Ross N Nazar

Summary

Affiliation: University of Guelph
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Ribosomal RNA processing and ribosome biogenesis in eukaryotes
    Ross N Nazar
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
    IUBMB Life 56:457-65. 2004
  2. ncbi DNA chip analysis in diverse organisms with unsequenced genomes
    Ross N Nazar
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
    Mol Biotechnol 44:8-13. 2010
  3. ncbi U3 snoRNA promoter reflects the RNA's function in ribosome biogenesis
    Sadeq Nabavi
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
    Curr Genet 54:175-84. 2008
  4. ncbi Parallels in rRNA processing: conserved features in the processing of the internal transcribed spacer 1 in the pre-rRNA from Schizosaccharomyces pombe
    Priyanka D Abeyrathne
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
    Biochemistry 44:16977-87. 2005
  5. ncbi Post-transcriptional regulation of the U3 small nucleolar RNA
    Sadeq Nabavi
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
    J Biol Chem 283:21404-10. 2008
  6. ncbi Functional significance of intermediate cleavages in the 3'ETS of the pre-rRNA from Schizosaccharomyces pombe
    Evgueni Ivakine
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
    Nucleic Acids Res 31:7110-6. 2003
  7. ncbi A RAC protein-binding site in the internal transcribed spacer 2 of Pre-rRNA transcripts from Schizosaccharomyces pombe
    Priyanka D Abeyrathne
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
    J Biol Chem 277:21291-9. 2002
  8. ncbi Plant-endophyte interplay protects tomato against a virulent Verticillium
    Hakeem O Shittu
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
    Planta 229:415-26. 2009
  9. ncbi RAC protein induces enzymatic access to the maturing 3'-end of the 25S rRNA in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
    Krasimir Spasov
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Science Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont, Canada N1G 2W1
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 368:374-8. 2008
  10. ncbi Pac1 endonuclease and Dhp1p 5'-->3' exonuclease are required for U3 snoRNA termination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
    Sadeq Nabavi
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
    FEBS Lett 584:3436-41. 2010

Collaborators

  • Ping Chen
  • Sadeq Nabavi
  • Jane Robb
  • Hakeem O Shittu
  • Krasimir Spasov
  • Priyanka D Abeyrathne
  • Ancheol Chang
  • Yoon Lee
  • Evgueni Ivakine
  • Xinyu Song
  • Alexander Kurosky
  • Kizhake V Soman
  • Hakeem Shittu
  • Danve C M Castroverde
  • Abdus S Shakir
  • Myung Ho Lim
  • E Jane Robb
  • Shin Woo Lee
  • Srinivas Nellimarla
  • Barbara Lee
  • David Frendewey
  • Atanas I Lalev
  • Eugeni Evakine
  • Liliana I Perdomo

