Liu Group Publications
1. Enzyme Mechanisms for Polycyclic Triterpene Formation. Wendt, K. U.; Schulz, G. E.; Corey, E. J.; Liu, D.R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 39, 2813-2833 (2000).
2. The Generality of DNA-Templated Synthesis as a Basis for Evolving Non-Natural Small Molecules. Gartner, Z. J. and Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 6961-6963 (2001). PDF | SI A highlight describing this work appears in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 41, 89-90 (2002). PDF This work reports the generality of DNA-templated synthesis, its distance independence, and a model translation of multiple DNA sequences into corresponding synthetic products in a manner suitable for in vitro selection and PCR amplification of templates encoding desired synthetic molecules.
3. An In Vivo Selection System for Homing Endonuclease Activity. Gruen, M.; Chang, K.; Serbanescu, I.; Liu, D. R. Nucleic Acids Res. 30, e29 (2002). PDF. This paper describes a selection system that is the basis of ongoing efforts to evolve and understand homing endonucleases with novel substrate specificities.
4. Recent Advances in the In Vitro Evolution of Nucleic Acids. Bittker, J. A.; Phillips, K. J.; Liu, D. R. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 6, 367-374 (2002). PDF
5. Expanding the Reaction Scope of DNA-Templated Synthesis. Gartner, Z, J.; Kanan, M. W.; Liu, D. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 41, 1796-1800 (2002). PDF. This work is featured in an online Nature Science Update. This paper reveals the potential of DNA to direct a wide range of synthetic organic reactions by reporting many new DNA-templated chemistries, including the first general carbon-carbon bond forming reactions (nitro-aldol, nitro-Michael, dipolar cycloadditions, Wittig olefinations, and Pd-mediated cross-couplings) templated by nucleic acids.
6. Nucleic Acid Evolution and Minimization by Nonhomologous Random Recombination. Bittker, J. A.; Le, B. V.; Liu, D. R. Nat. Biotechnol. 20, 1024-1029 (2002). PDF This work describes a new method (NRR) for the diversification of nucleic acids that allows random recombination to take place between multiple unrelated DNA sequences, and demonstrates that NRR enables nucleic acid evolution, functional dissection, and minimization in ways not possible using existing diversification methods.
7. Multistep Small-Molecule Synthesis Programmed by DNA Templates. Gartner, Z. J.; Kanan, M. W.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 10304-10306 (2002). PDF | SI News stories describing this work appear in Chem. & Eng. News 80 [34] 12 (2002) PDF, and in Science, 300, 242 (2003). This paper describes the development of linker and purification strategies that enable the products of DNA-templated reactions to serve as starting materials for subsequent DNA-templated transformations. These findings enable DNA sequences to be translated into structures of useful complexity.
8. Directing Otherwise Incompatible Reactions in a Single Solution Using DNA-Templated Organic Synthesis. Calderone, C. T.; Puckett, J. W.; Gartner, Z. J.; Liu, D. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 41, 4104-4108 (2002). PDF This work is featured as an Editor’s Choice in Science 298 [5598], 1517 (2002). This paper describes a new mode of controlling reactivity in a DNA-templated format that is not possible using conventional synthesis approaches.
9. Two Enabling Architectures for DNA-Templated Organic Synthesis. Gartner, Z. J.; Grubina, R.; Calderone, C. T.; Liu, D. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42, 1370-1375 (2003). PDF A Science and Technology Concentrate describing this work appears in Chem. & Eng. News 81 [13] 24 (2003). PDF This paper reports the development of two template architectures (omega and T) that expand the types of reactions that can be performed in a DNA-templated format.
10. In Vivo Evolution of an RNA Transcriptional Activator. Buskirk, A. R.; Kehayova, P. D.; Landrigan, A.; Liu, D. R. Chem. Biol. 10, 533-540 (2003). PDF This paper is noted as an article of interest in Cell 113 (7) and is previewed in a separate article in Chem. Biol. 10, 584-585 (2003). This work describes the evolution from random RNA libraries expressed in yeast cells of a short RNA sequence that strongly activates gene transcription. The potency of this RNA rivals that of the most active known natural transcriptional activators (all of which are proteins). Its function was dissected using a combination of site-directed mutagenesis, additional evolution, and secondary structure prediction.
