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University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

2019-06-10 to present | Faculty, Associate Professor (Biomedical Sciences)
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University of Minnesota Medical School - Duluth Campus: Duluth, MN, US

2013-08 to present | Associate Professor (Biomedical Sciences)
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Sara L. Zimmer

University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

2013-08-30 to 2019-06-10 | Faculty, Assistant Professor (Biomedical Sciences)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University at Buffalo - The State University of New York: Buffalo, NY, US

2008-09 to 2013-08 | Postdoctoral Fellowship (Microbiology and Immunology)
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Cornell University Graduate School: Ithaca, NY, US

2002-08 to 2008-08 | PhD Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology
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Sara L. Zimmer

Michigan Technological University College of Science and Arts: Houghton, MI, US

1991-09 to 1996-05 | BS (Biological Sciences)
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Sara L. Zimmer

Michigan Technological University College of Engineering: Houghton, MI, US

1991-09 to 1996-05 | BS (Chemical Engineering)
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Funding (2)

Life stage specific regulation of mitochondrial gene expression in Trypanosoma cruzi

2016-07 to 2020-06 | Grant
American Heart Association (TX, TX, US)
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16SDG264120019
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Sara L. Zimmer

Fundamental Aspects of Kinetoplastid Mitochondrial RNA Stability

2011-08-05 to 2013-08-29 | Grant
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Bethesda, US)
URL: https://grants.uberresearch.com/100000060/F32AI092902/Fundamental-Aspects-of-Kinetoplastid-Mitochondrial-RNA-Stability
GRANT_NUMBER: F32AI092902
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Works (39)

Role of PIP39 in oxidative stress response appears conserved in kinetoplastids

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
2024-09 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2024.111620
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PMID: 38653348
Contributors: Hina Durrani; James A. Bjork; Sara L. Zimmer
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Blastocrithidia nonstop mitochondrial genome and its expression are remarkably insulated from nuclear codon reassignment

Nucleic acids research
2024-04-24 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae168
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EID:

2-s2.0-85191398222

PMID: 38452217
Contributors: Dmitry A. Afonin; Evgeny S. Gerasimov; Ingrid Škodová-Sveráková; Kristína Záhonová; Ondřej Gahura; Amanda T.S. Albanaz; Eva Myšková; Anastassia Bykova; Zdeněk Paris; Julius Lukeš et al.
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Circular mitochondrial-encoded mRNAs are a distinct subpopulation of mitochondrial mRNA in Trypanosoma brucei

Scientific reports
2023-12 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-34255-z
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EID:

2-s2.0-85159486891

PMID: 37188727
Contributors: Clara M. Smoniewski; Poorya Mirzavand Borujeni; Austin Petersen; Marshall Hampton; Reza Salavati; Sara L. Zimmer
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Shining the spotlight on the neglected

BMC Genomics
2023-12 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09591-z
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EID:

2-s2.0-85168525182

PMID: 37605127
Contributors: Amanda T.S. Albanaz; Mark Carrington; Alexander O. Frolov; Anna I. Ganyukova; Evgeny S. Gerasimov; Alexei Y. Kostygov; Julius Lukeš; Marina N. Malysheva; Jan Votýpka; Alexandra Zakharova et al.
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Kinetoplast Genome of <i>Leishmania</i> spp. Is under Strong Purifying Selection

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
2023-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed8080384
Contributors: Evgeny Gerasimov; Tatiana S. Novozhilova; Sara L. Zimmer; Vyacheslav Yurchenko
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Trypanosoma cruzi strain and starvation-driven mitochondrial RNA editing and transcriptome variability

RNA
2022-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1261/rna.079088.121
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EID:

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PMID: 35470233
Contributors: Evgeny S. Gerasimov; Roger Ramirez-Barrios; Vyacheslav Yurchenko; Sara L. Zimmer
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Using a Community-Based Participatory Approach to Address Gender Equity in Academic Medicine

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
2022-03-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004375
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004375
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e524e85e-056b-4da0-84e4-ba18b83593e9

PMID: 34469354
EID:

