Publications

 

 

McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research (1971-present)

2003

Thompson NE, Arthur TM, Burgess RR. (2003) Development of an epitope tag for the gentle purification of proteins by immunoaffinity chromatography: application to epitope-tagged green fluorescent protein. Anal Biochem. 323:171-9.

Bergendahl V, Thompson NE, Foley KM, Olson BM, Burgess RR. (2003) A cross-reactive polyol-responsive monoclonal antibody useful for isolation of core RNA polymerase form many bacterial species. Protein Expr Purif. 31:155-60.

Bergendahl V, Glaser BT, Burgess RR. (2003) A fast Western blot procedure improved for quantitative analysis by direct fluorescence labeling of primary antibodies. J Immunol Methods. 277:117-25.

Bergendahl V, Heyduk T, Burgess RR. (2003) Luminescence resonance energy transfer-based high-throughput screening assay for inhibitors of essential protein-protein interactions in bacterial RNA polymerase. Appl Environ Microbiol. 69:1492-8.

2002

Anthony LC, Dombkowski AA, and RR Burgess. (2002) Using disulfide bond engineering to study conformational changes in the b’260-309 region of E. coli RNA polymerase during s70 binding. J. Bacter. 184:2634-2641.

Bergendahl V, Anthony LC, Heyduk T, and RR Burgess. (2002) On-column TCEP reduction and IC5-maleimide labeling during purification of a RpoC-fragment on a Ni-NTA column. Analyt. Biochem. 307:368-74.

Anthony LC, and RR Burgess. (2002) Conformational flexibility of E. coli s70 region 2 during transcription initiation. J Biol Chem. 277:46433-41.

Burgess RR, Thompson NE. (2002) Advances in gentle immunoaffinity chromatography. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 13:304-8. Review.

2001

Young BA, Anthony LC, Gruber TG, Arthur TM, Heyduk E, Lu CZ, Sharp MM, Heyduk T, Burgess RR, and CJ Gross. (2001) A coiled-coil from the RNA polymerase b' subunit allosterically induces selective nontemplate strand binding by s70. Cell. 105:935-944.

Burgess RR, and Anthony LC. (2001) How sigma docks with RNA polymerase and what sigma does. Curr Opin Microbiol. 4:126-131.

Gruber TM, Sharp MM, Young BA, Lu CZ, Shong HJ, Artsimovich I, Geszvain KM, Markos D, Arthur TM, Burgess RR, Severinov K, Landick R, and Gross CA. (2001) Binding of the initiation factor s70 to core RNA polymerase is a multi-step process. Mol Cell. 8:21-31.

Gaal T, Ross W, Estrem ST, Nguyen LH, Burgess RR, Gourse RL. (2001) Promoter recognition and determination by Esigma-S RNA polymerase. Mol Microbiol. 42:939-54.

2000

Thompson, N.E., Strasheim, L. A., Nolan, K. M. and Burgess, R. R. Folding of the amino-terminal domain of human TATA-binding protein (TBP) as determined by reactivity with monoclonal antibodies. Biochemistry, in preparation.

Burgess RR. Sigma factors. Encyclopedia of Genetics, Eds: S. Brenner and J. Miller, Academic Press, New York, NY, in press, 2000.

Burgess RR, Arthur TM, and Pietz BC. (2000) Mapping protein-protein interaction domains by order fragment ladder far-Western analysis using his-tagged proteins, Methods Enzymol. 328:141-157.

Cramer P, Bushnell DA, Fu J, Gnatt AL, Maier-Davis B, Thompson NE, Burgess RR, Edwards AM, David PR, and Kornberg RD. (2000) Architecture of RNA polymerase II and implication for the transcription mechanism. Science. 288:640-649.

Anthony LC, Artsimovitch I, Svetlov V, Landick R, and Burgess RR. (2000) Rapid purification of Bacillus subtilis core RNA polymerase. Protein Expr. Purif. 19:350-354.

Arthur TM., Anthony LC, and Burgess RR. (2000) Mutational analysis of b' 260-309, a s70 binding site located on E .coli core RNA polymerase. J. Biol. Chem. 275:23113-119.

Artsimovitch I, Svetlov V, Anthony LC, Burgess RR, and Landick R. (2000) RNA polymerases from B. subtilis and E. coli differ in recognition of regulatory signals in vitro. J. Bacteriol. 182:6027-6035.

Wooddell CI, and Burgess RR. (2000) Topology of yeast RNA polymerase II subunits and transcription elongation complexes studied by photoaffinity crosslinking. Biochemistry. 39:13405-21.

Thompson NE, and Burgess RR. (2000) Identification and use of polyol-responsive monoclonal antibodies for use in immunoaffinity chromatography. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology.

1999

McMahan S., and Burgess RR. (1999) Mapping protease accessibility sites on the E. coli transcription factor s70. Biochemistry. 38:12424-12431.

Thompson NE, and Burgess RR. (1999) Immunoaffinity purification of the RAP 30 subunit of human transcription factor IIF (TFIIF). Protein Expr. Purif. 17:260-266.

Fu J, Gnatt AL, Bushnell DA, Jensen GJ, Thompson NE, Burgess RR, David P R, and Kornberg RD. (1999) Yeast RNA polymerase at 5A resolution. Cell. 98:799-810.

1998

Rockabrand D, Livers K, Austin T, Kaiser R, Jensen D, Burgess RR, and Blum P. (1998) Role of DnaK and RpoS in Starvation-induced Thermotolerance of E. coli. J. Bacteriol. 180:846-854.

Svetlov V, Nolan C, and Burgess RR. (1998) Rpb3: Stoichiometry and sequence determinants of the assembly into yeast RNA polymerase II in vivo. J. Biol. Chem. 273:10827-830.

