53. N. V. Hud (2009) Nucleotide Adsorption on Mineral Surfaces — A Mixed Blessing for the RNA World?, Astrobiology 9, 253-255.
52. A. G. Tsai, A. E. Engelhart, M. M. Hatmal, S. I. Houston, N. V. Hud, I. S. Haworth and M. R. Lieber (2009) Conformational Variants of Duplex DNA Correlated with Cytosine-rich Chromosomal Fragile Sites, J. Biol. Chem. 284, 7157-7164.
51. E. D. Horowitz, S. Lilavivat, B. W. Holladay, M. W. Germann and N. V. Hud (2009) Solution Structure and Thermodynamics of 2',5' RNA Intercalation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 5716-6036.
50. Sarkar, T., Petrov, A. S., Vitko, J. R., Santai, C.T., Harvey, S. C., Mukerji, I. and Hud, N. V. (2009) Integration Host Factor (IHF) Dictates the Structure of Polyamine-DNA Condensates: Implications for the Role of IHF in the Compaction of Bacterial Chromatin, Biochemistry 48, 667-675. Abstract [PDF Reprint]
49. Engelhart, A. E., Morton, T.H. and Hud, N. V. (2009) Evidence of Strong Hydrogen Bonding by 8-Amino-Guanine, Chem. Comm., 647-649. (Journal Cover) [PDF Reprint]
48. Çetinkol, Ö. P. and Hud, N. V. (2009) Molecular recognition of poly(A) by small ligands: An alternative method of analysis reveals nanomolar, cooperative and shape-selective binding, Nucleic Acids Res. 37, 611-621. Abstract [PDF Reprint]
47. Çetinkol, Ö. P., Engelhart, A.E., Nanjunda, R. K, Wilson, W. D. and Hud, N. V. (2008) Submicromolar, Selective G-quadruplex Ligands from One Pot: Thermodynamic and Structural Studies of Human Telomeric DNA Binding by Azacyanines, ChemBioChem 9, 1889-1892. [PDF Reprint]
46. Persil, Ö. and Hud, N.V. (2007) Harnessing DNA Intercalation, Trends Biotech. 25, 433-436.[PDF Reprint]
45. Bean, H.D., Sheng, Y., Collins, J.P., Anet, F. A. L., Leszczynski, J. and Hud, N. V. (2007) Formation of a β-Pyrimidine Nucleoside by a Free Pyrimidine Base and Ribose in a Plausible Prebiotic Reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 9556-9557. Abstract [PDF Reprint]
44. Podbevsek, P., Hud, N.V. and Plavec, J. (2007) NMR Evaluation of Ammonium Ion Movement within a Unimolecular G-quadruplex in Solution, Nucleic Acids Res. 35, 2554-2563. Abstract [PDF Reprint]
43. Hud, N.V., Jain, S.S., Li, X. and Lynn, D.G. (2007) Addressing the Problems of Base Pairing and Strand Cyclization in Template-Directed Synthesis, Chem. Biodiv. 4, 768-783. Abstract [PDF Reprint]
42. Hud, N.V. and Morton, T.H. (2007) DFT Energy Surfaces for Aminopurine Homodimers and their Conjugate Acid Ions, J. Phys. Chem. A. 111, 3369-3377. Abstract [PDF Reprint]
41. Sarkar, T., Vitoc, I., Mukerji, I. and Hud, N.V. (2007) Bacterial Protein HU Dictates the Morphology of DNA Condensates Produced by Crowding Agents and Polyamines, Nucleic Acids Res. 35, 951-961. (Journal Cover) Abstract [PDF Reprint]
40. Plavec, J. and Hud, N.V., The Role of Ions in Governing the Structure and Properties of Quadruplexes, In Quadruplex Nucleic Acids, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 2006, S. Balsubramanian and S. Neidle, Eds., 100-130 pp. (Contact for reprint).
39. Horowitz, E.D. and Hud, N.V. (2006) Ethidium and Proflavine Binding to a 2',5'-Linked RNA Duplex, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 15380-15381. Abstract [PDF Reprint]
38. Vilfan, I. D., Conwell, C.C., Sarkar, T. and Hud, N.V. (2006) A Time Study of DNA Condensate Morphology: Implications Regarding the Nucleation, Growth and Equilibrium Populations of Toroids and Rods, Biochemistry 45, 8174-8183 (2006). Abstract [PDF Reprint]
37. Bean, H. B., Anet, F. A. L., Gould, I. R. and Hud, N. V. (2006) Glyoxylate as a
Linkage for an Ancestor of RNA, Origins Life Evol. B. 36, 39-63.