2-s2.0-85125550196

PMID: 34469354
Contributors: Jerica Berge; Kait Macheledt; Sophie Watson; Heather Dorr; Snigdha Pusalavidyasagar; Alicia Kunin-Batson; Rebekah Pratt; Sara L. Zimmer; Jakub Tolar; Amanda Termuhlen
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Mitochondrial RNA editing in Trypanoplasma borreli

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
2022-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.11.023
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

7eb803f4-ecb1-4fe3-ae0d-10ecc7020b2c

EID:

2-s2.0-85142138566

PMID: 36420151
Contributors: Evgeny S. Gerasimov; Dmitry A. Afonin; Oksana A. Korzhavina; Julius Lukeš; Ross Low; Neil Hall; Kevin Tyler; Vyacheslav Yurchenko; Sara L. Zimmer
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Reintegrating Biology Through the Nexus of Energy, Information, and Matter

Integrative and comparative biology
2021-12-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icab174
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EID:

2-s2.0-85124432817

PMID: 34374780
Contributors: Kim L. Hoke; Sara L. Zimmer; Adam B. Roddy; Mary Jo Ondrechen; Craig E. Williamson; Nicole R. Buan
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Complete minicircle genome of Leptomonas pyrrhocoris reveals sources of its non-canonical mitochondrial RNA editing events

Nucleic acids research
2021-04-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab114
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

7cbe0804-d3f6-4053-83aa-9225a6cc073a

EID:

2-s2.0-85104046778

PMID: 33660779
Contributors: Evgeny S. Gerasimov; Anna A. Gasparyan; Dmitry A. Afonin; Sara L. Zimmer; Natalya Kraeva; Julius Lukeš; Vyacheslav Yurchenko; Alexander Kolesnikov
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Probabilistic models of biological enzymatic polymerization

PloS one
2021-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244858
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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2-s2.0-85099458606

PMID: 33406128
Contributors: Marshall Hampton; Miranda Galey; Clara Smoniewski; Sara L. Zimmer
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The Remarkable Metabolism of <i>Vickermania ingenoplastis</i>: Genomic Predictions

Pathogens
2021-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10010068
Contributors: Fred Opperdoes; Anzhelika Butenko; Alexandra Zakharova; Evgeny Gerasimov; Sara L. Zimmer; Julius Lukes; Vyacheslav Yurchenko
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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A global analysis of enzyme compartmentalization to glycosomes

Pathogens
2020 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9040281
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EID:

2-s2.0-85083308377

PMID: 32290588
Contributors: Hina Durrani; Marshall Hampton; Jon N. Rumbley; Sara L. Zimmer
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A link between mitochondrial gene expression and life stage morphologies in Trypanosoma cruzi

Molecular Microbiology
2020-05-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14466
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03909646-7013-4120-8c89-05045d781dc7

EID:

2-s2.0-85078933564

PMID: 31961979
Contributors: Roger Ramirez-Barrios; Emily K. Susa; Clara M Smoniewski; Sean P. Faacks; Charles K. Liggett; Sara L. Zimmer
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Lexis and Grammar of Mitochondrial RNA Processing in Trypanosomes

Trends in Parasitology
2020-04-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.01.006
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EID:

2-s2.0-85080048823

PMID: 32191849
Contributors: Inna Aphasizheva; Juan Alfonzo; Jason Carnes; Igor Cestari; Jorge Cruz-Reyes; H. Ulrich Göringer; Stephen Hajduk; Julius Lukeš; Susan Madison-Antenucci; Dmitri A. Maslov et al.
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High throughput sequencing revolution reveals conserved fundamentals of U-indel editing

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1487
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2-s2.0-85051771824
Contributors: Zimmer, S.L.; Simpson, R.M.; Read, L.K.
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Revisiting Trypanosome Mitochondrial Genome Mysteries: Broader and Deeper

Trends in Parasitology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.09.006
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2-s2.0-85054449265
Contributors: Zimmer, S.L.
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Sara L. Zimmer via Scopus - Elsevier
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Tail characteristics of Trypanosoma brucei mitochondrial transcripts are developmentally altered in a transcript-specific manner