11. Stereoselectivity in DNA-Templated Organic Synthesis and Its Origins. Li, X. and Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 10188-10189 (2003). PDF | SI This paper reports the ability of DNA templates to induce stereoselectivity in DNA-templated reactions and traces the origins of this stereoselectivity to the macromolecular conformation of the DNA templates. These findings reveal the conditions under which DNA templates can perturb reaction outcomes beyond simple modulation of effective molarity.
12. Highly Sensitive In Vitro Selections for DNA-Linked Synthetic Small Molecules with Protein Binding Affinity and Specificity. Doyon, J. B.; Snyder, T. M.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 12372-12373 (2003). PDF | SI This work describes the development of affinity and specificity selections for DNA-linked synthetic molecules such as those emerging from DNA-templated small molecule library synthesis.
13. Efficient and Sequence-Specific DNA-Templated Polymerization of PNA Aldehydes. Rosenbaum, D. M. and Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 13924-13925 (2003). PDF | SI This work reports the first efficient and sequence-specific translation of DNA templates into synthetic polymers of length similar to functional proteins. This work is highlighted in a Science and Technology story in Chem. & Eng. News 82 [3] 64 (2004). PDF
14. Expanding the Genetic Code In Vitro and In Vivo. Magliery, T. J.; Liu, D. R. The Genetic Code and the Origin of Life Ed. Ribas de Pouplana, L. Landes Bioscience and Springer, (2004).
15. Translation of DNA into Synthetic N-Acyloxazolidines. Li, X.; Gartner, Z. J.; Tse, B. N.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 5090-5092 (2004). PDF | SI Multistep DNA-templated synthesis was used to generate N-acyloxazolidines and macrocyclic N-acyloxazolidines. These structures represent the most complex synthetic small molecules to date translated from DNA.
16. DNA-Templated Organic Synthesis: Nature’s Strategy for Controlling Chemical Reactivity Applied to Synthetic Molecules. Li, X.; Liu, D. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 43, 4848-4870 (2004). PDF This article reviews the growth of DNA-templated synthesis from its origins as a model system for self-replication to its recent development into a general way to control the reactivity of synthetic molecules using effective molarity.
17. Directed Evolution of Protein Enzymes Using Nonhomologous Random Recombination. Bittker, J. A.; Le, B. V.; Liu, J. M.; Liu, D. R. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 7011-7016 (2004). PDF The development and use of protein nonhomologous random recombination (protein NRR) to evolve active chorismate mutase protein enzymes with rearranged secondary structures are described in this work.
18. Engineering a Ligand-Dependent RNA Transcriptional Activator. Buskirk, A. R.; Landrigan, A.; Liu, D. R. Chem. Biol. 11, 1157-1163 (2004). PDF This work is featured in a Research Highlight in Nat. Methods 1, 6-7 (2004). PDF This paper reports the use of RNA engineering and directed evolution methods to create an RNA-based transcriptional activator that is regulated by a cell-permeable synthetic small molecule.
19. Directed Evolution of Ligand Dependence: Small Molecule-Dependent Protein Splicing. Buskirk, A. R.; Ong, Y.-C.; Gartner, Z. J.; Liu, D. R. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 10505-10510 (2004). PDF The laboratory evolution of an intein that undergoes splicing only in the presence of a cell-permeable synthetic small molecule is described in this work. The evolved intein was used in living cells to render the function of four unrelated proteins dependent on the small molecule in a post-translational and dose-dependent manner.
20. DNA-Templated Organic Synthesis and Selection of a Library of Macrocycles. Gartner, Z. J.; Tse, B. N.; Grubina, R.; Doyon, J. B.; Snyder, T. M.; Liu, D. R. Science 305, 1601-1605 (2004). PDF | SI
This work is featured as a Research Highlight in Nat. Biotechnol. 22, 1247 (2004). This paper describes the translation of a single-solution library of DNA templates into a library of corresponding synthetic small-molecule macrocycles, the in vitro selection of a single member of the DNA-templated library for its protein binding activity, and the amplification by PCR of the DNA encoding the active macrocycle.
21. Reaction Discovery Enabled by DNA-Templated Synthesis and In Vitro Selection. Kanan, M. W.; Rozenman, M. M.; Sakurai, K.; Snyder, T. M., Liu, D. R. Nature 431, 545-549 (2004). PDF | SI
This work is featured in a news focus article in Science 305, 1558 (2004) PDF, in a Science and Technology Concentrate in Chem. & Eng. News 82 [40] 31 (2004) PDF, and in a News and Views commentary in Nat. Biotechnol. 22, 1378-1379(2004) PDF. Here we report a new approach to reaction discovery that simultaneously evaluates many combinations of substrates in a single solution for bond-forming reactivity. Using this approach, we discovered an efficient and mild alkyne-alkene coupling reaction catalyzed by an inorganic Pd(II) salt that generates a trans-enone.