Mosig G, Colowick NE, and Pietz BC. (1998) Several new bacteriophage T4 genes, mapped by sequencing deletion endpoints between genes 56 (dCTPase) and dda (a DNA-dependent ATPase-helicase) modulate transcription. Gene. 223:143-155.

Arthur TM, and Burgess RR. (1998) Localization of a s70 binding site on the N-terminus of the E. coli RNA polymerase b' subunit. J. Biol. Chem. 273:31381-31387.

Burgess RR., Arthur TM., and Pietz BC. (1998) The interaction of E. coli s70 with core RNA polymerase. 1998 Cold Spring Harbor Symposium, Cold Spring Harbor Press, NY. 63:277-287.

1997

Nguyen LH, and Burgess RR. (1997) Comparative analysis of the interactions of E. coli sS and s70 RNA polymerase holoenzyme with the stationary-phase-specific bolAp1 promoter. Biochemistry. 36:1748-1754.

Breyer MJ, Thompson NE, and Burgess RR. (1997) Identification of the epitope for a highly cross-reactive monoclonal antibody on the major sigma factor of bacterial RNA polymerase. J. Bacteriol. 179:1404-1408.

1996

Burgess RR, and Knuth MK. (1996) Purification of a recombinant protein overproduced in E. coli. In: Strategies for Protein Purification and Characterization; A Laboratory Manual. Eds.: D. Marshak, J. Kadonaga, R. Burgess, M. Knuth, W. Brennan, Jr., and S.-H. Lin, Cold Spring Harbor Press, pp 1-12, 205-274.

McMahan SA, and Burgess RR. (1996) Single-step synthesis and characterization of biotinylated nitrilotriacetic acid, a unique reagent for the detection of histidine-tagged proteins immobilized on nitrocellulose. Anal. Biochem. 236:101-106.

Nguyen LH, and Burgess RR. (1996) Overproduction and purification of sigma-S, the E. coli stationary phase specific sigma transcription factor. Protein Expr. Purif. 8:17-22.

Burgess, R. R. (1996) Purification of Overproduced E. coli RNA polymerase sigma factors by solubilizing inclusion bodies and refolding from Sarkosyl. Meth. in Enzymol. 273:145-149.

Thompson NE, and Burgess RR. (1996) Immunoaffinity purification of RNA polymerases and transcription factors using polyol-responsive monoclonal antibodies. Meth. in Enzymol. 274:513-526.

Wade PA, Werel W, Fentzke RC, Thompson NE, Leykam JF, Burgess RR, Jaehning JA, and Burton ZF. (1996) A novel collection of accessory factors associated with yeast RNA polymerase II. Protein Expr. Purif. 8:85-90.

Landini P, Hajec L, Nguyen LH, Burgess RR, and Volkert M. (1996) The leucine-responsive regulatory protein (Lrp) acts as a specific repressor for sigma-S-dependent transcription an the E. coli aidB gene. Molec. Microbiol. 20:947-955.

Rao L, Jones DP, Nguyen LH, McMahan SA, and Burgess RR. (1996) Epitope mapping using histidine-tagged protein fragments: application to E. coli RNA polymerase sigma-70. Anal. Biochem. 241:173-179.

Largaespada DA, Jackson MW, Thompson NE, Kaehler DA, Byrd LG, and Mushinski JF. (1996) The ABL-MYC retrovirus generates antigen-specific plasmacytomas by in vitro infection of activated B lymphocytes from spleen and other murine lymphoid organs. J. Immunol. Methods. 197:85-95.

Wooddell CI, and Burgess RR. (1996) Use of asymmetric PCR to generate long primers and single-stranded DNA for incorporating crosslinking analogs into specific sites in a DNA probe. Genome Res. 6:886-892.

1995

Thompson NE, Strasheim LA, Nolan KM, and Burgess RR. (1995) Accessibility of epitopes on human transcription factor IIB (TFIIB) in the native protein and in a complex with DNA. J. Biol. Chem. 270:4735-4740.

Buermeyer AB, McMahon SM, Strasheim LA, and Farnham PJ. (1995) Identification of cis-acting elements that can obviate a requirement for the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II. J. Biol. Chem. 270:6798-6807.

deArruda M, and Burgess RR. (1995) pET-33b(+): a pET vector that contains a protein kinase A recognition sequence. Innovations. 4:7-8.

1994

Burgess RR, Thompson NE, Hager DA, Strasheim L, Aronson D, Nolan K, Smith C, Grabski A, and Dickson T. (1994) Immunoaffinity chromatography with polyol-responsive monoclonal antibodies for purification of labile proteins. Proceedings of NIGMS Symposium on Biomolecular Engineering, pp 180-184.

McMahan SA, and Burgess RR. (1994) Use of Aryl azide crosslinkers to investigate protein-protein interactions: An optimization of important conditions as applied to E. coli RNA polymerase and localization of a sigma70-alpha crosslink to the C-terminal region of alpha. Biochemistry. 33:12092-12099.

Thompson NE, and Burgess RR. (1994) Purification of recombinant human transcription factor IIB (TFIIB) by immunoaffinity chromatography. Protein Expr. Purif. 5:469-475.

1993

Burgess RR, Burgess AB, and Zubay G. (1993) RNA Synthesis and Processing. In: G. Zubay (Ed.), Biochemistry, 3rd Edition, pp. 791-829. Wm. C. Brown Publishers.

Gentry DR, and Burgess RR. (1993) Crosslinking of E. coli RNA Polymerase Subunits: Identification of Beta prime as the Binding Site of Omega. Biochemistry. 32:11224.

Nguyen LH, Jensen DB, and Burgess RR. (1993) Overproduction and Purification of sigma-32, the E. coli Heat Shock Transcription Factor. Protein Expr. Purif. 4:425-433.

