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Rodney King
Associate
Professor
Department of Biology
Western Kentucky University.
Bowling
Green, KY 42101
(270) 745-6910 (w) (270) 745-6856 (fax)
Specialty - Bacteriophage, Transcriptional mechanisms, Microbiology
email:rodney.king@wku.edu |
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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
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute National Genomics
Research Initiative
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Classes
I teach:
Biol 121 BIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS -
CELLS METAB GENETICS LABORATORY
Biol 207 General Microbiology
- Syllabus
- Lecture and Examination Schedule
Biol 226 Microbial Biology and Diversity.
- Syllabus
- Lecture and Examination Schedule
Biol 227 Microbial Biology and Diversity Lab
Biol 407 Virology
· Syllabus
· Lecture and
Examination Schedule
Biol 475 Independent
Study/Bacteriology
- Syllabus
- Lecture and Examination Schedule
Biol 475 Independent
Study/Bacteriology Lab
Biol 470/470G Pathogenic
Microbiology
- Syllabus
- Lecture and Examination Schedule
Biol 475 (Honors) The History and Science
of Beer and Brewing
CONTEMP
RESEARCH/BIOLOGY
WKU
Homepage
Blackboard Homepage
Graduate
Student Research Projects:
Recent Publications:
· Natalia Komissarova, Tatiana Velikodvorskaya, Ranjan
Sen, Rodney A. King, Sarbani
Banik_Maiti and Robert A. Weisberg (2008). Inhibition of a Transcriptional Pause by
RNA Anchoring to RNA polymerase. Molecular Cell 31:683-694.
Featured
in Cell Magazine’s Molecular Biology Select: Cell 135, October 3, 2008.
· McLaughlin,
M.R. and King R. A. Characterization
of Salmonella bacteriophages isolated from swine lagoon effluent. (2008). Current Microbiology 56:208-213.
· Sloan,
Sieghild, Rutkai, E., King, R.A.,
Velikodvorskaya, T. and Weisberg R.A. (2007). Protection of antiterminator RNA by the
transcript elongation complex. Molecular Microbiology 63:
1197-1208.
· M.R.
McLaughlin, M.F. Balaa, J. Sims, J. Andersland, and R. King. (2006). Isolation of Salmonella Bacteriophages
from Swine Effluent Lagoons. Journal of
Environmental Quality. 35:522-528.
· King, R.A., Markov, D., Sen, R., Severinov, K. and
Weisberg, R.A. (2004). A Conserved
Zinc Binding Domain in the Largest Subunit of DNA-dependent RNA Polymerase
Modulates Intrinsic Transcription Termination and Antitermination but does
not Stabilize the Elongation Complex. Journal of Molecular Biology. 342:1143-1154.
· King, R.A., Sen, R. and Weisberg, R.A. (2003). Using a Lac Repressor Roadblock to
Analyze the E. coli Transcription Elongation Complex. Methods of Enzymology 371:207-218.
· King, R.A., Sen, R. and Weisberg,R.A (2003). Using a Lac Repressor Roadblock to
Analyze the E. coli Transcription
Elongation Complex. Methods of
Enzymology 371:207-218.
· King, R.A. and Weisberg, R.A. (2003). Suppression of factor-dependent
transcription termination by antiterminator RNA. J. Bacteriology 185:7085-7091.
· 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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