Publications (DEC/2008)

   These publications received 2175 citations according to the Science Citation Index as of NOV/12/08.

1.      K.E. Bushley, D.R. Ripoll and B.G. Turgeon (2008).”Module evolution and substrate specificity of fungal nonribosomal peptide synthetases involved in siderophore biosynthesis.” BMC Evol. Biol. 8 article:328. [pdf]

 

2.      J-H. Zhu; X. Zhang; C.A. Roneker; J.P. McClung, S. Zhang; T.W. Thannhauser; D.R. Ripoll; Q. Sun; X.G. Lei;  (2008). Role of copper,zinc-superoxide dismutase in catalyzing nitrotyrosine formation in murine liver. Free Radic. Biol. & Med. 45, 611-618. [pdf]

 

3.       D.R. Ripoll, A. Liwo, H.A. Scheraga (2008). “Global Optimization in Protein Folding” In Encyclopedia of Global Optimization. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1392-1411.

 

4.      C.M.B. Damasceno, J.G. Bishop, D.R. Ripoll, J. Win, S. Kamoun and J.K.C. Rose. (2008). Structure of the glucanase inhibitor protein (GIP) family from Phytophthora species and co-evolution with plant endo-b-1,3-glucanases. M.P.M.I., 21, 820-830. [pdf]

 

5.      R. Lin, L. Ding, C. Casola, D.R. Ripoll, C. Feschotte, H. Wang (2007) “Transposase-Derived Transcription Factors Regulate Light Signaling in Arabidopsis.” Science, 328, 1302-1305. [pdf]

 

6.      I. Yeam, J.R. Cavatorta, D.R. Ripoll, B-C. Kang, M.M. Jahn (2007). “Functional dissection of highly conserved amino acid substitutions in recessive potyvirus resistance genes encoding eIF4E.” Plant Cell, 19, 2913-2928 [pdf]

 

7.      L. Giacomelli, A. Masi, D.R. Ripoll, M.J. Lee and K.J. van Wijk (2007). “Arabidopsis thaliana deficient in two chloroplast ascorbate peroxidases shows accelerated light-induced necrosis when levels of cellular ascorbate are low.” Plant Mol. Biol. 65, 627-644 [pdf]

 

8.      R.H. Orsi, D.R. Ripoll, M. Yeung, K.K. Nightingale, and M. Wiedmann (2007). “Recombination and positive selection contribute to evolution of Listeria monocytogenes inlA”. Microbiology, 153, 2666-2678. [pdf]

 

9.      S. Naithani, T. Chookajorn, D.R. Ripoll and J.B. Nasrallah (2007). “Structural modules for receptor dimerization in the S-locus receptor kinase extracellular domain.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 124, 12211-12216. [pdf]

 

10.  J.A. Vila, D.R. Ripoll and H.A. Scheraga (2007).  “Use of 13C chemical shifts in protein-structure determination.” J. Phys. Chem. B, 111, 6577-6585. [pdf]

 

11.  I. B. Kaplan, L. Lee, D.R. Ripoll, P. Palukaitis, F. Gildow, S.M. Gray (2007). “Point mutations in the potato leafroll virus major capsid protein alter virion stability and aphid transmission.” J. Gen. Virol. 88, 1821-1830.[pdf] 

 

12.  M.Y. Niv, D.R. Ripoll, J.A. Vila, A. Liwo, E.S. Vanamee, A.K. Aggarwal, H. Weinstein and H.A. Scheraga. (2007). “Topology of type II REases revisited; structural classes and the common conserved core.”  Nucleic Acids Res. 35, 2227-2237. [pdf]

 

13.  B.R. Urbanowicz, C. Catalá, D. Irwin, D.B. Wilson, D.R. Ripoll and J.K.C. Rose (2007). “The plant endo-b-1,4-glucanase family includes a subclass with a distinct carbohydrate binding module that binds crystalline cellulose.” J. Biol. Chem. 282, 12066-12074. [pdf]

 

14.  S. Naithani, D. Ripoll and J.B. Nasrallah (2006). “The S-locus cysteine-rich peptide SCR/SP11.” In Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides, Elsevier Publication, editor; Abba J. Kastin, pp. 41-48

 

