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2024    
Kush Coshic, Christopher Maffeo, David Winogradoff, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "The structure and physical properties of a packaged bacteriophage particle." Nature 627:905-914 (2024).
2023    
Christopher Maffeo, Lauren Quednau, James Wilson, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "DNA double helix, a tiny electromotor." Nature Nanotechnology 18:238-242 (2023).
Prabhat Tripathi, Behzad Mehrafrooz, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Sophie E. Jackson, Martin Gruebele, and Meni Wanunu. "A Marcus-Type Inverted Region in the Translocation Kinetics of a Knotted Protein." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters:10719-10726 (2023).
Xiaojun Wei, Tadas Penkauskas, Joseph E. Reiner, Celeste Kennard, Mark J. Uline, Qian Wang, Sheng Li, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Joseph W. F. Robertson, and Chang Liu. "Engineering Biological Nanopore Approaches toward Protein Sequencing." ACS Nano 17:16369-16395 (2023).
Xiaojun Wei, Tadas Penkauskas, Joseph E. Reiner, Celeste Kennard, Mark J. Uline, Qian Wang, Sheng Li, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Joseph W. F. Robertson, and Chang Liu. "Engineering Biological Nanopore Approaches toward Protein Sequencing." ACS Nano 17:16369-16395 (2023).
Kumar Sarthak, David Winogradoff, Yingda Ge, Sua Myong, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Benchmarking Molecular Dynamics Force Fields for All-Atom Simulations of Biological Condensates." Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2023). PDF icon Supporting Information (2.98 MB)
Luning Yu, Xinqi Kang, Fanjun Li, Behzad Mehrafrooz, Amr Makhamreh, Ali Fallahi, Joshua C. Foster, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Min Chen, and Meni Wanunu. "Unidirectional single-file transport of full-length proteins through a nanopore." Nature Biotechnology (2023).
2022    
David Winogradoff, Han-Yi Chou, Christopher Maffeo, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Percolation transition prescribes protein size-specific barrier to passive transport through the nuclear pore complex." Nature Communications 13:5138 (2022). PDF icon Supplementary Information (20.83 MB)
Prabhat Tripathi, Morgan Chandler, Christopher Michael Maffeo, Ali Fallahi, Amr Makhamreh, Justin Halman, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Kirill A. Afonin, and Meni Wanunu. "Discrimination of RNA fiber structures using solid-state nanopores." Nanoscale 14:6866-6875 (2022).
2021    
Dan Qiao, Himanshu Joshi, Huangtianzhi Zhu, Fushi Wang, Yang Xu, Jia Gao, Feihe Huang, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Jiandong Feng. "Synthetic Macrocycle Nanopore for Potassium-Selective Transmembrane Transport." Journal of the American Chemical Society 143:15975-15983 (2021). PDF icon si.pdf (10.35 MB)
Javier Antonio Alfaro, Peggy Bohländer, Mingjie Dai, Mike Filius, Cecil J. Howard, Xander F. van Kooten, Shilo Ohayon, Adam Pomorski, Sonja Schmid, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Eric V. Anslyn, Georges Bedran, Chan Cao, Mauro Chinappi, Etienne Coyaud, Cees Dekker, Gunnar Dittmar, Nicholas Drachman, Rienk Eelkema, David Goodlett et al. "The emerging landscape of single-molecule protein sequencing technologies." Nature Methods 18 (2021).
Javier Antonio Alfaro, Peggy Bohländer, Mingjie Dai, Mike Filius, Cecil J. Howard, Xander F. van Kooten, Shilo Ohayon, Adam Pomorski, Sonja Schmid, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Eric V. Anslyn, Georges Bedran, Chan Cao, Mauro Chinappi, Etienne Coyaud, Cees Dekker, Gunnar Dittmar, Nicholas Drachman, Rienk Eelkema, David Goodlett et al. "The emerging landscape of single-molecule protein sequencing technologies." Nature Methods 18 (2021).
Prabhat Tripathi, Abdelkrim Benabbas, Behzad Mehrafrooz, Hirohito Yamazaki, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Paul M. Champion, and Meni Wanunu. "Electrical unfolding of cytochrome during translocation through a nanopore constriction." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (2021). PDF icon si_published.pdf (5.09 MB)
D Winogradoff, Pin‐Yi Li, H Joshi, L Quednau, C Maffeo, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Chiral Systems Made from DNA." Advanced Science 8:2003113 (2021).
