Dr. Elizabeth Vierling
Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Life Sciences South Building, Room 352
P.O. Box 210106
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 621-1601
Email: vierling@u.arizona.edu
 

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Background and Interests
 
Elizabeth Vierling received a B.S. in Botany from the University of Michigan in 1975 and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Chicago in 1982. She did postdoctoral research in Molecular Biology at the University of Georgia. Here at the University of Arizona she teaches undergraduate Biochemistry for majors and Core Concepts in Plant Biology for graduate students. Her current research interests are understanding the biological roles of molecular chaperones in plant stress and development. The lab uses a wide range of biochemical, molecular and genetic approaches, including basic protein biochemistry, microarrays of gene expression, and forward and reverse genetics in Arabidopsis.

 
Selected Publications
 
Lee,U., C. Wie, M. Escobar, B. Williams, S.-W. Hong, E. Vierling. Genetic analysis reveals domain interactions of Arabidopsis Hsp100/ClpB and cooperation with the sHsp chaperone system. Plant Cell, 17:559-571 (2005).

Giese,K.C. and E. Vierling. Mutants in a small heat shock proteins that affect the oligomeric state: analysis and allele specific suppression. J.
Biol. Chem. 279: 32674 - 32683 (2004).

Lum, R., J. M. Tkach, E. Vierling, and J. R. Glover. Evidence for an unfolding/threading mechanism for protein disaggregation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hsp104. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 29139 - 29146 (2004).

Clerkx,E.J.M., M. E. El-Lithy, E. Vierling, G.J. Ruys, H.Blankestijn-DeVries, S.P.C. Groot, D. Vreugdenhil, M. Koornneef. Analysis of natural allelic variation of Arabidopsis seed quality traits between the accessions Landsberg erecta and Shakdara, using a new recombinant inbred line population. Plant Physiol. 135: 432-443 (2004).

Basha, E., G.J. Lee, B. Demeler, E. Vierling. Chaperone activity of cytosolic small heat shock proteins in wheat. Eur. J. Biochem. 271:1-11 (2004).

Basha, E., G. J. Lee, L. A. Breci, A.C. Hausrath, N. R. Buan, K C. Giese and E. Vierling. The identity of proteins associated with a small heat shock protein during heat stress in vivo indicates these chaperones protect a wide range of cellular functions. J. Biol. Chem., 279: 7566-7575 (2004).

Friedrich, K. L., K. C. Giese, N. R. Buan, and E. Vierling. Interactions between small heat shock protein subunits and substrate in small heat shock protein/substrate complexes. J. Biol. Chem. 279:1080-1089 (2004).

 



 

       
 
 


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