Nguyen LH, Jensen DB, Thompson NE, Gentry DR, and Burgess RR. (1993) In Vitro Functional Characterization of Overproduced E. coli katF/rpoS Gene Product. Biochemistry. 32:11112-11117.

Gentry DR, Hernandez VJ, Nguyen LH, Jensen DB, and Cashel M. (1993) Synthesis of the stationary-phase sigma factor, sigma-S, is positively regulated by ppGpp. J. Bacteriol. 175:7982-7989.

Wang J, Chou C.-H., Blankson J, Satoh M, Knuth M, Eisenberg R, Pisetsky D, and Reeves W. (1993) Murine monoclonal antibodies specific for conserved and non-conserved antigenic determinants of the human and murine Ku autoantigens. Molec. Biol. Reports 18:15-28.

1992

Buermeyer AB, Thompson NE, Strasheim LA, Burgess RR, and Farnham PJ. (1992) The HIP1 initiator element plays a role in determining the in vitro requirement of the dihydrofolate reductase gene promoter for the C-terminal domain of RNA Polymerase II. Mol. Cell. Biol. 12:2250-2259.

Dvir A, Peterson SR, Knuth M, Lu H, and Dynan WS. (1992) Ku autoantigen is the regulatory component of a template-associated protein kinase that phosphorylates RNA polymerase II. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 89:11920-11924.

Jin DJ, Burgess RR, Richardson JP, and Gross CA. (1992) Termination of efficiency at rho-dependent terminators depends on kinetic coupling between RNA polymerase and rho. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 89:1453-1457.

Means AL, Slansky JE, McMahon SL, Knuth MW, and Farnham PJ. (1992) The HIP1 binding site is required for growth regulation of the dihydrofolate reductase gene promoter. Mol. Cell. Biol. 12:1054-1063.

Steinberg TH, and Burgess RR. (1992) Tagetitoxin inhibition of RNA polymerase III transcription results from enhanced pausing at discrete sites and is template dependent. J. Biol. Chem. 267:20204-20211.

Thompson NE, Hager DA, and Burgess RR. (1992) Isolation and characterization of a polyol-responsive monoclonal antibody useful for gentle purification of E. coli RNA polymerase. Biochemistry. 31:7003-7008.

1991

Burgess RR. (1991) The use of polyethyleneimine in the purification of DNA binding proteins. Methods Enzymol. 208:3-10.

Burgess RR, Thompson NE, Lesley SA, Gentry DR, Hager DA, and Brow MA. (1991) Use of monoclonal antibodies in studying the structure and function of E. coli RNA polymerase and sigma factors. Proceedings of the Mochida Memorial Symposium 1990, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 3-15.

Gentry D, Xiao H, Burgess RR, and Cashel M. (1991) The omega subunit of E. coli K-12 RNA polymerase is not required for stringent RNA control in vivo. J. Bacteriol. 173:3901-3903.

Lesley SA, Brow MA, and Burgess RR. (1991) Use of in vitro protein synthesis from PCR-generated templates to study interaction of E. coli transcription factors with core RNA polymerase and for epitope mapping of monoclonal antibodies. J. Biol. Chem. 266:2632-2638.

1990

Blum P, Jovanovich S, McCann M, Schultz J, Auger E, Lesley S, Burgess RR, and Matin A. (1990) In vivo and in vitro expression of cloned carbon starvation genes from E. coli. J. Bacteriol. 172:3813-3820.

Edwards A, Darst S, Feaver W, Thompson NE, Burgess RR, and Kornberg R. (1990) Purification and lipid-layer crystallization of yeast RNA polymerase II. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 87:2122-2126.

Gentry DR, and Burgess RR. (1990) Overproduction and purification of the omega subunit of E. coli RNA polymerase. Protein Express. Purif. 1:81-86.

Gunderson SI, Knuth MW, and Burgess RR. (1990) The human U1 snRNA promoter correctly initiates transcription in vitro and is activated by PSE1. Genes Dev. 4:2048-2060.

Hager D, Jin DJ, and Burgess RR. (1990) Use of Mono Q high resolution ion exchange chromatography to obtain highly pure and active E. coli RNA polymerase. Biochemistry. 29:7890-7894.

Knuth MW, Gunderson SI, Thompson NE, Strasheim LA, and Burgess RR. (1990) Purification and characterization of proximal sequence element-binding protein 1, a transcription activating protein related to Ku and TREF that binds the proximal sequence element of the human U1 promoter. J. Biol. Chem. 265:17911-17920.

Koehler JE, Burgess RR, Thompson NE, and Stephens RS. (1990) Chlamydia trachomatis RNA polymerase major sigma subunit. J. Biol. Chem. 265:13206-13214.

Lesley SA, Jovanovich SB, Tse-Dinh Y.-C., and Burgess RR. (1990) Identification of a heat shock promoter in the topA gene of E. coli. J. Bacteriol. 172:6871-6874.

Steinberg TH, Matthews DB, Durbin RD, and Burgess RR. (1990) Tagetitoxin, a new inhibitor of transcription by RNA polymerase III. J. Biol. Chem. 265:499-505.

Thompson NE, Aronson DB, and Burgess RR. (1990) Purification of eukaryotic RNA polymerase II by immunoaffinity chromatography. J. Biol. Chem. 265:7069-7077.

1989

Gentry DR, and Burgess RR. (1989) rpoZ, encoding the omega subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase, is in the same operon as spoT. J. Bacteriol. 171:1271-1277.

Jovanovich SB, Lesley SA, and Burgess RR. (1989) In vitro use of monoclonal antibodies in Escherichia coli S-30 extracts to determine the RNA polymerase sigma subunit required by a promoter. J. Biol. Chem. 264:3794-3798.

