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
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.
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.
MIRANDA, J. J. (2003)
Position-dependent interactions between cysteine
residues and the helix dipole.
Protein Sci,
12, 73-81.

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
MIRANDA, J. L. (2006)
Conservation and diversity of ancient hemoglobins in
Bacteria.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 343,
924-7.
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.

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.
MIRANDA, J. J. (2000) Highly
reactive cysteine residues in rodent hemoglobins.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 275, 517-23.

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.