Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology 2002
University of Wisconsin, Madison
July 2002


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Platform Sessions

Signaling Networks
Filamentous Growth
Chromosome Dynamics
Mother-Daughter Relationships
Global Analysis of Gene Expression
Control Gene Regulators
Comparative Genetics and Evolution
Proteomics
Cell Cycle and Differentiation
Transcription, Elongation and Termination
Genome-Wide Screens
Environmental Sensing
Membrane Proteins and Organelles
Replication, Recombination and Repair
Protein Folding and Turnover
Yeast and Human Disease

Poster Sessions

Cell Biology: Cytoskeleton
Cell Biology: Membrane and Cell Wall Function
Cell Biology: Growth and Metabolism
Cell Biology: Cell Cycle, Morphogenesis and Differentiation
Cell Biology: Organelle Dynamics and Protein Trafficking
Cell Biology: Protein Folding and Degradation
Cell Biology: Signal Transduction
Chromosome Dynamics: Recombination, Repair, Replication
Chromosome Dynamics: Meiosis
Chromosome Dynamics: Chromatin
Chromosome Dynamics: Chromosome Movement Centromeres
Chromosome Dynamics: Telomeres
Chromosome Dynamics: Genome Rearrangements
Gene Expression: Transcriptional Regulation
Gene Expression: Nutrient Signals and Gene Expression
Gene Expression: Stress Responses and Gene Expression
Gene Expression: RNA Polymerases
Gene Expression: Cell Cycle, Cyclins and Cdk's
Gene Expression: Translation and Ribosome Structure
Gene Expression: RNA Processing and Stability
Gene Expression: Chromatin Structure and Gene Regulation
Global Analysis

Platform Session: Signaling Networks

Tuesday, July 30 -- 7:00PM - 8:30PM

#1 - Specificity of MAP kinase signaling in yeast differentiation.
Lee Bardwell, Walid Sabbagh, Laura Flatauer

#2 - The SH3 domain-containing protein Nbp2 targets the Ptc1 type 2C Ser/Thr phosphatase to the mitogen-activated protein kinase module.
James Mapes, Irene Ota

#3 - Identifying novel roles for Fus3p in cell fusion and mating.
Dina Matheos, Kevan Shokat, Eric Phizicky, Mark Rose

#4 - Regulation of Cell Polarity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Gpa1 and Fus3.
Metodi Metodiev, Sofia Zaichick, Hye-Jin Kim, David Stone

#5 - Dynamic regulation of PHO85 G1 cyclins contributes to cell cycle-dependent morphogenesis in budding yeast.
Jason Moffat, Dongqing Huang, Brenda Andrews

#6 - Pas-kinase regulates multiple steps in the glycogen synthesis pathway.
Jared Rutter, Brandon Probst, Steve McKnight


Platform Session: Filamentous Growth

Tuesday, July 30 -- 9:00PM - 10:30PM

#7 - Blocking Clb2p nuclear export delays mitotic exit and the isotropic switch to promote filamentous growth.
Diego Rua, Stephen Kron

#8 - Depletion of a polo-like kinase and manipulation of the cell cycle trigger hyphal growth in Candida albicans.
Catherine Bachewich, David Thomas, Malcolm Whiteway

#9 - Septins function in Candida albicans hyphal growth.
Amy Warenda, Stephen Martin, James Konopka


Platform Session: Chromosome Dynamics

Wednesday, July 31 -- 9:00AM - 10:30AM

#10 - Specification of ORC activity by differential DNA affinity.
Madeleine A. Palacios-DeBeer, Ulrika Muller, Catherine A. Fox

#11 - Negative Regulation of Sir-dependent Silencing by a Universally Conserved Histone Variant.
Marc Meneghini, Shivkumar Venkatasubrahmanyam, Michelle Wu, William Hwang, Amy Tong, Charlie Boone, Hiten Madhani

#12 - Silencers, Sir proteins, and the cell cycle.
Scott G. Holmes, Mirela Matecic, Mary Lou Dula, Adrienne Woike

#13 - S phase and establishment of silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Ann L. Kirchmaier, Jasper Rine

#14 - Global and specific transcriptional repression by the histone H3 amino terminus in budding yeast.
Randall Morse, Nevin Sabet, Fumin Tong, Mitchell Smith

#15 - Genomic Integrity Determinants in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae.
Dongli Huang, Douglas Koshland


Platform Session: Mother-Daughter Relationships

Wednesday, July 31 -- 11:00AM - 12:30PM

#16 - Ace2 and Cln3 are required for daughter cell-specific G1 delay in S. cerevisiae.
Warren Heideman, David Markwardt, Tracy Laabs

#17 - Cbk1p and Hym1p are necessary for the daughter cell specific localization of the transcription factor Ace2p.
Waldemar J. Racki, Anne-Marie Bécam, Edouard Bertrand, Christopher J. Herbert

#18 - The Mob2p-Cbk1p kinase complex promotes polarized growth and acts with the Mitotic Exit Network and nuclear export regulation to facilitate asymmetric transcription factor localization in S. cerevisiae.
Cornelia Kurischko, Eric Weiss, David Drubin, Frank Luca


Platform Session: Global Analysis of Gene Expression

Wednesday, July 31 -- 2:00PM - 3:30PM

#19 - Swi/Snf is directly required for repression of transcription.
Joseph A. Martens, Fred Winston

#20 - A novel transcription factor, War1p, mediates adaptation to weak acid stress by controlling expression of the yeast Pdr12p ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter.
Yasmine Mamnun, Angelika Kren, Bettina Bauer, Christoph Schüller, Chantal Schwartz, Mehdi Mollapour, Peter Piper, Karl Kuchler

#21 - A comprehensive analysis of Gcn4p coactivator requirements reveals novel genetic and physical interactions.
Mark J. Swanson, Laarni Sumibcay, Anna Krueger, Soon-ja Kim, Fan Zhang, Hongfang Qiu, Alan G. Hinnebusch

#22 - Global analysis of yeast gene expression during a brewery fermentation.
Tom Pugh, Barbara Dunn, Andrew Venteicher, Sandra Metzner, John Seabrooks, David Ryder, Patrick Brown, David Botstein

#23 - Genome-scale functional prediction and hypothesis testing in S. cerevisiae highlight rRNA biogenesis as a major under-studied process.
Lani Wu, Nevan Krogan, Armaity Davierwala, WenTao Peng, Mark Robinson, Jack Greenblatt, Steve Altschuler, Timothy Hughes

#24 - Learning Module Networks from Expression Profiles.
Eran Segal, Dana Pe'er, Aviv Regev, Daphne Koller, Nir Friedman


Platform Session: Control Gene Regulators

Thursday, August 1 -- 9:00AM - 10:30AM

#25 - Gcn5 and Spt3 can have opposite roles in regulating binding by the TATA Binding Protein TBP.
Yaxin Yu, Peter Eriksson, David Stillman

#26 - Gene activation by interaction of an inhibitor with a cytoplasmic signaling protein.
Gang Peng, James Hopper

#27 - Role of Hsp90 chaperone complex in MAL gene induction.
Mehtap Bali, Bin Zhang, Kevin A. Morano, Corinne A. Michels

#28 - A unique role for G1 cyclins in transcription by RNA polymerase III.
Neelam Desai, Ian Willis

#29 - The nuclear import of histones is mediated by karyopherins/importins and specific nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling-chromatin assembly factors.
Nima Mosammaparast, Courtney Ewart, Sarah Wilkinson, Lucy Pemberton

#30 - Nuclear Import of Upf3p Is Mediated by Importin alpha/beta and Export of Upf3p is Required for a Functional NMD Pathway in Yeast.
Amanda Ford, Renee Shirley, M. Rachel Richards, Markus Albertini, Michael Culbertson


Platform Session: Comparative Genetics and Evolution

Thursday, August 1 -- 11:00AM - 12:30PM

#31 - Characteristic genome rearrangements accompany experimental evolution.
Maitreya J. Dunham, Hassan Badrane, Patrick O. Brown, R. Frank Rosenzweig, David Botstein

#32 - Comparative Genomics tells us which ORFs are genes?
J. Michael Cherry, Saccharomyces Genome Database

#33 - Evidence for rapid evolution of silencers in budding yeasts.
Jimmy O. O. Sjöstrand, Andreas Kegel, Stefan Äström


Platform Session: Proteomics

Thursday, August 1 -- 4:30PM - 6:00PM

#34 - Subcellular localization of the yeast proteome.
Anuj Kumar, Seema Agarwal, John Heyman, Amar Drawid, Kei Cheung, Mark Gerstein, Shirleen Roeder, Michael Snyder

#35 - The spatial organization of lipid synthesis in yeast: Large-scale GFP-tagging and high-resolution microscopy.
Klaus Natter, Iskandar Dib, Alexander Faschinger, Anita Jandrositz, Steven McCraith, Stanley Fields, Sepp D. Kohlwein

#36 - Identification of protein-protein interactions between integral membrane proteins.
John P. Miller, Safia Thaminy, Igor Stagljar, Stanley Fields

#37 - Systematic analysis of yeast protein complexes using multidimensional mass spectrometry.
Jennifer L. Jennings, Adrian Canutescu, Steven L. Sanders, Melanie D. Ohi, Kathleen L. Gould, P. Anthony Weil, Andrew J. Link

#38 - Yeast Ribosome Assembly Intermediates.
Tiffany Miles, Jelena Jakovljevic, Piyanun Harnpicharnchai, Edward Horsey, John Woolford

#39 - Global Analysis of Protein Ubiquitination.
Richard Gardner, Daniel Gottschling


Platform Session: Cell Cycle and Differentiation

Friday, August 2 -- 9:00AM - 10:30AM

#40 - The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fin1 protein forms cell cycle-specific filaments between spindle pole bodies.
Martijn J van Hemert, H. Yde Steensma, G. Paul H. van Heusden

#41 - Removing the Block to Pre-meiotic DNA Re-replication in S. cerevisiae.
Michael Mallory, Katrina Cooper, Michal Jarnik, Randy Strich

#42 - The role of Cak1 in promoting pre-meiotic S-phase.
Karen Schindler, Kirsten R. Benjamin, Andrew Boglioli, Edward Winter

#43 - Transmitting meiotic signals in yeast: lipases, lipid anchors, checkpoint controls.
Gela Tevzadze, Rochelle Easton Esposito

#44 - Snf1 kinase and the repressors Nrg1 and Nrg2 regulate FLO11 expression, invasive growth, and pseudohyphal development.
Sergei Kuchin, Valmik K. Vyas, Marian Carlson

#45 - Biogenesis, localization and function of model fungal adhesins.
Mingliang Zhang, Guohong Huang, Daniel Bennett, Scott E. Erdman


Platform Session: Transcription, Elongation and Termination

Friday, August 2 -- 11:00AM - 12:30PM

#46 - A genetic model for control of RNA polymerase II function by Ess1-mediated isomerization of the C-terminal domain (CTD).
Steven D. Hanes, Xiaoyun Wu, Cathy B. Wilcox, Gina Devasahayam, Vishnu Chaturvedi

#47 - Biochemical and genetic characterization of the Paf1/RNA polymerase II complex.
Cherie L. Mueller, Judith A. Jaehning

#48 - The Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromatin-modifying protein Chd1 interacts with the transcription elongation factors Rtf1 and Spt5.
Patrick J. Costa, Derek L. Lindstrom, Hien G. Tran, Kelli L. Roinick, Rajna Simic, Alexander D. Johnson, Grant A. Hartzog, Karen M. Arndt

