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Kwaku Dayie

Kwaku Dayie
Associate Professor

dayie@umd.edu
phone: 301.405....
fax: 301.314.9121

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Research Summary

Structural and Functional Characterization of RNA Involved in mRNA Splicing. Advanced NMR and fluorescence techniques are applied to the dynamics of the Group II Intron.

Recent Publications

K.T. Dayie & R.A. Padgett (2008) A glimpse into the active site of the Group II intron and maybe the Spliceosome too. RNA, in press.

K.T. Dayie (2008) Key labeling technologies to tackle sizeable problems in RNA structural biology, Invited Review of Special Issue on Nucleic Acid Derivatives in Emerging Technologies, Int. J. Mol. Sci.

K.T. Dayie, O.H. Gumbs, N.V. Eldho, M. Seetharaman & M. Thompson (2007). In-gel fluorescence probing of RNA-RNA interactions. Analytical Biochemistry 362: 278-280.

N.V. Eldho & K.T. Dayie (2007) Internal bulge and tetraloop of the catalytic domain 5 of a group II intron ribozyme are flexible: Implications for catalysis. J. Mol. Biol. 365:930-944.

O.H. Gumbs, R.A. Padgett & K.T. Dayie (2006). A fluorescence and solution NMR probe of a 160 kDa group II intron ribozyme active site. RNA 12: 1693-1707.

 

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