415. 2002.

TRANSGENIC AVIDIN MAIZE IS RESISTANT TO STORAGE INSECT PESTS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Kramer, K.J., Morgan, T.D., Throne, J.E., Dowell, F.E., Bailey, M., Howard, J.A. 2000. Transgenic avidin maize is resistant to storage insect pests. Nature Biotechnology. 18(6): 670-674.