Smythers, A. L.; Bhatnagar, N.; Ha, C.; Majumdar, P.; McConnell, E. W.; Mohanasundaram, B.; Hicks, L. M.; Pandey, S. Abscisic acid-controlled redox proteome of Arabidopsis and its regulation by heterotrimeric Gbeta protein. New Phytol 2022.

Moyer, T. B.; Schug, W. J.; Hicks, L. M. Amaranthus hypochondriacus seeds as a rich source of cysteine rich bioactive peptides. Food Chem 2022, 377, 131959. 

Iannetta, A. A.; Hicks, L. M. Maximizing Depth of PTM Coverage: Generating Robust MS Datasets for Computational Prediction Modeling. Methods in molecular biology 2022, 2499, 1-41.

Culver, K. D.; Hicks, L. M. In silico prediction and mass spectrometric characterization of botanical antimicrobial peptides. Methods Enzymol 2022, 663, 157-175.

Brechbill, A. M.; Moyer, T. B.; Parsley, N. C.; Hicks, L. M. Creating optimized peptide libraries for AMP discovery via PepSAVI-MS. Methods Enzymol 2022, 663, 41-66.

Balboa, S. J.; Hicks, L. M.; Minteer, S. D.; Theberge, A. B. Active Learning in Graduate Analytical Chemistry Courses. In Active Learning in the Analytical Chemistry Curriculum, American Chemical Society, 2022; pp 65-82.  

Balboa, S. J.; Hicks, L. M. Revealing AMP mechanisms of action through resistance evolution and quantitative proteomics. Methods Enzymol 2022, 663, 259-271. 

Moyer, T. B.; Brechbill, A. M.; Hicks, L. M. Mass Spectrometric Identification of Antimicrobial Peptides from Medicinal Seeds. Molecules 2021, 26 (23).

Thapa, N., Chaudhari, M., Iannetta, A. A., White, C., Roy, K., Newman, R. H., Hicks, L.M., Kc, D. B. A Deep Learning Based Approach for Prediction of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Phosphorylation Sites. Scientific Reports, 2021, 11, 1, 12550. 

Smythers, A. L., Iannetta, A. A.; Hicks, L. M., Crosslinking Mass Spectrometry Unveils Novel Interactions and Structural Distinctions in the Model Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Molecular Omics, 2021,17, 917-928. 

Smythers, A. L., Ford, M. M., Hawkins, D. G., Connor, M. C., Lawrence, K. C., Stanton, C. R., Gayton, A. C.; Hicks, L. M., Modernizing the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory: The Design and Implementation of a Modular Protein-Centered Course. J Chem Educ, 2021, 98, 5, 1645-1652. 

Smythers, A. L.; Hicks, L. M., Mapping the Plant Proteome: Tools for Surveying Coordinating Pathways. Emerg Top Life Sci, 2021, 5, 2, 203-220. 

Sadecki, P. W., Balboa, S. J., Lopez, L. R., Kedziora, K. M., Arthur, J. C.; Hicks, L. M., Evolution of Polymyxin Resistance Regulates Colibactin Production in Escherichia coli. ACS Chem Biol, 2021, 16, 7, 1243-1254. 

Moyer, T. B., Purvis, A. L., Wommack, A. J.; Hicks, L. M., Proteomic Response of Escherichia coli to A Membrane Lytic and Iron Chelating Truncated Amaranthus tricolor Defensin. BMC Microbiol, 2021, 21, 1, 110. 

Moyer, T. B., Parsley, N. C., Sadecki, P. W., Schug, W. J.; Hicks, L. M., Leveraging Orthogonal Mass Spectrometry Based Strategies for Comprehensive Sequencing and Characterization of Ribosomal Antimicrobial Peptide Natural Products. Nat Prod Rep, 2021, 38, 3, 489-509. 

Moyer, T. B., Allen, J. L., Shaw, L. N.; Hicks, L. M., Multiple Classes of Antimicrobial Peptides in Amaranthus tricolor Revealed by Prediction, Proteomics, And Mass Spectrometric Characterization. Journal Of Natural Products, 2021, 84, 2, 444-452. 

