Selected Publications
Johnson HE, Acebes AC, Watts NE. 2014
Development and Validation of multiplex PCR bioassays for probing host-parasitoid
interactions in biological control of the banana aphid (
Pentalonia nigronervosa
) in
Hawaiian taro (
Colocasia esculenta )
fields.
Ecological Applications
Kirby J, Nishimoto M, Park JG, Withers ST, Nowroozi F, Behrendt D, Fortman JL,
Johnson HE, Anderson JV, Keasling JD 2010.
Cloning of casbene & neocasbene synthases from Euphorbiaceae plants and expression in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
.
Phytochemistry
71:1466-1473.
Johnson HE, Banack SA, Cox PA. 2008
Variability in content of the anti-AIDS drug
candidate prostratin in Samoan populations of
Homolanthus nutans
.
Journal of Natural Products
71(12): 2041-2044.
Johnson HE, King SR, Banack SA, Webster C, Callanaupa WJ, Cox PA. 2008
Cyanobacteria (
Nostoc commune
) used as a dietary item in the Peruvian highlands produce
the neurotoxic amino acid BMAA.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
. 118(1):159-65.
Cox PA, Johnson HE, Tavana G. 2008
Giving Samoan healers credit for prostratin.
Science
. 320(5883):1589.
Banack SA, Johnson HE, Cheng R, Cox PA. 2007
Production of the neurotoxin BMAA by a marine cyanobacterium.
Marine Drugs
. 5(4):180-96.
Buenz EJ, Bauer BA, Johnson HE, Tavana G, Beekman EM, Frank KL, Howe CL. 2006
Searching historical herbal texts for potential new drugs.
British Medical Journal
. 333(7582):1314-5.
Buenz EJ, Johnson HE, Beekman EM, Motley TJ, Bauer BA. 2005
Bioprospecting Rumphius's Ambonese Herbal: Volume I.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
. 96(1-2):57-70.
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