Kenneth Marcu
Affiliated Investigator
Biochemistry
BRFAA
Greece
Biography
Prof. Marcu is a molecular biologist and immunologist with extensive experience in all aspects of gene regulation in higher eukaryotic cells and knowledge of both innate and adaptive immune responses. Dr. Kenneth B. Marcu earned his B.S. degree in Biological Sciences in 1972 and subsequently his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology in 1975 both from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA.
Research Interest
His research interest lie in elucidation of the molecular requirements and regulation of immunoglobulin heavy chain gene switch recombination, on the mechanisms of activation and function of the c-Myc oncogene in lymphoid malignancies and on the regulation and mechanisms of action of the inhibitor of NF-kappaB activating kinases IKKalpha and IKKbeta.
Publications
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Stanton, L.W., Watt, R. and Marcu, K.B. (1983). Translocation, Breakage and Truncated Transcripts of the c-myc Oncogene in Murine Plasmacytomas. Nature 303, 401-406.
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Harris, L.J., Lang, R.B. and Marcu, K.B. (1982). Non-immunoglobulin Associated DNA Rearrangements in Mouse Plasmacytomas. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 79, 4175-4179.
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Marcu, K.B., Schibler, U. and Perry, R.P. (1979). The Nuclear Transcripts of Mouse Heavy Chain Immunoglobulin Contain Only the Expressed Class of C-region Sequences. Science 241, 1087-1088.