#49 - Affinity purification of Spt5-associated proteins reveals a series of related Spt5-Pol II complexes.
Derek L. Lindstrom, Nemone Muster, Kimberly C. Wachter, Sharon L. Squazzo, John R. Yates 3rd, Grant A. Hartzog

#50 - The Ras/PKA pathway controls gene expression by regulating the activity of Srb complex proteins present in the RNA pol II holoenzyme.
Ya-Wen Chang, Paul K. Herman

#51 - A role for Ssu72 protein in poly-independent termination of transcription by RNA polymerase II.
Eric J. Steinmetz, David A. Brow


Platform Session: Genome-Wide Screens

Friday, August 2 -- 2:00PM - 3:30PM

#52 - Analysis of peroxisome assembly and function by combining large-scale genomic and proteomic analyses.
Marcello Marelli, Jennifer J. Smith, Rowan H. Christmas, Eugene Yi, David Goodlett, Richard A. Rachubinski, John D. Aitchison

#53 - Genomic screen reveals genes required for normal Yap1p trafficking during oxidant challenge in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Sherry A. Rovinsky, W. Scott Moye-Rowley

#54 - A 'low-tech, high-throughput' screen of the deletion mutant collection efficiently identifies karmellae biogenesis genes.
Jennifer Loertscher, Emily Cadera, Dangelei Fox, Clint Matson, Jeffrey Shaver, Christine Tachibana, Robin Wright

#55 - Genome-wide Synthetic Lethality Screens on Microarrays: probing DNA metabolism in S. cerevisiae .
Siew Loon Ooi, Marina Lee, Daniel Yuan, Arne IJpma, Sharon Sookhai-Mahadeo, Xuewen Pan, Rafael Irizarry, Carol W. Greider, Daniel D. Shoemaker, Forrest A. Spencer, Jef D. Boeke

#56 - GENETIC interaction network from large-scale synthetic lethality screens.
Amy Hin Yan Tong, Brenda Andrews, Mike Tyers, Charlie Boone

#57 - Genetic analysis of biofilm formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Todd Reynolds, Kexin Yu, Gerald Fink


Platform Session: Environmental Sensing

Saturday, August 3 -- 9:00AM - 10:30AM

#58 - The plasma membrane SPS sensor of external amino acids induces proteolytic activation of the transcription factor Stp1p.
Claes Andreasson, Per O. Ljungdahl

#59 - Constitutive signaling by a mutant form of the amino acid sensor Ssy1.
Richard F. Gaber, Kim E. Ottow, Helge A. Andersen, Morten C. Kielland-Brandt

#60 - Generation of a glucose signal by the glucose sensors and its transduction to the nucleus.
Valérie BRACHET, Hiaso MORIYA, Mark JOHNSTON

#61 - The cAMP pathway and a specific PKA, Tpk1, transmit the glucose signal that inhibits meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Yona Kassir, Sabine Martin, Galit Shenhar, Hans Kuntzel

#62 - A distinct gene expression program is regulated by a specific phosphorylated form of the transcription factor Pho4.
Dennis Wykoff, Michael Springer, Nicole Miller, Erin O'Shea

#63 - The casein kinase I homolog Hrr25 phosphorylates and negatively regulates the transcription factor Crz1p.
Kimberly Kafadar, Heng Zhu, Michael Snyder, Ashley Fouts, Martha Cyert


Platform Session: Membrane Proteins and Organelles

Saturday, August 3 -- 11:00AM - 12:30PM

#64 - Identification of a Ras palmitoyltransferase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Robert Deschenes, Sandra Lobo, Wendy Greentree, Maureen Linder

#65 - Palmitoyl transferase activity is associated with the DHHC finger domain protein Akr1p.
Amy Roth, Ying Feng, Linyi Chen, Nick Davis

#66 - Spatial Control of Cell Polarity by the Bud1/Rsr1 GTPase.
Hay-Oak Park, Pil Jung Kang

#67 - Identification of a novel regulator of NBD-phosphatidylcholine flip and anti-tumor, ether phospholipid toxicity in yeast.
Pamela K. Hanson, Lynn Malone, J. Wylie Nichols

#68 - The vacuole-specific myosin V receptor coordinates vacuole inheritance with the cell cycle.
Fusheng Tang, John Nau, Natalie Catlett, Kuniko Ishikawa, Emily Kauffman, Yutian Peng, Lois Weisman

#69 - Export of the Cox2p C-terminal tail from the mitochondrial matrix: folding inside and signaling from outside?
Scott A. Saracco, Thomas D. Fox


Platform Session: Replication, Recombination and Repair

Saturday, August 3 -- 4:30PM - 6:00PM

#70 - Two mcm3 Mutants Defective at Different Steps in the Initiation of DNA Replication.
Ming Lei, Irene Cheng, Louis Roberts, Michael McAlear, Bik Tye

#71 - The DNA repair protein RAD54 is an ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling enzyme.
Mariela Jaskelioff, Stephen van Komen, Patrick Sung, Craig Peterson

#72 - Non-homologous end-joining in S. cerevisiae.
Anne J. Welcker, Cecilia Cardenas-Navia, Alison Rattray, Jeffrey Strathern

#73 - A novel ubiquitin ligase required for repair of UV-damaged DNA.
Kerrington Ramsey, Arindam Dasgupta, David Auble

#74 - The Flap-endonuclease Rad27 inhibits Ty1 mobility in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Anuradha Sundararajan, Bum-Soo Lee, David J. Garfinkel

#75 - Identification of suppressors of top3 slow growth: old friends and new friends.
Erika Shor, Serge Gangloff, Marisa Wagner, Justin Weinstein, Rodney Rothstein


Platform Session: Protein Folding and Turnover

Sunday, August 4 -- 9:00AM - 10:30AM

#76 - The complex chaperone machinery at the ribosome.
Heather Hundley, Helene Eisenman, Peggy Huang, William Walter, Elizabeth Craig

#77 - Regulation of the transcription factor Gcn4 by the Pho85 cyclin Pcl5.
Revital Shemer, Ariella Meimoun, Tsvia Gildor, Sharon Aviram, Daniel Kornitzer

#78 - Ubiquitin-mediated degradation of MATalpha2 is required for cell differentiation during mating-type switching.
Jeff Laney, Mark Hochstrasser

#79 - An HRD/DER- independent quality control mechanism involves Rsp5p-dependent ubiquitination and ER-Golgi transport.
Cole Haynes, Antony Cooper

#80 - Protein regulation by a quality control pathway: ERAD and sterols.
Randolph Hampton, Omar Bazirgan, Stephen Cronin, Isabelle Flury, Christine Federovitch, Renee Garza, Alexander Shearer

#81 - The PDI family member, Eps1, plays a role in ER-associated degradation.
Qiongqing Wang, Amy Chang


Platform Session: Yeast and Human Disease

Sunday, August 4 -- 11:00AM - 12:30PM

#82 - Factors affecting the stability of the human HRAS1 minisatellite in yeast.
Peter A. Jauert, David T. Kirkpatrick

#83 - The CCR4-NOT1 transcriptional complex regulates the G1/S checkpoint response following ionizing radiation damage.
Tammy J. Westmoreland, John A. Olson, Tao Hsieh, Jeffrey R. Marks, Craig B. Bennett

#84 - Functional fingerprints of human p53 mutants using quantitative yeast-based transactivation assays reveal specific changes in p53 activity that may be relevant to tumor biology.
Alberto Inga, Francesca Storici, Brennan Bouma, Paola Monti, Gilberto Fronza, Thomas Darden, Michael A. Resnick

#85 - Prions seed other prions: a functional screen for novel prion elements in yeast.
Irina L. Derkatch, Michael E. Bradley, Joo Y. Hong, Susan W. Liebman

#86 - Sup35 prion conversion timing in vivo.
Tricia Serio, Susan Lindquist

#87 - Real world genetics - dissecting quantitative traits in yeast.
Himanshu Sinha, Lars M. Steinmetz, Peter J. Oefner, Ronald W. Davis, John H. McCusker


Poster Session: Cell Biology -- Cytoskeleton

#88 - Bni5p, a septin-interacting protein, is required for normal septin function and cytokinesis in S. cerevisiae.
Philip Lee, Sukgil Song, Hyeon-Su Ro, John Lippincott, Rong Li, John Pringle, Mark Longtine, Kyung Lee

#89 - The septation apparatus, an autonomous system in budding yeast.
Dong-Hyun Roh, Blair Bowers, Martin Schmidt, Enrico Cabib

#90 - Mapping dynactin complex interactions by alanine-scanning of Arp1p.
Sean W. Clark, Mark D. Rose

#91 - The Formin Homology-2 Domain: an Actin Filament Nucleator Located at the Growing Barbed End.
Marie Evangelista, David Pruyne, Changsong Yang, Erfei Bi, Sally Zigmond, Anthony Bretscher, Charles Boone

#92 - Actin polarization by the overexpression of GEA1/GEA2.
Ewa Zakrzewska, Marjorie Perron, André Laroche, Dominick Pallotta

#93 - Characterization of the function of Septin nucleotide-binding.
Satish Nagaraj, Alina Vrabioiu, Chirstine Field, Mark Longtine

#94 - Bni4 and Glc7 are interdependent for their association with septins at the bud neck.
Lukasz Kozubowski, Heather Panek, Douglas J. DeMarini, Kelly Tatchell

#95 - The use of Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) to study the asymmetry of septin-associated proteins at the bud neck.
Lukasz Kozubowski, Brian Kelley, Kelly Tatchell

#96 - Eng1p, an endo-1,3-beta-glucanase localized at the daughter side of the septum, is required for cell separation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Carlos R. Vazquez de Aldana, Sandra Ufano, Victoriano Baladron, Encarnación Dueñas, Ana Belén Martín-Cuadrado, Francisco del Rey

#97 - Characterization of the YLR190w-Myo2p complex in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Kimberly A. Metera, Lawrence W. Bergman, Ph.D.

