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Design of Light Driven Hole Bifurcating Proteins. ACS Cent Sci. 2025 Oct 22; 11(10):1911-1920. Huang X, Yuly JL, Zhang P, DeGrado WF, Therien MJ, Beratan DN. PMID: 41142337; PMCID: PMC12550633.
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High-throughput discovery of fluoroprobes that recognize amyloid fibril polymorphs. Nat Chem. 2025 Oct; 17(10):1565-1575. Carroll EC, Yang H, Powell WC, Charvat AF, Oehler A, Jones JG, Montgomery KM, Yung A, Millbern Z, Taylor AIP, Wilkinson M, Ranson NA, Radford SE, Vinueza NR, DeGrado WF, Mordes DA, Condello C, Gestwicki JE. PMID: 40813616; PMCID: PMC12491066.
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Antimicrobial Activity of Brilacidin against E. coli. ACS Infect Dis. 2025 Jun 13; 11(6):1486-1496. Wilhelm MJ, Sharifian Gh M, Mensa B, Howell GL, DeGrado WF, Dai HL. PMID: 40459286.
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De novo design of porphyrin-containing proteins as efficient and stereoselective catalysts. Science. 2025 May 08; 388(6747):665-670. Hou K, Huang W, Qi M, Tugwell TH, Alturaifi TM, Chen Y, Zhang X, Lu L, Mann SI, Liu P, Yang Y, DeGrado WF. PMID: 40339022; PMCID: PMC12316402.
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ProBASS-a language model with sequence and structural features for predicting the effect of mutations on binding affinity. Bioinformatics. 2025 May 06; 41(5). Gurusinghe SNS, Wu Y, DeGrado W, Shifman JM. PMID: 40343467; PMCID: PMC12151015.
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Fibronectin-dependent integrin signaling drives EphA2 expression in vascular smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2025 May 01; 328(5):C1623-C1636. Pearson-Gallion B, Finney AC, Scott ML, Connelly Z, Alam S, Peretik JM, Ben Dhaou C, Bhuiyan MS, Traylor JG, DeGrado WF, Jo H, Yu X, Rom O, Pattillo CB, Dhanesha N, Yurdagul A, Orr AW. PMID: 40241381; PMCID: PMC12482797.
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De Novo Design of Proteins That Bind Naphthalenediimides, Powerful Photooxidants with Tunable Photophysical Properties. J Am Chem Soc. 2025 Mar 05; 147(9):7849-7858. Mann SI, Lin Z, Tan SK, Zhu J, Widel ZXW, Bakanas I, Mansergh JP, Liu R, Kelly MJS, Wu Y, Wells JA, Therien MJ, DeGrado WF. PMID: 39982408; PMCID: PMC11972567.
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Sequence-dependent scale for translocon-mediated insertion of interfacial helices in membranes. Sci Adv. 2025 Feb 21; 11(8):eads6804. Grau B, Kormos R, Bañó-Polo M, Chen K, García-Murria MJ, Hajredini F, Sánchez Del Pino MM, Jo H, Martínez-Gil L, von Heijne G, DeGrado WF, Mingarro I. PMID: 39970206; PMCID: PMC11837994.
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Design of a light and Ca2+ switchable organic-peptide hybrid. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Feb 04; 122(5):e2411316122. Khaleel ZH, No YH, Kim NH, Bae DH, Wu Y, Kim S, Choi H, Lee DE, Jeong SY, Ko YJ, Kim SG, Suh M, Kim JC, DeGrado WF, Kim KH, Kim YH. PMID: 39883844; PMCID: PMC11804555.
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Patterning and folding of intestinal villi by active mesenchymal dewetting. Cell. 2024 Jun 06; 187(12):3072-3089.e20. Huycke TR, Häkkinen TJ, Miyazaki H, Srivastava V, Barruet E, McGinnis CS, Kalantari A, Cornwall-Scoones J, Vaka D, Zhu Q, Jo H, Oria R, Weaver VM, DeGrado WF, Thomson M, Garikipati K, Boffelli D, Klein OD, Gartner ZJ. PMID: 38781967; PMCID: PMC11166531.
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De novo design of drug-binding proteins with predictable binding energy and specificity. Science. 2024 04 05; 384(6691):106-112. Lu L, Gou X, Tan SK, Mann SI, Yang H, Zhong X, Gazgalis D, Valdiviezo J, Jo H, Wu Y, Diolaiti ME, Ashworth A, Polizzi NF, DeGrado WF. PMID: 38574125; PMCID: PMC11290694.
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De novo design of peptides that bind specific conformers of α-synuclein. Chem Sci. 2024 Jun 05; 15(22):8414-8421. Wallace HM, Yang H, Tan S, Pan HS, Yang R, Xu J, Jo H, Condello C, Polizzi NF, DeGrado WF. PMID: 38846390; PMCID: PMC11151861.
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De novo-designed transmembrane proteins bind and regulate a cytokine receptor. Nat Chem Biol. 2024 06; 20(6):751-760. Mravic M, He L, Kratochvil HT, Hu H, Nick SE, Bai W, Edwards A, Jo H, Wu Y, DiMaio D, DeGrado WF. PMID: 38480980; PMCID: PMC11142920.
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An enhanced broad-spectrum peptide inhibits Omicron variants in vivo. Cell Rep Med. 2024 02 20; 5(2):101418. Bi W, Tang K, Chen G, Xie Y, Polizzi NF, DeGrado WF, Yuan S, Dang B. PMID: 38340726; PMCID: PMC10897629.
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Docking for Molecules That Bind in a Symmetric Stack with SymDOCK. J Chem Inf Model. 2024 01 22; 64(2):425-434. Smith MS, Knight IS, Kormos RC, Pepe JG, Kunach P, Diamond MI, Shahmoradian SH, Irwin JJ, DeGrado WF, Shoichet BK. PMID: 38191997; PMCID: PMC10806807.
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De novo Design of Peptides that Bind Specific Conformers of α-Synuclein. bioRxiv. 2023 Nov 16. Wallace HM, Yang H, Tan S, Pan HS, Yang R, Xu J, Jo H, Condello C, Polizzi NF, DeGrado WF. PMID: 38014268; PMCID: PMC10680688.
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Docking for molecules that bind in a symmetric stack with SymDOCK. bioRxiv. 2023 Oct 29. Smith MS, Knight IS, Kormos RC, Pepe JG, Kunach P, Diamond MI, Shahmoradian SH, Irwin JJ, DeGrado WF, Shoichet BK. PMID: 37961414; PMCID: PMC10634874.
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Hexamethylene amiloride binds the SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein at the protein-lipid interface. Protein Sci. 2023 10; 32(10):e4755. Somberg NH, Medeiros-Silva J, Jo H, Wang J, DeGrado WF, Hong M. PMID: 37632140; PMCID: PMC10503410.
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Patterning and folding of intestinal villi by active mesenchymal dewetting. bioRxiv. 2023 Aug 15. Huycke TR, Miyazaki H, Häkkinen TJ, Srivastava V, Barruet E, McGinnis CS, Kalantari A, Cornwall-Scoones J, Vaka D, Zhu Q, Jo H, DeGrado WF, Thomson M, Garikipati K, Boffelli D, Klein OD, Gartner ZJ. PMID: 37425793; PMCID: PMC10326967.
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Transient water wires mediate selective proton transport in designed channel proteins. Nat Chem. 2023 07; 15(7):1012-1021. Kratochvil HT, Watkins LC, Mravic M, Thomaston JL, Nicoludis JM, Somberg NH, Liu L, Hong M, Voth GA, DeGrado WF. PMID: 37308712; PMCID: PMC10475958.
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Stacked binding of a PET ligand to Alzheimer's tau paired helical filaments. Nat Commun. 2023 05 26; 14(1):3048. Merz GE, Chalkley MJ, Tan SK, Tse E, Lee J, Prusiner SB, Paras NA, DeGrado WF, Southworth DR. PMID: 37236970; PMCID: PMC10220082.
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A host defense peptide mimetic, brilacidin, potentiates caspofungin antifungal activity against human pathogenic fungi. Nat Commun. 2023 04 12; 14(1):2052. Dos Reis TF, de Castro PA, Bastos RW, Pinzan CF, Souza PFN, Ackloo S, Hossain MA, Drewry DH, Alkhazraji S, Ibrahim AS, Jo H, Lightfoot JD, Adams EM, Fuller KK, deGrado WF, Goldman GH. PMID: 37045836; PMCID: PMC10090755.
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Designed Transmembrane Proteins Inhibit the Erythropoietin Receptor in a Custom Binding Topology. bioRxiv. 2023 Feb 15. Mravic M, He L, Kratochvil H, Hu H, Nick SE, Bai W, Edwards A, Jo H, Wu Y, DiMaio D, DeGrado WF. PMID: 36824741; PMCID: PMC9949092.
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Aβ and Tau Prions Causing Alzheimer's Disease. Methods Mol Biol. 2023; 2561:293-337. Condello C, Merz GE, Aoyagi A, DeGrado WF, Prusiner SB. PMID: 36399277.
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Solution of the protein structure prediction problem at last: crucial innovations and next frontiers. Fac Rev. 2022; 11:38. Agard DA, Bowman GR, DeGrado W, Dokholyan NV, Zhou HX. PMID: 36644294; PMCID: PMC9815721.
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Quaternary structure independent folding of voltage-gated ion channel pore domain subunits. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2022 06; 29(6):537-548. Arrigoni C, Lolicato M, Shaya D, Rohaim A, Findeisen F, Fong LK, Colleran CM, Dominik P, Kim SS, Schuermann JP, DeGrado WF, Grabe M, Kossiakoff AA, Minor DL. PMID: 35655098; PMCID: PMC9809158.
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Covalent labeling of a chromatin reader domain using proximity-reactive cyclic peptides. Chem Sci. 2022 Jun 07; 13(22):6599-6609. Zhang MY, Yang H, Ortiz G, Trnka MJ, Petronikolou N, Burlingame AL, DeGrado WF, Fujimori DG. PMID: 35756531; PMCID: PMC9172573.
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The CD3ζ adaptor structure determines functional differences between human and mouse CD16 Fc receptor signaling. J Exp Med. 2022 05 02; 219(5). Aguilar OA, Fong LK, Ishiyama K, DeGrado WF, Lanier LL. PMID: 35320345; PMCID: PMC8953085.
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Brilacidin, a COVID-19 drug candidate, demonstrates broad-spectrum antiviral activity against human coronaviruses OC43, 229E, and NL63 through targeting both the virus and the host cell. J Med Virol. 2022 05; 94(5):2188-2200. Hu Y, Jo H, DeGrado WF, Wang J. PMID: 35080027; PMCID: PMC8930451.
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Soluble TREM2 inhibits secondary nucleation of Aβ fibrillization and enhances cellular uptake of fibrillar Aβ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 02 01; 119(5). Belsare KD, Wu H, Mondal D, Bond A, Castillo E, Jin J, Jo H, Roush AE, Pilla KB, Sali A, Condello C, DeGrado WF. PMID: 35082148; PMCID: PMC8812518.
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Multiscale Simulation of an Influenza A M2 Channel Mutant Reveals Key Features of Its Markedly Different Proton Transport Behavior. J Am Chem Soc. 2022 01 19; 144(2):769-776. Watkins LC, DeGrado WF, Voth GA. PMID: 34985907; PMCID: PMC8834648.
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Emergence of distinct and heterogeneous strains of amyloid beta with advanced Alzheimer's disease pathology in Down syndrome. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2021 12 27; 9(1):201. Maxwell AM, Yuan P, Rivera BM, Schaaf W, Mladinov M, Prasher VP, Robinson AC, DeGrado WF, Condello C. PMID: 34961556; PMCID: PMC8711167.
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Spiers Memorial Lecture: Analysis and de novo design of membrane-interactive peptides. Faraday Discuss. 2021 12 24; 232(0):9-48. Kratochvil HT, Newberry RW, Mensa B, Mravic M, DeGrado WF. PMID: 34693965; PMCID: PMC8979563.
