Iowa State University
Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
1210 Molecular Biology Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3260
Phone: 515-294-7322
Fax: 515-294-6755
Email:
M. Duane Enger
Professor
Dr. Enger, Professor, received his B.S. in Chemistry and M.S. in Bacteriology from North Dakota State University in 1959 and 1961, respectively. He completed his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin in 1964. From 1964 through 1984, Dr. Enger served in various positions at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, ending his career there as the Deputy Division Leader and Program Manager of Category 1 programs. He came to Iowa State University in 1984 as the Chairman of the Department of Zoology, and Chairman of the Department of Zoology and Genetics from 1990 until 2003. Dr. Enger’s research interests are in regulation of gene expression in eucaryotes, molecular and somatic cell genetics, trace element metabolism, genetic protective mechanisms, cellular toxicology, molecular basis of metal-related human genetic disease, human variability in mechanisms and factors that affect disease incidence and progression, cellular cadmium responses.
Contact Information:
509 Science Hall II
Ames, IA 50011-3220
515-294-0320 voice
515-294-8457 fax
Education:
B.S., North Dakota State University, 1959
M.S., North Dakota State University, 1961
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1964
Publications
Enger, M. D. and Y. James Kang. 1997. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of metal toxicities. Handbook of Human Toxicology, CRC Press; Massaro, ed., pp. 189-284. .
Tang, N. and M. D. Enger. 1993. Cd++ induced c-myc accumulation in NRK-49F cells is blocked by the protein kinase inhibitor H7 but not by HA1004, indicating that protein kinase C is a mediator of the response. Toxicology 81(2):155-164.
Kang, Y-J. and M. D. Enger. 1992. Buthioinine sulfoximine-induced cytostasis does not correlate with glutathione depletion. Am. J. Physiol. 262/Cell Physiol 31:C122-C127.
Tang, N. and M. D. Enger. 1992. Cadmium’s action on NRK-49F cells to produce responses induced also by TGFβ is not due to cadmium induced TGFβ production or activation. Toxicology 71:161-171.
Tang, N. and M. D. Enger. 1991. Cadmium induces hypertrophy accompanied by increased myc mRNA accumulation in NRK-49F cells. Cell Biol. And Toxicol. 7:401-411.
