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B.S. Biology
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Biology Minor

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2003-2005
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Dr. Kristy Johnson, Captain
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology

The Citadel
171 Moultrie Street
Charleston, SC 29409

office: 317 Duckett Hall
phone: (843) 953-7879
FAX: (843) 953-7264
email: kristy.johnson@citadel.edu

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate	Graduate
General Biology I (BIOL 101) F04, F05 General Biology II (BIOL 102) S06 Genetics (BIOL 308) F04 Microbiology (BIOL 310) F05 Descriptive Histology (BIOL 402) S04, S06	Genetics (BIOL 508) F04 Descriptive Histology (BIOL 512) S04 Microbiology (BIOL 607)

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Degrees:

• B.S.,Chemistry, Gardner Webb University
• Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina

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Research Interests:
Signal transduction pathways involving the different isoforms of the ras protein.

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Selected Publications:

• Collins, J.A., C.A. Schandl, K.K. Young, J. Vesely, M.C. Willingham. 1997. Major DNA fragmentation is a late event in apoptosis. The Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 45(7):923-932.
• Johnson, K.R., K.K. Young, F. Weinmin. 1999. Antagonistic interplay between antimitotic ans G1-S arresting agents observed in experimental combination therapy. Clinical Cancer Research. 5:2559-2565.
• Johnson, K.Y., L. Liu, T.S. Vincent. 2002. Minimal FLAG sequence useful in the functional epitope tagging of H-Ras. Biotechniques. 32:1270-1280.
• Johnson, K.R., K.Y. Johnson, K.P. Becker, J. Bielawski, C. Mao, L.M. Obeid. 2003. Role of human sphingosine-1-phosphate hosphatase 1 in regulation of intra- and extracellular sphingosine-1-phosphatase levels and cell viability. J. Biol. Chem. 278:34541-7.

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