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Allosteric mechanism of signal transduction in the two-component system histidine kinase PhoQ. Elife. 2021 12 14; 10. Mensa B, Polizzi NF, Molnar KS, Natale AM, Lemmin T, DeGrado WF. PMID: 34904568; PMCID: PMC8719878.
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Cleavage of talin by calpain promotes platelet-mediated fibrin clot contraction. Blood Adv. 2021 12 14; 5(23):4901-4909. Fong KP, Molnar KS, Agard N, Litvinov RI, Kim OV, Wells JA, Weisel JW, DeGrado WF, Bennett JS. PMID: 34570183; PMCID: PMC9153048.
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De novo metalloprotein design. Nat Rev Chem. 2022 Jan; 6(1):31-50. Chalkley MJ, Mann SI, DeGrado WF. PMID: 35811759; PMCID: PMC9264687.
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Elucidation of the molecular interactions that enable stable assembly and structural diversity in multicomponent immune receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 06 29; 118(26). Fong LK, Chalkley MJ, Tan SK, Grabe M, DeGrado WF. PMID: 34155106; PMCID: PMC8256006.
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Inclusion of the C-Terminal Domain in the β-Sheet Core of Heparin-Fibrillized Three-Repeat Tau Protein Revealed by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc. 2021 05 26; 143(20):7839-7851. Dregni AJ, Wang HK, Wu H, Duan P, Jin J, DeGrado WF, Hong M. PMID: 33983722; PMCID: PMC8283780.
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Constructing ion channels from water-soluble α-helical barrels. Nat Chem. 2021 07; 13(7):643-650. Scott AJ, Niitsu A, Kratochvil HT, Lang EJM, Sengel JT, Dawson WM, Mahendran KR, Mravic M, Thomson AR, Brady RL, Liu L, Mulholland AJ, Bayley H, DeGrado WF, Wallace MI, Woolfson DN. PMID: 33972753; PMCID: PMC7611114.
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De Novo Design, Solution Characterization, and Crystallographic Structure of an Abiological Mn-Porphyrin-Binding Protein Capable of Stabilizing a Mn(V) Species. J Am Chem Soc. 2021 01 13; 143(1):252-259. Mann SI, Nayak A, Gassner GT, Therien MJ, DeGrado WF. PMID: 33373215; PMCID: PMC8006777.
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Platform to Discover Protease-Activated Antibiotics and Application to Siderophore-Antibiotic Conjugates. J Am Chem Soc. 2020 12 23; 142(51):21310-21321. Boyce JH, Dang B, Ary B, Edmondson Q, Craik CS, DeGrado WF, Seiple IB. PMID: 33301681; PMCID: PMC7790458.
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De novo design of a homo-trimeric amantadine-binding protein. Elife. 2019 12 19; 8. Park J, Selvaraj B, McShan AC, Boyken SE, Wei KY, Oberdorfer G, DeGrado W, Sgourakis NG, Cuneo MJ, Myles DA, Baker D. PMID: 31854299; PMCID: PMC6922598.
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A disease-associated mutation in fibrillin-1 differentially regulates integrin-mediated cell adhesion. J Biol Chem. 2019 11 29; 294(48):18232-18243. Del Cid JS, Reed NI, Molnar K, Liu S, Dang B, Jensen SA, DeGrado W, Handford PA, Sheppard D, Sundaram AB. PMID: 31640988; PMCID: PMC6885615.
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In vitro 0N4R tau fibrils contain a monomorphic β-sheet core enclosed by dynamically heterogeneous fuzzy coat segments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 08 13; 116(33):16357-16366. Dregni AJ, Mandala VS, Wu H, Elkins MR, Wang HK, Hung I, DeGrado WF, Hong M. PMID: 31358628; PMCID: PMC6697781.
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Proton-Induced Conformational and Hydration Dynamics in the Influenza A M2 Channel. J Am Chem Soc. 2019 07 24; 141(29):11667-11676. Watkins LC, Liang R, Swanson JMJ, DeGrado WF, Voth GA. PMID: 31264413; PMCID: PMC6768079.
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Modulating Integrin αIIbβ3 Activity through Mutagenesis of Allosterically Regulated Intersubunit Contacts. Biochemistry. 2019 07 30; 58(30):3251-3259. Tan SK, Fong KP, Polizzi NF, Sternisha A, Slusky JSG, Yoon K, DeGrado WF, Bennett JS. PMID: 31264850; PMCID: PMC7405930.
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X-ray Crystal Structure of the Influenza A M2 Proton Channel S31N Mutant in Two Conformational States: An Open and Shut Case. J Am Chem Soc. 2019 07 24; 141(29):11481-11488. Thomaston JL, Wu Y, Polizzi N, Liu L, Wang J, DeGrado WF. PMID: 31184871; PMCID: PMC7405929.
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Genetically Introducing Biochemically Reactive Amino Acids Dehydroalanine and Dehydrobutyrine in Proteins. J Am Chem Soc. 2019 05 15; 141(19):7698-7703. Yang B, Wang N, Schnier PD, Zheng F, Zhu H, Polizzi NF, Ittuveetil A, Saikam V, DeGrado WF, Wang Q, Wang PG, Wang L. PMID: 31038942; PMCID: PMC6556376.
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Aβ and tau prion-like activities decline with longevity in the Alzheimer's disease human brain. Sci Transl Med. 2019 05 01; 11(490). Aoyagi A, Condello C, Stöhr J, Yue W, Rivera BM, Lee JC, Woerman AL, Halliday G, van Duinen S, Ingelsson M, Lannfelt L, Graff C, Bird TD, Keene CD, Seeley WW, DeGrado WF, Prusiner SB. PMID: 31043574; PMCID: PMC6640844.
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Proximity-enhanced SuFEx chemical cross-linker for specific and multitargeting cross-linking mass spectrometry. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 10 30; 115(44):11162-11167. Yang B, Wu H, Schnier PD, Liu Y, Liu J, Wang N, DeGrado WF, Wang L. PMID: 30322930; PMCID: PMC6217395.
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Building and Breaking Bonds via a Compact S-Propargyl-Cysteine to Chemically Control Enzymes and Modify Proteins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2018 09 24; 57(39):12702-12706. Liu J, Cheng R, Wu H, Li S, Wang PG, DeGrado WF, Rozovsky S, Wang L. PMID: 30118570; PMCID: PMC6169525.
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Designed peptides that assemble into cross-α amyloid-like structures. Nat Chem Biol. 2018 09; 14(9):870-875. Zhang SQ, Huang H, Yang J, Kratochvil HT, Lolicato M, Liu Y, Shu X, Liu L, DeGrado WF. PMID: 30061717; PMCID: PMC6497057.
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Structure and Function of the Transmembrane Domain of NsaS, an Antibiotic Sensing Histidine Kinase in Staphylococcus aureus. J Am Chem Soc. 2018 06 20; 140(24):7471-7485. Bhate MP, Lemmin T, Kuenze G, Mensa B, Ganguly S, Peters JM, Schmidt N, Pelton JG, Gross CA, Meiler J, DeGrado WF. PMID: 29771498; PMCID: PMC6499544.
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Structural heterogeneity and intersubject variability of Aβ in familial and sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 01 23; 115(4):E782-E791. Condello C, Lemmin T, Stöhr J, Nick M, Wu Y, Maxwell AM, Watts JC, Caro CD, Oehler A, Keene CD, Bird TD, van Duinen SG, Lannfelt L, Ingelsson M, Graff C, Giles K, DeGrado WF, Prusiner SB. PMID: 29311311; PMCID: PMC5789926.
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Spontaneous and specific chemical cross-linking in live cells to capture and identify protein interactions. Nat Commun. 2017 12 21; 8(1):2240. Yang B, Tang S, Ma C, Li ST, Shao GC, Dang B, DeGrado WF, Dong MQ, Wang PG, Ding S, Wang L. PMID: 29269770; PMCID: PMC5740110.
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Self-assembling dipeptide antibacterial nanostructures with membrane disrupting activity. Nat Commun. 2017 11 08; 8(1):1365. Schnaider L, Brahmachari S, Schmidt NW, Mensa B, Shaham-Niv S, Bychenko D, Adler-Abramovich L, Shimon LJW, Kolusheva S, DeGrado WF, Gazit E. PMID: 29118336; PMCID: PMC5678095.
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De novo design of covalently constrained mesosize protein scaffolds with unique tertiary structures. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 10 10; 114(41):10852-10857. Dang B, Wu H, Mulligan VK, Mravic M, Wu Y, Lemmin T, Ford A, Silva DA, Baker D, DeGrado WF. PMID: 28973862; PMCID: PMC5642715.
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XFEL structures of the influenza M2 proton channel: Room temperature water networks and insights into proton conduction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 12 19; 114(51):13357-13362. Thomaston JL, Woldeyes RA, Nakane T, Yamashita A, Tanaka T, Koiwai K, Brewster AS, Barad BA, Chen Y, Lemmin T, Uervirojnangkoorn M, Arima T, Kobayashi J, Masuda T, Suzuki M, Sugahara M, Sauter NK, Tanaka R, Nureki O, Tono K, Joti Y, Nango E, Iwata S, Yumoto F, Fraser JS, DeGrado WF. PMID: 28835537; PMCID: PMC5754760.
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De novo design of a hyperstable non-natural protein-ligand complex with sub-Å accuracy. Nat Chem. 2017 12; 9(12):1157-1164. Polizzi NF, Wu Y, Lemmin T, Maxwell AM, Zhang SQ, Rawson J, Beratan DN, Therien MJ, DeGrado WF. PMID: 29168496; PMCID: PMC5859929.
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Zinc-binding structure of a catalytic amyloid from solid-state NMR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 06 13; 114(24):6191-6196. Lee M, Wang T, Makhlynets OV, Wu Y, Polizzi NF, Wu H, Gosavi PM, Stöhr J, Korendovych IV, DeGrado WF, Hong M. PMID: 28566494; PMCID: PMC5474797.
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Blue fluorescent amino acid for biological spectroscopy and microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 06 06; 114(23):6005-6009. Hilaire MR, Ahmed IA, Lin CW, Jo H, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 28533371; PMCID: PMC5468623.
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Easily accessible polycyclic amines that inhibit the wild-type and amantadine-resistant mutants of the M2 channel of influenza A virus. J Med Chem. 2014 Jul 10; 57(13):5738-47. Rey-Carrizo M, Barniol-Xicota M, Ma C, Frigolé-Vivas M, Torres E, Naesens L, Llabrés S, Juárez-Jiménez J, Luque FJ, DeGrado WF, Lamb RA, Pinto LH, Vázquez S. PMID: 24941437; PMCID: PMC4096222.
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Distinct synthetic Aβ prion strains producing different amyloid deposits in bigenic mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jul 15; 111(28):10329-34. Stöhr J, Condello C, Watts JC, Bloch L, Oehler A, Nick M, DeArmond SJ, Giles K, DeGrado WF, Prusiner SB. PMID: 24982137; PMCID: PMC4104853.
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2D IR spectroscopy reveals the role of water in the binding of channel-blocking drugs to the influenza M2 channel. J Chem Phys. 2014 Jun 21; 140(23):235105. Ghosh A, Wang J, Moroz YS, Korendovych IV, Zanni M, DeGrado WF, Gai F, Hochstrasser RM. PMID: 24952572; PMCID: PMC4098053.
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Comparative mechanistic studies of brilacidin, daptomycin, and the antimicrobial peptide LL16. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Sep; 58(9):5136-45. Mensa B, Howell GL, Scott R, DeGrado WF. PMID: 24936592; PMCID: PMC4135847.
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Crystal structure of an amphiphilic foldamer reveals a 48-mer assembly comprising a hollow truncated octahedron. Nat Commun. 2014 Apr 07; 5:3581. Pavone V, Zhang SQ, Merlino A, Lombardi A, Wu Y, DeGrado WF. PMID: 24705140; PMCID: PMC4013780.
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Short peptides self-assemble to produce catalytic amyloids. Nat Chem. 2014 Apr; 6(4):303-9. Rufo CM, Moroz YS, Moroz OV, Stöhr J, Smith TA, Hu X, DeGrado WF, Korendovych IV. PMID: 24651196; PMCID: PMC3996680.
