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Daniel J. Merkel, Sarah B. Wells, Bryce C. Hilburn, Fatima Elazzouzi, Gabriela C. Pérez-Alvarado and Brian M. Lee (2013) “The C-terminal region of cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein is a ZZ domain with potential for both nucleic acid and protein-protein interactions.” Journal of Molecular Biology 425 (11) 2015-2026. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2013.03.009
Brian Lee (2012) “Nab2, a three-cornered hat to bind a poly(A) tail.” Structure 20 (6) 937-938. doi:10.1016/j.str.2012.05.005
Raphael Stoll, Brian M. Lee, Erik W. Debler, John H. Laity, Ian A. Wilson, H. Jane Dyson and Peter E. Wright (2007) “Structure of the Wilms Tumor Suppressor Protein Zinc Finger Domain Bound to DNA.” Journal of Molecular Biology 372 (5) 1227-45. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.017
Brian M. Lee†, Bethany A. Buck-Koehntop†, Maria A. Martinez-Yamout, H. Jane Dyson and Peter E. Wright (2007) “Embryonic neural inducing factor Churchill is not a DNA-binding zinc finger protein: solution structure reveals a solvent-exposed beta-sheet and zinc binuclear cluster.” Journal of Molecular Biology 371 (5) 1274-89. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.06.021
Brian M. Lee, Jing Xu, Bryan Clarkson, Maria A. Martinez-Yamout, H. Jane Dyson, David A. Case, Joel M. Gottesfeld and Peter E. Wright (2006) “Induced fit and “lock-and-key” recognition of 5S RNA by zinc fingers of transcription factor IIIA.” Journal of Molecular Biology 357 (1) 275-91. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2005.12.010
Glen B. Legge, Maria A. Martinez-Yamout, David M. Hambly, Tam Trinh, Brian M. Lee, H. Jane Dyson and Peter E. Wright (2004) “ZZ domain of CBP: an unusual zinc finger fold in a protein interaction module.” Journal of Molecular Biology 343 (4) 1081-1093. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2004.08.087
John H. Laity, Brian M. Lee and Peter E. Wright. (2001) “Zinc finger proteins: new insights into structural and functional diversity.” Current Opinion in Structural Biology 11 (1) 39-46. doi:10.1016/S0959-440X(00)00167-6
Laura S. Neely, Brian M. Lee, Jing Xu, Peter E. Wright and Joel M. Gottesfeld (1999) "Identification of a minimal domain of 5S ribosomal RNA sufficient for high affinity interactions with the RNA-specific zinc fingers of transcription factor IIIA." Journal of Molecular Biology 291 (3) 549-60. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1999.2985
Brian M. Lee, Roberto N. de Guzman, Brian G. Turner, Nico Tjandra and Michael F. Summers (1998) “Dynamical behavior of the HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein.” Journal of Molecular Biology 279 (3) 633-649. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1998.1766
Rossitza K. Gitti†, Brian M. Lee†, Jill Walker, Michael F. Summers, Sanghee Yoo and Wesley I. Sundquist (1996) "Structure of the amino-terminal core domain of the HIV-1 capsid protein." Science 273 (5272) 231-235. doi:10.1126/science.273.5272.231
Cory Momany, Ladislau C. Kovari, Andrew J. Prongay, Walter Keller, Rossitza K. Gitti, Brian M. Lee, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Liang Tong, Jan McClure, Lorna S. Ehrlich, Michael F. Summers, Carol Carter and Michael G. Rossman (1996) "Crystal structure of dimeric HIV1 capsid protein." Nature Structural Biology 3 (9) 763-770. doi:10.1038/nsb0996-763
Paul R. Blake, Brian Lee, Michael F. Summers, Jae-Bum Park, Zhi Hao Zhou and Michael W. W. Adams (1994) "Heteronuclear magnetic resonance studies of Zn, 113Cd, and 199Hg substituted P. furiosus rubredoxin: implications biological electron transfer." New Journal of Chemistry 18 (3) 387-395.
Paul R. Blake, Brian M. Lee, Michael F. Summers, Michael W. W. Adams, Jac-Bum Park, Zhi Hao Zhou and Ad Bax (1992) "Quantitative measurement of small through-hydrogen-bond and ’through-space’ 1H-113Cd and 1H-199Hg J couplings in metal-substituted rubredoxin from Pyrococcus furiosus." Journal of Biomolecular NMR 2 (5) 527-533. doi:10.1007/BF02192814
A. Martin-Gallardo, W. R. McCombie, J. D. Gocayne, M. G. Fitzgerald, S. Wallace, B. M. Lee, J. Lamerdin, S. Trapp, J. M. Kelley, L. I. Liu, M. Dubnick, L. A. Johnstondow, A. R. Kerlavage, P. Dejong, A. Carrano, C. Fields and J. C. Venter (1992) "Automated DNA sequencing and analysis of 106 kilobases from human chromosome-19q13.3." Nature Genetics 1 (1) 34-39. doi:10.1038/ng0492-34
† Both authors contributed equally.
Published Abstracts
Brian M. Lee, Daniel Merkel, Bryce Hilburn and Sarah Wells (2012) “Solution structure of the binuclear zinc finger of cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein (CPEB).” Biophysical Journal 102 (3) 249a.
Daniel Merkel, Bryce Hilburn, Sarah Wells, Stephanie Geiser, Haley Hoover, Oluwatobi Ajoku and Brian Lee (2011) “Structural characterization of the zinc finger domain of cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein.” Biophysical Journal 100 (3) 606a.
Bryce Hilburn, Daniel Merkel, Sarah Wells and Brian Lee (2011) “Structural analysis of the C-terminal RNA binding domain of CPEB3.” Biophysical Journal 100 (3) 233a-234a.
Daniel Merkel, Sarah Wells, Bryce Hilburn, Haley Hoover, Oluwatobi Ajoku, Stephanie Geiser, Fatima Elazzouzi, Brian M. Lee (2010) “Structural studies of a novel zinc finger domain required for recognition of the cytoplasmic polyadenylation element within the 3’ UTR of mRNA.” Biophysical Journal 98 (3) 176a.
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Recent Seminars and Presentations
Brian M. Lee, Solution structure of the ZZ domain of cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein, Department of Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University Medical School (October 12, 2012)
Brian M. Lee, Solution structure of the binuclear zinc finger of cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein, Presented at the Colloquium Series, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi (April 4, 2012)
Brian M. Lee, Towards the solution structure of the binuclear zinc binding domain of cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein, Presented at the SBS Seminars, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri (March 8, 2012)
Brian M. Lee, Towards the solution structure of the binuclear zinc finger of CPEB, Presented at the Great Plains Regional Annual Symposium on Protein & Biomolecular NMR (GRASP-NMR 2011), University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (October 28-29, 2011)