The Reading List is a newsletter from the School of Medicine Basic Sciences in which we amplify biomedical research from our four departments and campus-wide collaborators.
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Department of Biochemistry |
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Chiral-4′-Methyl-α-(l)-Threofuranosyl Nucleic Acids: Synthesis, Structure, Binding Affinity, Nuclease Resistance, and Polymerase Recognition. Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Atsushi Mikami* (Alnylam Pharmaceuticals), Joel Harp, Martin Egli. -
Conserved mRNP remodeling mechanism of the TREX-2.1 complex. Nucleic Acids Research.
Alexia Angelos*, Bradley Clarke, Pate Hill, Lydia Li, Menghan Mei, Jalen Smith, Ethan Xie, Walter Reter, Samuel Smithee, Yihu Xie, Yi Ren*.
Supported by the Cryo-electron Microscopy Facility. - Substrate-Dependent Crosslinking by the Cytochrome P450 From Aminopyruvatide Biosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
Chandrashekhar Padhi* (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Douglas Mitchell.
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Department of Cell and Developmental Biology |
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InsP3R signaling and actomyosin-dependent mitochondrial dynamics play essential roles in mitochondrial stress-induced longevity. Nature Communications.
Gaomin Feng*, Elizabeth Ruark*, Alexandra Mulligan, Eric Donahue, Anthony Hoang, Brianne Jacquet-Cribe, Li Peng, Kristopher Burkewitz*.
Supported by the Cell Imaging Shared Resource.
School of Medicine Basic Sciences: When dysfunction makes you live longer -
EPS8 dampens the growth dynamics and prolongs the lifetime of actin-based protrusions. Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Alexandra Mulligan*, Zachary Lehmann, Kianna Robinson, Matthew Tyska*.
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Department of Pharmacology |
- De Novo Design in an M1 Positive Allosteric Modulator Backup Program: The Discovery of VU6069863. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters.
Changho Han*, Upendra Rathnayake, Alison Gregro, Julie Engers, Christopher Presley, Nathan Schley, Analisa Thompson Gray, Michael Bubser, Hyekyung Cho, Alice Rodriguez, Valerie Kramlinger, Olivier Boutaud, Colleen Niswender, Carrie Jones, Darren Engers, Craig Lindsley*.
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First or corresponding authors are identified with an *. Only Vanderbilt collaborators are listed except for first authors.
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Faculty resource: Proofig AI |
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