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75. "Deoxyribozymes: Selection
Design and Serendipity in the Development of DNA Catalysts",
S. K. Silverman, Acc. Chem. Res. 2009, 42, in press (invited review).
74. "DNA-Catalyzed Sequence-Specific Hydrolysis of DNA", M. Chandra, A. Sachdeva, and S. K. Silverman,
Nat. Chem. Biol. 2009,
5, in press.
73. "Use of Deoxyribozymes in RNA Research",
S. K. Silverman and D. A. Baum, Methods Enzymol. 2009, in press (invited review).
72. "Multimodal Optical Sensing
and Analyte Specificity Using Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes", D. A. Heller,
H. Jin, B. M. Martinez, D. Patel, B. M. Miller, T.-K. Yeung, P. V. Jena, C.
Höbartner, T. Ha, S. K. Silverman, and M. S. Strano, Nat. Nanotechnol. 2009,
4, 114-120.
[pdf]
[Supp
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71. "Efficient Control of Group I Intron
Ribozyme Catalysis By DNA Constraints",
E. Zelin and S. K. Silverman, Chem. Commun. 2009,
767-769.
[pdf]
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[Chem. Commun. "Hot Article" feature story]

70. "Controlling the Direction of
Site-Selectivity and Regioselectivity in RNA ligation by Zn2+-Dependent
Deoxyribozymes That Use 2',3'-Cyclic Phosphate RNA Substrates", D. M. Kost, J. P. Gerdt,
P. I. Pradeepkumar, and S. K. Silverman, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2008,
6, 4391-4398.
[pdf]
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[PubMed entry]

69. "Selective Stabilization of Natively Folded RNA Structure by DNA
Constraints", J. P. Gerdt, C. V. Miduturu, and S. K. Silverman, J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2008, 130, 14920-14921.
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[PubMed entry]

68. "Convergent and General DNA-Catalyzed One-Step Synthesis of Multiply
Branched DNA", T. P. Mui and S. K. Silverman, Org. Lett. 2008,
10, 4417-4420.
[pdf]
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67. "Catalytic DNA (Deoxyribozymes) for
Synthetic
Applications—Current Abilities and Future Prospects", S. K. Silverman,
Chem. Commun.
2008, 3467-3485 (invited review).
[pdf]
[PubMed entry]
66. "A Forced March Across an RNA
Folding Landscape", S. K. Silverman, Chem. Biol.
2008, 15, 211-213 (invited commentary).
[pdf]
[PubMed entry]
65. "Deoxyribozymes: Useful DNA
Catalysts In Vitro and In Vivo", D. A. Baum and S. K. Silverman,
Cell. Mol. Life Sci.
2008, 65, 2156-2174 (invited review).
[pdf]
[PubMed entry]
64. "DNA and RNA Can Be Equally
Efficient Catalysts for Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation", M. Chandra and S. K. Silverman,
J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2008, 130, 2936-2937.
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[PubMed entry]
63. "DNA-Catalyzed Formation of
Nucleopeptide Linkages", P. I. Pradeepkumar, C. Höbartner, D. A. Baum, and S. K. Silverman,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 1753-1757.
[pdf]
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[PubMed entry]
[Featured as a
Research Highlight in the Mar. 2008 issue of Nature Chemical Biology]
62. "Improvement of DNA
Adenylation Using T4 DNA Ligase with a Template Strand and a Strategically
Mismatched Acceptor Strand",
M. P. Patel, D. A. Baum, and S. K. Silverman, Bioorg. Chem. 2008,
36, 46-56.
[pdf]
[PubMed entry]
61. "Recent Advances in DNA Catalysis",
C. Höbartner and S. K. Silverman, Biopolymers 2007, 87,
279-292
(invited review).
[pdf]
[PubMed entry]
60. "Allosteric Control of Ribozyme Catalysis by Using DNA Constraints", E. Zelin and S. K. Silverman,
ChemBioChem 2007, 8, 1907-1911.
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[PubMed entry]
59. "Engineering a Selective Small-Molecule Substrate Binding Site into a
Deoxyribozyme", C. Höbartner and S. K. Silverman, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
2007, 46, 7420-7424.