2020    
Adnan Choudhary, Himanshu Joshi, Han-Yi Chou, Kumar Sarthak, James Wilson, Christopher Maffeo, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "High-Fidelity Capture, Threading, and Infinite-Depth Sequencing of Single DNA Molecules with a Double-Nanopore System." ACS Nano 14:15566-15576 (2020). PDF icon nn0c06191_si_001.pdf (547.55 KB)
Jejoong Yoo, David Winogradoff, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Molecular dynamics simulations of DNA--DNA and DNA--protein interactions." Current Opinion in Structural Biology 64:88-96 (2020).
James C. Phillips, David J. Hardy, Julio D. C. Maia, John E. Stone, João V. Ribeiro, Rafael C. Bernardi, Ronak Buch, Giacomo Fiorin, Jérôme Hénin, Wei Jiang, Ryan McGreevy, Marcelo C. R. Melo, Brian K. Radak, Robert D. Skeel, Abhishek Singharoy, Yi Wang, Benoît Roux, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Zaida Luthey-Schulten, Laxmikant V. Kalé et al. "Scalable molecular dynamics on CPU and GPU architectures with NAMD." J. Chem. Phys. 153 (2020).
David Winogradoff, Shalini John, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Protein unfolding by SDS: the microscopic mechanisms and the properties of the SDS-protein assembly." Nanoscale 12:5422-5434 (2020). PDF icon supplement.pdf (6.71 MB)
Prabhat Tripathi, Liang Shuai, Himanshu Joshi, Hirohito Yamazaki, William H. Fowle, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Hicham Fenniri, and Meni Wanunu. "Rosette Nanotube Porins as Ion Selective Transporters and Single-Molecule Sensors." Journal of the American Chemical Society 142:1680-1685 (2020). PDF icon si.pdf (2.47 MB)
2019    
David Winogradoff, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Molecular Mechanism of Spontaneous Nucleosome Unraveling." Journal of Molecular Biology 431:323-335 (2019). PDF icon supplementary_information.pdf (28.94 MB)
Haiqing Zhao, David Winogradoff, Yamini Dalal, and Garegin A. Papoian. "The Oligomerization Landscape of Histones." Biophysical Journal 116:1845-1855 (2019).
Megan Farell, Maxwell Wetherington, Manish Shankla, Inseok Chae, Shruti Subramanian, Seong H. Kim, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Joshua Robinson, and Manish Kumar. "Characterization of the Lipid Structure and Fluidity of Lipid Membranes on Epitaxial Graphene and Their Correlation to Graphene Features." Langmuir 35:4726-4735 (2019).
James Wilson, Kumar Sarthak, Wei Si, Luyu Gao, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Rapid and Accurate Determination of Nanopore Ionic Current Using a Steric Exclusion Model." ACS sensors 4:634-644 (2019). PDF icon sem_si.pdf (4.02 MB)
2018    
James Wilson, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Water-compression gating of nanopore transport." Physical Review Letters 120:268101 (2018). PDF icon Supporting Information (7.41 MB)
2017    
Benjamin Cressiot*, Sandra J. Greive*, Wei Si*, Tomas Pascoa, Mehrnaz Mojtabavi, Maria Chechik, Huw Thomas Jenkins, Xueguang Lu, Ke Zhang, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Alfred A. Antson, and Meni Wanunu. "Porphyrin-Assisted Docking of a Thermophage Portal Protein into Lipid Bilayers: Nanopore Engineering and Characterization." ACS Nano 11:11931-11945 (2017).
Aaron John Wolfe, Wei Si, Zhengqi Zhang, Adam R. Blanden, Yi-Ching Hsueh, Jack Fredrick Gugel, Bach Pham, Min Chen, Stewart N. Loh, Sharon Rozovsky, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Liviu Movileanu. "Quantification of Membrane Protein-Detergent Complex Interactions." The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 121:10228-10241 (2017).
Mohammad Amin Alibakhshi, Justin R. Halman, James Wilson, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Kirill A. Afonin, and Meni Wanunu. "Picomolar Fingerprinting of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles Using Solid-State Nanopores." ACS Nano 11:9701-9710 (2017). PDF icon Supporting Information (12.11 MB)
Mohammad Amin Alibakhshi, Justin R. Halman, James Wilson, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Kirill A. Afonin, and Meni Wanunu. "Picomolar Fingerprinting of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles Using Solid-State Nanopores." ACS Nano 11:9701-9710 (2017). PDF icon Supporting Information (12.11 MB)
2016    
Haiqing Zhao*, David Winogradoff*, Minh Bui, Yamini Dalal, and Garegin A. Papoian. "Promiscuous Histone Mis-Assembly Is Actively Prevented by Chaperones." J Am Chem Soc 138:13207-13218 (2016).