22. Nucleic Acid-Templated Synthesis as a Model System for Ancient Translation. Calderone, C. T. and Liu, D. R. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 8, 645-653 (2004). PDF
23. In Vitro Characterization of IroB, a Pathogen-Associated C-Glycosyltransferase. Fischbach, M. A.; Lin, H.; Liu, D. R.; Walsh, C. T. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 571-576 (2004). PDF
24. Creating Small Molecule-Dependent Switches to Modulate Biological Functions. Buskirk, A. R. and Liu, D. R. Chem. Biol. 12 , 151-161 (2005). PDF
25. DNA-Templated Functional Group Transformations Enable Sequence-Programmed Synthesis Using Small-Molecule Reagents. Sakurai, K.; Snyder, T. M.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 1660-1661 (2005). PDF | SI
26. Functional Dissection of sRNA Translational Regulators Using Nonhomologous Random Recombination and In Vivo Selection. Liu, J.M.; Bittker, J.A.; Lonshteyn, M.; Liu, D. R. Chem. Biol. 12 , 757-767 (2005). PDF | SI
27. In Vitro Characterization of Salmochelin and Enterobactin Trilactone Hydrolases IroD, IroE, and Fes. Lin, H.; Fischbach, M. A.; Liu, D. R.; Walsh, C. T. J. Am. Chem Soc. 127, 11075-11084 (2005). PDF
28. Ordered Multistep Synthesis in a Single Solution Directed by DNA Templates. Snyder, T. M. and Liu, D. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44, 7379-7382 (2005). PDF | SI
29. Small-Molecule Diversification From Iterated Branching Reaction Pathways Enabled by DNA-Templated Synthesis. Calderone, C. T. and Liu, D. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44, 7383-7386 (2005). PDF | SI
30. DNA-Templated Synthesis in Organic Solvents. Rozenman, M. and Liu, D. R. ChemBioChem 7, 253-256 (2006). PDF
31. Enzymatic Tailoring of the Bacterial Siderophore Enterobactin Alters Membrane Partitioning and Iron Acquistion. Luo, M.; Lin, H.; Fischbach, M. A.; Liu, D. R.; Walsh, C. T.; Groves, J. T. ACS Chem. Biol. 1, 29-32 (2006). PDF
32. Directed Evolution and Substrate Specificity Profile of Homing Endonuclease I-SceI. Doyon, J. B.; Pattanayak, V.; Meyer, C. B; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 2477-2484 (2006). PDF | SI
33. How Pathogenic Bacteria Evade Mammalian Sabotage in the Battle for Iron. Fischbach, M. A.; Lin, H.; Liu, D. R.; Walsh, C. T. Nat. Chem. Biol. 2, 132-138 (2006). PDF
34. A Protein Interaction Surface in Nonribosomal Peptide Synthesis Mapped by Combinatorial Mutagenesis and Selection. Lai, J. R., Fischbach, M. A., Liu, D. R., Walsh, C. T. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 103 , 5314-5319 (2006). PDF
35. Control of Transcription Factor Activity and Osteoblast Differentiation in Mammalian Cells Using an Evolved Small-Molecule-Dependent Intein. Yuen, C. M.; Rodda, S. J.; Vokes, S. A.; McMahon, A. P.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 8939-8946 (2006). PDF.
This work is featured in a Science and Technology Concentrate in Chem. & Eng. News 84 [26], 34 (2006), as a Spotlight in ACS Chem. Biol. 1, 328 (2006), and as a News and Views article in Nature 442, 517-518 (2006).
