Downs, Diana
Diana Downs
Distinguished Research Professor
Microbiology
Bacterial physiology and metabolic integration using biochemical, genetic and metabolomics approaches.
Bacterial physiology and metabolic integration using biochemical, genetic and metabolomics approaches.
Post-translational modification including protein acylation, fatty acid metabolism,
prostate stem cell, Src family kinases, prostate cancer, small molecular inhibitor.
Transport, micronutrient, hypoxia, cancer.
Drug Development, Chemical Biology, Cancer Disease Mechanism, Epigenetics and Genetics, Histone Modifications, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Enzymology, and Biophysics.
Immunological carbohydrate-protein interactions studied by computational simulation and experimental methods.
X-ray crystallographic and biochemical studies of nucleotide sugar metabolism.
Role of protein glycosylation in intellectual disability, congenital muscular dystrophy, cancer, and viral infection.
Regulation of host defense and tolerance by Stat transcription factors.
Structure-function studies by X-ray diffraction, transcription proteins,
structural genomics, phasing methods.
Structural biology of transcription regulation, steroid hormone activation and breast cancer.