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Recognition and Publications

Yao S, Blaustein JB, Bechhofer DH. Erythromycin-induced ribosome stalling and RNase J1-mediated mRNA processing in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 2008 Sep;69(6):1439-49.

Deikus G, Condon C, Bechhofer DH. Role of Bacillus subtilis RNase J1 endonuclease and 5'-exonuclease activities in trp leader RNA turnover. J Biol Chem. 2008 Jun 20;283(25):17158-67.

Redko Y, Bechhofer DH, Condon C. Mini-III, an unusual member of the RNase III family of enzymes, catalyses 23S ribosomal RNA maturation in B. subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 2008 Jun;68(5):1096-106.

Tardos JG, Eisenreich A, Deikus G, Bechhofer DH, Chandradas S, Zafar U, Rauch U, Bogdanov VY. SR proteins ASF/SF2 and SRp55 participate in tissue factor biosynthesis in human monocytic cells. J Thromb Haemost. 2008 May;6(5):877-84.

Yao S, Blaustein JB, Bechhofer DH. Processing of Bacillus subtilis small cytoplasmic RNA: evidence for an additional endonuclease cleavage site. Nucleic Acids Res. 2007;35(13):4464-73.

Deikus G, Bechhofer DH. Initiation of decay of Bacillus subtilis trp leader RNA.J Biol Chem. 2007 Jul 13;282(28):20238-44.

Wei Y, Deikus G, Powers B, Shelden V, Krulwich TA, Bechhofer DH. Adaptive gene expression in Bacillus subtilis strains deleted for tetL. J Bacteriol. 2006 Oct;188(20):7090-100.

Campos-Guillen J, Bralley P, Jones GH, Bechhofer DH, Olmedo-Alvarez G. Addition of Poly(A) and Heteropolymeric 3' Ends in Bacillus subtilis Wild-Type and Polynucleotide Phosphorylase-Deficient Strains. J Bacteriol. 2005 Jul;187(14):4698-706.

Wen T, Oussenko IA, Pellegrini O, Bechhofer DH, Condon C. Ribonuclease PH plays a major role in the exonucleolytic maturation of CCA-containing tRNA precursors in Bacillus subtilis. Nucleic Acids Res. 2005 Jun;33(11):3636-43.

Sharp JS, Bechhofer DH. Effect of 5'-proximal elements on decay of a model mRNA in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 2005 Jul;57(2):484-95.

Oussenko IA, Abe T, Ujiie H, Muto A, Bechhofer DH. Participation of 3'-to-5' exoribonucleases in the turnover of Bacillus subtilis mRNA. J Bacteriol. 2005 Apr;187(8):2758-67.

Oussenko IA, Sanchez R, Bechhofer DH. Bacillus subtilis YhcR, a high-molecular-weight, nonspecific endonuclease with a unique domain structure. J Bacteriol. 2004 Aug;186(16):5376-83.

Deikus G, Babitzke P, Bechhofer DH. Recycling of a regulatory protein by degradation of the RNA to which it binds. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2004 Mar;101(9):2747-51.

Hicks DB, Wang Z, Wei Y, Kent R, Guffanti AA, Banciu H, Bechhofer DH, Krulwich TA. A tenth atp gene and the conserved atpI gene of a Bacillus atp operon have a role in Mg 2+ uptake. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2003 Sep;100(18):10213-8.

Sharp JS, Bechhofer DH. Effect of translational signals on mRNA decay in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 2003 Sep;185(18):5372-9.

Oussenko IA, Sanchez R, Bechhofer DH. Bacillus subtilis YhaM, a member of a new family of 3'-to-5' exonucleases in Gram-positive bacteria. J Bacteriol. 2002 Nov;184(22):6250-9.

Drider D, DiChiara JM, Wei J, Sharp JS, Bechhofer DH. Endonuclease cleavage of messenger RNA in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 2002 Mar;43(5):1319-29.

Wei Y, Bechhofer DH. Tetracycline induces stabilization of mRNA in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 2002 Feb; 184(4):889-94.

Krulwich TA, Jin J, Guffanti AA, Bechhofer DH. Functions of tetracycline efflux proteins that do not involve tetracycline. J Mol Micro Biotechnol. 2001 Apr;3(2):237-46.

Herskovitz MA, Bechhofer DH. Endoribonuclease RNase III is essential in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 2000 Dec;38(5):1027-33.

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