36. Bromoenterobactins as Potent Inhibitors of a Pathogen-Associated, Siderophore-Modifying C-Glycosyltransferase. Lin, H.; Fischbach, M. A.; Gatto Jr., G. J.; Liu, D. R.; Walsh, C. T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 9324-9325 (2006). PDF
37. Localized Protein Interaction Surfaces on the EntB Carrier Protein Revealed by Combinatorial Mutagenesis and Selection. Lai, J. R.; Fischbach, M. A.; Liu, D. R.; Walsh, C. T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 11002-11003 (2006). PDF
38. Binding and Stability Determinants of the PPARγ Nuclear Receptor/Coactivator Interface as Revealed by Shotgun Alanine Scanning and In Vivo Selection. Phillips, K. J.; Rosenbaum, D. M.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 11298-11306 (2006). PDF
39. The Pathogen-Associated iroA Gene Cluster Mediates Bacterial Evasion of Lipocalin 2. Fischbach, M. A.; Lin, H.; Zhou, L.; Yu, Y.; Abergel, R. J.; Liu, D. R.; Raymond, K. N.; Wanner, B. L.; Strong, R. K.; Walsh, C. T.; Aderem, A.; Smith, K. D. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 16502-16507 (2006). PDF
40. In Vivo Evolution of an RNA-Based Transcriptional Silencing Domain in S. cerevisiae. Kehayova, P. D.; Liu, D. R. Chem. Biol. 14, 65-74 (2007). PDF This work is featured in a Research Highlight in Nat. Methods 4, 297 (2007). PDF
41. Synthesis of Acyclic α,β-Unsaturated Ketones via Pd(II)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Reaction of Alkynamides and Alkenes. Momiyama, N.; Kanan, M. W.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 2230-2231 (2007). PDF | SI
42. Solving Chemical Problems through the Application of Evolutionary Principles. Rozenman, M. M.; McNaughton, B. R.; Liu, D. R. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 11, 259-268 (2007). PDF
43. Directed Evolution Can Rapidly Improve the Activity of Chimeric Assembly-Line Enzymes. Fischbach, M. A.; Lai, J. R.; Roche, E. D.; Walsh, C. T.; Liu, D. R. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104, 11951-11956 (2007). PDF
44. Supercharging Proteins Can Impart Extraordinary Resilience. Lawrence, M. S.; Phillips, K. J.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 2230-2231 (2007). PDF | SI
This work is featured in a Research Highlight in Nature 448 973 (2007) PDF and as a News and Views article in Nature 449, 555 (2007). PDF
45. Identification of Eukaryotic Promoter Regulatory Elements Using Nonhomologous Random Recombination. Doyon, J. B.; Liu, D. R. Nucleic Acids Res. 35, 5851-5860 (2007). PDF
46. Dissecting Protein Structure and Function using Directed Evolution. Yuen, C.M.; Liu, D. R. Nat. Methods 4, 995-997 (2007). PDF
47. Discovery of a mRNA Mitochondrial Localization Element in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Nonhomologous Random Recombination and In Vivo Selection. Liu, J. M.; Liu, D. R. Nucleic Acids Res. 35, 6750-6761 (2007). PDF
48. Development and Initial Application of a Hybridization-Independent, DNA-Encoded Reaction Discovery System Compatible with Organic Solvents. Rozenman, M. M.; Kanan, M. W.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 14933-14938 (2007). PDF | SI
This work is featured in a Science and Technology Concentrate in Chem. & Eng. News 85 (47), 43.
49. Effects of Template Sequence and Secondary Structure on DNA-Templated Reactivity. Snyder, T.M.; Tse, B.N.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 1392-1401 (2008). PDF | SI
50. DNA-Templated Polymerization of Side-Chain-Functionalized Peptide Nucleic Acid Aldehydes. Kleiner, R. E.; Brudno, Y.; Birnbaum, M. E.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 4646-4659 (2008). PDF | SI
51. Translation of DNA into a Library of 13,000 Synthetic Small-Molecule Macrocycles Suitable for In Vitro Selection. Tse, B. N.; Snyder, T. M.; Shen, Y.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 15611-15626 (2008). PDF | SI
52. Recent Progress Towards the Templated Synthesis and Directed Evolution of Sequence-Defined Synthetic Polymers. Brudno, Y.; Liu, D. R. Chem. Biol 16, 265-276 (2009). PDF
53. Mammalian Cell Penetration, siRNA Transfection, and DNA Transfection by Supercharged Proteins. McNaughton, B. R.; Cronican, J. J.; Thompson, D. B.; Liu, D. R. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 6111-6116 (2009) PDF | SI | Supplemental Protocol. This work was featured as a Research Highlight in Nat. Methods 6, 322 (2009)
54. A Chemical Screen for Biological Small Molecule-RNA Conjugates Reveals CoA-Linked RNA. Kowtoniuk, W. E.; Shen, Y.; Heemstra, J. M.; Agarwal, I.; Liu, D. R. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 7768-7773 (2009). PDF | SI
This work was featured in a news story in Chemistry World (PDF) (April 20, 2009), in a news story in Chem. & Eng. News 87[17] 9 (2009) PDF, in a Research Highlight in Nat. Chem. Biol. 5, 380-381 (2009) PDF, and in a Highlight in ChemBioChem 10, 2145-2146 (2009).
