Search Results - "Stump, W. Tom"
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Disrupted mechanobiology links the molecular and cellular phenotypes in familial dilated cardiomyopathy
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03-09-2019)“…Familial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death and a major indicator for heart transplant. The disease is frequently caused…”
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SARS-CoV-2 Infects Human Engineered Heart Tissues and Models COVID-19 Myocarditis
Published in JACC. Basic to translational science (01-04-2021)“…[Display omitted] •SARS-CoV-2 directly infects cardiomyocytes in patients with COVID-19 myocarditis and does not infect cardiac macrophages, fibroblasts, or…”
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Formation of Tertiary Interactions during rRNA GTPase Center Folding
Published in Journal of molecular biology (28-08-2015)“…The 60-nt GTPase center (GAC) of 23S rRNA has a phylogenetically conserved secondary structure with two hairpin loops and a 3-way junction. It folds into an…”
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Resident cardiac macrophages mediate adaptive myocardial remodeling
Published in Immunity (Cambridge, Mass.) (14-09-2021)“…Cardiac macrophages represent a heterogeneous cell population with distinct origins, dynamics, and functions. Recent studies have revealed that C-C Chemokine…”
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Computational Tool for Ensemble Averaging of Single-Molecule Data
Published in Biophysical journal (05-01-2021)“…Molecular motors couple chemical transitions to conformational changes that perform mechanical work in a wide variety of biological processes. Disruption of…”
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Distinct effects of two hearing loss–associated mutations in the sarcomeric myosin MYH7b
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (01-05-2023)“…For decades, sarcomeric myosin heavy chain proteins were assumed to be restricted to striated muscle where they function as molecular motors that contract…”
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Single-molecule mechanics and kinetics of cardiac myosin interacting with regulated thin filaments
Published in Biophysical journal (20-06-2023)“…The cardiac cycle is a tightly regulated process wherein the heart generates force to pump blood to the body during systole and then relaxes during diastole…”
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Functional divergence of the sarcomeric myosin, MYH7b, supports species-specific biological roles
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (01-01-2023)“…Myosin heavy chain 7b (MYH7b) is an evolutionarily ancient member of the sarcomeric myosin family, which typically supports striated muscle function. However,…”
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CRISPR Activation Reverses Haploinsufficiency and Functional Deficits Caused by TTN Truncation Variants
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (16-04-2024)“…truncation variants (TTNtvs) are the most common genetic lesion identified in individuals with dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease with high morbidity and…”
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Mechanical dysfunction of the sarcomere induced by a pathogenic mutation in troponin T drives cellular adaptation
Published in The Journal of general physiology (03-05-2021)“…Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a leading cause of sudden cardiac death, is primarily caused by mutations in sarcomeric proteins. The pathogenesis…”
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Intrinsic flexibility of snRNA hairpin loops facilitates protein binding
Published in RNA (Cambridge) (01-11-2012)“…Stem-loop II of U1 snRNA and Stem-loop IV of U2 snRNA typically have 10 or 11 nucleotides in their loops. The fluorescent nucleobase 2-aminopurine was used as…”
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Abstract P439: Harnessing Multiscale Models Of A Dilated Cardiomyopathy Mutation For Precision Medicine
Published in Circulation research (03-09-2021)“…Familial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a leading cause of both adult and pediatric heart failure. Currently, there is no cure for DCM, and the 5-year…”
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Interaction of N-terminal domain of U1A protein with an RNA stem/loop
Published in Nucleic acids research (25-08-1992)“…The U1A protein is a sequence-specific RNA binding protein found in the U1 snRNP particle where it binds to stem/loop II of U1 snRNA. U1A contains two ‘RNP’ or…”
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Crosslinking of an iodo-uridine-RNA hairpin to a single site on the human U1A N-terminal RNA binding domain
Published in RNA (Cambridge) (01-03-1995)“…The N-terminal RNA binding domain (RBD) of the human U1A snRNP protein binds tightly and specifically to an RNA hairpin that contains a 10-nucleotide loop. The…”
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SP6 RNA polymerase efficiently synthesizes RNA from short double-stranded DNA templates
Published in Nucleic acids research (25-11-1993)“…SP6 DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, like T7 RNA polymerase, can be used to synthesize RNA sequences from short DNA templates which contain the 18 base pair…”
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