Selected publications by the Steve Chu's Biogroup Lab (in chronological order)

(Selected from 189 publications)

  1. Conti R, Bucksbaum P, Chu S, Commins E, Hunter L. Preliminary Observation of Parity Nonconservation in Atomic Thallium. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1979;42:343.RConti_PRL1979
  2. Chu S, Wong S. Linear Pulse Propagation in an Absorbing Medium. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1982;48:738; Phys. Rev. Lett. 1982;49:1293.Chu&Wong_PRL1982Chu&Wong_PRL1982res
  3. Chu S, Mills AP. Observation of the 13S1 23S1 Two Photon Doppler Free Transition in Positronium. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1982;48:1333.Chu&Mills_PRL1982
  4. Chu S, Mills AP, Jr., Hall LJ. Measurement of the Positronium 13S1 23S1 Interval by Doppler Free Two Photon Spectroscopy. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1984;52:1689.Chu_PRL1984
  5. Chu S, Hollberg L, Bjorkholm JE, Cable A, Ashkin A. Laser Cooling and Viscous Confinement of Sodium Atoms. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1985;55:48.Chu_PRL1985
  6. Ashkin A, Dziedzic JM, Bjorkholm JE, Chu S. Observation of a Single Beam Gradient Force Trap for Dielectric Particles. Optics Lett. 1986;11:288.Ashkin_OpLett1986
  7. Chu S, Bjorkholm JE, Ashkin A, Cable A. Experimental Observation of Optically Trapped Atoms. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1986;57:314.Chu_PRL1986
  8. Raab EL, Prentiss M, Cable AE, Chu S, Pritchard DE. Trapping Sodium with Radiation Pressure. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1987;59:2631.Raab_PRL1987
  9. Chu S, Mills AP, Jr., Yodh AG, Nagamine K, Miyake H, Kuga T. Laser Excitation of the 1S 2S Transition in Muonium. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1988;60:101.Chu_PRL1988
  10. Kasevich MA, Riis E, Chu S, DeVoe RG. Rf Spectroscopy in an Atomic Fountain. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1989;63:612.Kasevich_PRL1989
  11. Kasevich M, Chu S. Atomic Interferometry Using Stimulated Raman Transitions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1991;67:181.Kasevich_PRL1991
  12. Weiss DS, Young BC, Chu S. A Precision Measurement of the Photon Recoil of an Atom using Atomic Interferometry. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1993;70:2706. Weiss_PRL1993
  13. Perkins TT, Smith DE, Chu S. Direct Observation of Tube-Like Motion of a Single Polymer Chain. Science 1994;264:819-822.Perkins_Science1994
  14. Perkins TT, Quake SR, Smith DE, Chu S. Relaxation of a Single DNA Molecule Observed by Optical Microscopy. Science 1994;264:822-826.Perkins_Science1994_2nd
  15. Perkins TT, Smith DE, Larson RG, Chu S. Stretching of a Single Tethered Polymer in a Uniform Flow. Science 1994;268:83.Perkins_Science1995
  16. Smith DE, Perkins TT, Chu S. Self-diffusion of an Entangled DNA Molecule by Reptation. Phys. Rev. Lett. 1995;75:4146.Smith_PRL1995
  17. Quake SR, Chu S. The Normal Mode Structure of Extended Single Molecules of DNA. Nature 1997;388:151-154.Quake_Nature1997
  18. Perkins TT, Smith DE, Chu S. Single Polymer Dynamics in an Elongational Flow. Science 1997;276:2016-2021.Perkins_Science1997