Iannetta, A. A., Rogers, H. T., Al-Mohanna, T., O’Brien, J. N., Wommack, A. J., Popescu, S. C.; Hicks, L. M., Profiling Thimet Oligopeptidase-Mediated Proteolysis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J, 2021, 106, 2, 336-350. 

Iannetta, A. A., Minton, N. E., Uitenbroek, A. A., Little, J. L., Stanton, C. R., Kristich, C. J.; Hicks, L. M., Irek-Mediated, Cell Wall-Protective Phosphorylation in Enterococcus faecalis. J Proteome, Res 2021. 

Culver, K. D., Allen, J. L., Shaw, L. N.; Hicks, L. M., Too Hot to Handle: Antibacterial Peptides Identified in Ghost Pepper. Journal Of Natural Products, 2021, 84, 8, 2200-2208. 

Couso, I., Smythers, A. L., Ford, M. M., Umen, J. G., Crespo, J. L.; Hicks, L. M., Inositol Polyphosphates and Target of Rapamycin Kinase Signalling Govern Photosystem II Protein Phosphorylation And Photosynthetic Function Under Light Stress in Chlamydomonas. New Phytol, 2021. 

Al-Mohanna, T., Nejat, N., Iannetta, A. A., Hicks, L. M., Popescu, G. V.; Popescu, S. C., Arabidopsis Thimet Oligopeptidases Are Redox-Sensitive Enzymes Active in The Local and Systemic Plant Immune Response. J Biol Chem, 2021, 296, 100695. 

Smythers, A. L.; Bhatnagar, N.; Ha, C.; Majumdar, P.; McConnell, E. W.; Mohanasundaram, B.; Hicks, L. M.; Pandey, S. Abscisic acid-controlled redox proteome of Arabidopsis and its regulation by heterotrimeric Gbeta protein. New Phytol 2022. 

Moyer, T. B.; Schug, W. J.; Hicks, L. M. Amaranthus hypochondriacus seeds as a rich source of cysteine rich bioactive peptides. Food Chem 2022, 377, 131959.  

Iannetta, A. A.; Hicks, L. M. Maximizing Depth of PTM Coverage: Generating Robust MS Datasets for Computational Prediction Modeling. Methods in molecular biology 2022, 2499, 1-41. 

Brechbill, A. M.; Moyer, T. B.; Parsley, N. C.; Hicks, L. M. Creating optimized peptide libraries for AMP discovery via PepSAVI-MS. Methods Enzymol 2022, 663, 41-66. 

Smythers, A; McConnell, E; Lewis, H; Mubarek, S; Hicks, L. Photosynthetic Metabolism and Nitrogen Reshuffling Are Regulated by Reversible Cysteine Thiol Oxidation Following Nitrogen Deprivation in Chlamydomonas. Plants. 2020, 9(6), 784. 

McConnell, E; Smythers, A; Hicks, L. Maleimide-Based Chemical Proteomics for Quantitative Analysis of Cysteine Reactivity. Journal of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry 31(8), 1697 – 1705.  

Parsley, N; Smythers, A; Hicks, L. Implementation of microfluidics for antimicrobial susceptibility assays: issues and optimization requirements. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2020, 10, 547177.  

Parsley, N; Williams, O; Hicks, L. Exploring the Diversity of Cysteine-Rich Natural Product Peptides via MS/MS Fingerprint Ions. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 2020, 31(9) (2020): 1833-1843.  

Moyer, T; Parsley, N; Sadecki, P; Schug, W; Hicks, L. Leveraging orthogonal mass spectrometry based strategies for comprehensive sequencing and characterization of ribosomal antimicrobial peptide natural products. Natural Product Reports (2020).  

Ford, M; Lawrence, S; Werth, E; McConnell, E; Hicks, L. Label-Free Quantitative Phosphoproteomics for Algae. In: Jorrin-Novo J., Valledor L., Castillejo M., Rey MD. (eds) Plant Proteomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2139. Humana, New York, NY.  

Berg, P., McConnell, E.W., Hicks, L.M., Popescu, S.C. and Popescu, G.V. (2019) Evaluation of linear models and missing value imputation for the analysis of peptide-centric proteomics. BMC Bioinformatics, 20, 102. 