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De novo design of self-assembling foldamers that inhibit heparin-protein interactions. ACS Chem Biol. 2014 Apr 18; 9(4):967-75. Montalvo GL, Zhang Y, Young TM, Costanzo MJ, Freeman KB, Wang J, Clements DJ, Magavern E, Kavash RW, Scott RW, Liu D, Degrado WF. PMID: 24491145; PMCID: PMC4324449.
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Structural Stability and Binding Strength of a Designed Peptide-Carbon Nanotube Hybrid. J Phys Chem C Nanomater Interfaces. 2013 Dec 12; 117(49):26255-26261. Roxbury D, Zhang SQ, Mittal J, Degrado WF, Jagota A. PMID: 24466357; PMCID: PMC3898491.
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Mechanistic insights from functional characterization of an unnatural His37 mutant of the influenza A/M2 protein. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014 Apr; 1838(4):1082-7. Polishchuk AL, Cristian L, Pinto LH, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 24269540; PMCID: PMC3943701.
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Slow folding-unfolding kinetics of an octameric β-peptide bundle. ACS Chem Biol. 2014 Jan 17; 9(1):276-81. Montalvo GL, Gai F, Roder H, DeGrado WF. PMID: 24164344; PMCID: PMC3947042.
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Assessment of local friction in protein folding dynamics using a helix cross-linker. J Phys Chem B. 2013 Nov 27; 117(47):14688-96. Markiewicz BN, Jo H, Culik RM, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 24205975; PMCID: PMC3904762.
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3-Azatetracyclo[5.2.1.1(5,8).0(1,5)]undecane derivatives: from wild-type inhibitors of the M2 ion channel of influenza A virus to derivatives with potent activity against the V27A mutant. J Med Chem. 2013 Nov 27; 56(22):9265-74. Rey-Carrizo M, Torres E, Ma C, Barniol-Xicota M, Wang J, Wu Y, Naesens L, DeGrado WF, Lamb RA, Pinto LH, Vázquez S. PMID: 24237039; PMCID: PMC3889466.
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Template-constrained cyclic sulfopeptide HIV-1 entry inhibitors. Org Biomol Chem. 2013 Nov 07; 11(41):7096-100. Rudick JG, Laakso MM, Schloss AC, DeGrado WF. PMID: 24065278; PMCID: PMC3889485.
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Asp44 stabilizes the Trp41 gate of the M2 proton channel of influenza A virus. Structure. 2013 Nov 05; 21(11):2033-41. Ma C, Fiorin G, Carnevale V, Wang J, Lamb RA, Klein ML, Wu Y, Pinto LH, DeGrado WF. PMID: 24139991; PMCID: PMC3927992.
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Influenza virus A M2 protein generates negative Gaussian membrane curvature necessary for budding and scission. J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Sep 18; 135(37):13710-9. Schmidt NW, Mishra A, Wang J, DeGrado WF, Wong GC. PMID: 23962302; PMCID: PMC4000230.
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Computational de novo design and characterization of a protein that selectively binds a highly hyperpolarizable abiological chromophore. J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Sep 18; 135(37):13914-26. Fry HC, Lehmann A, Sinks LE, Asselberghs I, Tronin A, Krishnan V, Blasie JK, Clays K, DeGrado WF, Saven JG, Therien MJ. PMID: 23931685; PMCID: PMC3787832.
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Nanosecond Dynamics of InfluenzaA/M2TM and an Amantadine Resistant Mutant Probed by Time-Dependent Red Shifts of a Native Tryptophan. Chem Phys. 2013 Aug 30; 422. Nanda V, Cristian L, Toptygin D, Brand L, Degrado WF. PMID: 24273370; PMCID: PMC3833813.
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Exploring Histidine Conformations in the M2 Channel Lumen of the Influenza A Virus at Neutral pH via Molecular Simulations. J Phys Chem Lett. 2013 Sep 19; 4(18):3067-3071. Dong H, Fiorin G, Degrado WF, Klein ML. PMID: 24069512; PMCID: PMC3779100.
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Nature-inspired design of motif-specific antibody scaffolds. Nat Biotechnol. 2013 Oct; 31(10):916-21. Koerber JT, Thomsen ND, Hannigan BT, Degrado WF, Wells JA. PMID: 23955275; PMCID: PMC3795957.
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Drug-induced conformational and dynamical changes of the S31N mutant of the influenza M2 proton channel investigated by solid-state NMR. J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Jul 03; 135(26):9885-97. Williams JK, Tietze D, Wang J, Wu Y, DeGrado WF, Hong M. PMID: 23758317; PMCID: PMC4004037.
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Discovery of novel dual inhibitors of the wild-type and the most prevalent drug-resistant mutant, S31N, of the M2 proton channel from influenza A virus. J Med Chem. 2013 Apr 11; 56(7):2804-12. Wang J, Ma C, Wang J, Jo H, Canturk B, Fiorin G, Pinto LH, Lamb RA, Klein ML, DeGrado WF. PMID: 23437766; PMCID: PMC4036227.
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Inhibitors of the influenza A virus M2 proton channel discovered using a high-throughput yeast growth restoration assay. PLoS One. 2013; 8(2):e55271. Balgi AD, Wang J, Cheng DY, Ma C, Pfeifer TA, Shimizu Y, Anderson HJ, Pinto LH, Lamb RA, DeGrado WF, Roberge M. PMID: 23383318; PMCID: PMC3562233.
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Assembly of the transmembrane domain of E. coli PhoQ histidine kinase: implications for signal transduction from molecular simulations. PLoS Comput Biol. 2013; 9(1):e1002878. Lemmin T, Soto CS, Clinthorne G, DeGrado WF, Dal Peraro M. PMID: 23359663; PMCID: PMC3554529.
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An assay suitable for high throughput screening of anti-influenza drugs. PLoS One. 2013; 8(1):e54070. Mao L, Wang J, DeGrado WF, Inouye M. PMID: 23326573; PMCID: PMC3542334.
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Structure and inhibition of the drug-resistant S31N mutant of the M2 ion channel of influenza A virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jan 22; 110(4):1315-20. Wang J, Wu Y, Ma C, Fiorin G, Wang J, Pinto LH, Lamb RA, Klein ML, Degrado WF. PMID: 23302696; PMCID: PMC3557100.
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens recognizes its host environment using ChvE to bind diverse plant sugars as virulence signals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jan 08; 110(2):678-83. Hu X, Zhao J, DeGrado WF, Binns AN. PMID: 23267119; PMCID: PMC3545744.
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Platelet factor 4 activity against P. falciparum and its translation to nonpeptidic mimics as antimalarials. Cell Host Microbe. 2012 Dec 13; 12(6):815-23. Love MS, Millholland MG, Mishra S, Kulkarni S, Freeman KB, Pan W, Kavash RW, Costanzo MJ, Jo H, Daly TM, Williams DR, Kowalska MA, Bergman LW, Poncz M, DeGrado WF, Sinnis P, Scott RW, Greenbaum DC. PMID: 23245326; PMCID: PMC3638032.
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Detection of drug-induced conformational change of a transmembrane protein in lipid bilayers using site-directed spin labeling. Protein Sci. 2013 Jan; 22(1):65-73. Thomaston JL, Nguyen PA, Brown EC, Upshur MA, Wang J, DeGrado WF, Howard KP. PMID: 23139077; PMCID: PMC3575861.
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Development of α-helical calpain probes by mimicking a natural protein-protein interaction. J Am Chem Soc. 2012 Oct 24; 134(42):17704-13. Jo H, Meinhardt N, Wu Y, Kulkarni S, Hu X, Low KE, Davies PL, DeGrado WF, Greenbaum DC. PMID: 22998171; PMCID: PMC3523126.
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Structural basis for proton conduction and inhibition by the influenza M2 protein. Protein Sci. 2012 Nov; 21(11):1620-33. Hong M, DeGrado WF. PMID: 23001990; PMCID: PMC3527700.
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Alteration of the oxygen-dependent reactivity of de novo Due Ferri proteins. Nat Chem. 2012 Nov; 4(11):900-6. Reig AJ, Pires MM, Snyder RA, Wu Y, Jo H, Kulp DW, Butch SE, Calhoun JR, Szyperski T, Szyperski TG, Solomon EI, DeGrado WF. PMID: 23089864; PMCID: PMC3568993.
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Knowledge-based potential for positioning membrane-associated structures and assessing residue-specific energetic contributions. Structure. 2012 May 09; 20(5):924-35. Schramm CA, Hannigan BT, Donald JE, Keasar C, Saven JG, Degrado WF, Samish I. PMID: 22579257; PMCID: PMC3366090.
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Using thioamides to site-specifically interrogate the dynamics of hydrogen bond formation in β-sheet folding. J Am Chem Soc. 2012 May 16; 134(19):8026-9. Culik RM, Jo H, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 22540162; PMCID: PMC3354031.
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Computational design of a protein crystal. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 May 08; 109(19):7304-9. Lanci CJ, MacDermaid CM, Kang SG, Acharya R, North B, Yang X, Qiu XJ, DeGrado WF, Saven JG. PMID: 22538812; PMCID: PMC3358839.
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Inhibition of integrin α2β1 ameliorates glomerular injury. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 Jun; 23(6):1027-38. Borza CM, Su Y, Chen X, Yu L, Mont S, Chetyrkin S, Voziyan P, Hudson BG, Billings PC, Jo H, Bennett JS, Degrado WF, Eckes B, Zent R, Pozzi A. PMID: 22440900; PMCID: PMC3358756.
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Neutralizing epitopes in the membrane-proximal external region of HIV-1 gp41 are influenced by the transmembrane domain and the plasma membrane. J Virol. 2012 Mar; 86(6):2930-41. Montero M, Gulzar N, Klaric KA, Donald JE, Lepik C, Wu S, Tsai S, Julien JP, Hessell AJ, Wang S, Lu S, Burton DR, Pai EF, Degrado WF, Scott JK. PMID: 22238313; PMCID: PMC3302331.
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Affinity of talin-1 for the β3-integrin cytosolic domain is modulated by its phospholipid bilayer environment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jan 17; 109(3):793-8. Moore DT, Nygren P, Jo H, Boesze-Battaglia K, Bennett JS, DeGrado WF. PMID: 22210111; PMCID: PMC3271903.
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Capture and imaging of a prehairpin fusion intermediate of the paramyxovirus PIV5. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Dec 27; 108(52):20992-7. Kim YH, Donald JE, Grigoryan G, Leser GP, Fadeev AY, Lamb RA, DeGrado WF. PMID: 22178759; PMCID: PMC3248524.
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Antibacterial mechanism of action of arylamide foldamers. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Nov; 55(11):5043-53. Mensa B, Kim YH, Choi S, Scott R, Caputo GA, DeGrado WF. PMID: 21844313; PMCID: PMC3195038.
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Exploring organosilane amines as potent inhibitors and structural probes of influenza a virus M2 proton channel. J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Sep 07; 133(35):13844-7. Wang J, Ma C, Wu Y, Lamb RA, Pinto LH, DeGrado WF. PMID: 21819109; PMCID: PMC3166227.
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Molecular dynamics simulation directed rational design of inhibitors targeting drug-resistant mutants of influenza A virus M2. J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Aug 17; 133(32):12834-41. Wang J, Ma C, Fiorin G, Carnevale V, Wang T, Hu F, Lamb RA, Pinto LH, Hong M, Klein ML, DeGrado WF. PMID: 21744829; PMCID: PMC3354620.
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Exploring the Requirements for the Hydrophobic Scaffold and Polar Amine in inhibitors of M2 from Influenza A Virus. ACS Med Chem Lett. 2011 Apr 14; 2(4):307-312. Wang J, Ma C, Balannik V, Pinto LH, Lamb RA, Degrado WF. PMID: 21691418; PMCID: PMC3116712.
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Molecular basis of ChvE function in sugar binding, sugar utilization, and virulence in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. J Bacteriol. 2009 Sep; 191(18):5802-13. He F, Nair GR, Soto CS, Chang Y, Hsu L, Ronzone E, DeGrado WF, Binns AN. PMID: 19633083; PMCID: PMC2737963.
