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David Puett

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Emeritus Regents Professor
Former Head of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Education:
  • University of North Carolina, Ph.D., Biochemistry, 1969
  • University of North Carolina, M.S., Physics, 1965
  • North Carolina State University, B.S., Physics, 1961
Selected Publications:

JURIED PUBLICATIONS: SCIENCE

 

1.          D. Puett, K. Smith, A. Ciferri, and E. Kontos (1964) “Elasticity of Block Copolymers,” J. Chem. Physics 40, 253-254.

 

2.          D. Puett, L. Smith and A. Ciferri (1965) “Elasticity of Semicrystalline Polymers,” J. Phys. Chem. 69, 141-150.

 

3.          L. Rajagh, D. Puett, and A. Ciferri (1965) “Interaction Between Proteins and Salt Solutions.  I. Thermodynamic Parameters of Dilution for Gelatin and Collagen,” Biopolymers 3, 421-437.

 

4.          D. Puett, A. Ciferri, and L. Rajagh (1965) “Interaction Between Proteins and Salt Solutions.  II. Elasticity of Collagen Tendons,” Biopolymers 3, 439-459.

 

5.          A. Ciferri, L. Rajagh, and D. Puett (1965) “Interaction Between Proteins and Salt Solutions. III. Effect of Salt Type and Concentration on the Shrinkage Temperature,” Biopolymers 3, 461-480.

 

6.          K. Smith and D. Puett (1966) “Stress-Optical Behavior of Rubber Networks at Large Deformations,” J. Appl. Physics 37, 346-354.

 

7.          D. Puett, R. Garmon, and A. Ciferri (1966) “Role of Neutral Salts on the Denaturation Temperature of Biopolymers,” Nature 211, 1294-1295.

 

8.          D. Puett (1967) “Thermoelasticity and the Temperature Coefficient of Unperturbed Polymer Dimensions,” Makromoleculare Chemie 100, 200-207.

 

9.          D. Puett (1967) “DTA and Heats of Hydration of Some Polypeptides,” Biopolymers 5, 327-330.

 

10.        E. Bianchi, G. Conio, A. Ciferri, D. Puett, and L. Rajagh (1967) “The Role of pH, Temperature, Salt Type, and Salt Concentration on the Stability of the Crystalline, Helical and Randomly Coiled forms of Collagen,” J. Biol. Chem. 242, 1361-1369.

 

11.        A. Ciferri, R. Garmon, and D. Puett (1967) “Interaction Between Proteins and Salt Solutions.  IV.  Enrichment of Salts in Collagen During Denaturation,” Biopolymers 5, 439-456.

 

12.        D. Puett (1967) "Network Behavior of Polyurethane Elastomers," J. Polymer Sci. (A-2) 5, 839-852.

 

13.        D. Puett, A. Ciferri, E. Bianchi, and J. Hermans, Jr. (1967) "Helix Formation of Poly-L-Lysine Thiocyanate in Aqueous Solutions," J. Phys. Chem. 71, 4126-4128.

 

14.        D. Puett and L. Rajagh (1968) "The Effect of Aqueous Salt Solutions on the Melting of Collagen and the Viscosity of Gelatin," Macromolecular Science (Chemistry) A-2, 111-133.

15.        J. Threlkeld, J. Burke, D. Puett, and A. Ciferri (1968) "Determination of the Binding of Tetraalkyl  Ammonium Bromides to Gelatin by an Ultracentrifuge Method," Biopolymers 6, 767-770.

 

16.        A. Ciferri, D. Puett, L. Rajagh, and J. Hermans, Jr. (1968) "Potentiometric Titrations and the Helix-Coil Transition of Poly-L-Glumatic Acid and Poly-L-Lysine in Aqueous Salt Solutions," Biopolymers 6, 1019-1036.

 

17.        D. Puett and A. Ciferri (1968) "Pseudo-Phase Diagrams of Poly-L-Lysine and Poly-L-Glutamic Acid in Aqueous Salt Solutions," Biopolymers 6, 1213-1217.

 

18.        J. Hermans, Jr., D. Puett, and G. Acampora (1969) "On the Conformation of Denatured Proteins," Biochemistry 8, 22-30.

 

19.        D. Puett and A. Ciferri (1971) "Conformational Studies on Concentrated Solutions of Poly-γ-Benzyl-L-Glutamate," Biopolymers 10, 547-564.

 

20.        J. Hermans, Jr. and D. Puett (1971) "Relative Effects of Primary and Tertiary Structure on Helix Formation in Myoglobin and α-Lactalbumin," Biopolymers 10, 895-914.

 

21.        W.L. Zahler, D. Puett, and S. Fleischer (1972) "Circular Dichroism of Mitochondrial Membranes Before and After Extraction of Lipids and Surface Proteins," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 255, 365-379.

 

22.        T. Inagami, K. Murakami, D. Puett, A.S. Hartree, and A. Nureddin (1972) "N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequence of the α-Subunit of Human Pituitary Luteinizing Hormone," Biochem. J. 126, 441-442.

 

23.        D. Puett (1972) "On the Formation of Secondary and Tertiary Structure in Apomyoglobin," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 257, 537-542.

 

24.        D. Puett (1972) "A Study on the Conformation and Conformational Stability of Ribonuclease A and Its Peptic Derivative, Des-(121-124)-Ribonuclease," Biochemistry 11, 1980-1990.

 

25.        D. Puett (1972) "Chain-Folding in Ribonuclease A Derivatives Lacking Five and Six Carboxyl-Terminal Residues," Biochemistry 11, 4304-4307.

 

26.        D. Puett (1973) "Conformational Studies on a Glycosylated Bovine Pancreatic Ribonuclease," J. Biol. Chem. 248, 3566-3572.

 

27.        D. Puett (1973) "The Equilibrium Unfolding Parameters of Horse and Sperm Whale Myoglobin," J. Biol. Chem. 248, 4623-4634.

 

28.        D. Puett, B.K. Wasserman, J.D. Ford, and L.W. Cunningham (1973) "Collagen-Mediated Platelet Aggregation," J. Clin. Invest. 52, 2495-2506.

 

29.        J.P. Robinson and D. Puett (1973) "Morphological and Conformational Studies of Tamm-Horsfall Urinary Glycoprotein," Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 159, 615-621.

 

30.        D. Puett, E. Friebele, and R.G. Hammonds, Jr. (1973) "A Comparison of the Conformational Stabilities of Homologous Hemoproteins," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 328, 261-277.

 

31.        L.A. Holladay, R.G. Hammonds, Jr., and D. Puett (1974) "Growth Hormone Conformation and Conformational Equilibria," Biochemistry 13, 1653-1661.

 

32.        W.M. Moore, L.A. Holladay, D. Puett, and R.N. Brady (1974) "On the Conformation of the Acetylcholine Receptor Protein from Torpeda nobiliana," FEBS Letters 45, 145-149.

 

33.        J.P. Robinson, L.A. Holladay, J.B. Picklesimer, and D. Puett (1974) "Tetanus Toxin Conformation," Mol. Cell. Biochemistry 5, 147-151.

 

34.        M. Ascoli and D. Puett (1974) "Tritium Labeling of Luteinizing Hormone by Reductive Methylation," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 371, 203-210.

 

35.        L.A. Holladay, J.H. Levine, W.E. Nicholson, D.N. Orth, W.D. Salmon, Jr., and D. Puett (1975) "Evidence for Structural Dissociation of Two Biologic Actions of Growth Hormone," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 381, 47-60.

 

36.        M. Ascoli, R.A. Liddle, and D. Puett (1975) "The Metabolism of Luteinizing Hormone.  Plasma Clearance, Urinary Excretion and Tissue Uptake," Mol. Cell. Endocrinology 3, 21-36.

 

37.        J.P. Robinson, J.B. Picklesimer, and D. Puett (1975) "Tetanus Toxin.  The Effect of Chemical Modifications on Toxicity, Immunogenicity, and Conformation," J. Biol. Chem. 250, 7435-7442.

 

38.        L.A. Holladay and D. Puett (1975) "Gonadotropin and Subunit Conformation," Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 171, 708-720.

 

39.        L.A. Holladay and D. Puett (1976) "Circular Dichroism of Corticotropin, Fragment 1-24, and Model Compounds.  An Assessment of the Contributions of the Peptide Chromophore and Aromatic Residues," Biopolymers 15, 43-59.

 

40.        L.A. Holladay and D. Puett (1976) "Somatostatin Conformation: Evidence for a Stable Intramolecular Structure from Circular Dichroism, Diffusion, and Sedimentation Equilibrium," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 73, 1199-1202.

 

41.        D. Puett, A. Nureddin, and L.A. Holladay (1976) "Circular Dichroism of Human Pituitary Luteinizing Hormone and Its Glycopeptides," International J. Peptide Protein Res. 8, 183-191.

 

42.        L.A. Holladay, C.R. Savage, S. Cohen, and D. Puett (1976) "Conformation and Unfolding Thermodynamics of Epidermal Growth Factor and Derivatives," Biochemistry 15, 2624-2633.

 

43.        M. Ascoli, R.A. Liddle, and D. Puett (1976) "Renal and Hepatic Lysosomal Catabolism of Luteinizing Hormone," Mol. Cell. Endocrinology 4, 297-310.

 

44.        M. Ascoli and D. Puett (1976) "Biotransformations of Luteinizing Hormone in Serum and Urine.  I.  Association with Serum Components," Endocrinology 99, 1229-1236.

 

45.        M. Ascoli and D. Puett (1976) "Biotransformations of Luteinizing Hormone in Serum and Urine.  II.  Evidence for Reduced Potency Following Urinary Excretion," Endocrinology 99, 1237-1243.

 

46.        W.E. Nicholson, R.N. Barton, L.A. Holladay, D.N. Orth, and D. Puett (1977) "Tissue-Specific Stimulation of Ornithine Decarboxylase Activity by Pituitary Factors Immunologically Related to Growth Hormone," Endocrinology 100, 459-467.