Biswal, A.K., McConnell, E.W., Werth, E.G., Lo, S.F., Yu, S.M., Hicks, L.M. and Jones, A.M. (2019) The Nucleotide-Dependent Interactome of Rice Heterotrimeric G-Protein alpha -Subunit. Proteomics, 19, e1800385. 

Fleming, S.R., Bartges, T.E., Vinogradov, A.A., Kirkpatrick, C.L., Goto, Y., Suga, H., Hicks, L.M. and Bowers, A.A. (2019) Flexizyme-Enabled Benchtop Biosynthesis of Thiopeptides. J Am Chem Soc, 141, 758-762. 

Ford, M.M., Smythers, A.L., McConnell, E.W., Lowery, S.C., Kolling, D.R.J. and Hicks, L.M. (2019) Inhibition of TOR in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Leads to Rapid Cysteine Oxidation Reflecting Sustained Physiological Changes. Cells, 8. 

Foreman, D.J., Parsley, N.C., Lawler, J.T., Aryal, U.K., Hicks, L.M. and McLuckey, S.A. (2019) Gas-Phase Sequencing of Cyclotides: Introduction of Selective Ring Opening at Dehydroalanine via Ion/Ion Reaction. Analytical Chemistry, 91, 15608-15616. 

Jia, H., Song, G., Werth, E.G., Walley, J.W., Hicks, L.M. and Jones, A.M. (2019) Proteomics, 19, e1900265. >

McConnell, E.W., Berg, P., Westlake, T.J., Wilson, K.M., Popescu, G.V., Hicks, L.M. and Popescu, S.C. (2019) Proteome-Wide Analysis of Cysteine Reactivity during Effector-Triggered Immunity. Plant Physiol, 179, 1248-1264. 

Moyer, T.B., Heil, L.R., Kirkpatrick, C.L., Goldfarb, D., Lefever, W.A., Parsley, N.C., Wommack, A.J. and Hicks, L.M. (2019) PepSAVI-MS Reveals a Proline-rich Antimicrobial Peptide in Amaranthus tricolor. Journal of Natural Products, 82, 2744-2753. 

Parsley, N.C., Sadecki, P.W., Hartmann, C.J. and Hicks, L.M. (2019) Viola “inconspicua” No More: An Analysis of Antibacterial Cyclotides. Journal of Natural Products, 82, 2537-2543. 

Werth, E.G., McConnell, E.W., Couso Lianez, I., Perrine, Z., Crespo, J.L., Umen, J.G. and Hicks, L.M. (2019) Investigating the effect of target of rapamycin kinase inhibition on the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii phosphoproteome: from known homologs to new targets. New Phytol, 221, 247-260. 

Parsley, N.C., Kirkpatrick, C.L., Crittenden, C.M., Rad, J.G., Hoskin, D.W., Brodbelt, J.S. and Hicks, L.M., (2018) PepSAVI-MS Reveals Anticancer and Antifungal Cycloviolacins in Viola odorata. Phytochemistry, 152, 61-70. 

McConnell, E.W., Werth, E.G. and Hicks, L.M. (2018) The Phosphorylated Redox Proteome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Revealing Novel Means for Regulation of Protein Structure and Function. Redox Biology, 17, 35-46.  

Li, B., Tunc-Ozdemir, M., Urano, D., Jia, H., Werth, E.G., Mowrey, D.D., Hicks, L.M., Dokholyan, N.V., Torres, M.P. and Jones, A.M. (2018) Tyrosine Phosphorylation Switching of a G Protein. J Biol Chem, 293, 4752-4766.  

Kirkpatrick, C.L., Parsley, N.C., Bartges, T.E., Wing, C.E., Kommineni, S., Kristich, C.J., Salzman, N.H., Patrie, S.M. and Hicks, L.M. (2018) Exploring Bioactive Peptides from Bacterial Secretomes Using PepSAVI-MS: Identification and Characterization of Bac-21 from Enterococcus faecalis pPD1. Microbial Biotechnology, 11, 943-951. 

Kirkpatrick, C.L., Parsley, N.C., Bartges, T.E., Cooke, M.E., Evans, W.S., Heil, L.R., Smith, T.J. and Hicks, L.M. (2018) Fungal Secretome Analysis via PepSAVI-MS: Identification of the Bioactive Peptide KP4 from Ustilago maydis. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 29, 859-865. 

