Selected Publication List of JOHN CHAPUT

"Template-Directed Nucleation and Growth of Inorganic Nanoparticles on DNA Scaffolds ," L.A. Stearns, R. Chhabra, J. Sharma, Y. Liu, W.T. Petuskey, H. Yan, and J.C. Chaput , Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48 8494-8496 (2009)

"Recognition of acetylated chromatin using a DNA aptamer," L. Lin, Q. Fu, B.A.R, Williams, A.M. Azzaz, M.A. Shogren-Knaak, J.C. Chaput, and S.M. Lindsay, Biophys. J. 97 1804-1807 (2009)

"A Man-made ATP-Binding Protein Evolved Independent of Nature Causes Abnormal Growth in Bacterial Cells," J.M. Stomel, J.W. Wilson, M.A. Leon, P. Stafford, and J.C. Chaput , PLoS ONE 4 e7385 (2009)

"Creating Protein Affinity Reagents by Combining Peptide Ligands on Synthetic DNA Scaffolds ," B.A.R. Williams, C.W. Diehnelt, P. Belcher, M. Greving, N.W. Woodbury, S.A. Johnston, and J.C. Chaput , J. Am. Chem. Soc. In Press (2009)

"Transcription of an RNA Aptamer by a DNA Polymerase," E. O. McCullum and J. C. Chaput, Chem. Comm. 2938-2940 (2009)

"Evolution of a Histone H4-K16 Acetyl-Specific DNA Aptamer," B.A.R. Williams, L. Lin, S.M. Lindsay, and J.C. Chaput, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131 6330-6331 (2009)

"A Synthetic Protein Selected for Ligand Binding Affinity Mediates ATP Hydrolysis," C.R. Simmons, J.M. Stomel, M.D. McConnell, D.A. Smith, J.L. Watkins, J.P. Allen, and J.C. Chaput, ACS Chemical Biology 4 649-658 (2009)

"Conformational Analysis of DNA Repair Intermediates by Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy," S. Lin, D.P. Horning, J.W. Szostak, and J.C. Chaput, J. Phys. Chem. 113 9585-9587 (2009)

"Searching Combinatorial Libraries for Native Proteins with Novel Folds," J.L. Watkins and J.C. Chaput, ChemBioChem 9 1361-1363 (2008)

"Creating Protein Biocatalysts as Tools for Future Industrial Applications," J.C. Chaput, N.W. Woodbury, L.A. Stearns, B.A.R. Williams, Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy 8 1087-1098 (2008)

"Synthesis of Two Mirror-Image 4-Helix Junctions Derived from Glycerol Nucleic Acid," R.S. Zhang, E.O. McCullum, and J.C. Chaput, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130 5846-5847 (2008)

"In Vitro Selection of Histone H4 Aptamers for Recognition Imaging Microscopy," L. Lin, D. Hom, S.M. Lindsay, J.C. Chaput, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129 14568-14569 (2007)

"Experimental Evidence that GNA and TNA were not Sequential Polymers in the Prebiotic Evolution of RNA," Y-W. Yang, R.S. Zhang, E.O. McCullum, and J.C. Chaput, J. Mol. Evol. 65 289-295 (2007)

"Structural Insights into the Evolution of a Non-Biological Protein: Importance of Surface Residues in Protein Fold Optimization," M.D. Smith, M.A. Rosenow, M. Wang, J.P. Allen, J.W. Szostak, and J.C. Chaput, PLos One 2 e467 (2007)

"Structure and Evolutionary Analysis of a Non-biological ATP-binding Protein," S.S. Mansy, J. Zhang, R. Kümmerle, M. Nilsson, J.J. Chou, J.W. Szostak and J.C. Chaput, J. Mol. Biol. 371 501-513 (2007)

"Self-Assembled Peptide Nanoarrays: An Approach to studying Protein-Protein Interactions," B. Williams, K. Lund, Y. Liu, H. Yan., and J.C. Chaput , Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46 3051-3054 (2007)

"Kinetic Analysis of an Efficient DNA-Dependent TNA Polymerase," A. Horhota, Z. Keyong, J.K. Ichida, B. Yu, L.W. McLaughlin, J.W. Szostak and J.C. Chaput, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127 7427-7434 (2005)

"Evolutionary Optimization of a Non-Biological ATP-Binding Protein for Improved Folding Stability," J.C. Chaput and J.W. Szostak, Chemistry & Biology 11 865-874 (2004)

"DNA Polymerase-Mediated TNA Synthesis," J.C. Chaput and J.W. Szostak, J. Am. Chem. Soc 125 9274-9275 (2003)