Research

Cottrell, J.W., Kuzmin, Y.I and Fedor M.J. (2007) Functional Analysis of Hairpin Ribozyme Active Site Architecture. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282, 13498-13507. Abstract

Da Costa, C.P., Fedor, M.J. and Scott, L. (2007) 8-Azaguanine Reporter of Purine Ionization States in Structured RNAs. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 3426-3432. Abstract

Mahen, E. M., Harger, J. W., Calderon, E. M., and Fedor, M. J. (2005) Kinetics and Thermodynamics make Different Contributions to RNA Folding in Vitro and in Yeast. Molecular Cell., 19(1), 27-37. Abstract

Kuzmin, Y. I., Da Costa, C. P., Cottrell, J. W., and Fedor, M. J. (2005) Role of an active site adenine in hairpin ribozyme catalysis. J. Mol. Biol., 349(5), 989-1010. Abstract

Kuzmine, I. I., Da Costa, C. P., and Fedor, M. J. (2004) Role of an Active Site Guanine in Hairpin Ribozyme Catalysis Probed by Exogenous Nucleobase Rescue. J. Mol. Biol., 340(2), 233-251. Abstract

Yadava, R. S., Mahen, E. M., and Fedor, M. J. (2004) Kinetic Analysis of Ribozyme-Substrate Complex Formation in Yeast. RNA, 10(5), 863-879. Abstract

Lebruska, L. L, Kuzmine, I. I. and Fedor, M. J. (2002) Rescue of an abasic hairpin ribozyme by cationic nucleobases. Evidence for a novel mechanism of RNA catalysis. Chem. Biol., 9(4):465-473. Abstract

Yadava, R. S., Choi, A. J., Lebruska, L. L. and Fedor, M. J. (2001) Hairpin Ribozymes with Four-way Helical Junctions Mediate Intracellular RNA Ligation. J. Mol. Biol., 309(4), 893-902. Abstract

Donahue, C. P., Yadava, R. S., Nesbitt, S. M. and Fedor, M. J. (2000) The Kinetic Mechanism of the Hairpin Ribozyme in Vivo: Influence of RNA Helix Stability on Intracellular Cleavage Kinetics. J. Mol. Biol., 295(3), 693-707. Abstract

Fedor, M. J. (1999) Tertiary Structure Stabilization Promotes Hairpin Ribozyme Ligation. Biochemistry, 38(34), 11040-11050. Abstract

Nesbitt, S. M., Erlacher, H. A. and Fedor, M. J. (1999) The Internal Equilibrium of the Hairpin Ribozyme: Temperature, Ion and pH Effects. J. Mol. Biol., 286(4), 1009-1024. Abstract

Nesbitt, S., Hegg, L. A. and Fedor, M. J. (1997) An Unusual pH-independent and Metal-ion-independent Mechanism for Hairpin Ribozyme Catalysis. Chemistry & Biology, 4(8), 619-630. Abstract

Donahue, C. P. and Fedor, M. J. (1997) Kinetics of Hairpin Ribozyme Cleavage in Yeast. RNA, 3(9), 961-973. Abstract

Hegg, L. A. and Fedor, M. J. (1995) Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Intermolecular Catalysis by Hairpin Ribozymes. Biochemistry, 34(48), 15813-15828. Abstract

Fedor, M. J. and Uhlenbeck, O. C. (1992) Kinetics of Intermolecular Cleavage by Hammerhead Ribozymes. Biochemistry, 31(48), 12042-12054. Abstract

Fedor, M. J. and Uhlenbeck, O. C. (1990) Substrate Sequence Effects on "Hammerhead" RNA Catalytic Efficiency. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 87(5), 1668-1672. Abstract

Uhlenbeck O. C., Dahm, S. C., Ruffner, D. E., and Fedor, M. J. (1989) Structure and Mechanism of the Hammerhead Self-cleaving Domain. Nucleic Acids Symp. Ser., 21, 95-96.

