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Bernard S. Gerstman is a Professor in Physics and the Biomolecular Sciences Institute, specializing in Theoretical Biophysics.
research interests
Theoretical Biophysics
Non-Linear Dynamics and Protein Folding
Protein Aggregation
Laser Effects on Biological Tissue and Material Science
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Article
2024
Role of phosphatidic acid lipids on plasma membrane association of the Ebola virus matrix protein VP40
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.bbalip.2024.159464
Web of Science:
001188883500001
2024
PI(4,5)P2 binding sites in the Ebola virus matrix protein VP40 modulate assembly and budding
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JOURNAL OF LIPID RESEARCH
. 65.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100512
Web of Science:
001199138100001
2024
Computational studies of pressure-induced effects on DNA hairpin structures
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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
. 123:495a.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.bpj.2023.11.2998
2024
Investigating the effects of CTD mutations as plasma membrane association of the Marburg virus protein VP40
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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
. 123:448a.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.bpj.2023.11.2735
2023
Distinctive Features of the XBB.1.5 and XBB.1.16 Spike Protein Receptor-Binding Domains and Their Roles in Conformational Changes and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 Binding
Full Text via DOI:
10.3390/ijms241612586
Web of Science:
001056249900001
2023
Exploring the dimer-dimer association of the ebolavirus matrix protein VP40 at the human plasma membrane
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.bpj.2022.11.1194
2022
Immunoinformatic screening of Marburgvirus epitopes and computational investigations of epitope-allele complexes
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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
. 111.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.intimp.2022.109109
Web of Science:
000862677800002
2022
Significance of the RBD mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 omicron: from spike opening to antibody escape and cell attachment
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
. 24:9123-9129.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1039/d2cp00169a
Web of Science:
000779732000001
2022
Detecting Individual Proteins and Their Surface Charge Variations in Solution by the Potentiometric Nanoimpact Method
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ACS SENSORS
. 7:555-563.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1021/acssensors.1c02385
Web of Science:
000746813600001
2022
Ebola virus protein VP40 binding to Sec24c for transport to the plasma membrane
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PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS
. 90:340-350.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1002/prot.26221
Web of Science:
000692659700001
2022
Lipid II Binding and Transmembrane Properties of Various Antimicrobial Lanthipeptides
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THEORY AND COMPUTATION
. 18:516-525.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00666
Web of Science:
000730568600001
2021
Mutation-induced changes in the receptor-binding interface of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant B.1.617.2 and implications for immune evasion
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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
. 574:14-19.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.08.036
Web of Science:
000687461600001
2021
Structural and Dynamical Differences in the Spike Protein RBD in the SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.1.7 and B.1.351
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
. 125:7101-7107.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01626
Web of Science:
000672740600004
2021
Cysteine Mutations in the Ebolavirus Matrix Protein VP40 Promote Phosphatidylserine Binding by Increasing the Flexibility of a Lipid-Binding Loop
Full Text via DOI:
10.3390/v13071375
Web of Science:
000677080900001
2020
In-silico
identification of the vaccine candidate epitopes against the Lassa virus hemorrhagic fever
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
. 10.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1038/s41598-020-63640-1
Web of Science:
000534024000034
2020
A Conserved Tryptophan in the Ebola Virus Matrix Protein C-Terminal Domain Is Required for Efficient Virus-Like Particle Formation
Full Text via DOI:
10.3390/pathogens9050402
Web of Science:
000541443700085
2020
Mutation of Hydrophobic Residues in the C-Terminal Domain of the Marburg Virus Matrix Protein VP40 Disrupts Trafficking to the Plasma Membrane
Full Text via DOI:
10.3390/v12040482
Web of Science:
000539525300124
2019
Conformational Flexibility of the Protein-Protein Interfaces of the Ebola Virus VP40 Structural Matrix Filament
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
. 123:9045-9053.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b04674
Web of Science:
000493865200001
2019
Molecular mechanisms of pore formation and membrane disruption by the antimicrobial lantibiotic peptide Mutacin 1140
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
. 21:12530-12539.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1039/c9cp01558b
Web of Science:
000478994100046
2019
Membrane pore formation and ion selectivity of the Ebola virus delta peptide
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
. 21:5578-5585.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1039/c8cp07323f
Web of Science:
000461722800020
2019
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Conformational Conversions in Transformer Proteins
