URMC / Labs / O'Connell Lab / Publications Publications Thalalla Gamage SKhoogar RHowpay Manage SCrawford MCGeorgeson JPolevoda BVSanders CLee KANance KDIyer VKustanovich APerez MThu CTNance SRAmin RMiller CNHolewinski RJMeyer TKoparde VYang AJailwala PNguyen JTAndresson THunter KGu SMock BAEdmondson EFDifilippantonio SChari RSchwartz SO'Connell MRWu CCMeier JL Transfer RNA acetylation regulates in vivo mammalian stress signaling.; bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2024 Jul 28. Liu LXu ZMolina Vargas AMDollery SJSchrlau MGCormier DO'Connell MRTobin GJDu K Aerosol Jet Printing-Enabled Dual-Function Electrochemical and Colorimetric Biosensor for SARS-CoV-2 Detection.; Analytical chemistry. 2023 Jul 28. Hollinger JWu JAwayda KMO'Connell MRYao P Expression and purification of the mitochondrial transmembrane protein FAM210A in Escherichia coli.; Protein expression and purification; Vol 210, pp. 106322. 2023 Jun 15. VanderWal ARPark JUPolevoda BNicosia JKMolina Vargas AMKellogg EHO'Connell MR Csx28 is a membrane pore that enhances CRISPR-Cas13b-dependent antiphage defense.; Science (New York, N.Y.); Vol 380(6643), pp. 410-415. 2023 Apr 27. Knott GJLapinaite AO'Connell MR Methods special issue: RNA-targeting technologies.; Methods (San Diego, Calif.); Vol 212, pp. 10-11. 2023 Feb 13. Molina Vargas AMSinha SOsborn RArantes PRPatel ADewhurst SHardy DJCameron APalermo GO'Connell MR New design strategies for ultra-specific CRISPR-Cas13a-based RNA detection with single-nucleotide mismatch sensitivity.; Nucleic acids research. 2023 Jan 30. Sinha SMolina Vargas AMArantes PRPatel AO'Connell MRPalermo G Unveiling the RNA-mediated allosteric activation discloses functional hotspots in CRISPR-Cas13a.; Nucleic acids research. 2023 Jan 30. Joseph Davis Burris BMoises Molina Vargas APark BJO'Connell MR Optimization of specific RNA knockdown in mammalian cells with CRISPR-Cas13.; Methods (San Diego, Calif.). 2022 Aug 17. Walker EJBettinger JQWelle KAHryhorenko JRMolina Vargas AMO'Connell MRGhaemmaghami S Protein folding stabilities are a major determinant of oxidation rates for buried methionine residues.; The Journal of biological chemistry. 2022 Mar 25. Broly MPolevoda BVAwayda KMTong NLentini JBesnard TDeb WO'Rourke DBaptista JEllard SAlmannai MHashem MAbdulwahab FShamseldin HAl-Tala SAlkuraya FSLeon Avan Loon RLEFerlini ASanchini MBigoni SCiorba Avan Bokhoven HIqbal ZAl-Maawali AAl-Murshedi FGanesh AAl-Mamari WLim SCPais LSBrown NRiazuddin SBézieau SFu DIsidor BCogné BO'Connell MR THUMPD1 bi-allelic variants cause loss of tRNA acetylation and a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder.; American journal of human genetics. 2022 Feb 11. Waitkus JChang YLiu LPuttaswamy SVChung TVargas AMMDollery SJO'Connell MRCai HTobin GJBhalla NDu K Gold Nanoparticle Enabled Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance on Unique Gold Nanomushroom Structures for On-Chip CRISPR-Cas13a Sensing.; Advanced materials interfaces; Vol 10(1). 2022 Jan 27. Liu LXu ZAwayda KDollery SJBao MFan JCormier DO'Connell MTobin GJDu K Gold Nanoparticle-Labeled CRISPR-Cas13a Assay for the Sensitive Solid-State Nanopore Molecular Counting.; Advanced materials technologies; Vol 7(3). 