Position Title
Professor Emeritus
Position Title
Professor Emeritus
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
Bio
Research Interests
Biochemical and biophysical adaptations in marine invertebrates; intracellular organization of "soluble" enzymes and other macromolecules not strongly bound to cell ultrastructure; stress proteins and molecular chaperones, primarily in invertebrates.
Education and Degree(s)
- 1958 B.S. in Zoology, Pennsylvania State University
- 1961 Ph.D. in Biology, The Johns Hopkins University
Publications
- Warner, A.H., R.T. Brunet, T.H. MacRae and J.S. Clegg. 2004. Artemin is an RNA- binding protein with high thermal stability and potential RNA chaperone activity. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 424:189-200.
- Qiu, Z., R.I. Viner, T.H. MacRae, J.K. Willsie and J.S. Clegg. 2004. A small heat shock protein from Artemia franciscana is phosphorylated at serine 50. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1700:75-83.
- Collins, C.H. and J.S. Clegg. 2004. A small heat shock protein, p26, from the crustacean Artemia protects mammalian cells (Cos-1) against oxidative damage. Cell Biol. Intern. 28:449-455.
- Chen T, R Amons, JS Clegg, AH Warner and TH MacRae. 2003. Molecular characterization of artemin and ferritin from Artemia franciscana. European Journal of Biochemistry 270:137-145.
- Willsie JK and JS Clegg. 2002 Small heat shock protein p26 associates with nuclear lamins and HSP 70 in nuclei and nuclear matrix fractions from stressed cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 84:601-614.