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Thomas M. Harris is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these disciplines, they have contributed extensively to subfields including Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Oceanography, and Cancer Research.

Their main research topics focus on Marine Toxins and Detection Methods, Nerve injury and regeneration, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Protist diversity and phylogeny, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, NF-κB Signaling Pathways, and Head and Neck Cancer Studies.

Thomas M. Harris has published multiple papers across different high-impact venues. Recent publications include:

  • "The toxin goniodomin, produced by Alexandrium spp., is identical to goniodomin A" (2020, Harmful Algae)
  • "Apoptosis signaling molecules as treatment targets in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma" (2020, The Laryngoscope)
  • "Thecal plate morphology, molecular phylogeny, and toxin analyses reveal two novel species of Alexandrium (Dinophyceae) and their potential for toxin production" (2023, Harmful Algae)
  • "Algal Toxin Goniodomin A Binds Potassium Ion Selectively to Yield a Conformationally Altered Complex with Potential Biological Consequences" (2020, Journal of Natural Products)
  • "Alkali Metal- and Acid-Catalyzed Interconversion of Goniodomin A with Congeners B and C" (2021, Journal of Natural Products)

Thomas M. Harris frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Constance M. Harris, Chenhu Qiu, Ahmet Höke, Hai-Quan Mao, and Sami Tuffaha. These partnerships have helped shape a diverse body of work.

The most common venues for Thomas M. Harris's publications include Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, Harmful Algae, The Laryngoscope, Journal of Natural Products, and Toxicon. This indicates a focus on both clinical and biochemical research as well as marine toxin studies.

Best Publications

  • Noncyclooxygenase oxidative formation of a series of novel prostaglandins: analytical ramifications for measurement of eicosanoids.

    Jason D. Morrow;Thomas M. Harris;L. Jackson Roberts

  • Swainsonine inhibits the biosynthesis of complex glycoproteins by inhibition of Golgi mannosidase II.

    D R Tulsiani;T M Harris;O Touster

  • Characterization of HPV and host genome interactions in primary head and neck cancers.

    Michael Parfenov;Chandra Sekhar Pedamallu;Nils Gehlenborg;Nils Gehlenborg;Samuel S. Freeman

  • Preparation of the 8,9-epoxide of the mycotoxin aflatoxin B1: the ultimate carcinogenic species

    Steven W. Baertschi;Kevin D. Raney;Michael P. Stone;Thomas M. Harris

  • VANCOMYCIN: STRUCTURE AND TRANSFORMATION TO CDP-I

    C. M. Harris;H. Kopecka;T. M. Harris

  • (1S,2R,8R,8aR)-1,2,8-trihydroxyoctahydroindolizine (swainsonine), an α-mannosidase inhibitor from Rhizoctonia leguminicola

    Marilyn J. Schneider;Frank S. Ungemach;Harry P. Broquist;Thomas M. Harris

  • The aflatoxin B1 formamidopyrimidine adduct plays a major role in causing the types of mutations observed in human hepatocellular carcinoma

    Maryann E. Smela;Michelle L. Hamm;Michelle L. Hamm;Paul T. Henderson;Constance M. Harris

  • Mutational properties of the primary aflatoxin B1-DNA adduct

    Elisabeth A. Bailey;Rajkumar S. Iyer;Michael P. Stone;Thomas M. Harris

  • Glutathione conjugation of aflatoxin B1 exo- and endo-epoxides by rat and human glutathione S-transferases.

    K D Raney;D J Meyer;B Ketterer;T M Harris

  • DNA adduction by the potent carcinogen aflatoxin B1 : mechanistic studies

    Rajkumar S. Iyer;Brian F. Coles;Kevin D. Raney;Ricarda Thier

  • DNA interchain cross-links formed by acrolein and crotonaldehyde.

    Ivan D Kozekov;Lubomir V Nechev;M Scott Moseley;Constance M Harris

  • Interstrand DNA Cross-links Induced by α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes Derived from Lipid Peroxidation and Environmental Sources

    Michael P. Stone;Young-Jin Cho;Hai Huang;Hye-Young Kim

  • Analysis of a specific oxygenation reaction of soybean lipoxygenase-1 with fatty acids esterified in phospholipids

    Alan R. Brash;Christiana D. Ingram;Thomas M. Harris

  • The Role of the Chlorine Substituents in the Antibiotic Vancomycin: Preparation and Characterization of Mono- and Didechlorovancomycin.

    C. M. Harris;R. Kannan;H. Kopecka;T. M. Harris

  • Chemistry and Biology of DNA Containing 1,N2-Deoxyguanosine Adducts of the α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes Acrolein, Crotonaldehyde, and 4-Hydroxynonenal

    Irina G. Minko;Ivan D. Kozekov;Thomas M. Harris;Carmelo J. Rizzo

  • Synthesis of polyketide-type aromatic natural products by biogenetically modeled routes

    Thomas M. Harris;Constance M. Harris

  • New strategy for the synthesis of oligodeoxynucleotides bearing adducts at exocyclic amino sites of purine nucleosides

    Constance M. Harris;Liang Zhou;Eric A. Strand;Thomas M. Harris

  • Isolation and characterization of natural allene oxides: unstable intermediates in the metabolism of lipid hydroperoxides

    Alan R. Brash;Steven W. Baertschi;Christiana D. Ingram;Thomas M. Harris

  • Condensations at the Methyl Group Rather than the Methylene Group of Benzoyl-and Acetylacetone Through Intermediate Dipotassio Salts1

    Charles R. Hauser;Thomas M. Harris

  • Role for DNA Polymerase κ in the Processing of N2-N2-Guanine Interstrand Cross-links

    Irina G. Minko;Michael B. Harbut;Ivan D. Kozekov;Albena Kozekova

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles R. Hauser
Charles R. Hauser St. Edward's University
R. Stephen Lloyd
R. Stephen Lloyd Oregon Health & Science University
F. Peter Guengerich
F. Peter Guengerich Vanderbilt University
Alan R. Brash
Alan R. Brash Vanderbilt University
Tsutomu Shimada
Tsutomu Shimada Osaka Metropolitan University
Tadashi Inagami
Tadashi Inagami Vanderbilt University
Lawrence J. Marnett
Lawrence J. Marnett Vanderbilt University
Kimberly S. Reece
Kimberly S. Reece Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Ludmila Danilova
Ludmila Danilova Johns Hopkins University

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