Kerstin Göpfrich*, Chen-Yu Li*, Maria Ricci, Satya Prathyusha Bhamidimarri, Jejoong Yoo, Bertalan Gyenes, Alexander Ohmann, Mathias Winterhalter, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Ulrich F. Keyser. "Large-Conductance Transmembrane Porin Made from DNA Origami." ACS Nano 10:8207-8214 (2016). PDF icon supporting_information.pdf (3.19 MB)
Jejoong Yoo, James Wilson, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Improved model of hydrated calcium ion for molecular dynamics simulations using classical biomolecular force fields." Biopolymers 105:752-763 (2016). PDF icon bip22868-sup-0001-suppinfo01.pdf (921.41 KB)
James Wilson, Leila Sloman, Zhiren He, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Graphene Nanopores for Protein Sequencing." Advanced Functional Materials 26:4830-4838 (2016).
Kerstin Göpfrich, Chen-Yu Li, Iwona Mames, Satya Prathyusha Bhamidimarri, Maria Ricci, Jejoong Yoo, Adam Mames, Alexander Ohmann, Mathias Winterhalter, Eugen Stulz, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Ulrich F. Keyser. "Ion Channels Made from a Single Membrane-Spanning DNA Duplex." Nano Letters 16:4665-4669 (2016). PDF icon supporting_information.pdf (1.32 MB)
Spencer Carson, James Wilson, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Peter R. Weigele, and Meni Wanunu. "Hydroxymethyluracil modifications enhance the flexibility and hydrophilicity of double-stranded DNA." Nucleic Acids Research 44:2085-2092 (2016).
Spencer Carson, James Wilson, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Peter R. Weigele, and Meni Wanunu. "Hydroxymethyluracil modifications enhance the flexibility and hydrophilicity of double-stranded DNA." Nucleic Acids Research 44:2085-2092 (2016).
Spencer Carson, James Wilson, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Peter R. Weigele, and Meni Wanunu. "Hydroxymethyluracil modifications enhance the flexibility and hydrophilicity of double-stranded DNA." Nucleic Acids Research 44:2085-2092 (2016).
Haiqing Zhao*, David Winogradoff*, Minh Bui, Yamini Dalal, and Garegin Papoian. "Promiscuous histone mis-assembly is actively prevented by chaperones." Journal of the American Chemical Society 138:13207-13218 (2016). PDF icon The cover image on JACS (2.25 MB)PDF icon SI for the paper (33.5 MB)
2015    
Yue-xiao Shen, Wen Si, Mustafa Erbakan, Karl Decker, Rita De Zorzi, Patrick O. Saboe, You Jung Kang, Sheereen Majd, Peter J. Butler, Thomas Walz, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Jun-li Hou, and Manish Kumar. "Highly permeable artificial water channels that self-assemble into two-dimensional arrays." Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 112:9810-9815 (2015).
Shouvik Banerjee, James Wilson, Jiwook Shim, Manish Shankla, Elise A. Corbin, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Rashid Bashir. "Slowing DNA Transport Using Graphene–DNA Interactions." Advanced Functional Materials 25:936-946 (2015). PDF icon adfm201403719-sup-0001-s1.pdf (1.01 MB)
David Winogradoff, Ignacia Echeverria, Davit A. Potoyan, and Garegin A. Papoian. "The acetylation landscape of the H4 histone tail: disentangling the interplay between the specific and cumulative effects." J Am Chem Soc 137:6245-6253 (2015).
David Winogradoff, Haiqing Zhao, Yamini Dalal, and Garegin A. Papoian. "Shearing of the CENP-A dimerization interface mediates plasticity in the octameric centromeric nucleosome." Scientific reports 5 (2015).
2014    
Christopher Maffeo, J Yoo, Jeffrey Comer, D B. Wells, B Luan, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Close encounters with DNA." J Phys Condens Matter 26:413101 (2014).
Spencer Carson, James Wilson, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Meni Wanunu. "Smooth DNA Transport through a Narrowed Pore Geometry." Biophysical Journal 107:2381-2393 (2014).
Spencer Carson, James Wilson, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Meni Wanunu. "Smooth DNA Transport through a Narrowed Pore Geometry." Biophysical Journal 107:2381-2393 (2014).
