Publications

Structural insights into the bactericidal mechanism of human peptidoglycan recognition proteins.
Cho S, Wang Q, Swaminathan CP, Hesek D, Lee M, Boons GJ, Mobashery S, Mariuzza RA. 2007. Structural insights into the bactericidal mechanism of human peptidoglycan recognition proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104(21): 8761-6.
Acrylamide--a cysteine alkylating reagent for quantitative proteomics.
Turko IV, Sechi S. 2007. Acrylamide--a cysteine alkylating reagent for quantitative proteomics. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 359: 1-16.
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli biofilms are inhibited by 7-hydroxyindole and stimulated by isatin.
Lee J, Bansal T, Jayaraman A, Bentley WE, Wood TK. 2007. Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli biofilms are inhibited by 7-hydroxyindole and stimulated by isatin. Applied and environmental microbiology 73(13): 4100-9.
Chitosan: a soft interconnect for hierarchical assembly of nano-scale components.
Payne GF, Raghavan SR. 2007. Chitosan: a soft interconnect for hierarchical assembly of nano-scale components. Soft matter 3(5): 521-527. DOI: 10.1039/b613872a
Competitive antagonism between the nicotinic allosteric potentiating ligand galantamine and kynurenic acid at alpha7* nicotinic receptors.
Lopes C, Pereira EF, Wu HQ, Purushottamachar P, Njar V, Schwarcz R, Albuquerque EX. 2007. Competitive antagonism between the nicotinic allosteric potentiating ligand galantamine and kynurenic acid at alpha7* nicotinic receptors. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 322(1): 48-58.
Superantigen natural affinity maturation revealed by the crystal structure of staphylococcal enterotoxin G and its binding to T-cell receptor Vbeta8.2.
Fernández MM, Bhattacharya S, De Marzi MC, Brown PH, Kerzic M, Schuck P, Mariuzza RA, Malchiodi EL. 2007. Superantigen natural affinity maturation revealed by the crystal structure of staphylococcal enterotoxin G and its binding to T-cell receptor Vbeta8.2. Proteins 68(1): 389-402.
Virus-induced disease: altering host physiology one interaction at a time.
Culver JN, Padmanabhan MS. 2007. Virus-induced disease: altering host physiology one interaction at a time. Annual review of phytopathology 45: 221-43.
Solution structure of HI1506, a novel two-domain protein from Haemophilus influenzae.
Sari N, He Y, Doseeva V, Surabian K, Ramprakash J, Schwarz F, Herzberg O, Orban J. 2007. Solution structure of HI1506, a novel two-domain protein from Haemophilus influenzae. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society 16(5): 977-82.
First pharmacophore-based identification of androgen receptor down-regulating agents: discovery of potent anti-prostate cancer agents.
Purushottamachar P, Khandelwal A, Chopra P, Maheshwari N, Gediya LK, Vasaitis TS, Bruno RD, Clement OO, Njar VC. 2007. First pharmacophore-based identification of androgen receptor down-regulating agents: discovery of potent anti-prostate cancer agents. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 15(10): 3413-21.
Electronic structures and electron detachment energies of halogen substituted acetate anions, XCH2COO- (X=F,Cl,Br).
Yu W, Lin Z, Ding C. 2007. Electronic structures and electron detachment energies of halogen substituted acetate anions, XCH2COO- (X=F,Cl,Br). The Journal of chemical physics 126(11): 114301.
Characterization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 monomeric and trimeric gp120 glycoproteins stabilized in the CD4-bound state: antigenicity, biophysics, and immunogenicity.
Dey B, Pancera M, Svehla K, Shu Y, Xiang SH, Vainshtein J, Li Y, Sodroski J, Kwong PD, Mascola JR, et al. 2007. Characterization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 monomeric and trimeric gp120 glycoproteins stabilized in the CD4-bound state: antigenicity, biophysics, and immunogenicity. Journal of virology 81(11): 5579-93.
Murine toxicology and pharmacokinetics of novel retinoic acid metabolism blocking agents.
Patel JB, Khandelwal A, Chopra P, Handratta VD, Njar VC. 2007. Murine toxicology and pharmacokinetics of novel retinoic acid metabolism blocking agents. Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology 60(6): 899-905.
Structural basis for the recognition of mutant self by a tumor-specific, MHC class II-restricted T cell receptor.
Deng L, Langley RJ, Brown PH, Xu G, Teng L, Wang Q, Gonzales MI, Callender GG, Nishimura MI, Topalian SL, et al. 2007. Structural basis for the recognition of mutant self by a tumor-specific, MHC class II-restricted T cell receptor. Nature immunology 8(4): 398-408.
Immune selection of equine infectious anemia virus env variants during the long-term inapparent stage of disease.
Sponseller BA, Sparks WO, Wannemuehler Y, Li Y, Antons AK, Oaks JL, Carpenter S. 2007. Immune selection of equine infectious anemia virus env variants during the long-term inapparent stage of disease. Virology 363(1): 156-65.
Molecular-scale structural and functional characterization of sparsely tethered bilayer lipid membranes.
McGillivray DJ, Valincius G, Vanderah DJ, Febo-Ayala W, Woodward JT, Heinrich F, Kasianowicz JJ, Lösche M. 2007. Molecular-scale structural and functional characterization of sparsely tethered bilayer lipid membranes. Biointerphases 2(1): 21-33. DOI: 10.1116/1.2709308