Monday Lectures
Monday November 14, 2016 3:45 p.m.
Caspary Auditorium
Shixin Liu Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, The Rockefeller University
Laboratory of Nanoscale Biophysics and Biochemistry
Watching Biological Machines in Action
Recommended Readings:
Liu, Shixin; Chistol, Gheorghe; Hetherington, Craig L.; et al. A Viral Packaging Motor Varies Its DNA Rotation and Step Size to Preserve Subunit Coordination as the Capsid Fills. CELL 157 (3):702-713 APR 24 2014
Chemla, Yann R. High-Resolution, Hybrid Optical Trapping Methods, and Their Application to Nucleic Acid Processing Proteins. BIOPOLYMERS 105(10): 704-714 OCT 2016
Ha, Taekjip. Single-molecule methods leap ahead. NATURE METHODS 11(10): 1015-1018 OCT 2014
Guo, Peixuan; Grainge, Ian; Zhao, Zhengyi; et al. Two classes of nucleic acid translocation motors: rotation and revolution without rotation. CELL AND BIOSCIENCE 4:54 SEP 16 2014
Casjens, Sherwood R. The DNA-packaging nanomotor of tailed bacteriophages. NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY 9(9):647-657 SEP 2011
Chemla, YR; Aathavan, K; Michaelis, J; et al. Mechanism of force generation of a viral DNA packaging motor. CELL 122(5 ): 683-692 : SEP 9 2005
