Dr. Rita Miller
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater. OK
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
Associate Professor 2012 - present
Assistant Professor 2008 - 2012 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Oklahoma State University
Assistant Professor 2000 - 2008 Department of Biology, University of Rochester
Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate 1993-2000 Department of Molecular
Biology, Princeton University
Sponsor: Dr. Mark D. Rose
Graduate Student 1986-1993 Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern
University Medical School
Sponsor: Dr. Robert D. Goldman
Selected Publications:
1. Alonso, A., S. D’Silva, M. Rahman, P.B. Meluh, J. Keeling*, N. Meednu, H. Hoops,
and R.K. Miller. The yeast homolog of the microtubule-associated protein LIS1
interacts with the sumoylation machinery and a SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase.
Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23: 4552-4566.
2. Keeling, J.W.P.* and R.K. Miller. 2011. Indirect immunofluorescence for monitoring
spindle assembly and disassembly in yeast. In “Cell cycle checkpoint control
protocols.” W. Lee. Editor. Humana Press, USA, Totowa, NJ. Methods in Molecular
Biology 782:231-44.
3. Meednu, N., H. Hoops, S. D’Silva, L. Pogorzala, S. Wood, D. Farkas, M. Sorrentino,
E.A. Sia, P. Meluh, and R.K. Miller. 2008. Kar9p interacts with the sumoylation
machinery in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 180:2033-2055.
4. Moore, J.K., and R.K. Miller. 2007. The CDK, Cdc28p, regulates multiple aspects of
Kar9p function in yeast. Mol. Biol. Cell. 18:1187-1202.
5. Cuschieri, L., D., R. Miller, and J. Vogel. 2006. Gamma tubulin is required for
proper recruitment and assembly of Kar9-Bim1 complexes in budding yeast. Mol.
Biol. Cell 17:4420-4434.
6. Miller, R.K, J.K. Moore, S.D’Silva, and H.V. Goodson. 2006. The CLIP-170
homologue Bik1p and spindle positioning in yeast. Curr. Topics in Dev. Biol. 76: 4987.
7. Moore, J.K., S. D’Silva, and R.K. Miller. 2006. The CLIP-170 homologue, Bik1p
promotes the phosphorylation and asymmetric localization of Kar9p. Mol .Biol. Cell
17:178-191 Epub ahead of print Oct 19, 2005.
This article was highlighted in INCYTES from MBC in the January issue, volume 17
and in the ASCB newsletter, January 2006.
8. Miller, R.K. 2004. Monitoring spindle assembly and disassembly in yeast by
indirect immunofluorescence. In “Cell cycle checkpoint control protocols.” H. B.
Lieberman. Editor. Humana Press, USA, Totowa, NJ. Methods in Molecular Biology
series. Vol 241. pp.341-352.
9. Rose, M.D. and R.K. Miller. 2000. Spindle orientation and migration in yeast. In “Cell
division and the Replicon” Eds. Fangman W.L., T. Kishimoto, M. Kohiyama, and C.
Coath. HFSP, Strasbourg, France. pp. 173-181.
10. Miller, R.K., S.-C. Chang and M.D. Rose. 2000. Bim1p/Yeb1p mediates the Kar9pdependent cortical attachment of cytoplasmic microtubules. Mol. Biol. Cell. 11:29492959.
11. Miller, R.K., D. Matheos and M.D. Rose. 1999. The cortical localization of the
microtubule orientation protein, Kar9p, is dependent upon actin and proteins required
for polarization. J. Cell Biol. 144:963-975.
12. Miller, R.K., K.K Heller, L. Frisén, D. Woodworth, D. Loayza, A.E. Gammie, and
M.D. Rose. 1998. The kinesin-related proteins, Kip2p and Kip3p, function differently
in nuclear migration in yeast. Mol. Biol. Cell. 9: 2051-2068.
13. Miller, R.K. and M.D. Rose. 1998. Kar9p is a novel cortical protein required for
cytoplasmic microtubule orientation in yeast. J. Cell Biol. 140: 377-390.
14. Miller, R.K., S. Khoun, and R.D. Goldman. 1993. Dynamics of keratin assembly:
exogenous type I keratin associates rapidly with type II keratin in vivo. J. Cell Biol.
122:123-135.
15. Miller, R.K., K.L. Vikstrom, and R.D. Goldman. 1991. Keratin incorporation into
intermediate filament networks is a rapid process. J. Cell Biol. 113: 843-855.
16. Vikstrom, K.L., R.K. Miller, and R.D. Goldman. 1991. Analyzing dynamic properties
of intermediate filaments. Methods Enzymol. 196: 506-525.
17. Goldman, R.D., Y.-H. Chou, G. Dessev, C. Dessev, A. Goldman, J. Eriksson, R.
Kohnken, S. Khuon, M. Lowy, K. Murphy, O. Skalli, P. Opal, R. Miller, and S.
Straube. 1991. Dynamic aspects of cytoskeletal and karyoskeletal intermediate
filament (IF) systems during the cell cycle. In "The Cell Cycle." Cold Spring Harbor
Symposia on Quantitative Biology, vol. LVI, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,
New York. pp. 629-642.
18. Schindler, M., M. Hogan, R. Miller, and D. DeGaetano. 1987. A nuclear specific
glycoprotein representative of a unique pattern of glycosylation. J. Biol. Chem. 262:
1254-1260.