 

47.        D. Puett, L.A. Holladay, and J.P. Robinson (1977) "Circular Dichroism of Human Urinary Tamm-Horsfall Glycoprotein," Mol. Cell. Biochemistry 15, 109-116.

 

48.        D. Puett, L.A. Holladay, J.D. Ford, and L.W. Cunningham (1977) "Circular Dichroism of Glycopeptide Fractions from α1-Acid Glycoprotein, Thyroglobulin, and Ovalbumin," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 491, 129-136.

 

49.        D. Puett and L.A. Holladay (1977) "The Effects of Denaturant and Temperature on the Circular Dichroic Spectrum of Ovine Lutropin-α," International J. Peptide Protein Res. 10, 102-106.

 

50.        J.P. Robinson, S. Derreberry, R.A. Liddle, M. Ascoli, and D. Puett (1977) "Renal Uptake of Lutropin," Mol. Cell. Biochemistry 15, 63-66.

 

51.        M. Ascoli and D. Puett (1977) "Intracellular Uptake and Catabolism of Lutropin by Testicular Tissue in vivo," FEBS Letters 75, 77-82.

 

52.        L.A. Holladay, M. Ascoli, and D. Puett (1977) "Conformational Stability and Self-Association of Zinc-Free Bovine Insulin at Neutral pH," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 494,  245-254.

 

53.        L.A. Holladay and D. Puett (1977) "Comparative Conformational Analysis of Human Choriomammotropin and Somatotropin from Several Species," International J. Peptide Protein Res. 10, 363-368.

 

54.        L.A. Holladay, J. Rivier, and D. Puett (1977) "Conformational Studies on Somatostatin and Analogs," Biochemistry 16, 4895-4900.

 

55.        M. Ascoli and D. Puett (1978) "Gonadotropin Binding and Stimulation of Steroidogenesis in Leydig Tumor Cells," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 75, 99-102.

 

56.        N.V. Paniker, K.T.D. Lin, S.B. Krantz, J.M. Frexner, B.K. Wasserman, and D. Puett (1978) "Hemoglobin Vanderbilt (α2β289SerArg): A New Hemoglobin with High Oxygen Affinity and Compensatory Erythrocytosis," Br. J. Hematology 39, 249-258.

 

57.        M. Ascoli and D. Puett (1978) "Degradation of Receptor-Bound Human Choriogonadotropin by Murine Leydig Tumor Cells," J. Biol. Chem. 253, 4892-4899.

 

58.        D. Puett, J.H. Hash, and J.P. Robinson (1978) "Conformation of Diphtheria Toxin and an Enzymically-Active Fragment," FEBS Letters 89, 59-63.

 

59.        W.E. Nicholson, R.A. Liddle, D. Puett, and G.W. Liddle (1978) "Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Biotransformation, Clearance, and Catabolism," Endocrinology 103, 1344-1351.

 

60.        J.P. Robinson, H.C.J. Chen, J.H. Hash, and D. Puett (1978) "Enzymic Fragmentation of Tetanus Toxin.  Identification and Characterization of an Atoxic, Immunogenic Fragment," Mol. Cell. Biochemistry 21, 23-31.

 

61.        M. Ascoli and D. Puett (1978) "Inhibition of the Degradation of Receptor-Bound Human Choriogonadotropin by Lysosomotropic Agents, Protease Inhibitors and Metabolic Inhibitors," J. Biol. Chem. 253, 7832-7838.

 

62.        J.O. McIntyre, L.A. Holladay, M. Smigel, D. Puett, and S. Fleischer (1978) "Hydrodynamic Properties of D-β-Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase, a Lipid-Requiring Enzyme," Biochemistry 17, 4169-4177.

 

63.        D. Puett, A. Kenner, R. Benveniste, and D. Rabinowitz (1978) "Characterization of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Fractions in Pregnancy Urine," Acta Endocrinol. 89, 612-624.

 

64.        R. Benveniste, M.C. Conway, D. Puett, and D. Rabinowitz (1979) "Heterogeneity of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin α-Subunit Secreted by Cultured Choriocarcinoma (JEG) Cells," J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 48, 85-91.

 

65.        D. Puett, R. Benveniste, A. Kenner, and D. Rabinowitz (1979) "The Carbohydrate Moiety of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: Lack of Competition with HCG for Testicular Receptors and Anti-HCG Serum," Hormone Metabolic Res. 11, 165-167.

 

66.        W.E. Nicholson, R.N. Barton, D. Puett, D.N. Orth, and G.W. Liddle (1979) "Evidence for Renotropic Activity in Ovine Pituitaries," Endocrinology 105, 16-20.

 

67.        M.S. Runge, P.B. Hewgley, D. Puett, and R.C. Williams, Jr. (1979) "Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase Activity in 10-nm Filaments and Microtubule Preparations from Bovine Brain," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76, 2561-2565.

 

68.        A. LaCroix, M. Ascoli, D. Puett, and T.J. McKenna (1979) "Steroidogenesis in HCG-Responsive Leydig Cell Tumor Variants," J. Steroid Biochem. 10, 669-675.

 

69.        R. Benveniste, J. Lindner, D. Puett, and D. Rabinowitz (1979) "Human Chorionic Gonadotropin α-Subunit from Cultured Choriocarcinoma (JEG) Cells: Comparison of the Subunit Secreted Free with that Prepared from Secreted HCG," Endocrinology 105, 581-587.

 

70.        D.H. Albert, M. Ascoli, D. Puett, and J.G. Coniglio (1980) "Lipid Composition and Gonadotropin-Mediated Lipid Metabolism of the M5480 Murine Leydig Cell Tumor," J. Lipid Res. 21, 862-867.

 

71.        L. Kelly and D. Puett (1980) "Preparation and Characterization of a Novel Group of Pituitary-Derived Peptides Stimulatory for DNA Synthesis in Fibroblasts," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 626, 397-411.

 

72.        R.G. Hammonds, Jr., N. Ling, and D. Puett (1981) "Preparation of Tritium Labeled β-Endorphin Suitable for Studying Brain Receptor Interactions," Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 98, 211-218.

 

73.        D.L. Segaloff, D. Puett, and M. Ascoli (1981) "The Dynamics of the Steroidogenic Response of Perifused Leydig Tumor Cells to Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, Ovine Luteinizing Hormone, Cholera Toxin, and Adenosine 3',5'-Cyclic Monophosphate," Endocrinology 108, 632-638.

 

74.        R.G. Hammonds, Jr., N. Ling, and D. Puett (1981) "Interaction of Tritiated β-Endorphin with Rat Brain Membranes," Anal. Biochem. 114, 75-84.

 

75.        S. Gerard, D. Puett, and W.M. Mitchell (1981) "Kinetics of Collagen Fold Formation in Human Type I Procollagen and the Effect of Disulfide Bonds," Biochemistry 20, 1857-1865.

 

76.        D.L. Segaloff, M. Ascoli, and D. Puett (1981) "Characterization of the Desensitized State of Leydig Tumor Cells," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 675, 351-358.

 

77.        H.W. Detrich, III, R.C. Williams, Jr., T.L. Macdonald, L. Wilson, and D. Puett (1981) "Changes in the Circular Dichroic Spectrum of Colchicine Associated with its Binding to Tubulin," Biochemistry 20, 5999-6005.

 

78.        T.W. Strickland and D. Puett (1981) "Contribution of Subunits to the Function of Luteinizing Hormone/Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Recombinants," Endocrinology 109, 1933-1942.

 

79.        J.P. Robinson, L.A. Holladay, J.H. Hash, and D. Puett (1982) "Conformational and Molecular Weight Studies of Tetanus Toxin and Its Major Peptides," J. Biol. Chem. 256, 407-411.

 

80.        T.D. Noland and D. Puett (1982) "Testicular Membranes with Improved Stability of the Gonadotropin Receptor," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 714, 226-233.

 

 

81.        D. Puett, R.G. Hammonds, Jr., and N. Ling (1982) "Contribution of the Amino Terminal Tyrosine to the Interaction of β-Endorphin with Opiate Receptors," Peptides 3, 87-89.

 

82.        D. Puett, R.J. Ryan, and V.C. Stevens (1982) "Circular Dichroic and Immunological Properties of Human Choriogonadotropin-β Carboxyl Terminal Peptides," International J. Peptide Protein Res. 19, 506-513.

 

83.        T.W. Strickland and D. Puett (1982) "The Kinetic and Equilibrium Parameters of Subunit Association and Gonadotropin Dissociation," J. Biol. Chem. 257, 2954-2960.

 

84.        R.G. Hammonds, Jr., A.S. Hammonds, N. Ling, and D. Puett (1982) "β-Endorphin and Deletion Peptides: A Correlation of Opiate Receptor Affinity with Helix Potential," J. Biol. Chem. 257, 2990-2995.

 

85.        M.H. Melner, W.A. Lutin, and D. Puett (1982) "Epidermal Growth Factor and Cyclic AMP Stimulation of Distinct Protein Kinase Activities in Leydig Cell Tumor Membranes," Life Sci. 30, 1981-1986.

 

86.        T.D. Noland, M.H. Melner, and D. Puett (1982) "Demonstration of Distinct Forms of Testicular Adenylate Cyclases Associated with Germinal and Leydig Cell Fractions," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 717, 183-189.

 

87.        T.W. Strickland and D. Puett (1982) "α-Subunit Conformation in Glycoprotein Hormones and Recombinants as Assessed by Specific Antisera," Endocrinology 111, 95-100.

 

88.        K. Nomura, D. Puett, W.E. Nicholson, and G.W. Liddle (1982) "Partial Purification and Characterization of a Renotropic Fraction from Ovine Pituitaries," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 79, 6675-6679.