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[PubMed entry]
58. "Site-Selective Depurination by
a Periodate-Dependent Deoxyribozyme", C. Höbartner, P. I. Pradeepkumar, and S. K.
Silverman, Chem. Commun.
2007, 2255-2257.
[pdf]
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[PubMed entry]
[Chem. Commun. "Hot Article" feature story]
57. "Ty1 Reverse Transcriptase Does Not Read Through the Proposed 2',5'-Branched Retrotransposition Intermediate
In Vitro", E. D. Pratico and S. K. Silverman,
RNA
2007, 13, 1528-1536.
[pdf]
[PubMed entry]
56. "Deoxyribozyme-Catalyzed Labeling of RNA", D. A. Baum and S. K. Silverman,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
2007, 46, 3502-3504.
[pdf]
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[PubMed entry]
55. "Artificial Functional Nucleic Acids: Aptamers, Ribozymes and
Deoxyribozymes Identified by In Vitro Selection", S. K. Silverman, in
Functional Nucleic Acids for Analytical Applications, Y.
Li and Y. Lu, eds.; Springer Science + Business Media, LLC: New York, 2009.
[preprint pdf]
54. "A Simple Molecular Model for Thermophilic Adaptation of Functional
Nucleic Acids", J. M. Blose, S. K. Silverman, and P. C. Bevilacqua,
Biochemistry 2007, 46, 4232-4240.
[pdf]
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[PubMed entry]
53. "Control of Macromolecular
Structure and Function Using Covalently Attached Double-Stranded DNA Constraints", S. K. Silverman,
Mol. BioSyst.
2007, 3, 24-29 (invited review).
[pdf]
[PubMed entry]
52. "In Vitro Selection and Application of Nucleic Acid Enzymes (Ribozymes and
Deoxyribozymes)", S. K. Silverman, in
Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology, T. P. Begley, ed.; John Wiley &
Sons,
2008.
[pdf]
51. "Tools for Molecular
Diversification and Their Applications in Chemical Biology", S. K. Silverman
and P. J. Hergenrother, Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol.
2006, 10, 185-187 (editorial overview of June 2006 special issue
on combinatorial chemistry & molecular diversity).
[pdf]
50. "Experimental Tests of Two
Proofreading Mechanisms for 5′-Splice Site Selection", Y. Wang and S. K. Silverman,
ACS Chem. Biol. 2006, 1, 316-324.
[pdf]
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[PubMed entry]
49. "Synthesis and Application of
a 5′-Aldehyde Phosphoramidite for Covalent Attachment of DNA to Biomolecules",
C. V. Miduturu and S. K. Silverman, J. Org. Chem.
2006, 71, 5774-5777.
[pdf]
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[PubMed entry]
48. "Efficient RNA 5'-Adenylation By T4 DNA Ligase To Facilitate Practical
Applications", Y. Wang and S. K. Silverman,
RNA 2006, 12, 1142-1146.
[pdf]
[PubMed entry]
47. "Adenosine is Inherently Favored as the Branch-Site RNA Nucleotide in a
Structural Context that Resembles Natural RNA Splicing",
E. Zelin, Y. Wang, and S. K. Silverman, Biochemistry 2006, 45,
2767-2771. [pdf]
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[PubMed entry]
46. "Fluorescence of Covalently Attached Pyrene as a General RNA Folding Probe",
M. K. Smalley and S. K. Silverman, Nucleic Acids Res. 2006, 34,
152-166. [pdf]
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[PubMed entry]
45. "Modulation of DNA Constraints
that Control Macromolecular Folding",
C. V. Miduturu and S. K. Silverman,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
2006, 45, 1918-1921.
[pdf]
[Supp
Info]
[PubMed entry]
[RSC
Chemistry World highlight]
[UIUC
College of LAS News highlight]
44. "A General Two-Step Strategy
to Synthesize Lariat RNAs", Y. Wang and S. K. Silverman, RNA 2006,
12, 313-321. [pdf]
[PubMed entry]
43. "In Vitro Selection, Characterization, and Application of
Deoxyribozymes that Cleave RNA",
S. K. Silverman, Nucleic Acids Res. 2005, 33, 6151-6163
(invited review). [pdf]
[PubMed entry]
42. "Modulation of RNA Tertiary Folding by Incorporation of Caged Nucleotides",
C. Höbartner and S. K. Silverman,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
2005, 44, 7305-7309.