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Identification of the functional core of the influenza A virus A/M2 proton-selective ion channel. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jul 28; 106(30):12283-8. Ma C, Polishchuk AL, Ohigashi Y, Stouffer AL, Schön A, Magavern E, Jing X, Lear JD, Freire E, Lamb RA, DeGrado WF, Pinto LH. PMID: 19590009; PMCID: PMC2718339.
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Discovery of spiro-piperidine inhibitors and their modulation of the dynamics of the M2 proton channel from influenza A virus. J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Jun 17; 131(23):8066-76. Wang J, Cady SD, Balannik V, Pinto LH, DeGrado WF, Hong M. PMID: 19469531; PMCID: PMC3807247.
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Engineered single- and multi-cell chemotaxis pathways in E. coli. Mol Syst Biol. 2009; 5:283. Goldberg SD, Derr P, DeGrado WF, Goulian M. PMID: 19536206; PMCID: PMC2710872.
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Multiple approaches converge on the structure of the integrin alphaIIb/beta3 transmembrane heterodimer. J Mol Biol. 2009 Oct 02; 392(4):1087-101. Metcalf DG, Kulp DW, Bennett JS, DeGrado WF. PMID: 19527732; PMCID: PMC3856686.
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De novo design and in vivo activity of conformationally restrained antimicrobial arylamide foldamers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Apr 28; 106(17):6968-73. Choi S, Isaacs A, Clements D, Liu D, Kim H, Scott RW, Winkler JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 19359494; PMCID: PMC2667368.
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Using two fluorescent probes to dissect the binding, insertion, and dimerization kinetics of a model membrane peptide. J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Mar 25; 131(11):3816-7. Tang J, Yin H, Qiu J, Tucker MJ, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 19256494; PMCID: PMC2667230.
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Metal-binding dependent disruption of membranes by designed helices. J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Mar 11; 131(9):3377-84. Signarvic RS, Degrado WF. PMID: 19209932; PMCID: PMC3774282.
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A one-dimensional free energy surface does not account for two-probe folding kinetics of protein alpha(3)D. J Chem Phys. 2009 Feb 14; 130(6):061101. Liu F, Dumont C, Zhu Y, DeGrado WF, Gai F, Gruebele M. PMID: 19222256; PMCID: PMC2671193.
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Molecular dynamics calculations suggest a conduction mechanism for the M2 proton channel from influenza A virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jan 27; 106(4):1069-74. Khurana E, Dal Peraro M, DeVane R, Vemparala S, DeGrado WF, Klein ML. PMID: 19144924; PMCID: PMC2626606.
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Small-molecule inhibitors of integrin alpha2beta1 that prevent pathological thrombus formation via an allosteric mechanism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jan 20; 106(3):719-24. Miller MW, Basra S, Kulp DW, Billings PC, Choi S, Beavers MP, McCarty OJ, Zou Z, Kahn ML, Bennett JS, DeGrado WF. PMID: 19141632; PMCID: PMC2625282.
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Spectroscopic definition of the biferrous and biferric sites in de novo designed four-helix bundle DFsc peptides: implications for O2 reactivity of binuclear non-heme iron enzymes. Biochemistry. 2009 Jan 13; 48(1):59-73. Bell CB, Calhoun JR, Bobyr E, Wei PP, Hedman B, Hodgson KO, Degrado WF, Solomon EI. PMID: 19090676; PMCID: PMC2660568.
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The role of hydrophobicity in the antimicrobial and hemolytic activities of polymethacrylate derivatives. Chemistry. 2009; 15(5):1123-33. Kuroda K, Caputo GA, DeGrado WF. PMID: 19072946; PMCID: PMC3814040.
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Functional analysis of the transmembrane domain in paramyxovirus F protein-mediated membrane fusion. J Mol Biol. 2009 Feb 13; 386(1):14-36. Bissonnette ML, Donald JE, DeGrado WF, Jardetzky TS, Lamb RA. PMID: 19121325; PMCID: PMC2750892.
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De novo designed synthetic mimics of antimicrobial peptides. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2008 Dec; 19(6):620-7. Scott RW, DeGrado WF, Tew GN. PMID: 18996193; PMCID: PMC2646611.
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Species differences in small molecule binding to alpha IIb beta 3 are the result of sequence differences in 2 loops of the alpha IIb beta propeller. Blood. 2009 Jan 22; 113(4):902-10. Basani RB, Zhu H, Thornton MA, Soto CS, Degrado WF, Kowalska MA, Bennett JS, Poncz M. PMID: 18987357; PMCID: PMC2630275.
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Investigation of an unnatural amino acid for use as a resonance Raman probe: Detection limits, solvent and temperature dependence of the νC≡N band of 4-cyanophenylalanine. J Raman Spectrosc. 2008 Nov; 39(11):1606-1613. Weeks CL, Polishchuk A, Getahun Z, Degrado WF, Spiro TG. PMID: 20648227; PMCID: PMC2905815.
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pH-induced conformational change of the influenza M2 protein C-terminal domain. Biochemistry. 2008 Sep 23; 47(38):9934-6. Nguyen PA, Soto CS, Polishchuk A, Caputo GA, Tatko CD, Ma C, Ohigashi Y, Pinto LH, DeGrado WF, Howard KP. PMID: 18754675; PMCID: PMC2746938.
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Using alpha-helical coiled-coils to design nanostructured metalloporphyrin arrays. J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Sep 10; 130(36):11921-7. McAllister KA, Zou H, Cochran FV, Bender GM, Senes A, Fry HC, Nanda V, Keenan PA, Lear JD, Saven JG, Therien MJ, Blasie JK, DeGrado WF. PMID: 18710226; PMCID: PMC3663296.
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Computationally designed peptide inhibitors of protein-protein interactions in membranes. Biochemistry. 2008 Aug 19; 47(33):8600-6. Caputo GA, Litvinov RI, Li W, Bennett JS, Degrado WF, Yin H. PMID: 18642886; PMCID: PMC2719017.
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New design of helix bundle peptide-polymer conjugates. Biomacromolecules. 2008 Aug; 9(8):2111-7. Shu JY, Tan C, DeGrado WF, Xu T. PMID: 18627200; PMCID: PMC3815612.
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The interplay of functional tuning, drug resistance, and thermodynamic stability in the evolution of the M2 proton channel from the influenza A virus. Structure. 2008 Jul; 16(7):1067-76. Stouffer AL, Ma C, Cristian L, Ohigashi Y, Lamb RA, Lear JD, Pinto LH, DeGrado WF. PMID: 18611380; PMCID: PMC2594009.
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Modest membrane hydrogen bonds deliver rich results. Nat Chem Biol. 2008 Jul; 4(7):393-4. Grigoryan G, Degrado WF. PMID: 18560430; PMCID: PMC2721465.
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Protein-protein interactions in the membrane: sequence, structural, and biological motifs. Structure. 2008 Jul; 16(7):991-1001. Moore DT, Berger BW, DeGrado WF. PMID: 18611372; PMCID: PMC3771515.
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Oxygen reactivity of the biferrous site in the de novo designed four helix bundle peptide DFsc: nature of the "intermediate" and reaction mechanism. J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Jul 23; 130(29):9188-9. Calhoun JR, Bell CB, Smith TJ, Thamann TJ, DeGrado WF, Solomon EI. PMID: 18572936; PMCID: PMC3810014.
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Determination of the physiological dimer interface of the PhoQ sensor domain. J Mol Biol. 2008 Jun 13; 379(4):656-65. Goldberg SD, Soto CS, Waldburger CD, Degrado WF. PMID: 18468622; PMCID: PMC2542651.
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Identification of the pore-lining residues of the BM2 ion channel protein of influenza B virus. J Biol Chem. 2008 Jun 06; 283(23):15921-31. Ma C, Soto CS, Ohigashi Y, Taylor A, Bournas V, Glawe B, Udo MK, Degrado WF, Lamb RA, Pinto LH. PMID: 18408016; PMCID: PMC2414288.
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Solution NMR structure of a designed metalloprotein and complementary molecular dynamics refinement. Structure. 2008 Feb; 16(2):210-5. Calhoun JR, Liu W, Spiegel K, Dal Peraro M, Klein ML, Valentine KG, Wand AJ, DeGrado WF. PMID: 18275812; PMCID: PMC3814030.
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Structural basis for the function and inhibition of an influenza virus proton channel. Nature. 2008 Jan 31; 451(7178):596-9. Stouffer AL, Acharya R, Salom D, Levine AS, Di Costanzo L, Soto CS, Tereshko V, Nanda V, Stayrook S, DeGrado WF. PMID: 18235504; PMCID: PMC3889492.
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Role of helix nucleation in the kinetics of binding of mastoparan X to phospholipid bilayers. Biochemistry. 2007 Dec 04; 46(48):13856-63. Tang J, Signarvic RS, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 17994771.
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Small molecule inhibitors of integrin alpha2beta1. J Med Chem. 2007 Nov 01; 50(22):5457-62. Choi S, Vilaire G, Marcinkiewicz C, Winkler JD, Bennett JS, DeGrado WF. PMID: 17915848; PMCID: PMC3828121.
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Site-specific hydration status of an amphipathic peptide in AOT reverse micelles. Langmuir. 2007 Oct 23; 23(22):11174-9. Mukherjee S, Chowdhury P, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 17910485.
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Enthalpic and entropic stages in alpha-helical peptide unfolding, from laser T-jump/UV Raman spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc. 2007 Oct 24; 129(42):12801-8. Balakrishnan G, Hu Y, Bender GM, Getahun Z, DeGrado WF, Spiro TG. PMID: 17910449; PMCID: PMC2887291.
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De novo design of a single-chain diphenylporphyrin metalloprotein. J Am Chem Soc. 2007 Sep 05; 129(35):10732-40. Bender GM, Lehmann A, Zou H, Cheng H, Fry HC, Engel D, Therien MJ, Blasie JK, Roder H, Saven JG, DeGrado WF. PMID: 17691729; PMCID: PMC2542652.
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Energy and electron transfer in enhanced two-photon-absorbing systems with triplet cores. J Phys Chem A. 2007 Aug 02; 111(30):6977-90. Finikova OS, Troxler T, Senes A, DeGrado WF, Hochstrasser RM, Vinogradov SA. PMID: 17608457; PMCID: PMC2441487.
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Mutagenesis data in the automated prediction of transmembrane helix dimers. Proteins. 2007 May 01; 67(2):375-84. Metcalf DG, Law PB, DeGrado WF. PMID: 17311347.
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Foldamers as versatile frameworks for the design and evolution of function. Nat Chem Biol. 2007 May; 3(5):252-62. Goodman CM, Choi S, Shandler S, DeGrado WF. PMID: 17438550; PMCID: PMC3810020.
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Determining the orientation of uniaxially rotating membrane proteins using unoriented samples: a 2H, 13C, AND 15N solid-state NMR investigation of the dynamics and orientation of a transmembrane helical bundle. J Am Chem Soc. 2007 May 02; 129(17):5719-29. Cady SD, Goodman C, Tatko CD, DeGrado WF, Hong M. PMID: 17417850.
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Adhesion of MC3T3-E1 cells to RGD peptides of different flanking residues: detachment strength and correlation with long-term cellular function. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2007 Apr; 81(1):150-60. Lee MH, Adams CS, Boettiger D, Degrado WF, Shapiro IM, Composto RJ, Ducheyne P. PMID: 17111408.
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Computational design of peptides that target transmembrane helices. Science. 2007 Mar 30; 315(5820):1817-22. Yin H, Slusky JS, Berger BW, Walters RS, Vilaire G, Litvinov RI, Lear JD, Caputo GA, Bennett JS, DeGrado WF. PMID: 17395823.
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Interactions of ADP-stimulated human platelets with PEGylated polystyrene substrates prepared by surface amidation. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2007 Aug 01; 58(2):225-30. Wang PC, Vilaire G, DeGrado WF, Bennett JS. PMID: 17499487.