 

89.        D.P. Giedroc, D. Puett, N. Ling, and J.V. Staros (1983) "Demonstration by Covalent Cross-Linking of a Specific Interaction between β-Endorphin and Calmodulin," J. Biol. Chem. 258, 16-19.

 

90.        T.W. Strickland and D. Puett (1983) "Circular Dichroism of Gonadotropin Recombinants," International J. Peptide Protein Res. 21, 374-380.

 

91.        J.D. Luketich, M.H. Melner, F.P. Guengerich, and D. Puett (1983) "Effects of Human Choriogonadotropin on Mitochondrial and Microsomal Cytochrome P-450 Levels in Mouse Testes," Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 111, 424-429.

 

92.        M.H. Melner, S.T. Sawyer, W.T. Evanochko, T.C. Ng, J.D. Glickson, and D. Puett (1983) "Phosphorus-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Epidermal Growth Factor Action in A-431 Human Epidermoid Carcinoma Cells and SV-40 Virus Transformed Mouse Fibroblasts," Biochemistry 22, 2039-2042.

 

93.        M.H. Melner, S.J. Zimniski, and D. Puett (1983) "Divergent Effects of Phenothiazines on Leydig Tumor Cell Steroidogenesis and Adenylate Cyclase Activity," J. Steroid Biochem. 19, 1111-1117.

 

94.        L. Dangott, D. Puett, and L.W. Cunninham (1983) "Conformational Changes Induced in Human α2-Macroglobulin by Protease and Nucleophilic Modification," Biochemistry 22, 3647-3653.

 

95.        D. Puett, D.P. Giedroc, S. Tollefson, and N. Ling (1983) "des-(1-13) Human β-Endorphin Interacts with Calmodulin," Peptides 4, 191-194.

 

96.        D.P. Giedroc, N. Ling, and D. Puett (1983) "Identification of β-Endorphin

             Residues 14-25 as a Region Involved in the Inhibition of Calmodulin-Stimulated

             Phosphodiesterase Activity," Biochemistry 22, 5584-5591.

 

97.        L.J. Dangott, D. Puett, D.L. Garbers, and M.H. Melner (1983) "Tyrosine Protein

           Kinase Activity in Purified Rat Leydig Cells," Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 116,

           400-407.

 

98.        S. Bane, D. Puett, T.L. MacDonald, and R.C. Williams, Jr. (1984) "Binding to Tubulin

           of the Colchicine Analog 2-Methoxy-5-(2',3',4',-trimethoxyphenyl)tropone.

           Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects," J. Biol. Chem. 259, 7391-7398.

 

99.        M.H. Melner and D. Puett (1984) "Evidence for the Synthesis of Multiple

           Proopiomelanocortin-like Precursors in Murine Leydig Tumor Cells," Arch. Biochem.

           Biophys. 232, 197-201.

 

100.      A.E. Jackson and D. Puett (1984) "Specific Acylation of Calmodulin.  Synthesis and

             Adduct Formation with a Fluorenyl-based Spin Label," J. Biol. Chem. 259, 14985-

             14992.

 

101.      D.P. Giedroc, T.M. Keravis, J.V. Staros, N. Ling, J.N. Wells, and D. Puett (1985)

             "Functional Properties of Covalent β-Endorphin Peptide/Calmodulin Complexes.

             Chlorpromazine Binding and Phosphodiesterase Activation," Biochemistry 24, 1203-

             1211.

 

102.     M.H. Melner and D. Puett (1985) "Hormonal Induction of Specific Protein Synthesis   in Murine Leydig Tumor Cells," Biochemistry International 10, 763-771.

 

103.     S.J. Zimniski, M.H. Melner, and D. Puett (1985) "Induction of an Estrogen-dependent   Early Steroidogenic Lesion in Murine Leydig Tumor Cells," Endocrinology 116, 2583-    2591.

 

104.     D.P. Giedroc, S.K. Sinha, K. Brew, and D. Puett (1985) "Differential Trace Labeling of   Calmodulin.  Investigation of Binding Sites and Conformational States by Individual       Lysine Reactivities," J. Biol. Chem. 260, 13406-13413.

 

105.      S.J. Zimniski, M.E. Brandt, M.H. Melner, D.F. Covey, and D. Puett (1985) "Inhibition    of Leydig Tumor Cell Steroidogenesis by 10-Propargylestr-4-ene-3,17-dione, an      

             Irreversible Aromatase Inhibitor," Cancer Res. 45, 4883-4889.

 

106.      D.P. Giedroc and D. Puett (1985) "Binding of a Synthetic β-Endorphin Peptide to  

             Calmodulin," Mol. Pharmacol. 28, 588-593.

 

107.      S.L. Young, A.E. Jackson, D. Puett, and M.H. Melner (1985) "Detection of 

             Chloramphenicol Acetyl Transferase Activity in Transfected Cells: A Rapid and 

             Sensitive HPLC-based Method," DNA 4, 469-475.

 

108.      M.H. Melner, W. Voigt, and D. Puett (1986) "Cross-reactivity of a Monoclonal Antibody Directed Against an Estrogen-induced Protein in MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells with Murine Leydig Cell Tumor Proteins," Cancer Res. 46, 328-331.

 

109.      L.J. Dangott, D. Puett, and M.H. Melner (1986) "Characterization of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Activity in Murine Leydig Tumor Cells," Biochim. Biophys. Acta 886, 187-194.

 

110.      A.E. Jackson and D. Puett (1986) "Binding of Trifluoperazine and Fluorene-containing Compounds to Calmodulin and Adducts," Biochem. Pharmacol. 35, 4395-4400.

 

111.      S. Birken, M.A.G. Kolks, S. Amr, B. Nisula, and D. Puett (1986) "Tryptic Digestion of the Alpha Subunit of Human Choriogonadotropin." J. Biol. Chem. 261, 10719-10727.

 

112.      A.E. Jackson, K.L. Carraway, III, D. Puett, and K. Brew (1986) "Effects of the Binding of Myosin Light Chain Kinase on the Reactivities of Calmodulin Lysines," J. Biol. Chem. 261, 12226-12232.

 

113.      M.H. Melner, S.L. Young, F.S. Czerwiec, D. Lyn, D. Puett, D.L. Roberts, and R.D. Koos (1986) "The Regulation of Granulosa Cell Proopiomelanocortin mRNA by Androgens and Gonadotropins," Endocrinology 119, 2082-2088.

 

114.      D.P. Giedroc, D. Puett, S.K. Sinha, and K. Brew (1987) "Calcium Effects on Calmodulin Lysine Reactivities," Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 252, 136-144.

 

115.      J. Nieves, L. Kim, D. Puett, L. Echegoyen, J. Benabe, and M. Martinez-Maldonado (1987) "Electron Spin Resonance of Calmodulin-Vanadyl Complexes," Biochemistry 26, 4523-4527.

 

116.      K.L. Carraway, III, Y. Liu, D. Puett, K.L. Carraway, and C.A. Carothers-Carraway (1987) "Phenothiazine Binding by a Homolog of Calpactin, the pp60 Tyrosine Kinase Substrate," FASEB J. 1, 46-50.

 

117.      S. Birken, M.A.G. Kolks, S. Amr, B. Nisula, and D. Puett (1987) "Structural and Functional Studies of the Tryptic Core of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin β-Subunit," Endocrinology 121, 657-666.

 

118.      R.H. Ahmed, J. Nieves, L. Kim, L. Echegoyen, and D. Puett (1987) "Vanadyl Binding to a Testicular S-100-like Protein and to Calmodulin: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra of VO2+-Protein Complexes," J. Prot. Chem. 6, 431-439.

 

119.      A.E. Jackson, K.L. Carraway III, M.E. Payne, A.R. Means, D. Puett, and K. Brew (1987) "Association of Calmodulin and Smooth Muscle Myosin Light Chain Kinase: Application of a Label Selection Technique with Trace Acetylated Calmodulin," Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 2, 202-209.

 

120.      A.E. Jackson, T.M. Harris, and D. Puett (1987) "Characterization of Specific Fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl-containing Calmodulin Adducts by Spectroscopy and Phosphodiesterase Stimulation," J. Prot. Chem. 6, 497-515.

 

121.      E.S. Lovegren, N. Ling, and D. Puett (1988) "Interaction of α-N-Acetyl-β-Endorphin and Calmodulin," J. Prot. Chem. 7, 35-47.

 

122.      M.E. Brandt, D. Puett, D.F. Covey, and S.J. Zimniski (1988) "Characterization of Pregnant Mare's Serum Gonadotropin-Stimulated Rat Ovarian Aromatase and its Inhibition by 10-Propargylestr-4-ene-3,17-dione," J. Steroid Biochem. 31, 317-324.

 

123.      K. Ataya, A. Weintraub, J. Dunbar, S. Zimniski, D. Puett, and W. LeMaire (1988) "Effects of LHRH Agonists on Body Weight in Rats," Drug Devel. Res. 13, 45-56.

 

124.      G. Sanyal, L.M. Richard, K.L. Carraway III, and D. Puett (1988) "Binding of Amphiphilic Peptides to a Carboxy-terminal Tryptic Fragment of Calmodulin," Biochemistry 27, 6229-6236.

 

125.      Q. Wei, A.E. Jackson, S. Pervaiz, K.L. Carraway III, E.Y.C. Lee, D. Puett, and K. Brew (1988) "Effects of Interaction with Calcineurin on the Reactivities of Calmodulin Lysines," J. Biol. Chem. 263, 19541-19544.

 

126.      F.S. Czerwiec, M.H. Melner, and D. Puett (1989) "Transiently Elevated Levels of c-fos and c-myc Oncogene Messenger Ribonucleic Acids in Cultured Murine Leydig Tumor Cells after Addition of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin," Mol. Endocrinology 3, 105-109.

