Publications since
1985 1.
C. Ho, I. M. Russu, "Proton Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Studies of the Effects of Single-Site
Structural Modifications on the Conformation and Dynamics
of Proteins in Solution" in New Methodologies in
Studies of Protein Configuration (T. T. Wu, ed.) Van
Nostrand Reinhold Co., NY (1985).
2.
I. M. Russu, A. K.-L. C. Lin, C.-P. Yang, C. Ho,
"Molecular Basis for the Anti-Sickling Activity of
Aromatic Amino Acids and Related Compounds: A Proton
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation." Biochemistry
25, 808-815 (1986).
3.
M. Russu, C. Ho, "Assessment of the Role of b 146 Histidyl and Other Histidyl
Residues in the Bohr Effect of Human Normal Adult
Hemoglobin." Biochemistry 25,
1706-1716 (1986).
4.
M. Russu, N.-T. Ho, C. Ho, "A Proton Nuclear
Overhauser Effect Investigation of the Subunit Interfaces
in Human Normal Adult Hemoglobin." Biochem.
Biophys. Acta 914, 40-48 (1987).
5.
C. Ho, I. M. Russu, "Proton NMR Studies of the
Molecular Basis for the Antisickling Activity of
Non-Covalent Antisickling Compounds" in Pathophysiological
Aspects of Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusion, Alan R. Liss,
Inc., pp. 59-66 (1987).
6.
C. Ho, I. M. Russu, "How Much Do We Know About the
Bohr Effect of Hemoglobin?" Biochemistry 26,
6299-6305 (1987).
7.
I.M. Russu, S. S. Wu, N. T. Ho, G. W. Kellogg, C.
Ho, "A Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Investigation of the Anion Bohr Effect of Human Normal
Adult Hemoglobin." Biochemistry 28,
5298-5306 (1989).
8.
M. Russu, S. S. Wu, K. A. Bupp, N. T. Ho, C. Ho, "1H
and 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Investigation of the Interaction Between
2,3-Diphosphoglycerate and Human Normal Adult
Hemoglobin." Biochemistry 29,
3785-3792 (1990).
9.
J. G. Moe, I. M. Russu, "Proton Exchange and
Base-Pair Opening Kinetics in 5'-d(CGCAAATTTGCG)-3' and
Related Dodecamers." Nucleic Acids Research 18,
821-827 (1990).
10.
M. Russu, "Studying DNA-Protein Interactions by
NMR." Trends in Biotechnology 9,
96-104 (1990).
11.
N. Narayana, S. L. Ginell, I. M. Russu, H. M. Berman,
"Crystal and Molecular Structure of a DNA Fragment:
d(CGTGAATTCACG)." Biochemistry 30,
4449-4455 (1991).
12.
J. G. Moe, I. M. Russu, "Kinetics and Energetics of
Base-Pair Opening in 5'-d(CGCGAATTCGCG)-3' and a
Substituted Dodecamer Containing G·T
Mismatches." Biochemistry 31,
8421-8424 (1992).
13.
K. Walters, I. M. Russu, "Sequence-Dependence of
Purine C8H Exchange Kinetics in the Dodecamer
5'-d(CGCGAATTCGCG)-3'." Biopolymers 33,
943-951 (1993).
14.
R. Michalczyk, I. M. Russu, "Determination of
Distances Involving Exchangeable Protons from NOESY
Spectra of Two DNA Dodecamers." FEBS Letters 331,
217-222 (1993).
15.
E. J. Folta-Stogniew, I. M. Russu, "Sequence
Dependence of Base-Pair Opening in a DNA Dodecamer
Containing the CACA/GTGT Sequence Motif." Biochemistry
33, 11016-11024 (1994).
16.
J. G. Moe, E. J. Folta-Stogniew, I. M. Russu,
"Energetics of Base-Pair Opening in a DNA Dodecamer
Containing an A3T3 Tract." Nucleic
Acids Research 23, 1984-1989 (1995).
17.
