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2009

Rowyna Kueh, Abd Rahman Noorsaadah, and Merican Amir Faisal, 2009. Electrostatic properties of Escherichia coli wild-type and mutant arginine repressor C- terminal domain (ArgRc) protein-ligand complexes: Insights into molecular interaction and function, Asia Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, 17(1), 11-18 (ISI-Cited Publication)

Zeti AMH, Shamsir MS, Tajul-Arifin K, Merican AF, Mohamed R, Nathan S, Mahadi NM, Napis S, Tan TW Bioinformatics in Malaysia: Hope, Initiative, Effort, Reality, and Challenges. PLoS Comput Biol 5(8): 2009 (ISI-Cited Publication) 2007

Sarinder K.K. S, Lim L.HS., Dimyati K., Merican A.F 2007 An Indigenous Integration, System for Biodiversity Databases OJBTM Online Journal of Bioinformatics 8 (1): 56-60 2005

Shahrizim Zulkifly and Amir Feisal Merican (2005) Some lichens of North Eastern Langkawi and Gunung Machincang, Langkawi Islands. Malaysian J. Sci. 24: 103-110 (SCOPUS-Cited Publication) 2004

Azizah Md Asi, Noor Saadah Abdul Rahman and Amir Feisal Merican (2004) Application of the linear interaction energy method (LIE) to estimate the binding free energies of Escherichia coli wild-type and mutant ArgRc-L- arginine protein-ligand complexes. J. Molecular Graphics and Modelling 22: 249-262. (ISI-Cited Publication) 2003

Kueh, R., Rahman, N.A. and Merican, A.F. (2003) Computational docking of L-arginine and its structural analogues to C-terminal domain of Escherichia coli arginine repressor protein (ArgRc). J. Mol. Model. 9: 88-98. (ISI-Cited Publication)

Rowyna Kueh, Noor Saadah Abdul Rahman and Amir Feisal Merican (2003) Generating isopotential contours of L-arginine binding to the C-terminal domain of Escherichia coli arginine repressor protein (ArgRc). KUTPM Journal of Technology & Management 1(2): 39-42 [ISSN 1675-7505] (Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS Cited Publication) 2002

Amir Feisal Merican, Mohamad Ridzuan Kamarudin, Huszalina Husin, Rosnizah Awaludin, Arul Dass and Takayuki Ezaki (2002) Molecular and microbiological characterization of an Acinetobacter sp., isolated from petroleum-contaminated soil in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Asia Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 10(1): 21-29 [ISSN 0128- 7451] (ISI-Cited Publication)

Amir Feisal Merican, Rofina Yasmin Othman, Norzamzurina Ismail, Khoo Phay Cheah, Louisa Mok, Yong Kok Chai Yin and Sarinder Kaur (2002) Development of Malaysian Indigenous Microorganisms Online Database System. Asia Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 10(1): 69-72 (ISI-Cited Publication)

Alexei Fedorov, Amir Feisal Merican and Walter Gilbert (2002) Large-scale comparison of intron positions among animal, plant, and fungal genes. PNAS 99 (25): 16128-16133 (ISI-Cited Publication) 2001

Mohamad Ridzuan Kamarudin, Shafiza Marlizan, Nuraizah Md Anis and Amir Feisal Merican (2001) Isolation and characterization of hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria from soils contaminated with used engine oil and diesel oil. Malaysian Journal of Science 20: 35-39 [ISSN 1394- 3065] (SCOPUS-Cited Publication)

Tawfiq, M.F., Abdullah, A.R. and Merican, A.F. (2001) Biodegradation of naphthalene, a low molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, by bacteria isolated from petroleum contaminated soil. Malaysian Journal of Science 20: 41-49 (SCOPUS-Cited Publication)

Noor Faizul Hadry Nordin and Amir Feisal Merican (2001) Identification of bacterial diversity from oil spill contaminated marine environment in Tanjung Karang, Selangor, Malaysia Malaysian Journal of Science 20: 9-14 (SCOPUS-Cited Publication) 2000

Amir Feisal Merican, Azizah Mohd. Asi and Noorsaadah Abdul Rahman (2000) Molecular modeling studies of C- terminal arginine repressor protein (ArgRc) interaction with its co-repressor L-arginine. Asia Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 8(1): 13-25 (ISI-Cited Publication) 1997

Sheau-Hu, Chen, Merican, A.F. and Sherratt, D.J. (1997) DNA binding of Escherichia coli arginine repressor mutants altered in oligomeric state. Mol. Microbiol. 24(6): 1143-1156. (ISI-Cited Publication) 1994

Burke, M., Merican, A.F. and Sherratt, D.J. (1994) Mutant Escherichia coli arginine repressor proteins that fail to bind L-arginine, yet retain the ability to bind their normal DNA binding sites. Mol. Microbiol. 13(4): 609-618. (ISI-Cited Publication) 2005

Sarinder Kaur Kashmir Singh, Mohamed Abdul Majid, Susan Lim L.H, Halijah Ibrahim and Amir Feisal Merican (2005) Integrated Biological Database Initiative (IBDI). An International Conference on Biogeography and Biodiversity Wallace in Sarawak 150 years later, Kuching, Malaysia, 13-15 July 2005 2003

Amir Feisal Merican, Sarinder Kaur, Zahriah M.Pilos, Kaharuddin Dimyati and Takeshi Sagara (2003) Data Standards, Data sharing and Communication among heterogeneous biodiversity databases. 2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics 2003, Penang, Malaysia, 8-10 September 2003 2009

RB Zain, LP Karen-Ng, R Hercus, A Anwar, N Aisyah, A Saidin, N Prepagaran, SM Ismail, ZAA Rahman, AF Merican, MT Ibrahim, KK Tay, WMW Mustaffa, AT Norain and SC Cheong (2009) Whole transcriptome profiling of oral cancer. Poster Presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 100th Annual Meeting 2009, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado, USA, April 18-22, 2009

Karen-Ng L.P., Rahman Z.A.A., Prepagaran N., Hercus R., Anwar A., Aisyah N., Saidin A., Ismail S.M., Merican A.F., Abraham M.T., Tay K.K., Mustaffa W.M.W., Norain A.T., Cheong S.C. and Zain R.B.(2009) Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) discovery in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Tokyo Medical and Dental University International Summer Program 2009 Recent Advances in Cancer Research and 8th Surugadai International Symposium New Waves in Personal Genomics. Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, 6th-9th September, 2009