Selected Online Publications

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Crystallographic theory and methods

Structure factor probabilities, phase probabilities and map coefficients

R.J. Read (1986), "Improved Fourier coefficients for maps using phases from partial structures with errors."
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
Acta Cryst. A42, 140-149.

R.J. Read (1990), "Structure factor probabilities for related structures."
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
Acta Cryst. A46, 900-912.

R.J. Read (1999), "Detecting outliers in non-redundant diffraction data."
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
Acta Cryst. D55, 1759-1764.

Maximum likelihood structure refinement

N.S. Pannu & R.J. Read (1996), "Improved structure refinement through maximum likelihood."
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
Acta Cryst. A52, 659-668.

N.S. Pannu, G.N. Murshudov, E.J. Dodson & R.J. Read (1998), "Incorporation of prior phase information strengthens maximum likelihood structure refinement."
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
Acta Cryst. D54, 1285-1294.

Molecular replacement

M.Fujinaga & R.J. Read (1987), "Experiences with a new translation-function program."
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
J. Appl. Cryst. 20, 517-521.

R.J. Read & A.J. Schierbeek (1988), "A phased translation function."
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
J. Appl. Cryst. 21, 490-495.

R.J. Read (2001), "Pushing the boundaries of molecular replacement with maximum likelihood."
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
Acta Cryst. D57, 1373-1382. (note erratum)

L.C. Storoni, A.J. McCoy & R.J. Read (2004), "Likelihood-enhanced fast rotation functions."
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
Acta Cryst. D60, 432-438.

A.J. McCoy, R.W. Grosse-Kunstleve, L.C. Storoni & R.J. Read (2005), "Likelihood-enhanced fast translation functions."
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
Acta Cryst. D61, 458-464.

Experimental phasing

N.S. Pannu, A.J. McCoy & R.J. Read (2003), "Application of the complex multivariate normal distribution to crystallographic methods with insights into multiple isomorphous replacement phasing."
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
Acta Cryst. D59, 1801-1808.

R.J. Read (2003), "New ways of looking at experimental phasing."
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
Acta Cryst. D59, 1891-1902.

A.J. McCoy, L.C. Storoni & R.J. Read (2004), "Simple algorithm for a maximum-likelihood SAD function."
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
Acta Cryst. D60, 1220-1228.

Density modification

*G.J. Kleywegt & R.J. Read (1997), "Ways & Means: Not your average density", Structure 5, 1557-1569. (Abstract)

Phaser

In addition to the papers describing individual underlying algorithms for molecular replacement and experimental phasing, we have published an overview summarising the use of likelihood for these calculations, and discussing automation features.

A.J. McCoy, R. W. Grosse-Kunstleve, P. D. Adams, M. D. Winn, L.C. Storoni & R.J. Read (2007), "Phaser crystallographic software. "
Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
J. Appl. Cryst. 40, 658-674.

Validation

R.J. Read & G.J. Kleywegt (2009), "Low-resolution structure determination and validation", Acta Cryst. D65, 0.

R.J. Read & G.J. Kleywegt (2009), "Case-controlled structure validation", Acta Cryst. D65, 140-147.

Structural and biochemical studies

Bacterial toxins

*P.E. Stein, A. Boodhoo, G.D. Armstrong, S.A. Cockle, M.H. Klein & R. J. Read (1994), "The crystal structure of pertussis toxin", Structure 2, 45-57. (Abstract)

*B. Hazes, A. Boodhoo, S.A. Cockle & R.J. Read (1996), "Crystal structure of the pertussis toxin-ATP complex: a molecular sensor", J. Mol. Biol. 258, 661-671.

*B. Hazes & R.J. Read (1997), "Accumulating evidence suggests that several AB-toxins subvert the endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation pathway to enter target cells", Biochemistry 36, 11051-11054.

*H. Ling, A. Boodhoo, B. Hazes, M.D. Cummings, G.D. Armstrong, J.L. Brunton & R.J. Read (1998), "Structure of the Shiga-like toxin I B-pentamer complexed with an analogue of its receptor Gb3", Biochemistry 37, 1777-1788.

*M.D. Cummings, H. Ling, G.D. Armstrong, J.L. Brunton & R.J. Read (1998), "Modeling the carbohydrate-binding specificity of pig edema toxin", Biochemistry 37, 1789-1799.

*M.D. Cummings, T.N. Hart & R.J. Read (1998), "Fragment-based modeling of NAD binding to the catalytic subunits of diphtheria and pertussis toxins", Proteins 31, 282-298. (Abstract)

P.I. Kitov, J.M. Sadowska, G. Mulvey, G.D. Armstrong, H. Ling, N.S. Pannu, R.J. Read & D.R. Bundle (2000), "Shiga-like toxins are neutralized by tailored multivalent carbohydrate ligands", Nature 403, 669-672.

*H. Ling, N.S. Pannu, A.Boodhoo, G.D. Armstrong, C.G. Clark, J.L. Brunton & R.J. Read (2000), "A mutant Shiga-like toxin IIe bound to its receptor Gb3: structure of a group II Shiga-like toxin with altered binding specificity", Structure 8, 253-264. (Abstract)

Serpins

*A.M. Sharp, P.E. Stein, N.S. Pannu, R.W. Carrell, M.B. Berkenpas, D. Ginsburg, D.A. Lawrence & R.J. Read (1999), "The active conformation of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1, a target for drugs to control fibrinolysis and cell adhesion", Structure Fold. Des. 7, 111-118. (Abstract)

J.A. Huntington, R.J. Read & R.W. Carrell (2000), "Structure of a serpin-protease complex shows inhibition by deformation", Nature 407, 923-926.

A. Zhou, J.A. Huntington, N.S. Pannu, R.W. Carrell & R.J. Read (2003), "How vitronectin binds PAI-1 to modulate fibrinolysis and cell migration", Nature Struct. Biol. 10, 541-544.

Other

*B. Hazes, P.A. Sastry, K. Hayakawa, R.J. Read & R.T. Irvin (2000), "Crystal structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAK pilin suggests a main-chain-dominated mode of receptor binding", J. Mol. Biol. 299, 1005-1017.



Last updated: 14 April, 2009