School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications
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Submissions from 2011
Changes in trace metals in Thalassia testudinum after hurricane impacts, Thomas Whelan III, B. I. Van Tussenbroek, and M. G. Barba Santos
Structural Basis for Sequence Specific DNA Binding and Protein Dimerization of HOXA13, Yonghong Zhang, Christine A. Larsen, H. Scott Stadler, and James B. Ames
Submissions from 2010
MicroTracker: a Data Management Tool for Facilitating the Education of Undergraduate Students in Laboratory Research Environments, David Ammons and Joanne Rampersad-Ammons
An Exploratory Study of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and SCCmec Elements Obtained from a Community Setting Along the Texas Border with Mexico, David R. Ammons, Raghuveer Puttagunta, Jose C. Granados, Georgina De La Garza, George Eyambe, and Joanne Rampersad-Ammons
Microwave-Induced Stereocontrol of β-Lactam Formation with an N-Benzylidene-9,10-dihydrophenanthren-3-amine via Staudinger Cycloaddition, Debasish Bandyopadhyay and Bimal K. Banik
An Expeditious Synthesis of N-Substituted Pyrroles via Microwave-Induced Iodine-Catalyzed Reactions Under Solventless Conditions, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, and Bimal K. Banik
An Effective Microwave-Induced Iodine-Catalyzed Method for the Synthesis of Quinoxalines via Condensation of 12-Diamines With 12-Dicarbonyl Compounds, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Robert R. Rodriguez, and Bimal K. Banik
Remarkable Iodine-Catalyzed Synthesis of Novel Pyrrole- Bearing N-Polyaromatic B-Lactams, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Gildardo Rivera, Isabel Salinas, Hector Aguilar, and Bimal K. Banik
A Highly Efficient Bismuth Salts-Catalyzed Route for the Synthesis of Alpha-Aminophosphonates, Antara Banik, Sahil Batta, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik
Parity-induced decrease in systemic growth hormone alters mammary gland signaling: A potential role in pregnancy protection from breast cancer, Robert K. Dearth, David A. Delgado, Jill K. Hiney, Thushangi Pathiraja, Steffi Oesterreich, Dan Medina, W. Les Dees, and Adrian V. Lee
Use of Archive Aerial Photography for Monitoring Black Mangrove Populations, James H. Everitt, C. Yang, Frank W. Judd, and Kenneth R. Summy
Nuclear quantum effects in the structure and lineshapes of the N2 near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectrum, Shervin Fatehi, Craig P. Schwartz, Richard J. Saykally, and David Prendergast
The spread of the parthenogenetic marbled crayfish, Marmorkrebs (Procambarus sp.), in the North American pet trade, Zen Faulkes
A New Bismuth Nitrate–Catalyzed Electrophilic Substitution of Indoles with Carbonyl Compounds Under Solvent-Free Conditions, Laura Iglesias, Calista Aguilar, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik
Molecular cloning and characterization of cDNAs encoding metalloproteinases from snake venom glands, Ying Jia and John C. Perez
Microwave-Induced Aza-Michael Reaction in Water: A Remarkably Simple Procedure, Andrea Kall, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik
Are beaches' suitability as sand crab habitat affected by human recreation?, Jessica H. Murph and Zen Faulkes
Microscopic and Spectroscopic Studies of Thermally Enhanced Electrospun PMMA Micro- and Nanofibers, Sean Pelfrey, Travis Cantu, Michael R. Papantonakis, Duane L. Simonson, R. Andrew McGill, and Javier Macossay-Torres
Common algogenic chemicals do not cause nociceptive responses in Louisiana red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), Sakshi Puri and Zen Faulkes
