54. Abraham, D. and Vershon, A.K. (2005) The N-terminal arm of Mcm1 affects the transcription of a subset of genes associated with the cell wall. Euk. Cell (in press).

53. Carr, E.A., Charney, J., Sofer, W., and Vershon, A.K. (2005) An integrated molecular biology research project for high school students.  American Biology Teacher (in press)

52.  Mathias, J.R. Hanlon, S.E., Flanagan, R.O., Sengupta, A. M. and Vershon, A.K. (2004) Repression of the yeast HO gene by the MATa2 and MATa1 homeodomain proteins. Nucleic Acid Res. 32, 6469-6478

51.  Nagaraj, V.H., Flanagan, R.O., Bruning, A.R., Mathias, J.R. Vershon, A. K., and Sengupta, A. M.  (2004) Identification of a1-a2 binding sites in the yeast genome. BMC Genomics 5, 59.

50.  Hanlon, S.E., Xu, Z., Norris, D.N., and Vershon, A. K. (2004) Analysis of the Meiotic Role of the Mitochondrial Ribosomal Proteins Mrps17 and Mrpl37. Yeast 21, 1241-1252.

49.  Fingerman, I., Sutphen, K., Montano, S. P., Georgiadis, M.M., and Vershon, A. K.  (2004)  The yeast Ndt80 protein binds DNA through a series of flexible loops. Nucleic Acid Res. 32, 2947-2956.

48. Carr, E. A., Mead, J. and Vershon, A. K. (2004)  a1-induced DNA bending is required for transcriptional activation by the Mcm1-a1 complex. Nucleic Acid Res. 32, 2298-2305.

47. Fingerman, I,, Nagaraj, N., Norris, D.N. and Vershon, A.K. (2003). The Yeast Sfp1 Protein Plays a Key Role in Ribosome Biogenesis Euk. Cell 2, 1061-1068.

46. Hanlon, S.E. Norris, D.N. and Vershon, A. K. (2003) Depletion of H2A-H2B dimers in Saccharomyces cerevisiae triggers meiotic arrest by reducing IME1 expression and activating the BUB2-dependent branch of the spindle checkpoint. Genetics 164, 1333-1344.

45. Pierce, M., Benjamin, K.R., Montano, S. P., Georgiadis, M.M., Winter, E., and Vershon, A. K. (2003) Sum1 and Ndt80 Proteins Compete for Binding to MSE Sequences that Control Meiotic Gene Expression. Mol. Cell. Biol. 23, 4814-4825.

44. McCord, R, Pierce, M., Xie, J., Wonkatal, S., Mickel, C. and Vershon, A. K. (2003) Rfm1, a novel factor required to recruit the Hst1 histone deacetylase for repression of middle sporulation genes. Mol. Cell. Biol. 23, 2009-2016.

43. S. Wontakal, M. Pierce, and A.K. Vershon. (2002) Identification of Factors Involved in MSE-Mediated Repression of SMK1. The Rutgers ScholarVol 4 pp. 1-7

42. Montano, S.P., Cote, M., Fingerman, I., Pierce, M., Vershon, A. K. Georgiadis, M. M. (2002) The crystal structure of a novel DNA-binding domain from Ndt80, a transcriptional activator required for meiosis in yeast. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 99, 14041-14046.

41. Montano, S.P., Cote, M., Pierce, M., Vershon, A. K. Georgiadis, M. M. (2002) Crystallographic studies of a novel DNA-binding domain from the yeast transcriptional activator Ndt80. Acta. Crys. D. 58, 2127-2130

40. Jamai, A., Dubois, E, Vershon, A.K., and Messenguy, F. (2002) Swapping functional specificity of a MADS-box protein: Residues required for Arg80 regulation of arginine metabolism. Mol. Cell. Biol. 22, 5741-5752.

39. Mead, J., Bruning, A., Gill, M.K., Steiner, A.M., Acton, T.B. and Vershon, A.K. (2002) Interactions of the Mcm1 MADS-box Protein with Cofactors that Regulate Mating in Yeast. Mol. Cell. Biol. 22, 4607-4621.

38. Ke, A., Mathias, J. R., Vershon, A. K. and C. Wolberger (2002). Structural and Thermodynamic Characterization of the DNA Binding Properties of a Triple Alanine Mutant of MATa2 Structure 10, 961-971.

37. Hart, B., Mathias, J., Ott, D. McNaughton, L., Anderson, J., Vershon, A.K., and Baxter, S. M. (2002). Engineered improvements in DNA-binding function of the MATa1 homeodomain reveal structural changes involved in combinatorial control J. Mol. Biol. 316, 247-256.