#98 - Aip1p, a novel actin filament severing protein?
Laurie E. Grulich, David C. Amberg

#99 - Rpg1/Tif32p accumulates at sites of the localized growth.
Jiri Hasek, Katerina Malinska, Ivana Janatova

#100 - Characterization of Polymeric Chains of SUMO in yeast.
Yoshimitsu Takahashi, Daisuke Fukuoka, Akio Toh-e, Yoshiko Kikuchi

#101 - Direct regulation of Arp2/3 complex function by coronin.
Christine Humphries, Heath Balcer, Jessica L. D'Agostino, Deborah Robbins, Georjana Barnes, Brenda Andrews, Bruce L. Goode

#102 - Analysis of the actin cytoskeleton protein, Rvs167, and its interacting partners.
Helena Friesen, Brenda Andrews

#103 - In Vitro and In Vivo Analyses of Mutations that Alter the Target-Binding Specificity of Abp1p SH3 domain.
Arianna Rath, Jennifer Haynes, Brenda J. Andrews, Alan R. Davidson

#104 - Deletion analysis of the tail domains of myosin I in C. albicans.
Ursula Oberholzer, Malcolm Whiteway


Poster Session: Cell Biology -- Membrane and Cell Wall Function

#105 - Protein-protein interactions among C-4 demethylation enzymes involved in yeast sterol biosynthesis.
Caiqing Mo, Martin Valachovic, Steven Randall, Joseph Nickles, Martin Bard

#106 - Role of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate and its targets in formation of forespore membrane in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Yasuhisa Fukui, Masayuki Onishi, Takako Koga, Yoko Nakamura, Taro Nakamura, Chikashi Shimoda, Kaoru Takegawa

#107 - Functional analysis of ORF YBR043c, encoding a putative drug:H + antiporter localised in the plasma membrane.
Sandra Tenreiro, Isabel Sá-Correia

#108 - Identification of genes that encode GPI-anchored membrane proteins involved in yeast cell wall biosynthesis, DCW1 (YKL046c) and DFG5.
Hiroshi Kitagaki, Wu Hong, Hitoshi Shimoi, Kiyoshi Itoh

#109 - The multiple functions of a cell wall stress sensor.
Gordon Ford, Katherine Wilson, Douglas Stirling

#110 - Regulation of sterol biosynthesis by paralogous transcription factors.
Brandon Davies, Ashild Vik, Jasper Rine

#111 - Plasma membrane targeting of Ras involves a palmitoylation-dependent, but classical secretory-independent pathway.
Geng Wang, Lihong Zhao, Xiangwen Dong, Sandra Lobo, Robert Deschenes

#112 - Characterizing the sterol profiles of the S. cerevisiae MAPR homologue, YPL170w.
Chris Banna, Phillip Gray, Jung Choi

#113 - The compensating effect of the BGL2 disruption in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells lacking CHS3.
Elena V. Karpova, Tatyana S. Kalebina, Natalya E. Suzina, Daniela K. Laurinavichiute, Vitalyi I. Duda, Igor S. Kulaev

#114 - The PAK kinase Kic1 is involved in regulating cell wall construction in yeast.
Frans M. Klis, Edwin Vink, Jack H. Vossen, Arthur F.J. Ram, Hans De Nobel, Klaas Hellingwerf


Poster Session: Cell Biology -- Growth and Metabolism

#115 - A novel acetyltransferase, Mpr1p, found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae sigma 1278b detoxifies a L-proline analogue, L-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid.
Mika Shichiri, Chikara Hoshikawa, Shigeru Nakamori, Hiroshi Takagi

#116 - Transport proteins for biotin (vitamin H) and pantothenate (vitamin B5) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Juergen Stolz, Thomas Caspari, Eckhart Schweizer, Norbert Sauer

#117 - Identification of amino acid permeases activated by growth in galactose medium in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
George Peter, Aamir Ahmed

#118 - Investigation into the mechanism of action and biological role of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mannoproteins that reduce visible haziness in wine.
Shauna Brown, Miguel de Barros Lopes, Peter Hoj, Elizabeth Waters

#119 - The position 252 of cytochrome b, involved in a mitochondrial human pathology, interacts with subunit 9 of the yeast bc1 complex.
Yann Saint-Georges, Nathalie Bonnefoy, Jean Paul di Rago, Stephane Chiron, Geneviève Dujardin

#120 - Cloning, sequencing and characterization of a gene encoding dihydroxyacetone kinase from Zygosaccharomyces rouxii NRRL2547.
Bernard Prior, Gerald Kayingo, Zheng-Xiang Wang, Anders Blomberg

#121 - Localization of the inositol transporters of Saccharomyces cerevisiae visualized with the green fluorescent protein.
Jun-ichi Nikawa, Miki Miyashita

#122 - The role of glutaredoxin as antioxidants.
Emma J. Collinson, Chris M. Grant

#123 - The N-acetylglutamate synthase / N-acetylglutamate kinase metabolon of Saccharomyces cerevisiae allows a coordinated feedback regulation of the first two steps in arginine biosynthesis.
Katia Pauwels, Agnes Abadjieva, Pierre Hilven, Anna Stankiewicz, Marjolaine Crabeel

#124 - Biochemical and genetic analyses of yeast and human high-affinity copper transporters suggest a conserved mechanism for copper uptake.
Sergi Puig, Jaekwon Lee, Miranda Lau, Dennis J. Thiele

#125 - Neurospora crassa functional Ras homologue suppresses the growth defect on glycerol caused by the cit2 deletion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Jan H. Swiegers, Dewald van Dyk, Isak S. Pretorius, Florian F. Bauer

#126 - Investigation of the role of ABC1 in Coenzyme Q biosynthesis.
Edward J Hsieh, Jason Dinoso, Catherine F. Clarke

#127 - Regulation and role of protein S-thiolation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Daniel Shenton, Chris Grant

#128 - Genes involved in the accumulation of alpha-keto-isovaleric acid derived from leucine during flavour formation.
Sung A. Schoondermark-Stolk, Michael Jansen, Janine H. Veurink, Johannes Boonstra, Gert-Jan W. Euverink, Lubbert Dijkhuizen

#129 - Expression of HXT5 is determined by growth rates in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
René Verwaal, Hans Paalman, Rick Kapur, Astrid Hogenkamp, Arie Verkleij, Theo Verrips, Johannes Boonstra

#130 - Dihydroxyacetone kinases in S. cerevisiae are involved in detoxification of dihydroxyacetone.
Mikael Molin, Joakim Norbeck, Anders Blomberg

#131 - Unusual behavior of a yeast diploid heterozygous for meu1 in combination with other mutations.
Ahmad Subhi, Warren Kruger

#132 - The role of phosphorylation in glucose-induced inactivation in Saccharomyces maltose permease.
Nidhi Gadura, Corinne A. Michels

#133 - Cytosolic aldehyde dehydrogenase genes ALD2 and ALD3 mediate beta-alanine and pantothenic acid biosynthesis in yeast.
W. Hunter White, Jeremy Toyn, Paul Skatrud, Zhixiong Xue

#134 - Synergism and antagonism of Acinetobacter by Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Michael Smith, Shelley des Etages, Michael Snyder

#135 - Sod2 functions downstream of Ras2 and Sch9 to extend longevity in yeast.
Paola Fabrizio, Lee-Loung Liou, Vanessa N. Moy, Joan Selverstone Valentine, Edith Butler Gralla, Valter D. Longo

#136 - A search for gene suppressors of an rpd3/sex1 deletion reveals a link between the upstream regulators of cell wall integrity-and the inositol biosynthesis pathways in controlling cell cycle progression in the G1 phase.
Guylaine Tardif, Yves Bourbonnais

#137 - Nep1p (Emg1p), a novel protein conserved in eukaryotes and archaea, is involved in pre-rRNA processing.
Markus Buchhaupt, Dietmar Eschrich, Peter Kötter, Karl-Dieter Entian

#138 - CCZ1 and ARL1 participate in regulation of ion homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Sherie L. Love, Christopher Testa, Anne E. Thomas, Kari-Elise Tryggestad, Anne G. Rosenwald

#139 - Protein phosphatase type 1 and yeast casein kinase 1 cooperatively regulate ion homeostasis.
Tara Williams-Hart, Kelly Tatchell

#140 - Characterization of Nog1p: a member of the Obg family of GTP binding proteins.
Jennifer L. Fuentes, Janine R. Maddock

#141 - IRON acquisition by C. albicans.
Simon Knight, Emmanuel Lesuisse, Jean-Michel Camadro, Robert Stearman, Andrew Dancis

#142 - DBP5 and GLE1 are potential targets of PLC1-mediated mRNA export activity.
Jeff Flick, Tim Unruh

#143 - Genetic interactions between YGL232w and PUS4 suggest a role for YGL232w in tRNA modification.
Wendy E. Raymond, Alison Peet, Joseph W. Chihade

#144 - The yeast homolog of heme oxygenase is required for iron homeostasis in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Olga Protchenko, Tracey Ferea, Jared Rashford, John Tiedeman, Patrick O. Brown, David Botstein, Caroline C. Philpott

#145 - Functional characterization of Blm3p, a protein involved in resistance to oxidative damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Kevin Doherty, Ronald Charles, Ajay Pramanik, Carol Moore

#146 - Physiological consequences of isocitrate dehydrogenase dysfunction.
Mark T. McCammon, Lee McAlister-Henn

#147 - Monitoring of fluctuations in nuclear protein levels in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under varying conditions of oxidative stress.
Kanwal Farooqi, Louis Mazzella, Ajay Pramanik, Marjan Ghazvini, Kevin Doherty, Carol Moore

#148 - Lead Responsiveness in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Ingrid Swanson, Michelle Greene, Erin Gilmore, Christi Magrath

#149 - A protein complex is involved in Q biosynthesis.
Peter K. Gin, B. Noelle Marbois, Wayne W. Poon, Catherine F. Clarke

#150 - Characterization of Nop7p-containing pre-ribosomal particles.
Piyanun Harnpicahrnchai, Jelena Jakovljevic, John Woolford

#151 - Requirement for histone acetylation in DNA damage repair.
John Choy, Stephen Kron

#152 - Activation of LAC1, encoding ceramide synthase, by the yeast multidrug resistance regulator Pdr3p in response to mitochondrial dysfunction.
Marcin Kolaczkowski, Xiaoting Zhang, Scott Moye-Rowley

#153 - Ypl055cp functions downstream from Pdr3p during retrograde activation of PDR5 transcription.
Xiaoting Zhang, Anna Kolaczkowska, Jenarah Tekippe, Scott Moye-Rowley

#154 - Nitrogen utilization by Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a mouse model.
Joanne Kingsbury, John McCusker

#155 - Structural and enzymatic properties of the AAA-protein Drg1p from Saccharomyces cerevisiae : Decoupling of intracellular function from ATPase activity and hexamerization.
Andriy Zakalskiy, Helmut Bergler, Takashi Ishikawa, Eva Wehrschütz-Sigl, David Teis, Gertrude Zisser, Alasdair Steven, Gregor Högenauer

#156 - Molecular breeding of brewer ' s yeast by gene knockout technique.
Yan LI, Xiuping He, Cuijuan Tie, Borun Zhang, Jian Zhuge


Poster Session: Cell Biology -- Cell Cycle, Morphogenesis and Differentiation

#157 - Mutations in genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encoding pre-mRNA splicing factors cause cell cycle arrest by activating the spindle checkpoint.
Orna Dahan, Martin Kupiec

#158 - Coordination of cell growth with cell division: control of nitrogen metabolism by cell division.
Brad Bryan, Michael Polymenis

#159 - The carboxyl-terminus of Cdc28 is essential for chromosome stability and regulation by its activating kinase Cak1.
Ana A. Kitazono, Stephen J. Kron

#160 - Connection between cell cycle progression and transcriptional activation of glycolytic and translational component genes by Gcr1p.
Kristine Willis, Stephen J. Deminoff, Balraj Menon, Satish Pasula, Jason Moffat, Brenda Andrews, George Santangelo

#161 - Genetic determinants of the association between cyclin-dependent kinase and activating cyclin sub-units.
Benjamin A. Nacev, Jonathan N. Fitz Gerald, Stephen J. Kron

#162 - Glucose metabolism and cell cycle regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Jasper A. Diderich, Laura L. Newcomb, Barabara M. Bakker, Jack T. Pronk, Hans V. Westerhoff, Warren Heideman

#163 - Cell cycle regulation through mRNA degradation; a model for the human disease Cartilage-hair Hyploplasia.
Jason Aulds, Tina L. Gill, Sara Wierzbicki, Mark E. Schmitt

#164 - Characterization of Ubc9's role in cell cycle progression of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Patrick Dieckhoff, Melanie Bolte, Peixing Zhu, Gerhard Braus, Stefan Irniger