15.  H.A. Scheraga, A. Liwo, S. Ołdziej, C. Czaplewski, M. Khalili, J.A. Vila, and D.R. Ripoll. (2006). “The two aspects of the protein folding problem.” In From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology 2006. ”, ed. J. Meinke, O. Zimmermann, S. Mohanty and U.H.E. Hansmann, NIC Series, vol. 34, pp. 37-44. [pdf]

 

16.  B. Zangerl, O. Goldstein, A.R. Philp, S.J. Lindauer, S.E. Pearce-Kelling, A.S. Graphodatzky, D. Ripoll, J.S. Felix, E.M. Stone, G.M. Acland and G.D. Aguirre. (2006). “Identical mutation in a novel retinal gene causes progressive rod-cone degeneration in dogs, and retinitis pigmentosa in human.” Genomics 88, 551-563. [pdf].

 

17.  G. Xu, M. Narayan, I. Kourinov, D.R. Ripoll, E. Welker, M. Khalili, S.E. Ealick, and H.A. Scheraga. (2006). “A localized p-non-aromatic interaction diversifies the unfolding pathways of structural homologues” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 1204-1213. [pdf].

 

18.  C. Czaplewski, S. Kalinowski, A. Liwo, D.R. Ripoll, and H.A. Scheraga. (2005). “Reply to comments on ‘Molecular origin of anticooperativity in hydrophobic association.’ ” J. Phys. Chem. B. 109, 21222-21224. [pdf]

 

19.  H.A. Scheraga, A. Liwo, S. Ołdziej, C. Czaplewski, J. Pillardy, J. Lee, D.R. Ripoll, J.A. Vila, R. Kaźmierkiewicz, Y.A. Arnautova, K.D. Gibson, A. Jagielska, M. Khalili, M. Chinchio, M. Nanias, Y.K. Kang, H.D. Schafroth, A. Ghosh, R. Elber,  M. Makowski. (2005). “The protein folding problem.” in New Algorithms for Macromolecular Simulation, Eds. B. Leimkuhler, C. Chipot, R. Elber, A. Laaksonen, A. Mark, T. Schlick, C. Schütte, R. Skeel, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 49,  89-97. [book page]

 

20.  J.A. Vila, D.R. Ripoll, Y.A. Arnautova, Y. N. Vorobjev and H.A. Scheraga. (2005). “Coupling Between Conformation and Proton Binding” Proteins: Struct. Funct. Bioinform., 61, 56-68. [pdf]

 

21.  D.R. Ripoll, J.A. Vila and H.A. Scheraga. (2005).On the Orientation of the Backbone Dipoles in Native Folds” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 102, 7559-7564. [pdf]

 

22.  S. Ołdziej, C. Czaplewski, A. Liwo, M. Chinchio, M. Nanias, J.A. Vila, M. Khalili, Y.A. Arnautova, A. Jagielska, M. Makowski, H.D. Schafroth, R. Kaźmierkiewicz, D.R. Ripoll, J. Pillardy, J.A. Saunders, Y.K. Kang, K.D. Gibson and H.A. Scheraga. (2005). “Physics-Based Protein-Structure Prediction Using a Hierarchical Protocol Based on the UNRES Force Field: Assessment in Two Blind Tests.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 102, 7547-7552. [pdf]

 

23.  C. Czaplewski, A. Liwo, D.R. Ripoll, and H.A. Scheraga. (2005). “Molecular origin of anticooperativity in hydrophobic association.” J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 8108-8119. [pdf]

 

24.  J.G. Bishop, D.R. Ripoll, S. Bashir, C.M.B. Damasceno, J.D. Seeds and J.K.C. Rose. (2005). “Selection on Glycine b-1,3-endoglucanase genes differentially inhibited by Phytophthora glucanase inhibitor protein. Genetics. 169, 1009-1019.  [pdf]

 

25.  L. Lee, I.B.Kaplan, D.R. Ripoll, D. Liang, P. Palukaitis, S.M. Gray. (2005). “A surface loop of the potato leafroll virus coat protein is involved in virion stability and aphid transmission”. J. Virology., 79. 1207-1214. [pdf]

 

26.  J.L. Mueller, D.R. Ripoll, C.F. Aquadro and M.F. Wolfner. (2004). “Divergent and conserved protein classes in the seminal fluid: Drosophila as a model system.” Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA., 101, 13543-13547. [pdf]

 

27.  J.A. Vila, H.A. Baldoni, D.R. Ripoll, and H.A. Scheraga. (2004).Fast and accurate computation of the 13C chemical shifts for an alanine-rich peptide.” Proteins: Struct. Funct. Bioinform., 57, 87-98. [pdf]

 

28.  H.A. Scheraga, A. Liwo, Oldziej S., C. Czaplewski, J. Pillardi, D.R. Ripoll, J.A. Vila, R Kazmierkiewicz, Y.A. Arnautova, A. Jagielska, M. Chinchio, and M. Nanias. (2004). “The Protein Folding Problem: Force Field and Global Optimization.” Frontiers in Bioscience, 9, 3296-3323.