Al-Barakati, H.J., McConnell, E.W., Hicks, L.M., Poole, L.B., Newman, R.H. and Kc, D.B. (2018) SVM-SulfoSite: A Support Vector Machine Based Predictor for Sulfenylation Sites. Scientific Reports, 8, 11288. 

Kirkpatrick, C.L., Broberg, C.A., McCool, E.N., Lee, W.J., Chao, A., McConnell, E.W., Pritchard, D.A., Hebert, M., Fleeman, R., Adams, J., Jamil, A., Madera, L., Stromstedt, A.A., Goransson, U., Liu, Y., Hoskin, D.W., Shaw, L.N. and Hicks, L.M. (2017) The “PepSAVI-MS” Pipeline for Natural Product Bioactive Peptide Discovery. Analytical Chemistry, 89, 1194-1201.  

Werth, E.G., McConnell, E.W., Gilbert, T.S., Couso Lianez, I., Perez, C.A., Manley, C.K., Graves, L.M., Umen, J.G. and Hicks, L.M. (2017) Probing the global kinome and phosphoproteome in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii via sequential enrichment and quantitative proteomics. Plant J, 89, 416-426.  

Soares, E.A., Werth, E.G., Madronero, L.J., Ventura, J.A., Rodrigues, S.P., Hicks, L.M. and Fernandes, P.M. (2017) Label-free quantitative proteomic analysis of pre-flowering PMeV-infected Carica papaya L. Journal of Proteomics, 151, 275-283.  

Satoh, R., Teshima, R., Kitta, K., Lang, G.H., Schegg, K., Blumenthal, K., Hicks, L., Labory-Carcenac, B., Rouquie, D., Herman, R.A., Herouet-Guicheney, C., Ladics, G.S., McClain, S., Poulsen, L.K., Privalle, L., Ward, J.M., Doerrer, N. and Rascle, J.B. (2016) Inter-laboratory optimization of protein extraction, separation, and fluorescent detection of endogenous rice allergens. Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 80, 2198–2207.  

Jaiswala, D.K., Werth, E.G., McConnell, E.W., Hicks, L.M. and Jones, A.M. (2016) Time-dependent, glucose-regulated Arabidopsis Regulator of G-protein Signaling 1 network Current Plant Biology, 5, 25-35.  

Huang, H., Alvarez, S., Bindbeutel, R., Shen, Z., Naldrett, M. J., Evans, B. S., Briggs, S. P., Hicks, L. M., Kay, S. A., and Nusinow, D. A. (2016) Identification of Evening Complex Associated Proteins in Arabidopsis by Affinity Purification and Mass Spectrometry. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 15, 201-217.  

Slade, W. O., Werth, E. G., McConnell, E. W., Alvarez, S., and Hicks, L. M. (2015) Quantifying reversible oxidation of protein thiols in photosynthetic organisms. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 26, 631-640. 

Rodrigues, S. P., Alvarez, S., Werth, E. G., Slade, W. O., Gau, B., Cahoon, E. B., and Hicks, L. M. (2015) Multiplexing strategy for simultaneous detection of redox-, phospho- and total proteome – understanding TOR regulating pathways in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Analytical Methods 7, 7336-7344. 

Park, J. J., Wang, H., Gargouri, M., Deshpande, R. R., Skepper, J. N., Holguin, F. O., Juergens, M. T., Shachar-Hill, Y., Hicks, L. M., and Gang, D. R. (2015) The response of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to nitrogen deprivation: a systems biology analysis. Plant Journal 81, 611-624. 

Juergens, M. T., Deshpande, R. R., Lucker, B. F., Park, J. J., Wang, H., Gargouri, M., Holguin, F. O., Disbrow, B., Schaub, T., Skepper, J. N., Kramer, D. M., Gang, D. R., Hicks, L. M., and Shachar-Hill, Y. (2015) The regulation of photosynthetic structure and function during nitrogen deprivation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Physiology 167, 558-573. 

