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in 2007 !
Garcia
LT, Leite NR, Alfonzo, J.D.,
Thiemann OH.
Effects of Trypanosoma brucei tryptophanyl-tRNA
synthetases silencing by RNA interference.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2007 Sep;102(6):757-62.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Gaston
KW, Rubio MA, Spears JL, Pastar I, Nina
Papavasiliou F, Alfonzo, J.D.
C
to U editing at position 32 of the anticodon
loop precedes tRNA 5' leader removal in
trypanosomatids.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2007 Oct 4; [Epub ahead
of print]
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Garcia
LT, Leite NR, Alfonzo, J.D.,
Thiemann OH.
Effects
of Trypanosoma brucei tryptophanyl-tRNA
synthetases silencing by RNA interference.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2007 Sep 5; [Epub
ahead of print]
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Ling
J, Roy H, Qin D, Rubio MA, Alfonzo,
J.D., Fredrick
K, Ibba M.
Pathogenic
mechanism of a human mitochondrial tRNAPhe
mutation associated with myoclonic epilepsy
with ragged red fibers syndrome.Proc Natl
Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Sep 25;104(39):15299-304.
Epub 2007 Sep 18. (Abstract)
(PDF)
Rubio
MA, Pastar I, Gaston KW, Ragone FL, Janzen
CJ, Cross GA, Papavasiliou FN, Alfonzo,
J.D. An adenosine-to-inosine
tRNA-editing enzyme that can perform C-to-U
deamination of DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U
S A. 2007 May 8;104(19):7821-6. Epub 2007
May 1.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Madej
MJ, Alfonzo, J.D., Huttenhofer
A. Small ncRNA transcriptome analysis from
kinetoplast mitochondria of Leishmania tarentolae.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2007;35(5):1544-54. Epub
2007 Feb 7.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
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Cassago,
A., Rodrigues E.M., Prieto, E.L., Gaston,
K.W., Alfonzo, J.D., Iribar,
M.P., Berry, M.J., Cruz, A.K. and Thiemann,
O.H. 2006. Identification of Leishmania
selenoproteins and SECIS element. Mol. Biochem.
Parasitol. 149:128-134.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Yakovich,
A.J., Ragone, F.L., Alfonzo, J.D.,
Sackett, D.L., Werbovetz, K.A. 2006.
Leishmania tarentolae: purification and
characterization of tubulin and its suitability
for antileishmanial drug screening. Exp.
Parasitol. 114:289-296. (Abstract)
(PDF)
Rubio,
M.A., Ragone, F., Gaston, K., Ibba, M. and
Alfonzo, J.D. 2006.
C to U editing stimulates A to I editing
in the anticodon loop of a threonyl tRNA
in trypanosomatids. J. Biol. Chem. 281:115-120.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Rinehart
J., Krett B., Rubio M.A., Alfonzo
J.D., and Söll, D. 2005. Saccharomyces
cerevisiae imports the cytosolic pathway
for Gln-tRNA synthesis into the mitochondrion.
Genes and Development. 19:583-592. (Abstract)
(PDF)
Roy
H., Ling J., Alfonzo J.,
and Ibba M. 2005. Loss of editing activity
during the evolution of mitochondrial phenyalanyl-tRNA
synthetase. J. Biol. Chem. 280:38186-92.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Rubio
MA. T., and Alfonzo J.D.
2005. Editing and modification in trypanosomatids:
the reshaping of non-coding RNAs. Topics
in Current Genetics. 12:71-86.
Sbicego
S, Alfonzo
JD, Estevez AM, Rubio MA,
Kang X, Turck CW, Peris M, Simpson L.
RBP38, a novel RNA-binding protein from
trypanosomatid mitochondria, modulates RNA
stability. Eukaryot Cell. 2003 Jun;2(3):560-8.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Monzani
PS, Alfonzo
JD, Simpson L, Oliva G,
Thiemann OH. Cloning, characterization and
preliminary crystallographic analysis of
Leishmania hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2002 Jul 29;1598(1-2):3-9.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Crain
PF*, Alfonzo JD*, Rozenski
J, Kapushoc ST, McCloskey JA, Simpson L.
