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  1. Fragmentation and Matching of Human MicroRNA Sequences in 3’utr

    Article • MicroRNA, February 2021, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  2. Expansion segments of the largest ribosomal RNA can efficiently interact with messenger RNAs

    Article • MicroRNA, June 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  3. Expansion segments of the largest ribosomal RNA as candidate helpers in messenger RNA handling

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, March 2018, Frontiers

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  4. The binding of microRNAs differs greatly among groups of G-protein coupled receptors

    Article • MicroRNA, December 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  5. Canonical Matches of Human MicroRNAs with mRNAs: A Broad Matrix of Position and Size

    Article • MicroRNA, January 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  6. Repeats of guanine or cytosine nucleotides and strings of both in microRNAs

    Article • MicroRNA, January 2016, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  7. Strings of guanine or cytosine nucleotides abound in mammalian ribosomes

    Article • FEBS Open Bio, January 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  8. Dimers of G-Protein Coupled Receptors as Versatile Storage and Response Units

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2014, MDPI AG

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  9. On the expansion of ribosomal proteins and RNAs in eukaryotes

    Article • Amino Acids, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  10. On the segregation of protein ionic residues by charge type

    Article • Amino Acids, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  11. Surface masking shapes the traffic of the neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor

    Article • Peptides, September 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  12. Two intracellular helices of G-protein coupling receptors could generally support oligomerization and coupling with transducers

    Article • Amino Acids, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  13. The fourth intracellular domain of G-protein coupling receptors: helicity, basicity and similarity to opsins

    Article • Amino Acids, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  14. Y2 receptor in health and disease

    Article • British Journal of Pharmacology, December 2008, Wiley

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  15. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y2 receptors of rabbit kidney cortex are largely dimeric

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, October 2008, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  16. Central Stimulation of Oxytocin Release in the Lactating Rat by N-Methyl-D-Aspartate: Requirement for Coactivation through Non-NMDA Glutamate Receptors or the Glycine Coagonist Site

    Article • Neuroendocrinology, April 2008, Karger Publishers

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  17. Activation of Central D-1 Dopamine Receptors Stimulates Oxytocin Release in the Lactating Rat: Evidence for Involvement of the Hypothalamic Paraventricular and Supraoptic Nuclei

    Article • Neuroendocrinology, April 2008, Karger Publishers

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  18. An ion-responsive motif in the second transmembrane segment of rhodopsin-like receptors

    Article • Amino Acids, February 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  19. Dimers of the Neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y2 Receptor Show Asymmetry in Agonist Affinity and Association with G Proteins

    Article • Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  20. The Neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y2 Receptors Are Largely Dimeric in the Kidney, but Monomeric in the Forebrain

    Article • Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  21. Oligomerization of neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y2 receptors in CHO cells depends on functional pertussis toxin-sensitive G-proteins

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, December 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  22. Parallel inactivation of Y2 receptor and G-proteins in CHO cells by pertussis toxin

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, March 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  23. Internalization of cloned pancreatic polypeptide receptors is accelerated by all types of Y4 agonists

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, December 2005, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  24. Neuropeptide Y as a partial agonist of the Y1 receptor

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, November 2005, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  25. Angiogenesis and rhodopsin-like receptors: A role for N-terminal acidic residues?

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, October 2005, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  26. Lithium inhibits internalization and endosomal processing of both neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y1 and transferrin receptors

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, February 2005, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  27. Internalization of neuropeptide Y Y1 and Y5 and of pancreatic polypeptide Y4 receptors is inhibited by lithium in preference to sodium and potassium ions

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, April 2004, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  28. Ligand internalization by cloned neuropeptide Y Y5 receptors excludes Y2 and Y4 receptor-selective peptides

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, August 2003, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  29. Internalization of pancreatic polypeptide Y4 receptors: correlation of receptor intake and affinity

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, October 2002, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  30. Agonist internalization by cloned Y1 neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptor in Chinese hamster ovary cells shows strong preference for NPY, endosome-linked entry and fast receptor recycling

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, July 2002, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  31. NPY Y2 receptor pool connected to membrane sulfhydryl and cholesterol balance

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, April 2002, Wiley

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  32. Pancreatic polypeptide receptors: affinity, sodium sensitivity and stability of agonist binding

    Article • Peptides, February 2002, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  33. Blockade of pancreatic polypeptide-sensitive neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptors by agonist peptides is prevented by modulators of sodium transport. Implications for receptor signaling and regulation

    Article • Peptides, June 2001, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  34. The Y2 receptor is firmly embedded in cell membrane whereas the Y1 and Y4 receptors are not

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, February 2001, Wiley

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  35. Upregulation of pancreatic polypeptide-sensitive neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptors in estrogen-induced hypertrophy of the anterior pituitary gland in the Fischer-344 rat

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, June 2000, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  36. FMRFamides exert a unique modulation of rodent pancreatic polypeptide sensitive neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptors

    Article • Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, February 2000, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  37. Ligand association with the rabbit kidney and brain Y1, Y2 and Y5-like neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptors shows large subtype-related differences in sensitivity to chaotropic and alkylating agents

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, February 2000, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  38. Regulation of Feeding-Associated Peptides and Receptors by Nicotine

    Article • Molecular Neurobiology, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  39. FMRFamides exert a unique modulation of rodent pancreatic polypeptide sensitive neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptors

    Article • Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, January 2000, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  40. Characterization of rabbit kidney and brain pancreatic polypeptide-binding neuropeptide Y receptors: differences with Y1 and Y2 sites in sensitivity to amiloride derivatives affecting sodium transport

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, June 1999, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  41. Characterization of Y1, Y2 and Y5 subtypes of the neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptor in rabbit kidney

    Article • Regulatory Peptides, September 1998, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  42. Differences in cation sensitivity of ligand binding to Y1 and Y2 subtype of neuropeptide Y receptor of rat brain

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, December 1996, Elsevier

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  43. Stimulation of oxytocin release in the lactating rat by a central interaction of alpha 1-adrenergic and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid-sensitive excitatory amino acid mechanisms.

    Article • Endocrinology, December 1993, Endocrine Society

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  44. Stimulation of oxytocin release in the lactating rat by a central interaction of alpha 1-adrenergic and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5- methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid-sensitive excitatory amino acid mechanisms

    Article • Endocrinology, December 1993, Endocrine Society

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  45. Stimulation of oxytocin release in the lactating rat by central excitatory amino acid mechanisms: evidence for specific involvement of R,S-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid-sensitive glutamate receptors.

    Article • Endocrinology, December 1993, Endocrine Society

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  46. Stimulation of oxytocin release in the lactating rat by central excitatory amino acid mechanisms: evidence for specific involvement of R,S-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid-sensitive glutamate receptors

    Article • Endocrinology, December 1993, Endocrine Society

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  47. Central stimulation of oxytocin release in the lactating rat: interaction of neuropeptide Y with alpha-1-adrenergic mechanisms.

    Article • Endocrinology, February 1993, Endocrine Society

    Prof. Steven L Parker

  48. Central stimulation of oxytocin release in the lactating rat: interaction of neuropeptide Y with alpha-1-adrenergic mechanisms

    Article • Endocrinology, February 1993, Endocrine Society

    Prof. Steven L Parker