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
36. Hud, N. V. and Vilfan, I. D. (2005) Toroidal DNA Condensates:
Unraveling the Fine Structure and the Role of Nucleation in Determining Size In Vitro,
Ann. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struc. 34, 295-318.
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
35. Sarkar, T., Conwell, C. C., Harvey, L. C. and Hud, N. V. (2005) Condensation of oligonucleotides assembled into nicked and gapped duplexes: Potential structures for oligonucleotide delivery, Nucleic Acids Res. 33, 143-151. Abstract [PDF Reprint]
34. Hud, N. V. and Lynn, D. G. (2004) Model systems: From life's origins to a synthetic biology (Editorial overview) Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 8, 627-628. [PDF Reprint]
33. Persil, Ö., Santai, C., Jain, S. S. and Hud, N. V. (2004) Assembly
of an Antiparallel Duplex from Homo-Adenine Sequences by Small Molecule Binding,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 8644-8645.
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
32. Petty, J. T., Zheng, J., Hud, N. V. and Dickson, R. M. (2004) DNA
Templated Ag Nanocluster Formation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 5207-5212.
Abstract
31. Conwell, C. C. and Hud, N. V. (2004) Evidence That Both Kinetic and
Thermodynamic Factors Govern DNA Toroid Dimensions: Effects of Magnesium(II) on
DNA Condensation by Hexammine Cobalt(III), Biochemistry 43, 538-5387.
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
30. Vilfan, I. D., Conwell, C. C. and Hud, N. V. (2004) Formation of
native-like mammalian sperm cell chromatin with folded bull protamine, J. Biol.
Chem. 279, 20088-20095.
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
29. Jain, S. S., Anet, F. A. L., Stahle, C. J. and
Hud, N. V. (2004) Enzymatic Behavior by Intercalating Molecules in a Template-
Directed Ligation Reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Eng. 43, 2004-2008. (Journal Cover)
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
28. Jain, S. S., Polak, M., Hud, N. V. (2003) Controlling Nucleic Acid
Secondary Structure by Intercalation: Effects of Strand Length on
Coralyne-Driven Disproportionation, Nucleic Acids Res. 31,
4608-4615. Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
27. Conwell, C. C. and Hud, N. V. (2003) MgCl2 Enhances
Cluster Formation by Nanoscale Toroidal DNA Condensates, J. Clust. Sci.
14, 115-122. Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
26. Conwell, C. C., Vilfan, I. D. and Hud, N. V. (2003) Controlling
the Size of Nanoscale Toroidal DNA Condensates with Static Curvature and Ionic
Strength, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100, 9296-9301.
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
25. Hud, N. V. and Plavec, J. (2003) A Unified Model for the Origin of
Sequence-Directed Curvature, Biopolymers 69, 144-158. (Journal
Cover)
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
24. Coulberson, A. L., Hud, N. V., LeDoux, J. M. and Prausnitz, M. R.
(2003) Gene Packaging with Lipids, Peptides and Viruses Inhibits Transfection
by Electroporation, J. Controlled Release 86, 361-370.
23. Črnugelj, M., Hud, N. V. and Plavec, J. (2002) The Solution
Structure of d(G4T4G3)2: A
Bimolecular G-quadruplex with a Novel Fold, J. Mol. Biol. 320,
911-924.
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
22. Hud, N. V. and Feigon, J. (2002) Characterization of Divalent
Cation Localization in the Minor Groove of the AnTn and TnAn
DNA Sequence Elements by 1H NMR Spectroscopy and Manganese(II), Biochemistry
41, 9900-9910. Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
21. Polak, M. and Hud, N.V. (2002) Complete
disproportionation of the duplex poly(dT):poly(dA) into the triplex
poly(dT):poly(dA):poly(dT) and single stranded poly(dA) by Coralyne. Nucleic Acids Res.
30, 983-992. (Journal Cover)
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
20. Hud, N.V. and Downing, K.H. (2001) Cryoelectron microscopy of lambda phage DNA condensates in vitreous Ice: The fine structure of DNA
toroids. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
98, 14925-14930.
(Journal Cover)
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
19. Hud, N.V. and Polak, M. (2001) DNA-cation interactions: the major
and minor grooves are flexible ionophores. Curr.
Opin. Struct. Biol.
