Features of ribosome-peptidyl-tRNA interactions essential for tryptophan induction of tna operon expression LR Cruz-Vera, S Rajagopal, C Squires, C Yanofsky Molecular cell 19 (3), 333-343, 2005 | 151 | 2005 |
Ribosome stalling and peptidyl-tRNA drop-off during translational delay at AGA codons LR Cruz-Vera, MA Magos-Castro, E Zamora-Romo, G Guarneros Nucleic acids research 32 (15), 4462-4468, 2004 | 82 | 2004 |
Changes produced by bound tryptophan in the ribosome peptidyl transferase center in response to TnaC, a nascent leader peptide LR Cruz-Vera, M Gong, C Yanofsky Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (10), 3598-3603, 2006 | 80 | 2006 |
Orthologs of a novel archaeal and of the bacterial peptidyl–tRNA hydrolase are nonessential in yeast G Rosas-Sandoval, A Ambrogelly, J Rinehart, D Wei, LR Cruz-Vera, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (26), 16707-16712, 2002 | 76 | 2002 |
Conserved Residues Asp16 and Pro24 of TnaC-tRNAPro Participate in Tryptophan Induction of tna Operon Expression LR Cruz-Vera, C Yanofsky Journal of bacteriology 190 (14), 4791-4797, 2008 | 62 | 2008 |
Nascent polypeptide sequences that influence ribosome function LR Cruz-Vera, MS Sachs, CL Squires, C Yanofsky Current opinion in microbiology 14 (2), 160-166, 2011 | 59 | 2011 |
Ribosomal Features Essential for tna Operon Induction: Tryptophan Binding at the Peptidyl Transferase Center LR Cruz-Vera, A New, C Squires, C Yanofsky Journal of bacteriology 189 (8), 3140-3146, 2007 | 50 | 2007 |
The rate of peptidyl-tRNA dissociation from the ribosome during minigene expression depends on the nature of the last decoding interaction LR Cruz-Vera, E Hernández-Ramón, B Pérez-Zamorano, G Guarneros Journal of Biological Chemistry 278 (28), 26065-26070, 2003 | 44 | 2003 |
Interactions of the TnaC nascent peptide with rRNA in the exit tunnel enable the ribosome to respond to free tryptophan AK Martínez, E Gordon, A Sengupta, N Shirole, D Klepacki, ... Nucleic acids research 42 (2), 1245-1256, 2013 | 43 | 2013 |
Ribosome Recycling Factor and Release Factor 3 Action Promotes TnaC-Peptidyl-tRNA Dropoff and Relieves Ribosome Stalling during Tryptophan Induction of tna Operon … M Gong, LR Cruz-Vera, C Yanofsky Journal of bacteriology 189 (8), 3147-3155, 2007 | 43 | 2007 |
Molecular Basis for the Temperature Sensitivity of Escherichia coli pth(Ts) LR Cruz-Vera, I Toledo, J Hernández-Sánchez, G Guarneros Journal of Bacteriology 182 (6), 1523-1528, 2000 | 42 | 2000 |
23S rRNA nucleotides in the peptidyl transferase center are essential for tryptophanase operon induction R Yang, LR Cruz-Vera, C Yanofsky Journal of bacteriology 191 (11), 3445-3450, 2009 | 36 | 2009 |
Peptidyl-tRNA Hydrolase Screening Combined with Molecular Docking Reveals the Antibiotic Potential of Syzygium johnsonii Bark Extract SM Harris, H McFeeters, IV Ogungbe, LR Cruz-Vera, WN Setzer, ... Natural product communications 6 (10), 1934578X1100601003, 2011 | 29 | 2011 |
Crucial elements that maintain the interactions between the regulatory TnaC peptide and the ribosome exit tunnel responsible for Trp inhibition of ribosome function AK Martínez, NH Shirole, S Murakami, MJ Benedik, MS Sachs, ... Nucleic acids research 40 (5), 2247-2257, 2012 | 27 | 2012 |
Structural basis for the tryptophan sensitivity of TnaC-mediated ribosome stalling AX van der Stel, ER Gordon, A Sengupta, AK Martínez, D Klepacki, ... Nature Communications 12 (1), 5340, 2021 | 25 | 2021 |
Tryptophan Inhibits Proteus vulgaris TnaC Leader Peptide Elongation, Activating tna Operon Expression LR Cruz-Vera, R Yang, C Yanofsky Journal of bacteriology 191 (22), 7001-7006, 2009 | 23 | 2009 |
Inhibition of essential bacterial peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase activity by tropical plant extracts H McFeeters, MJ Gilbert, RM Thompson, WN Setzer, LR Cruz-Vera, ... Natural Product Communications 7 (8), 1934578X1200700836, 2012 | 20 | 2012 |
Transcriptional analysis of the gene encoding peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase in Escherichia coli LR Cruz-Vera, JM Galindo, G Guarneros Microbiology 148 (11), 3457-3466, 2002 | 19 | 2002 |
Efficient expression of gene variants that harbour AGA codons next to the initiation codon E Zamora-Romo, LR Cruz-Vera, S Vivanco-Domínguez, ... Nucleic acids research 35 (17), 5966-5974, 2007 | 14 | 2007 |
Excess of charged tRNALys maintains low levels of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase in pth(Ts) mutants at a non-permissive temperature S Vivanco-Domínguez, LR Cruz-Vera, G Guarneros Nucleic acids research 34 (5), 1564-1570, 2006 | 11 | 2006 |