E. J. Folta-Stogniew, I. M. Russu, "Base-Catalysis
of Imino Proton Exchange in DNA: Effects of Catalyst Upon
DNA Structure and Dynamics." Biochemistry 35,
8439-8449 (1996).
18.
R. Michalczyk, L. A. Silks, I. M. Russu, "1H
and 15N NMR Investigation of a DNA Dodecamer
Containing an A3T3 Tract." Magnetic
Resonance in Chemistry 34, S97-S104 (1996).
19.
M. Russu, "Protein Structure Determination by
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy" in Advances
in Molecular and Cell Biology: Protein Structure and
Folding, JAI Press (1997).
20.
M. T. Sanna, A. Razynska, M. Karavitis, A. P. Koley, F.
K. Friedman, I. M. Russu, W. S. Brinigar, C. Fronticelli,
"Assembly of Human Hemoglobin: Studies with Escherichia
coli Expressed a-Globin." J. Biol. Chem. 272,
3478-3486 (1997).
21.
R. Michalczyk, I. M. Russu, "Studies of the Dynamics
of Adenine Amino Protons in DNA by 15N-Labeling
and Heteronuclear NMR Spectroscopy." Proceedings of
the Tenth Conversation, State University of New York,
Albany, NY, pp. 181-189 (1998).
22.
R. Michalczyk, I. M. Russu, "Rotational Dynamics of
Adenine Amino Groups in a DNA Double Helix." Biophys.
J. 76, 2679-2686 (1999).
23.
M.R. Mihailescu, I. M. Russu, "A Signature of the T®R
Transition in Human Hemoglobin." Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 98, 3773-3777 (2001).
24.
M. R. Mihailescu, C. Fronticelli, I. M. Russu,
"Allosteric Free Energy Changes at the a1ß2
Interface of Human Hemoglobin Probed by Proton Exchange
of Trpß37." Proteins: Structure, Function &
Genetics 44, 73-78 (2001).
25.
S. Powell, L. Jiang, I. M. Russu, "Proton Exchange
and Base-Pair Opening in a DNA Triple Helix." Biochemistry,
40, 11065-11072 (2001).
26.
L. Jiang, I. M. Russu, "Proton Exchange and Local
Stability in a DNA Triple Helix Containing a G.TA Triad." Nucleic Acids
Research, 29, 4231-4237 (2001).
27.
D. Coman, I.M. Russu, "Site-Resolved Energetics in
DNA Triple Helices Containing G.TA
and T.CG Triads." Biochemistry,
41, 4407-4414 (2002).
28.
L. Jiang, I.M. Russu, "Internal Dynamics in a DNA
Triple Helix Probed by 1H-15N NMR
Spectroscopy." Biophys. J.
82, 3181-3185 (2002).
29.
I.N. Rujan, I.M. Russu, "Allosteric Effects of
Chloride Ions at the a1b1 and a2b2
Interfaces of Human Hemoglobin." Proteins:
Structure, Function & Genetics 49,
413-449 (2002).
30.
D. Coman, I.M. Russu, "Probing Hydrogen Bonding in a
DNA Triple Helix Using Protium-Deuterium Fractionation
Factors." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125,
6626-6627 (2003).
31.
I.M. Russu, "Probing Site-Specific Energetics in
Proteins and Nucleic Acids by Hydrogen Exchange and NMR
Spectroscopy." Methods Enzymol. 379,
152-175 (2004).
32.
D. Coman, I.M. Russu, "Site-Resolved Stabilization a
DNA Triple Helix by Magnesium Ions." Nucleic
Acids Research 32, 878-883 (2004).
33.
C.Chen, I.M. Russu, "Sequence-Dependence of the
Energetics of Opening of AT Base Pairs in DNA." Biophys.
J. 87, 2545-2551 (2004).
34.
D. Coman, I.M. Russu, "Base Pair Opening in Three
DNA-unwinding Elements." J. Biol. Chem. 280,
20216-20221 (2005).
35.
D. Coman, I.M. Russu, " A NMR Investigation of the
Energetics of Base Pair Opening Pathways in DNA." Biophys.
J., in press (2005).