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4939-9161-7_15
Web of Science:
000706398300016
2018
Domain rearrangement and denaturation in Ebola virus protein VP40
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AIP ADVANCES
. 8.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.5063474
Web of Science:
000454615100058
2018
Role of K-Loop Cysteine Residues in the Marburg Virus Protein VP24-Human Keap1 Complex
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ACS OMEGA
. 3:18639-18645.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1021/acsomega.8b02386
Web of Science:
000458439900046
2018
A cylindrical assembly model and dynamics of the Ebola virus VP40 structural matrix
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
. 8.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1038/s41598-018-28077-7
Web of Science:
000436398100001
2018
In Silico Investigations of Calcium Phosphate Mineralization in Extracellular Vesicles
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
. 122:3782-3789.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b00169
Web of Science:
000430641900011
2018
Referee acknowledgment for 2017
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AIP ADVANCES
. 8:040201.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.5032191
2018
A cationic, C-terminal patch and structural rearrangements in Ebola virus matrix VP40 protein control its interactions with phosphatidylserine
Full Text via DOI:
10.1074/jbc.M117.816280
Web of Science:
000426562800025
2017
Graphene-VP40 interactions and potential disruption of the Ebola virus matrix filaments
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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
. 493:176-181.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.09.052
Web of Science:
000413134200028
2017
Membrane association and localization dynamics of the Ebola virus matrix protein VP40
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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES
. 1859:2012-2020.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.07.007
Web of Science:
000411419000026
2017
Detection of lipid-induced structural changes of the Marburg virus matrix protein VP40 using hydrogen/deuterium exchange-mass spectrometry
Full Text via DOI:
10.1074/jbc.M116.758300
Web of Science:
000399538700009
2017
Cooperative structural transitions in amyloid-like aggregation
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
. 146.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.4979516
Web of Science:
000399073300052
2017
Referee acknowledgment for 2016
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AIP ADVANCES
. 7:030201.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.4979606
2017
Plasma membrane association facilitates conformational changes in the Marburg virus protein VP40 dimer
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RSC ADVANCES
. 7:22741-22748.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1039/c7ra02940c
Web of Science:
000400338000016
2016
The Ebola virus protein VP40 hexamer enhances the clustering of PI(4,5)P
2
lipids in the plasma membrane
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
. 18:28409-28417.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1039/c6cp03776c
Web of Science:
000386668200003
2016
Interdomain salt-bridges in the Ebola virus protein VP40 and their role in domain association and plasma membrane localization
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PROTEIN SCIENCE
. 25:1648-1658.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1002/pro.2969
Web of Science:
000383619100008
2016
Fluorescence from Multiple Chromophore Hydrogen-Bonding States in the Far-Red Protein TagRFP675
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
. 7:3046-3051.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01172
Web of Science:
000381236400029
2016
Referee acknowledgment for 2015
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AIP ADVANCES
. 6:060201.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.4953361
2016
DNA supercoiling, a critical signal regulating the basal expression of the
lac
operon in
Escherichia coli
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
. 6.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1038/srep19243
Web of Science:
000368157700001
2015
The Role of the Interdomain Interactions on RfaH Dynamics and Conformational Transformation
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
. 119:12750-12759.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b05681
Web of Science:
000362701900003
2015
Self-assembly dynamics for the transition of a globular aggregate to a fibril network of lysozyme proteins via a coarse-grained Monte Carlo simulation
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AIP ADVANCES
. 5.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.4921074
Web of Science:
000362562100005
2015
Ca2+ and Mg2+ modulate conformational dynamics and stability of downstream regulatory element antagonist modulator
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PROTEIN SCIENCE
. 24:741-751.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1002/pro.2646
Web of Science:
000353524700016
2015
Pairwise amino acid secondary structural propensities
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PHYSICAL REVIEW E
. 91.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.91.042709
Web of Science:
000352850200007
2015
Referee acknowledgment for 2014
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AIP ADVANCES
. 5:020201.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.4908041
2015
Microfluidics-based selection of red-fluorescent proteins with decreased rates of photobleaching
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INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY
. 7:263-273.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1039/c4ib00251b
Web of Science:
