Melissa Chanderban Source Confirmed

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Researcher

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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3 h-index 6 pubs 25 cited

Research Areas

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Protein Structure and Dynamics Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Melissa Chanderban's research focuses on the regulation of nitrogenase expression in the methanogen *Methanosarcina acetivorans*. Her work investigates the roles of molybdenum, fixed nitrogen, and specific regulatory proteins, such as ModE, in controlling the production of different types of nitrogenases, including molybdenum-dependent, vanadium-dependent, and iron-only nitrogenases. She has also studied the function of the Vht hydrogenase in relation to hydrogen cycling during nitrogen fixation in this organism. Chanderban has published six papers on these topics, with a total of 25 citations and an h-index of 3. She collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Daniel J. Lessner, Thomas M. Deere, and C. A. Hill.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 6
  • Citations: 25

Selected Publications

  • Cryo-EM structure of a methanogen nitrogenase-PII protein supercomplex (2025) DOI
  • <scp>ModE</scp> Regulates Alternative Nitrogenase Expression in the Methanogen <scp><i>Methanosarcina acetivorans</i></scp> (2025) DOI
  • Expression of V-nitrogenase and Fe-nitrogenase in <i>Methanosarcina acetivorans</i> is controlled by molybdenum, fixed nitrogen, and the expression of Mo-nitrogenase (2023) DOI
  • Methanosarcina acetivorans (2022) DOI
  • Vht hydrogenase is required for hydrogen cycling during nitrogen fixation by the non-hydrogenotrophic methanogen <i>Methanosarcina acetivorans</i> (2021) DOI
  • <i>Methanosarcina acetivorans</i> simultaneously produces molybdenum, vanadium, and iron-only nitrogenases in response to fixed nitrogen and molybdenum depletion (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Daniel J. Lessner University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 6 shared publications Thomas M. Deere University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 3 shared publications C. A. Hill University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Jadelyn M. Hoerr University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Jasleen Saini University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Gary J. McIntosh University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

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