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  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mark Yeager is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Virology, Infectious Diseases, Hematology, and Ecology.

The main topics of study explored by Yeager include:

  • Connexins and lens biology
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Yeager's recent publication record features several research articles published in prominent scientific journals, reflecting the breadth of their study interests. Examples of recent papers include:

  • "Synthetic antibodies against BRIL as universal fiducial marks for single-particle cryoEM structure determination of membrane proteins" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "ATP and large signaling metabolites flux through caspase-activated Pannexin 1 channels" (2021, eLife)
  • "A Steric "Ball-and-Chain" Mechanism for pH-Mediated Regulation of Gap Junction Channels" (2020, Cell Reports)
  • "Antiviral HIV-1 SERINC restriction factors disrupt virus membrane asymmetry" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Cryo-EM structures of full-length integrin αIIbβ3 in native lipids" (2023, Nature Communications)

Frequent co-authors in Yeager's academic collaborations include:

  • Gregory A. Voth
  • Michael D. Purdy
  • Susan A. Leonhardt
  • Maciej Jagielnicki
  • Alexander J. Pak

The primary venues where Yeager publishes their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Biophysical Journal
  • eLife

Mark Yeager was honored as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • The structural biology of HIV assembly.

    Barbie K Ganser-Pornillos;Mark Yeager;Mark Yeager;Mark Yeager;Wesley I Sundquist

  • Three-dimensional structure of a recombinant gap junction membrane channel

    Vinzenz M. Unger;Nalin M. Kumar;Norton B. Gilula;Mark Yeager;Mark Yeager

  • X-Ray Structures of the Hexameric Building Block of the HIV Capsid

    Owen Pornillos;Barbie K. Ganser-Pornillos;Barbie K. Ganser-Pornillos;Brian N. Kelly;Yuanzi Hua

  • Supramolecular Architecture of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Revealed by Electron Cryomicroscopy

    Benjamin W. Neuman;Brian D. Adair;Craig Yoshioka;Joel D. Quispe

  • Type IV Pilus Structure by Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Crystallography: Implications for Pilus Assembly and Functions

    Lisa Craig;Niels Volkmann;Andrew S. Arvai;Michael E. Pique

  • Atomic-level modelling of the HIV capsid

    Owen Pornillos;Owen Pornillos;Barbie K. Ganser-Pornillos;Barbie K. Ganser-Pornillos;Mark Yeager;Mark Yeager;Mark Yeager

  • Structure of Full-Length HIV-1 CA: A Model for the Mature Capsid Lattice

    Barbie K. Ganser-Pornillos;Anchi Cheng;Mark Yeager;Mark Yeager;Mark Yeager

  • Three-dimensional organization of a human water channel

    Anchi Cheng;A. N. van Hoek;A. N. van Hoek;M. Yeager;M. Yeager;A. S. Verkman

  • Type IV Pilin Structure and Assembly: X-Ray and EM Analyses of Vibrio cholerae Toxin-Coregulated Pilus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAK Pilin

    Lisa Craig;Ronald K Taylor;Michael E Pique;Brian D Adair

  • Early steps in reovirus infection are associated with dramatic changes in supramolecular structure and protein conformation: analysis of virions and subviral particles by cryoelectron microscopy and image reconstruction.

    KA Dryden;G Wang;M Yeager;ML Nibert

  • Structure-Based Discovery of Novel Chemotypes for Adenosine A2A Receptor Antagonists

    Vsevolod Katritch;Vsevolod Katritch;Veli-Pekka Jaakola;Veli-Pekka Jaakola;J. Robert Lane;Judy Lin

  • Hexagonal assembly of a restricting TRIM5α protein

    Barbie K. Ganser-Pornillos;Viswanathan Chandrasekaran;Owen Pornillos;Joseph G. Sodroski

  • Structural basis of HIV-1 capsid recognition by PF74 and CPSF6

    Akash Bhattacharya;Steven L. Alam;Thomas Fricke;Kaneil Zadrozny

  • Mass spectrometry and viral analysis

    Gary Siuzdak;Brian Bothner;Mark Yeager;Christophe Brugidou

  • Ultrastructural and Biophysical Characterization of Hepatitis C Virus Particles Produced in Cell Culture

    Pablo Gastaminza;Kelly A. Dryden;Bryan Boyd;Malcolm R. Wood

  • Structure of gap junction intercellular channels

    Mark Yeager;Bruce J Nicholson

  • Three-dimensional EM structure of the ectodomain of integrin αVβ3 in a complex with fibronectin

    Brian D. Adair;Jian-Ping Xiong;Catherine Maddock;Simon L. Goodman

  • Three-dimensional model of the human platelet integrin alpha IIbbeta 3 based on electron cryomicroscopy and x-ray crystallography.

    Brian D. Adair;Mark Yeager

  • Supramolecular organization of immature and mature murine leukemia virus revealed by electron cryo-microscopy: Implications for retroviral assembly mechanisms

    Mark Yeager;Elizabeth M. Wilson-Kubalek;Scott G. Weiner;Patrick O. Brown

  • Three-dimensional structure of rhesus rotavirus by cryoelectron microscopy and image reconstruction.

    M Yeager;K A Dryden;N H Olson;H B Greenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruben Abagyan
Ruben Abagyan University of California, San Diego
Wesley I. Sundquist
Wesley I. Sundquist University of Utah
Roger N. Beachy
Roger N. Beachy Washington University in St. Louis
John E. Johnson
John E. Johnson Scripps Research Institute
Raymond C. Stevens
Raymond C. Stevens University of Southern California
Claude M. Fauquet
Claude M. Fauquet Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Douglas A. Bayliss
Douglas A. Bayliss University of Virginia
Roberta A. Gottlieb
Roberta A. Gottlieb Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
David J. Granville
David J. Granville University of British Columbia
Kodi S. Ravichandran
Kodi S. Ravichandran University of Virginia

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