Do Decapod Crustaceans Have Nociceptors for Extreme pH?, Sakshi Puri and Zen Faulkes
Importance of Electronic Relaxation for Inter-Coulombic Decay in Aqueous Systems, Craig P. Schwartz, Shervin Fatehi, Richard J. Saykally, and David Prendergast
Detection of Incipient Pest Infestations on Glasshouse Crops Using Multispectral Imagery and a Common Vegetation Index, Kenneth R. Summy, Christopher R. Little, James H. Everitt, Ruben A. Mazariegos, J. V. French, Mamoudou Setamou, and Jesus Mata
Factors Affecting the Spatial Distribution of Black Mangrove on the Dredged-Material or “Spoil” Islands in the Lower Laguna Madre of Texas, Violet Yeager, Kenneth R. Summy, Frank W. Judd, Robert I. Lonard, Ruben A. Mazariegos, James H. Everitt, Michael R. Heep, and Thomas Whelan
Submissions from 2009
An investigation of bacillus thuringiensis in rectal-collected fecal samples of cows, David R. Ammons, Antonio Reyna, Jose C. Granados, and Michael S. Samlal
Microwave-Assisted Ruthenium Trichloride-Catalyzed Synthesis of Pyrrole Fused With Indole System in Water, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Antara Banik, Sahil Bhatta, and Bimal K. Banik
Highly Stereoselective B-Lactam Synthesis via the Staudinger Reaction Using Poly Aromatic Imines, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Monica Xavier, and Bimal K. Banik
Characterization of arsenic-tolerant bacterial cultures from the Lower Laguna Madre of south Texas, Gemma A. Berlanga, Michael W. Persans, Thomas Eubanks, and Kristine L. Lowe
GREAT CURASSOW AND CRESTED GUAN NEAR CIUDAD VICTORIA, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO, Timothy Brush
Range Expansions and New Breeding Records of Birds in Tamaulipas, Mexico, Timothy Brush
GEC1-kappa Opioid Receptor Binding Involves Hydrophobic Interactions GEC1 has Chaperone-Like Effect, Yong Chen, Chongguang Chen, Evangelia Kotsikorou, Diane L. Lynch, Patricia H. Reggio, and Lee Yuan Liu-Chen
Spectral Reflectance and Digital Image Relations Among Five Aquatic Weeds, James H. Everitt, Kenneth R. Summy, and Chenghai Yang
Excess of Glucocorticoid Induces Cardiac Dysfunction via Activating Angiotensin II Pathway, Sreerupa Ghose Roy, Priyanka De, Debasri Mukherjee, Vivek Chander, Aditya Konar, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Arun Bandyopadhyay
Inhibition of Methionyl-tRNA Synthetase by REP8839 and Effects of Resistance Mutations on Enzyme Activity▿, Louis S. Green, James M. Bullard, Wendy K. Ribble, Frank B. Dean, David F. Ayers, Urs A. Ochsner, Nebojsa Janjic, and Thale C. Jarvis
cDNA cloning, expression and fibrin(ogen)olytic activity of two low-molecular weight snake venom metalloproteinases, Ying Jia, Sara E. Lucena, Esteban Cantu, Elda E. Sánchez, and John C. Perez
Assessing threat of introduction of the parthenogenetic marbled crayfish Marmorkrebs into North American waters, Stephanie A. Jimenez and Zen Faulkes
Establishment of a research colony of Marmorkrebs, a parthenogenetic crayfish species, Stephanie A. Jimenez and Zen Faulkes
Seasonal Production and Biomass of the Seagrass, Halodule wrightii Aschers. (Shoal Grass), in a Subtropical Texas Lagoon, Joseph L. Kowalski, Hudson R. DeYoe, and Terry C. Allison
Comparison of leaf-clipping and leaf-piercing techniques as applied to the seagrass Syringodium filiforme, Joseph L. Kowalski, Hudson R. DeYoe, Christian P. Krull, and Terry C. Allison
Luminescent Properties of Ensemble and Individual Erbium-Doped Yttrium Oxide Nanotubes, Yuanbing Mao, Xia Guo, Thai Tran, Kang L. Wang, C. Ken Shih, and Jane P. Chang
