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The research program is in its initial stages and no papers have been published on gene insulation. Previous work, although somewhat removed, hopefully suggest how we will apply structure-function experiments to the interaction between CTCF and the globin locus.

Molecular structure-function
pdf_icon_small MIRANDA, J. J., KING, D. S., & HARRISON, S. C. (2007) Protein arms in the kinetochore-microtubule interface of the yeast DASH complex. Mol. Biol. Cell, 18, 2503-2510.
pdf_icon_small MIRANDA, J. J., DE WULF, P., SORGER, P. K. & HARRISON, S. C. (2005) The yeast DASH complex forms closed rings on microtubules. Nat Struct Mol Biol, 12, 138-43.
pdf_icon_small MIRANDA, J. J. (2003) Position-dependent interactions between cysteine residues and the helix dipole. Protein Sci, 12, 73-81.
pdf_icon_small ZIEGLER, M., MIRANDA, J. J., ANDERSEN, U. N., JOHNSON, D. W., LEARY, J. A. & RAYMOND, K. N. (2001) Combinatorial Libraries of Metal-Ligand Assemblies with an Encapsulated Guest Molecule. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 40, 733-736.

Hemoglobin
pdf_icon_small MIRANDA, J. L. (2006) Conservation and diversity of ancient hemoglobins in Bacteria. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 343, 924-7.
pdf_icon_small MIRANDA, J. J., MAILLETT, D. H., SOMAN, J. & OLSON, J. S. (2005) Thermoglobin, oxygen-avid hemoglobin in a bacterial hyperthermophile. J Biol Chem, 280, 36754-61.
pdf_icon_small WILLIAMS, K. E., CARVER, T. A., MIRANDA, J. J., KAUTIAINEN, A., VOGEL, J. S., DINGLEY, K., BALDWIN, M. A., TURTELTAUB, K. W. & BURLINGAME, A. L. (2002) Attomole detection of in vivo protein targets of benzene in mice: evidence for a highly reactive metabolite. Mol Cell Proteomics, 1, 885-95.
pdf_icon_small MIRANDA, J. J. (2000) Highly reactive cysteine residues in rodent hemoglobins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 275, 517-23.
pdf_icon_small YU, Z., FRISO, G., MIRANDA, J. J., PATEL, M. J., LO-TSENG, T., MOORE, E. G. & BURLINGAME, A. L. (1997) Structural characterization of human hemoglobin crosslinked by bis(3,5-dibromosalicyl) fumarate using mass spectrometric techniques. Protein Sci, 6, 2568-77.