Structure and function of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase: molecular mechanisms of polymerization and inhibition

SG Sarafianos, B Marchand, K Das, DM Himmel… - Journal of molecular …, 2009 - Elsevier
The rapid replication of HIV-1 and the errors made during viral replication cause the virus to
evolve rapidly in patients, making the problems of vaccine development and drug therapy …

Innate sensing of DNA virus genomes

Z Ma, G Ni, B Damania - Annual review of virology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
DNA viruses are linked to many infectious diseases and contribute significantly to human
morbidity and mortality worldwide. Moreover, DNA viral infections are usually lifelong and …

Structural basis of transcription: an RNA polymerase II elongation complex at 3.3 Å resolution

AL Gnatt, P Cramer, J Fu, DA Bushnell, RD Kornberg - Science, 2001 - science.org
The crystal structure of RNA polymerase II in the act of transcription was determined at 3.3 Å
resolution. Duplex DNA is seen entering the main cleft of the enzyme and unwinding before …

Orientation dependence in fluorescent energy transfer between Cy3 and Cy5 terminally attached to double-stranded nucleic acids

A Iqbal, S Arslan, B Okumus… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
We have found that the efficiency of fluorescence resonance energy transfer between Cy3
and Cy5 terminally attached to the 5′ ends of a DNA duplex is significantly affected by the …

[HTML][HTML] Crystal structure of HIV‐1 reverse transcriptase in complex with a polypurine tract RNA: DNA

SG Sarafianos, K Das, C Tantillo, AD ClarkJr… - The EMBO …, 2001 - embopress.org
We have determined the 3.0 Å resolution structure of wild‐type HIV‐1 reverse transcriptase
in complex with an RNA: DNA oligonucleotide whose sequence includes a purine‐rich …

A-form conformational motifs in ligand-bound DNA structures

XJ Lu, Z Shakked, WK Olson - Journal of molecular biology, 2000 - Elsevier
Recognition and biochemical processing of DNA requires that proteins and other ligands
are able to distinguish their DNA binding sites from other parts of the molecule. In addition to …

Martini coarse-grained force field: extension to RNA

JJ Uusitalo, HI Ingólfsson, SJ Marrink, I Faustino - Biophysical journal, 2017 - cell.com
RNA has an important role not only as the messenger of genetic information but also as a
regulator of gene expression. Given its central role in cell biology, there is significant interest …

A structural model of transcription elongation

N Korzheva, A Mustaev, M Kozlov, A Malhotra… - Science, 2000 - science.org
The path of the nucleic acids through a transcription elongation complex was tracked by
mapping cross-links between bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP) and transcript RNA or …

2'-O-acetamido modified monomers and oligomers

M Manoharan, AM Kawasaki, PD Cook… - US Patent …, 2000 - Google Patents
Nucleosidic monomers and oligomeric compounds prepared therefrom are provided. Also
provided is a novel method of deprotection of oligomeric compounds. Oligomeric com …

Excision of misincorporated ribonucleotides in DNA by RNase H (type 2) and FEN-1 in cell-free extracts

B Rydberg, J Game - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
Misincorporated ribonucleotides in DNA will cause DNA backbone distortion and may be
targeted by DNA repair enzymes. Using double-stranded oligonucleotide probes containing …