Search Results - "ECKERT, Debra M"
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Interchangeable adaptors regulate mitochondrial dynamin assembly for membrane scission
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (09-04-2013)“…Mitochondrial fission is mediated by the dynamin-related GTPases Dnm1/Drp1 (yeast/mammals), which form spirals around constricted sites on mitochondria…”
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Homogeneous surrogate virus neutralization assay to rapidly assess neutralization activity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
Published in Nature communications (01-07-2022)“…The COVID-19 pandemic triggered the development of numerous diagnostic tools to monitor infection and to determine immune response. Although assays to measure…”
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Caenorhabditis elegans Dicer acts with the RIG-I-like helicase DRH-1 and RDE-4 to cleave dsRNA
Published in eLife (15-05-2024)“…Invertebrates use the endoribonuclease Dicer to cleave viral dsRNA during antiviral defense, while vertebrates use RIG-I-like Receptors (RLRs), which bind…”
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Structural basis for ESCRT-III protein autoinhibition
Published in Nature structural & molecular biology (01-07-2009)“…ESCRT-III proteins play important roles in multivesicular body (MVB) formation, cytokinesis, and enveloped virus budding. The structure of Ist1, which also…”
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MECHANISMS OF VIRAL MEMBRANE FUSION AND ITS INHIBITION
Published in Annual review of biochemistry (01-01-2001)“…Viral envelope glycoproteins promote viral infection by mediating the fusion of the viral membrane with the host-cell membrane. Structural and biochemical…”
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Design of a Potent d-Peptide HIV-1 Entry Inhibitor with a Strong Barrier to Resistance
Published in Journal of Virology (01-11-2010)“…Article Usage Stats Services JVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Mechanistic and structural studies reveal NRAP-1-dependent coincident activation of NMDARs
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (27-02-2024)“…N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-type ionotropic glutamate receptors have essential roles in neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity. Previously, we identified an…”
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Chemical synthesis of Shiga toxin subunit B using a next-generation traceless "helping hand" solubilizing tag
Published in Organic & biomolecular chemistry (28-12-2019)“…The application of solid-phase peptide synthesis and native chemical ligation in chemical protein synthesis (CPS) has enabled access to synthetic proteins that…”
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The Oligomeric State of the Active Vps4 AAA ATPase
Published in Journal of molecular biology (06-02-2014)“…The cellular ESCRT (endosomal sorting complexes required for transport) pathway drives membrane constriction toward the cytosol and effects membrane fission…”
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Virion stiffness regulates immature HIV-1 entry
Published in Retrovirology (10-01-2013)“…Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) undergoes a protease-mediated maturation process that is required for its infectivity. Little is known about how…”
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Structural and functional studies on the extracellular domain of BST2/tetherin in reduced and oxidized conformations
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (19-10-2010)“…HIV-1 and other enveloped viruses can be restricted by a host cellular protein called BST2/tetherin that prevents release of budded viruses from the cell…”
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A Sec14-like phosphatidylinositol transfer protein paralog defines a novel class of heme-binding proteins
Published in eLife (11-08-2020)“…Yeast Sfh5 is an unusual member of the Sec14-like phosphatidylinositol transfer protein (PITP) family. Whereas PITPs are defined by their abilities to transfer…”
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Cyclic Tetra-Adenylate (cA 4 ) Recognition by Csa3; Implications for an Integrated Class 1 CRISPR-Cas Immune Response in Saccharolobus solfataricus
Published in Biomolecules (Basel, Switzerland) (09-12-2021)“…Csa3 family transcription factors are ancillary CRISPR-associated proteins composed of N-terminal CARF domains and C-terminal winged helix-turn-helix domains…”
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Characterization of resistance to a potent D-peptide HIV entry inhibitor
Published in Retrovirology (22-10-2019)“…PIE12-trimer is a highly potent D-peptide HIV-1 entry inhibitor that broadly targets group M isolates. It specifically binds the three identical conserved…”
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Design of Potent Inhibitors of HIV-1 Entry from the gp41 N-Peptide Region
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (25-09-2001)“…The HIV-1 gp41 envelope glycoprotein promotes fusion of the virus and cell membranes through the formation of a trimer-of-hairpins structure, in which the…”
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Molecular architecture of a dynamin adaptor: implications for assembly of mitochondrial fission complexes
Published in The Journal of cell biology (13-12-2010)“…Recruitment and assembly of some dynamin-related guanosine triphosphatases depends on adaptor proteins restricted to distinct cellular membranes. The yeast…”
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RDE-4 preferentially binds long dsRNA and its dimerization is necessary for cleavage of dsRNA to siRNA
Published in RNA (Cambridge) (01-05-2006)“…In organisms ranging from Arabidopsis to humans, Dicer requires dsRNA-binding proteins (dsRBPs) to carry out its roles in RNA interference (RNAi) and micro-RNA…”
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A Human Monoclonal Antibody Neutralizes Diverse HIV-1 Isolates by Binding a Critical gp41 Epitope
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (11-10-2005)“…HIV-1 entry into cells is mediated by the envelope glycoprotein receptor-binding (gp120) and membrane fusion-promoting (gp41) subunits. The gp41 heptad repeat…”
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Stalking influenza
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Biochemical and Structural Studies of Yeast Vps4 Oligomerization
Published in Journal of molecular biology (26-12-2008)“…The ESCRT (endosomal sorting complexes required for transport) pathway functions in vesicle formation at the multivesicular body, the budding of enveloped RNA…”
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