 

127.      S. Bane Hastie, R.C. Williams, Jr., D. Puett, and T.L. Macdonald (1989) "The Binding of Isocolchicine to Tubulin.  Mechanisms of Ligand Association with Tubulin," J. Biol. Chem. 264, 6682-6688.

 

128.      K. Nomura, D.W. Puett, D. Puett, K. Shizume, and G.W. Liddle (1989) "Extragonadal Effects of Luteinizing Hormone in Mice," Acta Endocrinol. 121, 587-594.

 

129.      H.G. Zot and D. Puett (1989) "An Enzymatically Active Complex of Calmodulin and Rabbit Skeletal Muscle Myosin Light Chain Kinase," J. Biol. Chem. 264, 15552-15555.

 

130.      S. El-Deiry, D. Kaetzel, G. Kennedy, J. Nilson, and D. Puett (1989) "Site-directed Mutagenesis of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin β Subunit: Bioactivity of a Heterologous Hormone, Bovine α-Human des-(122-145)β," Mol. Endocrinology 3, 1523-1528.

 

131.      D. Puett and S. Birken (1989) "Helix Formation in Reduced, S-Carboxymethylated Human Choriogonadotropin β Subunit and Tryptic Peptides," J. Prot. Chem. 8, 779-794.

 

132.      M.E. Brandt, D. Puett, and S.J. Zimniski (1990) "Divergence between Ovarian Aromatase Activity, Estrogen, and Androgen Levels in the Cycling Rat," Endocrinology 126, 72-79.

 

133.      H.G. Zot, R. Aden, S. Samy, and D. Puett (1990) "Fluorescent Adducts of Wheat Calmodulin Implicate the Amino Terminal Region in the Activation of Skeletal Muscle Myosin Light Chain Kinase," J. Biol. Chem. 265, 14796-14801.

 

134.      E.S. Lovegren, S.J. Zimniski, and D. Puett (1991) "Ovarian Contents of Immunoreactive β-Endorphin and α-N-Acetylated Opioid Peptides in Rats," J. Reprod. Fert. 91, 91-100.

 

135.      S. El-Maasarany, M.E. Brandt, M.H. Majercik, S.J. Zimniski, and D. Puett (1991) "Immunocytochemical Localization and Enzymatic Distribution of Rat Ovarian Aromatase," Biol. Reprod. 44, 550-560.

 

136.      M.H. Majercik and D. Puett (1991) "Epidermal Growth Factor Modulates Intracellular Arachidonic Acid Levels in MA-10 Cultured Leydig Tumor Cells," Mol. Cell. Endocrinology 75, 247-256.

 

137.      S. El-Deiry, T.-M. Chen, and D. Puett (1991) "Comparison of Steroidogenic Potencies of Homologous and Heterologous Gonadotropins in Rat and Mouse Leydig Cells," Mol. Cell. Endocrinology 76, 105-113.

 

138.      F. Chen and D. Puett (1991) "Delineation via Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the Carboxy-terminal Region of Human Choriogonadotropin β Required for Subunit Assembly and Biological Activity," J. Biol. Chem. 266, 6904-6908.

 

139.      S.J. Zimniski, M.E. Brandt, M.H. Melner, A.M.H. Brodie, and D. Puett (1991) "Effect of 4-Hydroxyandrostenedione on Murine Leydig Tumor Cell Steroidogenesis," Cancer Res. 51, 3663-3668.

            

140.      F. Chen, Y. Wang, and D. Puett (1991) "Role of the Invariant Asp 99 of Human Choriogonadotropin β in Receptor Binding and Biological Activity," J. Biol. Chem. 266, 19357-19361.

 

141.      F. Chen and D. Puett (1991) "Contribution of Arginines-43 and -94 of Choriogonadotropin β to Receptor Binding and Activation as Determined by Oligonucleotide-based Mutagenesis," Biochemistry 30, 10171-10175.

 

142.      F. Chen and D. Puett (1992) "A Single Amino Acid Residue Replacement in the β Subunit of Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin Results in the Loss of Biological Activity," J. Mol. Endocrinol. 8, 87-89.

 

143.      F. Chen, Y. Wang, and D. Puett (1992) "The Carboxy-Terminal Region of the Glycoprotein Hormone α-Subunit: Contributions to Receptor Binding and Signaling in Human Chorionic Gonadotropin," Mol. Endocrinology 6, 914-919 (addendum: 7, 1330, 1993).

 

144.      J. Huang, M. Ujihara, H. Xia, F. Chen, H. Yoshida, and D. Puett (1993) "Mutagenesis of the 'Determinant Loop' Region of Human Choriogonadotropin β," Mol. Cell. Endocrinology 90, 211-218.

 

145.      A. Ergul, M.K. Glassberg, M.H. Majercik, and D. Puett (1993) "Endothelin-1 Promotes Steroidogenesis and Stimulates Protooncogene Expression in Transformed Murine Leydig Cells," Endocrinology 132, 598-603.

 

146.      H. Xia, L.M. Fernandez, and D. Puett (1993) "Replacement of the Invariant Tyrosine in the CAGY Region of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin β Subunit," Mol. Cell. Endocrinology 92, R1-R5.

 

147.     H. Xia, J. Huang, T.-M. Chen, and D. Puett (1993) "Lysine Residues 2 and 104 of the  Human Chorionic  Gonadotrophin β Subunit  Influence Receptor Binding,"  J.       Mol.  Endocrinology 10, 337-343.

 

148.      J. Huang, F. Chen, and D. Puett (1993) "Amino/Carboxyl-terminal Deletion Mutants of Human Choriogonadotropin β," J. Biol. Chem. 268, 9311-9315.

 

149.      S.J. Zimniski, M.E. Brandt, D.F. Covey, and D. Puett (1993) "Inhibition of Growth and Appearance of Estrogen Dependent Rat Mammary Tumors by 10-Propargylestr-4-ene-3,17-dione, an Aromatase Inhibitor," Breast Cancer Res. Treatment 26, 15-21.

 

150.     S.P. Yadav, K. Brew, M.H. Majercik, and D. Puett (1994) "A Label Selection Approach to Assess the Role of Individual Amino Groups in Human Choriogonadotropin-Receptor Binding", J. Biol. Chem. 269, 3991-3998.

 

151.      S.A. Stein, E.L. Oates, C.R. Hall, R.M. Grumbles, L.M. Fernandez, N.A. Taylor, D. Puett, and S.K. Jin (1994) "Identification of a Point Mutation in the Thyrotropin Receptor of the hyt/hyt Hypothyroid Mouse," Mol. Endocrinology 8, 129-138.

 

152.     M.K. Glassberg, A. Ergul, A. Wanner, and D. Puett (1994) "Endothelin-1 Promotes          Mitogenesis in Airway Smooth Muscle Cells," Amer. J. Resp. Cell Mol. Biol. 10, 316-   321.

 

153.     H. Xia, F. Chen, and D. Puett (1994) "A Region in the Human Glycoprotein Hormone α   Subunit Important in Holoprotein Formation and Receptor Binding," Endocrinology           134, 1768-1770.

 

154.      M. Abae, M. Glassberg, M.H. Majercik, H. Yoshida, R. Vestal, and D. Puett (1994) "Immunoreactive Endothelin-1 Concentrations in Follicular Fluid of Women With and Without Endometriosis Undergoing in vitro Fertilization-Embryo Transfer," Fertility Sterility  61, 1083-1087.

 

155.     H. Xia and D. Puett (1994) "Identification of Conserved Amino Acid Residues in the β Subunit of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Important in Holoprotein Formation," J.   Biol. Chem. 269, 17944-17953.

 

156.      A. Ergul, M.K. Glassberg, M.E. Freeman, and D. Puett, (1994) "A Transformed Murine Leydig Cell Line  Expresses the ETA Receptor Subtype", Mol. Cell. Biochem.  136, 91-96.

 

157.      J. Huang and D. Puett (1994) "On the Role of the Invariant Glutamine at Position 54 in the                Human Choriogonadotropin β Subunit", Mol. Cell. Biochem. 136, 183-186.

 

158.    S.P. Yadav, K. Brew, and D. Puett (1994) "Holoprotein Formation of Human         Chorionic Gonadotropin: Differential Trace Labeling with Acetic Anhydride," Mol.   Endocrinology 8, 1547-1558.

 

159.      A. Ergul, M.K. Glassberg, A. Wanner, and D. Puett (1995) "Characterization of  Endothelin              Receptor Subtypes on Airway Smooth Muscle Cells," Exp. Lung Res. 21,

             453-    468.

 

160.      D. Parra-Diaz, L. Echegoyen, H.G. Zot, and D. Puett (1995) "Vanadium (IV) Inhibits Calmodulin-Stimulated Skeletal Muscle Myosin Light Chain Kinase Activity," BioFactors  6, 1-4.

 

161.      A. Ergul and D. Puett (1995) "Trp-21 is Important in the Processing and Secretion of Big              Endothelin-1," Mol. Cell. Endocrinology 110, 89-94.

 

162.      D.R. Maurer, J. Wimalasena, K. Indrapichate, D. Puett, and M.H. Majercik (1995)           Cytoskeletal Regulation of hCG-Induced Receptor Clustering in Transformed Leydig

             Cells," Cell. Physiol. Biochem. 5, 361-370.

 

163.      M.T. Kowalska, Y. Itzhak, and D. Puett (1995) "Presence of Aromatase Inhibitors in       Cycads," J. Ethnopharmacol. 47, 113-116.

 

164.      A. Ergul, R.L. Tackett, and D. Puett (1995) “Identification of Receptor Binding and Activation Sites in Endothelin-1 by Use of Site-Directed Mutagenesis,” Circulation Res. 77, 1087-1094.

 

165.      P. Narayan, C. Wu, and D. Puett (1995) “Functional Expression of Yoked Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Baculovirus-Infected Insect Cells,” Mol. Endocrinology  9, 1720-1726.