Jovanovich SB, Record MT, Jr., and Burgess RR. (1989) In an Escherichia coli coupled transcription-translation system, expression of the osmoregulated gene proU is stimulated at elevated potassium concentrations and by an extract from cells grown at high osmolality. J. Biol. Chem. 264:7821-7825.

Klimpel KW, Lesley SA, and Clark VL. (1989) Identification of subunits of gonococcal RNA polymerase by immunoblot analysis: evidence for multiple sigma factors. J. Bacteriol. 171:3713-3718.

Lesley SA, and Burgess RR. (1989) Characterization of the Escherichia coli transcription factor sigma-70: localization of a region involved in the interaction with core RNA polymerase. Biochemistry. 28:7728-7734.

Overdier DG, Olson ER, Erickson BD, Ederer MM, and Csonka LN. (1989) Nucleotide sequence of the transcriptional control region of the osmotically regulated proU operon of Salmonella typhimurium and identification of the 5' endpoint of the proU mRNA. J. Bacteriol. 171:4694-4706.

Sealy L, Burgess RR, Cotten M, and Chalkley R. (1989) Purification of Xenopus egg nucleoplasmin and its use in chromatin assembly in vitro. Methods Enzymol. (Nucleosomes). 170:612-630.

Thompson NE, and Burgess RR. (1989) Applications of monoclonal antibodies to the study of eukaryotic RNA polymerases. In: K. W. Adolph (Ed.), Molecular Biology of Chromosome Function, pp. 180-206. New York: Springer Verlag.

Thompson NE, Steinberg TH, Aronson DB, and Burgess RR. (1989) Inhibition of in vivo and in vitro transcription by monoclonal antibodies prepared against wheat germ RNA polymerase II that react with the heptapeptide repeat of eukaryotic RNA polymerase II. J. Biol. Chem. 264:11511-11520.

1988

Burgess RR, and Burgess AB. (1988) RNA Metabolism. In: G. Zubay (Ed.), Biochemistry, 2nd edition, pp. 892-927. New York: Macmillan.

Chapman KA, Gunderson SI, Anello M, Wells RD, and Burgess RR. (1988) Studies of Bacteriophage T7 late promoter mutations: quantitative footprinting and in vivo expression. Nucleic Acids Res. 16:4511-4524.

Gunderson SI, Murphy JT, Knuth MW, Steinberg TH, Dahlberg JE, and Burgess RR. (1988) Binding of transcription factors to the promoter of the human U1 gene studied by footprinting. J. Biol. Chem. 263:17603-17610.

Jovanovich SB, Martinell M, Record MT, Jr., and Burgess RR. (1988) Rapid response to osmotic upshift by osmoregulated genes in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. J. Bacteriol. 170:534-539.

Strickland MS, Thompson NE, and Burgess RR. (1988) Structure and function of the sigma-70 subunit of E. coli RNA polymerase. Monoclonal antibodies: localization of epitopes by peptide mapping and effects on transcription. Biochemistry. 27:5755-5762.

1987

Burgess AB, and Burgess RR. (1987) Transcription: Synthesis of RNA. In: G. Zubay (Ed.), Genetics, Chpt. 5, pp. 153-197. Menlo Park, CA: Benjamin-Cummings Publ. Co.

Burgess RR. (1987) Protein Purification. In: D. Oxender and C. F. Fox (Eds.), Protein Engineering, pp. 71-82. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc.

Burgess RR., Erickson B, Gentry D, Gribskov M, Hager D, Lesley S, Strickland M, and Thompson NE. (1987) Bacterial RNA polymerase subunits and genes. In: W. S. Reznikoff et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sixteenth Steenbock Symposium, RNA Polymerase and the Regulation of Transcription, pp. 3-15. New York: Elsevier Science Publ. Co.

Chapman KA, and Burgess RR. (1987) Construction of Bacteriophage T7 late promoters with point mutations and characterization by in vitro transcription properties. Nucleic Acids Res. 15:5413-5432.

Gunderson SI, Chapman KA, and Burgess RR. (1987) Interactions of T7 RNA polymerase with T7 late promoters measured by footprinting with methidiumpropyl-EDTA-iron(II). Biochemistry. 26:1539-1546.

Knuth MW, and Burgess RR. (1987) Purification of proteins in the denatured state. In: R. R. Burgess (Ed.), Protein Purification: Micro to Macro, pp. 279-305. New York: Alan R. Liss.

Leirmo S, Harrison C, Cayley DS, Burgess RR, and Record MT, Jr. (1987) Replacement of potassium chloride by potassium glutamate dramatically enhances protein-DNA interactions in vitro. Biochemistry. 26:2095-2101.

Lesley SA, Thompson NE, and Burgess RR. (1987) Studies of the role of the Escherichia coli heat shock regulatory protein sigma-32 by the use of monoclonal antibodies. J. Biol. Chem. 262:5404-5407.

Murphy JT, Skuzeski JT, Lund E, Steinberg TH, Burgess RR, and Dahlberg JE. (1987) Functional elements of the human U1 RNA promoter. Identification of five separate regions required for efficient transcription and template competition. J. Biol. Chem. 262:1795-1803.

1986

Blank A, Gallant J, Burgess RR, and Loeb L. (1986) An RNA polymerase mutant with reduced accuracy of chain elongation. Biochemistry. 25:5920-5928.

Gentry DR, and Burgess RR. (1986) The cloning and sequence of the gene encoding the omega subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. Gene. 48:33-40.

Gribskov M, and Burgess RR. (1986) Sigma factors from E. coli, B. subtilis, Phage SPO1, and Phage T4 are homologous proteins. Nucleic Acids Res. 14:6745-6763.

