Selected publications from the Cordes laboratory

1. "N15 Cro and lambda Cro: orthologous DNA-binding domains with completely different but equally effective homodimer interfaces", M.S. Dubrava, W.M. Ingram, S.A. Roberts, A. Weichsel, W.R. Montfort, M.H.J. Cordes. Protein Science, in press (2008).
   

2. "Transitive homology-guided structural studies lead to discovery of Cro proteins with 40% sequence identity but different folds", C.G. Roessler, B.M. Hall, W.J. Anderson, W.M. Ingram, S.A. Roberts, W.R. Montfort, M.H.J. Cordes.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105, 2343–2348 (2008). [Pubmed]
   

3. "Two structures of a lambda Cro variant highlight dimer flexibility but disfavor major dimer distortions upon specific binding of cognate DNA", B.M. Hall, S.A. Roberts, A.M. Heroux, M.H.J. Cordes.  J. Mol. Biol. 375, 802–811 (2008). [Pubmed]

4. "Conservation and diversity in the immunity regions of wild phage with the immunity specificity of phage lambda", P.H. Degnan, C.B. Michalowski, A.C. Babic, M.H.J. Cordes, J.W Little. Mol. Microbiol. 64, 232–244 (2007). [Pubmed]
   

5. "High polar content of long buried blocks of sequence in protein domains suggests selection against amyloidogenic nonpolar sequences", A.U. Patki, A.C. Hausrath, and M.H.J. Cordes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 362, 800–809 (2006). [Pubmed]
   

6. "Relationship between sequence determinants of stability for two natural homologous proteins with different folds", L.O. Van Dorn, T. Newlove, S. Chang, W.M. Ingram, and M.H.J. Cordes. Biochemistry.45, 10542–10553 (2006). [Pubmed]
   

7. "A trade between similar but nonequivalent intrasubunit and intersubunit contacts in Cro dimer evolution", T. Newlove, K.R. Atkinson, L.O. Van Dorn, and M.H.J. Cordes. Biochemistry. 45, 6379–6391 (2006). [Pubmed]
   

8. "Lateral gene transfer of a dermonecrotic toxin between spiders and bacteria", M.H.J. Cordes and G.J. Binford. Bioinformatics. 22, 264–268 (2006). [Pubmed]
   

9. “Sequence correlations between Cro recognition helices and cognate OR consensus half-sites suggest conserved rules of protein-DNA recognition”, B.M. Hall, K.R. LeFevre, and M.H.J. Cordes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 350, 667–681 (2005). [Pubmed]
   

10. "Secondary structure switching in Cro protein evolution", T. Newlove, J. H. Konieczka, and M.H.J. Cordes. Structure. 12, 569–581 (2004). [Pubmed]
    

11. "Retroevolution of lambda Cro toward a stable monomer", K.R. LeFevre and M.H.J. Cordes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100, 2345–2350 (2003). [Pubmed]