Joan A Steitz, PhD
Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology: RNA Catalysis and Ribonucleoprotein Machines
Molecular Virology
Center for RNA Science and Medicine, Yale
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry: RNA Biology
Molecular Virology
Research Interests
Autoantibodies; Gene Expression; RNA; RNA Processing; SnRNPs; Viral Transformation more...
Education
- B.S., Antioch College, 1963
- Ph.D., Harvard University, 1967
Selected Publications
- Cazalla, D., Xie, M., and Steitz, J.A. (2011). A primate Herpesvirus uses the Integrator complex to generate viral microRNAs. Molec. Cell. 43, 982-992.
- Mitton-Fry, R.M., DeGregorio, S.J., Wang, J., Steitz, T.A., and Steitz, J.A. (2010). Poly(A) tail recognition by a viral RNA element through assembly of a triple helix. Science 330, 1244-1247. PMCID: PMC3074936
- Borah, S., Darricarrère, N., Darnell, A., Myoung, J., and Steitz, J.A. (2011). A viral nuclear noncoding RNA binds re-localized poly(A) binding protein and is required for late KSHV gene expression. PLoS Pathogens, In press
