dept of biochemistry and molecular biophysics




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Wayne Barnes
 Associate Professor
Dept. of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biophysics

Office: 1902 South Building
Phone: 314-362-3351
Fax: 314-362-7183
Email: wayne@barnes1.wustl.edu

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Research Opportunities

Mailing Address:
WUSM - Biochemistry Dept.
660 S. Euclid Ave., MS8231
St. Louis, MO 63110



Research Interests

PCR methods; plant genetic engineering for insect or virus resistance



Selected Publications

  • Ren, C.P., Chaudhuri, R.R., Fivian, A., Bailey, C.M., Antonio, M., Barnes, W.M. and Pallen, M.J. The ETT2 gene cluster, encoding a second type III secretion system from Escherichia coli, is present in the majority of strains but has undergone widespread mutational attrition. J Bacteriology 186:3547-3560 (2004).

  • Kermekchiew, M.B. Tzekov, A. and Barnes, W.M. Cold-sensitive mutants of Taq DNA polymerase provide a hot start for PCR. Nucleic Acids research 31:6139-6147 (2003).

  • Stratman, J.L., Barnes, W.M. and Simon, T.C. Universal PCR genotyping assay that achieve single copy sensitivity with any primer pair. Transgenic Research 12:521-522 (2003).

  • Pergams, O.R., Barnes, W.M. and Nyberg, D. Mammalian microevaluation: Rapid change in mouse mitochondrial DNA. Nature 423:397 (2003).

 

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