27. "Characterization of Novel Alleles of the E. coli umuDC genes Identified Additional Interaction Sites of UmuC with the Beta Clamp" Penny J. Beuning, Sarah Chan, Lauren S. Waters, Haripriya Addepalli, Jaylene N. Ollivierre, and Graham C. Walker Journal of Bacteriology 191 5910-5920 (2009).
26. "Steric Gate Variants of UmuC Confer UV Hypersensitivity on Escherichia coli" Brenna W. Shurtleff, Jaylene N. Ollivierre, Mohammad Tehrani, Graham C. Walker, and Penny J. Beuning Journal of Bacteriology 191 4815-4823 (2009).
25. "Distinct Double- and Single-Stranded DNA Binding of E. coli Replicative DNA Polymerase III Alpha Subunit" Micah J. McCauley, Leila Shokri, Jana Sefcikova, Ceslovas Venclovas, Penny J. Beuning, and Mark C. Williams ACS Chemical Biology 3 577-587 (2008).
24. "Y-Family DNA Polymerases in Escherichia coli" Daniel F. Jarosz, Penny J. Beuning, Susan E. Cohen, and Graham C. Walker Trends in Microbiology 15 70-77 (2007).
23. "Single DNA molecule stretching experiments provide an efficient method for determining the activity of drugs that target the HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein" Margareta Cruceanu, Andrew G. Stephen, Penny J. Beuning, Robert J. Gorelick, Robert J. Fisher, and Mark C. Williams, Analytical Biochemistry 358 159-170 (2006).
22. "A Non-Cleavable UmuD Variant that Acts as a UmuD' Mimic" Penny J. Beuning, Sharotka M. Simon, Adam Zemla, Daniel Barsky, and Graham C. Walker, Journal of Biological Chemistry 281 9633-9640 (2006).
21. "Two Processivity Clamp Interactions Differentially Alter the Dual Activities of UmuC" Penny J. Beuning, Dorota Sawicka, Daniel Barsky, and Graham C. Walker, Molecular Microbiology 59 460-474 (2006).
20. "Characterization of E. coli translesion synthesis polymerases and their accessory factors" Penny J. Beuning, Sharotka M. Simon, Veronica G. Godoy, Daniel F. Jarosz, and Graham C. Walker, Methods in Enzymology 408 318-340 (2006).
19. "Gene Expression in Bacterial Systems: The LexA Regulatory System" in Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry Vol 2., V. G. Godoy, P. J. Beuning and G. C. Walker; W. J. Lennarz and M. D. Lane, Eds., Academic Press/Elsevier Science, San Diego, CA. pp. 546-550, (2004). (encyclopedia chapter)
18. "Signal Transduction in the SOS Response" in Handbook of Cellular Signaling, Volume 3, P. J. Beuning and G. C. Walker; Al Fornace, Ed. Chapter 299, pp. 185-189. Elsevier Science, San Diego, CA (2003). (book chapter)
17. "An isolated class II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase insertion domain is functional in amino acid editing" F.-C. Wong, P. J. Beuning, C. Silvers, and K. Musier-Forsyth, Journal of Biological Chemistry 278 52857-52864 (2003).
16. "Introducing the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA): A Resource and A Voice for Postdoctoral Scholars." P. J. Beuning and A. J. Reese, AWIS Magazine 32 27-29 (2003).
15. "Functional role of the prokaryotic proline-tRNA synthetase insertion domain in amino acid editing." F.-C. Wong*, P. J. Beuning*, M. C. Nagan, K. Shiba, and K.-Musier-Forsyth, Biochemistry 41 7108-7115 (2002).
14. "Efficient Aminoacylation of the tRNAAla Acceptor Stem: Dependence on 2:71 Base Pair" P. J. Beuning*, M. C. Nagan*, C. J. Cramer, K. Musier-Forsyth, J. L. Gepi, and D. Bashford, RNA 8 659-670 (2002).
13. "Amino acid activation of a dual-specificity tRNA synthetase is independent of tRNA" R. S. Lipman*, P. J. Beuning*, K. Musier-Forsyth and Y.-M. Hou, Journal of Molecular Biology 316 421-427 (2002).
12. "Alanine-tRNA synthetase recognition of wild-type microhelixAla versus a C1:G72 variant: An NMR and molecular dynamics analysis" D. A. Kallick, M. C. Nagan, P. J. Beuning, S. Kerimo, M. R. Tessmer, C. J. Cramer, and K. Musier-Forsyth, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 106 8878-8884 (2002).
11. "Species-Specific Differences in Amino Acid Editing by Class II Prolyl-tRNA Synthetase" P. J. Beuning and K. Musier-Forsyth, Journal of Biological Chemistry 276 30779-30785 (2001).
10. "Hydrolytic Editing by a Class II Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase" P. Beuning and K. Musier-Forsyth Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97 8916-8920 (2000)
9. "Importance of Discriminator-Base Stacking Interactions: Molecular Dynamics Analysis of A73 MicrohelixAla Variants" M. C. Nagan, P. Beuning, K. Musier-Forsyth, and C. J. Cramer Nucleic Acids Research 28 2527-2534 (2000)
8. "Role of Zinc Ion in Translational Accuracy Becomes Crystal Clear" K. Musier-Forsyth and P. J. Beuning Nature Structural Biology 7 435-436 (2000) (News and Views)
7. "Transfer RNA Recognition by Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases" K. Musier-Forsyth and P. Beuning Biopolymers 52 1-28 (1999) (Review)
6. "Increasing Retention and Improving the Climate for Women in Chemistry" P. Beuning and S. Page 1999 CIC WISE Best Practices Guidebook: Mentoring Programs Edited by Jane Zimmer Daniels 17-22 (1999)
5. "Identification of Discriminator Base Atomic Groups That Modulate the Alanine Aminoacylation Reaction" A. Fischer, P. Beuning, and K. Musier-Forsyth Journal of Biological Chemistry 274 37093-37096 (1999)
4. "Sequence-Dependent Conformational Differences of Small RNAs Revealed by Native Gel Electrophoresis" P. Beuning, M. Tessmer, C. Baumann, D. Kallick and K. Musier-Forsyth Analytical Biochemistry 273 284-290 (1999)
3. "Subtle Functional Interactions in the RNA Minor Groove at a Nonessential Base Pair" B. Henderson, P. Beuning, J.-P. Shi, R. Bald, J.P. Fuerste, V.A. Erdmann, K. Musier-Forsyth, and Paul Schimmel Journal of the American Chemical Society 120 9110-9111 (1998)
2. "Specific Atomic Groups and RNA Helix Geometry in Acceptor Stem Recognition by a tRNA Synthetase" P. J. Beuning, Fan Yang, Paul Schimmel, and K. Musier-Forsyth Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 94 10150-10154 (1997)
1. "Atomic Group 'Mutagenesis' Reveals Major Groove Fine Interactions of a tRNA Synthetase with an RNA Helix" P. J. Beuning, M. Gulotta, and K. Musier-Forsyth Journal of the American Chemical Society 119 8397-8402 (1997)
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