Dr. John Gaynor
Associate Professor, Biology
Molecular biology of Cnidarians; jellyfish venomics
BIOGRAPHY
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BS, St. Joseph’s College
MS, Rutgers, The State University
PhD, Rutgers, The State University
RESEARCH FOCUS
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CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT
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LAB MEMBERS
Anup Khanal
Zachary Cropley
Nelson Casanova
Jonathan ….
Jenniffer Lee
Gabriela Sanchez
STAFF
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GRADUATE STUDENTS
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PUBLICATIONS
1. Lee LH, Lui D, Platner PJ, Hsu SF, Chu TC, Gaynor JJ, Vega QC, Lustigman BK.
Induction of temperate cyanophage AS-1 by heavy metal–copper. BMC microbiology.
2006; 6:17. PubMed [journal] PMID: 16504132, PMCID: PMC1397841
2. Gaynor JJ, Fox MG. Identification of a Drosophila 60S ribosomal protein. Insect
biochemistry and molecular biology. 1997; 27(3):223-8. PubMed [journal] PMID:
9090117
3. Fox MG, Gaynor JJ. A cDNA encodes the Drosophila homolog of yeast 60S ribosomal
protein YL43. DNA sequence : the journal of DNA sequencing and mapping. 1997;
7(2):123-5. PubMed [journal] PMID: 9063649
4. Miao Z, Gaynor JJ. Molecular cloning, characterization and expression of
Mn-superoxide dismutase from the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis). Plant
molecular biology. 1993; 23(2):267-77. PubMed [journal] PMID: 8219064
5. Gaynor JJ, Unkenholz KM. Sequence analysis of a genomic clone encoding an
endochitinase from Solanum tuberosum. Nucleic acids research. 1989;
17(14):5855-6. PubMed [journal] PMID: 2762165, PMCID: PMC318218
6. Gaynor JJ. Primary structure of an endochitinase mRNA from Solanum tuberosum.
Nucleic acids research. 1988; 16(11):5210. PubMed [journal] PMID: 3387233, PMCID:
PMC336745
7. Broglie KE, Gaynor JJ, Broglie RM. Ethylene-regulated gene expression: molecular
cloning of the genes encoding an endochitinase from Phaseolus vulgaris.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
1986; 83(18):6820-4. PubMed [journal] PMID: 2428042, PMCID: PMC386601
8. Slocum RD, Gaynor JJ, Galston AW. Cytological and ultrastructural studies on root
tissues. Annals of botany. 1984; 54(Suppl 3):65-76. PubMed [journal] PMID:
11538824
9. Bates GW, Gaynor JJ, Shekhawat NS. Fusion of plant protoplasts by electric
fields. Plant physiology. 1983; 72(4):1110-3. PubMed [journal] PMID: 16663128,
PMCID: PMC1066382
10. Gaynor JJ, Still CC. Subcellular localization of rice leaf aryl acylamidase
activity. Plant physiology. 1983; 72(1):80-5. PubMed [journal] PMID: 16662987,
PMCID: PMC1066173
11. Gaynor JJ. Synthesis of proteins by chloroplasts from iron-deficient Euglena
gracilis. Archives of biochemistry and biophysics. 1982; 218(1):309-19. PubMed
[journal] PMID: 6816145
12. Gaynor JJ, Still CC. Subcellular localization of chicken kidney aryl acylamidase
activity. The Biochemical journal. 1980; 186(2):507-13. PubMed [journal] PMID:
6246888, PMCID: PMC1161603
13. Chloroplast Development
Price CarlA, Ortiz W, Gaynor JohnJ.
Akoyunoglou G, editor. The Hague: Elsevier/North Holland Biomedical Press; 1978.
Regulation of protein synthesis in isolated chloroplasts of Euglena gracilis;
p.257-266.
My Bibliography [book]
14. Purification and characterization of amyloplasts from etiolated epicotyls of
Pisum sativum
Gaynor JohnJ, Galston AW.
Plant & cell physiology. 1983; 24:411-421.
My Bibliography [journal]
15. Biochemical Basis of Plant Breeding
Gaynor JohnJ, Sawhney RK.
Neyra CA, editor. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 1985. Production of novel crops by
somatic hybridization; p.10-21.
My Bibliography [book]
16. Handbook of Plant Cell Culture
Gaynor JohnJ.
Evans DA, Sharp WR, Ammirato PV, editors. New York, NY: Macmillan; 1985.
Electrofusion of plant protoplasts; p.149-171.
My Bibliography [book]
17. Biotechnology in the Plant Sciences
Broglie KE, Gaynor JohnJ, Durand-Tardif M, Broglie RM.
Day P, Zaitlin M, Hollaender A, editors. New York, NY: Academic Press; 1985.
Regulation of chitinase gene expression by ethylene; p.247-258.
My Bibliography [book]
18. Plant Genetics
Gaynor JohnJ, Broglie RM.
Freeling M, editor. New York, NY: Alan R. Liss, Inc.; 1986. Defense genes in bean
seedlings: induction of chitinase by ethylene; p.617-627.
My Bibliography [book]
19. Roby D, Broglie K, Gaynor J, Broglie R. Regulation of a chitinase gene promoter
by ethylene and elicitors in bean protoplasts. Plant physiology. 1991;
97(1):433-9. PubMed [journal] PMID: 16668405, PMCID: PMC1081017
20. Culture of cotyledons of Douglas fir on a medium for the induction of
adventitious shoots induces rapid changes in polypeptide profiles and mRNA
populations
Campbell MA, Gaynor JohnJ, Kirby EG.
Physiologia plantarum. 1992; 85:180-188.
My Bibliography [journal]