36. Mathias, J.R., Zhong, H., Jin, Y. and Vershon, A.K (2001) Altering the DNA-binding Specificity of the Yeast Mata2 Homeodomain Protein. J. Biol. Chem. 276, 32696-703.

35. Lindgren, A., Bungard, D., Pierce, M., Xie, J, Vershon, A.K,. and Winter, E. (2000) The pachytene checkpoint in Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires the Sum1 transcriptional repressor. EMBO J 19, 6489-97.

34. Kim, J., Bortz, E. Zhong, H., Leeuw T., Leberer, E, Vershon, A.K. and Hirsch, J.P. (2000) Localization and signaling of GB subunit Ste4p are controlled by the a-factor receptor and the novel a-specific protein Asg7p Mol. Cell. Biol. 20, 8826-8835.

33. Vershon, A.K. and Pierce, M. (2000) Transcriptional Regulation of Meiosis in Yeast. Curr. Op. Cell Biol. 12, 334-339.

32. Acton, T.B., Mead, J., Steiner, A.M., and Vershon, A.K. (2000) Scanning mutagenesis of Mcm1: Residues required for DNA binding, bending and transcriptional activation by a MADS box. Mol. Cell. Biol. 20, 1-11.

31. Xie, J., Pierce, M., Gailus-Durner, V., Wagner, M., Winter, E., Vershon, A.K. (1999) Sum1 and Hst1 repress middle sporulation specific gene expression during mitosis in Saccharomyces EMBO J. 18, 6448-6454.

30. Zhong, H., McCord, R., and Vershon, A.K.. (1999) Identification of target sites of the a2-Mcm1 repressor comlex in the yeast genome. Genome Research 9, 1040-1047.

29. Jin, Y., Zhong, H. and Vershon, A.K. (1999) The yeast a1 and a2 homeodomain proteins do not contribute equally to heterodimeric DNA binding. Mol. Cell. Biol. 19, 585-593.

28. Li, T., Jin, Y., Vershon, A.K., and Wolberger, C. (1998) Crystal structure of the MATa1/MATa2 homeodomain heterodimer in complex with DNA containing an A-tract. Nucleic Acids Res 26, 5707-5718.

27. Pierce, M., Wagner, M., Xie, J., Gailus-Durner, V., Six, J., Vershon, A.K. and Winter, E. (1998) Transcriptional regulation of the SMK1 MAP kinase gene. Mol. Cell. Biol. 18, 5970-5980.

26. Justice, M.C., Hogan, B.P. and Vershon, A.K.. (1997) Homeodomain-DNA interactions of the Pho2 protein are promoter-dependent. Nucleic Acids Res 25, 4730-4739.

25. Szeto, L., Fafalios, M.K., Zhong, H., Vershon, A.K., and Broach, J.R. (1997). a2p controls donor preference during mating type interconversion in yeast by inactivating a recombinational enhancer on Chromosome III Genes & Dev. 11, 1899-1911.

24. Gailus-Durner, V., Chintamaneni, C., Wilson, R., Brill, S., and Vershon, A.K. (1997) Analysis of a meiosis-specific URS1 site: Sequence requirements and involvement of Replication Protein A (RPA). Mol. Cell. Biol. 17 3536-3546.

23. Acton, T.A., Zhong, H., and Vershon, A.K. (1997). The DNA-binding specificity of Mcm1: Operator mutations that alter DNA-bending by a MADS box protein. Mol. Cell. Biol. 17, 1881-1889.

22. Zhong, H. and Vershon, A.K (1997). The yeast homeodomain protein Mata2 shows extended DNA-binding specificity in complex with Mcm1. J. Biol. Chem. 272, 8402-8409.

21. Vershon, A.K. (1996) Protein interactions of homeodomain proteins. Curr. Op. Biotech. 7 391-396.

20. Gailus-Durner, V., Xie, J., Chintamaneni, C., and Vershon, A.K. (1996). Participation of the yeast activator Abf1 in meiosis-specific expression of the HOP1 gene. Mol. Cell. Biol. 16, 2777-2786.

19. Mead, J., Zhong, H., Acton, T.B., and Vershon, A.K (1996). Yeast a2 and Mcm1 proteins interact through a region similar to a motif found in homeodomain proteins of higher eukaryotes. Mol. Cell. Biol. 16, 2135-2143.

