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Department of Chemistry   University of California, Berkeley

 

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1.           Li P.T.X., Vieregg J., Tinoco I., Jr. 2008.How RNA Unfolds and Refolds. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 77: 77-100.

 

2.           Wen, J.D., Lancaster, L., Hodges, C., Zeri, A.C., Yoshimura, S.H., Noller, H.F., Bustamante, C., Tinoco, I., Jr. 2008. Following translation by single ribosomes one codon at a time. Nature 452: 598-603

 

 

3.           Chen G., Wen J.D., Tinoco I., Jr. 2007. Single-molecule mechanical unfolding and folding of a pseudoknot in human telomerase RNA. RNA 13: 2175-88

 

4.           Vieregg J., Cheng W., Bustamante C., Tinoco I., Jr. 2007. Measurement of the Effect of Monovalent Cations on RNA Hairpin Stability. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129: 14966-73

 

5.          Green L., Kim C.H., Bustamante C., Tinoco I., Jr. 2008. Characterization of the Mechanical Unfolding of RNA Pseudoknots. J. Mol. Biol. 375: 511-28

 

6.          Cheng W., Dumont S., Tinoco I., Jr., Bustamante C. 2007. NS3 helicase actively separates RNA strands and senses sequence barriers ahead of the opening fork. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104: 13954-9

 

7.           Li P.T.X., Bustamante C., Tinoco I., Jr. 2007. Real-time control of the energy landscape by force directs the folding of RNA molecules. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104: 7039-44

 

8.           Manosas M., Wen J.D., Li P.T.X., Smith S.B., Bustamante C., Tinoco I., Jr., Ritort F. 2007. Force unfolding kinetics of RNA using optical tweezers. II. Modeling experiments. Biophys. J. 92: 3010-21

 

9.           Wen J.D., Manosas M., Li P.T.X., Smith S.B., Bustamante C., Ritort F., Tinoco I., Jr. 2007. Force unfolding kinetics of RNA using optical tweezers. I. Effects of experimental variables on measured results. Biophys. J. 92: 2996-3009

 

10.      Dumont S., Cheng W., Serebrov V., Beran R.K., Tinoco I., Jr., Pyle A.M., Bustamante C. 2006. RNA translocation and unwinding mechanism of HCV NS3 helicase and its coordination by ATP. Nature 439: 105-8

 

11.      Li P.T.X., Bustamante C., Tinoco I., Jr. 2006. Unusual mechanical stability of a minimal RNA kissing complex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 103: 15847-52

 

12.      Li P.T.X., Collin D., Smith S.B., Bustamante C., Tinoco I., Jr. 2006. Probing the mechanical folding kinetics of TAR RNA by hopping, force-jump, and force-ramp methods. Biophys. J. 90: 250-60

 

13.      Tinoco I., Jr., Li P.T., Bustamante C. 2006. Determination of thermodynamics and kinetics of RNA reactions by force. Q. Rev. Biophys. 39: 325-60

 

14.      Vieregg J.R., Tinoco I. 2006. Modelling RNA folding under mechanical tension. Mol. Phys. 104: 1343-52

 

15.      Collin D., Ritort F., Jarzynski C., Smith S.B., Tinoco I., Jr., Bustamante C. 2005. Verification of the Crooks fluctuation theorem and recovery of RNA folding free energies. Nature 437: 231-4

 

16.      Mao H., Arias-Gonzalez J.R., Smith S.B., Tinoco I., Jr., Bustamante C. 2005. Temperature control methods in a laser tweezers system. Biophys. J. 89: 1308-16

 

17.      Onoa B., Tinoco I., Jr. 2004. RNA folding and unfolding. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 14: 374-9

 

18.      Tinoco I. 2004. An appreciation of John D. Ferry and the mechanical properties of single molecules. Biophys. Chem. 112: 105-8

 

19.      Tinoco I., Jr. 2004. Force as a useful variable in reactions: unfolding RNA. Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct. 33: 363-85