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The leech product saratin is a potent inhibitor of platelet integrin alpha2beta1 and von Willebrand factor binding to collagen. FEBS J. 2007 Mar; 274(6):1481-91. White TC, Berny MA, Robinson DK, Yin H, DeGrado WF, Hanson SR, McCarty OJ. PMID: 17489103.
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Amide vibrations are delocalized across the hydrophobic interface of a transmembrane helix dimer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Nov 07; 103(45):16740-5. Fang C, Senes A, Cristian L, DeGrado WF, Hochstrasser RM. PMID: 17075037; PMCID: PMC1636525.
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Modeling the charge distribution at metal sites in proteins for molecular dynamics simulations. J Struct Biol. 2007 Mar; 157(3):444-53. Dal Peraro M, Spiegel K, Lamoureux G, De Vivo M, DeGrado WF, Klein ML. PMID: 17188512.
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Activation of platelet alphaIIbbeta3 by an exogenous peptide corresponding to the transmembrane domain of alphaIIb. J Biol Chem. 2006 Dec 01; 281(48):36732-41. Yin H, Litvinov RI, Vilaire G, Zhu H, Li W, Caputo GA, Moore DT, Lear JD, Weisel JW, Degrado WF, Bennett JS. PMID: 17032655.
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E(z), a depth-dependent potential for assessing the energies of insertion of amino acid side-chains into membranes: derivation and applications to determining the orientation of transmembrane and interfacial helices. J Mol Biol. 2007 Feb 16; 366(2):436-48. Senes A, Chadi DC, Law PB, Walters RF, Nanda V, Degrado WF. PMID: 17174324.
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Truncation of a cross-linked GCN4-p1 coiled coil leads to ultrafast folding. Biochemistry. 2006 Sep 12; 45(36):10981-6. Bunagan MR, Cristian L, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 16953584.
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Helix-packing motifs in membrane proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Sep 12; 103(37):13658-63. Walters RF, DeGrado WF. PMID: 16954199; PMCID: PMC1564267.
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The structure of a designed diiron(III) protein: implications for cofactor stabilization and catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2006 Jul 24; 45(30):4951-4. Wade H, Stayrook SE, Degrado WF. PMID: 16819737.
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Arylamide derivatives as allosteric inhibitors of the integrin alpha2beta1/type I collagen interaction. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2006 Jul 01; 16(13):3380-2. Yin H, Gerlach LO, Miller MW, Moore DT, Liu D, Vilaire G, Bennett JS, DeGrado WF. PMID: 16678410.
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Probing Membrane Insertion Activity of Antimicrobial Polymers via Coarse-grain Molecular Dynamics. J Chem Theory Comput. 2006 May; 2(3):649-655. Lopez CF, Nielsen SO, Srinivas G, Degrado WF, Klein ML. PMID: 18985168; PMCID: PMC2577386.
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Characterization of a membrane protein folding motif, the Ser zipper, using designed peptides. J Mol Biol. 2006 Jun 16; 359(4):930-9. North B, Cristian L, Fu Stowell X, Lear JD, Saven JG, Degrado WF. PMID: 16697010.
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Activation of individual alphaIIbbeta3 integrin molecules by disruption of transmembrane domain interactions in the absence of clustering. Biochemistry. 2006 Apr 18; 45(15):4957-64. Litvinov RI, Vilaire G, Li W, DeGrado WF, Weisel JW, Bennett JS. PMID: 16605263.
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Polar networks control oligomeric assembly in membranes. J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Apr 05; 128(13):4170-1. Tatko CD, Nanda V, Lear JD, Degrado WF. PMID: 16568959.
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Controlling the shape and flexibility of arylamides: a combined ab initio, ab initio molecular dynamics, and classical molecular dynamics study. J Phys Chem B. 2006 Mar 02; 110(8):3517-26. Pophristic V, Vemparala S, Ivanov I, Liu Z, Klein ML, DeGrado WF. PMID: 16494407.
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Characterization of nonbiological antimicrobial polymers in aqueous solution and at water-lipid interfaces from all-atom molecular dynamics. J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Feb 15; 128(6):1778-9. Ivanov I, Vemparala S, Pophristic V, Kuroda K, DeGrado WF, McCammon JA, Klein ML. PMID: 16464062.
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Computational design of heterochiral peptides against a helical target. J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Jan 25; 128(3):809-16. Nanda V, DeGrado WF. PMID: 16417370.
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Arylamide derivatives as peptidomimetic inhibitors of calmodulin. Org Lett. 2006 Jan 19; 8(2):223-5. Yin H, Frederick KK, Liu D, Wand AJ, Degrado WF. PMID: 16408880.
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Response of a designed metalloprotein to changes in metal ion coordination, exogenous ligands, and active site volume determined by X-ray crystallography. J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Dec 14; 127(49):17266-76. Geremia S, Di Costanzo L, Randaccio L, Engel DE, Lombardi A, Nastri F, DeGrado WF. PMID: 16332076.
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Spectroscopic and computational studies of the de novo designed protein DF2t: correlation to the biferrous active site of ribonucleotide reductase and factors that affect O2 reactivity. J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Nov 23; 127(46):16098-106. Wei PP, Skulan AJ, Wade H, DeGrado WF, Solomon EI. PMID: 16287296.
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Alpha-alpha linking motifs and interhelical orientations. Proteins. 2005 Nov 01; 61(2):325-37. Engel DE, DeGrado WF. PMID: 16104016.
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The design and evaluation of heparin-binding foldamers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2005 Oct 21; 44(41):6685-9. Choi S, Clements DJ, Pophristic V, Ivanov I, Vemparala S, Bennett JS, Klein ML, Winkler JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 16094685.
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An atomic environment potential for use in protein structure prediction. J Mol Biol. 2005 Sep 30; 352(4):986-1001. Summa CM, Levitt M, Degrado WF. PMID: 16126228.
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Artificial di-iron proteins: solution characterization of four helix bundles containing two distinct types of inter-helical loops. J Biol Inorg Chem. 2005 Aug; 10(5):539-49. Maglio O, Nastri F, Calhoun JR, Lahr S, Wade H, Pavone V, DeGrado WF, Lombardi A. PMID: 16091937.
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T-jump infrared study of the folding mechanism of coiled-coil GCN4-p1. Biophys J. 2005 Dec; 89(6):4180-7. Wang T, Lau WL, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 16150962; PMCID: PMC1366983.
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Dynamic heterodimer-functionalized surfaces for endothelial cell adhesion. Biomaterials. 2005 Aug; 26(23):4757-66. Willcox PJ, Reinhart-King CA, Lahr SJ, DeGrado WF, Hammer DA. PMID: 15763255.
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Structural organization and interactions of transmembrane domains in tetraspanin proteins. BMC Struct Biol. 2005 Jun 28; 5:11. Kovalenko OV, Metcalf DG, DeGrado WF, Hemler ME. PMID: 15985154; PMCID: PMC1190194.
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Empirical lipid propensities of amino acid residues in multispan alpha helical membrane proteins. Proteins. 2005 May 15; 59(3):496-509. Adamian L, Nanda V, DeGrado WF, Liang J. PMID: 15789404.
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Automated use of mutagenesis data in structure prediction. Proteins. 2005 May 15; 59(3):454-66. Nanda V, DeGrado WF. PMID: 15768404.
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X-ray structure of a water-soluble analog of the membrane protein phospholamban: sequence determinants defining the topology of tetrameric and pentameric coiled coils. J Mol Biol. 2005 May 06; 348(3):777-87. Slovic AM, Stayrook SE, North B, Degrado WF. PMID: 15826670.
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De novo design of a redox-active minimal rubredoxin mimic. J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Apr 27; 127(16):5804-5. Nanda V, Rosenblatt MM, Osyczka A, Kono H, Getahun Z, Dutton PL, Saven JG, Degrado WF. PMID: 15839675.
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Synergistic interactions between aqueous and membrane domains of a designed protein determine its fold and stability. J Mol Biol. 2005 May 20; 348(5):1225-33. Cristian L, Nanda V, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 15854657.
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Amphiphilic polymethacrylate derivatives as antimicrobial agents. J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Mar 30; 127(12):4128-9. Kuroda K, DeGrado WF. PMID: 15783168.
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The conformation of the pore region of the M2 proton channel depends on lipid bilayer environment. Protein Sci. 2005 Apr; 14(4):856-61. Duong-Ly KC, Nanda V, Degrado WF, Howard KP. PMID: 15741338; PMCID: PMC2253456.
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De novo design of a pentameric coiled-coil: decoding the motif for tetramer versus pentamer formation in water-soluble phospholamban. J Pept Res. 2005 Mar; 65(3):312-21. Slovic AM, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 15787961.
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Rotational orientation of monomers within a designed homo-oligomer transmembrane helical bundle. Protein Sci. 2005 Apr; 14(4):1019-24. Howard KP, Liu W, Crocker E, Nanda V, Lear J, Degrado WF, Smith SO. PMID: 15741331; PMCID: PMC2253437.
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Computational de novo design and characterization of a four-helix bundle protein that selectively binds a nonbiological cofactor. J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Feb 09; 127(5):1346-7. Cochran FV, Wu SP, Wang W, Nanda V, Saven JG, Therien MJ, DeGrado WF. PMID: 15686346.
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A push-pull mechanism for regulating integrin function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Feb 01; 102(5):1424-9. Li W, Metcalf DG, Gorelik R, Li R, Mitra N, Nanda V, Law PB, Lear JD, Degrado WF, Bennett JS. PMID: 15671157; PMCID: PMC547819.
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Sequence determinants of a transmembrane proton channel: an inverse relationship between stability and function. J Mol Biol. 2005 Mar 18; 347(1):169-79. Stouffer AL, Nanda V, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 15733926.
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Analysis and design of turns in alpha-helical hairpins. J Mol Biol. 2005 Mar 11; 346(5):1441-54. Lahr SJ, Engel DE, Stayrook SE, Maglio O, North B, Geremia S, Lombardi A, DeGrado WF. PMID: 15713492.
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Artificial diiron proteins: from structure to function. Biopolymers. 2005; 80(2-3):264-78. Calhoun JR, Nastri F, Maglio O, Pavone V, Lombardi A, DeGrado WF. PMID: 15700297.
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Volatile anesthetic modulation of oligomerization equilibria in a hexameric model peptide. FEBS Lett. 2004 Dec 03; 578(1-2):140-4. Ghirlanda G, Hilcove SA, Pidikiti R, Johansson JS, Lear JD, Degrado WF, Eckenhoff RG. PMID: 15581631.
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Simulated evolution of emergent chiral structures in polyalanine. J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Nov 10; 126(44):14459-67. Nanda V, Degrado WF. PMID: 15521766.
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Controlling the conformation of arylamides: computational studies of intramolecular hydrogen bonds between amides and ethers or thioethers. Chemistry. 2004 Oct 11; 10(20):5008-16. Doerksen RJ, Chen B, Liu D, Tew GN, Degrado WF, Klein ML. PMID: 15372664.
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Length Dependent Helix-Coil Transition Kinetics of Nine Alanine-Based Peptides. J Phys Chem B. 2004 Sep 30; 108(39). Wang T, Zhu Y, Getahun Z, Du D, Huang CY, Degrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 24307864; PMCID: PMC3845522.
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Association of a model transmembrane peptide containing gly in a heptad sequence motif. Biophys J. 2004 Nov; 87(5):3421-9. Lear JD, Stouffer AL, Gratkowski H, Nanda V, Degrado WF. PMID: 15315956; PMCID: PMC1304808.
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De novo design of catalytic proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Aug 10; 101(32):11566-70. Kaplan J, DeGrado WF. PMID: 15292507; PMCID: PMC511021.
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Folding of helical membrane proteins: the role of polar, GxxxG-like and proline motifs. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2004 Aug; 14(4):465-79. Senes A, Engel DE, DeGrado WF. PMID: 15313242.
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De novo design of a D2-symmetrical protein that reproduces the diheme four-helix bundle in cytochrome bc1. J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Jul 07; 126(26):8141-7. Ghirlanda G, Osyczka A, Liu W, Antolovich M, Smith KM, Dutton PL, Wand AJ, DeGrado WF. PMID: 15225055.