Gribskov M, Burgess RR, and Devereux J. (1986) PEPPLOT, a protein secondary structure analysis program for the UWGCG sequence analysis software package. Nucleic Acids Res. 14:327-334.

1985

Burgess RR. (1985) Protein Biotechnology: The Purification by Renaturation of Insoluble Overproduced Proteins. In: F. Bolivar and X. Soberon (Eds.), Proceeding of the Inaugural Symposium for the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.

Erickson BD, Burton ZF, Watanabe KK, and Burgess RR. (1985) Nucleotide sequence of the rpsU-dnaG-rpoD operon from Salmonella typhimurium and a comparison of this sequence with the homologous operon of E. coli. Gene. 40: 67-78.

Grossman AD, Taylor WE, Burton ZF, Burgess RR, and Gross CA. (1985) Stringent response in Escherichia coli induces expression of heat shock proteins. J. Mol. Biol. 186:357-365.

Roe J.-H., Burgess RR, and Record MT, Jr. (1985) Temperature dependence of the rate constants of the E. coli RNA polymerase-lambda PR promoter interaction: assignment of the kinetic steps corresponding to protein conformational change and DNA opening. J. Mol. Biol. 184:441-453.

1984

Been MD, Burgess RR, and Champoux JJ. (1984) DNA strand breakage by wheat germ type 1 topoisomerase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 782:304-312.

Been MD, Burgess RR, and Champoux JJ. (1984) Nucleotide sequence preference at rat liver and wheat germ type 1 DNA topoisomerase breakage sites in duplex SV40 DNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 12:3097-3114.

Gribskov M, Devereux J, and Burgess RR. (1984) The codon preference plot: graphic analysis of protein coding sequences and prediction of gene expression. Nucleic Acids Res. 12:539-549.

Gross CA, Grossman AD, Liebke H, Walter W, and Burgess RR. (1984) Effects of the mutant sigma allele rpoD800 on the synthesis of specific macromolecular components of the Escherichia coli K12 cell. J. Mol. Biol. 172:283-300.

Grossman AD, Ullman A, Burgess RR, and Gross CA. (1984) Regulation of cyclic AMP synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12: effects of the rpoD800 sigma mutation, glucose, and chloramphenicol. J. Bacteriol. 158:110-114.

Munson LM, Stormo GD, Niece RL, and Reznikoff WS. (1984) lacZ translation initiation mutations. J. Mol. Biol. 177:663-683.

Roe J.-H., Burgess RR, and Record MT, Jr. (1984) Kinetics and mechanism of the interaction of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase with the lambda PR promoter. J. Mol. Biol. 176:495-521.

Skuzeski JM, Lund E, Murphy JT, Steinberg TH, Burgess RR, and Dahlberg JE. (1984) Synthesis of human U1 RNA II. Identification of two regions of the promoter essential for transcription initiation at position +1. J. Biol. Chem. 259:8345-8352.

Taylor WE, Straus DB, Grossman AD, Burton ZF, Gross CA, and Burgess RR. (1984) Transcription from a heat-inducible promoter causes heat shock regulation of the sigma subunit of E. coli RNA polymerase. Cell. 38:371-381.

1983

Burgess RR, and Burgess AB. (1983) RNA Metabolism. In: G. Zubay (Ed.), Biochemistry, pp. 786-823. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Burgess RR, Burton ZF, Gross CA, Taylor WE, and Gribskov M. (1983) Structure and Regulatory Features of a Complex Operon Encoding E. coli Ribosomal Protein S21, DNA Primase, and the RNA Polymerase Sigma Subunit. In: D. Hamer and M. Rosenberg (Eds.), Gene Expression, UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, New Series, Vol. VIII, pp. 387-401. New York: Alan R. Liss.

Burland TG, Gull K, Schedl T, Boston RS, and Dove WF. (1983) Cell type-dependent expression of tubulins in Physarum. J. Cell Biol. 97:1852-1859.

Burton ZF, Gross CA, Watanabe KK, and Burgess RR. (1983) The operon that encodes the sigma subunit of RNA polymerase also encodes ribosomal protein S21 and DNA primase in E. coli K12. Cell. 32:335-349.

Gribskov M, and Burgess RR. (1983) Overexpression and purification of the sigma subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. Gene. 26:109-118.

Grossman AD, Burgess RR, Walter W, and Gross CA. (1983) Mutations in the lon gene of E. coli K12 phenotypically suppress a mutation in the sigma subunit of RNA polymerase. Cell. 32:151-159.

Melancon P, Burgess RR, and Record MT, Jr. (1983) Direct evidence for the binding of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase holoenzyme to the ends of deoxyribonucleic acid restriction fragments. Biochemistry. 22:5169-5176.

Olins P, Erickson BD, and Burgess RR. (1983) Overproduction of Escherichia coli NusA protein. Gene. 26:11-18.

Shaner SL, Melancon P, Lee KS, Burgess RR, and Record MT, Jr. (1983) Ion effects on the aggregation and DNA-binding reactions of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 47:463-472.

1982

Boston RS, Miller TJ, Mertz JE, and Burgess RR. (1982) In vitro synthesis and processing of wheat alpha-amylase. Translation of gibberellic acid-induced wheat aleurone layer RNA by wheat germ and Xenopus laevis oocyte systems. Plant Physiol. 69:150-154.

Gross CA, Burton Z, Gribskov M, Grossman A, Liebke H, Taylor W, Walter W, and Burgess RR. (1982) Genetic, Functional, and Structural Analysis of E. coli RNA Polymerase Sigma Subunit: a Heatshock Protein. In: R. Rodriguez and M. Chamberlin (Eds.), Promoter: Structure and Function, pp. 252-266. New York: Praeger.