Gargouri, M., Park, J. J., Holguin, F. O., Kim, M. J., Wang, H., Deshpande, R. R., Shachar-Hill, Y., Hicks, L. M., and Gang, D. R. (2015) Identification of regulatory network hubs that control lipid metabolism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. J Exp Bot 66, 4551-4566. 

Alvarez, S., Roy Choudhury, S., Sivagnanam, K., Hicks, L. M., and Pandey, S. (2015) Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Camelina sativa Seeds Overexpressing the AGG3 Gene to Identify the Proteomic Basis of Increased Yield and Stress Tolerance. Journal of Proteome Research 14, 2606-2616. 

Wang, H. X., Gau, B., Slade, W. O., Juergens, M., Li, P., and Hicks, L. M. (2014) The Global Phosphoproteome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Reveals Complex Organellar Phosphorylation in the Flagella and Thylakoid Membrane. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 13, 2337-2353. 

Slade, W. O., Werth, E. G., Chao, A., and Hicks, L. M. (2014) Phosphoproteomics in photosynthetic organisms. Electrophoresis 35, 3441-3451. 

Deng, X., Weerapana, E., Ulanovskaya, O., Sun, F., Liang, H., Ji, Q., Ye, Y., Fu, Y., Zhou, L., Li, J., Zhang, H., Wang, C., Alvarez, S., Hicks, L. M., Lan, L., Wu, M., Cravatt, B. F., and He, C. (2013) Proteome-wide quantification and characterization of oxidation-sensitive cysteines in pathogenic bacteria. Cell Host Microbe 13, 358-370. 

Alvarez, S., Choudhury, S. R., Hicks, L. M., and Pandey, S. (2013) Quantitative Proteomics-Based Analysis Supports a Significant Role of GTG Proteins in Regulation of ABA Response in Arabidopsis Roots. Journal of Proteome Research 12, 1487-1501. 

Zhang, M., Ravilious, G. E., Hicks, L. M., Jez, J. M., and McCulla, R. D. (2012) Redox Switching of Adenosine-5 ‘-phosphosulfate Kinase with Photoactivatable Atomic Oxygen Precursors. Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, 16979-16982. 

Wang, H., Wang, S., Lu, Y., Alvarez, S., Hicks, L. M., Ge, X., and Xia, Y. (2012) Proteomic analysis of early-responsive redox-sensitive proteins in Arabidopsis. Journal of Proteome Research 11, 412-424. 

Wang, H., Alvarez, S., and Hicks, L. M. (2012) Comprehensive comparison of iTRAQ and label-free LC-based quantitative proteomics approaches using two Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strains of interest for biofuels engineering. Journal of Proteome Research 11, 487-501. 

Sun, F., Liang, H. H., Kong, X. Q., Xie, S., Cho, H., Deng, X., Ji, Q. J., Zhang, H. Y., Alvarez, S., Hicks, L. M., Bae, T., Luo, C., Jiang, H. L., and He, C. (2012) Quorum-sensing agr mediates bacterial oxidation response via an intramolecular disulfide redox switch in the response regulator AgrA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109, 9095-9100. 

Sun, F., Ding, Y., Ji, Q. J., Liang, Z. J., Deng, X., Wong, C. C. L., Yi, C. Q., Zhang, L., Xie, S., Alvarez, S., Hicks, L. M., Luo, C., Jiang, H. L., Lan, L. F., and He, C. (2012) Protein cysteine phosphorylation of SarA/MgrA family transcriptional regulators mediates bacterial virulence and antibiotic resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109, 15461-15466. 

Galant, A., Koester, R. P., Ainsworth, E. A., Hicks, L. M., and Jez, J. M. (2012) From climate change to molecular response: redox proteomics of ozone-induced responses in soybean. New Phytologist 194, 220-229. 

Zhang, Y. Y., Zhang, B. C., Yan, D. W., Dong, W. X., Yang, W. B., Li, Q., Zeng, L. J., Wang, J. J., Wang, L. Y., Hicks, L. M., and He, Z. H. (2011) Two Arabidopsis cytochrome P450 monooxygenases, CYP714A1 and CYP714A2, function redundantly in plant development through gibberellin deactivation. Plant Journal 67, 342-353. 

