The Cardiac Proteomics & Signaling Laboratory at UCLA

PhD Student, Class of 2002

Zarema (Balafanova) Gunnels

Dissertation topic: “Molecular mechanisms mediating nitric oxide-induced activation of PKC”.

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Balafanova Z, Bolli R, Zhang J, Zheng Y, Pass JM, Bhatnagar A, Tang XL, Wang O, Cardwell E, Ping P. Nitric oxide (NO) induces nitration of protein kinase C epsilon (PKCe), facilitating PKCe enhanced PKCe-RACK2 interactions: a novel mechanism of no-triggered activation of PKCe. J Biol Chem. 2002;277:15021 – 15027.
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Ping P, Takano H, Zhang J, Tang XL, Qiu Y, Li RC, Banerjee S, Dawn B, Balafanova Z, Bolli R. Isoform-selective activation of protein kinase C by nitric oxide in the heart of conscious rabbits: a signaling mechanism for both nitric oxide-induced and ischemia-induced preconditioning . Circ Res . 1999;84:587 – 604.
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Ping P, Zhang J, Zheng YT, Li RC, Dawn B, Tang XL, Takano H, Balafanova Z, Bolli R. Demonstration of selective protein kinase C-dependent activation of Src and Lck tyrosine kinases during ischemic preconditioning in conscious rabbits . Circ Res . 1999;85:542 – 50.