Observations of flotsam entrapment in the northern Diamond-backed Watersnake (Nerodia R. Rhombifer), Jason Ortega and Frederic Zaidan
Seasonality and Movement of Adventive Populations of the Arundo Wasp (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae), a Biological Control Agent of Giant Reed in the Lower Rio Grande Basin in South Texas, Alexis Racelis, Carol Goolsby, and Patrick J. Moran
Endogenous n-3 fatty acids protect ovariectomy induced bone loss by attenuating osteoclastogenesis, Md Mizanur Rahman, Arunabh Bhattacharya, Jameela Banu, Jing X. Kang, and Gabriel Fernandes
TOURNEFORTIA HIRSUTISSIMA (BORAGINACEAE) NEW TO THE FLORA OF TEXAS, Alfred Richardson and Ken King
An Expeditious Synthesis of 3-Amino B-Lactams Derived From Polyaromatic Compounds, Gildardo Rivera, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sonam Jaggi, R. Christopher Gonzales, and Bimal K. Banik
Large-scale patterns in trematode richness and infection levels in marine crustacean hosts, David W. Thieltges, Brian L. Fredensborg, Anja Studer, and Robert Poulin
Submissions from 2008
Vibrio cholerae RND family efflux systems are required for antimicrobial resistance, optimal virulence factor production, and colonization of the infant mouse small intestine, Xiaowen R. Bina, Daniele Provenzano, Nathalie Nguyen, and James E. Bina
The conservation ecology of North American pleurocerid and hydrobiid gastropods, Kenneth M. Brown, Brian Lang, and Kathryn E. Perez
Additions to the Breeding Avifauna of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Timothy Brush
Thermal and mechanical properties of electrospun PMMA, PVC, Nylon 6, and Nylon 6,6, Clarisa Carrizales, Sean Pelfrey, Roman Rincon, Thomas Eubanks, Anxiu Kuang, Michael James McClure, Gary L. Bowlin, and Javier Macossay-Torres
Structure of PolC Reveals Unique DNA Binding and Fidelity Determinants, Ronald J. Evans, Douglas R. Davies, James M. Bullard, Jeffrey Christensen, Louis S. Green, Joseph W. Guiles, Janice D. Pata, Wendy K. Ribble, Nebojsa Janjic, and Thale C. Jarvis
Structure and Redox Activity of Copper Sites Isolated in a Nanoporous P4VP Polymeric Matrix†, Elena Groppo, Mohammed Jasim Uddin, Silvia Bordiga, Adriano Zecchina, and Carlo Lamberti
Complementary DNA sequencing and identification of mRNAs from venomous gland of Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma, Ying Jia, Bruno A. Cantu, Elda E. Sánchez, and John C. Pérez
Dune and Vegetation Stability at South Padre Island, Texas, United States of America, Frank W. Judd, Kenneth R. Summy, Robert I. Lonard, and Ruben A. Mazariegos
Undergraduate Research: A Bridge to Graduate Education in Agricultural Biotechnology for Hispanics, Eliezer S. Louzada, Hilda Sonia de Rio, Allison J. Abell, Gerson Peltz, and Michael W. Persans
A review of freshwater gastropod conservation: challenges and opportunities, Steven J. Lysne, Kathryn E. Perez, Kenneth M. Brown, Russell L. Minton, and Jeffrey D. Sides
Evaluating signatures of glacial refugia for North Atlantic benthic marine taxa, Christine A. Maggs, Rita Castilho, David Foltz, Christy Henzler, Marc Taimour Jolly, John Kelly, Jeanine Olsen, Kathryn E. Perez, Wytze Stam, and Risto Väinölä
Correlation Between Luminescent Properties and Local Coordination Environment for Erbium Dopant in Yttrium Oxide Nanotubes, Yuanbing Mao, John Bargar, Michael Toney, and Jane P. Chang
Importance of Native Seeds in White-Winged Dove Diets Dominated by Agricultural Grains, Kenneth D. Pruitt, David G. Hewitt, Nova J. Silvy, and Steve Benn
Failure to replicate evidence of decapod crustacean nociception, Sakshi Puri and Zen Faulkes