#165 - Azf1 regulates CLN3 transcription in S. cerevisiae.
Warren Heideman, Laura Newcomb, Matthew Slattery, Tracy Laabs

#166 - The meiosis specific transcription factor Ndt80 is a member of a novel class of DNA-binding proteins.
Ian Fingerman, Michael Pierce, Sherwin Montano, Marie Cote, Millie Georgiadis, Andrew Vershon

#167 - Regulation of PHO81, a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Janine Knight, Lawrence Bergman

#168 - The Role of Cell Size and G1-phase Cyclins in Entry into Meiosis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Audra Day, Lisa Ottmers, Colette Schneider, Jian Zhang, Brandt Schneider

#169 - The Rho-GAP Bem2p plays a GAP-independent role in the morphogenesis checkpoint.
Aron Marquitz, Jacob Harrison, Indrani Bose, Daniel Lew

#170 - The nucleotide metabolism and the cell cycle checkpoint function in yeast.
Hui-Lin Liu, Jin-Yuan Su

#171 - Mutational analysis of the interaction of a budding yeast CDK complex with the Sic1 inhibitor.
Qinghua Chen, Xueyan Yu, Jeffrey Craig, Jennifer Williams, Peter Mirabito, Michael Mendenhall

#172 - Identification of novel regulators of G1/S transition.
Ritu Pathak, Roxie Cham, Lane Jaeckel, Michael Polymenis

#173 - HYM1 regulates cell cycle progression in a cell type-specific manner.
Lydia Bogomolnaya, Roxie Cham, Michael Polymenis

#174 - Regulation of forkhead homolog one protein (Fkh1p) in the attenuation of CLB2 transcription.
Laurieann Casey, Catherine A. Fox

#175 - Multiple Essential Functions of CDC28 May Regulate Filamentous Growth.
Brian Tobe, Jackie Suen, Brooke Bevis, Daniel Chasman, Steve Kron

#176 - Cell cycle regulation in the multinuclear, filamentous ascomycete Ashbya gossypii.
Amy Gladfelter, Katrin Hungerbuehler, Peter Philippsen

#177 - What is the mechanism that suppresses the stress response (and induces the invasive growth) in SIGMA1278b genetic background?
Eran Blachinsky, Ariel Stanhill, Nadav Askari, David Engelberg

#178 - Targeting of the Cdc42p GTPase and Cdc24p GEF to polarized growth sites during the S. cerevisiae cell cycle.
Douglas I. Johnson, Tamara Richman, Kurt Toenjes, David Simpson, Sergio Morales

#179 - Genetic analysis of cell-cell adhesion in yeast.
Michael J. Svarovsky, Sean P. Palecek

#180 - Dual role of the yeast TEA/ATTS family transcription factor Tec1p in regulation of gene expression and cellular development.
Tim Köhler, Stefanie Wesche, Naimeh Taheri, Gerhard H. Braus, Hans-Ulrich Mösch

#181 - Rme1p, a regulator of meiosis, induce invasive growth through the up-regulation of MUC1 FLO11 expression in haploid S. cerevisiae strains.
Dewald van Dyk, Guy R. Hansson, Florian F. Bauer, Isak S. Pretorius

#182 - PHO23 and SWH1 play roles in biofilm formation by a Sardinian wine strain of S. cerevisiae.
Severino Zara, Giacomo Zara, Marilena Budroni, Giovanni Antonio Farris, Olga Martin, Alan T. Bakalinsky

#183 - The spatial landmark protein Bud8p links yeast cell polarity to factors involved in cellular transport and translation.
Naimeh Taheri, Anne-Brit Obermayer, Gerhard Braus, Hans-Ulrich Mösch

#184 - Linking morphogenesis and budding pattern in Candida albicans.
Cheryl Gale, Danielle Hausauer, Maryam Gerami-Nejad, Judith Berman

#185 - Protein phosphatase 2A is required for progression through meiosis I.
Lyndi Rice, Grace Tan, Reza Shirzadi, Jun Yin, Joseph Nickels

#186 - Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rpg1 + p affects cell morphology when overproduced in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Ivana Janatova, Zdenek Koubek, Katerina Malinska, Radka Rakova, Jiri Hasek

#187 - Sps1p, a sporulation-specific kinase required for deposition of spore wall components in S. cerevisiae.
Michelle Iwamoto, JoAnne Engebrecht

#188 - Bud6p/Aip3p, an actin interacting protein, is required for the hyphal growth of Candida albicans and Yarrowia lipolytica.
Yunkyoung Song, Seon Ah Cheon, Jeong-Yoon Kim

#189 - Measuring S. cerevisiae attachment to surfaces by a shear flow detachment assay.
Fang Li, Sean Palecek

#190 - Depletion of H2A-H2B dimers may activate a novel meiotic checkpoint.
Sean Hanlon, David Norris, Andrew Vershon

#191 - Bem1p is required for Cdc42p polarization in the absence of bud site selection.
Javier Irazoqui, Daniel Lew

#192 - Regulation of Ras2 protein levels in pseudohyphal differentiation in S. cerevisiae.
Cemile Guldal, Holly Koblish, Jessica Tanis, Gordon Freckleton, James Broach

#193 - Contrasting roles of GRR1 in initiation and completion of meiosis.
Misa Gray, Kedar Purnapatre, Saul M. Honigberg

#194 - Meiotic differentiation during colony maturation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Kedar Purnapatre, Saul M. Honigberg

#195 - Characterization of downstream genes regulated by SSK1 in Candida albicans.
Neeraj Chauhan, Richard Calderone

#196 - Structure and function of the EPA1 adhesin, a glucan crosslinked cell wall protein of Candida glabrata.
Matthew Frieman, Brendan Cormack

#197 - Differential role of phosphoinositide transfer protein, Sec14, in vegetative cells and sporulation.
Jaime E. Connolly, Simon A. Rudge, JoAnne Engebrecht

#198 - Genetic and Molecular Characterization of Hsl1.
Jessie Hanrahan, Michael Snyder

#199 - Snf1 kinase complexes containing different beta subunits have distinct roles in invasive growth and filamentation.
Valmik K. Vyas, Sergei Kuchin, Cristin Berkey, Marian Carlson

#200 - Lrg1p is a Rho1 GTPase Activating Protein Required for Efficient Cell Fusion in Yeast.
Pamela Fitch, Alison Gammie, Mark Rose

#201 - Isolation and Characterization of putative novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae fragile mutants.
Xiuping He, Chunxiu Liu, Borun Zhang, Huarong Tan

#202 - A septin-dependent checkpoint monitor for bud emergence in yeast.
Chandra L. Theesfeld, Trevin R. Zyla, Elaine G. S. Bardes, and Daniel J. Lew


Poster Session: Cell Biology -- Organelle Dynamics and Protein Trafficking

#203 - The cell biology of siderophore uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Caroline Philpott, Young-Woo Kim, Cheol-Won Yun, Robert Moore

#204 - Mitochondrial fission and fusion are important but not essential for sporulation in budding yeast.
Steven Gorsich, Janet Shaw

#205 - Imaging mitochondrial dynamics with high temporal and spatial resolution.
Stefan Jakobs, Alexander Egner, Nadia Martini, Stefan W. Hell

#206 - The DRS2/DNF genes are an essential group of P-type ATPases with overlapping functions in the late secretory, endocytic and vacuolar pathways.
Todd Graham, Zhaolin Hua, Parvin Fatheddin, Walter Gall, Nathan Geething

#207 - Characterization of two novel components required for the fusion step of the Cvt/Apg pathways.
Chao-Wen Wang, Per E. Stromhaug, Jun Shima, Emily J. Kauffman, Lois S. Weisman, Daniel J. Klionsky

#208 - The Net2 protein contains two functional domains that are required for the assembly of mitochondrial division complexes.
Kara Cerveny, Robert Jensen

#209 - Citrate modifies iron toxicity in the yeast model of Friedreich Ataxia.
Opal Chen, Shawn Hemenway, Jerry Kaplan

#210 - Coordiantion of protein transport steps by monomeric GTPases.
Shu Chen, Laura Price, Shan Chen, Nava Segev

#211 - Temperature sensitive Pichia pastoris mutants with disrupted transitional ER organization.
Pamela L. Connerly, Brooke J. Bevis, Jon F. Soderholm, Benjamin S. Glick

#212 - ER and Golgi undergo major rearrangements during mating.
Naz Erdeniz, Bryan Kraynack, Mark Rose

#213 - Multiple functions for Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase in endocytosis.
Joanna Kaminska, Beata Gajewska, Anita Hopper, Teresa Zoladek

#214 - Characterization of Yhr168wp, a mitochondrial GTP-binding protein in S. cerevisiae.
Kaustuv Datta, Janine Maddock

#215 - Genomics-based identification of a new yeast mitochondrial heat shock-induced protein with homology to a mammalian kidney disease gene.
Amy Trott, Joseph deRisi, Kevin Morano

#216 - A potential regulatory region of Vac17p, the vacuole-specific myosin V receptor.
Natasha Pashkova, Kuniko Ishikawa, Natalie Catlett, Fusheng Tang, Jennifer Novak, Lois Weisman

#217 - Trm1p as a determinant of inner nuclear membrane structure.
Karen A. Stauffer, Gang Peng, Nancy C. Martin, Anita K. Hopper

#218 - Structural plasticity of yeast mitochondria: Influence of the carbon source.
Stefan Jakobs, Alexander Egner, Nadia Martini, Stefan W. Hell

#219 - Vac8p function: analysis of the roles of palmitoylation and the armadillo repeats.
Emily Kauffman, Yutian Peng, Yong-Xu Wang, Fusheng Tang, Lois Weisman

#220 - A colony-color-sectoring based screen designed to identify mutants of the mitochondrial hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydrase.
Alexander J. Kastaniotis, Kaija Autio, J. Kalervo Hiltunen

#221 - Irreversible loss of activity precedes endocytosis and degradation of the Gap1 permease in response to amino acids.
Johan-Owen De Craene, Stephan Vissers, Bruno André

#222 - Evolutionary conservation of Rab protein localization.
Monica Calero, Stephanie D. Janeczko, Gary R. Whittaker, Ruth N. Collins

#223 - The putative ArfGAP Age1 can compensate for inadequate Gcs1 and Glo3 ArfGAP function in retrograde vesicular transport.
Stephen M. Lewis, Richard A. Singer, Gerald C. Johnston

#224 - Gea1p and Gea2p, the Sec7 domain Arf guanine nucleotide exchange factors.
Sei-Kyoung Park, Catherine L. Jackson

#225 - Role of Class C VPS proteins, Vps16p and Vps33p, in multiple targeting steps to the vacuole.
Shoba Subramanian, Elizabeth Jones

#226 - Prm3p is required for nuclear fusion.
Cindy Tobery, Mark Rose

#227 - Characterizations of the domain important the association of the Vps34p Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase with the Vps15p Protein Kinase.
Yelena Budovskaya, Paul Herman

#228 - Golgi Inheritance In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Is Compromised In An ER Inheritance Mutant.
Catherine A. Reinke, Olivia R. Rossanese, Brooke J. Bevis, Benjamin S. Glick

#229 - Regulation of the Fab1 PI3P-5 kinase, a lipid kinase that functions in vacuolar protein sorting and vacuolar size control.
Simon A. Rudge, Deborah Anderson, Trey Sato, Jonathan D. Gary, Lois S. Weisman, Scott D. Emr


