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Biology Research
Orianna Carter, Ph.D.
Office: 253 Riffe Center
Phone: (740) 533-4560
Fax: (740) 533-4570
e-mail cartero@ohio.edu
 
Ph.D. 2002
Post-doctoral 2002-2006
in Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Science, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University and OSU College Of Health and Human Services, Dept of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences.
Research interests
Natural product biochemistry Chemoprevention and healthy lifestyle for prevention of disease.
Selected Publications

Carter, O., Peters, R.J. and Croteau, R. 2003.
Monoterpene biosynthesis pathway construction in Escherichia coli. Phytochemistry, 64:425-33. –Dissertation-  

Carter, O*., Peters, R.J.*, and Croteau, R. 2003.
Bifunctional abietadiene synthase: structurally distinct but catalytically interdependent domains for the protonation-initiated and ionization-initiated cyclizations. Biochemistry 42(9):2700-2707. – Dissertation- *these authors contributed equally to this manuscript

Dashwood, W.M., Carter, O., Al-Fageeh, M., Li, Q. and Dashwood, R.H. 2005 Lysosomal trafficking of b-catenin induced by the tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate.
Mutation Research 591:161-72.  

Carter, O., Bailey, G.S. and Dashwood, R.H. 2004 The dietary phytochemical chlorophyllin alters E-cadherin and b-catenin expression in human colon cancer cells. J. Nutr. 134, 3441S-3444S.

Carter, O., Wang, R., Dashwood, W.M., Orner, G.A., Fisher, K.A., Loehr, C.V., Pereira, C.B., Bailey, G.S., Williams, D.E., and Dashwood, R.H. Comparison of white tea, green tea, epigallocatechin-3-gallate and caffeine as inhibitors of PhIP-induced colonic aberrant crypts.
Nutrition and Cancer, accepted for publication, 2007.

Courses Taught at OUS           
Human anatomy and physiology (BIOS 130)
Microbiology (BIOS201)
Zoology (BIOS 170, 171, 172-3)
Medicinal Plants of Ohio (PBIO 303)
General Genetics BIOS 325 (OULN to regional campuses)