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• Cirino, NM, KA Musser, C Egan. 2004. Multiplex Diagnostic Platforms for Detection of Biothreat Agents in Expert Reviews in Molecular Diagnostics 4:841-857.
• Silverman, RH, NM Cirino. 1996. RNA decay by the 2-5A system as a host defense against viruses. In "Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation" (DR Morris and JB Harford, Eds.). Wiley-Liss, New York, USA.
• LeGrice, SFJ, NJ Richter-Cook, NM Cirino, KJ Howard, BM Wöhrl, C Barat, T Naas, O Schatz, JL Darlix. 1992. Role of HIV reverse transciptase subunits in enzyme structure and function. In "Structural Tools for the Analysis of Protein-Nucleic Aci Complexes" (DMJ Lilly, H Heumann, and D Sucks, Eds.). Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Switzerland.
• Egan, CT, CD Kelly, K Rush-Wilson, SW Davis, WA Samsonoff, H Pfeiffer, J Miller, J Taylor, NM Cirino. 2004. Laboratory-Diagnosed Transmission of Vaccinia Virus through Sexual Contact with a Military Vaccinee. J Clin Micro 42:122-124.
• LaGier, MJ, LA Joseph, TA Passaretti, KA Musser, NM Cirino. 2004. A real-time multiplexed PCR assay for detection and discrimination of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobcater coli. Molecular Cellular Probes 18:275-282.
• Kelly CD , C Egan, C, P Drabkin, SW Davis, WA Samsonoff, KA Musser, JR Miller, J Taylor, NM Cirino. 2004. Smallpox Vaccination Adverse Events: Laboratory Confirmation of Generalized Vaccinia Using Modern Testing Methods. J Clin Micro 42:1373-1375.
• Cirino, NM, D Sblattero, D Allen, SR Peterson, JD Marks, PJ Jackson, A Bradbury, BE Lehnert. 1998. Disruption of anthrax toxin binding with the use of human antibodies and competitive inhibitors. Infect. Immun. 67: 2957-2963.
• Xiao, W, GY Li, PF Torrence, NM Cirino, RH Silverman. 1997. Inhibition of respiratory syncytial virus by double-termini protected 2'-5' A-antisense chimeras. Nucleosides and Nucleotides 16:1735-1738.
• Cirino, NM, GY Li, W Xiao, RH Silverman, PF Torrence. 1997. Targeting RNA decay with 2'-5' A-oligoadenylate-antisense in respiratory syncytial virus infected cells. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci., USA 94: 1937-1942.
• Panuska, JR, R Merolla, NA Rebert, SP Hoffman, NM Cirino, RH Silverman, JA Rankin. 1995. Respiratory syncytial virus induces IL-10 by human alveolar macrophages: Suppression of early cytokine production and implications for incomplete immunity. J. Clin. Invest. 96: 2445-2453.
• Cirino, NM, CE Cameron, JS Smith, JW Rausch, MJ Roth, SJ Benkovic, SFJ LeGrice. 1995. Divalent cation modulation of the ribonuclease-H function of HIV-1 reverse transciptase. Biochemistry 34: 9936-9943.
• Cirino, NM, JR Panuska, A Villani, H Taraf, NA Rebert, R Merolla, P Tsivitse, IA Gilbert. 1993. Restricted replication of respiratory syncytial virus in human alveolar macrophages. J. Gen. Virol. 74: 1527-1537.
• Cirino, NM, RC Kalayjian, JE Jentoft, SFJ LeGrice. 1993. Fluorimetric analysis of recombinant p15 HIV-1 ribonuclease-H. J. Biol. Chem. 268: 14743-14749.
• Villani, A, NM Cirino, E Baldi, M Kester, ER McFadden, JR., JR Panuska. 1990. Respiratory syncytial virus infection of human mononuclear phagocytes stimulates synthesis of platelet activating factor. J. Biol. Chem. 266: 5472-5479.

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Fax: (518) 486-7971
E-mail: ncirino@wadsworth.org