  19. Peters A, Chung KY, Chu S. A Measurement of Gravitational Acceleration by Dropping Atoms. Nature 1999;400:849-852.Peters_Nature1999
  20. Smith DE, Babcock HB, Chu S. Single Polymer dynamics in Steady Shear Flow. Science 1999;283:1724.Smith_Science1999
  21. Ha T, Zhuang X, Kim HD, Orr JW, Williamson JR, Chu S. Ligand-induced conformational changes observed in single molecule RNA molecules. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1999;96:9077-9083.Ha_PNAS1999
  22. Zhuang X, Bartley LE, Babcock HP, Russell R, Ha T, Herschlag D, Chu S. A Single Molecule Study of RNA Catalysis and Folding. Science 2000;288:2048-2051.Zhuang_Science2000
  23. Ha T, Rasnik I, Cheng W, Babcock HP, Gauss G, Lohman TM, Chu S. Initiation and re-initiation of DNA unwinding by the Escherichia coli Rep helicase. Nature 2002;419:638-641.Ha_Nature2002
  24. Russell R, Zhuang X, Babcock HP, Millett IS, Doniach S, Chu, Herschlag D. Channels in the Folding Landscape of a Structured RNA. PNAS 2002;99:155-160.Russell_PNAS2002
  25. Johnson JM, Ha T, Chu S and Boxer SG, Early steps of supported bilayer formation probed by single vesicle fusion analysis, Biophysical J. 2002; 83: 3371-3379.Johnson_BiophysJ2002
  26. Kim HD, Nienhaus GU, Ha T, Orr JW, Williamson JR and Chu S, Mg2+-Dependent Conformational Change of RNA Studied by Fluorescence Correlation on Immobilized Single Molecules, PNAS 2002; 99: 4284-4289.Kim_PNAS2002
  27. Zhuang X, Kim H, Pereira M, Babcock HP, Walter N, Chu S. Correlating Structural Dynamics and Function in Single Ribozyme Molecules. Science 2002;296:1473-1476.Zhuang_Science2002
  28. Hazen Babcock, Rodigo Teixeira, Joe Hur, Eric Shaqfeh, and Steven Chu, Visualization of molecular fluctuations near the critical point of the coil-stretch transition in polymer elongation, Macromolecules 2003;36: 4544 - 4548.Babcock_Macromolecules2003
  29. Schroeder CM, Babcock HP, Shaqfeh E, Chu S. Observation of polymer configuration hysteresis in extensional flow, Science 2003;301:1515-1519.Schroeder_Science2003
  30. Bartley LE, Zhuang X, Das R, Chu S and Herschlag D, Exploration of the transition state for tertiary structure formation between and RNA helix and a large structured RNA, J. Molec. Biology 328, 1011-1026 (2003).Bartley_JMB2003
  31. Weninger K, Bowen ME, Chu S, Brunger AT. Single-molecule studies of SNARE complex assembly reveal parallel and antiparallel configurations. PNAS 2003;100:14800-14805. Weninger_PNAS2003
  32. Blanchard SC, Kim HD, Gonzalez RL, Jr., Puglisi JD, Chu S. tRNA dynamics on the ribosome. PNAS 2004: 101: 12893–12898.Blanchard_PNAS2004
  33. Blanchard SC, Gonzalez RL, Jr., Kim HD, Chu S, Puglisi JD. tRNA selection and kinetic proofreading in translation, Nature Structural Biology, 2004: v11, no.10, p.1008-1014.Blanchard_NatureStruct2004
  34. Bowen ME, Weninger K, Brunger AT, and Chu S, Single Molecule Observation of Liposome – Bilayer Fusion Thermally Induced by SNAREs, Biophys. J., 87, 3569-3584, (2004).Bowen_BiophysJ2004
  35. Bowen ME, Weninger K, Ernst J, Chu S, and Brunger AT, Single Molecule Studies of Synaptotagmin and Complexin Binding to the SNARE Complex, Biophys. J., 89, 690-702 (2004). Bowen_BiophysJ2005