Detail Information

Publications22

  1. ncbi Ribosomal RNA processing and ribosome biogenesis in eukaryotes
    Ross N Nazar
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
    IUBMB Life 56:457-65. 2004
    ..After more than 30 years of intense research, the incredible complexities of nucleolar function are revealed but details often remain unclear. Here we review this progress and the many intriguing questions which remain...
  2. ncbi DNA chip analysis in diverse organisms with unsequenced genomes
    Ross N Nazar
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
    Mol Biotechnol 44:8-13. 2010
    ....
  3. ncbi U3 snoRNA promoter reflects the RNA's function in ribosome biogenesis
    Sadeq Nabavi
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
    Curr Genet 54:175-84. 2008
    ..Steady state measurements of cellular RNAs support such a coordinated regulation of the U3 snoRNA...
  4. ncbi Parallels in rRNA processing: conserved features in the processing of the internal transcribed spacer 1 in the pre-rRNA from Schizosaccharomyces pombe
    Priyanka D Abeyrathne
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
    Biochemistry 44:16977-87. 2005
    ....
  5. ncbi Post-transcriptional regulation of the U3 small nucleolar RNA
    Sadeq Nabavi
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
    J Biol Chem 283:21404-10. 2008
    ..Precursor processing in vitro and mutational analyses were consistent with this model...
  6. ncbi Functional significance of intermediate cleavages in the 3'ETS of the pre-rRNA from Schizosaccharomyces pombe
    Evgueni Ivakine
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
    Nucleic Acids Res 31:7110-6. 2003
    ....
  7. ncbi A RAC protein-binding site in the internal transcribed spacer 2 of Pre-rRNA transcripts from Schizosaccharomyces pombe
    Priyanka D Abeyrathne
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
    J Biol Chem 277:21291-9. 2002
    ..The significance with respect to rRNA maturation and the interdependences in rRNA processing are discussed...
  8. ncbi Plant-endophyte interplay protects tomato against a virulent Verticillium
    Hakeem O Shittu
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
    Planta 229:415-26. 2009
    ..Dvd-E6 does not outgrow or inhibit Vd1, in vitro. The protective effect apparently requires interplay between Dvd-E6 and the plant. Expression analyses of tomato genes involved in resistance and defence support this interpretation...
  9. ncbi RAC protein induces enzymatic access to the maturing 3'-end of the 25S rRNA in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
    Krasimir Spasov
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Science Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont, Canada N1G 2W1
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 368:374-8. 2008
    ..In turn, this interaction induces a conformational change which affords access to nuclease at the 3'-end of the maturing 25S rRNA sequence...
  10. ncbi Pac1 endonuclease and Dhp1p 5'-->3' exonuclease are required for U3 snoRNA termination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
    Sadeq Nabavi
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
    FEBS Lett 584:3436-41. 2010
    ....
  11. ncbi Nonpolyadenylated RNA polymerase II termination is induced by transcript cleavage
    Sadeq Nabavi
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
    J Biol Chem 283:13601-10. 2008
    ....
  12. ncbi Tomato phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene family, highly redundant but strongly underutilized
    Ancheol Chang
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
    J Biol Chem 283:33591-601. 2008
    ..Plant transformation analyses further demonstrate the presence of very active silencing, suggesting aggressive competition between PAL gene duplication and copy inactivation during PAL gene evolution...
  13. ncbi Cleavage-induced termination in U2 snRNA gene expression
    Sadeq Nabavi
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G2W1
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 393:461-5. 2010
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  14. ncbi Gene suppression in a tolerant tomato-vascular pathogen interaction
    Jane Robb
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 2W1
    Planta 226:299-309. 2007
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  15. ncbi Terminal structure mediates 5 S rRNA stability and integration during ribosome biogenesis
    Yoon Lee
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
    J Biol Chem 278:6635-41. 2003
    ..Taken together, the results indicate that in the course of RNA maturation, the 5 S RNA-binding protein binds precisely over or "caps" the termini in a critical manner that protects the RNA from further degradation...
  16. ncbi Modification of rRNA as a 'quality control mechanism' in ribosome biogenesis
    Xinyu Song
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1, Guelph, ON, Canada
    FEBS Lett 523:182-6. 2002
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  17. ncbi Fail-safe termination elements: a common feature of the eukaryotic genome?
    Sadeq Nabavi
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
    FASEB J 24:684-8. 2010
    ..Nabavi, S., Nazar, R. N. Fail-safe termination elements: a common feature of the eukaryotic genome?..
  18. ncbi Simplified one-tube "megaprimer" polymerase chain reaction mutagenesis
    Sadeq Nabavi
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont, Canada N1G 2W1
    Anal Biochem 345:346-8. 2005
  19. ncbi RAC protein directs the complete removal of the 3' external transcribed spacer by the Pac1 nuclease
    Krasimir Spasov
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
    Mol Cell 9:433-7. 2002
    ..The observations indicate that, in the presence of the RAC protein/3' ETS complex, cleavage by the RNase III-like homolog is not restricted to the known intermediate sites but also is directed at the 3' end of the 25S rRNA...
  20. ncbi Endophyte-induced Verticillium protection in tomato is range-restricted
    Hakeem O Shittu
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada
    Plant Signal Behav 4:160-1. 2009
    ..The results indicate Dvd-E6 colonization selectively modifies the expression of specific tomato genes to be detrimental to Vd1 but not Vaa, providing evidence that Verticillium-induced protection is range-restricted...
  21. ncbi Polymerase chain reaction-mediated mutagenesis in sequences resistant to homogeneous amplification
    Ross N Nazar
    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
    Methods Mol Biol 182:117-26. 2002
  22. ncbi Arsenal of elevated defense proteins fails to protect tomato against Verticillium dahliae
    Jane Robb
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
    Planta 236:623-33. 2012
    ....