55. Conversion of 5-Methylcytosine to 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in Mammalian DNA by the MLL Fusion Partner, TET1. Tahiliani, M.; Koh, K. P.; Shen, Y.; Pastor, W. A.; Bandukwala, H.; Brudno, Y.; Agarwal, S.; Iyer, L. M.; Liu, D. R.; Aravind, L.; Rao, A. Science 324, 930-935 (2009). PDF | SI
This work was featured in a Spotlight in ACS Chem. Biol. 4, 315 (2009) PDF, in a Research Highlight in Nature 458, 1080 (2009) PDF , and in a Cover Story in C&E News 87 [37], 11 (2009).
56. Reactivity-Dependent PCR: Direct, Solution-Phase In Vitro Selection for Bond Formation. Gorin, D. J.; Kamlet, A. S.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 9189-9191 (2009) PDF | SI
This work was featured in a news story in Chemistry World (June 18, 2009).
57. Templated Synthesis of Peptide Nucleic Acids via Sequence-Selective Base-Filling Reactions. Heemstra, J. M.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc 131, 11347-11349 (2009) PDF
58. LC/MS Analysis of Cellular RNA Reveals NAD-Linked RNA. Chen, Y. G.; Kowtoniuk, W. E.; Agarwal, I.; Shen, Y.; Liu, D. R. Nat. Chem. Biol. 5, 879-881 (2009) PDF | SI
59. Photoswitching Mechanism of Cyanine Dyes. Dempsey, G. T.; Bates, M.; Kowtoniuk, W. E.; Liu, D. R.; Tsien, R. Y.; Zhuang, X. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 18192-18193 (2009) PDF .
This work was featured in a Science and Technology Concentrate in C&E News 87 [50], 34 (2009) PDF
60. A Small Molecule Inhibitor of TGF-β Signaling Replaces Sox2 in Reprogramming by Inducing Nanog. Ichida, J. K.; Blanchard, J.; Lam, K.; Son, E. Y.; Chung, J. E.; Egli, D.; Loh, K. M.; Carter, A. C.; Gi Giorgio, F. P.; Koszka, K.; Huangfu, D.; Akutsu, H.; Liu, D. R.; Rubin, L. L.; Eggan, K. Cell Stem Cell 5, 491-503 (2009) PDF
61. An In Vitro Translation, Selection and Amplification System for Peptide Nucleic Acid. Brudno, Y.; Birnbaum, M. E.; Kleiner, R. E.; Liu, D. R. Nat. Chem. Biol. 6, 148-155 (2010) PDF | SI
This work was featured in a News and Views article in Nat. Chem. Biol. 6, 87-88 (2010) PDF, and was also featured in an article highlighting Nat. Chem. Biol. papers over the five-year history of the journal in Nat. Chem. Biol. 6, 387-389 (2010) PDF.
62. The Behavior of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in Bisulfite Sequencing. Huang, Y.; Pastor, W. A.; Shen, Y.; Tahiliani, M.; Liu, D. R.; Rao, A. PLoS ONE 5, e8888 (2010) PDF
63. Enhanced Functional Potential of Nucleic Acid Aptamer Libraries Patterned to Increase Secondary Structures. Ruff, K. M., Snyder, T. M., Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 9453-9464 (2010). PDF | SI
64. Potent Delivery of Functional Proteins into Mammalian Cells in Vitro and in Vivo Using a Supercharged Protein. Cronican, J. J.; Thompson, D. B.; Beier, K. T.; McNaughton, B. R.; Cepko, C. L.; Liu, D. R. ACS Chem. Biol. 5, 747-752 (2010).PDF
65. In Vitro Selection of a DNA-Templated Small-Molecule Library Reveals a Class of Macrocyclic Kinase Inhibitors. Kleiner, R. E.; Dumelin, C.; Tiu, G.; Sakurai, K.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 11779-11791 (2010).PDF
66. Autonomous Multistep Organic Synthesis in a Single Isothermal Solution Mediated by a DNA Walker. He, Y. and Liu, D. R. Nat. Nanotechnol. 5, 778-782 (2010). PDF | SI
This work was featured in a news story in Chemistry World (October 10, 2010) PDF in a News and Views article in Nat. Nanotechnol. 5, 760-761 (2010) PDF, and in a Research Highlight in Nat. Methods 7, 952 (2010) PDF.
