Light-Regulated RNA-Small Molecule Interactions

RNA Isolation (Small RNA Extraction). Fatemeh Mehrpooyan*

Single molecule studies of rna-target interactions

SINGLE MOLECULE STUDIES OF RNA-TARGET INTERACTIONS

Light-regulated electrostatic interactions in colloidal suspensions.

The net charge of a colloidal particle was controlled using light and a new photocleavable self-assembled monolayer (SAM). The SAM contained a terminal ammonium group and a centrally located carboxylic acid group that was masked with an ortho-nitrobenzyl functionality. Once exposed to UV light, the 2-nitrobenzyl group was cleaved, therefore transforming the colloidal particle from a net positiv...

Small-molecule inhibitors of protein-protein interactions.

Protein-protein interactions regulate almost all aspects of cellular signaling and aberrant protein-protein interactions have the potential to cause or contribute to human disease. The modulation of these interactions by drug-like molecules would offer previously unavailable opportunities to explore the relevance of pre-selected protein-protein interactions for cellular signaling, as well as be...

Nmr Analysis of Protein-small Molecule Interactions

INTRODUCTION Advances in NMR technology over the last 20 years have made information on solution structures of proteins increasingly available. High-resolution solution structures of proteins as large as 20-25 kDa are tractable in most cases, and recent advances allowed Kay to solve the structure of an 82 kDa protein. These advances in NMR analysis of protein structure have made possible the st...