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19003
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Overview

Samuel E. Butcher is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant emphasis on Molecular Biology. They have contributed extensively to topics including RNA Research and Splicing, RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms, RNA Modifications and Cancer, DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Viral Infections and Immunology Research, and Heat Shock Proteins Research.

The following are some of their recent publications:

  • An atypical RNA quadruplex marks RNAs as vectors for gene silencing, 2022, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Inhibition of Nonsense-Mediated Decay Induces Nociceptive Sensitization through Activation of the Integrated Stress Response, 2023, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Expanded DNA and RNA Trinucleotide Repeats in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Select Their Own Multitarget, Sequence-Selective Inhibitors, 2020, Biochemistry
  • Identification of transient intermediates during spliceosome activation by single molecule fluorescence microscopy, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Solution Structure of Poly(UG) RNA, 2023, Journal of Molecular Biology

They frequently collaborate with a number of researchers in their field. Their most common coauthors include:

  • Riley J. Petersen
  • Marco Tonelli
  • Saeed Roschdi
  • Eric Montemayor
  • Aaron A. Hoskins

Their work has been published in several scientific venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Pseudoknots: RNA structures with diverse functions.

    David W Staple;Samuel E Butcher

  • The Molecular Interactions That Stabilize RNA Tertiary Structure: RNA Motifs, Patterns, and Networks

    Samuel E. Butcher;Anna Marie Pyle;Anna Marie Pyle

  • Essential nucleotide sequences and secondary structure elements of the hairpin ribozyme.

    A. Berzal-Herranz;S. Joseph;B.M. Chowrira;S.E. Butcher

  • Metal binding and base ionization in the U6 RNA intramolecular stem-loop structure

    Anna Huppler;Laura J Nikstad;Anne M Allmann;David A Brow

  • RNA helical packing in solution: NMR structure of a 30 kDa GAAA tetraloop-receptor complex.

    Jared H. Davis;Marco Tonelli;Lincoln G. Scott;Luc Jaeger

  • Solution structure of the loop B domain from the hairpin ribozyme

    Samuel E. Butcher;Frédéric H.-T. Allain;Juli Feigon

  • U2-U6 RNA folding reveals a group II intron-like domain and a four-helix junction

    Dipali G Sashital;Gabriel Cornilescu;Samuel E Butcher

  • Solution structure of a GAAA tetraloop receptor RNA.

    Samuel E. Butcher;Thorsten Dieckmann;Juli Feigon

  • Quantitative Analysis of the Isolated GAAA Tetraloop/Receptor Interaction in Solution: A Site-Directed Spin Labeling Study†

    Peter Z. Qin;Samuel E. Butcher;Juli Feigon;Wayne L. Hubbell

  • Substrate selection rules for the hairpin ribozyme determined by in vitro selection, mutation, and analysis of mismatched substrates.

    Simpson Joseph;Alfredo Berzal-Herranz;Bharat M. Chowrira;Samuel E. Butcher

  • Solution structure of domain 5 of a group II intron ribozyme reveals a new RNA motif.

    Roland K O Sigel;Dipali G Sashital;Dana L Abramovitz;Arthur G Palmer

  • Structure-mapping of the Hairpin Ribozyme: Magnesium-dependent Folding and Evidence for Tertiary Interactions within the Ribozyme-Substrate Complex

    Samuel E. Butcher;John M. Burke

  • Reconstitution of Hairpin Ribozyme Activity following Separation of Functional Domains

    Samuel E. Butcher;Joyce E. Heckman;John M. Burke

  • A novel family of RNA tetraloop structure forms the recognition site for Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNase III.

    Haihong Wu;Pok K. Yang;Samuel E. Butcher;Sundeep Kang

  • The life of U6 small nuclear RNA, from cradle to grave.

    Allison L. Didychuk;Samuel E. Butcher;David A. Brow

  • Identification of the SSB binding site on E. coli RecQ reveals a conserved surface for binding SSB’s C-terminus

    Robert D. Shereda;Nicholas J. Reiter;Samuel E. Butcher;James L. Keck

  • Structure of the yeast U2/U6 snRNA complex

    Jordan E. Burke;Dipali G. Sashital;Xiaobing Zuo;Yun-Xing Wang

  • Determination of metal ion binding sites within the hairpin ribozyme domains by NMR.

    Samuel E. Butcher;Frédéric H.-T. Allain;Juli Feigon

  • Adenine protonation in domain B of the hairpin ribozyme.

    Sapna Ravindranathan;Samuel E. Butcher;Juli Feigon

  • HIV-1 frameshift efficiency is primarily determined by the stability of base pairs positioned at the mRNA entrance channel of the ribosome

    Kathryn D. Mouzakis;Andrew L. Lang;Kirk A. Vander Meulen;Preston D. Easterday

Frequent Co-Authors

Juli Feigon
Juli Feigon University of California, Los Angeles
Xiaobing Zuo
Xiaobing Zuo Argonne National Laboratory
Anna Marie Pyle
Anna Marie Pyle Yale University
John L. Markley
John L. Markley University of Wisconsin–Madison
Vladimír Sklenář
Vladimír Sklenář Masaryk University
Edwin R. Chapman
Edwin R. Chapman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Anjon Audhya
Anjon Audhya University of Wisconsin–Madison
Paul Ahlquist
Paul Ahlquist University of Wisconsin–Madison

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