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Marilyn M. Kirk
Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
Publications - 13
Citations - 1078
Marilyn M. Kirk is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Volvox & Volvox carteri. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 13 publications receiving 1024 citations.
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Nuclear transformation of Volvox carteri.
Bernhard Schiedlmeier,Rüdiger Schmitt,Waltraud Muller,Marilyn M. Kirk,Heribert Gruber,Wolfgang Mages,David L. Kirk +6 more
TL;DR: V. carteri becomes one of the simplest multicellular organisms that is accessible to detailed molecular studies of genes regulating cellular differentiation and morphogenesis.
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Translational regulation of protein synthesis, in response to light, at a critical stage of Volvox development
Marilyn M. Kirk,David L. Kirk +1 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that the effect of light is exerted almost exclusively at the translational level, generating one of the most striking examples of translational regulation yet described.
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regA, a Volvox gene that plays a central role in germ-soma differentiation, encodes a novel regulatory protein.
Marilyn M. Kirk,Klaus Stark,Stephen M. Miller,Waltraud Muller,Bruce E. Taillon,Heribert Gruber,Rudiger Schmitt,David L. Kirk +7 more
TL;DR: The transposon-tagging, cloning and characterization of regA are described, which are consistent with the hypothesis that RegA acts in somatic cells to repress transcription of genes required for growth and reproduction, including 13 genes whose products are required for chloroplast biogenesis.
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Molecular phylogeny of the volvocine flagellates.
TL;DR: Results suggest that the different levels of organizational and developmental complexity found in the Volvocaceae represent alternative stable states, among which evolutionary transitions have occurred several times during the phylogenetic history of this group.
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Protein synthetic patterns during the asexual life cycle of Volvox carteri
David L. Kirk,Marilyn M. Kirk +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of light on protein synthetic patterns of organisms at selected developmental stages were analyzed, and the results showed that most of the changes induced by light can be attributed to stimulated synthesis of chloroplast proteins.