 

166.      J. Huang and D. Puett  (1995)  "Identification of Two Amino Acid Residues on the          Extracellular Domain of the Lutropin/Choriogonadotropin Receptor Important in

             Signaling,"     J. Biol. Chem. 270, 30023-30028.

 

167.      D. Parra-Diaz, Q. Wei, E.Y.C. Lee, L. Echegoyen, and D. Puett  (1995)  "Binding of Vanadium (IV) to the Phosphatase Calcineurin," FEBS Letters 376, 58-60.

 

168.      L.M. Fernandez and D. Puett  (1996)  “Lys583 in the Third Extracellular Loop of the Lutropin/Choriogonadotropin Receptor is Critical for Signaling,” J. Biol. Chem. 271, 925-930 (correction: p. 13926).

 

169.     P. Narayan, J. Gray, and D. Puett (1996) “Expression of Functional Lutropin/Choriogonadotropin Receptor in the Baculovirus System,” Mol. Cell. Endocrinology 117, 95-100.

 

170.     K. Angelova, G.B. Fralish, D. Puett, and P. Narayan (1996)  “Identification of       Conventional and Novel Endothelin Receptors in Sheep Choroid Plexus Cells”, Mol. Cell.     Biochem. 159, 65-72.

 

171.      L.M. Fernandez and D. Puett  (1996)  “Identification of Amino Acid Residues in Transmembrane Helices VI and VII of the Lutropin/Choriogonadotropin Receptor Involved in Signaling,” Biochemistry 35, 3986-3993 .

 

172.      M. Grossmann, M.W. Szkudlinski, J.A. Dias, H. Xia, R. Wong, D. Puett, and B.D. Weintraub  (1996)  “Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Amino Acids 33-44 of the Common α-Subunit Reveals Different Structural Requirements for Heterodimer Expression  among the Glycoprotein Hormones and Suggests that Cyclic Adenosine 3',5'-Monophosphate Production and Growth Promotion are Dissociable Functions of Human Thyrotropin,” Mol. Endocrinology 10, 769-779.

 

173.     N. Bhowmick, J. Huang, D. Puett, N.W. Isaacs, and A.J. Lapthorn (1996)  “Determination of Residues Important in Hormone Binding to the Extracellular Domain of the Luteinizing Hormone/Chorionic Gonadotropin Receptor by Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Modeling,” Mol. Endocrinology 10, 1147-1159.

 

174.      H. Bermek, K.-C. Peng, K. Angelova, A. Ergul, and D. Puett  (1996)  “Endothelin Degradation by Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells,” Regulatory Peptides 66, 155-162.

 

175.     K.-C. Peng, G.R. Bousfield, D. Puett, and D.N. Ward (1996) “Circular Dichroic    Spectroscopy of Arg46-Nicked Ovine Lutropin α and Derived Fragments,” J. Prot. Chem. 15, 547-552.

 

176.     S. Ergul, D.C. Parish, D. Puett, and A. Ergul (1996) “Racial Differences in Plasma            Endothelin-1 Concentrations in Individuals with Essential Hypertension,” Hypertension 28, 652-655 (correction: 29, 912, 1997).

 

177.      C. Wu, P. Narayan, and D. Puett (1996) “Protein Engineering of a Novel Constitutively   Active Hormone-Receptor Complex”, J. Biol. Chem. 271, 31638-31642.

 

178.      L. Shen, H. Xia, N. Bhowmick, P. Narayan, and D. Puett (1996) “Mutations of Arg68 of                      the Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin β Subunit Lead to Reduced Secretion,” J. Mol. Endocrinology 17, 257-262.

 

179.      K. Angelova, A. Ergul, P. Narayan, and D. Puett  (1996)  “Endothelin Binding to NG108-15 Cells: Evidence for Conventional ETA and ETB Receptor Subtypes and Super-High Affinity Binding Components,” Cell. Mol. Biol. 42, 1243-1257.

 

180.      N. Zhang, K.-C. Peng, L. Chen, D. Puett, and M. Pierce (1997) “Circular Dichroic              Spectroscopy of N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase V and Its Substrate Interactions,” J.    Biol. Chem. 272, 4225-4229.

 

181.      K.-C. Peng, D. Puett, and J.M. Brewer (1997) “Homodimer Formation by the Individual Subunits of Bovine Lutropin as Determined by Sedimentation Equilibrium,” J. Mol.     Endocrinology 18, 259-265.

 

182.      L.M. Fernandez and D. Puett (1997) “Evidence for an Important Functional Role of         Intracellular Loop II of the Lutropin Receptor,” Mol. Cell. Endocrinology 128, 161-169.

 

183.      K. Angelova, A. Ergul, K.-C. Peng, and D. Puett (1997) “Metabolism of Endothelin-1 by              Neuroblastoma-Glioma Hybrid (NG108-15) Cells”, Neuroscience Letters 224, 1-4.

 

184.      K. Angelova, D. Puett, and P. Narayan (1997) “Identification of Endothelin Receptor       Subtypes in Sheep Choroid Plexus,” Endocrine 7, 287-293.

 

185.      A. Ergul, K. Shoemaker, D. Puett, and R.L. Tackett (1998) “Gender Differences in the    Expression of Endothelin Receptors in Human Saphenous Veins in vitro,” J. Pharmacol.         Exp. Ther. 285, 511-517.

 

186.      N. Bhowmick, P. Narayan, and D. Puett (1998) “Surface Retention of an Inactivating      Lutropin Receptor Mutant in Exoloop 3,” Mol. Cell. Biochem. 187, 221-227.

 

187.     N. Bhowmick, P. Narayan, and D. Puett (1998) “The Endothelin Subtype A Receptor       Undergoes Agonist and Antagonist-Mediated Internalization in the Absence of Signaling”, Endocrinology 139, 3185-3192.

 

188.      S. Ergul, A. Ergul, J.A. Hudson, D. Puett, B.M. Wieman, M.D. Durham, and D.C. Parish  (1998) “The Effect of Regulation of High Blood Pressure on Plasma Endothelin-1 Levels in African-American Hypertensives,” Amer. J. Hypertension 11, 1381-1385.

 

189.     A. Ergul, R.L. Tackett, and D. Puett (1999) “Distribution of Endothelin Receptors in        Saphenous Veins of African Americans: Implications of Racial Differences,” J. Cardiovasc. Pharmacol. 34, 327-332.

 

190.   C.A. Alvarez, P. Narayan, J. Huang, and D. Puett (1999) “Characterization of a Region of                    the Lutropin Receptor Extracellular Domain Near Transmembrane Helix 1 that is        Important              in Ligand-Mediated Signaling”, Endocrinology 140, 1775-1782.

 

191.   N. Bhowmick, P. Narayan, and D. Puett (1999) “Identification of Ionizable Amino Acid Residues on the Extracellular Domain of the Lutropin Receptor Involved in Ligand Binding,” Endocrinology 140, 4558-4563.

 

192.     P. Narayan, J. Gray, and D. Puett (2000) “A Biologically Active Single Chain Human      Chorionic Gonadotropin Analog with Altered Receptor Binding Properties,” Endocrinology 141, 67-71. 

 

193.      P. Narayan, C. Wu, and D. Puett (2000) “Genetic Engineering of Single Chain     Gonadotropins and Hormone-Receptor Fusion Proteins,” Methods 21, 59-66.

 

194.     K. Angelova, P. Narayan, J.P. Simon, and D. Puett (2000) “Functional Role of      Transmembrane Helix 7 in the Activation of the Heptahelical Lutropin Receptor,” Mol. Endocrinology 14, 459-471.

 

  1. M. Zhang, P. Tong, V. Fremont, J. Chen, P. Narayan, D. Puett, B.D. Weintraub, and M.W. Szkudlinski (2000) “The Extracellular Domain Suppresses Constitutive Activity of the Transmembrane Domain of the Human TSH Receptor:  Implications for Hormone-Receptor Interaction and Antagonist Design,” Endocrinology 141, 3514-3517.

 

  1. G.B. Fralish, P. Narayan, and D. Puett (2001) “High-level Expression of a Functional Single Chain Human Chorionic Gonadotropin-Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Ectodomain Complex in Insect Cells,” Endocrinology 142, 1517-1524.

 

  1. J.P. Simon, K. Angelova, and D. Puett (2002) “Molecular Modeling of Transmembrane Helices 6 and 7 of the Heptahelical Lutropin Receptor,” Protein Peptide Letters 9, 153-158.

 

  1. K. Angelova, F. Fanelli, and D. Puett (2002) “A Model for Constitutive Lutropin Receptor Activation Based on Molecular Simulation and Engineered Mutations in Transmembrane Helices 6 and 7,” J. Biol. Chem. 277, 32202-32213.

 

  1. P. Narayan, J. Gray, and D. Puett (2002) “Yoked Complexes of Human Choriogonadotropin and the Lutropin Receptor: Evidence that Monomeric Individual Subunits are Inactive,” Mol. Endocrinology 16, 2733-2745.

 

200.     K. Angelova and D. Puett (2002) “Differential Responses of an Invariant Region in the Ectodomain of the Three Glycoprotein Hormone Receptors to Mutagenesis and Assay Conditions,” Endocrine 19, 147-154.

 

201.     R.L. Schubert, P. Narayan, and D. Puett (2003) “Specificity of Cognate Ligand-Receptor Interactions: Fusion Proteins of hCG and the Heptahelical Receptors for Human Luteinzing Hormone, Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone, and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone,” Endocrinology 144, 129-137.

 

202.     G.B. Fralish, P. Narayan, and D. Puett (2003) “Consequences of Single-Chain Translation on the Structures of Two Chorionic Gonadotropin Yoked Analogs in α-β and β-α Configurations,” Mol. Endocrinology 17, 757-767.

 

203.     G.B. Fralish, B. Dattilo, and D. Puett (2003) “Structural Analysis of Yoked Chorionic Gonadotropin-Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Ectodomain Complexes by Circular Dichroic Spectroscopy”, Mol. Endocrinology 17, 1192-1202.