 

29.  D.R. Ripoll, J.A. Vila and H.A. Scheraga. (2004).Folding of the Villin Headpiece Subdomain from Random Structures. Analysis of the Charge Distribution as a Function of the pH.” J. Mol. Biol. 339, 915-925. [pdf]

 

30.  M. Narayan, G. Xu, D.R. Ripoll, H. Zhai, K. Breuker, C. Wanjalla, H.J. Leung, A. Navon, E. Welker, F.W. McLafferty, and H.A. Scheraga. (2004). “Dissimilarity in the reductive unfolding pathways of two ribonuclease variants.” J. Mol. Biol., 338, 795-809. [pdf]

 

31.  J.A. Vila, H.A. Baldoni, D.R. Ripoll, A. Ghosh and H.A. Scheraga. (2004). “Polyproline II helix conformation in a proline-rich environment: A theoretical study. Biophys. J., 86, 731-742. [pdf]

 

32.  T. Chookajorn, A. Kachroo, D.R. Ripoll, A.G. Clark, J.B. Nasrallah. (2004) “Specificity determinants and diversification of the Brassica self-incompatibility pollen ligand”. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA., 101, 911-917.  [pdf]

 

33.  J-B. Peltier, D.R. Ripoll, G. Friso, A. Rudella, Y. Cai, J. Ytterberg, L. Giacomelli, J. Pillardy and K.J. van Wijk. (2004) “Clp protease complexes from photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic plastids and mitochondria of plants, their predicted 3-D structures and functional implications”. J. Biol. Chem. 279, 4768 - 4781.[pdf]

 

34.  J.A. Vila, D.R. Ripoll, and H.A. Scheraga. (2003). “Atomically detailed folding simulation of the B domain of staphylococcal protein A from random structures.” Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA. 100, 14812-14816.[pdf]

 

35.  C., Czaplewski, S. Rodziewicz,-Motowidło, M. Dąbal, A. Liwo, D.R. Ripoll, and H.A. Scheraga. (2003). “Molecular simulation study of cooperativity in hydrophobic association: clusters of four hydrophobic particles.” Biophys. Chem., 105, 339-359. [pdf].

 

36.  J.A. Vila, H.A. Baldoni, D.R. Ripoll, and H.A. Scheraga. (2003). “Unblocked statistical-coil tetrapeptides in aqueous solution: Quantum-chemical computation of the carbon-13 NMR chemical shiftsJ. Biomol. NMR, 26, 113-130. [pdf].

 

37.  M. Nanias, M. Chinchio, J. Pillardy, D.R. Ripoll, and H. A. Scheraga. (2003). “Packing helices in proteins by global optimization of a potential energy function.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100, 1706-1710. [pdf]

 

38.  H.A. Scheraga, J.A. Vila and D.R. Ripoll. (2002). “Helix-coil transitions re-visited.” Biophys. Chem., 101-102, 225-265. [pdf]

 

39.  J.A. Vila, D.R. Ripoll, H.A. Baldoni and H.A. Scheraga. (2002). “Unblocked Statistical-coil tetrapeptides and pentapeptides in aqueous solution: A theoretical study” J. Biomol. NMR, 24, 245-262. [pdf]

 

40.  C. Czaplewski, D.R. Ripoll, A. Liwo, S. Rodziewicz-Motowidło, R.J. Wawak and H.A. Scheraga. (2002). “Can cooperativity in hydrophobic association be reproduced correctly by implicit solvation models?”. Intl. J. of Quantum Chem., 88, 41-55. [pdf]

 

41.  C. Czaplewski, S. Rodziewicz,-Motowidło, A. Liwo, D.R. Ripoll, R.J. Wawak and H.A. Scheraga (2002). “Comment on Anti-cooperativity in hydrophobic interactions: A simulation study of spatial dependence of three-body effects and beyond by S. Shimizu and H.S. Chan”. J. Chem. Phys., 116, 2665-2667. [pdf]