000349668600011
2014
Molecular Dynamics Investigations of the alpha-Helix to beta-Barrel Conformational Transformation in the RfaH Transcription Factor
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
. 118:5101-5108.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1021/jp502193v
Web of Science:
000336199100013
2014
Hydrogen Bond Flexibility Correlates with Stokes Shift in mPlum Variants
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
. 118:2940-2948.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1021/jp412371y
Web of Science:
000333381800016
2014
Referee acknowledgment for 2013
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AIP ADVANCES
. 4:030201.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.4869571
2013
Exploring the Diffusion of Molecular Oxygen in the Red Fluorescent Protein mCherry Using Explicit Oxygen Molecular Dynamics Simulations
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
. 117:2247-2253.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1021/jp308366y
Web of Science:
000315707900003
2013
Computational simulations of protein folding to engineer amino acid sequences to encourage desired supersecondary structure formation
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/978-1-62703-65-6_12
2012
Structural propensities and entropy effects in peptide helix-coil transitions
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PHYSICAL REVIEW E
. 86.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.86.031915
Web of Science:
000308872700005
2012
Lattice model simulations of the effects of the position of a peptide trigger segment on helix folding and dimerization
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
. 137.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.4752247
Web of Science:
000309100400057
2012
Kinetics of peptide secondary structure conversion during amyloid β-protein fibrillogenesis
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JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY
. 301:95-102.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.02.012
Web of Science:
000303079500010
2011
Free-energy landscapes and thermodynamic parameters of complex molecules from nonequilibrium simulation trajectories
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PHYSICAL REVIEW E
. 83.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.83.061905
Web of Science:
000291437200003
2010
Stabilization of Native and Non-native Structures by Salt Bridges in a Lattice Model of the GCN4 Leucine Dimer
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
. 114:796-803.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1021/jp909872a
Web of Science:
000273405000015
2008
The trigger sequence in the GCN4 leucine zipper: alpha-helical propensity and multistate dynamics of folding and dimerization
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
. 129.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.3006421
Web of Science:
000260777400053
2008
Lattice model simulation of interchain protein interactions and the folding dynamics and dimerization of the GCN4 Leucine zipper
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
. 128.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.2831513
Web of Science:
000252821200094
2007
Acoustical resonant absorption of pulsed laser radiation by a spherical absorber
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
. 102.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.2822247
Web of Science:
000251987600026
2007
Sampling of states for estimating the folding funnel entropy and energy landscape of a model alpha-helical hairpin peptide
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
. 127.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.2757172
Web of Science:
000248905300035
2007
The emergence of chaos in a laser irradiated spherical absorber
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CHAOS
. 17.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.2407262
Web of Science:
000245317300001
2006
Removal of kinetic traps and enhanced protein folding by strategic substitution of amino acids in a model alpha-helical hairpin peptide
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BIOPOLYMERS
. 81:167-178.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1002/bip.20388
Web of Science:
000235041200003
2005
Self-organization in protein folding and the hydrophobic interaction
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
. 123.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.1990110
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2004
Excluded volume entropic effects on protein unfolding times and intermediary stability
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
. 120:2475-2481.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.1637032
Web of Science:
000188498400046
2003
Finite size scaling of structural transitions in a simulated protein with secondary and tertiary structure
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
. 119:1174-1180.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.1579673
Web of Science:
000183842500058
2000
Bubble dynamics and shock waves generated by laser absorption of a photoacoustic sphere
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
. 88:2352-2362.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1063/1.1288507
Web of Science:
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1999
Activated rate processes and a specific biochemical mechanism for explaining delayed laser induced thermal damage to the retina
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JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS
. 4:345-351.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1117/1.429936
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1999
Photoacoustic generation for a spherical absorber with impedance mismatch with the surrounding media
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PHYSICAL REVIEW E
. 59:5772-5789.