 

204.  K. Angelova, P. Narayan, and D. Puett (2003) “Binding and Signaling of the Luteinizing Hormone Receptor: Influence of Buffer Composition on Wild Type and Mutant Receptors,” Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 204, 1-9.

 

205.     R.L. Schubert and D. Puett (2003) “Single-Chain Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Analogs Containing the Determinant Loop of the b-Subunit Linked to the a-Subunit,”  J. Mol. Endocrinol. 31, 157-168.

 

206.     T.P. Meehan, D. Puett, and P. Narayan (2004) “Tightly Regulated and Inducible Expression  of a Yoked Hormone-Receptor Complex in HEK 293 Cells”, J. Mol. Endocrinol. 32, 247-255.

 

207.     K. Angelova, V. Fremont, R. Jain, M. Zhang, D. Puett, P. Narayan, and M. Szkudlinski (2004) “Human a-Subunit Analogs Act as Partial Agonists to the Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Receptor:  Differential Effects of Free and Yoked Subunits,” Endocrine 24, 25-31.

 

208.     L.S. Kelly, M. Kozak, T. Walker, M. Pierce, and D. Puett (2005)  “Lectin Immunoassays using Antibody Fragments to Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Secreted by Choriocarcinoma Cells, “Anal. Biochem. 338, 253-262.

 

  1. T.P. Meehan, B.G. Harmon, M.E. Overcast, K.K. Yu, S.A. Camper, D. Puett, and P. Narayan  (2005)  “Gonadal Defects and Hormonal Alterations in Transgenic Mice Expressing a Single Chain Human Chorionic Gonadotropin - Lutropin Receptor Complex,”  J. Mol. Endocrinol. 34, 489-503.

 

    1. S. Kelly, S. Birken, and D. Puett (2007) “Determination of Hyperglycosylated Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Produced by Malignant Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasias and Male Germ Cell Tumors Using a Lectin-Based Immunoassay and Surface Plasmon Resonance,” Mol. Cell Endocrinol. 260-262, 33-39.

 

  1. K. Angelova, F. Fanelli, and D. Puett (2008) `` Contributions of Intracellular Loops 2 and 3 of the Lutropin Receptor in Gs Coupling,`` Mol. Endocrinol. 22, 126-138.

 

212.     J. Cui, Q. Liu, D. Puett, and Y. Xu (2008) ``Computational Prediction of Human Proteins that can be Secreted into the Bloodstream,`` Bioinformatics 24, 2370-2375.

 

213.     S.W. Warrenfeltz, S.A. Lott, T.M. Palmer, J.A. Gray, and D. Puett (2008) ``Luteinizing Hormone-Induced Up-Regulation of ErbB-2 is Insufficient Stimulant of Growth and Invasion in Ovarian Cancer Cells,`` Mol. Cancer Res. 6, 1775-1785.    

 

214.     K. Angelova, H. de Jonge, J.C.M. Granneman, D. Puett, and J. Bogerd (2010) ``Functional Differences of Invariant and Highly Conserved Residues in the Extracellular Domain of the Glycoprotein Hormone Receptors,`` J. Biol. Chem 285, 34813-34827.

 

215.     K. Xu, J. Cui, V. Olman, Q. Yang, D. Puett, and Y. Xu (2010) ``A Comparative Analysis

           of Gene-Expression Data of Multiple Cancer Types``, PLoS ONE 5, e13696.

 

216.    J. Cui, Y. Chen, J. Chou, L. Sun, L. Chen, J. Suo, Z. Ni, M. Zhang, X. Kong, L. Hoffman, J. Kang, Y. Su, V. Olman, D. Johnson, D.W. Tench, J. Amster, R. Orlando, D. Puett, F. Li, and Y. Xu (2011) ``An Integrated Transcriptomic and Computational Analysis for Biomarker Identification in Gastric Cancer,`` Nuc. Acids Res. 39, 1197-1207.

 

217.      C. Hong, J. Cui, Z. Ni, Y. Su, D. Puett, F. Li, and Y. Xu (2011) ``A Computational       Method for Prediction of Excretory Proteins and Application to Identification of Gastric Cancer Markers in Urine``, PLoS ONE 6 (#2), e16875.

 

 218.     K. Angelova, A. Felline, M. Lee, M. Patel, D. Puett, and F. Fanelli (2011) ``Conserved Amino Acids Participate in the Structure Networks Deputed to Intramolecular Communication in the Lutropin Receptor,`` Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 68, 1227-1239.

 

219.    J. Cui, F. Li, X. Fang, D. Puett, and Y. Xu (2011) ``Gene-Expression Signatures Can                    Distinguish Gastric Cancer Grades and Stages``, PLoS ONE 6 (#3), e17819.

 

220.   G. DeMars, F. Fanelli, and D. Puett (2011) ``The Extreme C-Terminal Region of Gαs Differentially Couples to the Human Luteinizing Hormone and β2-Adrenergic Receptors.`` Mol. Endocrinol. 25, 1416-1430.

 

221.   J. Cui, B.M. Miner, J.B. Eldredge, S.W. Warrenfeltz, Y. Xu, and D. Puett (2011) ``Gene              Expression Profiling of Ovarian Cancer Cells: Alterations Due to Luteinizing Hormone                Receptor Expression and Activation.`` BMC Cancer 11, 280.

 

222.   J. Cui, J.B. Eldredge, Y. Xu, and D. Puett (2011) ``MicroRNA Expression and Regulation           in Human Ovarian Cancer Cells by Luteinizing Hormone.`` PLoS ONE 6 (#7), e21730.

 

223. M.L. Shirley, A. Venable, R.R. Rao, N.L. Boyd, S.L. Stice, D. Puett, and P. Narayan (2012)         ``Bone Morphogenetic Protein-4 Affects both Trophoblast and Non-Trophoblast Linage-              Associated Gene Expression in Human Embryonic Stem Cells.`` Stem Cell Discovery 2,                163-175.

 

224.  J.W. Layher, Jr., J.S. Poling, M. Ishihara, P. Azadi, G. Alvarez-Manilla, and D. Puett                    (2013) ``A Possible Effect of Concentrated Oolong Tea Causing Transient Ischemic                    Attack-Like Symptoms.`` Brit. J. Med. Med. Res. 3, 2157-2172. Case Report.

 

225.  P.B. Bowman and D. Puett (2014) ``Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of Nitroxide-       Labeled Calmodulin.`` Prot. J. 33, 267-277.

 

226. T.M. Chen, F.S. Czerwiec, and D. Puett (2016) “Steroidogenesis and Early Response Gene Expression in MA-10 Leydig Tumor Cells Following Heterologous Receptor Down-Regulation and Cellular Desensitization.” Biochem. Biophys. Rep. 5, 305-312.

 

BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS, REVIEWS, AND SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS: SCIENCE

 

1.          D. Puett, M. Ascoli, and L.A. Holladay (1974) "Conformation and Metabolic Aspects of Gonadotropins," in Hormone Binding and Target Cell Activation in the Testis (M.L. Dufau and A.R. Means, eds.), Plenum Press, New York, pp. 109-124 (1974).  Invited Talk and Paper.

 

2.          L.A. Holladay and D. Puett (1975) "Physicochemical Characteristics and a Proposed Conformation of Somatostatin," in Peptides: Chemistry, Structure and Biology (R. Walter and J. Meienhofer, eds.), Ann Arbor Science Publ., Inc., Ann Arbor, pp. 175-179.

 

3.          P.B. Hewgley and D. Puett (1980) "Spin Labeled Calmodulin: A New Probe for Studying Ca2+ and Macromolecular Interactions," Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 356, 20-32.  Invited Talk and Paper.

 

4.          T.W. Strickland, T.D. Noland, and D. Puett (1980) "Gonadotropin-Testicular Receptor Interactions and Subunit-Subunit Interactions," in Functional Correlates of Hormone Receptors in Reproduction (V.B. Mahesh, T.G. Muldoon, B.B. Saxena, and W.A. Sadler, eds.), Elsevier/North-Holland Biomed. Press, New York, pp. 463-478.  Invited Talk and Paper.   

 

5.          M.H. Melner and D. Puett (1984) "Applications of Molecular Biology to Testicular Function and Regulation," in Human Fertility, Health and Food.  Impact of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. (D. Puett, ed.), United Nations Fund for Population Activities, pp. 129-140. Invited Paper.         

 

6.          M.H. Melner, D. Puett, D.L. Garbers, and L. Dangott (1984) "Testicular Tyrosine Specific Protein Kinase Activity: High Levels in Purified Leydig Cells," Ann. New York Acad, Sci. 438, 632-635.          

 

7.          F.S. Czerwiec, M.H. Melner, and D. Puett (1985) "Oncogenes: A Rediscovery of Endocrinology," in Syllabus of the Thirty-seventh Annual Postgraduate Assembly of the Endocrine Society (Miami Beach, FL), pp. 218-234.  Invited Talk and Paper.

 

8.          D. Puett (1986) "Human Choriogonadotropin," BioEssays 4, 70-75.  Invited Paper.

 

9.       D. Puett, M.E. Brandt, D.F. Covey, and S.J. Zimniski (1986) "Characterization of a Potent                     Inhibitor of Aromatase: Inhibition of the Rat Ovarian Enzyme and Regression of Estrogen-                 dependent Mammary Tumors by 10-Propargylestr-4-ene-3,17-dione,`` in Endocrinology                     and Malignancy. (E.E. Baulieu, S. Iacobelli, and W.L. McGuire, eds.), Parthenon                               Publishing, Lancester, pp. 278-289. Invited Talk and Paper.