18. Jin, Y., Mead, J., Li., T., Wolberger, C., and Vershon, A.K. (1995). Altered DNA recognition and bending by insertions in the a2 tail of the yeast a1/a2 homeodomain heterodimer. Science 270, 290-293.

17. Vershon, A.K., Jin, Y., and Johnson, A.D. (1995). A homeodomain protein lacking specific side chains of Helix 3 can still bind DNA and direct transcriptional repression. Genes & Dev. 9, 182-192.

16. Vershon, A.K. and Johnson, A.D. (1993). A Short, Disordered Protein Region Mediates Interactions between the Homeodomain of the Yeast a2 Protein and the MCM1 Protein. Cell 72, 105-112.

15. Vershon, A.K., Hollingsworth, N.M., and Johnson, A.D. (1992). Meiotic Induction of the Yeast HOP1 Gene is Controlled by Positive and Negative Regulatory Elements. Mol. Cell. Biol. 12, 3706-3714.

14. Wolberger, C., Vershon, A.K., Liu, B., Johnson, A.D., and Pabo, C.O. (1991). Crystal Structure of a MAT a2 Homeodomain-Operator Complex Suggests a General Model for Homeodomain-DNA Interactions. Cell 67, 517-528.

13. Phillips, C.L., Vershon, A.K., Johnson, A.D., and Dahlquist, F.W. (1991). Secondary Structure of the Homeodomain of Yeast a2 repressor by NMR. Genes & Dev. 5, 764-772.

12. Wolberger, C., Pabo, C.O., Vershon, A.K., and Johnson, A.D. (1991). Crystallization and Preliminary X-ray Diffraction Studies of a MATa2-DNA Complex. J. Mol. Biol. 217, 11-13.

11. Zagorski, M.G., Bowie, J.U., Vershon, A.K., Sauer, R.T., and Patel, D.J. (1989). NMR Studies of Arc Repressor Mutants: Proton Assignments, Secondary Structure, and Long-Range Contacts for the Thermostable Proline-8 -> Leucine Variant of Arc. Biochem. 28, 9813-9825.

10. Vershon, A.K., Kelley, R.D., and Sauer, R.T. (1989). Sequence-specific Binding of Arc Repressor to DNA: Effects of Operator Mutations and Modifications. J. Biol. Chem. 264, 3267-3273.

9. Knight, K. Kelley, R.D., and Sauer, R.T. (1989). The Arc and Mnt Repressors: A New Class of Sequence-specific DNA-Binding Protein. J. Biol. Chem. 264, 3639-3642.

8. Vershon, A.K., Liao, S.M., McClure, W.R., and Sauer, R.T. (1987). Interaction of the Bacteriophage P22 Arc Repressor with Operator DNA. J. Mol. Biol. 195, 323-331.

7. Vershon, A.K., Liao, S.M., McClure, W.R., and Sauer, R.T. (1987). Bacteriophage P22 Mnt Repressor: DNA Binding and Effects on Transcription in vitro. J. Mol. Biol. 195, 311-322.

6. Vershon, A.K., Bowie, J., Karplus, T. and Sauer, R.T. (1986). Isolation and Analysis of Arc Repressor Mutants: Evidence for an Unusual Mechanism of DNA Binding. Proteins 1, 302-311.

5. Vershon, A.K, Blackmer, K., and Sauer, R.T. (1986). Mutagenesis of the Arc Repressor Using Synthetic Primers with Random Substitutions. In: Protein Engineering: Applications in Sciences, Medicine, and Industry. (M. Inouye & R. Sarma, eds.) pp. 243-256.

4. Jordan, S.R., Pabo, C.O., Vershon, A.K., and Sauer, R.T. (1985). Crystallization of the Arc Repressor. J. Mol. Biol. 185, 445-446.

3. Vershon, A.K., Youderian, P., Weiss, M.A., Susskind, M.M. and Sauer, R.T. (1985). Mnt Repressor-Operator Interactions: Altered Specificity Requires N-6 Methylation of Operator DNA. In: Specificity in Transcription and Translation, (R. Calender & L. Gold eds.) Alan Liss, Inc., New York, NY pp. 209-218.

2. Vershon, A.K., Youderian, P., Susskind, M.M., and Sauer, R.T. (1985). The Bacteriophage P22 Arc and Mnt Repressors: Overproduction, Purification, and Properties. J. Biol. Chem. 260, 12124-12129.

1. Youderian, P., Vershon, A.K., Bouvier, S., Sauer, R.T., and Susskind, M.M. (1983). Changing the DNA-binding Specificity of a Repressor. Cell 35, 777-783.