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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Karin Musier-Forsyth is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. The primary field of research is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on molecular biology as well as subfields including virology, infectious diseases, ecology, and immunology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, HIV research and treatment, RNA research and splicing, DNA and nucleic acid chemistry, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, as well as bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Viruses
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research

Some of the recent papers published are:

  • Trans-editing by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase-like editing domains, 2020, The Enzymes
  • Selective packaging of HIV-1 RNA genome is guided by the stability of 5' untranslated region polyA stem, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • HIV-1 Gag protein with or without p6 specifically dimerizes on the viral RNA packaging signal, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein Binds Double-Stranded DNA in Multiple Modes to Regulate Compaction and Capsid Uncoating, 2022, Viruses
  • Disease-associated mutations in a bifunctional aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase gene elicit the integrated stress response, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry

The scientist has collaborated frequently with researchers such as Lila M. Gierasch, F. Peter Guengerich, Ruma Banerjee, Roger Colbran, and Peter Cresswell.

Musier-Forsyth was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • DNA-Templated Self-Assembly of Metallic Nanocomponent Arrays on a Surface

    John D. Le;Yariv Pinto;Nadrian C. Seeman;‡ Karin Musier-Forsyth

  • Nucleic acid chaperone activity of HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein: critical role in reverse transcription and molecular mechanism.

    Judith G. Levin;Jianhui Guo;Ioulia F Rouzina;Karin Musier-Forsyth

  • Deaminase-independent inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcription by APOBEC3G

    Yasumasa Iwatani;Denise S.B. Chan;F. Wang;Kristen Stewart Maynard

  • Sequence-encoded self-assembly of multiple-nanocomponent arrays by 2D DNA scaffolding.

    Yariv Y. Pinto;John D. Le;Nadrian C. Seeman;‡ Karin Musier-Forsyth

  • Mechanism for nucleic acid chaperone activity of HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein revealed by single molecule stretching.

    Mark C. Williams;Ioulia Rouzina;Jay R. Wenner;Robert J. Gorelick

  • Role of HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein in HIV-1 reverse transcription.

    Judith G Levin;Mithun Mitra;Anjali Mascarenhas;Karin Musier-Forsyth

  • Selfassembly of Metallic Nanoparticle Arrays by DNA Scaffolding

    Shoujun Xiao;Furong Liu;Abbey E. Rosen;James F. Hainfeld

  • Transfer RNA recognition by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases.

    Penny J. Beuning;Karin Musier-Forsyth

  • Hydrolytic editing by a class II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase.

    Penny J. Beuning;Karin Musier-Forsyth

  • Incorporation of lysyl-tRNA synthetase into human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

    Shan Cen;Ahmad Khorchid;Hassan Javanbakht;Juliana Gabor;Juliana Gabor

  • Specificity for aminoacylation of an RNA helix: an unpaired, exocyclic amino group in the minor groove.

    Karin Musier-Forsyth;Nassim Usman;Stephen Scaringe;Jennifer Doudna

  • In Vitro Characterization of the Interaction between HIV-1 Gag and Human Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase

    Brandie J. Kovaleski;Robert Kennedy;Minh K. Hong;Siddhartha A. Datta

  • Trans-editing of Cys-tRNAPro by Haemophilus influenzae YbaK Protein

    Songon An;Karin Musier-Forsyth

  • SYNTHESIS AND AMINOACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE INHIBITORY ACTIVITY OF PROLYL ADENYLATE ANALOGS

    Donald Heacock;Craig J. Forsyth;Kiyotaka Shiba;Karin Musier-Forsyth

  • Mechanistic Insights into the Kinetics of HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein-facilitated tRNA Annealing to the Primer Binding Site

    Michele R.S. Hargittai;Robert J. Gorelick;Ioulia Rouzina;Karin Musier-Forsyth

  • Functional contacts of a transfer RNA synthetase with 2′-hydroxyl groups in the RNA minor groove

    Karin Musier-Forsyth;Paul Schimmel

  • Specific zinc-finger architecture required for HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein's nucleic acid chaperone function.

    Mark C. Williams;Robert J. Gorelick;Karin Musier-Forsyth

  • The Interaction between HIV-1 Gag and Human Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase during Viral Assembly

    Hassan Javanbakht;Rabih Halwani;Shan Cen;Jenan Saadatmand

  • Formation of the tRNALys packaging complex in HIV-1.

    Lawrence Kleiman;Christopher P. Jones;Karin Musier-Forsyth

  • An isolated class II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase insertion domain is functional in amino acid editing.

    Fai-Chu Wong;Penny J. Beuning;Carmen Silvers;Karin Musier-Forsyth

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Gorelick
Robert J. Gorelick National Institutes of Health
Paul Schimmel
Paul Schimmel Scripps Research Institute
Paul F. Barbara
Paul F. Barbara The University of Texas at Austin
Lawrence Kleiman
Lawrence Kleiman McGill University
Judith G. Levin
Judith G. Levin National Institutes of Health
George Barany
George Barany University of Minnesota
Alan Rein
Alan Rein National Institutes of Health
Hiroaki Suga
Hiroaki Suga University of Tokyo
Kiyotaka Shiba
Kiyotaka Shiba Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Nadrian C. Seeman
Nadrian C. Seeman New York University

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