[pdf]
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[PubMed entry]
41. "General Deoxyribozyme-Catalyzed Synthesis of Native 3'–5' RNA Linkages", W.
E. Purtha, R. L. Coppins, M. K. Smalley, and S. K. Silverman, J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2005, 127, 13124-13125.
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[PubMed entry]
40. "Mimicking the First Step of RNA Splicing: An Artificial DNA Enzyme Can
Synthesize Branched RNA Using an Oligonucleotide Leaving Group as a 5’-Exon
Analogue", R. L. Coppins and S. K. Silverman, Biochemistry 2005,
44, 13439-13446. [pdf]
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[PubMed entry]
39. "DNA Constraints Allow Rational Control of Macromolecular
Conformation", C. V. Miduturu and S. K. Silverman, J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10144-10145.
[pdf]
[Supp
Info] [PubMed entry]
[UIUC press release]
[Front-page
story in News-Gazette (Champaign, Illinois), Sunday, July 17, 2005: newspaper
website link]
[Front-page
story in News-Gazette (Champaign, Illinois), Sunday, July 17, 2005: PDF of
newspaper story]
[Science
Daily highlight]
[Daily Science News
highlight]
[EurekAlert! highlight]
[Medical
News Today highlight]
[Nanotechnology
Now highlight]
[PhysOrg.com highlight]
[medilexicon.com highlight]
[bio.com highlight]
[Bioinfo Online highlight]
[Omniomix highlight]
38. "Efficient One-Step Synthesis of Biologically Related
Lariat RNAs by a Deoxyribozyme", Y. Wang and S. K. Silverman, Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 5863-5866.
[pdf]
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[PubMed entry]
[Featured as a
Research Highlight in the Sept. 2005 issue of Nature Chemical Biology]
37. "A Deoxyribozyme That Synthesizes 2’,5’-Branched RNA With Any
Branch-Site Nucleotide", E. D. Pratico, Y. Wang, and S. K. Silverman, Nucleic
Acids Res. 2005, 33, 3503-3512.
[pdf]
[Supp
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[PubMed entry]
36. "Zn2+-Dependent Deoxyribozymes That Form Natural and Unnatural RNA
Linkages", K. A. Hoadley, W. E. Purtha, A. C. Wolf, A. Flynn-Charlebois,
and S. K. Silverman, Biochemistry 2005, 44, 9217-9231.
[pdf]
[Supp
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[PubMed entry]
[Chosen as a Biochemistry "Hot Article" for July 2005]
35. "Synthesis of Amine- and Thiol-Modified Nucleoside Phosphoramidites for
Site-Specific Introduction of Biophysical Probes into RNA", S. Jin, C. V.
Miduturu, D. C. McKinney, and S. K. Silverman,
J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 4284-4299.
[pdf]
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[PubMed entry]
34. "A Deoxyribozyme That Forms a Three-Helix-Junction Complex With Its RNA
Substrates and Has General RNA Branch-Forming Activity", R. L. Coppins and
S. K. Silverman,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 2900-2907. [pdf]
[Supp
Info]
[PubMed entry]
33. "Parallel Selections in Vitro Reveal a Preference for 2’-5’ RNA
Ligation By Deoxyribozyme-Mediated Opening of a 2’,3’-Cyclic
Phosphate", D. R. Semlow and S. K. Silverman, J. Mol. Evol. 2005,
61, 207-215. [pdf]
[PubMed entry]
32. "Directing the Outcome of Deoxyribozyme Selections to
Favor Native 3'-5' RNA Ligation", Y. Wang and S. K. Silverman, Biochemistry
2005, 44, 3017-3023. [pdf]
[Supp
Info]
[PubMed entry]
31. "Rational Modification of a Selection Strategy Leads to Deoxyribozymes
that Create Native 3’-5’ RNA Linkages", R. L. Coppins and S. K. Silverman,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 16426-16432. [pdf]
[Supp
Info]
[PubMed entry]
30. "Deoxyribozymes: DNA catalysts for bioorganic chemistry", S. K. Silverman, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2004, 2,
2701-2706 (invited review). [pdf] [journal
color plate] [PubMed entry]
29. "Site-Specific Fluorescent Labeling of Large RNAs with
Pyrene", M. K. Smalley and S. K. Silverman, in Current Protocols
in Nucleic Acid Chemistry 2004, Unit 11.11 (Wiley). [pdf] [PubMed entry]
28. "Practical and General Synthesis of 5'-Adenylated RNA
(5'-AppRNA)", S. K. Silverman, RNA 2004, 10, 731-746. [pdf] [PubMed entry]
27. "Structure-Function Correlations Derived from Faster Variants of an RNA
Ligase Deoxyribozyme", T. K. Prior, D. R. Semlow, A. Flynn-Charlebois, I.
