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19. R. Di, A. Blechl, R. Dill-Macky, A. Tortora, and N. E. Tumer. (2007). Expression of the N-terminal 99 amino
acids of yeast ribosomal protein L3 in transgenic wheat confers resistance to Fusarium head blight. Mol. Plant
Breeding 5:283.
20. U. Baykal and N. E. Tumer (2007). The C-terminus of pokeweed antiviral protein has distinct roles in transport
to the cytosol, ribosome depurination and cytotoxicity. Plant J., 49, 995-1007.
21. X.-P. Li, M. Baricevic, H. Saidasan and N. E. Tumer (2007). Ribosome depurination is not sufficient for ricin
mediated cell death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Infect. Immun. 75, 417-428.
22. R. Di and N. E. Tumer (2005). Expression of a truncated from of ribosomal protein L3 confers resistance to
pokeweed antiviral protein and the Fusarium mycotoxin deoxynivalenol. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 18,
762-770.
23. B. A. Parikh, U. Baykal, R. Di and N. E. Tumer (2005). Evidence for retro-translocation of pokeweed antiviral
protein from the endoplasmic reticulum into the cytosol and separation of its activity on ribosomes from its
activity on capped RNA. Biochemistry, 44, 2478-2490.
24. K. A. Hudak, B. A. Parikh, R. Di, M. Baricevic, M. Santana, M. Seskar and N. E. Tumer (2004). Generation of
pokeweed antiviral protein mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Evidence that ribosome depurination is not
sufficient for cytotoxicity. Nucleic Acids Res. 32, 4244-4256.
25. S. C. Popescu and N. E. Tumer (2004). Silencing of ribosomal protein L3 genes in N. tabacum reveals
coordinate expression and significant alterations in plant growth, development and ribosome biogenesis. Plant
J. 39, 29-44.
26. B. A. Parikh and N. E. Tumer (2004). Antiviral activity of ribosome inactivating proteins in medicine. Mini
Rev. Med. Chem. 4, 529-549.
27. R. Di, J. Kim, M. N. Martin, T. Leustek, J. Jhoo, C.-T. Ho and N. E. Tumer (2003). Enhancement of the
primary flavor compound methional in potato by increasing the level of soluble methionine. J. Agric. Food
Chem. 51, 5695-5702.
28. J. M. Vivanco and N. E. Tumer (2003). Translation inhibition of capped and uncapped viral RNAs mediated by
ribosome-inactivating proteins. Phytopathology 93, 588-595.
29. B. Parikh, C, Coetzer and N. E. Tumer (2002). Pokeweed antiviral protein autoregulates its mRNA stability by
rRNA depurination. J. Biol. Chem., 277: 41428-41437.
30. K. Hudak, J. Bauman and N. E. Tumer (2002). Pokeweed antiviral protein binds to the cap structure of
eukaryotic mRNA and depurinates the mRNA downstream of the cap structure. RNA, 8, 1148-1159.
31. V. K. Baranwal, N. E. Tumer and H. C. Kapoor (2002). Depurination of ribosomal RNA and inhibition of viral
RNA translation by an antiviral protein of Celosia cristata. Indian J. Exp. Botany 40, 1195-1197.
32. W. -Z. Hwang, C. Coetzer, N.E. Tumer and T. -C. Lee (2001). Expression of a bacterial ice nucleation gene in
the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its application to food freezing processes. J. Agric. Food Chem. 49,
4662-4666.
33. C. Coetzer, D. Corsini, S. Love, J. Pavek and N. E. Tumer (2001). Control of enzymatic browning in potato
(Solanum tuberosum L.) by sense and antisense RNA from tomato polyphenol oxidase. J. Agric. Food Chem.,
49, 652-657.
34. K. Hudak, A. B. Hammell, J. Yasenchak, N. E. Tumer and J. D. Dinman (2001). C-terminal deletion mutant of
pokeweed antiviral protein inhibits programmed +1 ribosomal frameshifting without depurinating the
sarcin/ricin loop of rRNA. Virology, 279, 292-301.
35. O. Zoubenko, K. Hudak and N. E. Tumer (2000). A nontoxic pokeweed antiviral protein mutant inhibits
pathogen infection via a novel salicylic acid-independent pathway. Plant Mol. Biol., 44, 219-229.
36. P. Wang and N. E. Tumer (2000). Virus resistance mediated by ribosome inactivating proteins. Adv. Virus Res.
55, 325-356.
37. K. Hudak, P. Wang and N. E. Tumer (2000). A novel mechanism for inhibition of translation by pokeweed
antiviral protein: Depurination of the capped RNA template. RNA, 6, 369-380.
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