2013    
James Wilson, and Massimiliano Di Ventra. "Single-base DNA discrimination via transverse ionic transport." Nanotechnology 24:415101 (2013).
Maxim Belkin, Christopher Maffeo, David B. Wells, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Stretching and controlled motion of single-stranded DNA in locally heated solid-state nanopores." ACS Nano 7:6816-24 (2013). PDF icon Supporting Information (2.8 MB)
2012    
Stefan W. Kowalczyk, David B. Wells, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Cees Dekker. "Slowing down DNA translocation through a nanopore in lithium chloride." Nano Lett 12:1038-44 (2012).
Christopher Maffeo, Swati Bhattacharya, Jejoong Yoo, David B. Wells, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Modeling and simulation of ion channels." Chem Rev 112:6250-6284 (2012).
David B. Wells, Maxim Belkin, Jeffrey Comer, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Assessing graphene nanopores for sequencing DNA." Nano Letters 12:4117-4123 (2012).
David B. Wells, Swati Bhattacharya, Rogan Carr, Christopher Maffeo, Anthony H. Ho, Jeffrey Comer, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Optimization of the molecular dynamics method for simulations of DNA and ion transport through biological nanopores." Methods Mol Biol 870:165-86 (2012).
2011    
Meni Wanunu, Swati Bhattacharya, Yun Xie, Yitzhak Tor, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Marija Drndic. "Nanopore analysis of individual RNA/antibiotic complexes." ACS Nano 5:9345-53 (2011).
Bala Murali Venkatesan, James Polans, Jeffrey Comer, Supriya Sridhar, David Wendell, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Rashid Bashir. "Lipid bilayer coated Al(2)O(3) nanopore sensors: towards a hybrid biological solid-state nanopore." Biomed Microdevices 13:671-82 (2011).
Jeffrey Comer, David B. Wells, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Modeling nanopores for sequencing DNA." In DNA Nanotechnology: Methods and Protocols, edited by Giampaolo Zuccheri and Bruno Samori, 317-358. Vol. 749. Methods Mol. Biol. 749., 2011.
Gregory Timp, Utkur Mirsaidov, Winston Timp, Jiwook Shim, Deqiang Wang, Valentin Dimitrov, Jan Scrimgeour, Chunchen Lin, Jeffrey Comer, Anthony H. Ho, Xueqing Zou, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Klaus Schulten. "Third Generation DNA Sequencing with a Nanopore." In Nanopores: Sensing fundamental biological interactions at the single molecule level, edited by Samir M. Iqbal and Rashid Bashir, 287-311. Springer US, 2011.
2010    
Christopher Maffeo, Robert Schöpflin, Hergen Brutzer, René Stehr, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Gero Wedemann, and Ralf Seidel. "DNA-DNA interactions in tight supercoils are described by a small effective charge density." Phys Rev Lett 105:158101 (2010).
Michael Zwolak, James Wilson, and Massimiliano Di Ventra. "Dehydration and ionic conductance quantization in nanopores." J Phys Condens Matter 22:454126 (2010).
Winston Timp, Utkur M. Mirsaidov, Deqiang Wang, Jeffrey Comer, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Gregory Timp. "Nanopore Sequencing: Electrical Measurements of the Code of Life." IEEE Trans Nanotechnol 9:281-294 (2010).
David B. Wells, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Mechanical properties of a complete microtubule revealed through molecular dynamics simulation." Biophys J 99:629-37 (2010). PDF icon Supporting Information (pdf) (2.75 MB)File Atomic coordinates of the equilibrated "N" protofilament (pdb) (2.02 MB)File Atomic coordinates of the equilibrated "S" protofilament (pdb) (2.02 MB)File Atomic coordinates of the equilibrated complete microtubule (pdb) (13.16 MB)
2008    
Rogan Carr, Ira A. Weinstock, Asipu Sivaprasadarao, Achim Müller, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Synthetic ion channels via self-assembly: a route for embedding porous polyoxometalate nanocapsules in lipid bilayer membranes." Nano Lett 8:3916-21 (2008). PDF icon Supporting Information (pdf) (8.8 MB)
2007    
David B. Wells, Volha Abramkina, and Aleksei Aksimentiev. "Exploring transmembrane transport through alpha-hemolysin with grid-steered molecular dynamics." J Chem Phys 127:125101 (2007).
2005    
James Gumbart, Yi Wang, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Emad Tajkhorshid, and Klaus Schulten. "Molecular dynamics simulations of proteins in lipid bilayers." Curr Opin Struct Biol 15:423-31 (2005).