Lecturer

Academic degrees

• Ph.D. Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2009)
• M.Ed. Secondary Education, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1992)
• B.A. Biology, Rice University (1977)

Courses Taught

• BIOL 1273 Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• BIOL 1274 Human Anatomy and Physiology II
• BIOL 2130 General Biology II
• Coordinator for General Biology Labs

Current Research Interests:

• Quintero OA* and Moore JE*, Unrath WC, Manor U, Salles FT, Grati M, Kachar B, Yengo CM.
• Intermolecular autophosphorylation regulates myosin IIIa activity and localization in parallel actin bundles. J Biol Chem, 2010 Nov 12; 285(46): 35770-82. Epub 2010 Sep 7. (*contributed equally).
• Felipe T. Salles, Raymond C. Merritt, Jr., Uri Manor, Gerard W. Dougherty, Aurea D. Sousa, Judy E. Moore, Christopher M. Yengo, Andréa C. Dosé, and Bechara Kachar. “Myosin IIIa boosts elongation of stereocilia by transporting espin 1 to the plus ends of actin filaments.” Nature Cell Biology; 2009 Apr; 11(4):443-50.
• Dosé AC, Ananthanarayanan S, Moore JE, Burnside B, Yengo CM. “The Kinase Domain Alters the Kinetic Properties of the Myosin IIIA Motor” Biochemistry, 2008 Feb 26; 47(8):2485-96.
• Dosé AC, Ananthanarayanan S, Moore JE, Corsa AC, Burnside B, Yengo CM. “Kinetic mechanism of human myosin IIIA” J Biol Chem, 2007 Jan 5; 282(1):216-31.
• Quintero OA, Moore JE, Yengo, CM. “Basics of the Cytoskeleton: Myosins,” chapter in The Cytoskeleton and Human Disease, Maria Kavallaris, ed., Springer Science (in process).