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Interest: Regulation of smooth muscle myosins by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation. I am also interested in the interaction between myosin and actin, myosin light chain kinase and phosphatase.
The goal of this research is to develop salt-loving algae as alternative biofuel feedstocks. Existing oilseed feedstocks derived from terrestrial plants cannot satisfy the current or projected transportation fuel needs of the U.S. Biofuel producing algae are one of the only avenues available for high-volume capture and reuse of CO2 generated in biomass-, coal- or natural gas-fired power plants and can provide the intermountain west with a major new "cash crop" Read More...
John Cushman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
