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  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Ann Hochschild is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. Major subfields include molecular biology, ecology, infectious diseases, biochemistry, and genetics.

Their work prominently covers several main topics, including:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Prion diseases and protein misfolding
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • Amino acid enzymes and metabolism
  • Bacterial genetics and biotechnology
  • Plant and fungal interactions research

Ann Hochschild's recent papers illustrate their active involvement in molecular biology and microbiology research. Key publications include:

  • "Alternative transcription cycle for bacterial RNA polymerase," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Tombusvirus p19 Captures RNase III-Cleaved Double-Stranded RNAs Formed by Overlapping Sense and Antisense Transcripts in Escherichia coli," 2020, mBio
  • "Measuring prion propagation in single bacteria elucidates a mechanism of loss," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A Bacterial Cell-Based Assay To Study SARS-CoV-2 Protein-Protein Interactions," 2021, mBio
  • "Systematic analysis of nonprogrammed frameshift suppression in E. coli via translational tiling proteomics," 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

These publications have appeared in journals such as mBio, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature Communications, highlighting a concentration of research output in established scientific venues.

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Benjamin L. Springstein
  • Eleanor Fleming
  • Krista Jager
  • Euan Joly-Smith
  • Fotini Papazotos

Ann Hochschild's scientific contributions have been recognized with the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences award in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Programmable repression and activation of bacterial gene expression using an engineered CRISPR-Cas system

    David Bikard;Wenyan Jiang;Poulami Samai;Ann Hochschild

  • Cooperative binding of λ repressors to sites separated by integral turns of the DNA helix

    A. Hochschild;M. Ptashne

  • Repressor structure and the mechanism of positive control

    Ann Hochschild;Nina Irwin;Mark Ptashne

  • Activation of prokaryotic transcription through arbitrary protein–protein contacts

    S L Dove;J K Joung;A Hochschild

  • Interaction trap assay, reagents and uses thereof

    Simon Dove;J. Keith Joung;Ann Hochschild

  • CarD Is an Essential Regulator of rRNA Transcription Required for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Persistence

    Christina L. Stallings;Nicolas C. Stephanou;Linda Chu;Ann Hochschild

  • Conversion of the omega subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase into a transcriptional activator or an activation target.

    Simon L. Dove;Ann Hochschild

  • Structural Basis for Bacterial Transcription-Coupled DNA Repair

    Alexandra M. Deaconescu;Anna L. Chambers;Anna L. Chambers;Abigail J. Smith;Bryce E. Nickels

  • Cooperativity in long-range gene regulation by the λ CI repressor

    Ian B. Dodd;Keith E. Shearwin;Alison J. Perkins;Tom Burr

  • Crystal Structure of the λ Repressor C-Terminal Domain Provides a Model for Cooperative Operator Binding

    Charles E. Bell;Paolo Frescura;Ann Hochschild;Mitchell Lewis

  • A Role for Interaction of the RNA Polymerase Flap Domain with the σ Subunit in Promoter Recognition

    Konstantin Kuznedelov;Leonid Minakhin;Anita Niedziela-Majka;Simon L. Dove

  • DNA loops induced by cooperative binding of λ repressor

    Jack Griffith;Ann Hochschild;Mark Ptashne

  • Protein–Protein Contacts that Activate and Repress Prokaryotic Transcription

    Ann Hochschild;Simon L Dove

  • Escherichia coli one- and two-hybrid systems for the analysis and identification of protein-protein interactions.

    James C. Hu;Michael G. Kornacker;Ann Hochschild

  • A bacterial two-hybrid system based on transcription activation.

    Simon L. Dove;Ann Hochschild

  • A bacterial global regulator forms a prion

    Andy H. Yuan;Ann Hochschild

  • Region 4 of σ as a target for transcription regulation

    Simon L. Dove;Seth A. Darst;Ann Hochschild

  • Mutant lambda phage repressor with a specific defect in its positive control function

    Leonard Guarente;Jeffrey S. Nye;Ann Hochschild;Mark Ptashne

  • Amino acid substitutions in the -35 recognition motif of sigma 70 that result in defects in phage lambda repressor-stimulated transcription.

    N Kuldell;A Hochschild

  • Crystal structure of the λ repressor and a model for pairwise cooperative operator binding

    Steven Stayrook;Peera Jaru-Ampornpan;Peera Jaru-Ampornpan;Jenny Ni;Ann Hochschild

Frequent Co-Authors

Seth A. Darst
Seth A. Darst Rockefeller University
Mark Ptashne
Mark Ptashne Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Robert Landick
Robert Landick University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jeff Gelles
Jeff Gelles Brandeis University
Michael E. Greenberg
Michael E. Greenberg Harvard University
Judy Lieberman
Judy Lieberman Boston Children's Hospital
Konstantin Severinov
Konstantin Severinov Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Richard Losick
Richard Losick Harvard University
Richard H. Ebright
Richard H. Ebright Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jeffrey W. Roberts
Jeffrey W. Roberts Cornell University

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