Poster Session: Cell Biology -- Protein Folding and Degradation

#230 - Mutations in Hsp70 chaperone that impair yeast prion propagation, and intra-allelic suppressors of these defects.
Gary W. Jones, Daniel C. Masison

#231 - How fission yeast survives without an essential molecular chaperone.
Philippe Collin, Aram Elagöz, Pierre-Luc Tanguay, Pascale Beauregard, Luis A. Rokeach

#232 - Functional interaction between two Hsp90 co-chaperones, Cns1 and Cpr7.
Marija Tesic, Sara Cullinan, Richard Gaber

#233 - Vid22p and Vid27p regulate the import of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase into Vid vesicles through cyclophilin A.
Guo-Chiuan Hung, C. Randell Brown, Dong-ying Cui, Hui-Ling Chiang

#234 - Inhibitors of SCF ubiquitin ligases.
Cheryl Dixon, Lee Ellen Brunson, Neal Mathias

#235 - Functional characterization of the F-box protein Met30p.
Neal Mathias, Cheryl Dixon, Aaron LeFebvre, Lee Ellen Brunson

#236 - The yeast cell integrity pathway is positively regulated by the Cdc34/SCF complex.
Rajeet Pannu, Xaralabos Varelas, Christopher Ptak, David Stuart, Michael Ellison

#237 - Amino acid dependent Gcn4p stability regulation exclusively in the yeast nucleus.
Ralph Pries, Katrin Bömeke, Gerhard H. Braus

#238 - Enhanced mitochondrial degradation of yeast cytochrome c with amphipathic structures.
Xi Chen, Richard Moerschell, David Pearce, Durga Ramanan, Jun Wei, Fred Sherman

#239 - The meiosis-specific protein kinase Ime2 triggers Cdh1 phosphorylation and inactivation of the anaphase-promoting complex.
Melanie Bolte, Patrick Steigemann, Patrick Dieckhoff, Gerhard H. Braus, Stefan Irniger

#240 - The role of Grr1 in protein degradation and nutrient sensing.
Janna La Rue, Mushui Dai, Curt Wittenberg, Stefan Lanker

#241 - Yeast prions: modulation by cytoskeletal and stress-related proteins.
Renee D. Wegrzyn, Gary P. Newnam, Kim D. Allen, Kavita P. Bapat, Michael Gleason, Laura Ozolins, Jennifer Birchmore, Yury O. Chernoff

#242 - Using the yeast two-hybrid system in an undergraduate classroom laboratory to identify yeast proteins that interact with ubiquitin-processing protease Ubp3.
Aline Gadue, Bonnie Baxter

#243 - Copper Ion-Sensing Transcription Factor Mac1p Post-Translationally Controls the Degradation of its Target Gene Product Ctr1p.
Jesse Yonkovich, Roslyn McKenndry, Xiaoli Shi, Zhiwu Zhu


Poster Session: Cell Biology -- Signal Transduction

#244 - Analysis of new interaction mutants of STE50 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Massoud Ramezani-Rad, Igo Spode, Claudia Hopp, Melanie Sussmann, Cornelis P. Hollenberg

#245 - Mks1p is a negative regulator of retrograde gene expression in S. cerevisiae and does not affect nitrogen catabolite repression-sensitive gene expression.
Jennifer Tate, Kathleen Cox, Rajendra Rai, Terrance Cooper

#246 - Structure and Function Studies of an Extracellular Loop of Ste2p, a G Protein-Coupled Receptor for the Tridecapeptide alpha-Mating Factor of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Ayça Akal-Strader, Sanjay Khare, Dong Xu, Fred Naider, Jeffrey M. Becker

#247 - The SMK1 MAP kinase interacts with GSC2 to coordinate spore morphogenesis.
Linda S. Huang, Ira Herskowitz

#248 - Surface accessibility map of the G protein-coupled alpha-factor receptor.
Jennifer Lin, James Konopka

#249 - A single amino acid change in the multikinase scaffold Ste5 uncouples the efficiency and specificity of MAP kinase signal transduction.
Monica A. Schwartz, Hiten D. Madhani

#250 - The Gap1 permease is a central regulator of the signalling pathway responding to extracellular amino acids in yeast.
Mohamed El Bakkoury, Fadi Abdel Sater, Johan-Owen De Craene, Ismaïl Iraqui, Stephan Vissers, Antonio Urrestarazu, Bruno André

#251 - Mechanistic studies of glucose and amino acid signaling in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae involving TOR, Snf1, and the transcription factor Gln3.
John Carvalho, Paula G. Bertram, Jae H. Choi, Ting-Fung Chan, Wandong Ai, X. F. Steven Zheng

#252 - The Candida albicans hybrid histidine kinase, Chk1p, is a regulator of cell wall biosynthesis.
Michael Kruppa, Richard Calderone

#253 - GTPase Activating Proteins (GAPs) of Rho proteins in fission yeast.
Beatriz Santos, Belen Moreno, Pilar Perez

#254 - The role of phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate (PI3,5P 2) in vacuole morphology and the hyperosmotic stress response.
Jason E. Duex, Johnathan J. Nau, Cecilia J. Bonangelino, Lois S. Weisman

#255 - KNR4 interacts with the MAP kinase Slt2/Mpk1 and targets the outputs of the cell integrity pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Helene Martin-Yken, Adilia Dagkessamanskaia, Humberto Martin-Brieva, Maria Molina, Jean Francois

#256 - Purification and characterization of Snf1 kinase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Nandita Nath, Martin Schmidt

#257 - Glucose removal causes rapid and transient inhibition of both actin polarization and translation initiation.
Yukifumi Uesono, Mark Ashe, Akio Toh-e

#258 - The Influence of GPA2 on PKA-related Physiological Parameters in Nitrogen-Limited Chemostat Cultures.
Michael Rützler, Wolhard Bandlow

#259 - Regulation of protein kinase A activity in yeast by the Sse1 molecular chaperone.
Amy Trott, Lance Shaner, Kevin Morano

#260 - In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the inositol polyphosphate kinase activity of Kcs1 is required for to resistance to salt stress, cell integrity and vacuolar morphogenesis.
Evelyne Dubois, Bart Scherens, Fabienne Vierendeels, Melisa Ho, Stephen Shears

#261 - A study of HPt domain - response regulator domain interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Stace Porter, Ann West

#262 - Nuclear localization of Yap1 in response to carbon stress.
Heather A. Wiatrowski, Marian Carlson

#263 - The Snf1 kinase and the Dir1 transcription factor are part of a novel signal transduction pathway activated in response to genotoxic stress.
Caroline Dubacq, Marie-Claude Marsolier, Carl Mann

#264 - Role of the Ste7 MAPK-docking site on signal transmission.
Laura Flatauer, Lee Bardwell

#265 - Specificity of MAP kinase signaling in yeast differentiation involves transient versus sustained MAPK activation.
Walid Sabbagh Jr., Laura Flatauer, Jane Bardwell, Lee Bardwell

#266 - Search for targets of Pho85 kinase-cyclin complexes using the kinase-cyclin fusions.
Masafumi Nishizawa, Akio Toh-e

#267 - Stress-induced phosphorylation of the budding yeast protein kinase A (PKA) regulatory subunit Bcy1.
Gerard Griffioen, Johan M. Thevelein

#268 - Bud14 may control Rim15-dependent activation of the G 0 program via regulation of the type 1 protein phosphatase Glc7.
Ivo Pedruzzi, Frédérique Dubouloz, Claudio De Virgilio

#269 - Antagonistic growth regulation by HOG pathway and Ca 2+ signaling pathways in budding yeast.
Atsunori Shitamukai, Dai Hirata, Shinya Sonobe, Tokichi Miyakawa

#270 - Significance of Ligand Binding Specificity of the Sho1 SH3 Domain for HOG Pathway Function.
Jennifer A. Marles, Alan R. Davidson

#271 - Characterization of the S. pombe git3 G protein coupled receptor of the cAMP signaling pathway.
David Kelly, Devin Chandler, Charles Hoffman

#272 - Gln3 localization to the nuclei of carbon-starved cells is regulated by the nitrogen source provided.
Kathleen H. Cox, Jennifer Tate, Terrance G. Cooper

#273 - The Ras/protein kinase A pathway acts in parallel with the Mob2/Cbk1 pathway to effect cell growth and proper bipolar bud site selection.
Lisa Schneper, Alicia Kraus, Ryan Miyamoto, Shirley Fang, James Broach

#274 - Effect of the pheromone-responsive G-alpha protein of S. cerevisiae on the subcellular localization of the Fus3 MAP kinase.
Ernest A. Blackwell, Metodi V. Metodiev, Hye-Jin N. Kim, Andrey A. Obukhov, David E. Stone

#275 - Phosphorylation of the pheromone-responsive G-beta protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is required for chemotropic signaling.
Eli E. Bar, Metodi V. Metodiev, David E. Stone

#276 - The unusual heterotrimeric Galpha protein Gpa2 interacts with kelch repeat beta subunit structural mimics to control yeast differentiation.
Toshiaki Harashima, Joseph Heitman

#277 - Role of the Mds3p-Pmd1p family in adaptation to alkaline conditions.
Michelle Kim, Vincent Bruno, Aaron Mitchell

#278 - Genetic interaction between the mating-specific G-beta, Ste4, and the casein kinase I homologue, Yck1.
Dmitry Suchkov, Eli E. Bar, Alexis T. Ellicott, David E. Stone

#279 - Signal transduction through the Rim101p pH-response pathway.
Wenjie Xu, Aaron Mitchell

#280 - Photoaffinity cross-linking for identification of alpha-factor binding site in Saccharomyces cerevisiae pheromone receptor Ste2p.
Cagdas D. Son, Keith Henry, Sanjay Khare, Fred Naider, Jeffrey M. Becker

#281 - Subcellular localization of two-component pathway molecules in S. cerevisiae .
Mei-Yeh Jade Lu, Robert Deschenes, Jan Fassler

#282 - Budding yeast Sch9, a functional homologue of Akt/PKB?
John Wagner, Craig B. Thompson

#283 - The noncatalytic domain of a protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibits catalytic activity, but is required to inactivate mitogen-activated protein kinase in vivo.
Doris Heidysch, Chris Mattison, Qianbin He, Amanda Reynolds, Irene Ota

#284 - The general stress transcriptional activator Msn2 shuttles back and forth between cytoplasm and nucleus upon stress and a model for such an oscillatory behavior.
Michel Jacquet, Georges Renault, Jan de Mey, Albert Goldbeter


Poster Session: Chromosome Dynamics -- Recombination, Repair, Replication

#285 - DNA abasic sites: origin and repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Marie GUILLET, Serge BOITEUX

#286 - The ups and downs of CAG repeat tracts.
Eric Refsland, Malia Ireland, Debra Maurer, Barrie Miller, Brennon O'Callaghan, Jill Kuglin Schweitzer, Dennis Livingston

#287 - Morphogenetic variation via regulated mutation in yeast.
Adrian Halme, Cora Styles, Gerald R. Fink

#288 - Dap1p (damage repair protein related to membrane-associated progesterone receptor), a novel damage repair protein implicated in sterol regulation.
Rolf Craven, Randal Hand

#289 - A New NHS Plasmid System for Molecular Dissection of Mitotic Recombination Pathways in Yeast.
Carlo V. Bruschi, Valentina Caputo

#290 - A genomics-based screen for yeast mutants with an altered recombination/end-joining competitive repair ratio.
Elissa Karathanasis, Thomas E. Wilson

