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Michael Yarus
A ribonucleotide Origin for Life - Fluctuation and Near-ideal Reactions.
Teresa Janas; Tadeusz Janas; Michael Yarus
Human tRNA(Sec) associates with HeLa membranes, cell lipid liposomes, and synthetic lipid bilayers.
Michael Yarus
Darwinian behavior in a cold, sporadically fed pool of ribonucleotides.

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2013: Michael Yarus
A ribonucleotide Origin for Life - Fluctuation and Near-ideal Reactions.
Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life 2013;43(1):19-30.
2012: Teresa Janas; Tadeusz Janas; Michael Yarus
Human tRNA(Sec) associates with HeLa membranes, cell lipid liposomes, and synthetic lipid bilayers.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2012;18(12):2260-8.
2012: Michael Yarus
Darwinian behavior in a cold, sporadically fed pool of ribonucleotides.
Astrobiology 2012;12(9):870-83.
2012: Rebecca M Turk-Macleod; Irene Majerfeld; Deepa Puthenvedu; Michael Yarus
The plausibility of RNA-templated peptides: simultaneous RNA affinity for adjacent peptide side chains.
Journal of molecular evolution 2012;74(3-4):217-25.
2012: Mali Illangasekare; Michael Yarus
Small aminoacyl transfer centers at GU within a larger RNA.
RNA biology 2012;9(1):59-66.
2011: Michael Yarus
The meaning of a minuscule ribozyme.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 2011;366(1580):2902-9.
2011: Rebecca M Turk; Mali Illangasekare; Michael Yarus
Catalyzed and spontaneous reactions on ribozyme ribose.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2011;133(15):6044-50.
2011: Michael Yarus
Molecular biology. Climbing in 190 dimensions.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2011;332(6026):181-2.
2011: Michael Yarus
Getting past the RNA world: the initial Darwinian ancestor.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology 2011;3(4):.
2010: Mali Illangasekare; Rebecca Turk; G Colin Peterson; Manuel Lladser; Michael Yarus
Chiral histidine selection by D-ribose RNA.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2010;16(12):2370-83.
2010: Irene Majerfeld; Jana Chocholousova; Vikas Malaiya; Jeremy Widmann; Daniel McDonald; Jens Reeder; Matthew Iyer; Mali Illangasekare; Michael Yarus; Rob Knight
Nucleotides that are essential but not conserved; a sufficient L-tryptophan site in RNA.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2010;16(10):1915-24.
2010: Teresa Janas; Jeremy Joseph Widmann; Rob Knight; Michael Yarus
Simple, recurring RNA binding sites for L-arginine.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2010;16(4):805-16.
2010: Rebecca M Turk; Nataliya V Chumachenko; Michael Yarus
Multiple translational products from a five-nucleotide ribozyme.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2010;107(10):4585-9.
2010: Ryan Kennedy; Manuel E Lladser; Zhiyuan Wu; Chen Zhang; Michael Yarus; Hans De Sterck; Rob Knight
Natural and artificial RNAs occupy the same restricted region of sequence space.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2010;16(2):280-9.
2009: Michael Yarus; Jeremy Widmann; Rob Knight
RNA-amino acid binding: a stereochemical era for the genetic code.
Journal of molecular evolution 2009;69(5):406-29.
2009: Nataliya Chumachenko; Y Novikov; Michael Yarus
Rapid and simple ribozymic aminoacylation using three conserved nucleotides.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009;131(14):5257-63.
2008: Ryan Kennedy; Manuel E Lladser; Michael Yarus; Rob Knight
Information, probability, and the abundance of the simplest RNA active sites.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library 2008;13():6060-71.
2006: Tadeusz Janas; Teresa Janas; Michael Yarus
Specific RNA binding to ordered phospholipid bilayers.
Nucleic acids research 2006;34(7):2128-36.
2006: Sandra Smit; Michael Yarus; Rob Knight
Natural selection is not required to explain universal compositional patterns in rRNA secondary structure categories.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2006;12(1):1-14.
2005: Michael Yarus
Chemical biology: bring them back alive.
Nature 2005;438(7064):40.
2005: J Gregory Caporaso; Michael Yarus; Rob Knight
Error minimization and coding triplet/binding site associations are independent features of the canonical genetic code.
Journal of molecular evolution 2005;61(5):597-607.
2005: Michal Legiewicz; Catherine Lozupone; Rob Knight; Michael Yarus
Size, constant sequences, and optimal selection.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2005;11(11):1701-9.
