Works (17)

Updated: July 6th, 2023 21:22

2013 journal article

Cellular Delivery and Photochemical Activation of Antisense Agents through a Nucleobase Caging Strategy

ACS CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, 8(10), 2272–2282.

By: J. Govan n, R. Uprety n, M. Thomas n, H. Lusic n, M. Lively* & A. Deiters n

MeSH headings : Base Sequence; Gene Transfer Techniques; HeLa Cells; Humans; Light; Models, Biological; Molecular Structure; Oligonucleotides, Antisense / chemistry; Oligonucleotides, Antisense / genetics; Oligonucleotides, Antisense / metabolism; Polymerase Chain Reaction; tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus / chemistry; tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus / genetics
TL;DR: The conjugation of multiple HIV TAT peptides to a hairpin-protected antisenseAgent through a light-cleavable nucleobase caging group allows for the facile delivery of the antisense agent without a transfection reagent, and photochemical activation offers precise control over gene expression. (via Semantic Scholar)
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3. Good Health and Well-being (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Optochemical control of RNA interference in mammalian cells

NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 41(22), 10518–10528.

By: J. Govan n, D. Young n, H. Lusic n, Q. Liu n, M. Lively n & A. Deiters n

TL;DR: New photocaged guanosine and uridine RNA phosphoramidites are designed, synthesized and site-specifically incorporated into short RNA duplexes and demonstrated in the light-regulation of the expression of an exogenous green fluorescent protein reporter gene and an endogenous target gene, the mitosis motor protein, Eg5. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

A photoactivatable small-molecule inhibitor for light-controlled spatiotemporal regulation of Rho kinase in live embryos

Development, 139(2), 437–442.

By: A. Morckel n, H. Lusic n, L. Farzana n, J. Yoder n, A. Deiters n & N. Nascone-Yoder n

author keywords: Small-molecule inhibitor; Rho kinase; Photocaging; Xenopus
MeSH headings : Animals; Body Patterning / drug effects; Dioxoles / metabolism; Dioxoles / pharmacology; Embryo, Nonmammalian / metabolism; Immunohistochemistry; Indoles / metabolism; Indoles / pharmacology; Mice; NIH 3T3 Cells; Pyridines / metabolism; Pyridines / pharmacology; Ultraviolet Rays; Xenopus laevis / embryology; Xenopus laevis / metabolism; rho-Associated Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors; rho-Associated Kinases / metabolism
TL;DR: A novel pharmacological agent that can be light activated to achieve spatiotemporally limited inhibition of Rho kinase activity in vivo is developed and application to the spatially heterogeneous problem of embryonic left-right asymmetry revealed a differential requirement for Rho signaling on the left and right sides of the primitive gut tube. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

The Human Mitochondrial tRNA(Met): Structure/Function Relationship of a Unique Modification in the Decoding of Unconventional Codons

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 406(2), 257–274.

By: Y. Bilbille n, E. Gustilo n, K. Harris n, C. Jones*, H. Lusic n, R. Kaiser*, M. Delano, L. Spremulli*, A. Deiters n, P. Agris n

author keywords: 5-formylcytidine; NMR structure; mitochondrial translation; codon expansion; near cognate decoding
MeSH headings : Animals; Anticodon / chemistry; Anticodon / genetics; Base Pairing; Base Sequence; Cattle; Cytidine / analogs & derivatives; Cytidine / chemistry; Cytidine / genetics; Escherichia coli / genetics; Humans; Mitochondria / chemistry; Mitochondria / genetics; Molecular Sequence Data; RNA, Transfer, Met / chemistry; RNA, Transfer, Met / genetics; Ribosomes / chemistry; Ribosomes / genetics; Structure-Activity Relationship
TL;DR: The physicochemical properties of this one modification, f(5)C(34), expand codon recognition from the traditional AUG to the non-traditional, synonymous codons AUU and AUC as well as AUA, in the reassignment of universal codons in the mitochondria. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Generating Permissive Site-Specific Unnatural Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases

BIOCHEMISTRY, 49(8), 1667–1677.