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Structural basis for integrin alphaIIbbeta3 clustering. Biochem Soc Trans. 2004 Jun; 32(Pt3):412-5. Li R, Bennett JS, Degrado WF. PMID: 15157149.
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A new method for determining the local environment and orientation of individual side chains of membrane-binding peptides. J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Apr 28; 126(16):5078-9. Tucker MJ, Getahun Z, Nanda V, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 15099085.
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Amino acid propensities are position-dependent throughout the length of alpha-helices. J Mol Biol. 2004 Apr 09; 337(5):1195-205. Engel DE, DeGrado WF. PMID: 15046987.
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Dimerization of the transmembrane domain of Integrin alphaIIb subunit in cell membranes. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jun 18; 279(25):26666-73. Li R, Gorelik R, Nanda V, Law PB, Lear JD, DeGrado WF, Bennett JS. PMID: 15067009.
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Nontoxic membrane-active antimicrobial arylamide oligomers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2004 Feb 20; 43(9):1158-62. Liu D, Choi S, Chen B, Doerksen RJ, Clements DJ, Winkler JD, Klein ML, DeGrado WF. PMID: 14983462.
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Computational design of water-soluble analogues of the potassium channel KcsA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Feb 17; 101(7):1828-33. Slovic AM, Kono H, Lear JD, Saven JG, DeGrado WF. PMID: 14766985; PMCID: PMC357012.
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Oligomerization of fusogenic peptides promotes membrane fusion by enhancing membrane destabilization. Biophys J. 2004 Jan; 86(1 Pt 1):272-84. Lau WL, Ege DS, Lear JD, Hammer DA, DeGrado WF. PMID: 14695269; PMCID: PMC1303790.
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Computational design and characterization of a monomeric helical dinuclear metalloprotein. J Mol Biol. 2003 Dec 12; 334(5):1101-15. Calhoun JR, Kono H, Lahr S, Wang W, DeGrado WF, Saven JG. PMID: 14643669.
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Ultrafast folding of alpha3D: a de novo designed three-helix bundle protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Dec 23; 100(26):15486-91. Zhu Y, Alonso DO, Maki K, Huang CY, Lahr SJ, Daggett V, Roder H, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 14671331; PMCID: PMC307594.
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Use of thiol-disulfide equilibria to measure the energetics of assembly of transmembrane helices in phospholipid bilayers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Dec 09; 100(25):14772-7. Cristian L, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 14657351; PMCID: PMC299801.
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De novo design of a molecular switch: phosphorylation-dependent association of designed peptides. J Mol Biol. 2003 Nov 14; 334(1):1-12. Signarvic RS, DeGrado WF. PMID: 14596795.
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Determination of membrane protein stability via thermodynamic coupling of folding to thiol-disulfide interchange. Protein Sci. 2003 Aug; 12(8):1732-40. Cristian L, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 12876322; PMCID: PMC2323959.
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Position-dependence of stabilizing polar interactions of asparagine in transmembrane helical bundles. Biochemistry. 2003 Jun 03; 42(21):6400-7. Lear JD, Gratkowski H, Adamian L, Liang J, DeGrado WF. PMID: 12767221.
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Computational biology: Biosensor design. Nature. 2003 May 08; 423(6936):132-3. DeGrado WF. PMID: 12736670.
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Activation of integrin alphaIIbbeta3 by modulation of transmembrane helix associations. Science. 2003 May 02; 300(5620):795-8. Li R, Mitra N, Gratkowski H, Vilaire G, Litvinov R, Nagasami C, Weisel JW, Lear JD, DeGrado WF, Bennett JS. PMID: 12730600.
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How do helix-helix interactions help determine the folds of membrane proteins? Perspectives from the study of homo-oligomeric helical bundles. Protein Sci. 2003 Apr; 12(4):647-65. DeGrado WF, Gratkowski H, Lear JD. PMID: 12649422; PMCID: PMC2323850.
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Preorganization of molecular binding sites in designed diiron proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Apr 01; 100(7):3772-7. Maglio O, Nastri F, Pavone V, Lombardi A, DeGrado WF. PMID: 12655072; PMCID: PMC152997.
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The hydration of amides in helices; a comprehensive picture from molecular dynamics, IR, and NMR. Protein Sci. 2003 Mar; 12(3):520-31. Walsh ST, Cheng RP, Wright WW, Alonso DO, Daggett V, Vanderkooi JM, DeGrado WF. PMID: 12592022; PMCID: PMC2312439.
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Computational design of a water-soluble analog of phospholamban. Protein Sci. 2003 Feb; 12(2):337-48. Slovic AM, Summa CM, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 12538897; PMCID: PMC2312418.
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Sliding helix and change of coordination geometry in a model di-MnII protein. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2003 Jan 27; 42(4):417-20. DeGrado WF, Di Costanzo L, Geremia S, Lombardi A, Pavone V, Randaccio L. PMID: 12569505.
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Probing the configurational space of a metalloprotein core: an ab initio molecular dynamics study of Duo Ferro 1 binuclear Zn cofactor. J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Jan 15; 125(2):560-9. Papoian GA, DeGrado WF, Klein ML. PMID: 12517172.
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Using nitrile-derivatized amino acids as infrared probes of local environment. J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Jan 15; 125(2):405-11. Getahun Z, Huang CY, Wang T, De León B, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 12517152.
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Use of phage display to probe the evolution of binding specificity and affinity in integrins. Protein Eng. 2003 Jan; 16(1):65-72. Li R, Hoess RH, Bennett JS, DeGrado WF. PMID: 12646694.
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Characterization of the monomeric form of the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains of the integrin beta 3 subunit by NMR spectroscopy. Biochemistry. 2002 Dec 31; 41(52):15618-24. Li R, Babu CR, Valentine K, Lear JD, Wand AJ, Bennett JS, DeGrado WF. PMID: 12501190.
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Light-induced helix formation. J Am Chem Soc. 2002 Oct 30; 124(43):12674-5. Huang CY, He S, DeGrado WF, McCafferty DG, Gai F. PMID: 12392410.
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Long-range interactions stabilize the fold of a non-natural oligomer. J Am Chem Soc. 2002 Oct 02; 124(39):11564-5. Cheng RP, DeGrado WF. PMID: 12296699.
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Cooperativity and specificity of association of a designed transmembrane peptide. Biophys J. 2002 Sep; 83(3):1613-9. Gratkowski H, Dai QH, Wand AJ, DeGrado WF, Lear JD. PMID: 12202385; PMCID: PMC1302258.
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Computational de novo design, and characterization of an A(2)B(2) diiron protein. J Mol Biol. 2002 Aug 30; 321(5):923-38. Summa CM, Rosenblatt MM, Hong JK, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 12206771.
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Sequence determinants of the energetics of folding of a transmembrane four-helix-bundle protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Jun 25; 99(13):8568-72. Howard KP, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 12084917; PMCID: PMC124313.
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A hierarchic approach to the design of hexameric helical barrels. J Mol Biol. 2002 May 24; 319(1):243-53. Ghirlanda G, Lear JD, Ogihara NL, Eisenberg D, DeGrado WF. PMID: 12051949.
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De novo design of biomimetic antimicrobial polymers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Apr 16; 99(8):5110-4. Tew GN, Liu D, Chen B, Doerksen RJ, Kaplan J, Carroll PJ, Klein ML, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11959961; PMCID: PMC122730.
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Noncovalent self-assembly of a heterotetrameric diiron protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Apr 16; 99(8):5150-4. Marsh EN, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11959963; PMCID: PMC122737.
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Helix formation via conformation diffusion search. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Mar 05; 99(5):2788-93. Huang CY, Getahun Z, Zhu Y, Klemke JW, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 11867741; PMCID: PMC122426.
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Toward the de novo design of a catalytically active helix bundle: a substrate-accessible carboxylate-bridged dinuclear metal center. J Am Chem Soc. 2001 Dec 26; 123(51):12749-57. Di Costanzo L, Wade H, Geremia S, Randaccio L, Pavone V, DeGrado WF, Lombardi A. PMID: 11749531.
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Template-constrained somatostatin analogues: a biphenyl linker induces a type-V' turn. J Am Chem Soc. 2001 Dec 19; 123(50):12710-1. Cheng RP, Suich DJ, Cheng H, Roder H, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11741449.
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Time-resolved infrared study of the helix-coil transition using (13)C-labeled helical peptides. J Am Chem Soc. 2001 Dec 05; 123(48):12111-2. Huang CY, Getahun Z, Wang T, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 11724630.
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Oligomerization of the integrin alphaIIbbeta3: roles of the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Oct 23; 98(22):12462-7. Li R, Babu CR, Lear JD, Wand AJ, Bennett JS, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11606749; PMCID: PMC60076.
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Introduction: protein design. Chem Rev. 2001 Oct 10; 101(10):3025-6. DeGrado WF. PMID: 11749399.
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beta-Peptides: from structure to function. Chem Rev. 2001 Oct; 101(10):3219-32. Cheng RP, Gellman SH, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11710070.
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Temperature-dependent helix-coil transition of an alanine based peptide. J Am Chem Soc. 2001 Sep 26; 123(38):9235-8. Huang CY, Klemke JW, Getahun Z, DeGrado WF, Gai F. PMID: 11562202.
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D(n)-symmetrical tertiary templates for the design of tubular proteins. J Mol Biol. 2001 Aug 31; 311(5):1081-90. North B, Summa CM, Ghirlanda G, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11531341.
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Dynamics of a de novo designed three-helix bundle protein studied by 15N, 13C, and 2H NMR relaxation methods. Biochemistry. 2001 Aug 14; 40(32):9560-9. Walsh ST, Lee AL, DeGrado WF, Wand AJ. PMID: 11583155.
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De novo design, synthesis, and characterization of antimicrobial beta-peptides. J Am Chem Soc. 2001 Aug 08; 123(31):7553-9. Liu D, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11480975.
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De novo design, synthesis and characterization of membrane-active peptides. Biochem Soc Trans. 2001 Aug; 29(Pt 4):559-64. Lear JD, Gratkowski H, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11498028.
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De novo design of a monomeric helical beta-peptide stabilized by electrostatic interactions. J Am Chem Soc. 2001 May 30; 123(21):5162-3. Cheng RP, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11457373.
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Proton and metal ion-dependent assembly of a model diiron protein. Protein Sci. 2001 May; 10(5):958-69. Pasternak A, Kaplan J, Lear JD, Degrado WF. PMID: 11316876; PMCID: PMC2374189.
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Fluorinated Coiled-Coil Proteins Prepared In Vivo Display Enhanced Thermal and Chemical Stability This work was supported by a grant from the U.S. Army Research Office. Y. Tang is supported by a Whitaker Graduate Research Fellowship. We thank Dr. Gary Hathaway for performing matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization analyses. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2001 Apr 17; 40(8):1494-1496. Tang Y, Ghirlanda G, Petka WA, Nakajima T, DeGrado WF, Tirrell DA. PMID: 11317312.
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Fluorinated Coiled-Coil Proteins Prepared In Vivo Display Enhanced Thermal and Chemical Stability. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2001 Apr 17; 40(8):1494-1496. Tang Y, Ghirlanda G, Petka WA, Nakajima T, DeGrado WF, Tirrell DA. PMID: 29712367.
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Stabilization of coiled-coil peptide domains by introduction of trifluoroleucine. Biochemistry. 2001 Mar 06; 40(9):2790-6. Tang Y, Ghirlanda G, Vaidehi N, Kua J, Mainz DT, Goddard III WA, DeGrado WF, Tirrell DA. PMID: 11258889.
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Design of three-dimensional domain-swapped dimers and fibrous oligomers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Feb 13; 98(4):1404-9. Ogihara NL, Ghirlanda G, Bryson JW, Gingery M, DeGrado WF, Eisenberg D. PMID: 11171963; PMCID: PMC29269.
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Polar side chains drive the association of model transmembrane peptides. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Jan 30; 98(3):880-5. Gratkowski H, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11158564; PMCID: PMC14678.
