Education

1977-79 NIH Trainee, Washington University, School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, St. Louis, MO

1976-97 Research Associate, Washington University, School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Microbiology, St. Louis, MO

1997-98 Research Associate, Washington University, School of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, St. Louis, MO

1998-99 Research Associate, Washington Univeristy, School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

(1) Cannistraro, V. J., and Kennell, D. (1979) Escherichia coli lac operator mRNA affects translation initiation of beta-galactosidase mRNA. Nature 277, 407-409.

(2) Cannistraro, V. J., Borack, L. I., and Chase, T., Jr. (1979) Subunit structure and kinetic properties of L-beta-hydroxy acid dehydrogenase of Drosophila. Biochim Biophys Acta 569, 1-5.

(3) Cannistraro, V. J., and Kennell, D. (1985) Evidence that the 5' end of lac mRNA starts to decay as soon as it is synthesized. J Bacteriol 161, 820-822.

(4) Cannistraro, V. J., and Kennell, D. (1985) The 5' ends of Escherichia coli lac mRNA. J Mol Biol 182, 241-248.

(5) Cannistraro, V. J., Strominger, M. B., Wice, B. M., and Kennell, D. E. (1985) Isolating and sequencing the predominant 5'-ends of a specific mRNA in cells. I. Purification by filter hybridization. J Biochem Biophys Methods 11, 153-161.

(6) Cannistraro, V. J., Wice, B. M., and Kennell, D. E. (1985) Isolating and sequencing the predominant 5'-ends of a specific mRNA in cells. II. End-labeling and sequencing. J Biochem Biophys Methods 11, 163-175.

(7) Cannistraro, V. J., Subbarao, M. N., and Kennell, D. (1986) Specific endonucleolytic cleavage sites for decay of Escherichia coli mRNA. J Mol Biol 192, 257-274.

(8) Cannistraro, V. J., Hwang, P., and Kennell, D. E. (1987) Isolating and sequencing the infrequent 3'-ends of a specific mRNA. J Biochem Biophys Methods 14, 211-221.

(9) Cannistraro, V. J., and Kennell, D. (1989) Purification and characterization of ribonuclease M and mRNA degradation in Escherichia coli. Eur J Biochem 181, 363-370.

(10) Meador, J. d., Cannon, B., Cannistraro, V. J., and Kennell, D. (1990) Purification and characterization of Escherichia coli RNase I. Comparisons with RNase M. Eur J Biochem 187, 549-553.

(11) Cannistraro, V. J., and Kennell, D. (1991) RNase I*, a form of RNase I, and mRNA degradation in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 173, 4653-4659.

(12) Srivastava, S. K., Cannistraro, V. J., and Kennell, D. (1992) Broad-specificity endoribonucleases and mRNA degradation in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 174, 56-62.

(13) Cannistraro, V. J., and Kennell, D. (1993) The 5' ends of RNA oligonucleotides in Escherichia coli and mRNA degradation. Eur J Biochem 213, 285-293.

(14) Mathur, S., Cannistraro, V. J., and Kennell, D. (1993) Identification of an intracellular pyrimidine-specific endoribonuclease from Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 175, 6717-6720.

(15) Lim, L. W., Mathur, S., Cannistraro, V. J., and Kennell, D. (1993) Preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of ribonuclease I from Escherichia coli. J Mol Biol 234, 499-501.

(16) Cannistraro, V. J., and Kennell, D. (1994) The processive reaction mechanism of ribonuclease II. J Mol Biol 243, 930-943.

(17) Cannistraro, V. J., and Kennell, D. (1997) RNase YI* and RNA structure studies. Nucleic Acids Res 25, 1405-1412.

(18) Cannistraro, V. J., and Kennell, D. (1999) The reaction mechanism of ribonuclease II and its interaction with nucleic acid secondary structures. Biochim Biophys Acta 1433, 170-187.