Selected Publications
Dinkova, T.D., Keiper, B.D., Korneeva, N.L., Aamodt, E.J. and Rhoads, R.E. (2005) Translation of a small subset of Caenorhabditis elegans mRNAs is dependent on a specific eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E isoform. Mol. Cell. Biol. 25(1): 100-113.
Miyoshi, H., Dwyer, D., Keiper, B.D., Jankowska, M., Darzynkiewicz, E. and R.E. Rhoads (2002) Discrimination between mono- and trimethylated cap structures by two isoforms of Caenorhabditis elegans eIF4E. EMBO J. 21(17): 4680-4690.
Amiri, A., Keiper, B.D., Kawasaki, I., Fan, Y., Kohara, Y., Rhoads, R.E., and S. Strome (2001) An Isoform of eIF4E is a Component of Germ Granules and is Required for Spermatogenesis in C. elegans. Development 128 (20): 3899-3912.
Keiper, B.D., Lamphear, B.J., Deshpande, A.M., Jankowska-Anyszka, M., Aamodt, E.J., Blumenthal, T., and R.E. Rhoads (2000) Functional Characterization of Five eIF4E Isoforms in Caenorhabditis elegans. J. Biol. Chem. 275 (14): 10590-10596.
Keiper, B.D.and R.E. Rhoads (1999b) Translational Recruitment of Xenopus Maternal mRNAs in Response to Poly(A) Elongation Requires Initiation Factor eIF4G-1. Dev. Biol. 206 (1): 1-14.
Kerekatte, V., Keiper, B.D., Badorff, C., Cai, A.L., Knowlton, K. and R.E. Rhoads (1999c) Cleavage of Poly(A)-Binding Protein by Coxsackieviral 2A Protease in Vitro and in Vivo: Another Mechanism for Host Protein Synthesis Shut-off? J. Virol. 73 (1): 709-717.
Keiper, B.D.and R.E. Rhoads (1997) Cap-Independent Translation Initiation in Xenopus Oocytes, Nucleic Acids Res. 25 (2): 395-403.
Spevak, W., Keiper, B.D., Stratowa, C., and M.J. Castanon (1993) Saccharomyces cerevisiae cdc15 Mutants Arrested at a Late Stage in Anaphase are Rescued by Xenopus cDNAs Encoding N-ras or a Protein with ß-Transducin Repeats (ßTrCP). Mol. Cell. Biol. 13 (8), 4953-4966.
Invited Reviews
Keiper, B.D(2003) Translation of mRNAs in Xenopus Oocytes. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. (Online Reviews) London: Nature Publishing Group. http://www.els.net/
Keiper, B.D., Gan, W., and R.E. Rhoads (1999a) Molecules in Focus: Protein Synthesis Initiation Factor 4G, Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 31(1): 37-41.
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