Kai Mon Lee, Ph.D.
E-mail: klee@umdnj.edu
Phone: 856 566-6152
Fax: 856 566-6232
Office: University Doctors Pavilion, 2214
Department of Molecular Biology
UMDNJ-SOM
Stratford, NJ 08084

Area of Teaching:

Biochemistry

Major Research Interests:

A novel approach to the study of globin gene switching: Translational control

Structural features that modulate efficiency of translation of mRNA

Apoptosis in leukemia cells and its application to cancer therapy

Organizational of chromosomes in the nucleus (in collaboration with Dr. R. Nagele)

Recent Publications

Boussios, T., Lee, K.M., H. Li and M. Subar. Expression of adult globin RNAs in hamster yolk-sac erythroid cells during ontogeny. Experimental Hematology 21:901-906 (1993)

Li, H., Subar, M., Lee, K.M., and Boussios, T. Cloning and Sequence Analysis of Two Embryonic beta-like globin cDNAs (y and z) of hamster. Biochim Biophys Acta. 130(2), 218-220 (1992)

Lee, K.M., M. Subar, H. Li, and T. Boussios. Cloning of two adult hamster globin cDNAs (alpha and beta major). Biochim Biophys Acta 1130(30), 343-344 (1992)

Lee, K.M., T. Boussios, and J.F. Bertles. Translational Control of Globin Chain Ontogeny in Hamster Yolk-sac Erythroid Cells. J. Biol. Chem. 266, Oct. 1991.