 

42.  H.A. Scheraga, J. Pillardy, A. Liwo, J. Lee, C. Czaplewski, D.R. Ripoll, W.J. Wedemeyer, Y.A. Arnautova. (2002). “Evolution of Physics-Based Methodology for Exploring the Conformational Energy Landscape of Proteins.” J. Comp. Chem., 23, 28-34. [pdf]

 

43.  D.R. Ripoll and H.A. Scheraga. (2001)  “Global Optimization in Protein Folding” In Encyclopedia of Global Optimization, II, 310-325. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

 

44.  J. Pillardy, C. Czaplewski, A. Liwo, W.J. Wedemeyer, J. Lee, D.R. Ripoll, P. Arlukowicz, S. Ołdziej, Y.A. Arnautova and H.A. Scheraga. (2001). “Development of Physics-based Energy Functions that Predict Medium-Resolution Structures for Proteins of the α, β and α/β Structural Classes.” J. Phys. Chem. B, 105, 7299-7311. [pdf]

 

45.  J. Lee, D.R. Ripoll, C. Czaplewski, J. Pillardy, W.J. Wedemeyer, H.A. Scheraga (2001). “Optimization of Parameters in Macromolecular Potential Energy Functions by Conformational Space Annealing”. J. Phys. Chem. B, 105, 7291-7298. [pdf]

 

46.  J.A. Vila, D.R. Ripoll and H.A. Scheraga. (2001). “Influence of Lysine Content and pH on the Stability of Alanine-Based Co-polypeptides”. Biopolymers, 58, 235-246. [pdf]

 

47.  J. Pillardy, C. Czaplewski, A. Liwo, J. Lee, D.R. Ripoll, R. Kaźmierkiewicz, S. Ołdziej, W.J. Wedemeyer, K.D. Gibson, Y.A. Arnautova, J. Saunders, Y-J. Ye, and H.A. Scheraga (2001). “Recent improvements in prediction of protein structure by global optimization of a potential energy function”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 98, 2329-2333. [pdf]

 

48.  J.A. Vila, D.R. Ripoll and  H. A. Scheraga. (2000). “Physical reasons for the unusual α-helix stabilization afforded by charged or neutral polar residues in alanine-rich peptides”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 97, 13075-13079. [pdf]

 

49.  J. Lee, J. Pillardy, C. Czaplewski, Y. Arnautova, D.R. Ripoll, A. Liwo, K.D Gibson, R.J. Wawak and H.A. Scheraga. (2000). “Efficient parallel algorithms in global optimization of potential energy functions”. Comp. Phys. Comm, 128, 399-411. [pdf]

 

50.  A. Liwo, J. Pillardy, C. Czaplewski, J. Lee, D.R. Ripoll, M. Groth, S. Rodziewicz-Motowidło, R. Kaźmierkiewicz, R. J. Wawak, S. Ołdziej, and H. A. Scheraga (2000). “UNRES - a united-residue force field for energy-based prediction of protein structure - origin and significance of multibody terms”. In RECOMB 2000, Proceedings of the Fourth Annual International Conference on Computational Molecular Biology, R. Shamir, S. Miyano, S. Istrail, P. Pevzner and M. Waterman (Eds.), April 8-11, Tokyo, Japan, Publ. by ACM, New York, pp. 193-200.

 

51.  C. Czaplewski, S. Rodziewicz, A. Liwo, D.R. Ripoll, R.J. Wawak, H. A. Scheraga. (2000). “Molecular simulation study of cooperativity in hydrophobic association”. Protein Sci., 9, 1235-1245. [pdf]

 

52.  J. Lee, A. Liwo, D.R. Ripoll, J.Pillardy, J.A. Saunders, K.D. Gibson, and H.A. Scheraga.. (2000). “Hierarchical energy-based approach to protein-structure prediction; blind-test evaluation with CASP3 targets”. Int. J. Quant. Chem. 77, 90-117. [pdf] 

 

53.  H.A. Scheraga, J. Lee, J. Pillardy, Y-J. Ye, A. Liwo and D.R. Ripoll (1999). “Surmounting the Multiple-Minima Problem in Protein Folding”. J. Global Optimization 15, 235-260. [pdf]

 

54.  D.R. Ripoll, A. Liwo  and C. Czaplewski. (1999). “The ECEPP Package for Conformational Analysis of Polypeptides”. T.A.S.K Quarterly,  3, 313-331. [abstract]

 

55.  A. Liwo, C. Czaplewski, J. Pillardy, J. Lee, D.R. Ripoll and H.A. Scheraga. (1999) “Origin and role of cooperative terms coming from local and long-range interactions in united-residue protein potentials,”. In 5th World Congress of Theoretically Oriented Chemists, WATOC ’99, Imperial College, London, 1-6 August, Abstract p. 556.

