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  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Thomas E. Dever is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology of RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as molecular biology, ecology, plant science, cell biology, and microbiology.

The scientist's research interests cover topics including RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA research and splicing, polyamine metabolism and applications, CRISPR and genetic engineering, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, as well as epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Notable recent publications by Thomas E. Dever include:

  • "Translational regulation by uORFs and start codon selection stringency," 2023, Genes & Development
  • "Rapid 40S scanning and its regulation by mRNA structure during eukaryotic translation initiation," 2022, Cell
  • "Conserved Upstream Open Reading Frame Nascent Peptides That Control Translation," 2020, Annual Review of Genetics
  • "eIF5B and eIF1A reorient initiator tRNA to allow ribosomal subunit joining," 2022, Nature
  • "Structural basis for the transition from translation initiation to elongation by an 80S-eIF5B complex," 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in their research include Byung-Sik Shin, Joseph D. Puglisi, Ivaylo P. Ivanov, Jinfan Wang, and Carlos Alvarado.

Thomas E. Dever has published multiple works in several venues, with the most frequent being bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), followed by Genes & Development, Cell, Annual Review of Genetics, and Nature.

In recognition of their contributions to science, Thomas E. Dever was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Evidence that hepatitis C virus resistance to interferon is mediated through repression of the PKR protein kinase by the nonstructural 5A protein

    Michael J. Gale;Marcus J. Korth;Norina M. Tang;Seng Lai Tan

  • Gene-Specific Regulation by General Translation Factors

    Thomas E. Dever

  • Phosphorylation of initiation factor 2α by protein kinase GCN2 mediates gene-specific translational control of GCN4 in yeast

    Thomas E. Dever;Lan Feng;Ronald C. Wek;A.Mark Cigan

  • Bidirectional RNA helicase activity of eucaryotic translation initiation factors 4A and 4F.

    Florence Rozen;Isaac Edery;Karen Meerovitch;Thomas E. Dever

  • GTP-binding domain: three consensus sequence elements with distinct spacing

    Thomas E. Dever;Manuel J. Glynias;William C. Merrick

  • The joining of ribosomal subunits in eukaryotes requires eIF5B

    Tatyana V. Pestova;Ivan B. Lomakin;Joon H. Lee;Sang Ki Choi

  • Biochemical mechanisms for translational regulation in synaptic plasticity

    Eric Klann;Thomas E. Dever

  • Hypusine-containing protein eIF5A promotes translation elongation

    Preeti Saini;Daniel E. Eyler;Rachel Green;Thomas E. Dever

  • The Elongation, Termination, and Recycling Phases of Translation in Eukaryotes

    Thomas E. Dever;Rachel Green

  • eIF5A promotes translation of polyproline motifs.

    Erik Gutierrez;Byung-Sik Shin;Christopher J. Woolstenhulme;Joo-Ran Kim

  • Tight Binding of the Phosphorylated α Subunit of Initiation Factor 2 (eIF2α) to the Regulatory Subunits of Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor eIF2B Is Required for Inhibition of Translation Initiation

    Thanuja Krishnamoorthy;Graham D. Pavitt;Fan Zhang;Thomas E. Dever

  • Higher-Order Substrate Recognition of eIF2α by the RNA-Dependent Protein Kinase PKR

    Arvin C. Dar;Thomas E. Dever;Frank Sicheri;Frank Sicheri

  • Mechanistic Link between PKR Dimerization, Autophosphorylation, and eIF2α Substrate Recognition

    Madhusudan Dey;Chune Cao;Arvin C. Dar;Arvin C. Dar;Tomohiko Tamura

  • Eukaryotic translation initiation factors and regulators

    Nahum Sonenberg;Thomas E Dever

  • Structure of the Dual Enzyme Ire1 Reveals the Basis for Catalysis and Regulation in Nonconventional RNA Splicing

    Kenneth P.K. Lee;Madhusudan Dey;Dante Neculai;Chune Cao

  • eIF5A Functions Globally in Translation Elongation and Termination

    Anthony P. Schuller;Colin Chih Chien Wu;Thomas E. Dever;Allen R. Buskirk

  • Suppression of protein synthesis in brain during hibernation involves inhibition of protein initiation and elongation.

    Kai U. Frerichs;Carolyn B. Smith;Michael Brenner;Donald J. DeGracia

  • X-ray structures of the universal translation initiation factor IF2/eIF5B: conformational changes on GDP and GTP binding

    A. Roll-Mecak;C. Cao;T.E. Dever;S.K. Burley

  • Mammalian eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha kinases functionally substitute for GCN2 protein kinase in the GCN4 translational control mechanism of yeast.

    T. E. Dever;Jane-Jane Chen;G. N. Barber;A. M. Cigan

  • Inhibition of Double-Stranded RNA-Dependent Protein Kinase PKR by Vaccinia Virus E3: Role of Complex Formation and the E3 N-Terminal Domain

    Patrick R. Romano;Fan Zhang;Seng Lai Tan;Minerva T. Garcia-Barrio

Frequent Co-Authors

William C. Merrick
William C. Merrick Case Western Reserve University
Alan G. Hinnebusch
Alan G. Hinnebusch National Institutes of Health
Frank Sicheri
Frank Sicheri Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Stephen K. Burley
Stephen K. Burley Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jon R. Lorsch
Jon R. Lorsch National Institutes of Health
Ivaylo Ivanov
Ivaylo Ivanov Georgia State University
Nahum Sonenberg
Nahum Sonenberg McGill University
Keiko Ozato
Keiko Ozato Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Vera M. Kalscheuer
Vera M. Kalscheuer Max Planck Society
Rachel Green
Rachel Green Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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