Leslie Parent
Leslie Parent | |
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| Alma mater | Duke University |
| Known for | Retroviruses Virology |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Pennsylvania State University |
Leslie J. Parent is an American microbiologist and immunologist currently professor and vice dean of the College of Medicine at Pennsylvania State University.[1] She is an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[2] and American Society for Microbiology.[3]
Education
She earned her M.D. in 1987 at Duke University followed by residency and training at Duke University Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine.[4]
Research
Her research involves virology, retrovirus duplicating and biology.[4] Her highest cited paper is "Positionally independent and exchangeable late budding functions of the Rous sarcoma virus and human immunodeficiency virus Gag proteins"[5] cited at 278 times, according to Google Scholar.[6]
Awards and honors
- 2017- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science[2]
Selected publications
- Bewley, MC; Reinhart, L; Stake, MS; Nadaraia-Hoke, S; Parent, LJ; Flanagan, JM (2017). "A non-cleavable hexahistidine affinity tag at the carboxyl-terminus of the HIV-1 Pr55Gag polyprotein alters nucleic acid binding properties". Protein Expr Purif. 130: 137–145. doi:10.1016/j.pep.2016.10.001. PMC 5536344. PMID 27721079.
- Kaddis Maldonado, RJ; Parent, LJ (2016). "Orchestrating the Selection and Packaging of Genomic RNA by Retroviruses: An Ensemble of Viral and Host Factors". Viruses. 8 (9): 257. doi:10.3390/v8090257. PMC 5035971. PMID 27657110.
- Rye-McCurdy, T; Olson, ED; Liu, S; Binkley, C; Reyes, JP; Thompson, BR; Flanagan, JM; Parent, LJ; Musier-Forsyth, K (2016). "Functional Equivalence of Retroviral MA Domains in Facilitating Psi RNA Binding Specificity by Gag". Viruses. 8 (9): 256. doi:10.3390/v8090256. PMC 5035970. PMID 27657107.
- Stake, M; Singh, D; Singh, G; Marcela Hernandez, J; Kaddis Maldonado, R; Parent, LJ; Boris-Lawrie, K (2015). "HIV-1 and two avian retroviral 5' untranslated regions bind orthologous human and chicken RNA binding proteins". Virology. 486: 307–20. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2015.06.001. PMC 4877169. PMID 26584240.
References
- ^ "Meet Dr. Leslie Parent, Penn State Hershey's new vice dean for research". Penn State Health News. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Five Penn State Researchers Named AAAS Fellows". pennstate.edu. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ "Leslie J. Parent". asm.org. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ a b "Leslie Parent". psu.edu. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ L J Parent, R P Bennett, R C Craven, T D Nelle, N K Krishna, J B Bowzard, C B Wilson, B A Puffer, R C Montelaro and J W Wills. J. Virol. September 1995 vol. 69 no. 9 5455-5460
- ^ "Leslie Parent". Retrieved December 17, 2017.