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Hydrophobic core malleability of a de novo designed three-helix bundle protein. J Mol Biol. 2001 Jan 12; 305(2):361-73. Walsh ST, Sukharev VI, Betz SF, Vekshin NL, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11124911.
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Evolution of binding affinity in a WW domain probed by phage display. Protein Sci. 2000 Dec; 9(12):2366-76. Dalby PA, Hoess RH, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11206058; PMCID: PMC2144528.
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pH-dependent tetramerization and amantadine binding of the transmembrane helix of M2 from the influenza A virus. Biochemistry. 2000 Nov 21; 39(46):14160-70. Salom D, Hill BR, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11087364; PMCID: PMC3060174.
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Dynamics and folding of single two-stranded coiled-coil peptides studied by fluorescent energy transfer confocal microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Nov 21; 97(24):13021-6. Talaga DS, Lau WL, Roder H, Tang J, Jia Y, DeGrado WF, Hochstrasser RM. PMID: 11087856; PMCID: PMC27171.
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Structural consequences of an amino acid deletion in the B1 domain of protein G. Proteins. 2000 Nov 15; 41(3):323-33. O'Neil KT, Bach AC, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11025544.
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De novo design of helical bundles as models for understanding protein folding and function. Acc Chem Res. 2000 Nov; 33(11):745-54. Hill RB, Raleigh DP, Lombardi A, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11087311; PMCID: PMC3050006.
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Template-constrained cyclic peptide analogues of somatostatin: subtype-selective binding to somatostatin receptors and antiangiogenic activity. Bioorg Med Chem. 2000 Sep; 8(9):2229-41. Suich DJ, Mousa SA, Singh G, Liapakis G, Reisine T, DeGrado WF. PMID: 11026536.
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The activation state of alphavbeta 3 regulates platelet and lymphocyte adhesion to intact and thrombin-cleaved osteopontin. J Biol Chem. 2000 Jun 16; 275(24):18337-43. Helluin O, Chan C, Vilaire G, Mousa S, DeGrado WF, Bennett JS. PMID: 10751402.
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Retrostructural analysis of metalloproteins: application to the design of a minimal model for diiron proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Jun 06; 97(12):6298-305. Lombardi A, Summa CM, Geremia S, Randaccio L, Pavone V, DeGrado WF. PMID: 10841536; PMCID: PMC18597.
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A polar, solvent-exposed residue can be essential for native protein structure. Structure. 2000 May 15; 8(5):471-9. Hill RB, DeGrado WF. PMID: 10801493; PMCID: PMC3050062.
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Asparagine-mediated self-association of a model transmembrane helix. Nat Struct Biol. 2000 Feb; 7(2):161-6. Choma C, Gratkowski H, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 10655620.
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Total chemical synthesis of the integral membrane protein influenza A virus M2: role of its C-terminal domain in tetramer assembly. Biochemistry. 1999 Sep 14; 38(37):11905-13. Kochendoerfer GG, Salom D, Lear JD, Wilk-Orescan R, Kent SB, DeGrado WF. PMID: 10508393.
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The twists and turns of beta-peptides. J Pept Res. 1999 Sep; 54(3):206-17. DeGrado WF, Schneider JP, Hamuro Y. PMID: 10517158.
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Tertiary templates for the design of diiron proteins. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 1999 Aug; 9(4):500-8. Summa CM, Lombardi A, Lewis M, DeGrado WF. PMID: 10449377.
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Centrosymmetric bilayers in the 0.75 A resolution structure of a designed alpha-helical peptide, D,L-Alpha-1. Protein Sci. 1999 Jul; 8(7):1410-22. Patterson WR, Anderson DH, DeGrado WF, Cascio D, Eisenberg D. PMID: 10422829; PMCID: PMC2144380.
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Solution structure and dynamics of a de novo designed three-helix bundle protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 May 11; 96(10):5486-91. Walsh ST, Cheng H, Bryson JW, Roder H, DeGrado WF. PMID: 10318910; PMCID: PMC21886.
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Rapid synthesis of RGD mimetics with isoxazoline scaffolds on solid phase: identification of alphavbeta3 antagonists lead compounds. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 1999 Apr 05; 9(7):937-42. Rockwell AL, Rafalski M, Pitts WJ, Batt DG, Petraitis JJ, DeGrado WF, Mousa S, Jadhav PK. PMID: 10230615.
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The two-dimensional IR nonlinear spectroscopy of a cyclic penta-peptide in relation to its three-dimensional structure. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Mar 02; 96(5):2036-41. Hamm P, Lim M, DeGrado WF, Hochstrasser RM. PMID: 10051590; PMCID: PMC26732.
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Cu(II) inhibition of the proton translocation machinery of the influenza A virus M2 protein. J Biol Chem. 1999 Feb 26; 274(9):5474-82. Gandhi CS, Shuck K, Lear JD, Dieckmann GR, DeGrado WF, Lamb RA, Pinto LH. PMID: 10026160.
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Exploration of the structural features defining the conduction properties of a synthetic ion channel. Biophys J. 1999 Feb; 76(2):618-30. Dieckmann GR, Lear JD, Zhong Q, Klein ML, DeGrado WF, Sharp KA. PMID: 9929468; PMCID: PMC1300068.
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De novo design and structural characterization of proteins and metalloproteins. Annu Rev Biochem. 1999; 68:779-819. DeGrado WF, Summa CM, Pavone V, Nastri F, Lombardi A. PMID: 10872466.
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Synthesis and antiplatelet effects of an isoxazole series of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonists. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 1998 Dec 15; 8(24):3499-504. Xue CB, Roderick J, Mousa S, Olson RE, DeGrado WF. PMID: 9934460.
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From synthetic coiled coils to functional proteins: automated design of a receptor for the calmodulin-binding domain of calcineurin. J Mol Biol. 1998 Aug 14; 281(2):379-91. Ghirlanda G, Lear JD, Lombardi A, DeGrado WF. PMID: 9698554.
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The role of protonation and metal chelation preferences in defining the properties of mercury-binding coiled coils. J Mol Biol. 1998 Jul 31; 280(5):897-912. Dieckmann GR, McRorie DK, Lear JD, Sharp KA, DeGrado WF, Pecoraro VL. PMID: 9671558.
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From coiled coils to small globular proteins: design of a native-like three-helix bundle. Protein Sci. 1998 Jun; 7(6):1404-14. Bryson JW, Desjarlais JR, Handel TM, DeGrado WF. PMID: 9655345; PMCID: PMC2144029.
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Macrocyclic amino carboxylates as selective MMP-8 inhibitors. J Med Chem. 1998 May 21; 41(11):1749-51. Cherney RJ, Wang L, Meyer DT, Xue CB, Wasserman ZR, Hardman KD, Welch PK, Covington MB, Copeland RA, Arner EC, DeGrado WF, Decicco CP. PMID: 9599226.
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Design and synthesis of cyclic inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases and TNF-alpha production. J Med Chem. 1998 May 21; 41(11):1745-8. Xue CB, He X, Roderick J, DeGrado WF, Cherney RJ, Hardman KD, Nelson DJ, Copeland RA, Jaffee BD, Decicco CP. PMID: 9599225.
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Analysis and design of three-stranded coiled coils and three-helix bundles. Fold Des. 1998; 3(2):R29-40. Schneider JP, Lombardi A, DeGrado WF. PMID: 9565750.
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Two models of the influenza A M2 channel domain: verification by comparison. Fold Des. 1998; 3(6):443-8. Forrest LR, DeGrado WF, Dieckmann GR, Sansom MS. PMID: 9889158.
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A functionally defined model for the M2 proton channel of influenza A virus suggests a mechanism for its ion selectivity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Oct 14; 94(21):11301-6. Pinto LH, Dieckmann GR, Gandhi CS, Papworth CG, Braman J, Shaughnessy MA, Lear JD, Lamb RA, DeGrado WF. PMID: 9326604; PMCID: PMC23448.
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Proteins from scratch. Science. 1997 Oct 03; 278(5335):80-1. DeGrado WF. PMID: 9340760.
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Modeling transmembrane helical oligomers. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 1997 Aug; 7(4):486-94. Dieckmann GR, DeGrado WF. PMID: 9266169.
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Design, synthesis, and in vitro activities of benzamide-core glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonists: 2,3-diaminopropionic acid derivatives as surrogates of aspartic acid. Bioorg Med Chem. 1997 Apr; 5(4):693-705. Xue CB, Roderick J, Jackson S, Rafalski M, Rockwell A, Mousa S, Olson RE, DeGrado WF. PMID: 9158868.
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Agonist-activated alphavbeta3 on platelets and lymphocytes binds to the matrix protein osteopontin. J Biol Chem. 1997 Mar 28; 272(13):8137-40. Bennett JS, Chan C, Vilaire G, Mousa SA, DeGrado WF. PMID: 9079626.
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De novo design of native proteins: characterization of proteins intended to fold into antiparallel, rop-like, four-helix bundles. Biochemistry. 1997 Mar 04; 36(9):2450-8. Betz SF, Liebman PA, DeGrado WF. PMID: 9054549.
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The crystal structure of the designed trimeric coiled coil coil-VaLd: implications for engineering crystals and supramolecular assemblies. Protein Sci. 1997 Jan; 6(1):80-8. Ogihara NL, Weiss MS, Degrado WF, Eisenberg D. PMID: 9007979; PMCID: PMC2143514.
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Thermodynamic analysis of a designed three-stranded coiled coil. Biochemistry. 1996 Nov 19; 35(46):14480-5. Boice JA, Dieckmann GR, DeGrado WF, Fairman R. PMID: 8931544.
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Novel nonpeptide antiplatelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonist, DMP754: receptor binding affinity and specificity. Coron Artery Dis. 1996 Oct; 7(10):767-74. Mousa SA, Forsythe M, Lorelli W, Bozarth J, Xue CB, Wityak J, Sielecki TM, Olson RE, DeGrado W, Kapil R, Hussain M, Wexler R, Thoolen MJ, Reilly TM. PMID: 8970768.
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Expression of de novo designed alpha-helical bundles. Acta Chem Scand (Cph). 1996 Aug; 50(8):688-96. Betz SF, Bryson JW, Passador MC, Brown RJ, O'Neil KT, DeGrado WF. PMID: 8756357.
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Protein minimization: downsizing through mutation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Jun 11; 93(12):5680-1. DeGrado WF, Sosnick TR. PMID: 8650151; PMCID: PMC39119.
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Controlling topology and native-like behavior of de novo-designed peptides: design and characterization of antiparallel four-stranded coiled coils. Biochemistry. 1996 May 28; 35(21):6955-62. Betz SF, DeGrado WF. PMID: 8639647.
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In vitro evolution of thermodynamically stable turns. Nat Struct Biol. 1996 May; 3(5):446-51. Zhou HX, Hoess RH, DeGrado WF. PMID: 8612075.
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The role of helix formation in the folding of a fully alpha-helical coiled coil. Proteins. 1996 Apr; 24(4):427-32. Sosnick TR, Jackson S, Wilk RR, Englander SW, DeGrado WF. PMID: 9162943.
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Oral antiplatelet, antithrombotic efficacy of DMP 728, a novel platelet GPIIb/IIIa antagonist. Circulation. 1996 Feb 01; 93(3):537-43. Mousa SA, DeGrado WF, Mu DX, Kapil RP, Lucchesi BR, Reilly TM. PMID: 8565173.
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De novo design of heterotrimeric coiled coils. Biopolymers. 1996; 40(5):495-504. Lombardi A, Bryson JW, DeGrado WF. PMID: 9062072.
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Crystallization of a designed peptide from a molten globule ensemble. Fold Des. 1996; 1(1):57-64. Betz SF, Raleigh DP, DeGrado WF, Lovejoy B, Anderson D, Ogihara N, Eisenberg D. PMID: 9079364.
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Protein design: a hierarchic approach. Science. 1995 Nov 10; 270(5238):935-41. Bryson JW, Betz SF, Lu HS, Suich DJ, Zhou HX, O'Neil KT, DeGrado WF. PMID: 7481798.
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Native-like and structurally characterized designed alpha-helical bundles. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 1995 Aug; 5(4):457-63. Betz SF, Bryson JW, DeGrado WF. PMID: 8528761.
