R. W. Barker

Publication List Details

Period

1922 - 2008

Number

18

Co-Authors

The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (2008)

Barker, R. W., Biddulph, P., Bly, D., Boysen, R. C., Brown, A. R., ...

The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager is a pair of interferometer arrays operating with six frequency channels spanning 13.9-18.2 GHz, with very high sensitivity to angular scales 30''-10'. The telescope...

SEQUENCE VARIATION OF THE RIBOSOMAL DNA SECOND INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER REGION IN TWO SPATIALLY DISTINCT POPULATIONS OF AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM (L.) (ACARI: IXODIDAE) (2005)

M. V. Reichard, A. A. Kocan, R. W. Barker, S. A. Ewing

Sequence analysis of the ribosomal DNA second internal transcribed spacer (ITS 2) region in 2 spatially distinct populations of Amblyomma americanum (L.) revealed intraspecific variation. Nucleotide...

Occurrence of the Gulf Coast Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) on Wild and Domestic Mammals in North-Central Oklahoma (2004)

R. W. Barker, A. Alan Kocan, S. A. Ewing, R. P. Wettemann, Mark E. Payton

Parasitic life stages of Amblyomma maculatum Koch were collected from domestic cattle and several species of wild mammals during a 3.5-yr study (May 1998–October 2001) in north-central Oklahoma....

Experimental transmission of Ehrlichia canis (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae) by Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) (1998)

Johnson, E. M, Ewing, S. A, Barker, R. W, Fox, J. C, Crow, D. W, Kocan, K. M

Four trials were conducted in which laboratory-reared Dermacentor variabilis nymphs were exposed to Ehrlichia canis by feeding on experimentally infected dogs as soon as classical morulae were...

Attempted transmission of Ehrlichia canis by Rhipicephalus sanguineus after passage in cell culture. (1996)

Mathew, J. S, Ewing, S. A, Barker , R. W, Fox, J. C, Dawson , J. E, Warner , C. K, ...

OBJECTIVES: To compare the transmissibility by the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, of a recent isolate of Ehrlichia canis (Ebony) with that of another isolate (Oklahoma) that had been...

Experimental transmission of Ehrlichia chaffeensis (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae) among white-tailed deer by Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae). (1995)

Ewing, S. A, Dawson , J. E, Kocan, A. A, Barker, R. W, Warner , C. K, Panciera , R. J, ...

Ehrlichia chaffeensis Anderson, Dawson & Wilson, causative agent of human (predominantly monocytic) ehrlichiosis, was successfully transmitted experimentally by Amblyomma americanum (L.) to...

Attempted transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) (JDI strain) by Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), Dermacentor variabilis, and Amblyomma americanum. (1992)

Mukolwe, S. W, Kocan, A. A, Barker , R. W, Kocan, Katherine M., Murphy, G. L

Laboratory-reared Ixodes scapularis Say, Amblyomma americanum (L.), and Dermacentor variabilis (Say) were fed on New Zealand white rabbits experimentally infected with Borrelia burgdorferi (JDI...

Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) from Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor albipictus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Oklahoma. (1992)

Kocan, A. A, Mukolwe , S. W, Murphy , G. L, Barker , R. W, Kocan, K. M

Borrelia burgdorferi was isolated from Ixodes scapularis Say and Dermacentor albipictus Packard that were removed as partially fed adults from white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann, in...

Failure to transmit Ehrlichia canis (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae) with Otobius megnini (Acari: Argasidae). (1990)

Ewing, S. A, Harkess , J. R, Kocan, K. M, Barker, R. W, Fox , J. C, Tyler, R. D, ...

An ear tick, Otobius megnini (Duges) recovered from a child who had serologic evidence of ehrlichiosis, was examined for Ehrlichia species microscopically and by inoculation into a susceptible dog;...

Attempted transmission of Ehrlichia risticii, causative agent of Potomac horse fever, by the ticks, Dermacentor variabilis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum. (1990)

Hahn, N. E, Fletcher , M., Rice, R. M, Kocan, K. M, Hansen , J. W, Hair , J. A, ...

Dermacentor variabilis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Amblyomma americanum, and Ixodes scapularis ticks were investigated for their ability to transmit Potomac horse fever. Larval and nymphal ticks were...

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDIES OF ANAESTHETIC INTERACTIONS WITH HAEMOGLOBIN (1975)

BARKER, R. W., BROWN, F. F., DARKE, R., HALSEY, M. J., RICHARDS, R. E.

The use of a 270 MHz Fourier Transform nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, combined with signal processing techniques to improve resolution, enabled proton resonances from the individual...

Human placental diamine oxidase. Improved purification and characterization of a copper- and manganese-containing amine oxidase with novel substrate specificity.

Crabbe, M J, Waight, R D, Bardsley, W G, Barker, R W, Kelly, I D, Knowles, P F

1. Isoelectric focusing studies of human placental diamine oxidase showed the pI value of the active enzyme to be 6.5. This information was used in modifying the enzyme purification by incorporating...

Human placental diamine oxidase. Improved purification and characterization of a copper- and manganese-containing amine oxidase with novel substrate specificity.

Crabbe, M J, Waight, R D, Bardsley, W G, Barker, R W, Kelly, I D, Knowles, P F

1. Isoelectric focusing studies of human placental diamine oxidase showed the pI value of the active enzyme to be 6.5. This information was used in modifying the enzyme purification by incorporating...

Naturally occurring Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in coyotes from Oklahoma.

Kocan, A. A., Levesque, G. C., Whitworth, L. C., Murphy, G. L., Ewing, S. A., Barker, R. W.

A nested polymerase chain reaction assay was used to determine the presence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. canis, and E. ewingii DNA in blood samples of free-ranging coyotes from central and...