Comparison of polymerase chain reaction and bacterial culture for Salmonella detection in the Muscovy duck in Trinidad and Tobago, Joanne Rampersad-Ammons, Jenelle Johnson, Gabriel Brown, Michael S. Samlal, and David R. Ammons
NEPTUNIA PLENA (FABACEAE: MIMOSOIDEAE) REDISCOVERED IN TEXAS, Alfred Richardson and Ken King
Using Color Infrared Imagery to Detect Sooty Mold and Fungal Pathogens of Glasshouse-propagated Plants, Kenneth R. Summy and Christopher R. Little
Production of marine trematode cercariae: a potentially overlooked path of energy flow in benthic systems, David W. Thieltges, Xavier de Montaudouin, Brian L. Fredensborg, K. Thomas Jensen, Janet Koprivnikar, and Robert Poulin
Submissions from 2007
N-(4-Methylphenyl) Benzenepropanamide - the First Isolated Amide From the Genus Paederia, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Anupam Nayak, Bidyut Basak, Avijit Banerji, Julie Banerji, Asima Chatterjee, Thierry Prang, and Alain Neuman
Great Green Macaws and the annual cycle of their food plants in Ecuador, Karl S. Berg, Jacqueline Socola, and Rafael R. Angel
An Overview of the Genus Nardostachys, Asima Chatterjee, Utpal Dutta, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Anupam Nayak, Bidyut Basak, Avijit Banerji, and Julie Banerji
Physiological responses of Aureoumbra lagunensis and Synechococcus sp. to nitrogen addition in a mesocosm experiment, Hudson R. DeYoe, Edward J. Buskey, and Frank J. Jochem
Compromised weaponry enhances crayfish tailflipping, Sandra Y. Espinoza and Zen Faulkes
Sensory modulation of crustacean non-giant tailflipping, Sandra Y. Espinoza and Zen Faulkes
Seasonal variation in dune vegetation at South Padre Island, Texas., Frank W. Judd, Robert I. Lonard, Kenneth R. Summy, and Ruben A. Mazariegos
Re-occurrence of the tropical green macroalga, Penicillus capitatus (Chlorophyta: Bryopsidales), in Lower Laguna Madre of South Texas., Joseph L. Kowalski, Donald L. Hockaday, Gilbert H. Boza Jr., and Hudson R. DeYoe
Effect of needle diameter on nanofiber diameter and thermal properties of electrospun poly(methyl methacrylate), Javier Macossay-Torres, Alexis Marruffo, Roman Rincon, Thomas Eubanks, and Anxiu Kuang
CHANGES IN SHELL MORPHOLOGY OF ELIMIA COMALENSIS (GASTROPODA: PLEUROCERIDAE) FROM THE EDWARDS PLATEAU, TEXAS, Russell L. Minton, Scott A. Reese, Kim Swanger, Kathryn E. Perez, and David M. Hayes
Microwave Spectra and ab Initio Studies of Ar-Propane and Ne-Propane Complexes: Structure and Dynamics, Karen I. Peterson, David Pullman, Wei Lin, Andrea J. Minei, and Stewart E. Novick
In-house polymerase chain reaction for affordable and sustainable Chlamydia trachomatis detection in Trinidad and Tobago, Joanne Rampersad, Xiaohui Wang, Helen Gayadeen, Samuel Ramsewak, and David Ammons
Occurrence and Characterization of Verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) Strains from Dairy Farms in Trinidad, R. R. Roopnarine, David Ammons, Joanne Rampersad-Ammons, and A. A. Adesiyun
Breeding ecology of the Altamira Oriole in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Scott M. Werner, Sallie J. Hejl, and Timothy Brush
Effects of temperature and illumination on background matching in Mediterranean geckos (Hemidactylus turcicus), Frederic Zaidan and Pamela L. Wiebusch
Submissions from 2006
Observation of Fano Asymmetry in Raman Spectra of SrTiO3 and Cax Sr1-xTiO3 Perovskite Nanocubes, Sarbajit Banerjee, Dae In Kim, Richard D. Robinson, Irving P. Herman, Yuanbing Mao, and Stanislaus S. Wong
Seasonal roosts of Red-lored Amazons in Ecuador provide information about population size and structure, Karl S. Berg and Rafael R. Angel