 

10.        M.H. Melner, S.L. Young, F. Czerwiec, D. Lyn, A. Jackson, D. Puett and R. D. Koos (1986) "Tissue-specific Hormonal Regulation of Proopiomelanocortin Gene Expression," in Advances in Gene Technology: Molecular Biology of the Endocrine System, ICSU Short Reports 4, Proc. 18th Miami Winter Symposium. (D. Puett, F. Ahmad, S. Black, D.M. Lopez, M.H. Melner, W.A. Scott, and W.J. Whelan, eds.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 10-13.  Invited Paper.

 

11.        S.J. Zimniski, M.E. Brandt, D.F. Covey, and D. Puett (1987) "Inhibition of Aromatase Activity and of Endocrine-responsive Tumor Growth by 10-Propargylestr-4-ene-3,17-dione and its 17-Proprionate Derivative," Steroids 50, 135-146.  Invited Talk and Paper.

 

            

12.       M.E. Brandt, D. Puett, R. Garola, K. Fendl, D.F. Covey, and S.J. Zimniski (1988)   "Aromatase and Aromatase Inhibitors: From Enzymology to Selective Chemotherapy," in Hormones, Cell Biology and Cancer: Perspectives and Potentials. (W.D. Hankins and D. Puett, eds.), Progress in Clinical and Biological Research, Vol. 262, Alan R. Liss Publ. Co., New York, pp. 65-84.  Invited Talk and Paper.

 

13.        M.H. Majercik, F.S. Czerwiec, and D. Puett (1989) "Effects of Hormones and Intracellular Mediators on Differentiated Functions of Cultured Leydig Tumor Cells, Steroids 54, 627-645.         

 

14.        G. Sanyal, F.M. Thompson, and D. Puett (1990) "Fluorescence Spectroscopic Studies of Tyrosine Environment and Ligand Binding of Plant Calmodulin," in Time-Resolved Laser Spectroscopy in Biochemistry II, SPIE Vol. 1204 (J. Lakowicz, ed.), Plenum Publ. Co., pp. 611-627.       

 

15.        G. Sanyal, D. Puett, and F.G. Prendergast (1991) "Structural Complementarity of the Interacting Surfaces of Calmodulin and its Peptide Ligands," in Biomembranes in Health and Disease, Vol. 1 (A.M. Kidwai, R.K. Upreti, and P.K. Ray, eds.), Today & Tomorrow's Printers & Publishers, New Delhi, pp. 305-315.  Invited Talk and Paper.

 

16.        D. Puett, F. Chen, S. El-Deiry, Y. Wang, and H. Xia (1991) "Site-directed Mutagenesis of hCGβ," Advances in Reproductive Biology, Selected Lectures of the Beijing International Symposium on Reproductive Biology (Y. Cao and C. Zhu, eds.), China Society of Reproductive Biology, pp. 34-47.  Invited Talk and Paper.        

 

17.        J.W. Lustbader, D.L. Yarmush, S. Birken, D. Puett, and R.E. Canfield (1993) "The Application of Chemical Studies of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin to Visualize Its Three-Dimensional Structure," Endocrine Rev. 14, 291-311.  Juried Review.

 

18.        D. Puett (1993) "Choriogonadotropin," in Human Protein Data, 2nd Installment (A.        Haeberli, ed.), VCH Publ. (Updated 1997). Invited Contribution.

            

19.       D. Puett, J. Huang, and H. Xia (1994) "Delineation of Subunit and Receptor Contact Sites            by Site-Directed Mutagenesis of hCGβ," in Glycoprotein Hormones: Structure, Function    and Clinical Implications (J.W. Lustbader, D. Puett, and R.W. Ruddon, eds.),     Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 122-134.  Invited Talk and Paper.

 

20.        A. Ergul and D. Puett (1995) "Mutagenesis of the Processing Site of Big Endothelin-1,"  in               Endothelins in Endocrinology: New Advances (E. Baldi, M. Maggi, I.T. Cameron, and      M.J. Dunn, eds.), Ares-Serono Symposia Publications, Rome, pp. 17-20.

 

21.       D. Puett, N. Bhowmick, L.M. Fernandez, J. Huang, C. Wu, and P. Narayan (1996) “hCG-Receptor Binding and Transmembrane Signaling,” Mol. Cell. Endocrinology 125, 55-64.  Invited Talk and Paper.

 

22.      D. Puett, C. Wu, and P. Narayan (1998) “The Tie that Binds: Design of Biologically Active Single Chain Human Chorionic Gonadotropins and a Gonadotropin-Receptor Complex Using Protein Engineering,” Biol. Reprod. 58, 1337-1342.  Invited Juried Review.

 

23.     B. Berlin, E.A. Berlin, J.C. Fernandez Ugalde, L. Garcia Barrios, D. Puett, R. Nash, and M.     Gonzalez-Espinoza (1999) “The Maya ICBG: Drug Discovery, Medical Ethnobiology and Alternative Forms of Economic Development in the Highland Maya Region of Chiapas, Mexico,” Pharmaceut. Biol. 37, 127-144.

 

24.      D. Puett (1999) “Gonadotropin Receptors,” in Encyclopedia of Reproduction (E. Knobil and J.D. Neill, eds.), Vol. 2, Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 521-528.  Invited Chapter.

 

25.       A. Ergul and D. Puett (1999) “Hormone Receptors, Overview,” in Encyclopedia of Reproduction (E. Knobil and J.D. Neill, eds.), Vol. 2, Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 654-662.  Invited Chapter.         

26.        D. Puett and P. Narayan (2000) “Designer Gonadotropins and Receptors: The Prospect

of Recombinant Technology,” in Ovulation: Evolving  Scientific and Clinical Concepts (E.Y. Adashi, ed.), Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 295-307.  Invited Chapter.

 

27.       B. Berlin, E.A. Berlin, L. Garcia, M. González, D. Puett, R. Nash, C Montes, R.Trujillo, L.-A. Ramírez, J. Hernández, M.-Gpe. Ramírez, H. Wetzstein, T. Murray, R. Sharma, J. Affolter, and M. Heinrich (2001) “Etnobotánica Médica y Desarrollo Sustentable: El Case del ICBG-Maya en los Altos de Chiapas,” in Plantas, Cultura y Sociedad: Estudios Sobre la Relacíon entre Seres Humanos y Plantas en los Albores del Siglo Xxl (B. Rendón, S. Rebollar, J. Caballero, and M.-A. Martínez, eds.), Universida Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, México, pp. 221-258.  Invited Chapter.

 

  1. F. Fanelli, A.P.N. Themmen, and D. Puett (2001) “Lutropin Receptor Function: Insights from Natural, Engineered, and Computer-Simulated Mutations,” IUBMB Life 51, 1-7.  Invited Review.

 

 

  1. D. Puett and P. Narayan (2002) “Fusion Proteins of Human Gonadotropins and             Gonadotropin-Receptor Complexes,” Ind. J. Exp. Biol. 40, 415-423. Invited Review.

 

  1. F. Fanelli and D. Puett (2002) “Structural Aspects of the Luteinizing Hormone Receptor:  Information from Molecular Modeling and Mutagenesis,” Endocrine 18, 285-293. Juried Review.

 

  1. P. Narayan and D. Puett (2003) “Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Signaling,” in Encyclopedia of Hormones.  (H.L. Henry and A.W. Norman, eds.) Academic Press, San Diego, II, 612-616.  Invited Chapter.

 

32.       D. Puett, Y. Li, K. Angelova, G. DeMars, T.P. Meehan, F. Fanelli, and P. Narayan (2005) “Structure-Function Relationships of the Luteinizing Hormone Receptor”, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1061, 41-54.  Invited Review.     

 

33.        D. Puett, Y. Li, G. DeMars, K. Angelova, and F. Fanelli (2007) “A Functional                                     Transmembrane Complex: The Luteinizing Hormone Receptor with Bound Ligand and G                  Protein,” Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 260-262, 126-136.  Invited Review.

 

34.       M. Ascoli and D. Puett (2009) ``The Gonadotropin Hormones and Their Receptors,`` in Yen and Jaffe`s Reproductive Endocrinology: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Management. (Sixth Edition).  J.F. Strauss, III and R. Barbieri (eds.). Elsevier, Philidelphia, 35-55. Invited Review.

 

35.   D. Puett and K. Angelova (2009) ``Determining the Affinity of Hormone-Receptor Interaction,`` in Molecular Endocrinology: A Comprehensive Guide to Current Methodologies. O.K. Park-Sarge and Thomas E. Curry, Jr. (eds.). Methods in Molecular Biology 590, 1-20, Humana Press, Inc., Totaowa, NJ. Invited Review.

 

36.      D. Puett, K. Angelova, M.R. da Costa, S.W. Warrenfeltz, and Francesca Fanelli (2010) ``The Luteinizing Hormone Receptor: Insights into Structure-Function Relationships and Hormone-Receptor-Mediated Changes in Gene Expression in Ovarian Cancer Cells, Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 329, 47-55. Invited Review.

 

37.     J. Cui, Y. Xu, and D. Puett (2012) ``Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Ovarian Cancer Cells: Changes Mediated by Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Activation,`` in Ovarian Cancer/ - Basic Science Perspective. Samir A. Farghaly (ed.). InTech Open Access Publisher, New York, NY, pp. 195-212. Invited Review.

 

38.     J. Cui, Y. Xu, and D.Puett (2013) ``Transcriptome Profiling of Ovarian Cancer Cells,`` in Ovarian Cancer: Methods and Protocols. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology 1049, Chap.11. Anastasia Malek and Oleg Tchernitsa (eds.). Humana Press-Springer, New York, NY, pp. 119-137. Invited Review.

 

39.        Y. Xu, J. Cui, and D. Puett (2014) ``Cancer Bioinformatics,`` Springer US. Invited Book.

 

40.      A. Kobata and D. Puett (2015) “Glycoprotein Hormones,” in Elsevier Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences. Elsevier. 12-Jun-2015 doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.04048-4, Biomedical Sciences-Cancer and Endocrine Diseases. Invited Review.

