Search Results - "McPhee, Scott A."
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Mechanistic insights of evaporation-induced actuation in supramolecular crystals
Published in Nature materials (01-03-2021)“…Water-responsive materials undergo reversible shape changes upon varying humidity levels. These mechanically robust yet flexible structures can exert…”
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Crystal structure and mechanistic investigation of the twister ribozyme
Published in Nature chemical biology (01-09-2014)“…The twister ribozyme is a recently discovered self-cleaving RNA that has wide distribution in bacteria and eukaryotes. A crystal structure of a twister…”
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Melanin‐Inspired Chromophoric Microparticles Composed of Polymeric Peptide Pigments
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (29-03-2021)“…Melanin and related polyphenolic pigments are versatile functional polymers that serve diverse aesthetic and protective roles across the living world. These…”
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A structural database for k-turn motifs in RNA
Published in RNA (Cambridge) (01-08-2010)“…The kink-turn (k-turn) is a common structural motif in RNA that introduces a tight kink into the helical axis. k-turns play an important architectural role in…”
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The Structure of Sulfoindocarbocyanine 3 Terminally Attached to dsDNA via a Long, Flexible Tether
Published in Biophysical journal (08-02-2012)“…Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is an important source of long-range distance information in macromolecules. However, extracting maximum…”
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Fluorescent RNA cytosine analogue – an internal probe for detailed structure and dynamics investigations
Published in Scientific reports (24-05-2017)“…The bright fluorescent cytosine analogue tC O stands out among fluorescent bases due to its virtually unquenched fluorescence emission in duplex DNA. However,…”
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Unbiased Discovery of Dynamic Peptide‐ATP Complexes
Published in ChemSystemsChem (01-07-2019)“…Minimalistic peptides are attractive as components for the design of active bio‐inspired materials that perform their functions enabled by the continuous…”
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Emergence of Cooperative Glucose-Binding Networks in Adaptive Peptide Systems
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (03-05-2023)“…Minimalistic peptide-based systems that bind sugars in water are challenging to design due to the weakness of interactions and required cooperative…”
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Polymeric peptide pigments with sequence-encoded properties
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (09-06-2017)“…Melanins are a family of heterogeneous polymeric pigments that provide ultraviolet (UV) light protection, structural support, coloration, and free radical…”
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Synthesis of novel tetrazole C5-linked C0- and C2-ribonucleoside phosphoramidites using MePOM and POM groups for probing RNA catalysis
Published in Tetrahedron letters (31-10-2012)“…Novel C5-linked C0- and C2-tetrazole ribonucleoside phosphoramidites were designed and synthesized via tetrazole C-nucleosides. Pivaloyloxymethyl (POM) and…”
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A critical base pair in k-turns that confers folding characteristics and correlates with biological function
Published in Nature communications (29-10-2014)“…Kink turns (k-turns) are widespread elements in RNA that mediate tertiary contacts by kinking the helical axis. We have found that the ability of k-turns to…”
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Author Correction: Mechanistic insights of evaporation-induced actuation in supramolecular crystals
Published in Nature materials (01-03-2021)“…A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-00950-3…”
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The Impact of Tyrosine Iodination on the Aggregation and Cleavage Kinetics of MMP-9-Responsive Peptide Sequences
Published in ACS biomaterials science & engineering (14-02-2022)“…Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) enzymes are over-expressed by some metastatic cancers, in which they are responsible for the degradation and remodeling of the…”
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Melanin‐Inspired Chromophoric Microparticles Composed of Polymeric Peptide Pigments
Published in Angewandte Chemie (29-03-2021)“…Melanin and related polyphenolic pigments are versatile functional polymers that serve diverse aesthetic and protective roles across the living world. These…”
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Unbiased Discovery of Dynamic Peptide‐ATP Complexes
Published in ChemSystemsChem (01-07-2019)“…The front cover artwork is provided by the groups of Prof. Rein V. Ulijn at CUNY Advanced Science Research Center and Prof. Tell Tuttle at the University of…”
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Front Cover: Unbiased Discovery of Dynamic Peptide‐ATP Complexes (ChemSystemsChem 1‐2/2019)
Published in ChemSystemsChem (01-07-2019)“…The Front Cover shows adenosine triphosphate, life's ubiquitous energy source, interacting with a short peptide that was discovered using phage display. The…”
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Structure and folding of a rare, natural kink turn in RNA with an A•A pair at the 2b•2n position
Published in RNA (Cambridge) (01-06-2012)“…The kink turn (k-turn) is a frequently occurring motif, comprising a bulge followed by G•A and A•G pairs that introduces a sharp axial bend in duplex RNA…”
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Structure and folding of a rare, natural kink turn in RNA with an A times A pair at the 2b times 2n position
Published in RNA (Cambridge) (01-01-2012)“…The kink turn (k-turn) is a frequently occurring motif, comprising a bulge followed by G times A and A times G pairs that introduces a sharp axial bend in…”
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Structure and folding of a rare, natural kink turn in RNA with an AA pair at the 2b2n position
Published in RNA (Cambridge) (01-06-2012)“…The kink turn (k-turn) is a frequently occurring motif, comprising a bulge followed by G•A and A•G pairs that introduces a sharp axial bend in duplex RNA…”
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