  36. Teixeira RE, Babcock HP, Shaqfeh ESG and Chu S, Shear Thinning and Tumbling Dynamics of Single Polymers, Macromolecules; Jan 25 2005; v.38, no.2, p.581-592.Teixeira_Macromolecules2005
  37. Schroeder CM, Teixeira RE, Shaqfeh ESG, and Chu S, The Dynamics of DNA in the Flow-Gradient Plane of Steady Shear Flow: Observations and Simulations, Macromolecules; Mar 8 2005; v.38, no.5, p.1967-1978. Shroeder_Macromolecules2005
  38. Schroeder, CM; Teixeira, RE; Shaqfeh, ESG; Chu, S, Characteristic periodic motion of polymers in shear flow, Physical Review Letters; 1 July 2005; vol.95, no.1, p.018301/1-4, Schroeder_PRL2005
  39. Teixeira, RE; Dambal, AK; Richter, DH; Shaqfeh, ESG; Chu, S, The individualistic dynamics of entangled DNA in solution, Macromolecules; Apr 3 2007; v.40, no.7, p.2461-2476. Teixeira_Macromolecules2007
  40. Uemura, S; Dorywalska, M; Lee, TH; Kim, HD; Puglisi, JD; Chu, S, Peptide bond formation destabilizes Shine-Dalgarno interaction on the ribosome Nature; 22 March 2007; vol.446, no.7134, p.454-7. Uemura_Nature2007
  41. Lee TH, Blanchard SC, Kim HD, Puglisi JD, Chu S, The role of fluctuations in tRNA selection by the ribosome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Aug 21;104(34):13661-5. Lee_PNAS2007
  42. Cui B, Wu C, Chen L, Ramirez A, Bearer EL, Li WP, Mobley WC, Chu S, One at a time, live tracking of NGF axonal transport using quantum dots. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Aug 21;104(34):13666-71.Cui_PNAS2007
  43. Kim HD, Puglisi J, Chu S, Fluctuations of tRNAs between classical and hybrid states. Biophys J. 2007 Aug 10; Kim_BiophysJ2007
  44. Lee TH, Lapidus LJ, Zhao W, Travers KJ, Herschlag D, Chu S. Measuring the folding transition time of single RNA molecules. Biophys J. 2007 May 1;92(9):3275-83.Lee_BiophysJ2007
  45. Sivasankar, S., and Chu, S., (2007) Optical bonding using silica nanoparticle sol-gel chemistry, Nano Lett., 7, 3031-3034 Sanjeevi_NanoLett2007
  46. Wu C, Ramirez A, Cui B, Ding J, Delcroix JD, Valletta JS, Liu JJ, Yang Y, Chu S, Mobley WC. A functional dynein-microtubule network is required for NGF signaling through the Rap1/MAPK pathway. Traffic. 2007 Nov;8(11):1503-20. dynein-microtubule_network_.pdf
  47. Ding J, Allen E, Wang W, Valle A, Wu C, Nardine T, Cui B, Yi J, Taylor A, Jeon NL, Chu S, So Y, Vogel H, Tolwani R, Mobley W, Yang Y. Gene targeting of GAN in mouse causes a toxic accumulation of microtubule-associated protein 8 and impaired retrograde axonal transport.Hum Mol Genet. 2006 May 1;15(9):1451-63. gene_targeting_of_gan.pdf
  48. Liu JJ, Ding J, Wu C, Bhagavatula P, Cui B, Chu S, Mobley WC, Yang Y. Retrolinkin, a membrane protein, plays an important role in retrograde axonal transport. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Feb 13;104(7):2223-8. retrolinkin.pdf
  49. Weninger K, Bowen ME, Choi UB, Chu S, and Brunger AT, Accessory proteins stabilize the acceptor complex for synaptobrevin, the 1:1 syntaxin/SNAP-25 complex. Structure Jan 2008 16; 308-20 2008snares.pdf
  50. Zhang, Y; Sivasankar, S; Nelson，WJ; Chu, S. Resolving cadherin interactions and binding cooperativity at the single molecule level. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Jan 6, 2009; 106(1):109-114. Zhang_PNAS2009

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