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Research Interests
Structure and biosynthesis of bacterial cell walls and membranes. Biosynthesis of peptidoglycan and teichuronic acid
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Academic and Administrative Contributions and Awards
Developer and Lecturer, Independent and Distance Learning course in Biochemistry, 2001-2006
Director of General Biology Program, 1998-2006
Co-Director of Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Programs, 2000-2006
Interim Associate Dean, College of Biological Sciences, 2001-2003
Director of Graduate Studies, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, 1989-1998
Morse-Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, 1997
Academy of Distinguished Teachers, 1999-2006
President's Award for Outstanding Service, 2005
Selected Publications
Deng, L. and Anderson, J.S. (1997) "Biosynthesis of Teichuronic Acid in the Bacterial Cell Wall. Purification and Characterization of the Glucosyltransferase of Micrococcus luteus." J. Biol. Chem. 272:479-485. Online
Gassner, G.T., Dickie, J.P., Hamerski, D.A., Magnuson, J.K. and Anderson, J.S. (1990) "Teichuronic Acid Reducing Terminal N- Acetylglucosamine Residue Linked by Phosphodiester to Peptidoglycan of Micrococcus luteus." J. Bacteriol. 172 :2273-2279. Online
Wolters, P.J., Hildebrandt, K.M., Dickie, J.P. and Anderson, J.S. (1990) "Polymer Length of Teichuronic Acid Released from Cell Walls of Micrococcus luteus." J. Bacteriol. 172:5154-5159. Online
Hildebrandt, K.M. and Anderson, J.S. (1990) "Biosynthetic Elongation of Isolated Teichuronic Acid Polymers via Glucosyl- and N- Acetylmannosaminuronosyltransferases from Solubilized Cytoplasmic Membrane Fragments of Micrococcus luteus." J. Bacteriol.172:5160-5164. Online
Johnson, G.L., Hoger, J.H., Ratnayake, J.H. and Anderson, J.S. (1984) "Characterization of Three Intermediates in the Biosynthesis of Teichuronic Acid by Micrococcus luteus." Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 235, 679-691. Online
Johnson, S.D., Lacher, K.P. and Anderson, J.S. (1981) Carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Study of Teichuronic Acid from Micrococcus luteus Cell Walls. Comparison of the Polysaccharide Isolated from Cells with that Synthesized in vitro.Biochemistry 20, 4781-4785. Online
Anderson, J.S., Matsuhashi, M., Haskin, M.A. and Strominger, J.L. (1967) "Biosynthesis of the Peptidoglycan of Bacterial Cell Walls. II. Phospholipid Carriers in the Reaction Sequence." J. Biol. Chem. 242, 3180-3190. Online
Anderson, J.S., Dahlberg, J.E., Bretscher, M.S., Revel, M. and Clark, B.F.C. (1967) "GTP-stimulated Binding of Initiator-tRNA to Ribosomes Directed by f2 Bacteriophage RNA." Nature 216, 1072-1076. Online
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