#291 - Genetic requirements for Rad51 -dependent and Rad51 -independent sister chromatid exchange (SCE) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Zheng Dong, Michael Fasullo

#292 - Fidelity of mitotic DSB repair: Analysis of Break Repair Induced Mutations (BRIMs).
Alison Rattray, Anne Welcker, Brenda Shafer, Jeffrey Strathern

#293 - The role of Rad7 and Rad16 in nucleotide excision repair.
Ben den Dulk, Karin Brouwer, Peter Bumb, Jaap Brouwer

#294 - The role of Pol4 and Mre11 in end processing during nonhomologous end-joining.
Jamuna Thimmarayappa, Elissa Karathanasis, Thomas E. Wilson

#295 - Interactions of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae PSO4 and PSO5 genes: implications on DNA repair, splicing and aging.
João Antonio Pêgas Henriques, Luis Fernando Revers, Jenifer Saffi, Heidi Feldmann, Martin Brendel

#296 - Localization of recombination intermediates in S. cerevisiae using GFP-based variants in vivo.
Christian Müller, Michael Lisby, Rodney Rothstein, Uffe Mortensen

#297 - Rad6 and Rad18 influence the nucleotide excision repair of DNA minor groove adducts.
Peter J. McHugh, Konstantinos Kiakos, Moses Lee, John A. Hartley

#298 - Regulation of homeologous recombination by the yeast mismatch repair system: potential role of PCNA.
Regan Gealy, Sue Jinks-Robertson

#299 - The life and death of Rad52p.
Erin Asleson, Dennis Livingston

#300 - The DNA repair protein Mms21p interacts with a member of a family of subtelomerically-encoded proteins.
Beth A. Montelone, Joyce G. Slusser

#301 - Ntg2p, a DNA glycosylase/AP lyase physically interacts with the DNA mismatch repair Mlh1p. Identification of a Mlh1p binding motif.
Lionel Gellon, Michel Werner, Serge Boiteux

#302 - Nej1p, a cell-type specific regulator of nonhomologous end-joining in yeast.
Andreas Kegel, Jimmy O.O. Sjöstrand, Stefan Äström

#303 - The flexible loop mediates flap cleavage activity in human FEN1 endonuclease during DNA replication and repair.
Francesca Storici, Ghislaine Henneke, Dmitry Gordenin, Ulrich Hubscher, Michael Resnick

#304 - Characterization of pathogenic human MSH2 missense mutations using yeast as a model system.
Alison Gammie, Naz Erdeniz, Julia Beaver, Afshan Nanji

#305 - Rad3p participates in the rescue of stalled DNA replication in the rad27 null mutant.
Liu Bi, Michelle Navarro, Maria Negritto, Shaofeng Ding, Gary Larson, Theodore Krontiris, Adam Bailis

#306 - Genetic control of sensitivity to topoisomerase targeting agents in S.pombe.
Noor-e-Mobeen Malik, John L. Nitiss

#307 - Cellular responses to DNA topoisomerase I poisons and the Tor kinase inhibitor, rapamycin.
Hervé Jacquiau, Peter Houghton, Mary-Ann Bjornsti

#308 - Transcription-Associated Mutation Spectrum in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Malcolm J. Lippert, Jenny Freedman, Melissa A. Barber, Sue Jinks-Robertson

#309 - Large-scale synthetic genetic array analysis links various aspects of chromosome dynamics.
Hong Xu, Michael Chang, Marie Evangelista, Ainslie Parsons, Bernhard Suter, Jasper Rine, Grant Brown, Charlie Boone

#310 - Fidelity of DNA polymerase epsilon holoenzyme from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Kikuo Shimizu, Keiji Hashimoto, Jake Kirchner, Wataru Nakai, Hiroko Nishikawa, Michael Resnick, Akio Sugino

#311 - Physical and functional association of Dna2p and Rdh54p in yeast.
Graziella Pedrazzi, Primo Schaer, Gi-Hyuck Ryu, Ulrich Huebscher, Yeon-Soo Seo, Igor Stagljar

#312 - TAH11 (yeast CDT1) protects cells from DNA topoisomerase I poisons.
Nabil Matmati, Paola Fiorani, Robert JD Reid, Elizabeth Vallen, Mary-Ann Bjornsti

#313 - Retinol influences oxidative metabolism and DNA repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Jenifer Saffi, Rafael Roehrs, Jaqueline Cesar Rocha, João Antonio Pêgas Henriques, Ana Lígia Lia de Paula Ramos

#314 - DNA metabolism in the mitochondrial genome: functional analysis of MSH1.
Shona A. Mookerjee, Elaine Sia, Ph.D

#315 - Effects of Mgm101p on the mutation and repair of mitochondrial DNA.
Leah Jablonski, Elaine A. Sia, PhD

#316 - Identification and Characterization of Novel cis-acting Elements Controlling Mating Type Switching in S. pombe.
Atanas Kaykov, Allyson Holmes, Benoît Arcangioli

#317 - Regulation of SCE in response to DNA damage by the MEC1 checkpoint.
Mingzeng Sun, Michael Fasullo

#318 - MEC1 suppresses spontaneous, mitotic sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) and is required for DNA damage-associated SCE (ddaSCE) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Michael Fasullo, Mingzeng Sun, Zheng Dong, Dave DeMase

#319 - DNA damage induces persistent cell cycle delays in budding yeast.
Allan LeSage, Steve Kron

#320 - The role of DNA checkpoint genes on the repair of broken chromosomes.
Yael Aylon, Martin Kupiec

#321 - The tRNA-Tyr gene family of Saccharomyces cerevisiae : agents of phenotypic variation and position effects on mutation frequency.
Sayoko Ito-Harashima, Phillip Hartzog, Himanshu Sinha, John McCusker


Poster Session: Chromosome Dynamics -- Meiosis

#322 - DNA mismatch repair during meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Linnea E. Jensen, Selina L. Jaman, Peter A. Jauert, David T. Kirkpatrick

#323 - Ecm11 is Smt3 conjugated by Nfi1.
Aleksandra Comino, Radovan Komel

#324 - S. cerevisiae MUS81 : what is its function in meiotic recombination?
Teresa de los Santos, Cindy Lee, Brittany Larkin, Nancy M. Hollingsworth

#325 - Mek1-as1: targeting the kinase in vivo.
Lihong Wan, Kevan Shokat, Nancy Hollingsworth

#326 - A trivalent induced by ectopic recombination disrupts the distributive segregation pathway in S. cerevisiae leading to increased levels of non-disjunction.
Geoffrey Gobert, Alastair Goldman

#327 - CEN3 represses meiotic double strand break formation over a large chromosomal region.
Tzu-Chen Wu, Michael Lichten

#328 - Determining the roles of the CDC7 and DBF4 genes in meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
John Wheeler, Jr., Seth Hanson, Nicholas Krause, Carrie Zabel, Rebecca Rohrer, Anne Galbraith

#329 - A dissection of the molecular mechanisms behind DNA double strand break repair during meiosis.
Tanja Thybo, Michael Lisby, Rodney Rothstein, Uffe Mortensen

#330 - Double-strand break sites at the recombination hotspot HIS2 do not compete and the sequences where they occur are important.
Stuart Haring, Luke Lautner, Robert Malone


Poster Session: Chromosome Dynamics -- Chromatin

#331 - An investigation of the enzymatic properties and regulation of Hst3p and Hst4p.
John Stebbins, Lorraine Pillus

#332 - Complex complexes complement chromosome comprehension.
Michael S. Kobor, Jennifer Gin, Andrew Link, Jasper Rine

#333 - The histone acetyltransferase Hat1p and histone H3 influence DNA double strand break repair.
Song Qin, Mark Parthun

#334 - Rfm1 is required for Sum1 and Hst1 mediated repression of middle sporulation-specific genes.
Ron McCord, Michael Pierce, Sandeep Wontakal, Carolyn Mickle, Jianxin Xie

#335 - The role of SIR4 in high temperature transposition of the Ty1 retroelement.
Meredith Boyle, Jill Keeney


Poster Session: Chromosome Dynamics -- Chromosome Movement Centromeres

#336 - Analysis of the movement of GFP-Dal80 stained material during the cell cycle by time-lapse photography.
Roopa Andhare, Ajit Kulkarni, Kathleen Cox, Terrance G. Cooper

#337 - The eukaryotic chromosomes are composed of two layers of nucleosomes and DNA is disposed between them in the zig-zag-like ribbon.
Bogdan Kurchii

#338 - Localization of Wild-Type and Mutant Forms of Cytoplasmic Dynein in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Gregory Waltz, John Geiser

#339 - Chl4p and Iml3p interact with centromere DNA and outer kinetochore proteins: insights into the molecular architecture of the yeast kinetochore.
Isabelle Pot, Vivien Measday, Brian Snydsman, Eric Muller, Trisha N. Davis, Philip Hieter

#340 - Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) to Study the Kinetochore Microtubule Interaction.
Chad G. Pearson, Paul S. Maddox, E.D. Salmon and Kerry Bloom


Poster Session: Chromosome Dynamics -- Telomeres

#341 - Analysis of telomere de novo addition using the nuclear migration system of a yeast cytoplasmic linear plasmid.
Hideki Takata, Norio Gunge, Kyoji Ikeda, Akira Matsuura

#342 - MEC3, MEC1 and DDC2 are components of a telomere checkpoint response in budding yeast.
Shin Enomoto, Lynn Glowczewski, Judith Berman

#343 - The hierarchy of control of telomere end protection.
Nathalie Grandin, Michel Charbonneau

#344 - Studies on the chromosome terminal DNA structure.
Michel Larrivée, Raymund J. Wellinger


Poster Session: Chromosome Dynamics -- Genome Rearrangements

#345 - The Sin3 protein, Pst1p, is required for Tf1 transposition in Schizossacharomyces pombe.
Laure Teysset, Henry L Levin

#346 - Identifying host factors for Ty3 retrotransposition by protein-protein interaction.
Laura Salem, Thomas Menees

#347 - Selection and molecular studies of chromosomal rearragements in haploid or diploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains.
Joseph Schacherer, Yves Tourrette, Jacky de Montigny, Jean-Luc Souciet, Serge Potier

#348 - Chromosomal polymorphism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain PE-2) used in the industrial fermentation for ethanol production.
Mario L. Lopes, Luiz C. Basso, Henrique V. Amorim

#349 - Chromosome rearrangements in Xanthophylomyces dendrorhous.
Claudio Martínez, Germán Hermosilla, Valenzuela Juan Carlos, Pinto Ximena, Retamales Patricio, Cifuentes Víctor

#350 - The 2micron circle plasmid causes cell death in yeast with a mutation in the Ulp1 protease.
Melanie Dobson, Andrew Pickett, Soundarapandian Velmurugan, Lori Barrett, Nisa Howell, Makkuni Jayaram

#351 - Forkhead transcription activator proteins regulate S. cerevisiae mating-type gene switching donor preference by direct interaction with the Recombination Enhancer.
Kaiming Sun, Eric Coic, Deborah Bressan and James E. Haber


Poster Session: Gene Expression -- Transcriptional Regulation

#352 - Isolation and characterization of a Candida glabrata homologue of RAP1, a multi-functional regulatory factor in S. cerevisiae.
Hiroshi Uemura, Robin Haw, Aruna Devi Yarragudi, Tomoko Shinzato

#353 - Mot3 regulates transription of ERG genes and is necessary for the proper function of the endocytic membrane transport system.
Cintia Hongay, Nan Jia, Martin Bard, Fred Winston

