Qiang Qian
| 1988 | B.S. in Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Peking University, Beijing, China |
| 1990 | Research Assistant, Department of Genetics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China |
| 1997 | Ph. D, Department of Microbiology, UmeŒ University, UmeŒ, Sweden |
| 1997-1998 | Research Assistant, Department of Microbiology, UmeŒ University, UmeŒ, Sweden |
| 1998 | Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, UmeŒ University, UmeŒ, Sweden |
| 1998-present | Research Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland |
| 1999-present | Graduate Student, Department of Computer Science and Information System, Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland |
Publications:
Farabaugh, P., Qian, Q., and Stahl, G. (2000). Translational frameshifting and termination readthrough. In Translational Control. Mathews, M. B., Sonenberg, N., eds. (Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York). pp. 741-762.
Sundararajan, A., Michaud, W. A., Qian, Q., Stahl, G., and Farabaugh, P. J. (1999). Near-cognate peptidyl-tRNAs induce +1 programmed translatoinal frameshifting in yeast. Mol. Cell 4, 1005-1015. (PDF)
Qian, Q., Li, J.N., Zhao, H., Hagervall, T., Farabaugh, P. and Björk, G. (1998) A new model for phenotypic suppression of frameshift mutations by mutant tRNAs. Molecular Cell, 1, 471-482. (PDF)
Bjšrk, G. R., Durand, J. M. B., Hagervall, T. G., Leipuviene, R., Lundgren, H. K., Nilsson, K., Chen, P., Qian, Q. and Urbonanavicius, U. (1999) Transfer RNA modification: Influence on Translational Frameshifting and Metabolism. FEBS Lett. 452, 47-51. (PDF)
Qian, Q. and Bjšrk, G. (1997). Structural alterations far from the anticodon of the tRNAProGGG of Salmonella typhimurium induce +1 frameshifting at the peptidyl-site. J. Molec. Biol. 273, 978-992. (PDF)
Qian, Q. and Bjšrk, G. (1997). Structural requirements for the formation of 1-methylguanosine in vivo in tRNAPro2 of Salmonella typhimurium. J. Molec. Biol. 266, 283-296. (PDF)
Qian, Q. and Bjšrk, G. (1997). The methyl group of the N6-methyl-N6-threonylcarbamoyladenosine in tRNA of Escherichia coli modestly improves the efficiency of the tRNA. J. Bacteriol. 180, 1808-1813. (PDF)
Qian, Q. (1997). Transfer RNA modification and Translational Frameshifting. Ph.D. Thesis, Umeå University, ISBN:91-7191-393-9.