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Full list of Publications

M. N. Westwood, A. Pilarski, C. Johnson, S. Mahmud, and Gary A. Meints, “Backbone Conformational Equilibrium in Mismatched DNA Correlates with Enzyme Activity,” Biochemistry 2023, 62 (19), 2816–2827. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00230

M. N. Westwood, C. C. Johnson, Nathan A. Oyler, and Gary A. Meints, “Kinetics and thermodynamics of BI-BII interconversion altered by T:G mismatches in DNA," Biophysical J. (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2022.03.031

M. N. Westwood, K. D. Ljunggren, Benjamin Boyd, Jaclyn Becker, Tammy Dwyer, and Gary A. Meints, “Single Base Lesions and Mismatches Alter the Backbone Conformational Properties in DNA,” Biochemistry 2021, 60, 873-885. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00784

Bakker, M., Boyd, B., and Meints, G. A., “3D Printed NMR spectra:  From 1D and 2D acquisition to 3D visualization,” Concepts in Magnetic Resonance A, 2019;47A:e21470, published online April 2, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1002/cmr.a.21470.

Dou, X., Meints, G. A., and Sedaghat-Herati, R., “New Insights into the Interactions of a DNA Oligonucleotide with mPEGylated-PAMAM by Circular Dichroism and Solution NMR,” J. Phys. Chem. B. 2019. 123 (3); 666-674.

Pederson, K., Echodu, D. C.,  Emani, P., Olsen, G. L., Bardaro, M. F., Shajani, Z., Meints, G. A., Miller, P. A.,  Varani, G., and Drobny, G. P., “Unifying Solution and Solid-State NMR Studies of Nucleic Acid Dynamics,” in Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance (R. K. Harris and Wasylishen R. E., eds.), Chichester: John Wiley, Mar. 2010.

Kinde-Carson, M., Ferguson, C.,  Oyler, N. A.,  Harbison, G.,  and Meints, G. A., “Solid State 2H NMR Analysis of Furanose Ring Properties in DNA Containing Uracil,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010, 114, 3285–3293.

Hardin, J. L., Oyler, N. A., Meints, G. A., and Steinle, E. D., “Spectroscopic Analysis of Interactions between Alkylated Silanes and Alumina Nanoporous Membranes,”  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2010,  342, 614–619.

Echodu, D., Goobes, G., Shajani, Z., Pederson, K., Meints, G., Varani,G., and Drobny, G., “Furanose Dynamics in the HhaI Methyltransferase Target DNA Studied by Solution and Solid-State NMR Relaxation,” J. Phys. Chem., 2008, 112, 13934–13944.

Pederson, K., Meints, G. A., Shajani, Z., Miller, P. A., and Drobny, G. P., “Backbone Dynamics in the DNA HhaI Protein Binding Site,” J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2008, 130, 9072-9079.

Meints, G. A., Miller, P. A., Pederson, K., Shajani, Z., and Drobny, G. P., “Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Studies of Furanose Ring Dynamics in the DNA HhaI Binding Site,” ,” J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2008, 130, 7305-7314.

Miller, P. A.; Shajani, Z.; Meints, G. A.; Caplow, D.; Goobes, G.; Varani, G.; Drobny, G. P., “Contrasting Views of the Internal Dynamics of the HhaI Methyltransferase Target DNA Reported by Solution and Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy,” J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2006, 128, 15970-15971.

Mao, J., Mukherjee, S., Zhang, Y., Cao, R., Sanders, J. M., Song, Y., Zhang, Y., Meints, G. A.,  Gao, Y. G., Mukkamala, D., Hudock, M. P., and Oldfield, E., “A Solid State NMR, Crystallographic and Computational Investigation of Bisphosphonates and Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase-Bisphosphonate Complexes,” J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2006, 128, 14485-14497.

Sanders, J. M.; Song, Y.; Chan, J. M. W.; Zhang, Y.; Jennings, S.; Kosztowski, T.; Odeh, S.; Flessner, R.; Schwerdtfeger, C.; Kotsikorou, E.; Meints, G. A.; Gomez, A. O.; Gonzalez-Pacanowska, D.; Raker, A. M.; Wang, H.; van Beek, E. R.; Papapoulos, S. E.; Morita, C. T.; Oldfield, E..  “Pyridinium-1-yl Bisphosphonates are Potent Inhibitors of Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase and Bone Resorption,” J. Med. Chem., 2005, 48, 2957-2963.

Garzoni, L. R.; Caldera, A.; de Nazareth L. Meirelles, M.; de Castro, S. L.; Docampo, R.; Meints, G. A.; Oldfield, E.; Urbina, J., “Selective in vitro effects of the farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase inhibitor risedronate on Trypanosoma cruzi,” Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents, 2004, 23, 273-85.

Sanders, J. M.; Ghosh, S.; Chan, J. M.; Meints, G. A.; Song, Y.; Colantino, A.; Burzynska, A.; Kafarski, P.; Morita, C. T.; Oldfield, E.,  “Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships for gd T Cell Activation by Bisphosphonates,” J. Med. Chem. 2004, 47, 375-384.

Ghosh, S.; Chan, J. M. W.; Lea, C. R.; Meints, G. A.; Lewis, J. C.; Tovian, Z. S.; Flessner, R. M.; Loftus, T. C.; Bruchhaus, I.; Kendrick, H.; Croft, S. L.; Kemp, R. G.; Kobayashi, S.; Nozaki, T.; Oldfield, E., “Effects of Bisphosphonates on the Growth of Entamoeba histolytica and Plasmodium species in vitro and in vivo,” J. Med. Chem. 2004, 47, 175-187.

Sanders, J. M.; Mao, J.; Meints, G. A.; van Brussel, E. M.; Burzyska, A.; Kafarski, P.; González-Pacanowska, D.; Oldfield, E., “3-D QSAR Investigations of the Inhibition of Leishmania major Farnesyl Pyrophosphate Synthase by Bisphosphonates,” J. Med. Chem. 2003, 46, 5171-5183.

Martin, M. B.; Sanders, J. M.; Kendrick, H.; de Luca-Fradley, K.; Lewis, J. C.; Grimley, J. S.; Van Brussel, E. M.; Olsen, J. R.; Meints, G. A.; Burzynska, A.; Kafarski, P.; Croft, S. L.; Oldfield, E.; “Activity of Bisphosphonates against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense,” J. Med. Chem., 2002, 45, 2904-2914.

Meints, G. A.; Karlsson, T.; Drobny, G. P., “Modeling Furanose Ring Dynamics in DNA,” J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2001, 123, 10030-10038.

Meints, G. A.; Drobny, G. P., “Dynamic Impact of Methylation at the M. HhaI Target Site: A Solid-State Deuterium NMR Study,” Biochemistry, 2001, 40, 12436-12443.

Geahigan, K. B.; Meints, G. A.; Hatcher, M. E.; Drobny, G. P., “The Dynamic Impact of CpG Methylation in DNA,” Biochemistry, 2000, 39, 4939-4946.

Hatcher, M. E.; Mattielo, D. L.; Meints, G. A.; Orban, J.; Drobny, G. P., “A Solid-State Deuterium NMR Study of the Localized Dynamics at the C9pG10 Step in the DNA Dodecamer [d(CGCGAATTCGCG)]2,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 9850-9862.

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