Lewis MK, and Burgess RR. (1982) Eukaryotic RNA Polymerases. In: P. D. Boyer (Ed.), The Enzymes, 3rd edition, Vol. 15B, pp. 109-153. New York: Academic Press.

Melancon P, Burgess RR, and Record MT, Jr. (1982) Nitrocellulose filter binding studies of the interactions of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase holoenzyme with deoxyribonucleic acid restriction fragments: evidence for multiple classes of nonpromoter interactions, some of which display promoter-like properties. Biochemistry. 21:4318-4331.

Murphy JT, Burgess RR, Dahlberg JE, and Lund E. (1982) Transcription of a gene for human U1 small nuclear RNA. Cell. 29:265-274.

Shaner SL, Piatt DM, Wensley CG, Yu H, Burgess RR, and Record MT, Jr. (1982) Aggregation equilibria of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase: evidence for anion-linked conformational transitions in the protomers of core and holoenzyme. Biochemistry. 21:5539-5551.

1981

Burton Z, Burgess RR, Lin J, Moore D, Holder S, and Gross CA. (1981) The nucleotide sequence of the cloned rpoD gene for the RNA polymerase sigma subunit from E. coli K12. Nucleic Acids Res. 9:2889-2903.

Dynan WS, and Burgess RR. (1981) In vitro transcription by wheat germ RNA polymerase II. J. Biol. Chem. 256:5866-5873.

Dynan WS, Jendrisak JJ, Hager DA, and Burgess RR. (1981) Purification and characterization of wheat germ DNA topoisomerase I (nicking-closing enzyme). J. Biol. Chem. 256:5860-5865.

Lowe PA, Aebi U, Gross C, and Burgess RR. (1981) In vitro thermal inactivation of a temperature-sensitive sigma subunit mutant (rpoD800) of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase proceeds by aggregation. J. Biol. Chem. 256:2010-2015.

Strauss HS, Boston RS, Record MT, Jr., and Burgess RR. (1981) Variables affecting the selectivity and efficiency of retention of DNA fragments by E. coli RNA polymerase in the nitrocellulose-filter-binding assay. Gene. 13:75-87.

1980

Calva E, and Burgess RR. (1980) Characterization of a rho-dependent termination site within the cro gene of bacteriophage lambda. J. Biol. Chem. 255:11017-11022.

Calva E, Rosenvold EC, Szybalski W, and Burgess RR. (1980) Analysis of the in vitro synthesis of 5'-gamma-32P-labeled transcripts from coliphage lambda by gel electrophoresis, RNA-DNA hybridization, and RNase T1 digestion. J. Biol. Chem. 255:11011-11016.

Hager DA, and Burgess RR. (1980) Elution of proteins from sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels, removal of SDS, and renaturation of enzymatic activity: results with sigma subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase, Wheat Germ DNA topoisomerase, and other enzymes. Anal. Biochem. 109:76-86.

Lewis MK, and Burgess RR. (1980) Transcription of simian virus 40 DNA by wheat germ RNA polymerase II. Priming of RNA synthesis by the 3'-hydroxyl of DNA at single strand nicks. J. Biol. Chem. 255:4928-4936.

Liebke H, Gross C, Walter W, and Burgess R. (1980) A new mutation rpoD800, affecting the sigma subunit of E. coli RNA polymerase is allelic to two other sigma mutants. Mol. Gen. Genet. 177:277-282.

Lohman TM, Wensley CG, Cina J, Burgess RR, and Record MT, Jr. (1980) Use of difference boundary sedimentation velocity to investigate nonspecific protein-nucleic acid interactions. Biochemistry. 19:3516-3522.

Rosenvold EC, Calva E, Burgess RR, and Szybalski W. (1980) In vitro transcription from the b2 region of bacteriophage lambda. Virology. 107:476-487.

Strauss HS, Burgess RR, and Record MT, Jr. (1980) Binding of E. coli RNA polymerase holoenzyme to a bacteriophage T7 promoter-containing fragment: selectivity exists over a wide range of solution conditions. Biochemistry. 19:3496-3504.

Strauss HS, Burgess RR, and Record MT, Jr. (1980) Binding of E. coli RNA polymerase holoenzyme to a bacteriophage T7 promoter-containing fragment: evaluation of promoter binding constants as a function of solution conditions. Biochemistry. 19:3504-3515.

1979

Lowe PA, Hager DA, and Burgess RR. (1979) Purification and properties of the sigma subunit of Escherichia coli DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Biochemistry. 18:1344-1352.

Taylor WE, and Burgess RR. (1979) E. coli RNA polymerase binding and initiation of transcription on fragments of lambda rifd18 DNA containing promoters for lambda genes and for rrnB, tufB, rplK,A, rplJ,L, and rpoB,C genes. Gene. 6:331-365.

Dynan WS, and Burgess RR. (1979) In vitro transcription by wheat germ ribonucleic acid polymerase II: effects of heparin and role of template integrity. Biochemistry. 18:4581-4588.

Burgess RR, Gross CA, Walter W, and Lowe PA. (1979) Altered chemical properties in three mutants of E. coli RNA polymerase sigma subunit. Mol. Gen. Genet. 175:251-257.

Gross CA, Blattner FR, Taylor WE, Lowe PA, and Burgess RR. (1979) Isolation and characterization of transducing phage coding for sigma subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 76:5789-5793.

1978

Miller JS, and Burgess RR. (1978) Selectivity of RNA chain initiation in vitro. 1. Analysis of RNA initiations by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography of 5'-triphosphate-labeled oligonucleotides. Biochemistry. 17:2054-2059.