 

56.  D.R. Ripoll, J.A. Vila, M.E. Villegas and H.A. Scheraga. (1999). “On the pH-Conformational Dependence of the Unblocked SYPYD Peptide”. J. Mol. Biol. 292, 431-440. [pdf]

 

57.  J. Lee, A. Liwo, D.R. Ripoll, J. Pillardy and H.A. Scheraga. (1999). “Calculation of Protein Conformation by Global Optimization of a Potential Energy Function”. Proteins Struct. Funct. Genet. Suppl. 3, 204-208. [pdf]

 

58.  Y-J. Ye, D.R. Ripoll and H.A. Scheraga. (1999). “Kinetics of Cooperative Protein Folding Involving Two Separate Conformational Families”. Comput. and Theor. Polymer Sci., 9, 359-370.

 

59.  A. Liwo, J. Lee, D.R. Ripoll, J. Pillardy, and H.A. Scheraga. (1999). “Protein Structure Prediction by Global Optimization of a Potential Energy Function”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 96, 5482-5485. [pdf]

 

60.  D.R. Ripoll and H.A. Scheraga. (1998). “ECEPP: Empirical Conformational Energy Program for Peptides”. In Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry, Schleyer, P. v. R.; Allinger, N. L.; Clark, T.; Gasteiger, J.; Kollman, P. A.; Schaefer III, H. F.; Schreiner, P. R. (Eds.), John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 2, 813-815.

 

61.  J.A. Vila, D.R. Ripoll, M.E. Villegas, Y.N. Vorobjev and H.A. Scheraga. (1998). “Role of Hydrophobicity and Solvent-Mediated Charge-Charge Interactions in Stabilizing α-Helices”.  Biophys. J., 75, 2637-2646. [pdf]

 

62.  D.R. Ripoll, A. Liwo, and H.A. Scheraga. (1998). “New Developments of the Electrostatically Driven Monte Carlo Method - Test on the Membrane-Bound Portion of Melittin”. Biopolymers, 46, 117-126. [pdf]

 

63.  T. Douglas and D.R. Ripoll. (1998). “Calculated electrostatic Gradients in Recombinant Human H-Chain Ferritin”. Protein Sci., 7, 1083-1091. [pdf]

 

64.  J.A. Vila, D.R. Ripoll, Y.N. Vorobjev, and H.A. Scheraga. (1998). “Computation of the Structure-Dependent pKa Shifts in Polypentapeptides of the Poly[fv (IPGVG), fe (IPGEG)] Family”. J. Phys. Chem. B. 102, 3065-3305. [pdf] 

 

65.  S. Raychaudhuri, F. Younas, P.A. Karplus, C.H. Faerman and D.R. Ripoll. (1997). “Backbone Makes a Significant Contribution to the Electrostatics of α/β Barrel Proteins.” Protein Sci. 6, 1849-1857. [pdf]

 

66.  G. Ashkenazi, D.R. Ripoll, N. Lotan, H.A. Scheraga. (1997). “A Molecular Switch for Biological Logic Gates: Conformational Studies.” Biosensors & Bioelectronics 12, 85-95. [pdf]

 

67.  D.R. Ripoll, Y.N. Vorobjev, A. Liwo, J.A. Vila, and H.A. Scheraga. (1996). “Coupling Between Folding and Ionization Equilibria. Effects of pH on the Conformational Preferences of Polypeptides.” J. Mol. Biol. 264, 770-783. [pdf]

 

68.  C.H. Faerman, S.N. Savvides, C. Strickland, M.A. Breidenbach, J.A. Ponasik, B. Ganem, D.R. Ripoll, R.L. Krauth-Siegel, and P.A. Karplus. (1996). “Charge as a Major Discriminating Factor Between Trypanothione and Glutathione Reductases.” Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 4, 1247-1253. [pdf]

 

