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Dr. W. Allen Miller Professor and Director: Center for Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses 413 Bessey Hall Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 Phone:515-294-2436 Fax:515-294-9420 
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| Lab homepage | |
| http://www.plantpath.iastate.edu/millerlab | |
| Educational Background | |
Ph.D. Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin B.A. Biology, Carleton College |
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| Courses Taught | |
MICRO 408/508: Virology |
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| Research Areas | |
| Molecular biology | |
| Publications | |
| Treder K, Pettit Kneller EL, Allen EM, Wang Z, Browning KS, Miller WA (2008) The 3’ cap-independent translation element of Barley yellow dwarf virus binds eIF4F via the eIF4G subunit to initiate translation. RNA 14, 134-147. Miller WA, Wang Z, Treder K (2007) The amazing diversity of cap-independent translation elements in the 3’-untranslated regions of plant viral RNAs. Biochemical Society Transactions 35, 1629-1633. Pal, N., Boyapalle, S., Beckett, R., Miller, W.A. and Bonning, B.C. 2007. A baculovirus-expressed dicistrovirus that is infectious to aphids. Journal of Virology 81 9339–9345. Shen R, Miller WA (2007) Structures required for poly(A) tail-independent translation overlap with, but are distinct from, cap-independent translation and RNA replication signals at the 3' end of Tobacco necrosis virus RNA. Virology 358, 448-458. Boyapalle S, Pal N, Miller WA, Bonning BC (2007) A glassy-winged sharpshooter cell line supports replication of Rhopalosiphum padi virus (Dicistroviridae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology94, 130139. Shen R, Rakotondrafara AM, Miller WA (2006) trans regulation of cap-independent translation by a viral subgenomic RNA. Journal of Virology 80, 10045-10054. Rakotondrafara AM, Polacek C, Harris E, Miller WA (2006) Oscillating kissing stem-loop interactions mediate 5' scanning-dependent translation by a viral 3' cap-independent translation element. RNA 12, 1893-1906. Dreher TW, Miller WA (2006) Translational control of positive strand RNA plant viruses. Virology 344, 185-197. Pettit Kneller EM, Rakotondrafara AM, Miller WA (2006) Cap-independent translation of plant viral RNAs. Virus Research 119, 63-75. Miller WA, White KA (2006) Control of plant virus gene expression and replication by long-distance RNA-RNA interactions. Annual Review of Phytopathology 44, 447-467. Shen R, Miller WA (2004) Subgenomic RNA as a riboregulator: Negative regulation of virus replication by Barley yellow dwarf virus subgenomic RNA 2. Virology 327, 196-205. Song SI, Miller WA (2004) Cis and trans requirements for rolling circle replication of a satellite RNA. J Virol 78, 3072-3082. Shen R, Miller WA (2004) The 3’ untranslated region of Tobacco necrosis virus RNA contains a Barley yellow dwarf virus-like cap-independent translation element. J Virol 78, 4655-4664. Barry JK, Miller WA (2002) A -1 ribosomal frameshift element that requires base pairing across four kilobases suggests a mechanism of regulating ribosome and replicase traffic on a viral RNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99, 11133-11138. Miller WA, Beckett R, Liu, S (2002) Barley yellow dwarf virus: Luteoviridae or Tombusviridae? Molecular Plant Pathol 3, 177-183 293, 781-793. Guo L, Allen EM, Miller WA (2001) Base-pairing between untranslated regions facilitates translation of an uncapped, non-polyadenylated viral mRNA. Molecular Cell 7, 1103-1109 . |
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