Publications, Patents & Research Support

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Huh, C., Aldrich, J., Mottahedeh, J., Kwon, H., Johnson, C. and Marsh, R. (1998). Cloning and characterization of the Physarum polycephalum tectonins. J. Biol. Chem.273, 6565-6574.

Johnson, C.H., Kruft, V., and Subramanian, A.R., (1990). Identification of a Plastid-specific Ribosomal Protein in the 30S subunit of Chloroplast Ribosomes and Isolation of the cDNA Clone Encoding the Cytoplasmic Precursor: J. Biol. Chem. 265, 12790-12795.

Evrard, J., Johnson, C.H., Janssen, I., Loffelhardt, W., Weil, J.H., and Kuntz, M., (1990). The Cyanellar Genome of Cyanophoraparadoxa, Unlike the Chloroplast Genome, Codes for the L3 Ribosomal Protein: Nucleic Acids Res. 18, 1115-1119.

Johnson, C.H. and Subramanian, A.R. (1991). Spinach Chloroplast L15, Like L1, L13, and L21, is Significantly Larger than Its E.coli Homologue: FEBS282, 268-272.

Berry-Lowe, S. L., Johnson, C. H., and Schmidt, G. W. (1992). Nucleotide Sequence of the psbB Gene of Chlamydomonasreinhardtii Chloroplast: Plant Physiol. 98, 1541-1543.

Johnson, C. and Schmidt G. W. (1993a) Sequence of the gene for the 10 kDa phosphoprotein (PSII-H) of the photosystem II complex in thylakoids of the chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast. Plant Mol. Biol.21: 737.

Johnson, C. H. and Schmidt, G. W. (1993b). The psbB gene cluster of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast: sequence and transcriptional analyses of psbN and psbH. Plant Mol. Biol., 22, 645-658.

Johnson, C.H. and McEwen, J.E. (1997) Mitochondrial protein synthesis is not required for efficient excision of intron aI5ß from COX1 pre-mRNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MGG, 256, 88-91.

Johnson, Clayton H. and McEwen, Joan E (1999). Isolation of a Histoplasma capsulatum cDNA that complements a mitochondrial NAD(+)-isocitrate dehydrogenase subunit I-deficient mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast, 15, 799-804.

Clayton H. Johnson, Martin G. Klotz, J. Lyndal York, Volker Kruft, and Joan E. McEwen (2002). Redundancy, phylogeny and differential expression of Histoplasma capsulatum catalases. Microbiology, 147, 1129-1142.

Clayton H. Johnson, John T. Prigge, Aaron D. Warren, and Joan E. McEwen (2003). Characterization of an alternative oxidase activity of Histoplasma capsulatum. Yeast, 20, 381-388.

Clayton H. Johnson, Sudhir V. Marathe and Joan E. McEwen. (2003) The Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial Pet54p COX1 splicing factor requires an intact N-terminus for RNA binding in vitro. J of Basic Microbiology, Submitted.

McEwen, J.E., Johnson, C.H., and Prigge, J.T.. (2003) Antioxidant and metabolic functions of mitochondrial alternative oxidase from Histoplasma capsulatum. J. Biol. Chem., submitted.

Patents

Histoplasma capsulatum catalase sequences and their use in the detection of Histoplasma capsulatum and histoplasmosis.
Inventors: Clayton H Johnson, J Lyndal York, and Joan E McEwen
Issued: May 30, 2006
Serial No.: 10/099,352; Filed: March 13, 2002
Patent No.: US 7,052,837 B2
   
Histoplasma capsulatum chitin synthase sequences and their use for detection of Histoplasma capsulatum and histoplasmosis
Inventors: Clayton H Johnson and Joan E McEwen
Patent issued: May 15, 2007
Patent #: 7,217,519

Patent Applications

There are currently no patent applications reported at this time.

Ongoing Research Support

Merit Review grant through the Office of Research and Development, Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs
Joan E McEwen (PI) 4/1/199 – 4/1/2004
The role of mitochondrial function in the pathogenesis of Histoplasma capsulatum

Role: Co-investigator

Pat and Willard Walker Medical Research Endowment Award through The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Clayton H Johnson (PI) 1/1/2005 – 1/1/2006
Modified Neural Proteome in Alzheimer’s Diseased Tissue
Role: Principal Investigator

Completed Research Support

Pat and Willard Walker Research Award through The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Clayton H Johnson (PI) 1/1/1998 – 1/1/2001
Investigation of catalase in Histoplasma capsulatum
Role: Principal Investigator