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Genetic organization, length conservation, and evolution of RNA polymerase II carboxyl-terminal domain by Liu, Pengda, Kenney, John M, Stiller, John W, Greenleaf, Arno L

“…With a simple tandem iterated sequence, the carboxyl terminal domain (CTD) of eukaryotic RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) serves as the central coordinator of mRNA…”
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Structural Disorder in Silk Proteins Reveals the Emergence of Elastomericity by Dicko, Cedric, Porter, David, Bond, Jason, Kenney, John M, Vollrath, Fritz

“…Spider silks combine basic amino acids into strong and versatile fibers where the quality of the elastomer is attributed to the interaction of highly adapted…”
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Amyloidogenic nature of spider silk by Kenney, John M., Knight, David, Wise, Michael J., Vollrath, Fritz

“…In spiders soluble proteins are converted to form insoluble silk fibres, stronger than steel. The final fibre product has long been the subject of study;…”
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Zn2+-binding in the glutamate-rich region of the intrinsically disordered protein prothymosin-alpha by Garapati, Sriramya, Monteith, William, Wilson, Chris, Kostenko, Anastasiia, Kenney, John M., Danell, Allison S., Burns, Colin S.

“…Prothymosin-α is a small, multifunctional intrinsically disordered protein associated with cell survival and proliferation which binds multiple Zn 2+ ions and…”
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Conformational polymorphism, stability and aggregation in spider dragline silks proteins by Dicko, Cedric, Knight, David, Kenney, John M., Vollrath, Fritz

“…Spider silk is spun in a complex and unique process, thought to depend on a hydrophobic conversion of a predominantly disordered to a β-sheet rich protein…”
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Spider Silk Protein Refolding Is Controlled by Changing pH by Dicko, Cedric, Vollrath, Fritz, Kenney, John M

“…Spidroins, the major silk proteins making up the spider's dragline silk, originate in two distinct tissue layers (A and B) in the spider's major ampullate…”
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The Y42H mutation in medium‐chain acyl‐CoA dehydrogenase, which is prevalent in babies identified by MS/MS‐based newborn screening, is temperature sensitive by O'Reilly, Linda, Bross, Peter, Corydon, Thomas J., Olpin, Simon E., Hansen, Jakob, Kenney, John M., McCandless, Shawn E., Frazier, Dianne M., Winter, Vibeke, Gregersen, Niels, Engel, Paul C, Storstein Andresen, Brage

“…Medium‐chain acyl‐CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) is a homotetrameric flavoprotein which catalyses the initial step of the β‐oxidation of medium‐chain fatty acids…”
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Calorimetric investigation of copper(II) binding to Aβ peptides: thermodynamics of coordination plasticity by Sacco, Cristina, Skowronsky, Rachel A., Gade, Sunitha, Kenney, John M., Spuches, Anne M.

“…Metal ions have been shown to play a critical role in β-amyloid (Aβ) neurotoxicity, thus prompting an intense investigation into the formation of metal–Aβ…”
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Evolutionary conservation in the hepatitis B virus core structure: comparison of human and duck cores by Kenney, John M, Bonsdorff, Carl-Henrik von, Nassal, Michael, Fuller, Stephen D

“…Background: Hepatitis B virus is a major human pathogen which has been extensively studied, yet its structure is unknown. Cryo-electron microscopy of the viral…”
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Noise Characterization in Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy by DiNitto, Julie M., Kenney, John M.

“…Circular dichroism (CD), defined as the difference in absorption between left and right circularly polarized light, is used to spectroscopically study the…”
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Glycerin as a Renewable Feedstock for Epichlorohydrin Production. The GTE Process by Bell, Bruce M., Briggs, John R., Campbell, Robert M., Chambers, Susanne M., Gaarenstroom, Phil D., Hippler, Jeffrey G., Hook, Bruce D., Kearns, Kenneth, Kenney, John M., Kruper, William J., Schreck, D. James, Theriault, Curt N., Wolfe, Charles P.

“…A significant improvement in a process to produce epichlorohydrin through the use of glycerin as renewable feedstock is presented. The glycerin to…”
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Transition to a β-Sheet-Rich Structure in Spidroin in Vitro:  The Effects of pH and Cations by Dicko, Cedric, Kenney, John M, Knight, David, Vollrath, Fritz

“…Unlike man-made fibers, the silks of spiders are spun from aqueous solutions and at atmospheric pressure in a process still poorly understood. The molecular…”
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Modeling, Characterizing, and Accommodating Static Birefringence in Circular and Linear Dichroism Spectroscopy by DiNitto, Julie M., Kenney, John M.

“…Nearly all circular dichroism (CD) and linear dichroism (LD) spectrometers use a photoelastic modulator (PEM) in which an optical element is stressed using a…”
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Novel Technique for Improvement in Calibration of the Photoelastic Modulator in Circular and Linear Dichroism Spectroscopy by DiNitto, Julie M., Kenney, John M.

“…Both the voltage-induced and the inherent (static) birefringence of a photoelastic modulator (PEM) affect the phase difference between orthogonal components of…”
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Respiratory adaptations in a deep-sea orbiniid polychaete from Gulf of Mexico brine pool NR-1: metabolic rates and hemoglobin structure/function relationships by Hourdez, Stéphane, Weber, Roy E, Green, Brian N, Kenney, John M, Fisher, Charles R

“…Methanoaricia dendrobranchiata Blake (Polychaeta; Orbiniidae) occurs in large numbers in association with communities of the mussel Bathymodiolus childressi at…”
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Characterization of Mutations in the GTP-binding Domain of IF2 Resulting in Cold-sensitive Growth of Escherichia coli by Laursen, Brian Søgaard, Siwanowicz, Igor, Larigauderie, Guilhem, Hedegaard, Jakob, Ito, Koreaki, Nakamura, Yoshikazu, Kenney, John M, Mortensen, Kim Kusk, Sperling-Petersen, Hans Uffe

“…The infB gene encodes translation initiation factor IF2. We have determined the entire sequence of infB from two cold-sensitive Escherichia coli strains IQ489…”
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The high concentration of Arg213-->Gly extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) in plasma is caused by a reduction of both heparin and collagen affinities by Petersen, Steen V, Olsen, Dorte Aa, Kenney, John M, Oury, Tim D, Valnickova, Zuzana, Thøgersen, Ida B, Crapo, James D, Enghild, Jan J

“…The C-terminal region of EC-SOD (extracellular superoxide dismutase) mediates the binding to both heparin/heparan sulphate and type I collagen. A mutation…”
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Determination of microtubule polarity by cryo-electron microscopy by Chrétien, Denis, Kenney, John M, Fuller, Stephen D, Wade, Richard H

“…Background Microtubules are tubular polymers of tubulin dimers, which are arranged head-to-tail in protofilaments that run lengthwise along the microtubules,…”
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Secondary Structures and Conformational Changes in Flagelliform, Cylindrical, Major, and Minor Ampullate Silk Proteins. Temperature and Concentration Effects by Dicko, Cedric, Knight, David, Kenney, John M, Vollrath, Fritz

“…Orb weaver spiders use exceptionally complex spinning processes to transform soluble silk proteins into solid fibers with specific functions and mechanical…”
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Structural Conformation of Spidroin in Solution:  A Synchrotron Radiation Circular Dichroism Study by Dicko, Cedric, Knight, David, Kenney, John M, Vollrath, Fritz

“…Spider silk is made and spun in a complex process that tightly controls the conversion from soluble protein to insoluble fiber. The mechanical properties of…”
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