University of Louisville

Department of Chemistry
Mailing address:

Department of Chemistry
University of Louisville
2320 South Brook Street
Louisville, KY 40292

Phone Numbers:
(502) 852-6798 (phone)
(502) 852-8149 (fax)


Muriel C. Maurer
Professor

Biochemistry

Phone: (502) 852-7008
muriel.maurer@louisville.edu

 
B.A. 1987 Goucher College
Ph.D. 1993 University of Virginia
1992-1995 Cornell University, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
1995-1996 Cornell University, Postdoctoral Fellow
1996-1997 Cornell University, Research Associate
Recent Publications
    Perturbations in Factor XIII Resulting From Activation and Inhibition Conditions Examined by Solution Based Methods and Detected by MALDI-TOF MS
    Sabo, T. M., Brasher, P. B., Maurer, M. C.
    Biochemistry 2007, 46, 10089-10101

    Employing Mutants to Study Thrombin Residues Responsible for Factor XIII Activation Peptide Recognition:  A Kinetic Study
    Isetti, G., Maurer, M. C.
    Biochemistry 2007, 46, 2444-2452

    Conformational Analysis of y' peptide (410-427) Interactions with Thrombin Anion Binding Exosite II
    Sabo, T. M., Farrell, D. H., Maurer, M. C.
    Biochemistry 2006, 45, 7434-45

    Characterizing the Specificity of Activated Factor XIII for Glutamine-Containing Substrate Peptides
    Cleary, D. B., Maurer, M. C.
    Biochim Biophys Acta
     2006, 1764, 1207-17

    Probing Interactions Between the Coagulants Thrombin, Factor XIII, and Fibrin(ogen)
    Maurer, M. C., Trumbo, T. A., Isetti, G., Turner, B. T. Jr.
    Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics  2006, 445, 36-45

    Mapping of Factor XIII Solvent Accessibility as a Function of Activation State Using Chemical Modification Methods
    Turner, B. T. Jr, Sabo, T. M., Wilding, D., Maurer, M. C.
    Biochemistry 2004, 43, 9755-9765

    Thrombin Activity is Unaltered by N-terminal Truncation of Factor XIII Activation Peptides
    Isetti, G., Maurer, M. C.
    Biochemistry 2004, 43, 4150-4159

    Probing Thrombin's Activity to Accommodate a V34F Substitution Within the Factor XIII Activation Peptide Segment (28-41)
    Isetti, G., Maurer, M. C.
    J. Peptide Research 2004, 63, 241-252