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Richard-Fogal, C.L.,  E. R. Frawley, E. R. Bonner, H. Zhu, B. San Francisco*, and R. G. Kranz. 2009.  A conserved haem redox and trafficking pathway for cofactor attachment. EMBO J.  28 (16): 2349-2359.

Kranz, R.G., C. Richard-Fogal, J. S. Taylor, E. R.  Frawley. 2009.  Cytochrome c biogenesis: mechanisms for covalent modifications and trafficking of heme, and for heme-iron redox control.  MMBR.  73(3); 510-528. (A REVIEW)

Frawley ER, Kranz RG. 2009.  CcsBA is a cytochrome c synthetase that also functions in heme transport.   Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A   106(25):10201-6.

Zhu, H, Fitzsimmons, K, Khandelwal, A, Kranz, RG. 2009.  CPC, a single-repeat R3 MYB, is a negative regulator of anthocyanin in Arabidopsis, Molecular Plant. June 2, 2009, doi:10.1093/mp/ssp030.

Turkarslan, S, DW Lee, O Onder, RG Kranz, F Daldal .  2008.  The cytochrome c maturation components CcmF, CcmH and CcmI form a membrane-integral multisubunit complex - J Biol Chem, 283 (44): 29715-29722.

Richard-Fogal CL, Frawley ER, Kranz RG.  2008.  Topology and function of CcmD in cytochrome c maturation. J Bacteriol. 2008 May;190(10):3489-93.

Richard-Fogal C.L.,  Frawley E.R.,  Feissner R.E. , and Kranz R.G. 2007. Heme concentration dependence and metalloporphyrin inhibition of the system I and II cytochrome c assembly pathways.   J. Bacteriol. 189(2):455-63.

FIFTEEN OTHER SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Kranz, R.G. 1989.  Isolation of mutants and genes involved in cytochromes c biosynthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus.  J. Bacteriol. 171: 456-464.

Beckman, D.L., D.R. Trawick and R.G. Kranz. 1992. Bacterial cytochromes c biogenesis. Genes and Development,6(2): 268-283.

Beckman, D.L. and R.G. Kranz.  1993.  Cytochromes c biogenesis in a photoseynthetic bacterium requires a periplasmic thioredoxin-like protein.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 90:2179-2183.

Foster-Hartnett, D., P. J. Cullen, E. M. Monika*, and R.G. Kranz. 1994. A new type of NtrC transcriptional activator. J. Bacteriol. 176:6175-6187.

Goldman, B.S. , K.K. Gabbert, and R. G. Kranz. 1996. Use of heme reporters for studies on cytochrome biosynthesis and heme transport. J. Bacteriol. 6338-6347.

Monika, E.M*.,  B.S. Goldman, , D.L. Beckman, and R.G. Kranz. 1997. A thioreduction pathway tethered to the membrane for periplasmic cytochromes c biogenesis; in vitro and in vivo studies. J. Mol. Biol. 271: 679-692.

Cullen, P.J., C.K. Kaufman*, W.C. Bowman, and R.G. Kranz. 1997. Characterization of the Rhodobacter capsulatus housekeeping RNA polymerase; in vitro transcription of photosynthesis and other genes. J. Biol. Chem. 272:27266-27273.

Goldman, B.S., D. Beck, E.M. Monika*, and R.G. Kranz. 1998. Transmembrane heme delivery systems. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95:5003-5008.

Kranz, R.,  R. Lill, B. Goldman, B., G. Bonnard, and S. Merchant. 1998.  Molecular mechanisms of cytochromes c biogenesis: three distinct systems.   Mol. Microbiol.  29: 383-396.  (A REVIEW)

Bowman, W.C. and R. G. Kranz.  1998. A bacterial ATP-dependent, enhancer-binding protein that activates the housekeeping RNA polymerase. Genes & Development. 12: 1884-1893.

Beckett, C.S., J.A. Loughman*, K. A. Karberg*, G. M. Donato, W. E. Goldman, and  R. G. Kranz. 2000.  Four genes are required for the system II cytochrome c biogenesis pathway in Bordetella pertussis,a unique bacterial model. Mol. Microbiol.38: 465-481.

Richard CL, Tandon A*, Sloan NR, Kranz RG. 2003.  RNA polymerase subunit requirements for activation by the enhancer-binding protein Rhodobacter capsulatus NtrC.  J Biol Chem.  278(34):31701-8.

Richard, C. L., A. Tandon*, and R. G. Kranz.  2004 Rhodobacter capsulatus nifA1 Promoter: High-GC - 10 Regions in High-GC Bacteria and the Basis for Their Transcription. J. Bacteriol. 186(3):740-9.

Feissner RE, Richard-Fogal CL, Frawley ER, Loughman JA, Earley KW, Kranz RG. 2006. Recombinant cytochromes c biogenesis systems I and II and analysis of haem delivery pathways in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol.  60(3):563-77.

Feissner RE, Richard-Fogal CL, Frawley ER, Kranz RG.  2006. ABC transporter-mediated release of a heme chaperone allows cytochrome c biogenesis.  Mol Microbiol. 61(1):219-31.

* indicates Washington University undergraduate student.

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