2005: Jeremy Widmann; Massimo Di Giulio; Michael Yarus; Rob Knight
tRNA creation by hairpin duplication.
Journal of molecular evolution 2005;61(4):524-30.
2005: Irene Majerfeld; Deepa Puthenvedu; Michael Yarus
RNA affinity for molecular L-histidine; genetic code origins.
Journal of molecular evolution 2005;61(2):226-35.
2005: Michal Legiewicz; Michael Yarus
A more complex isoleucine aptamer with a cognate triplet.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2005;280(20):19815-22.
2005: Rob Knight; Hans De Sterck; Rob Markel; Sandra Smit; Alexander Oshmyansky; Michael Yarus
Abundance of correctly folded RNA motifs in sequence space, calculated on computational grids.
Nucleic acids research 2005;33(18):5924-35.
2005: Irene Majerfeld; Michael Yarus
A diminutive and specific RNA binding site for L-tryptophan.
Nucleic acids research 2005;33(17):5482-93.
2005: Michael Yarus; J Gregory Caporaso; Rob Knight
Origins of the genetic code: the escaped triplet theory.
Annual review of biochemistry 2005;74():179-98.
2004: Tadeusz Janas; Tadeusz Janas; Michael Yarus
A membrane transporter for tryptophan composed of RNA.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2004;10(10):1541-9.
2004: Rob Knight; Amanda Birmingham; Michael Yarus
BayesFold: rational 2 degrees folds that combine thermodynamic, covariation, and chemical data for aligned RNA sequences.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2004;10(9):1323-36.
2003: Michael Yarus
RNA as multitude/RNA as one.
Chemistry & biology 2003;10(12):1146-8.
2003: Tadeusz Janas; Michael Yarus
Visualization of membrane RNAs.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2003;9(11):1353-61.
2003: Catherine Lozupone; Shankar Changayil; Irene Majerfeld; Michael Yarus
Selection of the simplest RNA that binds isoleucine.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2003;9(11):1315-22.
2003: Jason Carnes; Marty Jacobson; Leslie A Leinwand; Michael Yarus
Stop codon suppression via inhibition of eRF1 expression.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2003;9(6):648-53.
2003: Michael Yarus; Mikel Valle; Joachim Frank
A twisted tRNA intermediate sets the threshold for decoding.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2003;9(4):384-5.
2003: Rob Knight; Michael Yarus
Analyzing partially randomized nucleic acid pools: straight dope on doping.
Nucleic acids research 2003;31(6):e30.
2003: Rob Knight; Michael Yarus
Finding specific RNA motifs: function in a zeptomole world?
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2003;9(2):218-30.
2002: Vasant R Jadhav; Michael Yarus
Coenzymes as coribozymes.
Biochimie 2002;84(9):877-88.
2002: Mali Illangasekare; Michael Yarus
Phenylalanine-binding RNAs and genetic code evolution.
Journal of molecular evolution 2002;54(3):298-311.
2002: Vasant R Jadhav; Michael Yarus
Acyl-CoAs from coenzyme ribozymes.
Biochemistry 2002;41(3):723-9.
2002: Michael Yarus
Primordial genetics: phenotype of the ribocyte.
Annual review of genetics 2002;36():125-51.
2001: Michael Yarus
Translation termination: a ghost ballet?
Molecular cell 2001;8(4):733-4.
2001: A Vlassov; A Khvorova; Michael Yarus
Binding and disruption of phospholipid bilayers by supramolecular RNA complexes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2001;98(14):7706-11.
2001: R K Kumar; Michael Yarus
RNA-catalyzed amino acid activation.
Biochemistry 2001;40(24):6998-7004.
2001: Michael Yarus
On translation by RNAs alone.
Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology 2001;66():207-15.
2000: Faqing Huang; C W Bugg; Michael Yarus
RNA-Catalyzed CoA, NAD, and FAD synthesis from phosphopantetheine, NMN, and FMN.
Biochemistry 2000;39(50):15548-55.
2000: J Carnes; Ludmila Frolova; S Zinnen; G Drugeon; M Phillippe; Just Justesen; Anne-Lise Haenni; Leslie A Leinwand; Lev L Kisselev; Michael Yarus
Suppression of eukaryotic translation termination by selected RNAs.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2000;6(10):1468-79.
2000: Michael Yarus; M Welch
Peptidyl transferase: ancient and exiguous.
Chemistry & biology 2000;7(10):R187-90.
