Michael L. Deras

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(6), RNA modifications and cancer(5), Enzyme Structure and Function(3), Biochemical and Molecular Research(3), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry(2)

Publications10 total

Performance evaluation of the PROCLEIX® West Nile virus assay on semi‐automated and automated systems
Journal of Medical Virology·2007· 31 cited
An RNA ligase-mediated method for the efficient creation of large, synthetic RNAs
RNA·2006· 68 citedOpen Access
Time‐Resolved Hydroxyl Radical Footprinting of RNA with X‐Rays
Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry·2001· 12 citedOpen Access
Multiple Folding Pathways for the P4−P6 RNA Domain
Biochemistry·2000· 88 cited
Folding Mechanism of the <i>Tetrahymena</i> Ribozyme P4−P6 Domain
Biochemistry·2000· 95 cited
Fast folding of a ribozyme by stabilizing core interactions: evidence for multiple folding pathways in RNA 1 1Edited by I. Tinoco
Journal of Molecular Biology·2000· 93 cited
[22] Time-resolved synchrotron X-ray footprinting and its application to RNA folding
Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology·2000· 75 cited
<i>N</i><sup>2</sup>-Hydroxyguanosine 5‘-Monophosphate Is a Time-Dependent Inhibitor of <i>Escherichia</i> <i>coli</i> Guanosine Monophosphate Synthetase
Biochemistry·1998· 10 cited
Design and synthesis of structural and mechanistic probes of {\it Escherichia coli/} guanosine monophosphate synthetase
1997
The crystal structure of GMP synthetase reveals a novel catalytic triad and is a structural paradigm for two enzyme families
Nature Structural Biology·1996· 227 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Sarah A. Woodson(5), Michael Brenowitz(3), V. Jo Davisson(2), Corie Y. Ralston(2), Mark R. Chance(2), Stephen A. Scaringe(2), J.J.G. Tesmer(1), Thomas J. Klem(1), Janet L. Smith(1), Jie Pan(1), Scott Silverman(1), Thomas R. Cech(1), Bianca Sclavi(1), Michael Sullivan(1), Martha R. Stark(1), Jeffrey A. Pleiss(1), Stephen D. Rader(1), Jeffrey M. Linnen(1), Janice Cline(1), Wen Jin Wu(1)