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Design of two-stranded and three-stranded coiled-coil peptides. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1995 Apr 29; 348(1323):81-8. Betz S, Fairman R, O'Neil K, Lear J, Degrado W. PMID: 7770490.
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Thermodynamic genetics of the folding of the B1 immunoglobulin-binding domain from streptococcal protein G. Proteins. 1995 Jan; 21(1):11-21. O'Neil KT, Hoess RH, Raleigh DP, DeGrado WF. PMID: 7716165.
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Disulfide crosslinks to probe the structure and flexibility of a designed four-helix bundle protein. Protein Sci. 1994 Dec; 3(12):2419-27. Regan L, Rockwell A, Wasserman Z, DeGrado W. PMID: 7756995; PMCID: PMC2142780.
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Design and synthesis of simplified energy-converting proteins. Biochem Soc Trans. 1994 Aug; 22(3):689-93. Farid RS, Robertson DE, Moser CC, Pilloud D, DeGrado WF, Dutton PL. PMID: 7821665.
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A helical-dipole model describes the single-channel current rectification of an uncharged peptide ion channel. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 May 24; 91(11):4859-63. Kienker PK, DeGrado WF, Lear JD. PMID: 7515180; PMCID: PMC43888.
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Design and synthesis of multi-haem proteins. Nature. 1994 Mar 31; 368(6470):425-32. Robertson DE, Farid RS, Moser CC, Urbauer JL, Mulholland SE, Pidikiti R, Lear JD, Wand AJ, DeGrado WF, Dutton PL. PMID: 8133888.
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Identification of recognition sequences of adhesion molecules using phage display technology. Methods Enzymol. 1994; 245:370-86. O'Neil KT, DeGrado WF, Mousa SA, Ramachandran N, Hoess RH. PMID: 7539093.
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Multiple oligomeric states regulate the DNA binding of helix-loop-helix peptides. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 Nov 15; 90(22):10429-33. Fairman R, Beran-Steed RK, Anthony-Cahill SJ, Lear JD, Stafford WF, DeGrado WF, Benfield PA, Brenner SL. PMID: 8248126; PMCID: PMC47790.
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Peptide engineering. Catalytic molten globules. Nature. 1993 Oct 07; 365(6446):488-9. DeGrado WF. PMID: 8413599.
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Metal ion-dependent modulation of the dynamics of a designed protein. Science. 1993 Aug 13; 261(5123):879-85. Handel TM, Williams SA, DeGrado WF. PMID: 8346440.
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Crystal structure of a synthetic triple-stranded alpha-helical bundle. Science. 1993 Feb 26; 259(5099):1288-93. Lovejoy B, Choe S, Cascio D, McRorie DK, DeGrado WF, Eisenberg D. PMID: 8446897.
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Identification of novel peptide antagonists for GPIIb/IIIa from a conformationally constrained phage peptide library. Proteins. 1992 Dec; 14(4):509-15. O'Neil KT, Hoess RH, Jackson SA, Ramachandran NS, Mousa SA, DeGrado WF. PMID: 1438188.
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Calmodulin binding to alpha 1-purothionin: solution binding and modeling of the complex. Proteins. 1992 Oct; 14(2):127-38. Rao U, Teeter MM, Erickson-Viitanen S, DeGrado WF. PMID: 1409564.
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Crystallization of proton channel peptides. Protein Sci. 1992 Aug; 1(8):1073-7. Lovejoy B, Akerfeldt KS, DeGrado WF, Eisenberg D. PMID: 1284681; PMCID: PMC2142170.
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Fluorescence studies of the secondary structure and orientation of a model ion channel peptide in phospholipid vesicles. Biochemistry. 1992 Jul 21; 31(28):6608-16. Chung LA, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 1378757.
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X-ray grade crystals of a designed alpha-helical coiled coil. Protein Sci. 1992 Jul; 1(7):956-7. Lovejoy B, Le TC, Lüthy R, Cascio D, O'Neil KT, DeGrado WF, Eisenberg D. PMID: 1304378; PMCID: PMC2142157.
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Peptide models for the membrane destabilizing actions of viral fusion proteins. Biopolymers. 1992 Apr; 32(4):309-14. Epand RM, Cheetham JJ, Epand RF, Yeagle PL, Richardson CD, Rockwell A, Degrado WF. PMID: 1623124.
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Molecular characterization of helix-loop-helix peptides. Science. 1992 Feb 21; 255(5047):979-83. Anthony-Cahill SJ, Benfield PA, Fairman R, Wasserman ZR, Brenner SL, Stafford WF, Altenbach C, Hubbell WL, DeGrado WF. PMID: 1312255.
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Membrane fusion activity of the influenza virus hemagglutinin: interaction of HA2 N-terminal peptides with phospholipid vesicles. Biochemistry. 1991 Oct 22; 30(42):10211-20. Rafalski M, Ortiz A, Rockwell A, van Ginkel LC, Lear JD, DeGrado WF, Wilschut J. PMID: 1931950.
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DNA-induced increase in the alpha-helical content of C/EBP and GCN4. Biochemistry. 1991 Sep 17; 30(37):9030-4. O'Neil KT, Shuman JD, Ampe C, DeGrado WF. PMID: 1892816.
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A thermodynamic scale for the helix-forming tendencies of the commonly occurring amino acids. Science. 1990 Nov 02; 250(4981):646-51. O'Neil KT, DeGrado WF. PMID: 2237415.
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Phospholipid interactions of synthetic peptides representing the N-terminus of HIV gp41. Biochemistry. 1990 Aug 28; 29(34):7917-22. Rafalski M, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 2261447.
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Design of DNA-binding peptides based on the leucine zipper motif. Science. 1990 Aug 17; 249(4970):774-8. O'Neil KT, Hoess RH, DeGrado WF. PMID: 2389143.
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Crystal structure of alpha 1: implications for protein design. Science. 1990 Aug 03; 249(4968):543-6. Hill CP, Anderson DH, Wesson L, DeGrado WF, Eisenberg D. PMID: 2382133.
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How calmodulin binds its targets: sequence independent recognition of amphiphilic alpha-helices. Trends Biochem Sci. 1990 Feb; 15(2):59-64. O'Neil KT, DeGrado WF. PMID: 2186516.
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Conformationally constrained alpha-helical peptide models for protein ion channels. Biopolymers. 1990 Jan; 29(1):205-13. DeGrado WF, Lear JD. PMID: 1691664.
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Photolabeling of calmodulin with basic, amphiphilic alpha-helical peptides containing p-benzoylphenylalanine. J Biol Chem. 1989 Aug 25; 264(24):14571-8. O'Neil KT, Erickson-Viitanen S, DeGrado WF. PMID: 2760074.
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Emil Thomas Kaiser 1938-1988. J Mol Recognit. 1989 Apr; 1(4):i-ii. Degrado WF, May SW. PMID: 2698723.
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Protein design, a minimalist approach. Science. 1989 Feb 03; 243(4891):622-8. DeGrado WF, Wasserman ZR, Lear JD. PMID: 2464850.
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Contributions of chemistry: biotechnology and materials science. Science. 1989 Jan 06; 243(4887):102-3. Degrado WF. PMID: 17780427.
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The interaction of calmodulin with fluorescent and photoreactive model peptides: evidence for a short interdomain separation. Proteins. 1989; 6(3):284-93. O'Neil KT, DeGrado WF. PMID: 2622908.
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Characterization of a helical protein designed from first principles. Science. 1988 Aug 19; 241(4868):976-8. Regan L, DeGrado WF. PMID: 3043666.
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Synthetic amphiphilic peptide models for protein ion channels. Science. 1988 May 27; 240(4856):1177-81. Lear JD, Wasserman ZR, DeGrado WF. PMID: 2453923.
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Design of peptides and proteins. Adv Protein Chem. 1988; 39:51-124. Degrado WF. PMID: 3072869.
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Fluorescence properties of calmodulin-binding peptides reflect alpha-helical periodicity. Science. 1987 Jun 12; 236(4807):1454-6. O'Neil KT, Wolfe HR, Erickson-Viitanen S, DeGrado WF. PMID: 3589665.
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Membrane binding and conformational properties of peptides representing the NH2 terminus of influenza HA-2. J Biol Chem. 1987 May 15; 262(14):6500-5. Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 3571268.
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The design of a four-helix bundle protein. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1987; 52:521-6. DeGrado WF, Regan L, Ho SP. PMID: 3454275.
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Predicted calmodulin-binding sequence in the gamma subunit of phosphorylase b kinase. Proteins. 1987; 2(1):20-33. DeGrado WF, Erickson-Viitanen S, Wolfe HR, O'Neil KT. PMID: 3447166.
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Recognition and characterization of calmodulin-binding sequences in peptides and proteins. Methods Enzymol. 1987; 139:455-78. Erickson-Viitanen S, DeGrado WF. PMID: 3587035.
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The design, synthesis, and crystallization of an alpha-helical peptide. Proteins. 1986 Sep; 1(1):16-22. Eisenberg D, Wilcox W, Eshita SM, Pryciak PM, Ho SP, DeGrado WF. PMID: 3449847.
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p-Benzoyl-L-phenylalanine, a new photoreactive amino acid. Photolabeling of calmodulin with a synthetic calmodulin-binding peptide. J Biol Chem. 1986 Aug 15; 261(23):10695-700. Kauer JC, Erickson-Viitanen S, Wolfe HR, DeGrado WF. PMID: 3733726.
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Nonidentical induction of the guanylate binding protein and the 56K protein by type I and type II interferons. J Interferon Res. 1986 Aug; 6(4):417-27. Cheng YS, Becker-Manley MF, Nguyen TD, DeGrado WF, Jonak GJ. PMID: 3095442.
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A predicted structure of calmodulin suggests an electrostatic basis for its function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1985 Aug; 82(15):4954-8. O'Neil KT, DeGrado WF. PMID: 3860834; PMCID: PMC390476.
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In vivo function and membrane binding properties are correlated for Escherichia coli lamB signal peptides. Science. 1985 May 31; 228(4703):1096-9. Briggs MS, Gierasch LM, Zlotnick A, Lear JD, DeGrado WF. PMID: 3158076.
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The interaction of calmodulin with amphiphilic peptides. J Biol Chem. 1985 Feb 25; 260(4):2527-34. Cox JA, Comte M, Fitton JE, DeGrado WF. PMID: 2982823.
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The design, synthesis, and characterization of tight-binding inhibitors of calmodulin. J Cell Biochem. 1985; 29(2):83-93. DeGrado WF, Prendergast FG, Wolfe HR, Cox JA. PMID: 4066780.
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Antibodies to synthetic peptides of human interferon-beta. Use in biosynthetic studies. J Biol Chem. 1984 Oct 10; 259(19):12220-5. Chow TP, DeGrado WF, Knight E. PMID: 6480606.
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Antibodies to human c-myc oncogene product: evidence of an evolutionarily conserved protein induced during cell proliferation. Science. 1984 Aug 17; 225(4663):687-93. Persson H, Hennighausen L, Taub R, DeGrado W, Leder P. PMID: 6431612.
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Purification and properties of thiol beta-lactamase. A mutant of pBR322 beta-lactamase in which the active site serine has been replaced with cysteine. J Biol Chem. 1984 Apr 25; 259(8):5327-32. Sigal IS, DeGrado WF, Thomas BJ, Petteway SR. PMID: 6425288.
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Posttranslational modification of human T-cell growth factor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1983 Nov 15; 116(3):1049-55. Robb RJ, Kutny RM, Panico M, Morris H, DeGrado WF, Chowdhry V. PMID: 6606428.
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Sequence and structural homologies among type I and type II interferons. Nature. 1982 Nov 25; 300(5890):379-81. DeGrado WF, Wasserman ZR, Chowdhry V. PMID: 6815538.
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Kinetics and mechanism of hemolysis induced by melittin and by a synthetic melittin analogue. Biophys J. 1982 Jan; 37(1):329-38. DeGrado WF, Musso GF, Lieber M, Kaiser ET, Kézdy FJ. PMID: 7055625; PMCID: PMC1329147.
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