User:Houra Merrikh
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. 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.