69.  C.H. Faerman, D.R. Ripoll, S. Bon., Y. Le Feuvre, N. Morel, J. Massoulie, J.L. Sussman, I. Silman.(1996). “Site-direct Mutants Designed to Test Back-door Hypotheses of Acetylcholinesterase Function.” FEBS Lett. 386, 65-71. [pdf]

 

70.  T.J. O'Donnell, S.G. Hotovy, M.S. Pottle, D.R. Ripoll and H.A. Scheraga.  (1996). “Implementation of ECEPP-based Programs on the IBM SP2 and the SGI Power Challenge Computers.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 1067: High-Performance Computing and Networking. Liddell, H., Colbrook, A., Hertzberger, B. and Sloot, P. (Eds). Springer-Verlag, Berlin; Heidelberg; New York.  365-372.

 

71.  F. Ni., K.A. Carpenter, D.R. Ripoll, S.D. Anderson, and T.E. Hugli, (1996). “Stabilization of an Isolated Helical Capping Box in Solution by Hydrophobic Interactions:  Evidence from the NMR Study of Bioactive Peptides from the C-terminus of Human C5a Anaphylatoxin.” Biopolymers, 38, 31-41. [pdf]

 

72.  D.R. Ripoll, C.H. Faerman, R. Gillilan, I. Silman and J.L. Sussman. (1995).  Electrostatic Properties of Human Acetylcholinesterase.” In Enzymes of the Cholinesterase Family. D. M. Quinn, A. S. Balasubramanian, B. P. Doctor and P. Taylor, eds. Plenum Press, NY. Pp.67-70.

 

73.  D.R. Ripoll, M.S. Pottle, K. Gibson, A. Liwo and H.A. Scheraga.  (1995). “Implementation of the ECEPP Algorithm, the Monte Carlo Minimization Method, and the Electrostatically Driven Monte Carlo Method on the Kendall Square Research KSR1 Computer.”  J. Comp. Chem., 16, 1153-1163. [pdf]

 

74.  R. Gillilan and D.R. Ripoll, (1995). “Visualizing Enzyme Electrostatics with IBM Visualization Data Explorer.” In Data Visualization in Molecular Science. J. Bowie Ed. Manning Publications Co. and Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Inc. Chapter 4, 61-81.

 

75.  Q. Ning, D.R. Ripoll, Z. Szewczuk, Y. Konishi and F. Ni. (1994). “Thrombin-Bound Conformation of a cyclic Anticoagulant Peptide using Transferred NOE, Distance Geometry and NOE Simulations.”  Biopolymers, 34, 1125-1137. [pdf]

 

76.  P. Lindahl, D.R. Ripoll, M. Abrahamson, J. Mort and A. Storer. (1994). “Evidence for the Interaction of Val-10 in Cystatin C with the S2 Subsite of Cathepsin B.” Biochemistry, 33, 4384-4392. [pdf]

 

77.  M. Gilson, T.P. Straatsma, J.A. McCammon, D.R. Ripoll, C.H. Faerman, P. Axelsen, I. Silman and J. Sussman. (1994). “Open Back Door in a Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Acetylcholinesterase.” Science 263, 1276-1278. [link]

 

78.  D.R. Ripoll, C. H. Faerman, P. Axelsen, I. Silman and J. Sussman. (1993). “An Electrostatic Mechanism for Substrate Guidance Down the Aromatic Gorge of Acetylcholinesterase”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 90, 5128-5132. [pdf]

 

79.  F. Ni, D.R. Ripoll, P.D. Martin and B.F.P. Edwards. (1992). Solution Structure of a Platelet-Receptor Peptide Bound to Bovine α-Thrombin.” Biochemistry, 31, 11551-11557. [pdf]

 

80.  D.R. Ripoll, (1992). “Conformational Study of a Peptide Epitope Shows Large Preferences for β-Turn Conformations.” Int. J. Pepide Protein Res. 40, 575-581.

 

81.  D.R. Ripoll, and S. Thomas. (1992). “A Parallel Monte Carlo Search Algorithm for the Conformational Analysis of Peptides and Protein.” J. Supercomputing, 6, 163-185.

