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Emma A. Morrison PhD

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Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Biochemistry

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Member of the Cancer Center
Member of the Cardiovascular Research Center

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Publications (23)

  • Multidrug Resistance Transporter EmrE is Only Moderately Sensitive to Lipid Composition. (Hiett AB, Hisao GS, Robinson AE, Morrison EA, Henzler-Wildman KA) Biophys J 2026 Jan 28 PMID: 41612699 01/30/2026    
  • Corrigendum to "RNA Splicing of the BHC80 Gene Contributes to Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Progression" [Eur. Urol. 76(2) (2019) 157-166]. (Li Y, Xie N, Chen R, Lee AR, Lovnicki J, Morrison EA, Fazli L, Zhang Q, Musselman CA, Wang Y, Huang J, Gleave ME, Collins C, Dong X) Eur Urol 2025 Jul;88(1):121 PMID: 40340107 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105004587457 05/09/2025    
  • Histone H3 tail charge patterns govern nucleosome condensate formation and dynamics. (Hammonds EF, Singh A, Suresh KK, Yang S, Zahorodny SSM, Gupta R, Potoyan DA, Banerjee PR, Morrison EA) bioRxiv 2025 Apr 10 PMID: 40291647 PMCID: PMC12027143 04/28/2025    
  • Arginine anchor points govern H3 tail dynamics. (Jennings CE, Zoss CJ, Morrison EA) Front Mol Biosci 2023;10:1150400 PMID: 37261328 PMCID: PMC10228543 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85159901390 06/01/2023       7 Citations
  • Nucleosome Core Particle Reconstitution with Recombinant Histones and Widom 601 DNA. (Hammonds EF, Morrison EA) Methods Mol Biol 2023;2599:177-190 PMID: 36427150 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85142940540 11/26/2022       1 Citation
  • Preparation of Recombinant Histones and Widom 601 DNA for Reconstitution of Nucleosome Core Particles. (Paintsil EA, Morrison EA) Methods Mol Biol 2023;2599:163-175 PMID: 36427149 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85142940771 11/26/2022       4 Citations
  • Histone H3 and H4 tails play an important role in nucleosome phase separation. (Hammonds EF, Harwig MC, Paintsil EA, Tillison EA, Hill RB, Morrison EA) Biophys Chem 2022 Apr;283:106767 PMID: 35158124 PMCID: PMC8963862 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124393236 02/15/2022       15 Citations
  • Nucleosome composition regulates the histone H3 tail conformational ensemble and accessibility. (Morrison EA, Baweja L, Poirier MG, Wereszczynski J, Musselman CA) Nucleic Acids Res 2021 May 07;49(8):4750-4767 PMID: 33856458 PMCID: PMC8096233 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85106069963 04/16/2021       38 Citations
  • Evolutionary Conservation of Structural and Functional Coupling between the BRM AT-Hook and Bromodomain. (Lupo BE, Chu P, Harms MJ, Morrison EA, Musselman CA) J Mol Biol 2021 Jul 09;433(14):166845 PMID: 33539881 PMCID: PMC8184587 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85101513034 02/05/2021       6 Citations
  • RNA Splicing of the BHC80 Gene Contributes to Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Progression. (Li Y, Xie N, Chen R, Lee AR, Lovnicki J, Morrison EA, Fazli L, Zhang Q, Musselman CA, Wang Y, Huang J, Gleave ME, Collins C, Dong X) Eur Urol 2019 Aug;76(2):157-166 PMID: 30910347 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85063207106 03/27/2019       24 Citations
  • Reading More than Histones: The Prevalence of Nucleic Acid Binding among Reader Domains. (Weaver TM, Morrison EA, Musselman CA) Molecules 2018 Oct 12;23(10) PMID: 30322003 PMCID: PMC6222470 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85054890627 10/17/2018       43 Citations
