Dr.john Tainer
Professor
Structural Biology
The Scripps Research University
France
Biography
Ph.D., Biochemistry, Duke University, faculty, researcher and also professor in The Scripps university, along with joint appointments in national science laboratory,
Research Interest
Mainly focused in the areas of structural analysis, protein and drug design for healing diseases quickly.
Publications
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Fan, L., Fuss, J.O., Cheng, Q.J., Arvai, A.S., Hammel M., Roberts, V.A., Cooper; P.K., Tainer, J.A. (2008) XPD helicase structures and activities: insights into the cancer and aging phenotypes from XPD mutations. Cell 133: 789-800.
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Hura, G.L., Menon, A.L., Hammel, M., Rambo, R.P., Poole, F.L., Tsutakawa, S.E., Jenney, F.E., Frankel, K.A., Hopkins, R.C., Scott, J.O., Dillard, B.D., Classen, S., Adams, M.W.W. and Tainer, J.A. (2009) Rapid and robust proteomics-scale solution structural analyses determined by x-ray scattering (SAXS) Nature Methods 6: 606-612. PMCID in progress.
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Williams RS, Dodson GE, Limbo O, Yamada Y, Williams JS, Guenther G, Classen S, Glover JN, Iwasaki H, Russell P, Tainer JA (2009). Nbs1 flexibly tethers Ctp1 and Mre11-Rad50 to coordinate DNA double-strand break processing and repair. Cell 139: 87-99. PMCID: 2762657.