Rashid, and S. K. Silverman, Nucleic Acids Res. 2004, 32,
1075-1082. [pdf] [Supp
Info]
[PubMed entry]
26. "A DNA Enzyme that Mimics the First Step of RNA Splicing", R. L.
Coppins and S. K. Silverman, Nature Struct. Mol. Biol. 2004,
11, 270-274. [pdf]
[Supp
Info]
[PubMed entry]
25. "Breaking Up is Easy to Do (If You're a DNA Enzyme that Cleaves RNA)", S. K. Silverman,
Chem. Biol. 2004, 11, 7-8 (invited commentary). [pdf] [PubMed entry]
24. "Characterization of Deoxyribozymes that Synthesize Branched RNA", Y. Wang and S. K. Silverman,
Biochemistry 2003, 42, 15252-15263. [pdf]
[Supp
Info]
[PubMed entry]
23. "Optimization and Generality of a Small Deoxyribozyme that Ligates RNA", B. L. Ricca, A. C. Wolf, and S. K. Silverman,
J. Mol. Biol. 2003, 330, 1015-1025. [pdf]
[Supp
Info]
[PubMed entry]
22. "Deoxyribozymes that Synthesize Branched and Lariat RNA", Y. Wang and S. K. Silverman,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 6880-6881. [pdf]
[Supp
Info]
[PubMed entry]
[UIUC press
release]
[UIUC College
of LAS news story]
[Science
Daily highlight]
[EurekAlert! highlight]
[Innovations Report highlight]
21. "In Vitro Evolution of an RNA-Cleaving DNA Enzyme into an RNA Ligase Switches the Selectivity from 3'-5' to 2'-5'", A. Flynn-Charlebois,
T. K. Prior, K. A. Hoadley, and S. K. Silverman, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125,
5346-5350. [pdf]
[Supp
Info]
[PubMed entry]
20. "Rube Goldberg Goes (Ribo)nuclear? Molecular Switches and
Sensors Made from RNA", S. K. Silverman, RNA 2003, 9,
377-383 (invited review). [pdf] [PubMed entry]
19. "Deoxyribozymes with 2'-5' RNA Ligase Activity", A. Flynn-Charlebois, Y. Wang, T. K. Prior, K. A. Hoadley, R. L. Coppins, A. C. Wolf, and S. K. Silverman, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 2444-2454.
[pdf]
[Supp
Info]
[PubMed entry]
18. "The GAAA Tetraloop/Receptor Interaction
Contributes Differentially to Folding Thermodynamics and Kinetics
for the P4-P6 RNA Domain", B. T. Young and S. K. Silverman, Biochemistry 2002, 41, 12271-12276.
[pdf] [PubMed entry]
17. "An Early Transition State for Folding of the P4-P6
RNA Domain", S. K. Silverman and T. R. Cech, RNA 2001, 7, 161-166.
[pdf]
16. "Multiple Folding Pathways for the P4-P6 RNA Domain",
S. K. Silverman, M. L. Deras, S. A. Woodson, S. A. Scaringe, and
T. R. Cech, Biochemistry 2000, 39, 12465-12475.
[pdf]
15. "Quantifying the Energetic Interplay of RNA Tertiary
and Secondary Structure Interactions", S. K. Silverman, M. Zheng,
M. Wu, I. Tinoco, Jr., and T. R. Cech, RNA 1999, 5, 1665-1674.
[pdf]
14. "RNA Tertiary Folding Monitored by Fluorescence of
Covalently Attached Pyrene", S. K. Silverman and T. R. Cech, Biochemistry 1999, 38, 14224-14237.
