Tara Davis
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Drexel University College of Medicine
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Davis is an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Prior to joining the College of Medicine, she served as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Toronto and the University of California – Santa Cruz. PhD in Molecular Biophysics - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Research Interest
RNA biology, structural biology, X-ray crystallography, pre-mRNA splicing.
Publications
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Davis TL, Walker JR, Allaliâ€Hassani A, Parker SA, Turk BE, Dheâ€Paganon S. Structural recognition of an optimized substrate for the ephrin family of receptor tyrosine kinases. The FEBS journal. 2009 Aug 1;276(16):4395-404.
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Littler DR, Walker JR, Davis T, Wybenga-Groot LE, Finerty PJ, Newman E, Mackenzie F, Dhe-Paganon S. A conserved mechanism of autoinhibition for the AMPK kinase domain: ATP-binding site and catalytic loop refolding as a means of regulation. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 2010 Feb 1;66(2):143-51.
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Nguyen TG, Honson NS, Arns S, Davis TL, Dhe-Paganon S, Kovacic S, Kumar NS, Pfeifer TA, Young RN. Development of fluorescent substrates and assays for the key autophagy-related cysteine protease enzyme, ATG4B. Assay and drug development technologies. 2014 Apr 1;12(3):176-89.