Miller JS, and Burgess RR. (1978) Selectivity of RNA chain initiation in vitro. 2. Correlation of 5'-triphosphate-labeled oligonucleotides on polyethyleniminecellulose thin-layer chromatography with RNA transcripts of bacteriophage lambda cb2 and T7. Biochemistry. 17:2059-2064.

Miller JS, and Burgess RR. (1978) Selectivity of RNA chain initiation in vitro. 3. Variables affecting initiation of transcription. Biochemistry. 17:2064-2069.

deHaseth PL, Lohman TM, Burgess RR, and Record MT, Jr. (1978) Nonspecific interactions of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase with native and denatured DNA: differences in the binding behavior of core and holoenzyme. Biochemistry. 17:1612-1622.

Gross C, Hoffman J, Ward C, Hager D, Burdick G, Berger H, and Burgess R. (1978) Mutation affecting thermostability of sigma subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase lies near the dnaG locus at about 66 min on the E. coli genetic map. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 75:427-431.

1977

Petranyi P, Jendrisak JJ, and Burgess RR. (1977) RNA polymerase II from wheat germ contains tightly bound zinc. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 74:1031-1038.

Dynan WS, Jendrisak JJ, and Burgess RR. (1977) Templates for eukaryotic RNA polymerase II: artefacts can produce an apparent preference for denatured DNA over native DNA. Anal. Biochem. 79:181-189.

Jendrisak JJ, and Burgess RR. (1977) Studies on the subunit structure of wheat germ ribonucleic acid polymerase II. Biochemistry. 16:1959-1964.

deHaseth PL, Gross CA, Burgess RR, and Record MT, Jr. (1977) Measurement of binding constants for protein-DNA interactions by DNA-cellulose chromatography. Biochemistry. 16:4777-4783.

1976

Jaskunas SR, Burgess RR, Lindahl L, and Nomura M. (1976) Two Clusters of Genes for RNA Polymerase and Ribosome Components in Escherichia coli. In: M. Chamberlin and R. Losick (Eds.), RNA Polymerase, pp. 539-552. Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Jendrisak JJ, Petranyi PW, and Burgess RR. (1976) Wheat Germ DNA-dependent RNA Polymerase II: Purification and Properties. In: M. Chamberlin and R. Losick (Eds.), RNA Polymerase, pp. 779-791. Cold Spring Harbor Press.

Burgess RR. (1976) Purification and Physical Properties of E. coli RNA Polymerase. In: M. Chamberlin and R. Losick (Eds.), RNA Polymerase, pp. 69-100. Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Engbaek F, Gross C, and Burgess RR. (1976) Biosynthesis of RNA Polymerase. In: Control of Ribosome Synthesis, Alfred Benzon Symposium IX, pp. 117-126. Copenhagen, Denmark: Munksgaard.

Engbaek F, Gross C, and Burgess RR. (1976) Quantitation of RNA polymerase subunits in Escherichia coli during exponential growth and after bacteriophage T4 infection. Mol. Gen. Genet. 143:291-295.

Engbaek F, Gross C, and Burgess RR. (1976) Biosynthesis of E. coli RNA polymerase subunits upon release of rifampicin inhibition. Mol. Gen. Genet. 143:297-299.

Gross C, Engbaek F, Flammang T, and Burgess R. (1976) Rapid micromethod for the purification of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase and the preparation of bacterial extracts active in RNA synthesis. J. Bacteriol. 128:382-389.

Burgess RR, Gross C, and Engbaek F. (1976) Cysteine and methionine content of the E. coli ribonucleic acid polymerase subunits. J. Bacteriol. 128:390-393.

1975

Magun BE, Burgess RR., and Rusch HP. (1975) Nuclear phosphoproteins of Physarum polycephalum. Characterization and phosphorus content of the phenol-soluble nuclear acidic proteins. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 170:49-60.

Burgess RR, and Jendrisak JJ. (1975) A procedure for the rapid, large-scale purification of E. coli DNA-dependent RNA polymerase involving polymin P precipitation and DNA-cellulose chromatography. Biochemistry. 14:4634-4638.

Jendrisak JJ, and Burgess RR. (1975) A new method for the large-scale purification of wheat germ DNA-dependent RNA polymerase II. Biochemistry. 14:4639-4645.

Jaskunas SR, Lindahl L, Nomura M, and Burgess RR. (1975) Identification of two copies of the gene for the elongation factor EF-Tu in E. coli. Nature. 257:458-462.

Jaskunas SR, Burgess RR, and Nomura M. (1975) Identification of a gene for the alpha-subunit of RNA polymerase at the str-spc region of the Escherichia coli chromosome. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 72:5036-5040.

1974

Burgess AB, and Burgess RR. (1974) Purification and properties of two RNA polymerases from Physarum polycephalum. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 71:1174-1177.

Nowinski RC, Kaehler SL, and Burgess RR.(1974) Immune response in the mouse to endogenous leukemia viruses. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 39:1123-1128.

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Institut de Biologie Moleculaire, Geneva, Switzerland (1969-1971)

Cassani G, Burgess RR, and Goodman HM. (1970) Streptolydigin inhibition of RNA polymerase. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 35:59-63.

Burgess RR, and Travers AA. (1971) Purification of the RNA polymerase sigma factor. In: L. Grossman and K. Moldave (Eds.), Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 21, pp. 500-506. New York: Academic Press.

Cassani G, Burgess RR, Goodman HM, and Gold L. (1971) Inhibition of RNA polymerase by streptolydigin. Nature New Biol. 230:197-200.

Burgess RR. (1971) RNA polymerase. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 40:711-740.

Burgess RR, and Travers AA. (1971) DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (EC 2.7.7.6). In: G. Cantoni and D. Davies (Eds.), Procedures in Nucleic Acid Research, Vol. 2, pp. 851-863. New York: Harper and Row.

