by | Sep 8, 2020 | Reck, Margaret, Schaffer, Jason, Wencewicz, Timothy
— Chemists from Washington University have discovered and characterized an enzyme pathway that could be harnessed as an efficient platform to produce peptide beta-lactone libraries for drug discovery. Beta-lactones are a family of molecules with a structure similar to penicillin and therefore could po…
by | Sep 4, 2020 | Shao, Jieya
— VCP is an essential AAA+ ATPase that regulates proteostasis under normal and stressed cellular conditions. These monoclonal antibodies specifically recognize pSer784-VCP, which is phosphorylated during the DNA damage response and plays a crucial role in cellular survival upon genotoxic chemotherapy …
by | Sep 4, 2020 | Storch, Gregory, Wylie, Kristine, Wylie, Todd
— Technology Description
A team of researchers at Washington University designed patented primers for a sensitive, specific, real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) assay to quickly detect enterovirus D68 (EV-D68).
EV-D68 is an emerging, highly contagious respiratory virus that can cause seve…
by | Aug 24, 2020 | Wambach, Jennifer, Yang, Ping
— ABCA3-GFP (ATP binding cassette transporter A3 gene cDNA fused to GFP) plasmid that lavels lamellar bodies.
Publication: Functional Characterization of ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter A3 Mutations from Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome
by | Aug 24, 2020 | Qi, Yunci, Van Dyke-Blodgett, Joshua, Wencewicz, Timothy, Yang, Jinping
— Clifednamide A and C are congeners of long known ikarugamycin. Ikarugamycin has anti-inflammatory, anti-ciliate, plant modulatory and other desirable bioactivities. These clifednamide compounds may also have therapeutic, industrial or agricultural value.
Publication: Qi, Y., Ding, E., & Blodget…