James L. Smith
		Assistant Professor
		Education B.S. Biology, Florida State University M.B.A. Finance, University of Florida Ph.D. Biology, University of Florida Postdoctoral Research Oragenics Inc.
				Contact Information
		Statement of Research Interests		221 Harned Hall 662.325.1244 662.325.7939 Fax jamesleifsmith@biology.msstate.edu Lab Web Page
		see lab webpage
		Selected Publications
		Hasper Hester E., Kramer Naomi E., Smith Leif James, Hillman J. D., Zachariah Cherian, Kuipers Oscar P., Kruijff Ben de, and Breukink Eefjan, An Alternative Mechanism of Action for Lantibiotic Peptides that Target Lipid II, Science, 313, 1636-1637 (2006).
		Smith Leif James, Orugunty Ravi, Hillman JD, Bacteriocins: Current Research and Applications - Chapter 6, Horizon Press, (2006).
		Green Terry, Omjoy Ganesh, Perry Kyle, Smith Leif James, Phylip Lowri H., Logan Timothy M., Hagen Stephen J., Dunn Ben M., and Edison Arthur S., IA3, an Aspartic Proteinase Inhibitor from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Is Intrinsically Unstructured in Solution, Biochemistry, 43(14), 4071-4081 (2004).
Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, 130 Harned Hall, Lee Blvd., Mississippi State, MS 39762