11,
293-301. (Journal Cover) Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
18. Feigon, J., Butcher, S.E., Finger, L.D. and Hud, N.V. (2001) , Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Biological
Macromolecules, Pt A, Vol.
338, pp. 400-420.
Abstract
17. Shen, M.R., Downing, K.H., Balhorn, R. and Hud, N.V. (2000) Nucleation
of DNA condensation by static loops: Formation of DNA toroids with reduced
dimensions. J. Am. Chem. Soc.
122, 4833-4834.
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
16. Rovnyak, D., Baldus, M., Wu, G., Hud, N.V., Feigon, J. and
Griffin, R.G. (2000) Localization of 23Na+ in a DNA
quadruplex by high-field solid-state NMR. J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 122,
11423-11429.
Abstract
15. Hud, N.V. and Anet, F.A.L. (2000) Intercalation-mediated synthesis
and replication: A new approach to the origin of life. J. theor. Biol.
205,
543-562. Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
14. Schultze, P., Hud, N.V., Smith, F.W. and Feigon, J. (1999) The
effect of sodium, potassium and ammonium ions on the conformation of the
dimeric quadruplex formed by the Oxytricha nova telomere repeat oligonucleotide
d(G4T4G4). Nucleic
Acids Res. 27, 3018-3028.
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
13. Hud, N.V., Sklenar, V. and Feigon, J. (1999) Localization of
ammonium lon in the minor groove of DNA duplexes in solution and the origin of
DNA A-tract bending. J. Mol. Biol.
286, 651-660.
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
12. Hud, N.V., Schultze, P., Sklenar, V. and Feigon, J. (1999) Binding
sites and dynamics of ammonium ions in a telomere repeat DNA quadruplex. J. Mol. Biol.
285, 233-243.
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
11. Hud, N.V., Schultze, P. and Feigon, J. (1998) Ammonium ion as an
NMR probe for monovalent cation coordination sites of DNA quadruplexes. J. Am. Chem. Soc.
120, 6403-6404.
[PDF Reprint]
10. Altschuler, E.L., Hud, N.V., Mazrimas, J.A. and Rupp, B. (1997)
Random coil conformation for extended polyglutamine stretches in aqueous
soluble monomeric peptides. J. Pept. Res.
50, 73-75.
Abstract
9. Hud, N.V. and Feigon, J. (1997) Localization of divalent metal
ions in the minor groove of DNA A-tracts. J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 5756-5757.
[PDF Reprint]
8. Shonnard, G.C., Hud, N.V. and Mohrenweiser, H.W. (1996) Arginine
to tryptophan substitution in the active site of a human lactate dehydrogenase
variant - LDHB (*) GUA1: Postulated effects on subunit structure and catalysis.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta-Mol. Basis Dis.
1315, 9-14.
Abstract
7.
Hud, N.V., Smith, F.W., Anet, F.A.L. and Feigon, J. (1996) The
selectivity for K+ versus Na+ in DNA quadruplexes is
dominated by relative free energies of hydration: A thermodynamic analysis by 1H
NMR. Biochemistry
35, 15383-15390.
Abstract
[PDF Reprint]
6. Hud, N.V. (1995) Double-stranded DNA organization in bacteriophage
heads - an alternative toroid-based model. Biophys.
J. 69, 1355-1362.
Abstract
5. Hud, N.V., Downing, K.H. and Balhorn, R. (1995) A constant radius
of curvature model for the organization of DNA in toroidal condensates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
92, 3581-3585.
Abstract
4. Hud, N.V., Milanovich, F.P. and Balhorn, R. (1994) Evidence of
novel secondary structure in DNA-bound protamine is revealed by
Raman-spectroscopy. Biochemistry
33, 7528-7535.
Abstract
3. Hud, N.V., Allen, M.J., Downing, K.H., Lee, J. and Balhorn, R.
(1993) Identification of the elemental packing unit of DNA in mammalian sperm
cells by atomic-force microscopy. Biochem.
Biophys. Res. Commun.
193,
1347-1354.
Abstract
2. Allen, M.J., Hud, N.V., Balooch, M., Tench, R.J., Siekhaus, W.J.
and Balhorn, R. (1992) Tip-radius-induced artifacts in AFM images of
protamine-complexed DNA fibers. Ultramicroscopy
42, 1095-1100.
Abstract
1. Myrick, M.L., Hud, N.V., Angel, S.M. and Garvis, D.G. (1991)
Tunneling spectroscopy on graphite defects - implications for biological STM. Chem. Phys. Lett.
180, 156-160.
Abstract