By: S. Miyake-Stoner*, C. Refakis*, J. Hammill*, H. Lusic n, J. Hazen*, A. Deiters n, R. Mehl*

MeSH headings : Amino Acids / chemistry; Amino Acids / metabolism; Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases / chemistry; Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases / genetics; Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases / metabolism; Fluorine / chemistry; Green Fluorescent Proteins / chemistry; Green Fluorescent Proteins / genetics; Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Mass Spectrometry; Molecular Structure; Protein Engineering; Substrate Specificity
TL;DR: Methods for quickly and easily assessing the permissivity of existing UaaRSs and for generating permissive UAARSs are outlined, whose relaxed substrate recognition properties allow them to incorporate multiple unnatural amino acids (but not natural amino acids), are outlined. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Source: Web Of Science
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2010 journal article

Genetically encoded photocontrol of protein localization in mammalian cells

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132(12), 4086-.

By: A. Gautier, D. Nguyen, H. Lusic, W. An, A. Deiters & J. Chin

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Improved Synthesis of the Two-Photon Caging Group 3-Nitro-2-Ethyldibenzofuran and Its Application to a Caged Thymidine Phosphoramidite

ORGANIC LETTERS, 12(5), 916–919.

By: H. Lusic n, R. Uprety n & A. Deiters n

MeSH headings : Benzofurans / chemical synthesis; Benzofurans / chemistry; DNA / chemical synthesis; DNA / chemistry; Organophosphorus Compounds / chemistry; Photons; Thymidine Monophosphate / analogs & derivatives; Thymidine Monophosphate / chemistry
TL;DR: A new and efficient route to the recently reported 3-nitro-2-ethyldibenzofuran caging group was developed and its installation on a thymidine phosphoramidite is described. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Photocaged Morpholino Oligomers for the Light-Regulation of Gene Function in Zebrafish and Xenopus Embryos

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132(44), 15644–15650.

By: A. Deiters n, R. Garner n, H. Lusic n, J. Govan n, M. Dush n, N. Nascone-Yoder n, J. Yoder n

MeSH headings : Animals; Cells, Cultured; Embryo, Nonmammalian / metabolism; Gene Expression; Morpholines / chemistry; Oligonucleotides / genetics; Oligonucleotides / metabolism; Ultraviolet Rays; Xenopus laevis / genetics; Xenopus laevis / metabolism; Zebrafish / genetics; Zebrafish / metabolism
TL;DR: A novel and efficient synthetic route for incorporating photocaged monomeric building blocks directly into morpholino oligomers is reported and the utility of these caged morpholinos in the light-activated control of gene function in both cell culture and living embryos is demonstrated. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Photocleavable Polyethylene Glycol for the Light-Regulation of Protein Function

BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY, 21(8), 1404–1407.

By: W. Georgianna n, H. Lusic n, A. Mclver & A. Deiters n

MeSH headings : Crystallography, X-Ray; Models, Molecular; Molecular Structure; Muramidase / chemistry; Muramidase / metabolism; Photochemical Processes; Polyethylene Glycols / chemical synthesis; Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry; Stereoisomerism; Ultraviolet Rays
TL;DR: The synthesis of a photocleavable PEG reagent (PhotoPEG) and its application to the light-regulation of enzyme activity is reported. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Genetic Encoding and Labeling of Aliphatic Azides and Alkynes in Recombinant Proteins via a Pyrrolysyl-tRNA Synthetase/tRNA(CUA) Pair and Click Chemistry

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 131(25), 8720-+.

By: D. Nguyen n, H. Lusic n, H. Neumann n, P. Kapadnis n, A. Deiters n & J. Chin n

MeSH headings : Alkynes / chemistry; Alkynes / metabolism; Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases / genetics; Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases / metabolism; Archaeal Proteins / genetics; Archaeal Proteins / metabolism; Azides / chemistry; Azides / metabolism; Escherichia coli / genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins / chemistry; Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins / metabolism; Lysine / chemistry; Lysine / genetics; Lysine / metabolism; Methanosarcina barkeri / enzymology; Myoglobin / chemistry; Myoglobin / genetics; Myoglobin / metabolism; Protein Engineering / methods; Recombinant Proteins / chemistry; Recombinant Proteins / genetics; Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that an orthogonal Methanosarcina barkeri MS pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNA(CUA) pair directs the efficient, site-specific incorporation of N6-[(2-propynyloxy)carbonyl]-L-lysine, containing a carbon-carbon triple bond, into recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Restriction enzyme-free mutagenesis via the light regulation of DNA polymerization

Nucleic Acids Research, 37(8).

