Selected Publications
Elmendorf, HG, Singer, SM, and Nash, TE. (2000) Targeting of Proteins to the Nuclei in Giardia lamblia, Mol. Biochem. Parasit. 106:315-319.
Elmendorf, HG, Singer, SM, and Nash, TE. (2001) The Abundance of Naturally Occurring Antisense Transcripts in Giardia lamblia. Nucleic Acids Research 29:4674-83.
Elmendorf, HG, Singer, SM, Pierce, J, Cowan, J and Nash, TE. (2001) Initiator and Upstream Elements in the Alpha-2 Tubulin Promoter of Giardia lamblia, Mol. Biochem. Parasit. 113:157-169.
Sanchez, LB, Elmendorf, HG, Nash, TE, and Müller, M. (2001) NAD(P)H:menadione oxidoreductase of the amitochondriate eukaryote Giardia lamblia: a simpler homologue of the vertebrate enzyme, Microbiology 147:561-570.
Singer, SM, Elmendorf, HG, Conrad, JT, and Nash, TE. (2001) Biological Selection of Variant Specific Surface Proteins in Giardia lamblia, J. Infect. Dis. 183:119-124.
Farzad, M, Griesbach, R, Hammond, J, Weiss, MR, and Elmendorf, HG (2003) Differential expression of three key anthocyanin biosynthetic genes in a color-changing flower, Viola cornuta cv. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Plant Science. 165:1333-1342.
Elmendorf, HG, Dawson, SC, and McCaffery, JM. (2003) The Cytoskeleton of Giardia lamblia. Int. J. Parasitol. 33:3-28.
Farzad, M, Soria, D, Altura, M, Hamilton, M, Weiss, MR, and Elmendorf, HG. (2005) Evolution of the chalcone synthase gene family in Viola cornuta and evidence for positive selection of the expressed copy. Plant Science. 168 (4):1127-1134.
Elmendorf, HG, Rohrer, SC, Khoury, RS, Bouttenot, RE, Nash, TE. (2005) Examination of a Novel Head-Stalk Protein Family in Giardia lamblia Characterized by the Pairing of Ankyrin Repeats and Coiled-Coil Domains. International Journal for Parasitology. 35(9):1001-11.
Hausmann, S, Altura, MA, Witmer, M, Singer, SM, Elmendorf, HG, and Shuman, S. (2005) Yeast-like mRNA capping apparatus in Giardia lamblia. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(13):12077-86.
Teodorovic, S, Walls, C, and Elmendorf, HG. (2007) Bidirectional transcription is an inherent feature of Giardia lamblia promoters and contributes to an abundance of sterile antisense transcripts throughout the genome. Nucleic Acids Res. 35:2544-53.
Teodorovic, S, Braverman, JM, and Elmendorf, HG. (2007) Unusually low levels of genetic variation in Giardia lamblia populations are likely a consequence of bottleneck event(s). Eukaryotic Cell. 6:1421-1430.
Morrison HG, McArthur AG, Gillin FD, Aley SB, Adam RD, Olsen GJ, Best AA, Cande WZ, Chen F, Cipriano MJ, Davids BJ, Dawson SC, Elmendorf HG, Hehl AB, Holder ME, Huse SM, Kim UU, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Manning G, Nigam A, Nixon JE, Palm D, Passamaneck NE, Prabhu A, Reich CI, Reiner DS, Samuelson J, Svard SG, Sogin ML. (2007) Genomic minimalism in the early diverging intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia. Science. 317:1921-1926.
Elmendorf, HG, Hayes, R, Srivastava, S, and Johnson, P. (2010) New Insights into the Composition and Function of the Cytoskeleton in Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas vaginalis. Book chapter in The Anaerobic Protists, ed. G. Clark, R. Adam, P. Johnson.
Williams, CW and Elmendorf, HG. (2011) Identification and analysis of the RNA degrading complexes and machinery of Giardia lamblia using an in silico approach. BMC Genomics. 12:586.