Zhang, B., Watts, K. M., Hodge, D., Kemp, L. M., Hunstad, D. A., Hicks, L. M., and Odom, A. R. (2011) A second target of the antimalarial and antibacterial agent fosmidomycin revealed by cellular metabolic profiling. Biochemistry 50, 3570-3577. 

Song, C. X., Szulwach, K. E., Fu, Y., Dai, Q., Yi, C., Li, X., Li, Y., Chen, C. H., Zhang, W., Jian, X., Wang, J., Zhang, L., Looney, T. J., Zhang, B., Godley, L. A., Hicks, L. M., Lahn, B. T., Jin, P., and He, C. (2011) Selective chemical labeling reveals the genome-wide distribution of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine. Nature Biotechnology 29, 68-72. 

Chen, H., Zhang, B., Hicks, L. M., and Xiong, L. (2011) A nucleotide metabolite controls stress-responsive gene expression and plant development. Plos One 6, e26661. 

Alvarez, S., Hicks, L. M., and Pandey, S. (2011) ABA-Dependent and -Independent G-Protein Signaling in Arabidopsis Roots Revealed through an iTRAQ Proteomics Approach. Journal of Proteome Research 10, 3107-3122. 

Alvarez, S., and Hicks, L. M. (2011) Survey in plant root proteomics: to know the unknown. In: Benkeblia, N., ed. Sustainable Agriculture and New Biotechnologies, pp. 215-256, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL

Alvarez, S., Galant, A., Jez, J. M., and Hicks, L. M. (2011) Redox-regulatory mechanisms induced by oxidative stress in Brassica juncea roots monitored by 2-DE proteomics. Proteomics 11, 1346-1350. 

Zhang, B., Tolstikov, V., Turnbull, C., Hicks, L. M., and Fiehn, O. (2010) Divergent metabolome and proteome suggest functional independence of dual phloem transport systems in cucurbits. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107, 13532-13537. 

Wu, B., Zhang, B., Feng, X., Rubens, J. R., Huang, R., Hicks, L. M., Pakrasi, H. B., and Tang, Y. J. (2010) Alternative isoleucine synthesis pathway in cyanobacterial species. Microbiology 156, 596-602. 

Ning, J., Li, X., Hicks, L. M., and Xiong, L. (2010) A Raf-like MAPKKK gene DSM1 mediates drought resistance through reactive oxygen species scavenging in rice. Plant Physiology 152, 876-890. 

Marsh, E., Alvarez, S., Hicks, L. M., Barbazuk, W. B., Qiu, W. P., Kovacs, L., and Schachtman, D. (2010) Changes in protein abundance during powdery mildew infection of leaf tissues of Cabernet Sauvignon grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). Proteomics 10, 2057-2064. 

Chen, Q., Westfall, C. S., Hicks, L. M., Wang, S., and Jez, J. M. (2010) Kinetic basis for the conjugation of auxin by a GH3 family indole acetic acid-amido synthetase. Journal of Biological Chemistry 285, 29780-29786. 

Feng, X., Mouttaki, H., Lin, L., Huang, R., Wu, B., Hemme, C. L., He, Z., Zhang, B., Hicks, L. M., Xu, J., Zhou, J., and Tang, Y. J. (2009) Characterization of the central metabolic pathways in Thermoanaerobacter sp. strain X514 via isotopomer-assisted metabolite analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol 75, 5001-5008. 

Chen, Q., Zhang, B., Hicks, L. M., Wang, S., and Jez, J. M. (2009) A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry-based assay for indole-3-acetic acid-amido synthetase. Analytical Biochemistry 390, 149-154. 

Alvarez, S., Berla, B. M., Sheffield, J., Cahoon, R. E., Jez, J. M., and Hicks, L. M. (2009) Comprehensive analysis of the Brassica juncea root proteome in response to cadmium exposure by complementary proteomic approaches. Proteomics 9, 2419-2431. 

Schroeder, A. C., Kumaran, S., Hicks, L. M., Cahoon, R. E., Halls, C., Yu, O., and Jez, J. M. (2008) Contributions of conserved serine and tyrosine residues to catalysis, ligand binding, and cofactor processing in the active site of tyrosine ammonia lyase. Phytochemistry 69, 1496-1506. 

