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CURRICULUM VITAE - SALLY A. AMERO RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAt~'~PERIENCE"~<" 1991 -Present Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 1987-1991 1984-1987 1980-1984 1979-1980 1977-1979. 1975-1977 EDUCATION Research Assistant Professor with Dr. Ann L. Beyer University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Characterization of the Pep protein in Drosophila Research Associate with Dr. Sarah C.R. Elgin Washington University, St. Louis, MO Discovery of the PEP protein in Drosophila Research Associate with Dr. Robert M. Grainger University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Purification and analysis of Physarum rDNA chromatin Research Associate with Dr. Sidney M. Hecht University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Misacylation of tRNA in vitro and translation of phage T4 mRNA Graduate Research Assistant West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Graduate Teaching Assistant West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Genetics (undergraduate); Biochemical Genetics (graduate) 197~1979 1970-1974 PUBLICATIONS Ph.D.; Biochemical Genetics and Developmental Biology West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV B.S. in Biology, Magna cure laude Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA Tallman, G., Amero, S., Kaczmarczyk, W. and Ulrich, V. 1979. Electrophoretic comparisons of liver chromatin proteins isolated from heterotic rats during postweaning development. Bioch. Genetics 17: 185-196. Amero, S. 1982. Detection of binding between transfer RNA and RNA polymerase by high-performance liquid chromatography, j. of Chromatography 241: 413-415. Amero, S., Tallman, J.G., Kaczmarczyk, W., and Ulrich, V. 1983. Comparisons of liver chromatin proteins and template activities in parental and heterotic rats during postweaning development. Bioch. Genetics 21: 579-594. 40000008

Amero, S.A., Ogle, R.C., Montoya, V,L., Murdoch, W.L., Keating, J.L., and Grainger, R.M. 1988. Purification of ribosomal RNA gene chromatin from Physarum polycephalum. J. Biol. Chem. 263: 10725-10733. Amero, S.A., Montoya, V.L., Murdoch, W.L., Keating, J.L., Ogle, R.C., and Grainger, R.M. 1988. Characterization of ribosomal RNA gene chromatin from Physarum polycephalum. J. Biol. Chem. 263:10734-10744. Amero, S.A., James, T.C., and Elgin, S.C.R. 1988. Raising antisera to proteins in gel bands. In "Methods in Molecular Biology", J.M. Walker, ed., Humana Press, Voi. 3: 355-362. James, T.C., Amero, S.A., and Elgin, S.C.R. 1988. Recent progress in the study of nonhistone chromosomal proteins. In "Architecture of Eukaryotic Genes." G. Kahl, ed., Verlag Chemie, pg. 208-227. Elgin, S.C.R., Amero, S.A., Eissenberg, J.C., Fleischmann, G., Gilmour, D.S., and James, T.C. 1988. Distribution patterns of nonhistone chromosomal proteins: Functional correlations. 18th Stadler Genetics Symposium, J.P. Gustafson, R. Appels, and R. Kaufman, eds., Plenum Publishing Corp., pg. 145-156. Haynes, S.R., Raychaudhuri, G., Johnson, D., Amero, S., and Beyer, A.L. 1990. The Drosophila Hrb loci: A family of hnRNA binding proteins. Mol. Biol. Rep. 14; 93-94. Amero, S.A., Elgin, S.C.R., and Beyer, A.L. 1991. A unique zinc finger protein is associated preferentially with active ecdysone-responsive loci in Drosophila. Genes and Dev. 5: 188-200. Amero, S.A. and Ashburner, M. 1992. A cytological features database. Drosophila Information Newsletter, July release. Amero, S.A., Kretsinger, R.H., Moncrief, N.D., Yamamoto, K.R., and Pearson, W.R. The origin of nuclear receptor proteins: A single precursor distinct from other zinc fingers. Mol. Endocrinology 6: 3-7. Amero, S.A., Raychaudhuri, G., Cass, C.~ van Venrooij, W., Habets, W.J., Krainer, A.R., and Beyer, A.L. 1992. The independent deposition of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins and small nuclear ribonucleoproteins at sites of transcription. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89: 8409-8413. Amero, S.A., Hockensmith, J.W., Raychaudhuri, G., and Beyer, A.L. A unique ribonucleoprotein complex assembles preferentially on ecdysone- responsive sites in Drosophila. Submitted to Mol. Ceil. Biol. 40000009