Brock University - Department of Chemistry

Jeffrey K. Atkinson

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Brock University

St. Catharnes, Ontario

L2S 3A1

Phone Number: (905) 688-5550 ext. 3967
Fax: (905) 688-2789
Office: MC E200
Lab: MC H221
Email Address: jatkin@spartan.ac.brocku.ca

MSc Position Available Immediately!!

Research Interests

Cyclic Hydroxamic Acids as Protease Inibitors
Polyamine Conjugates as Plant Defense Chemicals
Vitamin E Photoaffinity Label

Teaching Assigments (1996-1997)

As of Septemeber 1, 1996

CHEM 4P27 - Enzyme and coenzyme mechanisms.
CHEM 5PXX - graduate course.
BTEC 3P09 - Bioreactor Processes
SCIE 1F30 - Science and society

Selected References

Sen, A.; Bergvinson, D.; Miller, S; Atkinson,J.K.; Fulcher, G.; Arnanson, J.T. Distribution and microchemical detection of phenolic acids, flavanoids and phenolic acid amides in maize kernels. J. Chem, Ecol. 1994 42, 1879-1883

Palli, S. R.; Touhara, K; Charles, J.-P.; Bonning, B.C.; Atkinson, J.K.; Trowell, S. C.; Hiruma, K.; Goodman, W.G.; Kyriakides, T; Prestwich, G.D.; Hammock, B. D. and Riddiford, L.M. A nuclear juvenile hormone binding protein from larvae of Manduca sexta: A putative receptor for the metamorphic action of juvenile hormone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 1994, 91, 6191-6195.

J.K. Atkinson, J. Arnason, F. Campos, H.M. Niemeyer, H.R. Bravo, "Synthesis and Reactivity of Cyclic Hydroxamic Acids: Resistance Factors in the Gramineae", Chapter 32 in Synthesis and Chemistry of Agrochemicals, Vol. III, ed. by D.R. Baker, J.G. Fenyes and J.J. Steffens, ACS Symposium Series, 504, 349-360 (1992).

J. Atkinson, P. Morand, J.T Arnason, H.M. Niemeyer, H.ÊBravo, "Synthesis of Analogues of the Cyclic Hydroxamic Acid 2,4-Dihydroxy- 7-Methoxy-1,4-Benzoxazin-3-One (DIMBOA): Their pH Dependent Decomposition and Reaction with Mercaptoethanol", J. Org. Chem., 56, 1788-1800 (1991).

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