By: D. Young, H. Lusic, M. Lively & A. Deiters

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Gene Silencing in Mammalian Cells with Light-Activated Antisense Agents

ChemBioChem, 9(18), 2937–2940.

By: D. Young n, H. Lusic n, M. Lively*, J. Yoder n & A. Deiters n

author keywords: Antisense agents; caged compounds; DNA; gene regulation; RNA
MeSH headings : Animals; Base Sequence; Gene Silencing; Genes, Reporter; Light; Luciferases, Renilla / chemistry; Mice; NIH 3T3 Cells; Oligonucleotides, Antisense / chemistry; Oligonucleotides, Antisense / metabolism; Oligonucleotides, Antisense / radiation effects; Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides / chemistry; Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides / metabolism; Transfection
TL;DR: Detailed knowledge of the external regulation of gene func-tion is a fundamental necessity in order to annotate sequencedgenomes and to understand biological processes in single cells and multicellular organisms. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Light-activated deoxyguanosine: photochemical regulation of peroxidase activity

MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS, 4(6), 508–511.

By: H. Lusic n, M. Lively* & A. Deiters n

MeSH headings : Biocatalysis / radiation effects; DNA, Catalytic / chemical synthesis; DNA, Catalytic / chemistry; DNA, Catalytic / radiation effects; Deoxyguanosine / chemical synthesis; Deoxyguanosine / chemistry; Deoxyguanosine / metabolism; Enzyme Activation / radiation effects; Molecular Structure; Organophosphorus Compounds / chemical synthesis; Organophosphorus Compounds / chemistry; Organophosphorus Compounds / metabolism; Peroxidase / metabolism; Photochemistry; Time Factors; Ultraviolet Rays
TL;DR: Photochemical activation of a deoxyribozyme with peroxidase activity was achieved by the synthesis and incorporation of a caged deoxyguanosine. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Light-triggered polymerase chain reaction

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, (4), 462–464.

By: D. Young n, W. Edwards n, H. Lusic n, M. Lively* & A. Deiters n

MeSH headings : Base Sequence; DNA / chemistry; DNA Primers; Light; Photochemistry; Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
TL;DR: Photochemical control of the polymerase chain reaction has been achieved through the incorporation of light-triggered nucleotides into DNA. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Synthesis and investigation of the 5-formylcytidine modified, anticodon stem and loop of the human mitochondrial tRNA(Met)

NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 36(20), 6548–6557.

By: H. Lusic n, E. Gustilo n, F. Vendeix n, R. Kaiser n, M. Delaney n, W. Graham n, V. Moye n, W. Cantara n, P. Agris n, A. Deiters n

MeSH headings : Anticodon / chemistry; Base Sequence; Codon / metabolism; Cytidine / analogs & derivatives; Cytidine / chemistry; Humans; Molecular Sequence Data; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Protein Biosynthesis; RNA / chemistry; RNA, Mitochondrial; RNA, Transfer, Met / chemical synthesis; RNA, Transfer, Met / chemistry; RNA, Transfer, Met / metabolism; Thermodynamics
TL;DR: The first synthesis and analyses of the tRNA's anticodon stem and loop domain containing the 5-formylcytidine modification are reported, contributing to the tRNAs anticodon domain structure, thermodynamic properties and its ability to bind codons AUA and AUG in translational initiation and elongation. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2007 journal article

Photochemical DNA activation

ORGANIC LETTERS, 9(10), 1903–1906.

By: H. Lusic n, D. Young n, M. Lively n & A. Deiters n

MeSH headings : DNA, Catalytic / chemistry; DNA, Catalytic / metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Molecular Structure; Photochemistry; RNA / metabolism; Substrate Specificity
TL;DR: A new photocaged nucleoside was synthesized and incorporated into DNA with the use of standard synthesis conditions and Brief irradiation with nonphotodamaging UV light led to rapid decaging and almost quantitative restoration of DNAzyme activity. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2006 journal article

A new photocaging group for aromatic N-heterocycles

SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART, (13), 2147–2150.

By: H. Lusic* & A. Deiters*

author keywords: bioorganic chemistry; heterocycles; photocaging; protecting groups
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Added: August 6, 2018

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