Nagamune, K., Hicks, L. M., Fux, B., Brossier, F., Chini, E. N., and Sibley, L. D. (2008) Abscisic acid controls calcium-dependent egress and development in Toxoplasma gondii. Nature 451, 207-210. 

Chen, H., Hu, J., Chen, P. R., Lan, L. F., Li, Z. L., Hicks, L. M., Dinner, A. R., and He, C. (2008) The Pseudomonas aeruginosa multidrug efflux regulator MexR uses an oxidation-sensing mechanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105, 13586-13591. 

Jez, J. M., Schachtman, D. P., Berg, R. H., Taylor, C. G., Chen, S., Hicks, L. M., Jaworski, J. G., Smith, T. J., Nielsen, E., and Pikaard, C. S. (2007) Developing a new interdisciplinary lab course for undergraduate and graduate students: Plant cells and proteins. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 35, 410-415. 

Hicks, L. M., Cahoon, R. E., Bonner, E. R., Rivard, R. S., Sheffield, J., and Jez, J. M. (2007) Thiol-based regulation of redox-active glutamate-cysteine ligase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 19, 2653-2661. 

Earley, K. W., Shook, M. S., Brower-Toland, B., Hicks, L., and Pikaard, C. S. (2007) In vitro specificities of Arabidopsis co-activator histone acetyltransferases: implications for histone hyperacetylation in gene activation. Plant Journal 52, 615-626. 

Brendza, K. M., Haakenson, W., Cahoon, R. E., Hicks, L. M., Palavalli, L. H., Chiapelli, B. J., McLaird, M., McCarter, J. P., Williams, D. J., Hresko, M. C., and Jez, J. M. (2007) Phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PMT-1) catalyses the first reaction of a new pathway for phosphocholine biosynthesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochemical Journal 404, 439-448. 

Zhang, Z., An, X., Yang, K., Perlstein, D. L., Hicks, L., Kelleher, N., Stubbe, J., and Huang, M. (2006) Nuclear localization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ribonucleotide reductase small subunit requires a karyopherin and a WD40 repeat protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103, 1422-1427. 

Palavalli, L. H., Brendza, K. M., Haakenson, W., Cahoon, R. E., McLaird, M., Hicks, L. M., McCarter, J. P., Williams, D. J., Hresko, M. C., and Jez, J. M. (2006) Defining the role of phosphomethylethanolamine N-methyltransferase from Caenorhabditis elegans in phosphocholine biosynthesis by biochemical and kinetic analysis. Biochemistry 45, 6056-6065. 

Hicks, L. M., Moffitt, M. C., Beer, L. L., Moore, B. S., and Kelleher, N. L. (2006) Structural characterization of in vitro and in vivo intermediates on the loading module of microcystin synthetase. Acs Chemical Biology 1, 93-102. 

Hicks, L. M., Mazur, M. T., Miller, L. M., Dorrestein, P. C., Schnarr, N. A., Khosla, C., and Kelleher, N. L. (2006) Investigating nonribosomal peptide and polyketide biosynthesis by direct detection of intermediates on >70 kDa polypeptides by using Fourier-transform mass spectrometry. Chembiochem 7, 904-907. 

Hicks, L. M., Balibar, C. J., Walsh, C. T., Kelleher, N. L., and Hillson, N. J. (2006) Probing intra- versus interchain kinetic preferences of L-Thr acylation on dimeric VibF with mass spectrometry. Biophysical Journal 91, 2609-2619. 

Kelleher, N. L., and Hicks, L. M. (2005) Contemporary mass spectrometry for the direct detection of enzyme intermediates. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 9, 424-430. 

Hicks, L. M., O’Connor, S. E., Mazur, M. T., Walsh, C. T., and Kelleher, N. L. (2004) Mass spectrometric interrogation of thioester-bound intermediates in the initial stages of epothilone biosynthesis. Chemistry & Biology 11, 327-335. 

Hicks, L., Weinreb, P., Konz, D., Marahiel, M. A., Walsh, C. T., and Kelleher, N. L. (2003) Fourier-transform mass spectrometry for detection of thioester-bound intermediates in unfractionated proteolytic mixtures of 80 and 191 kDa portions of Bacitracin A synthetase. Anal Chim Acta 496, 217-224.