G. Lucas Starnes

Phylogenetic Relationships of the Oriental-Australian Rear-Fanged Water Snakes (Colubridae: Homalopsinae) Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequences (2002)

Harold K. Voris, Michael E. Alfaro, Daryl R. Karns, G. Lucas Starnes, Emma Thompson, John C. Murphy

The Homalopsinae (Oriental-Australian rear-fanged water snakes) is a small (34 species, 10 genera) colubrid subfamily notable for its ecological and morphological diversity. Despite considerable...

Complex Transcriptional Control Links NikABCDE-Dependent Nickel Transport with Hydrogenase Expression in Escherichia coli

Rowe, Jessica L., Starnes, G. Lucas, Chivers, Peter T.

Escherichia coli requires nickel under anaerobic growth conditions for the synthesis of catalytically active NiFe hydrogenases. Transcription of the NikABCDE nickel transporter, which is required for...

Complex Transcriptional Control Links NikABCDE-Dependent Nickel Transport with Hydrogenase Expression in Escherichia coli

Rowe, Jessica L., Starnes, G. Lucas, Chivers, Peter T.

Escherichia coli requires nickel under anaerobic growth conditions for the synthesis of catalytically active NiFe hydrogenases. Transcription of the NikABCDE nickel transporter, which is required for...

Microneme Rhomboid Protease TgROM1 Is Required for Efficient Intracellular Growth of Toxoplasma gondii▿ †

Brossier, Fabien, Starnes, G. Lucas, Beatty, Wandy L., Sibley, L. David

Rhomboids are serine proteases that cleave their substrates within the transmembrane domain. Toxoplasma gondii contains six rhomboids that are expressed in different life cycle stages and localized...