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Sharron H. Francis is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with supplementary work involving chemistry. The scientist's studies delve deeply into molecular biology and organic chemistry subfields.

The topics frequently explored by Sharron H. Francis encompass phosphodiesterase function and regulation, chemical synthesis and alkaloids, and the synthesis and activities of phenothiazines and benzothiazines.

Recent publications by Sharron H. Francis include the following:

  • Multiple Conformations of Phosphodiesterase-5: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENZYME FUNCTION AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Crystal Structures of Phosphodiesterases 4 and 5 in Complex with Inhibitor 3-Isobutyl-1-methylxanthine Suggest a Conformation Determinant of Inhibitor Selectivity, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • 272: APATHETIC THYROID STORM WITH THYROTOXICOSIS-INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY, 2025, Critical Care Medicine

Frequent collaborators during their research efforts include:

  • Yudong Liu
  • Qing Huai
  • Jackie D. Corbin
  • Hengming Ke
  • Huanchen Wang

The scientist's work has been published mainly in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Critical Care Medicine

Best Publications

  • cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinases and cGMP Phosphodiesterases in Nitric Oxide and cGMP Action

    Sharron H. Francis;Jennifer L. Busch;Jackie D. Corbin

  • Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases: relating structure and function.

    Francis Sh;Turko;Corbin Jd

  • Mammalian Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases: Molecular Mechanisms and Physiological Functions

    Sharron H. Francis;Mitsi A. Blount;Jackie D. Corbin

  • Cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase-5: target of sildenafil.

    Jackie D. Corbin;Sharron H. Francis

  • Structure and function of cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinases

    Sharron H. Francis;Jackie D. Corbin

  • Cyclic Nucleotide-Dependent Protein Kinases: Intracellular Receptors for cAMP and cGMP Action

    Sharron H. Francis;Jackie D. Corbin

  • Direct evidence for cross-activation of cGMP-dependent protein kinase by cAMP in pig coronary arteries.

    Hang Jiang;J. L. Colbran;S. H. Francis;J. D. Corbin

  • Phosphorylation of phosphodiesterase-5 by cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinase alters its catalytic and allosteric cGMP-binding activities.

    Jackie D. Corbin;Illarion V. Turko;Alfreda Beasley;Sharron H. Francis

  • Stimulation of intestinal Cl- transport by heat-stable enterotoxin: activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase by cGMP.

    L. R. Forte;P. K. Thorne;S. L. Eber;W. J. Krause

  • Isolation and characterization of cDNAs encoding PDE5A, a human cGMP-binding, cGMP-specific 3',5'-cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase.

    Kate Loughney;Teresa R Hill;Vincent A Florio;Lothar Uher

  • Characterization of a purified bovine lung cGMP-binding cGMP phosphodiesterase.

    M K Thomas;S H Francis;J D Corbin

  • Relaxation of vascular and tracheal smooth muscle by cyclic nucleotide analogs that preferentially activate purified cGMP-dependent protein kinase.

    S H Francis;B D Noblett;B W Todd;J N Wells

  • Characterization of a novel cGMP binding protein from rat lung.

    S H Francis;T M Lincoln;J D Corbin

  • Inhibition of cyclic GMP-binding cyclic GMP-specific phosphodiesterase (Type 5) by sildenafil and related compounds.

    Illarion V. Turko;Stephen A. Ballard;Sharron H. Francis;Jackie D. Corbin

  • High lung PDE5: a strong basis for treating pulmonary hypertension with PDE5 inhibitors.

    Jackie D. Corbin;Alfreda Beasley;Mitsi A. Blount;Sharron H. Francis

  • The structure of a bovine lung cGMP-binding, cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase deduced from a cDNA clone.

    L M McAllister-Lucas;W K Sonnenburg;A Kadlecek;D Seger

  • Phosphodiesterase type 5 as a pharmacologic target in erectile dysfunction

    Jackie D Corbin;Sharron H Francis;David J Webb

  • Binding of tritiated sildenafil, tadalafil, or vardenafil to the phosphodiesterase-5 catalytic site displays potency, specificity, heterogeneity, and cGMP stimulation

    Mitsi A. Blount;Alfreda Beasley;Roya Zoraghi;Konjeti R. Sekhar

  • Substrate- and kinase-directed regulation of phosphorylation of a cGMP-binding phosphodiesterase by cGMP.

    M K Thomas;S H Francis;J D Corbin

  • Characterization of a novel isozyme of cGMP-dependent protein kinase from bovine aorta.

    L Wolfe;J D Corbin;S H Francis

Frequent Co-Authors

Jackie D. Corbin
Jackie D. Corbin Vanderbilt University
Joseph A. Beavo
Joseph A. Beavo University of Washington
Hengming Ke
Hengming Ke University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Miles D. Houslay
Miles D. Houslay King's College London
David S. Lawrence
David S. Lawrence University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas M. Lincoln
Thomas M. Lincoln Baystate Medical Center
Howard Robinson
Howard Robinson Brookhaven National Laboratory
Randy D. Blakely
Randy D. Blakely Florida Atlantic University
Kenneth Walsh
Kenneth Walsh University of Virginia

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