International Journal for Parasitology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.08.012
EID:

2-s2.0-85034116972
Contributors: Gazestani, V.H.; Hampton, M.; Shaw, A.K.; Salavati, R.; Zimmer, S.L.
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Trypanosomatid mitochondrial RNA editing: Dramatically complex transcript repertoires revealed with a dedicated mapping tool

Nucleic Acids Research
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1202
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2-s2.0-85044641396
Contributors: Gerasimov, E.S.; Gasparyan, A.A.; Kaurov, I.; Tichý, B.; Logacheva, M.D.; Kolesnikov, A.A.; Lukeš, J.; Yurchenko, V.; Zimmer, S.L.; Flegontov, P.
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Sara L. Zimmer via Scopus - Elsevier
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Advances in Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases 2018.

BioMed research international
2018-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2018/4619282
PMID: 30112390
PMC: PMC6077526
Contributors: Spencer CT; Vasconcelos JR; Thornburg NJ; Zimmer SL
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Sara L. Zimmer via Europe PubMed Central
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Gene expression to mitochondrial metabolism: Variability among cultured Trypanosoma cruzi strains.

PloS one
2018-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197983
PMID: 29847594
PMC: PMC5976161
Contributors: Kalem MC; Gerasimov ES; Vu PK; Zimmer SL
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Sara L. Zimmer via Europe PubMed Central
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The interaction of a Trypanosoma brucei KH-domain protein with a ribonuclease is implicated in ribosome processing

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2016.12.003
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2-s2.0-85008164003
Contributors: Kala, S.; Mehta, V.; Yip, C.W.; Moshiri, H.; Najafabadi, H.S.; Ma, R.; Nikpour, N.; Zimmer, S.L.; Salavati, R.
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Sara L. Zimmer via Scopus - Elsevier
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A putative ATP/GTP binding protein affects Leishmania mexicana growth in insect vectors and vertebrate hosts.

PLoS neglected tropical diseases
2017-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005782
PMID: 28742133
PMC: PMC5542692
Contributors: Ishemgulova A; Kraeva N; Hlaváčová J; Zimmer SL; Butenko A; Podešvová L; Leštinová T; Lukeš J; Kostygov A; Votýpka J et al.
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Sara L. Zimmer via Europe PubMed Central
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Mitochondrial Gene Expression Is Responsive to Starvation Stress and Developmental Transition in Trypanosoma cruzi.

mSphere
2016-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00051-16
PMID: 27303725
PMC: PMC4894683
Contributors: Shaw AK; Kalem MC; Zimmer SL
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Sara L. Zimmer via Europe PubMed Central
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circTAIL-seq, a targeted method for deep analysis of RNA 3' tails, reveals transcript-specific differences by multiple metrics.

RNA (New York, N.Y.)
2016-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1261/rna.054494.115
PMID: 26759453
PMC: PMC4748824
Contributors: Gazestani VH; Hampton M; Abrahante JE; Salavati R; Zimmer SL
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Sara L. Zimmer via Europe PubMed Central
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Ribosome biogenesis requires a highly diverged XRN family 5'->3' exoribonuclease for rRNA processing in Trypanosoma brucei.

RNA (New York, N.Y.)
2013-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1261/rna.038547.113
PMID: 23974437
PMC: PMC3854532
Contributors: Sakyiama J; Zimmer SL; Ciganda M; Williams N; Read LK
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Sara L. Zimmer via Europe PubMed Central
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Dual core processing: MRB1 is an emerging kinetoplast RNA editing complex.

Trends in parasitology
2013-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.11.005
PMID: 23305619
PMC: PMC3558622
Contributors: Hashimi H; Zimmer SL; Ammerman ML; Read LK; Lukeš J
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Sara L. Zimmer via Europe PubMed Central
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Functional characterization of two paralogs that are novel RNA binding proteins influencing mitochondrial transcripts of Trypanosoma brucei (RNA (2012) 18, (1846-1861))

RNA
2012-12-01 | Other | Author
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EID:

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Contributors: Lucie Kafková; Michelle L. Ammerman; Drahomíra Faktorová; John C. Fisk; Sara L. Zimmer; Roman Sobotka; Laurie K. Read; Julius Lukeš; Hassan Hashimi
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Functional characterization of two paralogs that are novel RNA binding proteins influencing mitochondrial transcripts of Trypanosoma brucei.