Elmendorf, HG, Singer, SM, and Nash, TE. (2000) Targeting of Proteins to the Nuclei in Giardia lamblia, Mol. Biochem. Parasit. 106:315-319.
Elmendorf, HG, Singer, SM, and Nash, TE. (2001) The Abundance of Naturally Occurring Antisense Transcripts in Giardia lamblia. Nucleic Acids Research 29:4674-83.
Elmendorf, HG, Singer, SM, Pierce, J, Cowan, J and Nash, TE. (2001) Initiator and Upstream Elements in the Alpha-2 Tubulin Promoter of Giardia lamblia, Mol. Biochem. Parasit. 113:157-169.
Sanchez, LB, Elmendorf, HG, Nash, TE, and Müller, M. (2001) NAD(P)H:menadione oxidoreductase of the amitochondriate eukaryote Giardia lamblia: a simpler homologue of the vertebrate enzyme, Microbiology 147:561-570.
Singer, SM, Elmendorf, HG, Conrad, JT, and Nash, TE. (2001) Biological Selection of Variant Specific Surface Proteins in Giardia lamblia, J. Infect. Dis. 183:119-124.
Farzad, M, Griesbach, R, Hammond, J, Weiss, MR, and Elmendorf, HG (2003) Differential expression of three key anthocyanin biosynthetic genes in a color-changing flower, Viola cornuta cv. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Plant Science. 165:1333-1342.
Elmendorf, HG, Dawson, SC, and McCaffery, JM. (2003) The Cytoskeleton of Giardia lamblia. Int. J. Parasitol. 33:3-28.
Farzad, M, Soria, D, Altura, M, Hamilton, M, Weiss, MR, and Elmendorf, HG. (2005) Evolution of the chalcone synthase gene family in Viola cornuta and evidence for positive selection of the expressed copy. Plant Science. 168 (4):1127-1134.
Elmendorf, HG, Rohrer, SC, Khoury, RS, Bouttenot, RE, Nash, TE. (2005) Examination of a Novel Head-Stalk Protein Family in Giardia lamblia Characterized by the Pairing of Ankyrin Repeats and Coiled-Coil Domains. International Journal for Parasitology. 35(9):1001-11.
Hausmann, S, Altura, MA, Witmer, M, Singer, SM, Elmendorf, HG, and Shuman, S. (2005) Yeast-like mRNA capping apparatus in Giardia lamblia. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(13):12077-86.
Teodorovic, S, Walls, C, and Elmendorf, HG. (2007) Bidirectional transcription is an inherent feature of Giardia lamblia promoters and contributes to an abundance of sterile antisense transcripts throughout the genome. Nucleic Acids Res. 35:2544-53.
Teodorovic, S, Braverman, JM, and Elmendorf, HG. (2007) Unusually low levels of genetic variation in Giardia lamblia populations are likely a consequence of bottleneck event(s). Eukaryotic Cell. 6:1421-1430.
Morrison HG, McArthur AG, Gillin FD, Aley SB, Adam RD, Olsen GJ, Best AA, Cande WZ, Chen F, Cipriano MJ, Davids BJ, Dawson SC, Elmendorf HG, Hehl AB, Holder ME, Huse SM, Kim UU, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Manning G, Nigam A, Nixon JE, Palm D, Passamaneck NE, Prabhu A, Reich CI, Reiner DS, Samuelson J, Svard SG, Sogin ML. (2007) Genomic minimalism in the early diverging intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia. Science. 317:1921-1926.
Elmendorf, HG, Hayes, R, Srivastava, S, and Johnson, P. (2010) New Insights into the Composition and Function of the Cytoskeleton in Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas vaginalis. Book chapter in The Anaerobic Protists, ed. G. Clark, R. Adam, P. Johnson.
Williams, CW and Elmendorf, HG. (2011) Identification and analysis of the RNA degrading complexes and machinery of Giardia lamblia using an in silico approach. BMC Genomics. 12:586.