Characterization of the Vibrio cholerae vexAB and vexCD efflux systems, James E. Bina, Daniele Provenzano, Chunmei Wang, Xiaowen R. Bina, and John J. Mekalanos
Roles of Intra-fruit Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Controlling Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Seed Development and Storage Reserve Deposition, J. Blasiak, Anxiu Kuang, Chakavak S. Farghangi, and M. E. Musgrave
Loss of Escape-Related Giant Neurons in a Spiny Lobster, Panulirus Argus, Sandra Y. Espinoza, Lana Breen, Nisha Varghese, and Zen Faulkes
Digging Mechanisms and Substrate Preferences of Shovel Nosed Lobsters, Ibacus peronii (Decapoda: Scyllaridae), Zen Faulkes
High-Resolution Studies of Tropolone in the S 0 and S 1 Electronic States: Isotope Driven Dynamics in the Zero-Point Energy Levels, John C. Keske, Wei Lin, Wallace C. Pringle, Stewart E. Novick, Thomas A. Blake, and David F. Plusquellic
Notes on invasive plants in the Rio Grande Delta of Cameron County, Texas., Robert I. Lonard and Frank W. Judd
Electrospun fibers from poly(methyl methacrylate)/vapor grown carbon nanofibers, Javier Macossay-Torres, Juan H. Leal, Anxiu Kuang, and Robert E. Jones
The ABCs (antibody, B cells, and carbohydrate epitopes) of cholera immunity: Considerations for an improved vaccine, Daniele Provenzano, Pavol Kováč, and William F. Wade
CAPRARIA MEXICANA (SCROPHULARIACEAE) IN CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS: REDISCOVERED IN THE UNITED STATES, Alfred Richardson and Ken King
4,4′-(1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoropropane-2,2-diyl)bis(benzoyl chloride), Cecilia Rodriguez de Barbarin, Sylvain Bernes, Javier Macossay-Torres, and Patrick E. Cassidy
Submissions from 2005
Historic Changes in the Rio Grande Fish Fauna: Status, Threats, and Management of Native Species, Bob Calamusso, John N. Rinne, and Robert J. Edwards
Reconstitution of a Minimal DNA Replicase From Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Stimulation by Non-Cognate Auxiliary Factors, Thale C. Jarvis, Amber A. Beaudry, James M. Bullard, Nebojsa Janjic, and Charles S. McHenry
Discovery and Characterization of the Cryptic Psi Subunit of the Pseudomonad DNA Replicase, Thale C. Jarvis, Amber A. Beaudry, James M. Bullard, Urs Ochsner, H. Garry Dallmann, and Charles S. McHenry
Identification and characterization of human surfactant protein A binding protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, T. R. Kannan, Daniele Provenzano, J. R. Wright, and J. B. Baseman
Ascidians of South Padre Island, Texas, with a Key to Species, Gretchen Lambert, Zen Faulkes, Charles C. Lambert, and Virginia L. Scofield
Seed Storage Reserves and Glucosinolates in Brassica rapa L. Grown on the International Space Station, M. E. Musgrave, Anxiu Kuang, L. K. Tuominen, L. H. Levine, and R. C. Morrow
A Bacillus thuringiensis isolation method utilizing a novel stain, low selection and high throughput produced atypical results, Joanne Rampersad-Ammons and David R. Ammons
A nested-PCR with an Internal Amplification Control for the detection and differentiation of Bartonella henselae and B. clarridgeiae: An examination of cats in Trinidad, Joanne Rampersad, John D. Watkins, Michael S. Samlal, Raymond Deonanan, Shalini Ramsubeik, and David Ammons
Effects of oxidative stress on Ascidia interrupta embryogenesis, Anna Stwora, Virginia L. Scofield, and Zen Faulkes
Trace metal partitioning in Thalassia testudinum and sediments in the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas, Thomas Whelan III, Jorge Espinoza, Xiomara Villarreal, and Maria CottaGoma
