Ph.D., George Washington University

grossp@musc.edu

1.        Robalino, J., T.C. Bartlett, E. Shepard, S. Prior, G. Jaramillo, E. Scura, R.W. Chapman, P.S. Gross, C.L. Browdy, & Gregory Warr (in press).  Double stranded RNA induces sequence-specific antiviral silencing in addition to non-specific immunity in a marine shrimp: Convergence of RNA interference and innate immunity in the invertebrate antiviral response? J. Virol.

2.        Gueguen, Y., J. Garnier, L. Robert, J. de Lorgeril, M. Janech, E. Bachère, I. Mougenot, M.-P. Lefranc, M.A. Barracco, P. Bulet, P.S. Gross, G.W. Warr, B.J. Cuthbertson, A. Tassanakajon, J. Xiang, D. Bo, D. Piquemal, & A. Aumelas (in press).  PenBase, the shrimp antimicrobial peptide penaeidin database: sequence-based classification and recommended nomenclature.  Dev. Comp Immunol

3.        Nair, S.V., H. Del Valle, Terwilliger, D.P., P.S. Gross, & L.C. Smith (2005).  Macroarray analysis of coelomocyte gene expression in response to LPS challenge and injury in the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus:  Identification of unexpected immune diversity in an invertebrate.  Physiol. Genomics 22:33-47.

4.        Almeida, J.S., D.J. McKillen, Y.A. Chen, P.S. Gross, R.W. Chapman, & G. Warr (2005).  Design and calibration of microarrays as universal transcriptomic environmental biosensors. Comp. Funct. Genomics 6(3):132–137.

5.        McKillen, D.J., Y.A. Chen, C. Chen, M.J. Jenny, H.F. Trent III,  J. Robalino, D.C. McLean Jr., P.S. Gross, R.W. Chapman, G.W. Warr¹ & J.S. Almeida (2005). Marine Genomics: a clearing-house for genomic and transcriptomic data of marine organisms. BMC Genomics 6(1):34-39.

6.        Cuthbertson, B.J., Y. Yang, E. Bachère, E.E. Büllesbach, P.S. Gross, & A. Aumelas (2005).  Solution structure of synthetic penaeidin-4 with structural and functional comparisons to penaeidin-3. J. Biol. Chem. 280(16): 16009-16018

7.        Patat, S.A., R.B. Carnegie, C. Kingbury, P.S. Gross, R. Chapman, & K. Schey (2004).  Antimicrobial activity of histones of the pacific white shrimp. Eur. J. Biochem. 271(23-24): 4825-4833.

8.        Chen, Y.A., D.J. Mckillen, S. Wu, J. Robalino, M.J. Jenny, P.S. Gross, G.W. Warr, & J.S. Almeida (2004).  Optimal cDNA microarray design using expressed sequence tags for organisms with limited genomic information.  BMC Bioinformatics 5:191-204.

9.        Terwilliger, D.P., L.A. Clow, P.S. Gross & L.C. Smith (2004).  Constitutive expression and alternative splicing of the exons encoding SCRs in Sp152, the sea urchin homologue of complement factor B. Implications on the evolution of the Bf/C2 gene family. Immunogenetics 56(7): 531-543.

10.     Robalino, J., C.L. Browdy, S. Prior, A. Metz, P. Parnell, P.S. Gross, & G.W. Warr (2004).  Double-stranded RNA is an evolutionarily conserved inducer of anti-viral immunity. J. Virol. 78(19): 10442-10448.

11.     Cuthbertson, B.J., E.E. Büllesbach, J. Fievet, E. Bachère, & P.S. Gross (2004). Penaeidin class 4, a new antimicrobial peptide from Litopenaeus setiferus with target specific activity.  Biochem. J. 381(1): 79-86.

12.     Clow, L.A., D.A. Raftos, P.S. Gross, L.C. Smith (2004).  The sea urchin complement homologue, SpC3, functions as an opsonin.  J. Exp. Biol. 207(12): 2147-2155.

13.     Robalino, J., P.S. Gross, R.W. Chapman, G.W. Warr, & C.L. Browdy (2003).  New techniques for exploring shrimp responses to viral pathogens: Functional genomics studies in Litopenaeus vannamei. Global Aquaculture Advocate, April 2003.

14.     Cuthbertson, B.J., E.F. Shepard, R.W. Chapman, & P.S. Gross (2002).  Diversity of the penaeidin antimicrobial peptide family in two species of shrimp.  Immunogenetics  54(6): 442-445.

15.     Bartlett, T.C., B.J. Cuthbertson, E.F. Shepard, R.W. Chapman, P.S. Gross, & G.W. Warr (2002).  Crustins, homologues of an 11.5 kDa antimicrobial peptide, from two species of penaeid shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei and L. setiferus. Mar. Biotech. 4(3):278-293.

16.     Gross, P.S. and R.E. Knowlton (2002).  Morphological variations among larval-postlarval intermediates produced by eyestalk ablation in the snapping shrimp, Alpheus heterochaelis Say.  Biol. Bull. 202(1): 43-52.

17.     Jenny, M.J., A.H. Ringwood, E.R. Lacy, A.J. Lewitus, J.W. Kempton, P.S. Gross, G.W. Warr, & R.W. Chapman (2002).  Potential indicators of stress response identified by expressed sequence tag analysis of hemocytes and embryos from the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica.  Mar. Biotech. 4(1):81-93.

18.     Gross, P.S., T.C. Bartlett, C.L. Browdy, R.W. Chapman, & G.W. Warr (2001).  Immune Gene Discovery by expressed sequence tag analysis of hemocytes and hepatopancreas in the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, and the Atlantic White Shrimp, L. setiferus.  Dev. Comp Immunol. 25(7):565-577.

19.     Clow, L.A., P.S. Gross, C.-S. Shih, & L.C. Smith (2000).  Expression of SpC3, the sea urchin complement component, in response to lipopolysaccharide.  Immunogenetics  51(12):1021-33.

20.     Gross, P.S., L.A. Clow, C.-S. Shih, & L.C. Smith (2000).  SpC3, the complement homologue from the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, is expressed in two subpopulations of the phagocytic coelomocytes.  Immunogenetics  51(12):1034-44

21.     Gross, P.S., W.Z. Al-Sharif, L.A. Clow, & L.C. Smith (1999).  Echinoderm immunity and evolution of complement.  Dev. Comp. Immunol.  23(4-5): 429-442.

22.     Gross, P.S. and R.E. Knowlton (1999).  Variation in larval size after eyestalk ablation in larvae of the snapping shrimp, Alpheus heterochaelis Say .  J. Crust. Biol. 19(1): 8-13.

23.     Gross, P.S. and R.E. Knowlton (1997).  Effects of timed eyestalk ablation on molting in larvae of the snapping shrimp, Alpheus heterochaelis Say.  Invert. Repro. Dev. 32(2): 119-126.