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Passarelli


A. Lorena Passarelli

Associate Professor
Associate Director for Student Development

Ph.D. 1993, The University of Georgia
Genetics

  Molecular biology of baculoviruses: gene regulation and viral pathogenesis

269 Chalmers Hall
(785) 532-3195
lpassar@ksu.edu

K-State Molecular Virology Web
Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Web


Selected Research Publications

Michalsky, R., P.H. Pfromm, P. Czermak, C.M. Sorensen, and A.L. Passarelli. 2008.  Effects of temperature and shear force on infectivity of the baculovirus Autographa californica M nucleopolyhedrovirusJ. Virol. Methods. In Press [Epub ahead of print].

Crouch, E.A ., L.A. Cox, K. Morales, A.L. Passarelli.  2007. Inter-subunit interactions of the Autographa californica M nucleopolyhedrovirus RNA polymeraseVirology 367:265-274. 

Detvisitsakun, C., E.L. Cain, and A.L. Passarelli.  2007.  The Autographa californica M nucleopolyhedrovirus fibroblast growth factor accelerates host mortality.  Virology 365:70-78. 

Passarelli, A.L.  2007.  Baculovirus RNA polymerase: Activities, composition and evolution.   Virologica Sinica 22:94-107.   

Passarelli, A.L. and L.A. Guarino.  2007.  Baculovirus late and very late gene regulationCurrent Drug Targets 8:1103-1115.

Deng, Y., Y. Dong, V. Thodima, R.J. Clem, A. L. Passarelli. 2006.  Analysis and functional annotation of expressed sequence tags from the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda.  BioMed Central Genomics 7:264-274. 

Berretta, M.F. and A.L. Passarelli.  2006.  Function of Spodoptera exigua nucleopolyhedrovirus late gene expression factors in the insect cell line SF-21.  Virology 355:82-93.

Berretta, M.F., M. Deshpande, E.A., Crouch, and A.L. Passarelli.  2006.  Functional characterization of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus late gene transcription and genome replication factors in the non-permissive insect cell line SF-21Virology 348:175-189.

Detvisitsakun, C., E.L. Hutfless, M.F. Berretta, and A.L. Passarelli.   2006.  Analysis of a baculovirus lacking a functional viral fibroblast growth factor homologVirology 346:258-265. 

Devisitsakun, C., M.F. Berretta, C. Lehiy, and A.L. Passarelli.  2005.  Stimulation of cell motility by a viral fibroblast growth factor homolog:Proposal for a role in viral pathogenesisVirology 336:308-317.

Crouch, E.A. and A.L. Passarelli.  2005.  Effects of baculovirus transactivators IE-1 and IE-2 on the Drosophila heat shock promoter in twoinsect cell linesArch. Virol. 150:1563-1578

Titterington, J.S., T.K. Nun, and A.L. Passarelli.  2003.  Functional dissection of the baculovirus late expression factor-8:  Sequence requirements for late gene promoter activation.   J. Gen. Virol. 84:1817-1826.

Crouch, E.A. and A.L. Passarelli.  2002.  Genetic Requirements for Homologous Recombination in Autographa californica NucleopolyhedrovirusJ Virol. 76: 9323-34.

 


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