2022 Jan 22. Davis BJO'Connell MR Put on Your Para-spectacles: The Development of Optimized CRISPR-Cas13-Based Approaches to Image RNA Dynamics in Real Time.; Molecular cell; Vol 77(2). 2020 Jan 16. Tambe AEast-Seletsky AKnott GJDoudna JAO'Connell MR RNA Binding and HEPN-Nuclease Activation Are Decoupled in CRISPR-Cas13a.; Cell reports; Vol 24(4). 2018 Jul 24. O'Connell M Molecular Mechanisms of RNA-Targeting by Cas13-containing Type VI CRISPR-Cas Systems.; Journal of molecular biology. 2018 Jun 22. De Franco SO'Connell MRVandevenne M Engineering RNA-Binding Proteins by Modular Assembly of RanBP2-Type Zinc Fingers.; Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.); Vol 1867. 2018. Knott GJEast-Seletsky ACofsky JCHolton JMCharles EO'Connell MRDoudna JA Guide-bound structures of an RNA-targeting A-cleaving CRISPR-Cas13a enzyme.; Nature structural & molecular biology; Vol 24(10). 2017 Oct. East-Seletsky AO'Connell MRBurstein DKnott GJDoudna JA RNA Targeting by Functionally Orthogonal Type VI-A CRISPR-Cas Enzymes.; Molecular cell; Vol 66(3). 2017 May 04. East-Seletsky AO'Connell MRKnight SCBurstein DCate JHTjian RDoudna JA Two distinct RNase activities of CRISPR-C2c2 enable guide-RNA processing and RNA detection.; Nature; Vol 538(7624). 2016 Oct 13. Nelles DAFang MYO'Connell MRXu JLMarkmiller SJDoudna JAYeo GW Programmable RNA Tracking in Live Cells with CRISPR/Cas9.; Cell; Vol 165(2). 2016 Apr 07. Ma EHarrington LBO'Connell MRZhou KDoudna JA Single-Stranded DNA Cleavage by Divergent CRISPR-Cas9 Enzymes.; Molecular cell; Vol 60(3). 2015 Nov 05. O'Connell MROakes BLSternberg SHEast-Seletsky AKaplan MDoudna JA Programmable RNA recognition and cleavage by CRISPR/Cas9.; Nature; Vol 516(7530). 2014 Dec 11. Vandevenne MO'Connell MRHelder SShepherd NEMatthews JMKwan AHSegal DJMackay JP Engineering specificity changes on a RanBP2 zinc finger that binds single-stranded RNA.; Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English); Vol 53(30). 2014 Jul 21. Clifton MKWestman BJThong SYO'Connell MRWebster MWShepherd NEQuinlan KGCrossley MBlobel GAMackay JP The identification and structure of an N-terminal PR domain show that FOG1 is a member of the PRDM family of proteins.; PloS one; Vol 9(8). 2014. Gamsjaeger RO'Connell MRCubeddu LShepherd NELowry JAKwan AHVandevenne MSwanton MKMatthews JMMackay JP A structural analysis of DNA binding by myelin transcription factor 1 double zinc fingers.; The Journal of biological chemistry; Vol 288(49). 2013 Dec 06. Bendak KLoughlin FECheung VO'Connell MRCrossley MMackay JP A rapid method for assessing the RNA-binding potential of a protein.; Nucleic acids research; Vol 40(14). 2012 Aug. O'Connell MRVandevenne MNguyen CDMatthews JMGamsjaeger RSegal DJMackay JP Modular assembly of RanBP2-type zinc finger domains to target single-stranded RNA.; Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English); Vol 51(22). 2012 May 29. Burdach JO'Connell MRMackay JPCrossley M Two-timing zinc finger transcription factors liaising with RNA.; Trends in biochemical sciences; Vol 37(5). 2012 May. Hsieh YSWilkinson BLO'Connell MRMackay JPMatthews JMPayne RJ Synthesis of the bacteriocin glycopeptide sublancin 168 and S-glycosylated variants.; Organic letters; Vol 14(7). 2012 Apr 06. O'Connell MRGamsjaeger RMackay JP The structural analysis of protein-protein interactions by NMR spectroscopy.; Proteomics; Vol 9(23). 2009 Dec.