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  1. Editorial: Rising stars in microbial physiology and metabolism: 2022

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, July 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  2. A Molecular Communication model for cellular metabolism

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  3. The effects of exogenously applied antioxidants on plant growth and resilience

    Article • Phytochemistry Reviews, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  4. Supplementation of Sulfide or Acetate and 2-Mercaptoethane Sulfonate Restores Growth of the Methanosarcina acetivorans ΔhdrABC Deletion Mutant during Methylotrophic Methanogenesis

    Article • Microorganisms, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  5. Insights into the biotechnology potential of Methanosarcina

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  6. Metabolic Synergy between Human Symbionts Bacteroides and Methanobrevibacter

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, June 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  7. Reintegrating Biology Through the Nexus of Energy, Information, and Matter

    Article • Integrative and Comparative Biology, August 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  8. Charting a New Frontier Integrating Mathematical Modeling in Complex Biological Systems from Molecules to Ecosystems

    Article • Integrative and Comparative Biology, July 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  9. Isoprene Production from Municipal Wastewater Biosolids by Engineered Archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans

    Article • Applied Sciences, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  10. Anaerobic Production of Isoprene by Engineered Methanosarcina Species Archaea

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  11. Metabolic Feedback Inhibition Influences Metabolite Secretion by the Human Gut Symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

    Article • mSystems, October 2020, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  12. Methanogens: pushing the boundaries of biology

    Article • Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, December 2018, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  13. End-to-end molecular communication channels in cell metabolism

    Article • September 2017, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  14. The cell membranes of some methane-producing archaea may be electrically conductive.

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  15. BioSIMP: Using Software Testing Techniques for Sampling and Inference in Biological Organisms

    Article • May 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  16. High-throughput mutation, selection, and phenotype screening of mutant methanogenic archaea

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  17. Mutual information upper bound of molecular communication based on cell metabolism

    Article • July 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  18. pNEB193-derived suicide plasmids for gene deletion and protein expression in the methane-producing archaeon, Methanosarcina acetivorans

    Article • Plasmid, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  19. Methods for Detecting Microbial Methane Production and Consumption by Gas Chromatography

    Article • BIO-PROTOCOL, January 2016, Bio-Protocol, LLC

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  20. Making methane faster

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  21. A Multienzyme Complex Channels Substrates and Electrons through Acetyl-CoA and Methane Biosynthesis Pathways in Methanosarcina

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2014, PLOS

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  22. Genetic Methods for Methanosarcina Species

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  23. Methanogenesis byMethanosarcina acetivoransinvolves two structurally and functionally distinct classes of heterodisulfide reductase

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2010, Wiley

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  24. Conversion of Cobinamide into Coenzyme B12

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorge C Escalante-Semerena, Dr Nicole R Buan

  25. Syntheses and characterization of vitamin B12–Pt(II) conjugates and their adenosylation in an enzymatic assay

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, December 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Jorge C Escalante-Semerena, Dr Nicole R Buan

  26. Studies of the CobA-Type ATP:Co(I)rrinoid Adenosyltransferase Enzyme of Methanosarcina mazei Strain Gö1

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2006, ASM Journals

    Professor Jorge C Escalante-Semerena, Dr Nicole R Buan

  27. Purification and Initial Biochemical Characterization of ATP:Cob(I)alamin Adenosyltransferase (EutT) Enzyme of Salmonella enterica

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2006, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Jorge C Escalante-Semerena, Dr Nicole R Buan

  28. Computer-assisted Docking of Flavodoxin with the ATP:Co(I)rrinoid Adenosyltransferase (CobA) Enzyme Reveals Residues Critical for Protein-Protein Interactions but Not for Catalysis

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2005, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Jorge C Escalante-Semerena, Dr Nicole R Buan

  29. Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of the ATP:Corrinoid Adenosyltransferase (CobA) fromSalmonella enterica:  Insights into the Mechanism of Adenosylcobalamin Biosynthesis

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, June 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Jorge C Escalante-Semerena, Dr Nicole R Buan

  30. The eutT Gene of Salmonella enterica Encodes an Oxygen-Labile, Metal-Containing ATP:Corrinoid Adenosyltransferase Enzyme

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Jorge C Escalante-Semerena, Dr Nicole R Buan

  31. The eutT Gene of Salmonella enterica Encodes an Oxygen-Labile, Metal-Containing ATP:Corrinoid Adenosyltransferase Enzyme

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Jorge C Escalante-Semerena, Dr Nicole R Buan

  32. Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of Co2+Corrinoids:  Spectral and Electronic Properties of the Biologically Relevant Base-On and Base-Off Forms of Co2+Cobalamin

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, August 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  33. The Identity of Proteins Associated with a Small Heat Shock Protein during Heat Stress in Vivo Indicates That These Chaperones Protect a Wide Range of Cellular Functions

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2003, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  34. Interactions between Small Heat Shock Protein Subunits and Substrate in Small Heat Shock Protein-Substrate Complexes

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2003, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Nicole R Buan

  35. Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of Co3+-Corrinoids:  Spectral and Electronic Properties of the B12Cofactors and Biologically Relevant Precursors

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Nicole R Buan