Modification of the universally unmodified
uridine-33 in a mitochondria-imported edited
tRNA and the role of the anticodon arm structure
on editing efficiency. RNA. 2002 Jun;8(6):752-61.
(* equal contribution) (Abstract)
(PDF)
Kapushoc
ST, Alfonzo JD, Simpson
L. Differential localization of nuclear-encoded
tRNAs between the cytosol and mitochondrion
in Leishmania tarentolae. RNA. 2002 Jan;8(1):57-68.
(PDF)
Carrillo R, Thiemann OH, Alfonzo
JD, Simpson L. Uridine insertion/deletion
RNA editing in Leishmania tarentolae mitochondria
shows cell cycle dependence. Mol Biochem
Parasitol. 2001 Mar;113(1):175-81.
Kapushoc
ST, Alfonzo JD, Rubio MA,
Simpson L. End processing precedes mitochondrial
importation and editing of tRNAs in Leishmania
tarentolae. J Biol Chem. 2000 Dec 1;275(48):37907-14.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Rubio
MA, Liu X, Yuzawa H, Alfonzo JD,
Simpson L. Selective importation of RNA
into isolated mitochondria from Leishmania
tarentolae. RNA. 2000 Jul;6(7):988-1003.
(PDF)
Simpson
L, Thiemann OH, Savill NJ, Alfonzo
JD, Maslov DA. Evolution of RNA
editing in trypanosome mitochondria. Proc
Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Jun 20;97(13):6986-93.
Review. (Abstract)
(PDF)
Alfonzo
JD, Blanc V, Estevez AM, Rubio
MA, Simpson L. C to U editing of the anticodon
of imported mitochondrial tRNA(Trp) allows
decoding of the UGA stop codon in Leishmania
tarentolae. EMBO J. 1999 Dec 15;18(24):7056-62.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Estevez
AM, Thiemann OH, Alfonzo
JD, Simpson L. T7 RNA polymerase-driven
transcription in mitochondria of Leishmania
tarentolae and Trypanosoma brucei. Mol Biochem
Parasitol. 1999 Oct 15;103(2):251-9. (Abstract)
(PDF)
Blanc
V, Alfonzo JD, Aphasizhev
R, Simpson L. The mitochondrial RNA ligase
from Leishmania tarentolae can join RNA
molecules bridged by a complementary RNA.
J Biol Chem. 1999 Aug 20;274(34):24289-96.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Alfonzo
JD, Crother TR, Guetsova
ML, Daignan-Fornier B, Taylor MW. APT1,
but not APT2, codes for a functional adenine
phosphoribosyltransferase in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae.J Bacteriol. 1999 Jan;181(1):347-52.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Thiemann
OH, Alfonzo
JD, Simpson L. Cloning and
characterization of Leishmania tarentolae
adenine phosphoribosyltransferase. Mol Biochem
Parasitol. 1998 Sep 1;95(1):141-6.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Alfonzo
JD, Thiemann OH, Simpson L. Purification
and characterization of MAR1. A mitochondrial
associated ribonuclease from Leishmania
tarentolae. J Biol Chem. 1998 Nov 6;273(45):30003-11.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Simpson
L, Wang SH, Thiemann OH, Alfonzo
JD, Maslov DA, Avila HA.U-insertion/deletion
Edited Sequence Database. Nucleic Acids
Res. 1998 Jan 1;26(1):170-6. (Abstract)
(PDF)
Alfonzo
JD, Sahota A, Taylor MW.
Purification and characterization of adenine
phosphoribosyltransferase from Saccharomyces
cerevisiae. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1997 Sep
5;1341(2):173-82.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
Alfonzo
JD, Thiemann O, Simpson L. The
mechanism of U insertion/deletion RNA editing
in kinetoplastid mitochondria. Nucleic Acids
Res. 1997 Oct 1;25(19):3751-9. Review. (Abstract)
(PDF)
Alfonzo
JD, Sahota A, Deeley MC,
Ranjekar P, Taylor MW. Cloning and characterization
of the adenine phosphoribosyltransferase-encoding
gene (APT1) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Gene. 1995 Aug 8;161(1):81-5.
(Abstract)
(PDF)
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