2000: Michael Yarus
RNA-ligand chemistry: a testable source for the genetic code.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2000;6(4):475-84.
2000: Michael Yarus
Perspectives: protein synthesis. Unraveling the riddle of ProCys tRNA synthetase.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2000;287(5452):440-1.
1999: Mali Illangasekare; Michael Yarus
A tiny RNA that catalyzes both aminoacyl-RNA and peptidyl-RNA synthesis.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 1999;5(11):1482-9.
1999: A Khvorova; Y G Kwak; Michael M Tamkun; Irene Majerfeld; Michael Yarus
RNAs that bind and change the permeability of phospholipid membranes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1999;96(19):10649-54.
1999: F Huang; Z Yang; Michael Yarus
Self-capping RNA catalysts derived from selection-amplification.
The Biological bulletin 1999;196(3):320-1.
1999: Michael Yarus
Boundaries for an RNA world.
Current opinion in chemical biology 1999;3(3):260-7.
1999: Mali Illangasekare; Michael Yarus
Specific, rapid synthesis of Phe-RNA by RNA.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1999;96(10):5470-5.
1998: F Huang; Michael Yarus
Kinetics at a multifunctional RNA active site.
Journal of molecular biology 1998;284(2):255-67.
1998: F Huang; Z Yang; Michael Yarus
RNA enzymes with two small-molecule substrates.
Chemistry & biology 1998;5(11):669-78.
1998: Michael Yarus
Amino acids as RNA ligands: a direct-RNA-template theory for the code's origin.
Journal of molecular evolution 1998;47(1):109-17.
1998: Irene Majerfeld; Michael Yarus
Isoleucine:RNA sites with associated coding sequences.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 1998;4(4):471-8.
1997: Mali Illangasekare; O Kovalchuke; Michael Yarus
Essential structures of a self-aminoacylating RNA.
Journal of molecular biology 1997;274(4):519-29.
1997: F Huang; Michael Yarus
A calcium-metalloribozyme with autodecapping and pyrophosphatase activities.
Biochemistry 1997;36(46):14107-19.
1997: F Huang; Michael Yarus
Versatile 5' phosphoryl coupling of small and large molecules to an RNA.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1997;94(17):8965-9.
1997: Michael Yarus; Dennis W Schultz
Further comments on codon reassignment. Response.
Journal of molecular evolution 1997;45(1):3-6.
1997: M Welch; Irene Majerfeld; Michael Yarus
23S rRNA similarity from selection for peptidyl transferase mimicry.
Biochemistry 1997;36(22):6614-23.
1997: F Huang; Michael Yarus
5'-RNA self-capping from guanosine diphosphate.
Biochemistry 1997;36(22):6557-63.
1997: Mali Illangasekare; Michael Yarus
Small-molecule-substrate interactions with a self-aminoacylating ribozyme.
Journal of molecular biology 1997;268(3):631-9.
1996: J Ciesiolka; Michael Yarus
Small RNA-divalent domains.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 1996;2(8):785-93.
1996: Dennis W Schultz; Michael Yarus
On malleability in the genetic code.
Journal of molecular evolution 1996;42(5):597-601.
1996: J Ciesiolka; Mali Illangasekare; Irene Majerfeld; T Nickles; M Welch; Michael Yarus; S Zinnen
Affinity selection-amplification from randomized ribooligonucleotide pools.
Methods in enzymology 1996;267():315-35.
1995: J Ciesiolka; J Gorski; Michael Yarus
Selection of an RNA domain that binds Zn2+.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 1995;1(5):538-50.
1995: Mali Illangasekare; G Sanchez; T Nickles; Michael Yarus
Aminoacyl-RNA synthesis catalyzed by an RNA.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 1995;267(5198):643-7.
1995: M Welch; J Chastang; Michael Yarus
An inhibitor of ribosomal peptidyl transferase using transition-state analogy.
Biochemistry 1995;34(2):385-90.
1995: S Zinnen; Michael Yarus
An RNA pocket for the planar aromatic side chains of phenylalanine and tryptophane.
Nucleic acids symposium series 1995;(33):148-51.
1994: G J Connell; Michael Yarus
RNAs with dual specificity and dual RNAs with similar specificity.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 1994;264(5162):1137-41.
1994: Irene Majerfeld; Michael Yarus
An RNA pocket for an aliphatic hydrophobe.
Nature structural biology 1994;1(5):287-92.
1994: Dennis W Schultz; Michael Yarus
tRNA structure and ribosomal function. II. Interaction between anticodon helix and other tRNA mutations.