#354 - The Saccharomyces cerevisiae aquaporins.
Frederic SIDOUX-WALTER, Vincent LAIZE, Roslyn BILL, Stefan HOHMANN

#355 - Transcriptional Cosuppression of Yeast Ty1 Retrotransposons.
Yi Wei Jiang

#356 - Synthetic lethality between ergosterol biosynthetic mutants and the UPC2, ECM22 and HAP1 transcription factors.
Martin Valachovic, Lisa Wilcox, Dina Balderes, Stephen Sturley, Martin Bard

#357 - A specific, and perhaps unique, target of a non-acidic yeast activator.
Zhen Lu, Mark Ptashne

#358 - Residues of alpha1 required for Mcm1-alpha1 activation of alpha-specific genes.
Edward A. Carr, Andrew K. Vershon

#359 - Repression of the HO gene by the alpha2 and a1 homeodomain proteins.
Jonathan Mathias, Andrew Vershon

#360 - Identification and characterization of the residues involved in arginine metabolism in the MADS-box transcription factor Mcm1.
Adrian R Bruning, Adil Jamai, Evelyne Dubois, Francine Messenguy, Andrew K Vershon

#361 - The Forkhead homologs Fkh1 and Fkh2 determine the specificity of Ace2 vs. Swi5 target gene activation by selective repression.
Warren Voth, Yaxin Yu, David Stillman

#362 - Regulation of expression of anaerobic cell wall proteins in S. cerevisiae.
Natalia Abramova, Odeniel Sertil, Sharon Salmon, Rishi D. Anand, Kate Daddario, Charles V. Lowry

#363 - Characterization of the activation region of Ndt80, a global regulator of middle sporulation-specific genes of S. cerevisiae.
Ghadeer Shubassi, Nadia Luca, Jacqueline Segall

#364 - Removal of a second conserved helical motif in the transcriptional activator Gcr1p eliminates function in the absence of the primary leucine zipper.
Venkataramanan Subramanian, Stephen J. Deminoff, Terry Haley, George M. Santangelo

#365 - The role of protein-protein interactions in DNA binding by the two-component type transcription factor, Skn7p.
Susan Dean, Zhijian Li, Robert Deschenes, Jan Fassler

#366 - Analysis of the domain structure of Bas2/Pho2.
Ronda J. Rolfes, Helen Sun, Chip Hannum

#367 - A selection for mutants that rescue a ume6Delta phenotype ( rum ) identifies alleles of OPI1 and SIN3.
Mohan R. Kaadige, John M. Lopes

#368 - Mutational Analysis of the INO2 Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Gene.
Kyle R. Gardenour, John M. Lopes


Poster Session: Gene Expression -- Nutrient Signals and Gene Expression

#369 - Swapping functional specificity of a MADS-box protein: Residues required for Arg80 regulation of arginine metabolism.
Adil Jamai, Evelyne Dubois, Andrew K Vershon, Francine Messenguy

#370 - The yeast epiarginase regulation, a unique enzyme-enzyme activity control: Identification of residues of arginase and OTCase responsible for their association.
Mohamed El Alami, Evelyne Dubois, Yamina Oudjama, Catherine Tricot, Victor Stalon, Francine Messenguy

#371 - Ras/PKA signaling may coordinate gene expression with nutrient availability by regulating Rpb1p CTD function.
Susie C. Howard, Yelena V. Budovskaya, Ya-Wen Chang, Paul K. Herman

#372 - Carbon source regulation of the ODC1 mitochondrial transporter.
Pamela J. Trotter, Angela C. Ghrist, Anne S. Tibbetts, Yue Sun

#373 - Repression by the transcription factor Rgt1 in the absence of glucose requires Mth1 and Std1.
Amber L. Mosley, Bishwa K. Aryal, Sabire Ozcan

#374 - The cellular phosphatase Sit4 affects transcription of a highly-regulated gene, INO1, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Margaret K. Shirra, Diane Alexander, Laura Marinelli, Karen M. Arndt

#375 - Characterization of mutants constitutive for MAL gene expression in Saccharomyces.
Xin Wang, Corinne A. Michels

#376 - Mutations that bypass tRNA binding activate the intrinsically defective kinase domain in GCN2.
Hongfang Qiu, Cuihua Hu, Jinsheng Dong, Alan Hinnebusch

#377 - Mechanism of regulation of ribosome protein gene expression by the Tor pathway.
John Rohde, Maria Cardenas

#378 - The Gcr3p /Cbp80p, Cap binding protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, regulates the expression of glycolytic genes.
Takayuki MIZUNO, Tomoko SHINZATO, Tomoko KISHIMOTO, HIroshi UEMURA

#379 - Recruitment of the Tup1-Ssn6 general repression complex and its effects on HEM13.
Lee Klinkenberg, Richard Zitomer

#380 - Function and regulation of Rgt1, a glucose-sensing transcription factor.
Jeong-Ho Kim, Jeff Polish, Mark Johnston

#381 - A global repression mechanism of amino acid permease gene expression exists in S. cerevisiae.
Jinnie M. Garrett, Alissa Barbato, Jamil Abbasy, Flora Salazar

#382 - Phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor-2 (eIF2) by HRI-related protein kinases are important for S. pombe responding to environmental stresses.
Ke Zhan, Krishna M Vattem, Bettina N Bauer, Thomas E Dever, Jane-Jane Chen, Ronald C Wek

#383 - Identification of the DAL5 promoter elements that mediate glutamate repression of its expression.
Rajendra Rai, Jennifer Tate, Terrance G. Cooper

#384 - Multiple roles of Tap42p in transcription regulation of rapamycin-responsive genes in yeast.
Katrin Duevel, Arti Santhanam, Stephen Garrett, James Broach

#385 - Alternative evolutionary responses in glucose-limited chemostats.
Matthew J. Brauer, David Botstein

#386 - Novel regulators of the DNA damage response.
S.L. Green, E. Lebauve, S.W. Ruby

#387 - Carbon source regulation of PIS1 gene expression.
M. E. Gardocki, J. M. Lopes

#388 - A network of glucose signal transduction pathways.
Aneta Kaniak, Mark Johnston


Poster Session: Gene Expression -- Stress Responses and Gene Expression

#389 - The Heme Activator Protein Hap1 Acts as a Transcriptional Repressor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Thomas Hon, Hee Chul Lee, Li Zhang

#390 - Saccharomyces cerevisiae resistance and adaptation to chlorinated phenoxyacetic acid herbicides through the PDR network.
Miguel Cacho Teixeira, Isabel Sá-Correia

#391 - Is there a pivotal role for Yap4p in oxidative and osmotic stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae?
Tracy Nevitt, Fernando Fernandes, Jorge Pereira, Paulo Guerreiro, Claudina Rodrigues-Pousada

#392 - Sensing toxic chemicals and metals by the S. cerevisiae transcription factor Yap1.
Dulce Azevedo, Frédérique Tacnet, Delaunay Agnès, Bénédicte Barrault, Claudina Rodrigues-Pousada, Michel Toledano

#393 - Differential responses to diverse oxidative stresses during the yeast cell cycle.
Michael Shapira, David Botstein

#394 - Studies on the role of Msn1 in the transcriptional response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to osmotic shock.
Marcus Krantz, Stefan Hohmann

#395 - The zinc-responsive transcription factor Zap1 is regulated by zinc at multiple levels.
Amanda Bird, Elizabeth Blankman, Marguerite Evans-Galea, Dennis Winge, Dave Eide

#396 - Analysis of SKN7 -dependent gene expression in the osmotic versus the oxidative stress response.
Jan Fassler, Zhijian Li, Orna Carmel-Harel, Gisela Storz, Robert Deschenes

#397 - Proactive induction of a zinc tolerance gene in zinc-deficient yeast.
Colin MacDiarmid, David Eide


Poster Session: Gene Expression -- RNA Polymerases

#398 - Genetic interactions suggest a negative role for the Ess1 prolyl-isomerase in transcription elongation.
Xiaoyun Wu, Anne Rossettini, Steven D. Hanes

#399 - The HMG proteins NHP6A/B assist in the binding of the TATA box binding protein TBP to promoters.
Peter Eriksson, David J Stillman

#400 - USING RNA APTAMERS TO DEFINE THE FUNCTIONS MEDIATED BY DISCRETE SITES ON TBP IN VIVO.
Xiaochun Fan, Hua Shi, John Lis

#401 - Mutational analysis of RTF1, a gene implicated in the control of transcription elongation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Kathryn E. Kumer, Kelli L. Roinick, David M. Mauger, Patrick J. Costa, Karen M. Arndt

#402 - In vivo Analysis of TBP binding to DNA.
Xi Wang, Robert Simpson

#403 - Identification of yeast genes transcribed by RNA Polymerase III.
Zarmik Moqtaderi, Joseph V. Geisberg, Kevin Struhl

#404 - RNA polymerase switch and silencing reporter RNA polymerase II genes in the rDNA locus in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Francesco Cioci, Loan Vu, Kristilyn Eliason, Masayasu Nomura

#405 - Function of the Mediator Sin4-subcomplex in transcription re-initiation and pre-initiation complex formation.
Wendy M. Reeves, Steve Hahn

#406 - Transcriptional activation through stimulation of RNA polymerase II holoenzyme activity by ER-stress.
Martin Schröder, Robert Clark, Randal J. Kaufman

#407 - Mutations in the yeast mitochondrial RNA polymerase specificity factor, Mtf1, lead to altered promoter utilization.
Mark Karlok, Elizabeth A. Amiott, Michio Matsunaga, Sei-Heon Jang, Judith A. Jaehning

#408 - Identification of targets of the Paf1/RNA polymerase II complex.
Kristi L. Penheiter, Judith A. Jaehning

#409 - Critical regions of the pol II rDNA promoter required for pol II synthesis of rRNA in S. cerevisiae.
Parmeet Jodhka, Arland Alberts, Matt Haymowicz, Heather Conrad-Webb

#410 - Mechanism of messenger RNA 5' end formation at sites distant from a yeast TATA element.
Michelle L. Ammerman, Silviu L. Faitar, Alfred S. Ponticelli

#411 - Essential role for the amino-terminal zinc finger of TFIIIA from Saccharomyces cerevisiae in formation of a functional transcription complex on the 5S RNA gene.
Karen Rothfels, Owen Rowland, Jacqueline Segall

#412 - Molecular Characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae TFIID.
Steven Sanders, Krassimira Garbett, Tony Weil


Poster Session: Gene Expression -- Cell Cycle, Cyclins and Cdk's

#413 - Role of Mcm1 in the regulation of cell cycle genes.
Janet Mead, Adrian Bruning, Deepu Abraham, Andrew Vershon

#414 - Activation of the Bur1-Bur2 Cdk complex by Cak1.
Sheng Yao, Gregory Prelich

#415 - Meiosis-specific transcriptional regulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CLB5.
Sheetal A. Raithatha, Catherine M. Hui, David T. Stuart

#416 - Suppression of pleiotropic phenotypes of paf1 by over-expression of Swi4, Mbp1 and Rnr1 confirms the role of the Paf1/RNA polymerase II complex in cell cycle regulation.
Joan L. Betz, Stephanie E. Porter, Taylor M. Washburn, Judith A. Jaehning

#417 - Mechanisms of mitotic PHO5 induction.
Daniel Neef, Michael Kladde

#418 - REB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BINDS THE CLB2 PROMOTER TIGHTLY.
Ceri E. Van Slyke, Jodi House, Elizabeth J. Grayhack