Fedor, M. J. and Kornberg, R. D. (1989) Upstream Activating Sequence-Dependent Alteration of Chromatin Structure and Transcription Activation of the Yeast GAL1-GAL10 Genes. Mol. Cell. Biol., 9, 1721-1732. Abstract

Fedor, M. J., Lue, N. F., and Kornberg, R. D. (1988) Statistical Positioning of Nucleosomes by Specific Protein-Binding to an Upstream Activating Sequence in Yeast. J. Mol. Biol., 204, 109-127. Abstract

Fedor, M. J. and Daniell, E. (1983) DNase I Cleavage of Adenoviral Nucleoprotein. Nucleic Acids Res., 11, 4417-4434. Abstract

Fedor, M. J. and Daniell, E. (1983) Ionic and Nonionic Interactions in Adenoviral Nucleoprotein Complexes. J. Virol., 47, 370-375. Abstract

Daniell, E. and Fedor, M. J. (1982) Transcription of Adenovirus Cores In Vitro: Major RNA Products Differ from those made from a DNA Template. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 79, 1834-1838. Abstract

Daniell, E., Burg, J. L., and Fedor, M. J. (1982) DNA and Histone Synthesis in Butyrate-Inhibited BSC-1 Cells infected with SV40. Virology, 116, 196-206.

Fedor, M.J. (1982) Structure and Function of Adenovirus Chromatin. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of California, Berkeley.

Daniell, E., Groff, D.E., and Fedor, M. J. (1981) Adenovirus Chromatin Structure at Different Stages of Infection. Mol. Cell. Biol., 1, 1094-1105. Abstract

Fedor, M. J. and Daniell, E. (1980) Acetylation of Histone-like Proteins of Adenovirus Type 5. J. Virol., 35, 637-643. Abstract

Reviews/Commentary

Fedor, MJ. (2008) Alternative Splicing Minireview Series: Combinatorial Control Facilitates Splicing Regulation of Gene Expression and Enhances Genome Diversity. J. Biol. Chem., 283, 1209-1210. Abstract

Fedor, M. J., and Williamson, J. R. (2005) The catalytic diversity of RNAs. Solicited review. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 6(5), 399-412. Abstract

Fedor, M. J. (2004) Determination of Kinetic Parameters for Hammerhead and Hairpin Ribozymes. In Catalytic Nucleic Acid Enzymes, Methods Mol. Biol. 252, 19-32. Abstract

Fedor, M. J. (2002) The Catalytic Mechanism of the Hairpin Ribozyme. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 30(6), 1109-1115. Abstract

Fedor, M. J. and Westhof, E. (2002) Ribozymes: The First 20 Years. Meeting Report. Molecular Cell. 10(4), 703-704. Abstract

Fedor, M. J. (2002) The Role of Metal Ions in RNA Catalysis. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 12(3), 289-295. Abstract

Fedor, M. J. (2002) RNA Biochemistry From A to Z. Book review. Cell, 109, 20-22.

Fedor, M. J. (2000) Structure and Function of the Hairpin Ribozyme. J. Mol. Biol., 297(2), 269-291. Abstract

Fedor, M. J., Donahue, C. P. and Nesbitt, S. M. (2000) Hairpin Ribozyme Activity In Vitro and In Vivo. In Ribozymes. Technology and Applications (R. K. Gaur and G. Krupp, Eds.) Eaton Publishing, Natick, MA.

Fedor, M. J. (1998) Ribozymes. Current Biology, 8(13), R441-R443.

Fedor, M. J. (1997) Capturing a Speeding Locomotive. Book Review. Cell, 88, 589-592.

Fedor, M. J. (1994) A Slippery Grip. News and Views. Nature Structural Biology, 1(5), 267-269. Abstract

Fedor, M. J. (1992) Chromatin Structure and Gene Expression. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 4(3), 436-443. Abstract