67. Interaction-Dependent PCR Identified Target-Ligand Pairs from Libraries of Targets and Ligands. McGregor, L. M.; Gorin, D. J.; Dumelin, C. E.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 15522-15524 (2010).PDF | SI
68. Molecules of Life: A General Education Approach to the Science of Living Systems. Tse, B. N.; Clardy, J.; Liu, D. R. in Science and the Educated American: A Core Component of Liberal Education, Meinwald, J. and Hildebrand, J.G. (Eds) Washington, DC: American Academy of Arts and Science pp 180-217 (2010)
69. A Biomolecule-Compatible Visible Light-Induced Azide Reduction from a DNA-Encoded Reaction Discovery System. Chen, Y.; Kamlet, A. S.; Steinman, J. B.; Liu, D. R. Nat. Chem. 3, 146-153 (2011).PDF | SI
70. A De Novo Protein binding Pair by Computational Design and Directed Evolution. Karanicolas, J.; Corn, J. E.; Chen, I.; Joachimiak, L. A.; Dym, O.; Peck, S.; Albeck, S.; Unger, T.; Hu, W.; Liu, G.; Delbecq, S.; Monelione, G.; Spiegel, C.; Liu, D. R.; Baker, D. Mol. Cell 42 (2), 250-260 (2011). PDF
71. A System for the Continuous Directed Evolution of Biomolecules. Esvelt, K. M.; Carlson, J. C.; Liu, D. R. Nature 472, 499-503 (2011). This work was featured in a news story in C&E News 89 (April 14, 2011), as a news story in the MIT Technology Review (April 18, 2011), in a News and Views article in Nat. Chem. Biol. 7, 252-253 (2011), in a feature article in BioTechniques, as a research highlight in Nat. Methods, as a news story in SciBX 4, 5 (2011), and as a news story in Ars Technica (May 15, 2011). PDF | SI
72. Directed Evolution of a Small Molecule-Triggered Intein with Improved Splicing Properties in Mammalian Cells. Peck, S.; Chen, I.; Liu, D. R. Chem. Biol. 18 (5), 619-630 (2011). PDF | SI
73. Inhibition of Bacterial Conjugation by Phage M13 and Its Protein g3p: Quantitative Analysis and Model. Lin, A; Jimenez, J.; Derr, J.; Vera, P.; Manapat, M. L.; Esvelt, K. M.; Villanueva, L.; Liu, D. R.; Chen, I. A. PLoS One 6 (5), e19991 (2011). PDF | SI
74. Opposing Effects if Tcf3 abd Tcf1 Control Wnt-Stimulation of Embryonic Stem Cell Self Renewal. Yi, F.; Pereira, L.; Hoffman, J. A.; Shy, B.; Yuen, C. M.; Liu, D. R.; Merrill, B. J. Nat. Cell Biol. 13, 762-770 (2011). PDF | SI
75. A Sequential Strand-Displacement Strategy Enables Efficient Six-Step DNA-Templated Synthesis. He, Y.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 9972-9975 (2011). PDF | SI
76. A Class of Human Proteins that Deliver Functional Proteins into Mammalian Cells In Vitro and In Vivo. Cronican, J. J.; Beier, K. T.; Davis, T. N.; Tseng, J.; Li, W.; Thompson, D. B.; Shih, A. F.; Cepko, C. L.; Kung, A. L.; Zhou, Q.; Liu, D. R. Chem. Biol. 18, 833-838 (2011). This work was featured in SciBX 4 [31] (2011) [Bioworld] PDF | SI
77. A General Strategy for the Evolution of Bond-Forming Enzymes Using Yeast Display. Chen, I.; Dorr, B. M.; Liu, D. R. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108 (28), 11399-11404 (2011). PDF | SI This work was highlighted in a technology feature in Nat. Methods 8, 623 (2011).
78. Small-Molecule Discovery from DNA-Encoded Chemical Libraries. Kleiner, R. E.; Dumelin, C. E.; Liu, D. R. Chem. Soc. Rev. 40, 5707-5717 (2011). PDF
79. Revealing Off-Target Cleavage Specificities of Zinc Finger Nucleases by In Vitro Selection. Pattanayak, V.; Ramirez, C. L.; Joung, J. K.; Liu, D. R. Nat. Methods 8, 765-770 (2011).PDF, SI.
