User:Houra Merrikh

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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

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 Physiol. 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. 2004

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

mechanisms in Schwann cells grown in elevated glucose. J Neurochem. Jun;81(6):1253-62. 2002.