 

82.  F. Ni, D.R. Ripoll and E.O. Purisima.(1992). “Conformational Stability of a Thrombin-Binding Peptide Derived from the Hirudin C-Terminus.” Biochemistry, 31, 2545-2554. [pdf]

 

83.  D.R. Ripoll and F. Ni. (1992). “Refinement of the Thrombin-Bound Structure of a Hirudin Peptide by a Restrained Electrostatically Driven Monte Carlo Method.” Biopolymers, 32, 359-365. [pdf]

 

84.  C.H. Faerman and D.R. Ripoll. (1992). “Conformational Analysis of a twelve-residue analogue of mastoparan and mastoparan X.” Proteins Struct. Funct. Genet. 12, 111-116. [pdf]

 

85.  D.R. Ripoll, L. Piela, M. Vásquez and H. A. Scheraga. (1991). “On the Multiple-Minima Problem in the Conformational Analysis of Polypeptides. V. Application of the Self Consistent Electrostatic Field and the Electrostatically Driven Monte Carlo Methods to Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin inhibitor.” Proteins Struct. Funct. Genet., 10, 188-198. [pdf]

 

86.  D.R. Ripoll, M. Vásquez and H.A. Scheraga. (1991). “The Electrostatically Driven Monte Carlo Method; Application to the Conformational Analysis of Polyglycine.” Biopolymers, 31, 319-330. [pdf]

 

87.  D.R. Ripoll and H. A. Scheraga. (1990). “On the Multiple-Minima Problem in the Conformational Analysis of Polypeptides. IV. Application of the Electrostatically Driven Monte Carlo Method to the 20-Residue Membrane-Bound Portion of Melittin”. Biopolymers, 30, 165-176. [pdf]

 

88.  R. Ménard, H.E. Khouri, C. Plouffe, R. Dupras, D.R. Ripoll, T. Vernet, D. Tessier, F. Laliberté, D. Thomas and A. Storer.(1990). “Catalytic Role of Papain's Aspartate 158.” Biochemistry, 29, 6706-6713. [pdf]

 

89.  D.R. Ripoll and S. Thomas. (1990). “A Parallel Monte Carlo Search Algorithm for the Conformational Analysis of Protein”.  Proceedings Supercomputing '90, pp. 94-102.

 

90.  D.R. Ripoll and H.A. Scheraga. (1989). “On the Multiple-Minima Problem in the Conformational Analysis of Polypeptides. III. An Electrostatically Driven Monte Carlo Method. Tests on MET--Enkephalin.” J. Prot. Chem., 8, 263-287.

 

91.  D.R. Ripoll and H. A. Scheraga. (1988). “On the Multiple-Minima Problem in the Conformational Analysis of Polypeptides. II. An Electrostatically Driven Monte Carlo Method. Tests on Poly(L-Alanine).” Biopolymers, 27, 1283-1303. [pdf]

 

92.  A. Césaro, J. Benegas and D.R. Ripoll.(1986). “Molecular Model of the Cooperative Amylose Iodine--Triodide Complex.” J. Phys. Chem., 90, 2787-2791. [pdf]

 

93.  J. Benegas, D.R. Ripoll, E. Reyes and A. Césaro. (1986). “The Amylose Triodide-Iodine Complex: Its Dependence with the Degree of Polymerization.” Die Makromolekule Chemie, Macromol. Simposia, 2, 99-103.

 

94.  D.R. Ripoll. (1985). “A Model for the Kinetics of Tubulin Assembly.” Proc. 4rd. Internat. Meeting Polym. Sci. and Technology, 218-220.

 

95.  A. Césaro, J. Benegas and D.R. Ripoll.(1981). “Isotherms of the Amylose Iodine-Iodide Complex.”  Proc. 3rd. Internat. Meeting on Polym. Sci. and Technology, 44-46.

 

96.  J. Benegas, D. Ripoll and E. Marchi. (1982). “Denaturation of β-sheet structure.” J. Theor. Biol., 94, 111-118. [pdf]

 

97.  J. Vila, D.R. Ripoll, E Marchi and J. Benegas. (1982). “Ising Model an Alternative Method of Solution.” Revista Mexicana de Física., 28, 721-730.

 

98.  D. Ripoll, E. Marchi and J. Benegas.(1981). “A New Approach to Microtubule Depolymerization.” J. Theor. Biol., 93, 53-62. [pdf]

 

99.  J. Benegas, D. Ripoll and E. Marchi. (1980). “Recursive Method for the Two Dimensional Finite Ising Model.” Portugaliae Mathematica.  39, 511-523.

 

100.  E. Marchi, J. Benegas and D.R. Ripoll. (1978). “Temperature Dependence of Microtubules.” J. Chem. Phys., 69, 801-806. [pdf]