  • The C terminus of the bacterial multidrug transporter EmrE couples drug binding to proton release. (Thomas NE, Wu C, Morrison EA, Robinson AE, Werner JP, Henzler-Wildman KA) J Biol Chem 2018 Dec 07;293(49):19137-19147 PMID: 30287687 PMCID: PMC6295725 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85058168173 10/06/2018       18 Citations
  • The conformation of the histone H3 tail inhibits association of the BPTF PHD finger with the nucleosome. (Morrison EA, Bowerman S, Sylvers KL, Wereszczynski J, Musselman CA) Elife 2018 Apr 12;7 PMID: 29648537 PMCID: PMC5953545 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85051927084 04/13/2018       107 Citations
  • New free-exchange model of EmrE transport. (Robinson AE, Thomas NE, Morrison EA, Balthazor BM, Henzler-Wildman KA) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017 Nov 21;114(47):E10083-E10091 PMID: 29114048 PMCID: PMC5703289 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85034576395 11/09/2017       49 Citations
  • DNA binding drives the association of BRG1/hBRM bromodomains with nucleosomes. (Morrison EA, Sanchez JC, Ronan JL, Farrell DP, Varzavand K, Johnson JK, Gu BX, Crabtree GR, Musselman CA) Nat Commun 2017 Jul 14;8:16080 PMID: 28706277 PMCID: PMC5519978 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85024494914 07/15/2017       62 Citations
  • The Role of PHD Fingers in Chromatin Signaling: Mechanisms and Functional Consequences of the Recognition of Histone and Non-histone Targets (Morrison EA, Musselman CA) Chromatin Signaling and Diseases 24 August 2016:127-147 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85018812146 08/24/2016       14 Citations
  • Asymmetric protonation of EmrE. (Morrison EA, Robinson AE, Liu Y, Henzler-Wildman KA) J Gen Physiol 2015 Dec;146(6):445-61 PMID: 26573622 PMCID: PMC4664823 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84971009555 11/18/2015       38 Citations
  • Blocking dynamics of the SMR transporter EmrE impairs efflux activity. (Dutta S, Morrison EA, Henzler-Wildman KA) Biophys J 2014 Aug 05;107(3):613-620 PMID: 25099800 PMCID: PMC4129506 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84905640039 08/08/2014       18 Citations
  • EmrE dimerization depends on membrane environment. (Dutta S, Morrison EA, Henzler-Wildman KA) Biochim Biophys Acta 2014 Jul;1838(7):1817-22 PMID: 24680655 PMCID: PMC4061694 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84899042377 04/01/2014       10 Citations
  • Transported substrate determines exchange rate in the multidrug resistance transporter EmrE. (Morrison EA, Henzler-Wildman KA) J Biol Chem 2014 Mar 07;289(10):6825-6836 PMID: 24448799 PMCID: PMC3945343 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84896767811 01/23/2014       42 Citations
  • Reconstitution of integral membrane proteins into isotropic bicelles with improved sample stability and expanded lipid composition profile. (Morrison EA, Henzler-Wildman KA) Biochim Biophys Acta 2012 Mar;1818(3):814-20 PMID: 22226849 PMCID: PMC3292179 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84855774075 01/10/2012       58 Citations
  • Antiparallel EmrE exports drugs by exchanging between asymmetric structures. (Morrison EA, DeKoster GT, Dutta S, Vafabakhsh R, Clarkson MW, Bahl A, Kern D, Ha T, Henzler-Wildman KA) Nature 2011 Dec 18;481(7379):45-50 PMID: 22178925 PMCID: PMC3253143 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84855455990 12/20/2011       183 Citations
  • An unusual transduction pathway in human tonic smooth muscle myosin. (Halstead MF, Ajtai K, Penheiter AR, Spencer JD, Zheng Y, Morrison EA, Burghardt TP) Biophys J 2007 Nov 15;93(10):3555-66 PMID: 17704147 PMCID: PMC2072059 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-36549073805 08/21/2007       2 Citations
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