 

20.      Tinoco I., Jr., Collin D., Li P.T.X. 2004. The effect of force on thermodynamics and kinetics: unfolding single RNA molecules. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 32: 757-60

 

21.      Onoa B., Dumont S., Liphardt J., Smith S.B., Tinoco I., Jr., Bustamante C. 2003. Identifying kinetic barriers to mechanical unfolding of the T. thermophila ribozyme. Science 299: 1892-5

 

22.      Liphardt J., Dumont S., Smith S.B., Tinoco I., Jr., Bustamante C. 2002. Equilibrium information from nonequilibrium measurements in an experimental test of Jarzynski's equality. Science 296: 1832-5

 

23.      Ritort F., Bustamante C., Tinoco I., Jr. 2002. A two-state kinetic model for the unfolding of single molecules by mechanical force. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 99: 13544-8

 

24.      Tinoco I., Jr. 2002. Physical chemistry of nucleic acids. Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 53: 1-15

 

25.      Tinoco I., Jr., Bustamante C. 2002. The effect of force on thermodynamics and kinetics of single molecule reactions. Biophys. Chem. 101-102: 513-33

 

26.      Gonzalez R.L., Jr., Tinoco I., Jr. 2001. Identification and characterization of metal ion binding sites in RNA. Methods Enzymol. 338: 421-43

 

27.      Kim C.H., Tinoco I., Jr. 2001. Structural and thermodynamic studies on mutant RNA motifs that impair the specificity between a viral replicase and its promoter. J. Mol. Biol. 307: 827-39

 

28.      Liphardt J., Onoa B., Smith S.B., Tinoco I.J., Bustamante C. 2001. Reversible unfolding of single RNA molecules by mechanical force. Science 292: 733-7

 

29.      Zheng M., Wu M., Tinoco I., Jr. 2001. Formation of a GNRA tetraloop in P5abc can disrupt an interdomain interaction in the Tetrahymena group I ribozyme. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 98: 3695-700

 

30.      Kim C.H., Kao C.C., Tinoco I., Jr. 2000. RNA motifs that determine specificity between a viral replicase and its promoter. Nat. Struct. Biol. 7: 415-23

 

31.      Kim C.H., Tinoco I., Jr. 2000. A retroviral RNA kissing complex containing only two G.C base pairs. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 97: 9396-401

 

32.      Rudisser S., Tinoco I., Jr. 2000. Solution structure of Cobalt(III)hexammine complexed to the GAAA tetraloop, and metal-ion binding to G.A mismatches. J. Mol. Biol. 295: 1211-23

 

33.      Schmitz M., Tinoco I., Jr. 2000. Solution structure and metal-ion binding of the P4 element from bacterial RNase P RNA. RNA 6: 1212-25

 

34.      Colmenarejo G., Tinoco I., Jr. 1999. Structure and thermodynamics of metal binding in the P5 helix of a group I intron ribozyme. J. Mol. Biol. 290: 119-35

 

35.      Gonzalez R.L., Jr., Tinoco I., Jr. 1999. Solution structure and thermodynamics of a divalent metal ion binding site in an RNA pseudoknot. J. Mol. Biol. 289: 1267-82

 

36.      Macosko J.C., Pio M.S., Tinoco I., Jr., Shin Y.K. 1999. A novel 5 displacement spin-labeling technique for electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy of RNA. RNA 5: 1158-66

 

37.      Rudisser S., Pelton J.G., Tinoco I., Jr. 1999. Assignment of cytosine N3 resonances in nucleic acids via intrabase three-bond coupling to amino protons. J Biomol NMR 15: 173-6

 

38.      Silverman S.K., Zheng M., Wu M., Tinoco I., Jr., Cech T.R. 1999. Quantifying the energetic interplay of RNA tertiary and secondary structure interactions. RNA 5: 1665-74

 

39.      Tinoco I., Jr., Bustamante C. 1999. How RNA folds. J. Mol. Biol. 293: 271-81