D J Miller

Summary

Affiliation: University of Illinois
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Gamete adhesion molecules
    D J Miller
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Reprod Suppl 58:147-58. 2001
  2. ncbi Molecular basis of mammalian gamete binding
    David J Miller
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana 61801, USA
    Recent Prog Horm Res 57:37-73. 2002
  3. ncbi Short communication: effects of increased expression of alpha-lactalbumin in transgenic mice on milk yield and pup growth
    W S Boston
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, 61801, USA
    J Dairy Sci 84:620-2. 2001
  4. ncbi The search is on: finding accurate molecular markers of male fertility
    A G Braundmeier
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 61801, USA
    J Dairy Sci 84:1915-25. 2001
  5. ncbi Cell surface beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase-I activates G protein-dependent exocytotic signaling
    X Shi
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Development 128:645-54. 2001
  6. ncbi Spermatozoa from a marsupial, the brushtail possum, contain beta1,4-galactosyltransferase
    A G Braundmeier
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Reprod Fertil Dev 20:402-7. 2008
  7. ncbi Lactose synthase components in milk: concentrations of alpha-lactalbumin and beta1,4-galactosyltransferase in milk of cows from several breeds at various stages of lactation
    G T Bleck
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Reprod Domest Anim 44:241-7. 2009
  8. ncbi The relationship of porcine sperm zona-binding ability to fertility
    A G Braundmeier
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana 61801, USA
    J Anim Sci 82:452-8. 2004
  9. ncbi Complexin-I-deficient sperm are subfertile due to a defect in zona pellucida penetration
    Longmei Zhao
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, 1207 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    Reproduction 136:323-34. 2008
  10. ncbi Porcine beta1,4-galactosyltransferase-I sequence and expression
    E A Landers
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Reprod Domest Anim 44:228-34. 2009

Collaborators

  • M B Wheeler
  • X Shi
  • William G Breed
  • L B Hansen
  • Longmei Zhao
  • A G Braundmeier
  • Heather R Burkin
  • G T Bleck
  • E A Landers
  • Kerstin Reim
  • Lingjun Li
  • Ana Vieira
  • Shunzhong Bao
  • Andrea G Braundmeier
  • W S Boston
  • H R Burkin
  • L Howell-Skalla
  • H Chester-Jones
  • Zhongmin Ma
  • Kelle Moley
  • Grace Eng
  • Mary Wohltmann
  • John Turk
  • R D Shanks
  • Sasanka Ramanadham
  • Ana Paula Alves-Vieira
  • J M Demers
  • Richard G Saacke
  • Roger D Shanks
  • Jill M Demers
  • J C Conroy

