Two perylene diimide (PDI) enantiomers (d/l-PDI) incorporating the d/l-alanine moiety have been designed and synthesized. d/l-PDI in chloroform displays bright-yellow fluorescence that is… Continue reading Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Chiral Perylene Diimide Based Enantiomers Triggered by Supramolecular Self-Assembly
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
May 24, 2018
A simple biosensing platform which involves the application of thermoresponsive hydrogels (p(NIPA-co-AA)) for detection of target DNA sequences is presented.… Continue reading Changes in the volume phase transition temperature of hydrogels for detection of the DNA hybridization process
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Protein aggregation triggered by conformational changes is considered to be one of the major reasons for neuro-degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s… Continue reading Micro-viscosity induced conformational transitions in poly-L-lysine
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Traditional targeting nanoprobes suffer from the risks of partial loss of targeting activity and nanoparticles aggregation induced by post-modifications, ambiguous… Continue reading Green and Facile Synthesis of a Theranostic Nanoprobe with Intrinsic Biosafety and Targeting Ability
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Clinical isolates producing hybrid CTX-M β-lactamases, presumably due to recombination between the blaCTX-M-15 and blaCTX-M-14 elements, have emerged in recent years. Among the hybrid… Continue reading Comparative characterization of CTX-M-64 and CTX-M-14: insights into the structure and catalytic activity of the CTX-M class of enzymes
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Uric acid, a side product of nucleotide metabolism, should be cleared from blood stream since its accumulation can cause cardiovascular… Continue reading Utilizing intein-mediated protein cleaving for purification of uricase, a multimeric enzyme
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Amylomaltase catalyzes intermolecular and intramolecular transglucosylation reactions to form linear and cyclic oligosaccharides, respectively. The aim of this work is… Continue reading Roles of N287 in catalysis and product formation of amylomaltase from Corynebacterium glutamicum
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
A critical aggregation concentration of 0.30–0.50 mg/mL was previously obtained for type I collagen at 0.1 M acetic acid (AA). In the… Continue reading Changes in aggregation behavior of collagen molecules in solution with varying concentrations of acetic acid
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
The changes of lysozyme structure during egg storage were investigated by Fluorescence spectroscopy, Circular Dichroism spectroscopy and Fourier Transform-Raman spectroscopy,… Continue reading The changes of secondary structures and properties of lysozyme along with the egg storage
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Point mutations in γ-cytoplasmic actin have been shown to result in autosomal-dominant, nonsyndromic, early-onset deafness. Two mutations at the same site,… Continue reading Two Deafness-Causing Actin Mutations (DFNA20/26) Have Allosteric Effects on the Actin Structure
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
C-myb proto-oncogene is a potential therapeutic target for some human solid tumors and leukemias. A long cytosine-rich sequence, which locates the… Continue reading The formation and characteristics of the i-motif structure within the promoter of the c-myb proto-oncogene
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Molecular chaperones are a very special class of proteins that play essential roles in many cellular processes like folding, targeting… Continue reading Hsp60, amateur chaperone in amyloid-beta fibrillogenesis
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Luminogenic materials with tunable fluorescence emission have attracted increasing interest due to their broad applications. Here, we develop a versatile… Continue reading Continuously-tunable fluorescent polypeptides through a polymer-assisted assembly strategy
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017