D.J. Ferguson Ph.D.
Genome Research Institute, UC
2180 East Galbraith Rd.
Building B, Room 111
Cincinnati, OH 45237
Phone: 513-558-5414
Fax: 513-558-5061

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Publications

My name is D.J. Ferguson and I manage the Protein Expression and Purification Core at GRI. I am a full-time Research Scientist at the Genome Research Institute at the University of Cincinnati. I am also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Raymond Walters College branch of the University of Cincinnati where I teach microbiology. I received my B.S. degree in biology from Virginia Tech in 1992 and my Ph.D. in microbiology from The Ohio State University in 2000. I worked as a post-doctoral associate at the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati for three years before becoming a research scientist in the Proteomics Core at GRI in 2003. I was selected to manage the Protein Expression and Purification core in 2004.


Publications

1:	Ferguson DJ, Gorlatova N, Grahame DA, Krzycki JA Reconstitution of dimethylamine:coenzyme M methyl transfer with a discrete corrinoid protein and two methyltransferases purified from Methanosarcina barkeri. J Biol Chem. 2000 Sep;275(37):29053-60. PMID: 10852929 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2:	Paul L, Ferguson DJ, Krzycki JA The trimethylamine methyltransferase gene and multiple dimethylamine methyltransferase genes of Methanosarcina barkeri contain in-frame and read-through amber codons. J Bacteriol. 2000 May;182(9):2520-9. PMID: 10762254 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

3:	Ferguson DJ, Krzycki JA Reconstitution of trimethylamine-dependent coenzyme M methylation with the trimethylamine corrinoid protein and the isozymes of methyltransferase II from Methanosarcina barkeri. J Bacteriol. 1997 Feb;179(3):846-52. PMID: 9006042 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

4:	Ferguson DJ, Krzycki JA, Grahame DA Specific roles of methylcobamide:coenzyme M methyltransferase isozymes in metabolism of methanol and methylamines in Methanosarcina barkeri. J Biol Chem. 1996 Mar;271(9):5189-94. PMID: 8617801 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]