Mura Lab

at the University of Virginia

Please note:
Publications (reverse chronological order)
17) Rapid Colorimetric Assays to Qualitatively Distinguish RNA and DNA in Biomolecular Samples by
Jennifer L. Patterson & Cameron Mura*
(2012; in prep)
16) Computational Chemistry of Molecular Interactions by
Cameron Mura*
(2012; forthcoming)
15) Abstractions, Algorithms and Data Structures for Structural Bioinformatics in PyCogent by
Marcin Cieślik, Zygmunt Derewenda, & Cameron Mura*
Journal of Applied Crystallography (2011), 44(2), 424–428.
♦ PMID 22479120
[PDF version] [DOI link] (Supplementary Materials: text, use-case 1 Python code, use-case 2 Python code)
14) A Lightweight, Flow-based Toolkit for Parallel and Distributed Bioinformatics Pipelines by
Marcin Cieślik & Cameron Mura*
BMC Bioinformatics (2011), 12(61), 1–11.
[highly accessed] ♦ PMID 21352538
[PDF version] [DOI link] (Less erroneous version (fewer typos) | Additional File 1)
13) Molecular Dynamics of Potential rRNA Binders: Single-Stranded Nucleic Acids and Some Analogues by
Joanna Panecka, Cameron Mura, & Joanna Trylska*
Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2011), 115(3), 7794–7806.
♦ PMID 21192664
[PDF version] [DOI link]
12) An Introduction to Biomolecular Graphics by
Cameron Mura,* Colin M. McCrimmon, Jason Vertrees, & Michael R. Sawaya
PLoS Computational Biology (2010), 6(8): e1000918.
♦ PMID 20865174
[PDF version] [DOI link] (Supplementary Materials)
11) PaPy: Parallel and Distributed Data-processing Pipelines in Python by
Marcin Cieślik & Cameron Mura*
Proceedings of SciPy2009: The 8th Annual Conference on Python for Scientific Computing (2009), 41–47. [invited; peer-reviewed]
♦ not indexed by PubMed
[PDF version] [DOI link]
10) RapA, the SWI/SNF Subunit of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase, Promotes the Release of Nascent RNA from Transcription Complexes by
Brandon Yawn, Lin Zhang, Cameron Mura, & Maxim V. Sukhodolets*
Biochemistry (2009), 48, 7794–7806.
♦ PMID 19580329 ♦ cited = 6 (oct2011)
[PDF version] [DOI link]
9) Molecular Dynamics of a κB DNA Element: Base Flipping via Cross-strand Intercalative Stacking in a Microsecond-scale Simulation by
Cameron Mura* & J. Andrew McCammon
Nucleic Acids Research (2008), 36(15), 4941–4955.
♦ PMID 18653524 ♦ cited = 20 (aug2011)
[PDF version] [DOI link] (Supplementary Website [animations, text, & other info])
8) Sm-like Protein Hfq: Location of the ATP-binding Site and the Effect of ATP on Hfq•RNA Complexes by
Véronique Arluison, Shravan K. Mutyam, Cameron Mura, Sergio Marco, & Maxim V. Sukhodolets*
Protein Science (2007), 16, 1830–1841.
♦ PMID 17660259 ♦ cited = 9 (aug2011)
[PDF version] [DOI link]
7) Three-dimensional Structures of Fibrillar Sm Proteins: Hfq and Other Sm-like Proteins by
Véronique Arluison,†∗ Cameron Mura, Maria Romero-Guzmán, Jean Liquier, Olivier Pellegrini, Mari Gingery, Philippe Régnier, & Sergio Marco
Journal of Molecular Biology (2006), 356(1), 86–96.
♦ PMID 16337963 ♦ cited = 13 (aug2011)
[PDF version] [DOI link] (Supplementary Materials)
Popular scientific coverage:
2006 San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) Wall Calendar (Ms December)
2004 PDB Holiday Postcard (not from my work, but same Sm-like protein that was part of this study)
6) Structure and Assembly of an Augmented Sm-like Archaeal Protein 14-mer by
Cameron Mura, Martin Phillips, Anna Kozhukhovsky, & David Eisenberg*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2003), 100(8), 4539–4544.
♦ PMID 12668760 ♦ cited = 21 (aug2011)
[PDF version] [DOI link] PDB link to 1M5Q
5) The Oligomerization and Ligand-binding Properties of Sm-like Archaeal Proteins (SmAPs) by
Cameron Mura, Anna Kozhukhovsky, Mari Gingery, Martin Phillips, & David Eisenberg*
Protein Science (2003), 12, 832–847.
♦ PMID 12649441 ♦ cited = 23 (aug2011)
[PDF version] [DOI link] PDB link to 1JBM PDB link to 1JRI PDB link to 1LOJ PDB link to 1LNX
Popular scientific coverage:
Cover Illustration
2003 PDB Holiday Postcard
2003 PDB Annual Report (see last page)
4) Structure and Function of an Archaeal Homolog of Survival Protein E (SurEα): An Acid Phosphatase with Purine Nucleotide Specificity by
Cameron Mura, Jonathan E. Katz, Steven G. Clarke, & David Eisenberg*
Journal of Molecular Biology (2003), 326(5), 1559–1575.
♦ PMID 12595266 ♦ cited = 13 (aug2011)
[PDF version] [DOI link] PDB link to 1L5X (Supplementary Materials; Erratum [HTML, PDF])
3) Structure of a Nudix Protein from Pyrobaculum aerophilum Reveals a Dimer with Two Intersubunit β-Sheets by
Shuishu Wang, Cameron Mura, Michael R. Sawaya, & David Eisenberg*
Acta Crystallographica Section D (2002), 58, 571–578.
♦ PMID 11914479 ♦ cited = 15 (aug2011)
[PDF version] [DOI link] PDB link to 1JRK PDB link to 1K26 PDB link to 1K2E
2) The Crystal Structure of a Heptameric Archaeal Sm Protein: Implications for the Sm Core of Eukaryotic SnRNPs by
Cameron Mura, Duilio Cascio, Michael R. Sawaya, & David Eisenberg*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2001), 98, 5532–5537.
♦ PMID 11331747 ♦ cited = 70 (aug2011)
[PDF version] [DOI link] PDB link to 1I8F
1) Oxyanion-Mediated Inhibition of Serine Proteases by
Steven R. Presnell, Girish S. Patil, Cameron Mura, Kevin M. Jude, Jennifer M. Conley, Jay A. Bertrand, Chih-Min Kam, James C. Powers, & Loren Dean Williams*
Biochemistry (1998), 37, 17068–17081.
♦ PMID 9836602 ♦ cited = 18 (aug2011)
[PDF version] [DOI link] PDB link to 1BJU PDB link to 1BJV