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Charles M. Lovett Jr.
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Charles M. Lovett Jr.

Philip and Dorothy Schein Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus

Chemistry

Contact

[email protected]

Publications

  • Au, N., Kuester-Schoeck, E., Mandava, V., Bothwell, L.E., Canny, S.P., Chachu, K., Colavito, Fuller, S.A. Groban, E.S., Hensley, L.A., O’Brien, T.C., Shah, A., Tierney, J.T., Tomm, L.L., O’Gara, T.M., Goranov, A.I., Grossman, A.D. and Lovett, C.M. (2005) Genetic Composition of the Bacillus subtilis SOS system. J. Bacteriol. 187: 7655-7666.
  • Groban, E.S. Johnson, M.B., Banky, P., Burnett, P.G., Calderon, G.L., Dwyer, E.C., Fuller, S.N., Gebre, B., King, L.M., Sheren, I.N., Von Mutius, L.D., O’Gara, T.M. and Lovett, C.M. (2005) Binding of the Bacillus subtilis LexA Protein to the SOS Operator. Nucleic Acids Res. 33: 6287-6295.
  • Lovett, C and Chang, R. (2005) Understanding Chemistry, McGraw-Hill.
  • Dubnau, D. and Lovett, C.M. (2003) Transformation and recombination. In Bacillus subtilis and Other Gram Positive organisms. Amercian Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
  • Hamoen, L.W., Haijema, B., Bijlsma, J.J., Venema, G., and Lovett, C.M. (2001) The Bacillus subtilis competence transcription factor, ComK, overrides LexA-imposed transcriptional inhibition without physically displacing LexA, J. Biol. Chem. 276: 42901-42907.
  • Sadighi, K., Bushar, I.M., O’Gara, T.M., and Lovett, C.M. (1997) DNA microsatellite analysis of endangered populations of timber rattlesnakes Crotalus horridus. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 78 (3).
  • Carter, C.A., Gray, E.A., Schneider, T.L., Lovett, C.M., Scott, L., Messer, A.C. and Richardson, D.P. (1997) Toxicarioside B and Toxicarioside C. New Cardenolides Isolated from Antiaris toxicaria Latex-Derived Dart Poison. Tetrahedron 53: 16959-16968.
  • Carter, C.A., Forney, R.W., Gray, E.A., Gehring, A.M. Schneider, T.L., Young, D.B., Lovett, C.M., Scott, L., Messer, A.C. and Richardson, D.P. (1997) Toxicarioside A. A New Cardenolide Isolated from Antiaris toxicara Latex-Derived Dart Poison. Assignment of the 1H- and 13C-NMR Ahifts for and Antiarigenin Aglycone. Tetrahedron 53: 13557-13566.
  • Miller, M.C., Resnick, J.B., Smith, B.T. and Lovett, C.M. (1996) The Bacillus subtilis dinR Gene Codes for the Anaologue of Escherichia coli LexA: Purification and Characterization of the DinR Protein. J. Biol. Chem. 271: 33502-33508.
  • Lovett, C.M., O’Gara, T.M. and Woodruff, J.N. (1994) Analysis of the SOS Inducing Signal in Bacillus subtilis Using Escherichia coli LexA as a Probe. J. Bacteriol. 176: 4914-4923.
  • Lovett, C.M., Cho, K, and O’Gara, T.M. (1993) Purification of an SOS repressor from Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 175: 6842-6849.
  • Szszepanowska, H. and Lovett, C.M. (1992) A Study of the Removal and Prevention of Fungal Stains on Paper. J. Amer. Inst. Cons. 31: 147-160.
  • Lovett, C.M., Love, P.E., and Yasbin, R.E. (1989) Competence-specific induction of the Bacillus subtilis RecA protein analogue: Evidence for dual regulation of a recombination protein. J. Bacteriol. 171: 2318-2322.
  • Lovett, C.M., Fitzgibbon, T. and Chang, R. (1989) Effects of UV irradiation on the thermal denaturation of DNA. J. Chem. Ed. 66: 526-528.
  • Yasbin, R.E., Love, P.E., Jackson, J. and Lovett, C.M. (1988) Evolutionary divergence of the SOS-like system of Bacillus subtilis, p. 485-490. In Mechanisms and Consequences of DNA Damage Processing. Alan R. Liss, Inc.
  • Lovett, C.M., Love, P.E., Yasbin, R.E. and Roberts, J.W. (1988) SOS-like induction in Bacillus subtilis: Induction of the RecA protein analogue and a damage-inducible operon by DNA damage in Rec+ and DNA repair deficient strains. J. Bacteriol. 170: 1467-1474.

Previous Courses Taught

  • CHEM 151: Introductory Concepts of Chemistry
  • CHEM 115: AIDS: The Disease and Search for a Cure
  • CHEM 321: Biochemistry I: Structure and Function of Biological Molecules
  • CHEM 324: Enzyme Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms
  • CHEM 367: Biophysical Chemistry
  • BIMO 401: Topics in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Honors Research Students

  • Lucas Bruton ’11
  • Kathleen Palmer ’10
  • Kristin Bergethon ’09
  • Nadira Ramkhelawan ’09
  • Mary Haas ’09
  • Katherine Peterson ’08
  • Cailin Collins ’07
  • Alan Rodrigues ’07
  • Jeffrey Wessler ’07
  • Christopher Thom ’06

Summer 2010 Research Students

  • Lucas Bruton ’11
  • Pacifique Irankunda ’13
  • Bianca Martinez ’13
  • Asvelt Nduwumwami ’12
  • Henry Su ’13

Contact Info

Lab: 268 Bronfman Science Center; (413) 597-3402