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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
6792
World Ranking
19489
National Ranking
7946

Best Publications

  • Crystal structure of core streptavidin determined from multiwavelength anomalous diffraction of synchrotron radiation.

    W A Hendrickson;A Pähler;J L Smith;Y Satow

  • Crystal structure of cholera toxin B‐pentamer bound to receptor GM1 pentasaccharide

    E. A. Merritt;S. Sarfaty;F. van den Akker;C. L'Hoir

  • The 1.25 A resolution refinement of the cholera toxin B-pentamer: evidence of peptide backbone strain at the receptor-binding site.

    Ethan A Merritt;Peter Kuhn;Steve Sarfaty;Jarrod L Erbe

  • Toxoplasma gondii calcium-dependent protein kinase 1 is a target for selective kinase inhibitors.

    Kayode K Ojo;Eric T Larson;Katelyn R Keyloun;Lisa J Castaneda

  • Characterization and crystal structure of a high-affinity pentavalent receptor-binding inhibitor for cholera toxin and E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin.

    Ethan A. Merritt;Zhongsheng Zhang;Jason C. Pickens;Misol Ahn

  • GALACTOSE-BINDING SITE IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI HEAT-LABILE ENTEROTOXIN (LT) AND CHOLERA-TOXIN (CT)

    E. A. Merritt;T. K. Sixma;K. H. Kalk;B. A. M. Van Zanten

  • Crystallographic structure analysis of lamprey hemoglobin from anomalous dispersion of synchrotron radiation

    Wayne A. Hendrickson;Janet L. Smith;R. Paul Phizackerley;Ethan A. Merritt

  • AB5 toxins: structures and inhibitor design

    Erkang Fan;Ethan A Merritt;Christophe Lmj Verlinde;Wim Gj Hol

  • Solution and crystallographic studies of branched multivalent ligands that inhibit the receptor-binding of cholera toxin.

    Zhongsheng Zhang;Ethan A. Merritt;Misol Ahn;Claudia Roach

  • A mutant cholera toxin B subunit that binds GM1- ganglioside but lacks immunomodulatory or toxic activity.

    A. T. Aman;S. Fraser;E. A. Merritt;C. Rodigherio

  • Discovery of Potent and Selective Inhibitors of CDPK1 from C. parvum and T. gondii

    Ryan C. Murphy;Kayode K. Ojo;Eric T. Larson;Alejandro Castellanos-Gonzalez

  • Structural studies of receptor binding by cholera toxin mutants.

    E. A. Merritt;S. Sarfaty;M. G. Jobling;T. Chang

  • Development of Toxoplasma gondii calcium-dependent protein kinase 1 (TgCDPK1) inhibitors with potent anti-toxoplasma activity.

    Steven M Johnson;Ryan C Murphy;Jennifer A Geiger;Amy E DeRocher

  • A molecular viewer for the analysis of TLS rigid-body motion in macromolecules.

    Jay Painter;Ethan A. Merritt

  • High-resolution Structural and Thermodynamic Analysis of Extreme Stabilization of Human Procarboxypeptidase by Computational Protein Design

    Gautam Dantas;Colin Corrent;Steve L. Reichow;James J. Havranek

  • Transmission of malaria to mosquitoes blocked by bumped kinase inhibitors

    Kayode K. Ojo;Claudia Pfander;Natascha R. Mueller;Charlotte Burstroem

  • Sequence determinants of a specific inactive protein kinase conformation.

    Sanjay B. Hari;Ethan A. Merritt;Dustin J. Maly

  • Development of an Orally Available and Central Nervous System (CNS) Penetrant Toxoplasma gondii Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase 1 (TgCDPK1) Inhibitor with Minimal Human Ether-a-go-go-Related Gene (hERG) Activity for the Treatment of Toxoplasmosis.

    Rama Subba Rao Vidadala;Kasey L. Rivas;Kayode K. Ojo;Matthew A. Hulverson

  • Characterization of Trypanosoma brucei dihydroorotate dehydrogenase as a possible drug target; structural, kinetic and RNAi studies.

    Tracy L. Arakaki;Frederick S. Buckner;J. Robert Gillespie;Nicholas A. Malmquist

  • Selective inhibitors of methionyl-tRNA synthetase have potent activity against Trypanosoma brucei Infection in Mice.

    Sayaka Shibata;J. Robert Gillespie;Angela M. Kelley;Alberto J. Napuli

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Wim G. J. Hol
Wim G. J. Hol University of Washington
Wesley C. Van Voorhis
Wesley C. Van Voorhis University of Washington
Christophe L. M. J. Verlinde
Christophe L. M. J. Verlinde University of Washington
Frederick S. Buckner
Frederick S. Buckner University of Washington
Marilyn Parsons
Marilyn Parsons University of Washington
Peter J. Myler
Peter J. Myler Seattle Children's Hospital
Titia K. Sixma
Titia K. Sixma Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
David Baker
David Baker University of Washington
Timothy R. Hirst
Timothy R. Hirst University of Adelaide
Vern B. Carruthers
Vern B. Carruthers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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