Selected Recent Publications:
- H.S. Zaher and P.J. Unrau. Selection of an improved RNA polymerase ribozyme with superior extension and fidelity. RNA. (2007), Epub [PDF]
- H.S. Zaher and P.J. Unrau. A General RNA-Capping Ribozyme Retains Stereochemistry during Cap Exchange. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2006), Epub [PDF].
- H.S. Zaher, R.A. Watkins and P.J. Unrau. Two independently selected capping ribozymes share similar substrate requirements. RNA (2006) Epub [PDF].
- H.A. Ebhardt, K.C. Wiese and P.J. Unrau. Ebbie: automated analysis
and storage of small RNA cloning data using a dynamic web server.
BMC Bioinformatics (2006), 7:185 [PDF]
- H.A. Ebhardt, E.P. Thi, M.B. Wang, P.J. Unrau. Extensive 3' modification of plant small RNAs is modulated by helper component-proteinase expression. PNAS (2005) Sept 12 [PDF].
- N. Lehman and P.J. Unrau. Recombination During In Vitro Evolution. J Mol Evol. (2005) 61(2), 245-52. [PDF]
- Q.S. Wang and P.J. Unrau. Ribozyme motif structure mapped using random recombination and selection. RNA (2005) 11(4):404-11. [PDF]
- M.W.L. Lau, K.E. Cadieux and P.J. Unrau. Isolation of Fast Purine Nucleotide Synthase Ribozymes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2004) 126 (48), 15686-15693. [PDF]
- H.S. Zaher and P.J. Unrau. Nucleic Acid library construction using synthetic DNA constructs. Methods Mol. Biol. (2005) 288, 359-78.
- H.S. Zaher and P.J. Unrau. T7 RNA polymerase mediates fast promoter-independent extension of unstable nucleic acid complexes. Biochemistry (2004) 43(24), 7873-80 [PDF]
- P. J. Unrau and D.P. Bartel. An oxocarbenium-ion intermediate of a ribozyme
reaction indicated by kinetic isotope effects. PNAS (2003) 100, 15392-15397.
[PDF]
- K.E. Chapple, D.P. Bartel and P.J. Unrau. Combinatorial minimization and
secondary structure determination of a nucleotide synthase ribozyme. RNA (2003)
9, 1208-1220. [PDF]
- Q.S. Wang and P.J. Unrau. Histidine Tagged Purification of T4 RNA ligase
from E. coli. Biotechniques (2002) 33, 1256-1259. [PDF]
- W.K. Johnston, P.J. Unrau, M.S. Lawrence, M.E. Glasner and D.P. Bartel.
RNA-Catalyzed RNA polymerization: Accurate and General RNA-Templated Primer
Extension. Science (2001) 292, 1319-1325. [PDF]
- D.P. Bartel and P.J. Unrau. Constructing an RNA world. (joint Millennium
edition, 1999) Trends Biochem. Sci. 24, Trends Cell Biol. 9, Trends Genet.
15, M9-M13. [PDF]
- P.J. Unrau and D.P. Bartel. RNA-catalyzed nucleotide synthesis. Nature (1998) 395, 260-263. [PDF]
- P.C. Sabeti, P.J. Unrau and D.P. Bartel. Accessing rare activities from
random RNA sequences: the importance of the length of molecules in the starting
pool. Chemistry and Biology (1997) 4, 767-774. [PDF]
- X. Ji and P. Unrau. Parton-hadron duality: Resonances and higher twists.
Phys. Rev. D (1995) 52, 72-77.
- X. Ji and P. Unrau. Q^2-dependence of the nucleon's G1 structure function
sum rule. Phys. Lett. B (1994) 333, 228-232.
- V.P. Janzen, H.R. Andrews, B. Haas, D.C. Radford, D. Ward, A. Omar, D.
Prevost, M. Sawicki, P. Unrau, J.C. Waddington, T.E. Drake, A. Galindouribarri,
and R. Wyss. The Proton h11/2 intruder orbital: Evidence for collectivity
and a strong proton-neutron interaction. Phys. Rev. Lett. (1993) 70, 1065-1068.
Last Updated 10/3/2006