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Rodney King
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Western Kentucky University.
Bowling Green, KY 42101
(270) 745-6910 (w) (270) 745-6856 (fax)
Specialty - Microbiology, Transcriptional mechanisms
email:rodney.king@wku.edu
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Research Interests:
- Bacterial and Bacteriophage genetics
- Bacteriophage biology
- Control of transcription elongation and termination
- Lateral gene transfer
Current
Projects:
- Identification and characterization of RNA based
transcription antiterminators
- Genomic analysis of Bacteriophages
- Phage-host interactions
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Classes
I teach:
Biol
121 BIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS - CELLS METAB GENETICS LABORATORY
Biol
207 General Microbiology
Biol
226 Microbial Biology and Diversity.
- Syllabus
- Lecture
and Examination Schedule
Biol 227
Microbial
Biology and Diversity Lab
Biol
475 Independent Study/Bacteriology
- Syllabus
- Lecture
and Examination Schedule
Biol
475 Independent Study/Bacteriology Lab
Biol
470/470G Pathogenic Microbiology
- Syllabus
- Lecture
and Examination Schedule
Biol
475 (Honors) The History and Science of Beer and Brewing
CONTEMP
RESEARCH/BIOLOGY
WKU Homepage
Blackboard Homepage
Graduate
Student Research Projects:
Recent
Publications:
- Sen,
R, King, R.A., Mzhavia, N., Madsen, P. and Weisberg,
R.A. (2002) Sequence-specific interaction of nascent
antiterminator RNA with the zinc-finger motif of Escherichia coli
RNA polymerase. Molecular Microbiology 46:215-222.
- Sen,
R., King, R.A. and Weisberg, R.A. (2001).
Modification of the properties of elongating RNA polymerase by
persistent association with nascent antiterminator RNA. Molecular
Cell 7:993-1001
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Comments or questions on the format of this page should
be directed to rodney.king@wku.edu
Last Modified: August 2007
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