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Rodney A. King

Researcher at Western Kentucky University

Publications -  29
Citations -  968

Rodney A. King is an academic researcher from Western Kentucky University. The author has contributed to research in topics: RNA polymerase & Antitermination. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 27 publications receiving 817 citations. Previous affiliations of Rodney A. King include Virginia Commonwealth University & National Institutes of Health.

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A Broadly Implementable Research Course in Phage Discovery and Genomics for First-Year Undergraduate Students

TL;DR: A general model in which faculty and teaching assistants from diverse academic institutions are trained to teach a research course for first-year undergraduate students focused on bacteriophage discovery and genomics is developed, showing that this alliance-sourced model not only substantially advances the field of phage genomics but also stimulates students’ interest in science, positively influences academic achievement, and enhances persistence inScience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
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Characterization of peptidyl boronic acid inhibitors of mammalian 20 S and 26 S proteasomes and their inhibition of proteasomes in cultured cells.

TL;DR: The usefulness of peptidyl boronic acid inhibitors for investigations of proteasome-mediated protein degradation was confirmed by the observation that Bz-Phe-boroLeu and Cbz-Leu- Leu-boro Leu pinacol ester inhibited NFkappaB activation with IC(50) values comparable to their K(i) values for purified proteasomes.
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Isolation of salmonella bacteriophages from swine effluent lagoons.

TL;DR: The isolated phages have potential as typing reagents, specific indicators, and biocontrol agents of Salmonella, and in limited host range tests, 66 isolates recovered by the enrichment protocol produced plaques only on Enteritidis and Typhimurium strains ofSalmonella and none produced plaque on lagoon isolates of Citrobacter, Escherichia, Proteus, Providencia, or Serratia.
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Transcripts That Increase the Processivity and Elongation Rate of RNA Polymerase

TL;DR: This work proposes that the central effector is a transcript that directly alters the elongation properties of RNA polymerase, and it is suggested that this transcript is encoded by the cis-acting antitermination sites of lambdoid phage HK022.