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Houra Merrikh
Grossman Lab, Department of Biology, M.I.T., Building 68-540D, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02139

I am a post-doctoral research fellow in the Grossman Lab at MIT. Currently, I am studying mechanisms underlying replication control in B.subtilis.

2009, PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Brandeis University
2005, MS, Biochemistry, Brandeis University
2002, BS, Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences, University of Houston, magna cum laude

Lilah Rahn-Lee, Merrikh H, Grossman AD, Losick R. The Sporulation Protein SirA Inhibits the Binding of DnaA to the Origin of

Replication by Contacting a Patch of Clustered Amino Acids. Journal of Bacteriology. in press.

Merrikh H*, Machon C*, Grainger W, Grossman AD, Soultanas P. Replication-transcription conflicts at rRNA genes

lead to replication restart in vivo. Nature. in press. *Equal contribution.

Smits WK*, Merrikh H*, Bonilla CY, Grossman AD . Association of the helicase loader proteins DnaB and DnaD with

targets of the initiator protein DnaA in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology. in press. *Equal contribution.

Merrikh H, Ferrazzoli AE, Lovett ST. Growth phase and ppGpp control of IraD, a regulator

of RpoS stability, in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. Dec;191(24):7436-46. 2009.

Goranov AI, Breier AM, Merrikh H, and Grossman AD. YabA of Bacillus subtilis controls DnaA-mediated replication

initiation but not the transcriptional response to replication stress. Mol Micro. Oct;74(2):454-66. 2009.

Merrikh H, Ferrazzoli AE, Bougdour A, Olivier-Mason A, Lovett ST. A DNA damage response in Escherichia coli involving

the alternative sigma factor, RpoS. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Jan 13;106(2):611-6. 2009.

Highlighted in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 16, 106 (January 2009) under research highlights.

Celenza JL, Quiel JA, Smolen GA, Merrikh H, Silvestro AR, Normanly J, Bender J. The Arabidopsis ATR1 Myb

transcription factor controls indolic glucosinolate homeostasis. Plant Physiology. Jan;137(1):253-62. 2005.

Dower K, Kupperwasser N, Merrikh H, Rosbash M. A synthetic A tail rescues yeast nuclear accumulation of a

ribozyme-terminated transcript.RNA. Dec;10(12):1888-99.

Miinea C, Kuruvilla R, Merrikh H, Eichberg J. Altered arachidonic acid biosynthesis and antioxidant protection

mechanisms in Schwann cells grown in elevated glucose. Journal of Neurochemistry Jun;81(6):1253-62. 2002.

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 ==Publications==
 * Lilah Rahn-Lee, '''Merrikh H''', Grossman AD, Losick R. The Sporulation Protein SirA Inhibits the Binding of DnaA to the Origin of
-Replication by Contacting a Patch of Clustered Amino Acids. ''submitted''.
+Replication by Contacting a Patch of Clustered Amino Acids. ''Journal of Bacteriology''. in press.
 * '''Merrikh H*''', Machon C*, Grainger W, Grossman AD, Soultanas P. Replication-transcription conflicts at rRNA genes
-lead to replication restart in vivo. ''Nature''. accepted. *Equal contribution.
+lead to replication restart in vivo. ''Nature''. in press. *Equal contribution.
 * Smits WK*, '''Merrikh H*''', Bonilla CY, Grossman AD . Association of the helicase loader proteins DnaB and DnaD with
-targets of the initiator protein DnaA in ''Bacillus subtilis''. ''Journal of Bacteriology''. accepted. *Equal contribution.
+targets of the initiator protein DnaA in ''Bacillus subtilis''. ''Journal of Bacteriology''. in press. *Equal contribution.