Janet Newlands

Education

• B.S., Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Ph.D., Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens
• Postdoctoral Research: Microbiology, University of Connecticut Health Center

• Intrinsic transcript cleavage activity of RNA polymerase
  May 9, 1995
  Orlova M, Newlands J, Das A, Goldfarb A, Borukhov S. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
• Transcription of the Escherichia coli rrnB P1 promoter by the heat shock RNA polymerase (E sigma 32) in vitro.
  February 1, 1993
  Newlands JT, Gaal T, Mecsas J, Gourse RL J. Bacteriol.
• Both fis-dependent and factor-independent upstream activation of the rrnB P1 promoter are face of the helix dependent.
  February 1, 1992
  Newlands JT, Josaitis CA, Ross W, Gourse RL Nucleic Acids Res.
• Factor-independent activation of Escherichia coli rRNA transcription. II. characterization of complexes of rrnB P1 promoters containing or lacking the upstream activator region with Escherichia coli RNA polymerase.
  August 1, 1991
  Newlands JT, Ross W, Gosink KK, Gourse RL J. Mol. Biol.
• E.coli Fis protein activates ribosomal RNA transcription in vitro and in vivo.
  November 1, 1990
  Ross W, Thompson JF, Newlands JT, Gourse RL EMBO J.

CALS Academic Staff Excellence Award – 2020