This work was featured in a news story in the August 7, 2011 issue of Nature, in a Highlight in Nat. Genet., in a news story in C&E News, 89 [33], 8 (2011), in a news story in the August 7, 2011 issue of The Scientist, in a News and Views article in Nat. Methods 8, 725 (2011), and as a news story in the August 10, 2011 issue of BioWorld Today.
80. DNA-Enabled Self-Assembly of Plasmonic Nanoclusters. Fan, J. A.; He, Y.; Bao, K.; Wu, C.; Bao, J.; Schade, N. B.; Manoharan, V. N.; Shvets, G.; Nordlander, P.; Liu, D. R.; Capasso, F. Nano Lett. 11, 4859-4864 (2011). PDF | SI
81. Engineering, Identifying, and Applying Supercharged Proteins for Macromolecule Delivery into Mammalian Cells. Thompson, D. B.; Cronican, J. J.; Liu, D. R. Methods Enzymol. 503, 293-319 (2012).PDF
82. Highly Specific Bisubstrate-Competitive Src Inhibitors from DNA-Templated Macrocycles. Georghiou, G.; Kleiner, R. E.; Pulkoski-Gross, M.; Liu, D. R.; Seeliger, M. A. Nat. Chem. Biol. 8, 366-374 (2012). PDF, SI
83. Cellular Uptake Mechanisms and Endosomal Trafficking of Supercharged Proteins. Thompson, D. B.; Villaseñor, R.; Dorr, B. M.; Zerial, M.; Liu, D. R. Chem. Biol. 19 (7), 831-843 (2012).PDF, SI
84. Discovery and Biological Characterization of Geranylated RNA in Bacteria. Dumelin, C. E.; Chen, Y.; Leconte, A. M.; Chen, Y. G.; Liu, D. R. Nat. Chem. Biol. 8 (11), 913-919 (2012).PDF, SI This work was featured in a Science and Technology Concentrate in C&E News and in Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 10, 731 (2012).
85. DNA Ligase-Mediated Translation of DNA Into Densely Functionalized Nucleic Acid Polymers. Hili, R.; Niu, J.; Liu, D. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc 135, 98-101 (2013). PDF, SI. This work was featured in a Spotlight in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 1627 (2013).
86. A Population-Based Experimental Model for Protein Evolution: Effects of Mutation Rate and Selection Stringency on Evolutionary Outcomes. Leconte, A. M.; Dickinson, B. C.; Yang, D. D.; Chen, I. A.; Allen, B.; Liu, D. R. Biochemistry 52, 1490-1499 (2013). PDF, SI
87. Enzyme-Free Translation of DNA into Sequence-Defined Synthetic Polymers Structurally Unrelated to Nucleic Acids. Niu, J.; Hili, R.; Liu, D. R. Nat. Chem. 5, 282-292 (2013). PDF. SI. This work was featured in a News & Views article in Nat. Chem. 5, 252-253 (2013), in a Science and Technology Concentrate in C&E News 91 [9], 45 (2013), in a news story in Chemistry World (March 3, 2013), and in a News & Views article in Nat. Biotechnol. 31, 613 (2013)
88. Discovery of Widespread GTP-Binding Motifs in Genomic DNA and RNA. Curtis, E. A.; Liu, D. R. Chem. Biol. 20, 521-532 (2013). PDF, SI
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256. Introducing a Hemoglobin G-Makassar Variant in HSCs by In Vivo Base Editing Treats Sickle Cell Disease in Mice. Li, C.; Georgakopoulou, A.; Paschoudi, K.; Anderson, A. K.; Huang, L.; Gil, S.; Giannaki, M. G.; Vlachaki, E.; Newby, G. A.; Liu, D. R.; Yannaki, E.; Kiem, H.-P.; Lieber, A. Mol. Ther. in press, online (2024). PDF
257. In Vivo Photoreceptor Base Editing Ameliorates Rhodopsin-E150K Autosomal-Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa in Mice. Du., S.; Newby, G. A.; Salom, D.; Gao, F.; Menezes, C. R.; Suh S.; Choi, E. H.; Chen. P. Z.; Liu, D. R.; Palczewski, K. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 121, e2416827121 (2024). PDF