 

41.   D. Puett (2017) “Biology of Aging: Identified Drivers and Interventions for Optimal    Healthspan,” ACSM’s Health Fitness 22, 17-27. Invited Juried Review.

 

SHORT REPORTS: SCIENCE

  1. J.P. Robinson and D. Puett (1973) "Characterization of Tamm-Horsfall Urinary Glycoprotein," in Proceedings of the Electron Microscope Society of America (C.J. Arceneaux, ed.), Claitor's, Inc., LA, pp. 420-421.

 

  1. R.G. Hammonds, Jr., D. Puett, and N. Ling (1977) "Circular Dichroism of Opioid Peptides," in Peptides (M. Goodman and J. Meienhofer, eds.), John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 100-102.

 

  1. M.H. Melner and D. Puett (1984) "The Expression of a Pro-opiomelanocortin-like Gene in Murine Leydig Tumor Cells," in Advances in Gene Technology: Human Genetic Disorders, ICSU Short Reports 1, Proc. 16th Miami Winter Symposium. (W.A. Scott, F. Ahmad, S. Black, J. Schultz, and W.J. Whelan, eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 206-207.

 

  1. L.J. Dangott, D. Puett, and L.W. Cunningham (1984) "Changes in α2-Macroglobulin Conformation by Reaction with Trypsin and Methylamine," Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 421, 158-159.

 

  1. S.L. Young, A.E. Jackson, D. Puett, and M.H. Melner (1985) "A Rapid HPLC Method for Determining the Expression of CAT Genes in Transfected Cells," in Advances in Gene Technology: Molecular Biology of the Immune System, ICSU Short Reports 2 Proc. 17th Miami Winter Symposium.  (J.W. Streilein, F. Ahmad, S. Black, B. Blomberg, and R.W. Voellmy, eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 351-352.

 

  1. E. Lovegren, S.J. Zimniski, and D. Puett (1986) "Immunoreactive β-Endorphin in the

             Gonadotropin-primed Immature Rat Ovary," in Advances in Gene Technology: Molecular

             Biology of the Endocrine System, ICSU Short Reports 4, Proc. 18th Miami Winter

             Symposium.  (D. Puett, F. Ahmad, S. Black, D.M. Lopez, M.H. Melner, W.A. Scott, and

             W.J. Whelan, eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 48-49.

 

  1. M.E. Brandt, K.M. Wilson, S. Zimniski and D. Puett (1987) "Developmental Changes of Rat Ovarian Aromatase," in Advances in Gene Technology: The Molecular Biology of Development, ICSU Short Reports 7, Proc. 19th Miami Winter Symposium. (R.W. Voellmy, F. Ahmad, S. Black, D.R. Burgess, R. Rotundo, W.A. Scott, and W.J. Whelan, eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 71.

 

  1. M.E. Brandt, K.M. Wilson, S.J. Zimniski, and D. Puett (1987) "Ontogeny and Stimulation of Rat Ovarian Aromatase," Steroids 50, 611-612.

 

  1. H.G. Zot and D. Puett (1988) "Crosslinking of Calmodulin to Troponin I and Myosin Light Chain Kinase with Carbodiimides," in Advances in Gene Technology: Protein Engineering and Production, ICSU Short Reports 8 Proc. Miami Bio/Technology Winter Symposium, p. 161.

 

  1. R. Batchelder and D. Puett (1989) "β-Endorphin Binding to a Neuroblastoma-Glioma Hybrid Cell Line (NG-108)," in Advances in Gene Technology: Molecular Neurobiology and Neuropharmacology, ICSU Short Reports 9, Proc. Miami Bio/Technology Winter Symposium, p. 112.

 

  1. R. Batchelder, R. Levy, and D. Puett (1990) "Beta-Endorphin Binding and Effects on Prostaglandin E2 Production in a Murine Macrophage Line (P388D.1)," in Advances in Gene Technology: The Molecular Biology of Immune Diseases and the Immune Response, ICSU Short Reports 10, Proc. Miami Bio/Technology Winter Symposium, p. 46.

 

  1. M.T. Kowalska, M.E. Brandt, and D. Puett (1990) "Inhibition of Cytochrome P-450 Aromatase Activity by Plant Extracts," Planta Medica 56, 675.

 

  1. M.T. Kowalska and D. Puett (1990) "Potential Biomedical Applications for Tropical Fruit Products," Tropical Fruit World 1, 126-127.

 

  1. T.-M. Chen and D. Puett (1991) "Hormonal Stimulation of mRNA Levels for the Oncogenes c-jun and junB in Leydig Tumor Cells," in Advances in Gene Technology, The Molecular Biology of Human Genetic Disease, Miami Short Reports 1, Proc. Miami Bio/Technology Winter Symposium, p. 75.

 

  1. M.H. Majercik, H. Xia, and D. Puett (1991) "Human Choriogonadotropin Stimulates the Secretion of an Extracellular Matrix-Modulating Protein from Leydig Tumor Cells," in Advances in Gene Technology: The Molecular Biology of Human Genetic Disease, Miami Short Reports 1, Proc. Miami Bio/Technology Winter Symposium, p. 80.

 

  1. M.T. Kowalska, Y. Itzhak, D. Cristante, and D. Puett (1992) "Aromatase Inhibitors in Edible Tropical Plants," Advances in Gene Technology: Feeding the World in the 21st Century, Miami Short Reports 2, Proc. Miami Bio/Technology Winter Symposium, p. 101.

 

  1. N. Bhowmick, P. Narayan, and D. Puett (1999) “An Endothelin-A/Lutropin Chimeric Receptor Exhibits Ligand-Mediated Internalization in the Absence of Signaling,” in Peptides:  Frontiers of Peptide Science (J.P. Tam and P.T. P. Kaumaya, eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (The Netherlands), pp. 584-585.

 

  1. F. Fanelli, A. Themmen, and D. Puett (2001) “Understanding the Activation of the Lutropin   Receptor from Natural, Engineered, and Computer-Simulated Mutations,” in Proceedings of the Telethon Scientific Convention 2001, Palazzo dei Convegni Riva del Garda, pp. 67-68.

 

BOOKS AND JOURNALS (SPECIAL ISSUES) EDITED: SCIENCE

 

  1. D. Puett, ed., Human Fertility, Health and Food.  Impact of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, (1984) United Nations Fund for Population Activities, New York, New York. Introduction, pp. xiii-xvii. Invited Book.

 

  1. D. Puett, F. Ahmad, S. Black, D.M. Lopez, M.H. Melner, W.A. Scott, and W.J. Whelan, eds., Advances in Gene Technology: Molecular Biology of the Endocrine System, ICSU Short Reports  4, Proc. 18th Miami Winter Symposium.  (1986) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

 

  1. D. Puett, ed., The REPSCEND Reporter (1987-1989), University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL.

 

  1. W.D. Hankins and D. Puett, eds., Hormones, Cell Biology and Cancer: Perspectives and Potential (1988) Progress in Clinical and Biological Research, Vol. 262, Alan R. Liss Publ. Co., New York.

 

  1. K. Brew, F. Ahmad, H. Bialy, S. Black, R.E. Fenna, D. Puett, W.A. Scott, J. Van Brunt, R.W. Voellmy, W.J. Whelan, and J.F. Woessner, eds., Advances in Gene Technology: Protein Engineering and Production, Proc. Miami Bio/Technology Winter Symposium, ICSU Short Reports 8. (1988) IRL Press, Washington, D.C.

 

  1. D. Puett, ed., Proceedings of the W. J. LeMaire Symposium on Reproductive Endocrinology (1989) Steroids 54, November and December issues. Introduction, pp. v-vi.

 

  1. R.R. Howell, F. Ahmad, H. Bialy, S. Black, D.H. Johnson, H.A. Lubs, D. Puett, M.B. Rabin, W.A. Scott, J. Van Brunt, and W.J. Whelan, eds., Advances in Gene Technology: The Molecular Biology of Human Genetic Disease, Proc. Miami Bio/Technology Winter Symposium, Nucleic Acids Symposium Series, no. 23 (1991) IRL Press, Oxford.

 

  1. J.W.     Lustbader, D. Puett, and R.W. Ruddon, eds., Glycoprotein Hormones: Structure, Function and Clinical Implications (1994) Springer-Verlag, New York.

 

  1. D. Puett, ed., Three issues of Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. (2007) 260-262, Transactions of the International Conference on Gonadotropins and Receptors. These issues contain 37 original and review articles. Editorial, p. 1. Invited Guest Editorship.   

 

 

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS FOR MEETING PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS: SCIENCE (ABOUT 250-260), HAVE NOT BEEN RECORDED

 

ESSAY

  1. D. Puett (2005) “How I Became a Biochemist,” IUBMB Life 57, 769-771.  Invited Essay.

 

JURIED PUBLICATION: MEDICAL EDUCATION

  1. D. Puett and J.L. Braunstein (1991) "The Endocrine Module: An Integrated Course for First-year Medical Students Combining Lecture-based and Problem-based Curricula," Teaching and Learning in Medicine 3, 159-165.

 

JURIED PUBLICATIONS: HISTORY & HISTORY OF SCIENCE

  1. Susan Brunn Puett and J. David Puett (Fall 2014) ``The Florentine Renaissance Apothecary,`` Hektoen International Journal 6 (4) http://www.hektoeninternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1256
  2. J. David Puett and Susan Brunn Puett (2018) “Two Fifteenth-Century Contemporary Rulers An Ocean Apart: Nezahualcoyotl Acolmiztli of Texcoco, Mexico and Lorenzo De` Medici of Florence, Italy,” Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History (in press).      

 

JURIED BOOK: HISTORY OF RENAISSANCE ART AND SCIENCE

  1. Susan B. Puett and J. David Puett (2016) `` Renaissance Art and Science @ Florence, Truman State University Press, Kirksville, MO.

 

 

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