Search Results - "Zook, James"
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Structural and biophysical properties of FopA, a major outer membrane protein of Francisella tularensis
Published in PloS one (01-08-2022)“…Francisella tularensis is an extremely infectious pathogen and a category A bioterrorism agent. It causes the highly contagious zoonosis, Tularemia. Currently,…”
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Biophysical characterization and a roadmap towards the NMR solution structure of G0S2, a key enzyme in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Published in PloS one (14-07-2021)“…In the United States non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common form of chronic liver disease, affecting an estimated 80 to 100 million…”
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Diversified farms bolster forest-bird populations despite ongoing declines in tropical forests
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (12-09-2023)“…While some agricultural landscapes can support wildlife in the short term, it is uncertain how well they can truly sustain wildlife populations. To compare…”
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Enzyme intermediates captured "on the fly" by mix-and-inject serial crystallography
Published in BMC biology (31-05-2018)“…Ever since the first atomic structure of an enzyme was solved, the discovery of the mechanism and dynamics of reactions catalyzed by biomolecules has been the…”
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Purification, characterization, and preliminary serial crystallography diffraction advances structure determination of full-length human particulate guanylyl cyclase A receptor
Published in Scientific reports (12-07-2022)“…Particulate Guanylyl Cyclase Receptor A (pGC-A) is a natriuretic peptide membrane receptor, playing a vital role in controlling cardiovascular, renal, and…”
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Cicadas impact bird communication in a noisy tropical rainforest
Published in Behavioral ecology (01-05-2015)“…Many animals communicate through acoustic signaling, and "acoustic space" may be viewed as a limited resource that organisms compete for. If acoustic signals…”
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Characterization and computational simulation of human Syx, a RhoGEF implicated in glioblastoma
Published in The FASEB journal (01-07-2022)“…Structural discovery of guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) protein complexes is likely to become increasingly relevant with the development of new…”
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Co‐flow injection for serial crystallography at X‐ray free‐electron lasers
Published in Journal of applied crystallography (01-02-2022)“…Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) is a powerful technique that exploits X‐ray free‐electron lasers to determine the structure of macromolecules at room…”
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Serial millisecond crystallography of membrane and soluble protein microcrystals using synchrotron radiation
Published in IUCrJ (01-07-2017)“…Crystal structure determination of biological macromolecules using the novel technique of serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) is severely limited by the…”
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Full inactivation of alphaviruses in single particle and crystallized forms
Published in Journal of virological methods (01-10-2016)“…[Display omitted] •UV irradiation can fully inactivate Sindbis virus as single particles or crystals.•Glutaraldehyde can fully inactivate Sindbis virus as…”
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Protein expression and purification of G-protein coupled receptor kinase 6 (GRK6), toward structure-based drug design and discovery for multiple myeloma
Published in Protein expression and purification (01-09-2021)“…Human G-protein coupled receptor kinase 6 (GRK6) belongs to the GRK4 kinase subfamily of the G protein-coupled receptor kinase family which comprises of GRK1,…”
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A novel inert crystal delivery medium for serial femtosecond crystallography
Published in IUCrJ (01-07-2015)“…Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) has opened a new era in crystallo-graphy by permitting nearly damage-free, room-temperature structure determination of…”
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Low Temperature Assembly of Functional 3D DNA-PNA-Protein Complexes
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (11-06-2014)“…Proteins have evolved to carry out nearly all the work required of living organisms within complex inter- and intracellular environments. However,…”
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The room temperature crystal structure of a bacterial phytochrome determined by serial femtosecond crystallography
Published in Scientific reports (19-10-2016)“…Phytochromes are a family of photoreceptors that control light responses of plants, fungi and bacteria. A sequence of structural changes, which is not yet…”
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Coherent diffraction of single Rice Dwarf virus particles using hard X-rays at the Linac Coherent Light Source
Published in Scientific data (01-08-2016)“…Single particle diffractive imaging data from Rice Dwarf Virus (RDV) were recorded using the Coherent X-ray Imaging (CXI) instrument at the Linac Coherent…”
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Birds as agents of seed dispersal in a human-dominated landscape in southern Costa Rica
Published in Biological conservation (01-02-2008)“…Birds play vital roles as seed dispersers helping to maintain and restore plant communities. With restoration increasingly key to global conservation, it is…”
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High-resolution NMR reveals secondary structure and folding of amino acid transporter from outer chloroplast membrane
Published in PloS one (2013)“…Solving high-resolution structures for membrane proteins continues to be a daunting challenge in the structural biology community. In this study we report our…”
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XFEL and NMR Structures of Francisella Lipoprotein Reveal Conformational Space of Drug Target against Tularemia
Published in Structure (London) (05-05-2020)“…Francisella tularensis is the causative agent for the potentially fatal disease tularemia. The lipoprotein Flpp3 has been identified as a virulence determinant…”
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XFEL and NMR Structures of Francisella Lipoprotein Reveal Conformational Space of Drug Target against Tularemia
Published in Structure (London) (05-05-2020)“…Francisella tularensis is the causative agent for the potentially fatal disease tularemia. The lipoprotein Flpp3 has been identified as a virulence determinant…”
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XFEL and NMR Structures of Francisella Lipoprotein Reveal Conformational Space of Drug Target against Tularemia
Published in Structure (London) (01-05-2020)“…Francisella tularensis is the causative agent for the potentially fatal disease tularemia. The lipoprotein Flpp3 has been identified as a virulence determinant…”
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