Appointments
 
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

 
Weill Cornell \r\nPhysician
   

Deitsch, Kirk W.
 (212) 746-4976  (212) 746-4028

Dzikowski, R. and Deitsch, K.W. (2008) Active transcription is required for maintenance of epigenetic memory in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Molecular Biology, 382: 288-297.

Li, F., Sonbuchner, L., Kyes, S.A., Epp, C. and Deitsch, K.W. (2008) Nuclear non-coding RNAs are transcribed from the centromeres of Plasmodium falciparum and are associated with centromeric chromatin. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283: 5692-5698.

Dzikowski, R., Li, F., Amulic, B., Eisberg, A., Frank, M., Patel, S., Wellems, T.E. and Deitsch, K. (2007) Mechanisms underlying mutually exclusive expression of virulence genes by malaria parasites. EMBO Reports, 8(10):959-65.

Chookajorn, T., Dzikowski, R., Frank, M., Li, M., Jiwani, A., Hartl, D. and Deitsch, K. (2007) Epigenetic Memory at Malaria Virulence Genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 104: 899-902.

Frank, M., Dzikowski, R., Amulic, B. and Deitsch, K. (2007) Variable switching rates of malaria virulence genes are associated with chromosomal position. Molecular Microbiology, 64: 1486-1498.

Deitsch, K. and Hakimi, M-A. (2007) Epigenetics in Apicomplexa: control of gene expression during cell cycle progression, differentiation and antigenic variation. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 10(4):357-62.

Dzikowski, R., Templeton, T.J., and Deitsch, K.W. (2006) Variant antigen gene expression in malaria. Cellular Microbiology, 8: 1371-1381.

Frank, M., Dzikowski, R., Costantini, D., Amulic, B., Berdougo, E. and Deitsch, K.W. (2006) Strict pairing of var promoters and introns is required for var gene silencing in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281: 9942-9952.

Dzikowski, R., Frank, M. and Deitsch, K.W. (2006) Mutually Exclusive Expression of Virulence genes by Malaria Parasites Is Regulated Independently of Antigen Production. PLoS Pathogens, 2(3): 0184-0194.

Deitsch, K.W. (2005) Malaria virulence genes: controlling expression through chromatin modification. Cell, 121: 1-7.

Deitsch, K.W. and Smith, J.D. (2004) Pregnancy associated malaria and the prospects for syndrome specific anti-malaria vaccines. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 200: 1093-1097.

Calderwood, M.S., Gannoun-Zaki, L., Wellems, T.E. and Deitsch, K.W. (2003) Plasmodium falciparum var genes are regulated by two regions with separate promoters, one upstream of the coding region and a second within the intron. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278: 34125-34132.

Deitsch, K.W., Calderwood, M.S. and Wellems, T.E. (2001) Cooperative silencing elements in var genes. Nature, 412: 875-876.

   
   
 
 
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