Publications

      From the Tucker lab:                   

  1. Manning AC, Bashir MM, Rapchak K, Huff CJ, Jimenez AR, Gonzalez S, Woodruff CL, Upton HE, Collins K, Lowe TM, Tucker JM. Gammaherpesvirus infection triggers the formation of tRNA fragments from premature tRNAs. mBio. 2025 May 30:e0087525. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00875-25. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40444975.

  2. Dremel, SE, Jimenez, AR, Tucker JM. “Transfer” of power: The intersection of DNA virus infection and tRNA biology. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 2023

    Jessica's postdoctoral work:

  3. Dremel, SE, Sivrich, FL, Tucker JM, Glaunsinger BA, DeLuca, NA. Manipulation of RNA polymerase III by Herpes Simplex Virus-1. Nature Communications. 2022.
  4. Tucker JM, Schaller AM, Willis I, Glaunsinger BA. Alteration of the premature tRNA landscape by gammaherpesvirus infection. mBio. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02664-20
  5. Hartenian E, Nandakumar D, Lari A, Ly M, Tucker JM, Glaunsinger BA. The molecular virology of Coronaviruses. J. Biol. Chem. 2020.  https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.REV120.013930.
  6. Schaller AM, Tucker JM, Willis I, Glaunsinger BA. The conserved herpesviral kinase ORF36 activates B2 retrotransposons during murine gammaherpesvirus infection. J. Virol. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00262-20. Chosen by the editors as an Article of Significant Interest.

  7. Tucker JM, Glaunsinger BA. Host noncoding retrotransposons induced by DNA viruses: a SINE of infection? J. Virol. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00982-17.

    Jessica's graduate work:

  8. Ahn HW, Tucker JM, Arribere JA, Garfinkel DJ. Ribosome biogenesis modulates Ty1 copy number control in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.300388
  9. Tucker JM, Garfinkel DJ. Ty1 escapes restriction by the self-encoded factor p22 through mutations in capsid. Mob Gen Elem. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159256X.2016.1154639
  10. Tucker JM, Larango ME, Wachsmuth LP, Kannan N, Garfinkel DJ. The Ty1 retrotransposon restriction factor p22 targets Gag. PLoS Genet. 2015. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005571.
  11. Garfinkel DJ, Tucker JM, Saha A, Nishida Y, Pachulska-Wieczore K, Blaszczyk L, Purzycka KJ. A self-encoded capsid derivative restricts Ty1 retrotransposition in Saccharomyces. Curr Gen. 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00294-015-0550-6.
  12. Saha A*, Mitchell JA*, Nishida Y, Hildreth JE, Arribere JA, Gilbert WV, Garfinkel DJ. A trans-dominant form of Gag restricts Ty1 retrotransposition and mediates copy number control. J. Virol. 2015. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.03060-14. Chosen by the editors as an Article of Significant Interest.
  13. Checkley MA*, Mitchell JA*, Eizenstat LD, Lockett SJ, Garfinkel DJ. Ty1 Gag enhances the stability and nuclear export of Ty1 mRNA. Traffic. 2013. https://doi.org/10.1111/tra.12013.

     Jessica's undergraduate work:

  1. McInnis B*, Mitchell J*, Marcus S. Phosphorylation of the protein kinase A catalytic subunit is induced by cyclic AMP deficiency and physiological stresses in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.07.139.