[pdf]
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13. "Energetics and Cooperativity of Tertiary Hydrogen
Bonds in RNA Structure", S. K. Silverman and T. R. Cech, Biochemistry 1999, 38, 8691-8702.
[pdf]
[Supp Info]
12. "Asymmetrical Contributions of Subunit Pore Regions to
Ion Selectivity in an Inward Rectifier K+ channel", S. K. Silverman,
H. A. Lester, and D. A. Dougherty, Biophys. J. 1998, 75,
1330-1339. [pdf]
11. "Flash Decaging of Tyrosine Sidechains in an Ion Channel", J.
C. Miller, S. K. Silverman, P. M. England, D. A. Dougherty, and H. A.
Lester, Neuron 1998, 20, 619-624. [pdf]
10. "In Vivo Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids into Ion Channels
in Xenopus Oocyte Expression System", M. W. Nowak, J. P. Gallivan,
S. K. Silverman, C. G. Labarca, D. A. Dougherty, and H. A. Lester, Methods
Enzymol. 1998, 233, 504-529.
[pdf]
9. "A Regenerative Link in the Ionic Fluxes through the weaver
Potassium Channel Underlies the Pathophysiology of the Mutation", S. K.
Silverman, P. Kofuji, D. A. Dougherty, N. Davidson, and H. A. Lester, Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1996, 93, 15429-15434. [pdf]
8. "Subunit Stoichiometry of a Heteromultimeric GIRK K+ Channel",
S. K. Silverman, D. A. Dougherty, and H. A. Lester, J. Biol. Chem. 1996,
371, 30524-30528. [pdf]
7. "Dose-Response Relations for Unnatural Amino Acids at the Agonist
Binding Site of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Tests with Novel Side
Chains and with Several Agonists", P. C. Kearney, M. W. Nowak, W. Zhong, S.
K. Silverman, H. A. Lester, and D. A. Dougherty, Mol. Pharm. 1996,
50, 1401-1412. [pdf]
6. "Do High-Spin Topology Rules Apply To Charged Polyradicals?
Theoretical And Experimental Evaluation Of Pyridiniums As Magnetic Coupling
Units", A. P West, Jr., S. K. Silverman, and D. A. Dougherty, J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 1452-1463. [pdf]
[Supp Info]
5. "Nicotinic Receptor Binding Site Probed with Unnatural Amino Acid
Incorporation in Intact Cells", M. W. Nowak, P. C. Kearney, J. R. Sampson,
M. E. Saks, C. G. Labarca, S. K. Silverman, W. Zhong, J. Thorson, J. N. Abelson,
N. Davidson, P. G. Schultz, D. A. Dougherty, and H. A. Lester, Science 1995,
268, 439-442. [pdf]
4. "Conformational Effects on High-Spin Organic Molecules", S. K.
Silverman and D. A. Dougherty, J. Phys. Chem. 1993, 118,
1452-1463. [pdf]
3. "New Organic Polymers and Molecules with Very High Spin States",
M. W. Nowak, D. A. Dougherty, S. J. Jacobs, S. K. Silverman, M. M. Murray, D. A.
Shultz, A. P. West, Jr., and J. A. Clites, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 1993,
232, 289-304.[pdf]
2. "Reaction of C60 with Dimethyldioxirane—Formation of an Epoxide
and a 1,3-Dioxolane Derivative", Y. Elemes, S. K. Silverman, C. Sheu, M.
Kao, C. S. Foote, M. M. Alvarez, and R. L. Whetten, Angew. Chemie, Int. Ed.
Engl. 1992, 31, 351-353. [pdf]
1. "Singlet Oxygen and Electron-Transfer Mechanisms in the
Dicyanoanthracene-Sensitized Photooxidation of 2,3-Diphenyl-1,4-Dioxene",
S. K. Silverman and C. S. Foote, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113,
7672-7675. [pdf]
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