Gregory F Lopreato

Summary

Publications:
Larry J. Young, Gregory F. Lopreato, Karen Horan, and David Crews. Cloning and in situ hybridization analysis of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and androgen receptor expression in the brain of whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus uniparens and C. inornatus). J Comp Neurol., 347:288-300, 1994.

Harold H. Zakon, Lynn McAnelly, G. Troy Smith, Kent Dunlap, Gregory Lopreato, Jeorg Oestreich, and W. Preston Few. Plasticity of the electric organ discharge: implications for the regulation of ionic currents. J Exp Biol., 202:1409-1416, 1999.

Gregory F. Lopreato, Ying Lu, Amber Southwell, Nigel S. Atkinson, David M. Hillis, Tom P. Wilcox, and Harold H. Zakon, Evolution and Divergence of Sodium Channel Genes in Vertebrates, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 98:7588-7592, 2001.

Michael J. Beckstead, Gregory F. Lopreato, Kent E. Vrana and S. John Mihic, Molecular Studies of Chimeragenesis and Mutagenesis. Methods in Alcohol-Related Neuroscience Research Ch. 3, p. 63-82, 2002. Y. Liu and D.M. Lovinger, Eds., CRC Press, Boca Raton.

Gregory F. Lopreato, Rachel Phelan, Michael J. Beckstead and S. John Mihic, Inhaled Drugs of Abuse Enhance Serotonin-3 Receptor Function, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, May 1; 70(1):11-15, 2003.

Geoffrey S. Findlay, Rachel Phelan, Michael T. Roberts, Gregg Homanics, Susan Bergeson, Gregory F. Lopreato, S. John Mihic, Yuri A. Blednov, and R. Adron Harris. Glycine receptor mutant knock-in mice exhibit a more dramatic hyperkplexia-like phenotype compared to the null mutation, J Neurosci. 2003 Sep 3;23(22):8051-9.

Gregory F. Lopreato, Paula Banerjee and S. John Mihic. Amino acids in transmembrane domain two influence anesthetic enhancement of serotonin-3A receptor function, Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 2003 Oct 21;118(1-2):45-51.

Wyckoff EE, Lopreato GF, Tipton KA, Payne SM. Shigella dysenteriae ShuS promotes utilization of heme as an iron source and protects against heme toxicity. J Bacteriol. 2005 Aug;187(16):5658-64.

Roberts MT, Phelan R, Erlichman BS, Pillai RN, Ma L, Lopreato GF, Mihic SJ. Occupancy of a single anesthetic binding pocket is sufficient to enhance glycine receptor function. J Biol Chem. 2006 Feb 10;281(6):3305-11.

Publications

  1. ncbi Evolution and divergence of sodium channel genes in vertebrates
    G F Lopreato
    Sections of Neurobiology and Integrative Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98:7588-92. 2001
  2. ncbi Inhaled drugs of abuse enhance serotonin-3 receptor function
    Gregory F Lopreato
    Section of Neurobiology, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Institute for Neuroscience, and the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 0159, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 70:11-5. 2003
  3. ncbi Amino acids in transmembrane domain two influence anesthetic enhancement of serotonin-3A receptor function
    Gregory F Lopreato
    Section of Neurobiology, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Institute for Neuroscience, and the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2500 Speedway, MBB 1 148, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Brain Res Mol Brain Res 118:45-51. 2003
  4. ncbi Shigella dysenteriae ShuS promotes utilization of heme as an iron source and protects against heme toxicity
    Elizabeth E Wyckoff
    The University of Texas, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, 1 University Station A5000, Austin, TX 78712 0162, USA
    J Bacteriol 187:5658-64. 2005
  5. ncbi Occupancy of a single anesthetic binding pocket is sufficient to enhance glycine receptor function
    Michael T Roberts
    Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Section of Neurobiology, Institutes for Neuroscience and Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
    J Biol Chem 281:3305-11. 2006

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Publications5

  1. ncbi Evolution and divergence of sodium channel genes in vertebrates
    G F Lopreato
    Sections of Neurobiology and Integrative Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98:7588-92. 2001
    ..Using our phylogeny of Na+ channel genes to independently test between two models of Hox gene evolution, we support the hypothesis that Hox gene clusters evolved as (AB) (CD) rather than [D[A(BC)]]...
  2. ncbi Inhaled drugs of abuse enhance serotonin-3 receptor function
    Gregory F Lopreato
    Section of Neurobiology, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Institute for Neuroscience, and the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 0159, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 70:11-5. 2003
    ..Our findings add the serotonin-3 receptor to the growing list of molecular targets commonly affected by both inhalants and classic CNS depressants such as ethanol and the volatile anesthetics...
  3. ncbi Amino acids in transmembrane domain two influence anesthetic enhancement of serotonin-3A receptor function
    Gregory F Lopreato
    Section of Neurobiology, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Institute for Neuroscience, and the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2500 Speedway, MBB 1 148, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Brain Res Mol Brain Res 118:45-51. 2003
    ..Some mutations had differential effects on the abilities of the isomers enflurane and isoflurane to potentiate 5-HT(3) receptor function...
  4. ncbi Shigella dysenteriae ShuS promotes utilization of heme as an iron source and protects against heme toxicity
    Elizabeth E Wyckoff
    The University of Texas, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, 1 University Station A5000, Austin, TX 78712 0162, USA
    J Bacteriol 187:5658-64. 2005
    ..ShuS did not appear to store heme for future use...
  5. ncbi Occupancy of a single anesthetic binding pocket is sufficient to enhance glycine receptor function
    Michael T Roberts
    Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Section of Neurobiology, Institutes for Neuroscience and Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
    J Biol Chem 281:3305-11. 2006
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