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D-Index
73
Citations
24104
World Ranking
4879
National Ranking
903

Overview

Buyong Ma is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a publication record spanning 61 works. Their research intersects with Medicine, covering 36 publications. The scientist's subfield expertise includes Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Immunology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Oncology.

Their work addresses various main topics, including:

  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Buyong Ma's research has been published in multiple venues, with frequent appearances in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Antibodies, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Nature Communications, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Amyloid Oligomers: A Joint Experimental/Computational Perspective on Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Type II Diabetes, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" (2021) published in Chemical Reviews
  • "Visualizing RNA conformational and architectural heterogeneity in solution" (2023) published in Nature Communications
  • "Accelerating antibody discovery and design with artificial intelligence: Recent advances and prospects" (2023) published in Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • "Recent Progress in Antibody Epitope Prediction" (2023) published in Antibodies
  • "A supramolecular assembly strategy for hydrophilic drug delivery towards synergistic cancer treatment" (2023) published in Acta Biomaterialia

Frequent collaborators include Ruth Nussinov, Yanjing Wang, Ganggang Bai, Chuance Sun, and Xincheng Zeng, reflecting interdisciplinary teamwork and sustained partnerships in their scientific endeavors.

Best Publications

  • Principles of docking: An overview of search algorithms and a guide to scoring functions

    Inbal Halperin;Buyong Ma;Haim Wolfson;Ruth Nussinov;Ruth Nussinov

  • Is allostery an intrinsic property of all dynamic proteins

    K. Gunasekaran;Buyong Ma;Ruth Nussinov;Ruth Nussinov

  • Aβ(1–42) fibril structure illuminates self-recognition and replication of amyloid in Alzheimer's disease

    Yiling Xiao;Buyong Ma;Dan McElheny;Sudhakar Parthasarathy

  • Principles of Protein−Protein Interactions: What are the Preferred Ways For Proteins To Interact?

    Ozlem Keskin;Attila Gursoy;Buyong Ma;Ruth Nussinov

  • FOLDING FUNNELS, BINDING FUNNELS, AND PROTEIN FUNCTION

    Chung-Jung Tsai;Sandeep Kumar;Buyong Ma;Ruth Nussinov;Ruth Nussinov

  • Protein–protein interactions: Structurally conserved residues distinguish between binding sites and exposed protein surfaces

    Buyong Ma;Tal Elkayam;Haim Wolfson;Ruth Nussinov

  • Folding funnels and binding mechanisms.

    Buyong Ma;Sandeep Kumar;Chung-Jung Tsai;Ruth Nussinov

  • Folding and binding cascades: dynamic landscapes and population shifts.

    Sandeep Kumar;Buyong Ma;Chung-Jung Tsai;Neeti Sinha

  • Hot Regions in Protein-Protein Interactions: The Organization and Contribution of Structurally Conserved Hot Spot Residues

    Ozlem Keskin;Buyong Ma;Ruth Nussinov;Ruth Nussinov

  • Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Phuong H. Nguyen;Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy;Bikash R. Sahoo;Jie Zheng

  • Stabilities and conformations of Alzheimer's beta -amyloid peptide oligomers (Abeta 16-22, Abeta 16-35, and Abeta 10-35): Sequence effects.

    Buyong Ma;Ruth Nussinov

  • Multiple diverse ligands binding at a single protein site: a matter of pre-existing populations.

    Buyong Ma;Maxim Shatsky;Haim J. Wolfson;Ruth Nussinov;Ruth Nussinov

  • The origin of allosteric functional modulation: multiple pre-existing pathways.

    Antonio del Sol;Chung-Jung Tsai;Buyong Ma;Ruth Nussinov;Ruth Nussinov

  • Protein Ensembles: How Does Nature Harness Thermodynamic Fluctuations for Life? The Diverse Functional Roles of Conformational Ensembles in the Cell.

    Guanghong Wei;Wenhui Xi;Ruth Nussinov;Buyong Ma

  • FOLDING AND BINDING CASCADES : SHIFTS IN ENERGY LANDSCAPES

    Chung-Jung Tsai;Buyong Ma;Ruth Nussinov

  • Conservation of polar residues as hot spots at protein interfaces.

    Zengjian Hu;Buyong Ma;Haim Wolfson;Ruth Nussinov

  • Zinc ions promote Alzheimer Aβ aggregation via population shift of polymorphic states

    Yifat Miller;Buyong Ma;Ruth Nussinov

  • Polymorphism in Alzheimer Aβ Amyloid Organization Reflects Conformational Selection in a Rugged Energy Landscape

    Yifat Miller;Buyong Ma;Ruth Nussinov

  • Enzyme dynamics point to stepwise conformational selection in catalysis.

    Buyong Ma;Ruth Nussinov;Ruth Nussinov

  • Simulations as analytical tools to understand protein aggregation and predict amyloid conformation.

    Buyong Ma;Ruth Nussinov;Ruth Nussinov

  • Protein-protein interactions: hot spots and structurally conserved residues often locate in complemented pockets that pre-organized in the unbound states: implications for docking.

    Xiang Li;Ozlem Keskin;Ozlem Keskin;Buyong Ma;Ruth Nussinov;Ruth Nussinov

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth Nussinov
Ruth Nussinov National Institutes of Health
Chung-Jung Tsai
Chung-Jung Tsai Leidos (United States)
Guanghong Wei
Guanghong Wei Fudan University
Henry F. Schaefer
Henry F. Schaefer University of Georgia
Jie Zheng
Jie Zheng University of Akron
Haim J. Wolfson
Haim J. Wolfson Tel Aviv University
Ozlem Keskin
Ozlem Keskin Koç University
Norman L. Allinger
Norman L. Allinger University of Georgia
David S. Waugh
David S. Waugh National Institutes of Health
Roy A. Mariuzza
Roy A. Mariuzza University of Maryland, College Park

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