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10.1103/PhysRevE.59.5772
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10.1007/bf02989373
1998
Structural information content and lyapunov exponent calculation in protein unfolding
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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS
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10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(19981115)36:15<2761::AID-POLB10>3.0.CO;2-5
1996
Melanin granule model for laser-induced thermal damage in the retina
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BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
. 58:809-810.
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10.1007/bf02459483
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Melanin granule model for laser-induced thermal damage in the retina
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BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
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10.1007/BF02460595
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Laser induced bubble formation in the retina
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LASERS IN SURGERY AND MEDICINE
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CONTROL OF LONG-TIME DEPENDENCE OF CO BINDING TO HEME SYSTEMS BY INHOMOGENEOUS SPREAD IN ELECTRONIC PREFACTOR
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NONADIABATIC ELECTRONIC SPIN TRANSITION IN LIGAND-HEME PROTEIN-BINDING KINETICS AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE HEME FE MOLECULAR ENVIRONMENT
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CORRELATED DISTRIBUTIONS IN G AND A TENSORS AT A BIOLOGICALLY-ACTIVE LOW-SYMMETRY CUPRIC SITE
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Hybrid atomic orbital model of low-symmetry cupric sites
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TIME-RESOLVED INFRARED STUDIES OF MOLECULAR-DIFFUSION IN MYOGLOBIN
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CO BINDING TO HEMOGLOBIN - SPIN-TUNNELING TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE, FE ELECTRONIC STATES, AND ELECTRONIC EFFECTS ON NONADIABATIC DYNAMICS
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Lipid-specific oligomerization of the Marburg virus matrix protein VP40 is regulated by two distinct interfaces for virion assembly
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Preface
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10.1142/11915
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Calculating the Binding Free Energy Difference between Conformational Changes of AT-Rich DNA Sequences
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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
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Computational Study of the Molecular Details of Ebola Virus Matrix Protein VP40 and Human Sec24C Protein Interaction
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Ion Selective Pentameric Pore Formation by Ebola Virus Delta Peptide
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Lassa Virus Epitope-Allele Complexes Identified through Computational Modeling
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Computational Study of Calcium Phosphate Mineralization in Extracellular Vesicles
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Dynamics of the Protein Interfaces of the Ebola Virus VP40 Structural Matrix Filament
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Molecular Basis of the Marburg Virus Protein VP24 Interactions with Human Keap1
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Molecular Dynamics Investigations of Enzyme Conformational Changes
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A Cylindrical Assembly Model and Dynamics of the Ebola Virus VP40
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Conformational Changes in Marburg Virus VP40 upon Plasma Membrane Association
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Plasma membrane localization dynamics of the filovirus matrix protein VP40
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Pi(4,5)P-2 Clustering by the Ebola Virus Matrix Protein VP40
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Temperature Dependent Pair-Wise Amino Acid Structural Propensity in cc beta and Implications for alpha to beta Secondary Structural Conversion
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Picosecond hydrogen bond dynamics in proteins examined with femtosecond spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations
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Research
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FIU-JILA Partnership for Research and Education in AMO Physics
awarded by
National Science Foundation
2022 - 2025
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Computational modeling of lantibiotics interactions with lipid II and membrane
awarded by
Oragenics Inc.
2019 - 2021
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