Journal of molecular biology 1994;235(5):1395-405.
1994: Dennis W Schultz; Michael Yarus
tRNA structure and ribosomal function. I. tRNA nucleotide 27-43 mutations enhance first position wobble.
Journal of molecular biology 1994;235(5):1381-94.
1994: Dennis W Schultz; Michael Yarus
Transfer RNA mutation and the malleability of the genetic code.
Journal of molecular biology 1994;235(5):1377-80.
1993: G J Connell; M Illangesekare; Michael Yarus
Three small ribooligonucleotides with specific arginine sites.
Biochemistry 1993;32(21):5497-502.
1993: E L Christian; Michael Yarus
Metal coordination sites that contribute to structure and catalysis in the group I intron from Tetrahymena.
Biochemistry 1993;32(17):4475-80.
1993: Michael Yarus
How many catalytic RNAs? Ions and the Cheshire cat conjecture.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 1993;7(1):31-9.
1992: E L Christian; Michael Yarus
Analysis of the role of phosphate oxygens in the group I intron from Tetrahymena.
Journal of molecular biology 1992;228(3):743-58.
1992: Michael Yarus; Irene Majerfeld
Co-optimization of ribozyme substrate stacking and L-arginine binding.
Journal of molecular biology 1992;225(4):945-9.
1992: W Q Li; Michael Yarus
Bar to normal UGA translation by the selenocysteine tRNA.
Journal of molecular biology 1992;223(1):9-15.
1991: Michael Yarus; M Illangesekare; E Christian
An axial binding site in the Tetrahymena precursor RNA.
Journal of molecular biology 1991;222(4):995-1012.
1991: Michael Yarus; M Illangesekare; E Christian
Selection of small molecules by the Tetrahymena catalytic center.
Nucleic acids research 1991;19(6):1297-304.
1991: Michael Yarus
An RNA-amino acid complex and the origin of the genetic code.
The New biologist 1991;3(2):183-9.
1990: Dennis W Schultz; Michael Yarus
A simple and sensitive in vivo luciferase assay for tRNA-mediated nonsense suppression.
Journal of bacteriology 1990;172(2):595-602.
1989: B J Hicke; E L Christian; Michael Yarus
Stereoselective arginine binding is a phylogenetically conserved property of group I self-splicing RNAs.
The EMBO journal 1989;8(12):3843-51.
1989: Michael Yarus; E L Christian
Genetic code origins.
Nature 1989;342(6248):349-50.
1989: L S Folley; Michael Yarus
Codon contexts from weakly expressed genes reduce expression in vivo.
Journal of molecular biology 1989;209(3):359-78.
1989: Michael Yarus; J Levine; G B Morin; Thomas R Cech
A Tetrahymena intron nucleotide connected to the GTP/arginine site.
Nucleic acids research 1989;17(17):6969-81.
1989: James F Curran; Michael Yarus
Rates of aminoacyl-tRNA selection at 29 sense codons in vivo.
Journal of molecular biology 1989;209(1):65-77.
1989: D Smith; Michael Yarus
Transfer RNA structure and coding specificity. II. A D-arm tertiary interaction that restricts coding range.
Journal of molecular biology 1989;206(3):503-11.
1989: D Smith; Michael Yarus
Transfer RNA structure and coding specificity. I. Evidence that a D-arm mutation reduces tRNA dissociation from the ribosome.
Journal of molecular biology 1989;206(3):489-501.
1989: Michael Yarus
Specificity of arginine binding by the Tetrahymena intron.
Biochemistry 1989;28(3):980-8.
1988: Michael Yarus
tRNA identity: a hair of the dogma that bit us.
Cell 1988;55(5):739-41.
1988: James F Curran; Michael Yarus
Use of tRNA suppressors to probe regulation of Escherichia coli release factor 2.
Journal of molecular biology 1988;203(1):75-83.
1988: Michael Yarus
A specific amino acid binding site composed of RNA.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 1988;240(4860):1751-8.
1987: James F Curran; Michael Yarus
Reading frame selection and transfer RNA anticodon loop stacking.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 1987;238(4833):1545-50.
1986: James F Curran; Michael Yarus
Base substitutions in the tRNA anticodon arm do not degrade the accuracy of reading frame maintenance.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1986;83(17):6538-42.
1985: Michael Yarus; L S Folley
Sense codons are found in specific contexts.
Journal of molecular biology 1985;182(4):529-40.