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Chemistry Department
Dr. Randall A. Kopper
Professor of Chemistry
Office:
MC Reynolds Hall 206
Phone:
(501) 450-1275
Fax:
(501) 450-3829
E-mail:
kopper@hendrix.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri-Columbia
Ph.D., University of Kansas
B.A., Monmouth College
Teaching Experience
Professor of Chemistry, Hendrix College, 1983 to present
Research Interests
Analysis and characterization of snake venom enzymes
Comparative studies of snake venom proteins
Recent Publications
Kopper RA, Harper GR, Occidental M, Gamalie V, Spradley P. Comparison of total protein and enzyme levels in successive regenerations of venom from individual coralsnakes.
Toxicon
2015; 101: 19-22.
Kopper RA, Harper GR, Zimmerman S, Hook J. Comparison of total protein and phospholipase A
2
levels in individual coralsnake venoms.
Toxicon
2013; 76: 59-62.
Kopper RA, Van T, Kim A, Helm RM. Release of Soluble Protein from Peanut (Arachis hypogaea, Leguminosae) and Its Adsorption by Activated Charcoal.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2011; 59: 236-240.
Kopper RA, Kim A, Van T, Helm RM. Adsorption of Peanut (Arachis hypogaea, Leguminosae) Proteins by Activated Charcoal.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2008; 56: 10619-10624.
Kopper RA, West CM, Helm RM. Comparison of physiological and in vitro porcine gastric fluid digestion.
International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
2006; 141: 217-222.
Kopper RA, Odum NJ, Sen M, Helm RM, Stanley JS, Burks AW. Peanut protein allergens: The effect of roasting on solubility and allergenicity.
International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
2005; 136: 16-22.
Kopper RA, Odum NJ, Sen M, Helm RM, Stanley JS, Burks AW. Peanut protein allergens: Gastric digestion is carried out exclusively by pepsin.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
2004; 114: 614-618.
Sen M, Kopper R, Pons L, Abraham EC, Burks AW, Bannon GA. Protein structure plays a critical role in peanut allergen stability and may determine immunodominant IgE-binding epitopes.
Journal of Immunology
2002; 169: 882-887.
Maleki SJ, Kopper RA, Shin DS, Park CW, Compadre CM, Sampson H, Burks AW, Bannon GA. Structure of the major peanut allergen Ara h 1 may protect IgE-binding epitopes from degradation.
Journal of Immunology
2000; 164: 5844-5849.
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