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Harvard University (1964-1969)

Burgess RR, Travers AA, Dunn JJ, and Bautz EK. (1969) F. Factor stimulating transcription by RNA polymerase. Nature. 221:43-46.

Travers AA, and Burgess RR. (1969) Cyclic re-use of the RNA polymerase sigma factor. Nature. 222:537-540.

Burgess RR. (1969) A new method for the large scale purification of Escherichia coli deoxyribonucleic acid-dependent ribonucleic acid polymerase. J. Biol. Chem. 244:6160-6167.

Burgess RR. (1969) Separation and characterization of the subunits of ribonucleic acid polymerase. J. Biol. Chem. 244:6168-6176.

Burgess RR, and Travers AA. (1970) Escherichia coli RNA polymerase: purification, subunit structure, and factor requirements. Fed. Proc. 29:1164-1169.

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UW Biotechnology Center (1988- present)

Forrester IT, Grabski AC, Burgess RR, and Leatham GF. (1988) Manganese, Mn-dependent peroxidases, and the biodegradation of lignin, Biochem. Biophysic. Res. Commun. 157:992-999.

Forrester IT, Grabski AC, Mishra C, Kelley BD, Strickland N, Leatham GF, and Burgess RR. (1990) Characteristics and N-terminal amino acid sequence of a manganese peroxidase purified from Lentinula edodes cultures grown on a commercial wood substrate. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 33:359-365.

Mishra C, Forrester IT, Kelley BD, Burgess RR, and Leatham GF. (1990) Characterization of a major xylanase purified from Lentinula edodes cultures grown on a commercial solid lignocellulosic substrate. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 33:226-232.

Forrester IT, Grabski AC, Mishra C, Kelley BD, Strickland N, Leatham GF, and Burgess RR. (1990) Purification and characterization of the Mn-dependent lignin peroxidase of Lentinula edodes, In: Biotechnology in Pulp and Paper Manufacture. Kirk, T.K. and H Chang, Eds., Butterworths: London, UK, pp407-414.

Kirk TK, Burgess RR, and Koning JW, Jr. (1991) The use of fungi in pulping wood: an overview of biopulping research. Publication in the Brock-Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience.

Akhtar M, Attridge MC, Blanchette RA, Myers GC, Wall MB, Sykes MS, Koning JW, Jr., Burgess RR, Wegner TH, and Kirk TK. (1992) The white-rot fungus Ceriporiopsis subvermispora saves electrical energy and improves strength properties during biomechanical pulping of wood. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Biotechnology in Pulp and Paper Industry, UNI Publishers Co, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, pp3-8.

Austin S, Bingham ET, Koegel RG, Mathews DE, Shahan MN, Straub RJ, and Burgess RR. (1994) An overview of a feasibility study for the production of industrial enzymes in alfalfa. In: Recombinant DNA Technology II, R. Bajpal and A. Prokop (Eds.), Annals of New York Academy of Science, 721:234-244.

Austin S, Bingham ET, Mathews DE, Shahan MN, Will J, and Burgess RR. (1995) Production and field performance of transgenic alfalfa expressing alpha-amylase and manganese-dependent lignin peroxidase. Euphytica, 85:381-393.

Grabski AC, Coleman PL, Dritina GJ, and Burgess RR. (1995) Immobilization of Mn-peroxidase from Lentinula edodes on Azlactone-functional polymers and generation of Mn+3 by the enzyme-polymer complex. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 55:55-73.

Grabski AC, Rasmussen JK, Coleman PL, and Burgess RR. (1996) Immobilization of Mn-peroxidase from Lentinula edodes on alkylaminated Emphase AB-1 polymer for generation of Mn+3 as an oxidizing agent. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 60:1-17.

Burgess RR. (1996) Wisconsin-grown Biotechnology: University research puts this state on the biotechnology map. Nature Biotechnology, 14: 956-966.

Grabski AC, Grimek HJ, and Burgess RR. (1998) Immobilization of manganese peroxidase from Lentinula edodes and its biocatalytic generation of MnIII-chelate as a chemical oxidant of chlorophenols. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 60: 204-215.

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Patents

S. Austin, R. R. Burgess, T Ziegelhoffer, T. L. German. Transgenic plants as an alternative source of lignocellulose degrading enzymes. Provisional filed 10/96, filed 6/26/97, claims allowed 5/99.

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Books Edited (1987-present)

RNA Polymerase and the Regulation of Transcription, Proceedings of the 16th Steenbock Symposium. Eds.: W. S. Reznikoff, R. R. Burgess, J. E. Dahlberg, C. A. Gross, M. T. Record, Jr., and M. P. Wickens. Elsevier, New York, NY, 1987.

Protein Purification: Micro to Macro. Proceedings of the Cetus-UCLA Symposium. Ed: Richard R. Burgess, Alan R. Liss, New York, 1987.

Strategies for Protein Purification and Characterization; A Laboratory Manual, Eds. D. Marshak, J. Kadonaga, R. Burgess, M. Knuth, W. Brennan, Jr., and S.-H. Lin, Cold Spring Harbor Press, 1996.

Series Editor: Stockton/Freeman/Oxford Press Biotechnical Resource Series
1) Sequence Analysis Primer. Eds.: M. R. Gribskov, J. Devereux, Stockton Press, NY, 1991.
2) Synthetic Peptides: A User's Guide. Ed: G. A. Grant, W. H. Freeman, New York, 1992.
3) YAC Libraries: A User's Guide. Eds.: D. Nelson and B. Brownstein, W. H. Freeman, New York, 1993.
4) Particle Bombardment Technology for Gene Transfer. Eds.: N. S. Yang and P. Christou, Oxford Press, New York, 1994.