Poster Session: Gene Expression -- Translation and Ribosome Structure

#419 - The yeast LSM1/PAT1 complex essential for decapping deadenylated mRNA is required for virus mRNA translation.
Amine Noueiry, Juana Diez, Shaun Falk, Paul Ahlquist

#420 - Mutations in RSP5 and MAF1 genes influence translational accuracy.
Marta Kwapisz, Isabelle Hatin, Magda Boguta, Jean-Pierre Rousset, Teresa Zoladek

#421 - Suppressors of mitochondrial ochre mutations that map in the chromosomal gene encoding Mrf1 release factor.
Joanna Towpik, Agnieszka Chacinska, Malgorzata Jakubiec, Magdalena Boguta

#422 - Hsp104-independent effect of guanidine on Sup35 activity.
Michael E. Bradley, Sviatoslav Bagrianstev, Namitha Vishveshwara, Susan W. Liebman

#423 - Ytm1p: a potential scaffolding protein involved in ribosome biogenesis.
Tiffany Miles, Jelena Jakovljevic, John Woolford

#424 - Auto-regulation of ribosome biosynthesis.
Yu Zhao, Jung-Hoon Sohn, Jonathan R. Warner


Poster Session: Gene Expression -- RNA Processing and Stability

#425 - RRP20, a novel gene associated with small subunit ribosomal RNA processing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
S. Senapin, X.J. Chen, G.D. Clark-Walker

#426 - The role of Rio2p, a putative kinase, in the processing of 20S pre-rRNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Torsten Geerlings, Alex Faber, Chris Vos, Hendrik A. Raué

#427 - The role of GRS1 in transcription termination.
Kelly Johanson, Mehul Sheth, Linda Hyman

#428 - Characterization of the highly specific LAGLIDADG endonuclease I- SpomI from fission yeast.
Stefan Pellenz, Alexis Harington, Bernard Dujon, Bernd Schäfer

#429 - Yeast U1 snRNA is exported from the nucleus.
Brian L. Olson, Paul G. Siliciano

#430 - The S. cerevisiae exosome requires the helicase Sen1 and the endonuclease Rnt1 for the cotranscriptional processing of RNA.
Doris Ursic, Michael R. Culbertson

#431 - Gno1p the yeast homolog of human PinX1, is involved in rRNA and snoRNA maturation but not in telomere length regulation.
Benjamin Guglielmi, Michel Werner

#432 - Genetic suppression of tRNA i met instability by mutation of exosome component DIS3.
Sujatha A. Kadaba, Anna Krueger, Annette M. Krecic, Tamyra N. Trice, James T. Anderson

#433 - RNase H2 from Sacchromyces cerevisiae : genetic and biochemical studies.
Ho-Sang Jeong, Arulvathani Arudchandran, Robert J. Crouch

#434 - Nonsense-mediated decay affects telomere functions through control of wild-type mRNAs.
Jeffrey Dahlseid, Jodi Lew-Smith, Michael Lelivelt, Shinichiro Enomoto, Shannon Stenehjem, Neal Lue, Michael Culbertson, Judith Berman

#435 - The effect of nonsense-mediated decay upon CTF13 mRNA accumulation.
Stacey Bries, Erin Carlson, Shannon Stenehjem, Jeffrey Dahlseid


Poster Session: Gene Expression -- Chromatin Structure and Gene Regulation

#436 - Collaborative competition mechanism for gene activation in vivo.
Joanna A. Miller, Jonathan Widom

#437 - The Role of Chromosomal DNA Accessibility in Gene Regulation.
Lingyi Chen, Jonathan Widom

#438 - Tup1 excludes TBP binding at ANB1 both in the presence and absence of a positioned nucleosome.
Thomas A. Mennella, Richard S. Zitomer

#439 - Regulation of histone modification state by the anaphase promoting complex.
Vijay Ramaswamy, Jessica Uhren, Karen Robinson, Richelle Sopko, Michael Schultz

#440 - Analysis of Spt7 function in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae SAGA coactivator complex.
Pei-Yun Jenny Wu, Fred Winston

#441 - SPT10 and SPT21 control transcription of genes in S. cerevisiae.
David Hess, Fred Winston

#442 - Isolation and characterization of suppressors of an SPT3 dominant negative mutation.
Lisa Laprade, David Rose, Fred Winston

#443 - A yeast chromatin assembly system reveals a novel nucleosomal reconfiguring activity.
Karen M. Robinson, Michael Schultz

#444 - Distinct ways of establishing boundaries of transcriptionally silent chromosomal domains.
Qun Yu, Ya-Hui Chiu, Runxiang Qiu, Travis Foland, Xin Bi

#445 - SSD1 is a dosage suppressor of novel dominant-negative mutations in CDC68.
Allyson F. O'Donnell, Richard A. Singer, Gerald C. Johnston

#446 - Identification of genes involved in SAGA-independent transcriptional activation of Gal4-regulated promoters.
Erica Larschan, Fred Winston

#447 - Identification and characterization of a putative, histone H3-specific type B histone acetyltransferase.
Amy Sklenar, Mark Parthun

#448 - The minimal ORC Interaction Domain of the yeast heterochromatin protein Sir1p.
Melissa E. Bose, Kelly A. Gardner-Aukema, Ulrika Muller, Catherine A. Fox

#449 - Evolution of Sir1p-ORC interactions and modulation of ORC's silencing and replication functions in yeast heterochromatin.
Kristopher H. McConnell, Catherine A. Fox

#450 - Target-promoter specificity of forkhead transcirption factors in S. cerevisiae.
Gregory R. Smith, Peter C. Hollenhorst, Zhonggang Hou, Catherine A. Fox

#451 - Investigation of the cellular role of HST2, a unique member of the SIR2 family of NAD-dependent protein deacetylases.
Jeanne M. Wilson, Lorraine Pillus

#452 - Yeast hnRNP K-like genes regulate telomere length and TPE.
Oleg Denisenko, Karol Bomsztyk

#453 - Nuclear localization and function of cyclophilin A in controlling gene expression via histone deacetylase complexes.
Miguel Arévalo-Rodríguez, Joseph Heitman

#454 - Structure/function analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Tra1.
Christopher Brandl, Carol Hannam, Monika Piasecki, Jennifer Parsons, Kim Grant, Julie Genereaux


Poster Session: Global Analysis

#455 - Global analysis of protein activities using protein chips.
Heng Zhu, Metin Bilgin, Rhonda Bangham, David Hall, Antonio Casamayor, Scott Bidlingmaier, Mark Gerstein, Mike Snyder

#456 - Detection of membrane protein interactions using the split ubiquitin-based membrane yeast two-hybrid technology.
Safia Thaminy, Daniel Auerbach, Antony Arnoldo, Wiep Scheper, Sanja Kais, Karin Roemisch, Igor Stagljar

#457 - An eIF2 kinase-based method for monitoring protein-protein interactions and protein targeting in yeast.
Kirk A. Staschke, Krishna M. Vattem, Ronald C. Wek

#458 - A specific high-throughput proteomic method for identifying substrates of protein kinases.
Rusty Howson, Archana Belle, Noah Dephoure, Erin O'Shea

#459 - A genetic screen using forced protein-protein interactions to cause dominant, gain-of-function phenotypes.
Michael DeVit, Stan Fields

#460 - Analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana interactome using an automated yeast two hybrid system approach.
Lukas Buerkle, Marion Amende, Rita Fischer, Eckehard Kuhn, Hans Lehrach, Alexander Heyl

#461 - 'Yeast Protein Mass Spectrometry: So much data, no time to sleep?'.
Andrew Emili, Jack Greenblatt, Gerard Cagney, Nevan Krogan

#462 - Proteomics of the Eukaryotic Transcription Machinery: Identification of Proteins Associated with Components of Yeast TFIID by Multidimensional Mass Spectrometry.
Steven Sanders, Jennifer Jennings, Adrian Canutescu, Andrew Link, Tony Weil

#463 - Proteins encoded by genes with a cell cycle expression pattern similar to CLN2 localize to the nucleus or sites of cell growth.
Bryan Sundin, Eric Muller, Trisha Davis

#464 - Global analysis of yeast protein localization: a GFP-tagged library of the yeast proteome.
Won-Ki Huh, James V. Falvo, Erin K. O'Shea

#465 - Characterization of the Yeast Deletion strain tag identifiers.
Angela Chu, Guri Giaever, Patrick Flaherty, Grace Yen, Ronald Davis

#466 - Genetic interaction map of yeast.
Jef Boeke, Charlie Boone, Brenda Andrews, Forrest Spencer, Mike Tyers, Many Others, Many Others

#467 - Phenotyping the yeast genome using high throughput, automated microcultivation and quantitative analysis of growth curves.
Jonas Warringer, Elke Ericson, Ilona Pylvänäeinen, Olle Nerman, Anders Blomberg

#468 - Backcrossing the set of ~5000 Viable Gene Deletion Mutations into Different Genetic Backgrounds.
Robin Haw, Mark Robinson, Charlie Boone

#469 - A genomics approach to identifying G1 regulators.
Jian Zou, Michael Constanzo, Helena Friesen, Brenda Andrews

#470 - A genomic approach to tRNA export.
Rebecca L. Hurto, Amy Tong, Charles Boone, Srimonti Sarkar, Antia Hopper

#471 - New regulators of drug sensitivity in the Gal4p family of yeast zinc cluster proteins.
Bernard Turcotte, Bassel Akache, Karen Hellauer, Sarah MacPherson

#472 - Genomic screen to recover negative regulators of pleiotropic drug resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Emanuel Enriquez-Freire, W. Scott Moye-Rowley

#473 - LINKING biologically active compounds to their cellular targets: a chemical genomics approach.
Ainslie Parsons, Timothy R. Hughes, Charlie Boone

#474 - Haplo-Insufficiency Profiling (HIP) of human therapeutics.
Guri Giaever, Patrick Flaherty, Daniel F. Jaramillo, Angela M. Chu, Adam P. Arkin, Ronald W. Davis

#475 - Global expression analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae exposed to toxic lignocellulose-derived aromatic compounds.
Linda Björklund, Simona Larsson, Carlos Martin, Leif J. Jönsson

#476 - A differential assay for identifying specific inhibitors of the human CDC7-DBF4 complex using Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Ben Amidon, Kelly Umstott, Deb Wysong, Karen McGovern, Chris Bulawa

#477 - A chemical genomics approach toward understanding the global functions of the target of rapamycin protein (TOR).
Ting Fung Chan, John Carvalho, Linda Riles, Steven XF Zheng

#478 - A genome-wide screen for proteins that affect replication of brome mosaic virus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
David B. Kushner, Brett D. Lindenbach, Scott M. Paul, Valery Z. Grdzelishvili, Paul Ahlquist

#479 - Msn2/4 play a minor role in mediating the anaerobic response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Liang-Chuan Lai, Jason R. Hickok, Patricia V. Burke, Kim R. Schutterle, Kurt E. Kwast

#480 - Genomic analyses of anaerobically induced genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Functional role of Rox1 and other factors in mediating the anoxic response.
Kurt E. Kwast, Liang-Chuan Lai, Nina Menda, David T. James, III, Susanne Aref, Patricia V. Burke

#481 - Exploring genetic interactions among the basic helix-loop-helix family of yeast transcription factors using kinetic RT-PCR.
Olga Griaznova, Michael Holland

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