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Rodney King

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Western Kentucky University.

Bowling Green, KY 42101
(270) 745-6910 (w) (270) 745-6856 (fax)
Specialty - Microbiology, Transcriptional mechanisms

email:rodney.king@wku.edu

Research Interests:
  • Bacterial and Bacteriophage genetics
  • Bacteriophage biology
  • Control of transcription elongation and termination
  • Lateral gene transfer
Current Projects:
  • Identification and characterization of RNA based transcription antiterminators
  • Genomic analysis of Bacteriophages
  • Phage-host interactions

Classes I teach:

Biol 121 BIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS - CELLS METAB GENETICS LABORATORY

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Biol 207 General Microbiology
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  • Lecture and Examination Schedule
Biol 226 Microbial Biology and Diversity.
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  • Lecture and Examination Schedule
  Biol 227 Microbial Biology and Diversity Lab
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    Biol 475 Independent Study/Bacteriology
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  • Lecture and Examination Schedule
Biol 475 Independent Study/Bacteriology Lab
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Biol 470/470G Pathogenic Microbiology

Biol 475 (Honors) The History and Science of Beer and Brewing

CONTEMP RESEARCH/BIOLOGY

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Graduate Student Research Projects:

Recent Publications:

  • Sen, R, King, R.A., Mzhavia, N., Madsen, P. and Weisberg, R.A. (2002) Sequence-specific interaction of nascent antiterminator RNA with the zinc-finger motif of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. Molecular Microbiology 46:215-222.
  • Sen, R., King, R.A. and Weisberg, R.A. (2001). Modification of the properties of elongating RNA polymerase by persistent association with nascent antiterminator RNA. Molecular Cell 7:993-1001
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Last Modified: August 2007


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