RNA (New York, N.Y.)
2012-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1261/rna.033852.112
PMID: 22898985
PMC: PMC3446708
Contributors: Kafková L; Ammerman ML; Faktorová D; Fisk JC; Zimmer SL; Sobotka R; Read LK; Lukes J; Hashimi H
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Sara L. Zimmer via Europe PubMed Central
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Additive and transcript-specific effects of KPAP1 and TbRND activities on 3' non-encoded tail characteristics and mRNA stability in Trypanosoma brucei.

PloS one
2012-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037639
PMID: 22629436
PMC: PMC3357391
Contributors: Zimmer SL; McEvoy SM; Menon S; Read LK
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Sara L. Zimmer via Europe PubMed Central
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Marked for Translation: Long A/U Tails as an Interface between Completion of RNA Editing and Ribosome Recruitment

Molecular Cell
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.03.013
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2-s2.0-79953329769
Contributors: Read, L.; Zimmer, S.; Ammerman, M.
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Sara L. Zimmer via Scopus - Elsevier
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A novel member of the RNase D exoribonuclease family functions in mitochondrial guide RNA metabolism in Trypanosoma brucei.

The Journal of biological chemistry
2011-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M110.152439
PMID: 21252235
PMC: PMC3060487
Contributors: Zimmer SL; McEvoy SM; Li J; Qu J; Read LK
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Sara L. Zimmer via Europe PubMed Central
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Polyadenylation in Arabidopsis and Chlamydomonas organelles: the input of nucleotidyltransferases, poly(A) polymerases and polynucleotide phosphorylase.

The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology
2009-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03853.x
PMID: 19309454
Contributors: Zimmer SL; Schein A; Zipor G; Stern DB; Schuster G
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Sara L. Zimmer via Europe PubMed Central
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Genome-based analysis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exoribonucleases and poly(A) polymerases predicts unexpected organellar and exosomal features.

Genetics
2008-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.086223
PMID: 18493045
PMC: PMC2390592
Contributors: Zimmer SL; Fei Z; Stern DB
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Integration of chloroplast nucleic acid metabolism into the phosphate deprivation response in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Plant Cell
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.045427
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2-s2.0-34250749349
Contributors: Yehudai-Resheff, S.; Zimmer, S.L.; Komine, Y.; Stern, D.B.
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The Chlamydomonas genome reveals the evolution of key animal and plant functions.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
2007-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.1143609
PMID: 17932292
PMC: PMC2875087
Contributors: Merchant SS; Prochnik SE; Vallon O; Harris EH; Karpowicz SJ; Witman GB; Terry A; Salamov A; Fritz-Laylin LK; Maréchal-Drouard L et al.
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Sara L. Zimmer via Europe PubMed Central
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Antisense transcript and RNA processing alterations suppress instability of polyadenylated mRNA in chlamydomonas chloroplasts

Plant Cell
2004 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.026203
EID:

2-s2.0-16244412490
Contributors: Nishimura, Y.; Kikis, E.A.; Zimmer, S.L.; Komine, Y.; Stem, D.B.
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Sara L. Zimmer via Scopus - Elsevier
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Antibiotic-inducible promoter regulated by the cell envelope stress-sensing two-component system LiaRS of Bacillus subtilis.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
2004-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.8.2888-2896.2004
PMID: 15273097
PMC: PMC478541
Contributors: Mascher T; Zimmer SL; Smith TA; Helmann JD
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Sara L. Zimmer via Europe PubMed Central
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Expression of the melanocortin 5 receptor on rat lymphocytes

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
2001 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4481
EID:

2-s2.0-0034810921
Contributors: Akbulut, S.; Byersdorfer, C.A.; Larsen, C.P.; Zimmer, S.L.; Humphreys, T.D.; Clarke, B.L.
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Peer review (6 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for American Heart Association (5)
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