Detail Information

Publications18

  1. ncbi Gamete adhesion molecules
    D J Miller
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Reprod Suppl 58:147-58. 2001
    ..In addition, the molecules that may be important for gamete adhesion are considered. New technical advances and creative ideas offer the opportunity to make important advances in this crucial area...
  2. ncbi Molecular basis of mammalian gamete binding
    David J Miller
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana 61801, USA
    Recent Prog Horm Res 57:37-73. 2002
    ..New technical advances and creative ideas offer the opportunity to make important advances and to solve the conundrum of fertilization...
  3. ncbi Short communication: effects of increased expression of alpha-lactalbumin in transgenic mice on milk yield and pup growth
    W S Boston
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, 61801, USA
    J Dairy Sci 84:620-2. 2001
    ..11). These results suggest that augmenting alpha-lactalbumin expression in the dam increases the growth of suckling offspring...
  4. ncbi The search is on: finding accurate molecular markers of male fertility
    A G Braundmeier
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 61801, USA
    J Dairy Sci 84:1915-25. 2001
    ..Multiple functional and molecular tests will likely be needed to effectively characterize male fertility in each species...
  5. ncbi Cell surface beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase-I activates G protein-dependent exocytotic signaling
    X Shi
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Development 128:645-54. 2001
    ..These results demonstrate directly that GalTase functions as a ZP3 receptor and following aggregation, is capable of activating pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins leading to exocytosis...
  6. ncbi Spermatozoa from a marsupial, the brushtail possum, contain beta1,4-galactosyltransferase
    A G Braundmeier
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Reprod Fertil Dev 20:402-7. 2008
    ..These results demonstrate that GalTase-I is indeed present in possum spermatozoa and thus it may be a gamete receptor molecule on the sperm surface of marsupials as well as those of eutherian mammals...
  7. ncbi Lactose synthase components in milk: concentrations of alpha-lactalbumin and beta1,4-galactosyltransferase in milk of cows from several breeds at various stages of lactation
    G T Bleck
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Reprod Domest Anim 44:241-7. 2009
    ..In conclusion, this survey shows that the two components of lactose synthase are each correlated to protein concentration and individually correlated to the concentration of other milk components and stage of lactation...
  8. ncbi The relationship of porcine sperm zona-binding ability to fertility
    A G Braundmeier
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana 61801, USA
    J Anim Sci 82:452-8. 2004
    ..Competitive zona-binding ability may be useful for identifying boars with reduced fertility that produce smaller litters following insemination...
  9. ncbi Complexin-I-deficient sperm are subfertile due to a defect in zona pellucida penetration
    Longmei Zhao
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, 1207 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    Reproduction 136:323-34. 2008
    ..Therefore, complexin-I-deficient sperm are subfertile due to faulty zona pellucida penetration...
  10. ncbi Porcine beta1,4-galactosyltransferase-I sequence and expression
    E A Landers
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
    Reprod Domest Anim 44:228-34. 2009
    ..These results are important for studies of the function of this unusual and important glycosyltransferase during glycoprotein biosynthesis, lactation and fertilization...
  11. ncbi Complexin I is required for mammalian sperm acrosomal exocytosis
    Longmei Zhao
    University of Illinois, Department of Animal Sciences, 1207 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    Dev Biol 309:236-44. 2007
    ..Therefore, complexin I functions in exocytosis in two related but morphologically distinct secretory processes. Sperm are unusual because they express both complexins I and II but have a unique and specific requirement for complexin I...
  12. ncbi Examination of the binding ability of bovine spermatozoa to the zona pellucida as an indicator of fertility
    Andrea G Braundmeier
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    J Androl 23:645-51. 2002
    ..In conclusion, in vitro competitive zona binding was not correlated with bovine fertility or binding of accessory spermatozoa to oocytes in vivo...
  13. ncbi Localization of zona pellucida receptors on live sperm by fluorophore-conjugated solubilized zona pellucida proteins
    Heather R Burkin
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA
    Methods Mol Biol 253:79-93. 2004
  14. ncbi Dynamin 2 associates with complexins and is found in the acrosomal region of mammalian sperm
    Longmei Zhao
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    Mol Reprod Dev 74:750-7. 2007
    ..Its co-localization and interaction with complexin I suggest that dynamin 2 may play a role during acrosome formation and/or acrosomal exocytosis...
  15. ncbi Gamete interaction: is it species-specific?
    Ana Vieira
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    Mol Reprod Dev 73:1422-9. 2006
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  16. ncbi CASK is in the mammalian sperm head and is processed during epididymal maturation
    Heather R Burkin
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
    Mol Reprod Dev 68:500-6. 2004
    ..Because sperm acquire the ability to bind the zona pellucida, acrosome react, and fertilize eggs during epididymal maturation, CASK processing may play a role in the acquisition of these functions...
  17. ncbi Male mice that do not express group VIA phospholipase A2 produce spermatozoa with impaired motility and have greatly reduced fertility
    Shunzhong Bao
    Mass Spectrometry Resource, Division of Endocrinology, Departments of Medicine and of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    J Biol Chem 279:38194-200. 2004
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  18. ncbi Flock house virus RNA polymerase is a transmembrane protein with amino-terminal sequences sufficient for mitochondrial localization and membrane insertion
    David J Miller
    University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
    J Virol 76:9856-67. 2002
    ..We conclude that protein A targets and anchors FHV RNA replication complexes to outer mitochondrial membranes, in part through an N-proximal mitochondrial localization signal and transmembrane domain...