List of publications

54- Dominguez C., Fisette J.F., Chabot B., Allain F.H.-T. (2010)
"Structural basis of G-tract recognition and encaging by hnRNP F quasi-RRMs"
Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 17, 853-61
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53- Sutter M., Damberger F.F., Imkamp F., Allain F.H.-T., Weber-Ban E. (2010)
"Prokaryotic Ubiquitin-like Protein (Pup) Is Coupled to Substrates via the Side Chain of Its C-Terminal Glutamate."
J. Am. Chem. Soc., Advanced online publication
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52- Zhang Z., Theler D., Kaminska K.H., Hiller M., Grange P.D., Pudimat R., Rafalska I., Heinrich B., Bujnicki J.M., Allain F.H.-T., Stamm S. (2010)
"The YTH domain is a novel RNA binding domain"
J. Biol. Chem., 385, 14701-10
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51- Lamichhane R., Daubner G.M., Thomas-Crusells J., Auweter S.D., Manatschal C., Austin K.S., Valniuk O., Allain F.H.-T., Rueda D. (2010)
"RNA looping by PTB: Evidence using FRET and NMR spectroscopy for a role in splicing repression"
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 107, 4105-10
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50- Ravindranathan S., Oberstrass F.C., Allain F.H.-T. (2010)
"Increase in backbone mobility of the VTS1p-SAM domain on binding to SRE-RNA"
J. Mol. Biol., 396, 732-46
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49- Sutter M., Striebel F., Damberger F.F., Allain F.H.-T., Weber-Ban E. (2010)
"A distinct structural region of the prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Pup) is recognized by the N-terminal domain of the proteasomal ATPase Mpa."
FEBS Letters, 583, 3151-57
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48- Maris C., Allain F.H.‑T. (2009)
"Structure of RNA Editing Substrates and Their Recognition by RNA Base Deaminase"
Contribution of DNA and RNA Modification Enzymes: Structure, Mechanism, Function and Evolution, Landes Bioscience, Chapter 17

47- Skrisovska L., Schubert M., Allain F.H.-T. (2009)
"Recent advances in segmental isotope labeling of proteins: NMR applications to large proteins and glycoproteins."
J. Biomol. NMR, 46, 51-65
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46- Slynko V., Schubert M., Numao S., Kowarik M., Aebi M., Allain FH.-T. (2009)
"NMR structure determination of a segmentally labeled glycoprotein using in vitro glycosylation."
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 1274-81
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45- Oberstrass F., Allain F.H.-T., Ravindranathan S. (2008)
"Changes in Dynamics of SRE-RNA on Binding to the VTS1p-SAM Domain Studied by 13C NMR Relaxation"
J. Ac. Chem. Soc., 130, 12007–20
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44- Cléry A., Blatter M., Allain F.H.-T. (2008)
"RNA recognition motifs: boring? Not quite"
Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol., 18, 290-298
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43- Morillas M., Eberl H., Allain F.H.-T., Glockshuber R., Kuennemann E. (2008)
"Novel enzymatic activity derived from the Semliki Forest virus capsid protein"
J. Mol. Biol., 376, 721-35
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42- Auweter S.D., Allain F.H.-T. (2008)
"Structure-function relationships of the polypyrimidine tract binding protein"
Cell Mol Life Sci., 65, 516-27
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41- Lapouge K., Schubert M,. Allain F.H.-T., Haas D. (2008)
"Gac/Rsm signal transduction pathway of gamma-proteobacteria: from RNA recognition to regulation of social behaviour"
Mol. Microbiol., 67, 241-253
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40- Skrisovska L., Allain F.H.-T. (2007)
"Improved Segmental Isotope Labeling Methods for the NMR Study of Multidomain or Large Proteins: application to the RRMs of Npl3p and hnRNP L"
J. Mol. Biol., 375, 151-164
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39- Schubert M., Lapouge K., Duss O., Oberstrass F.C., Jelesarov I., Haas D., Allain F. H.-T. (2007)
Molecular Basis of mRNA Recognition by the Specific Bacterial Repressing Clamp RsmA/CsrA.
Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 14, 807-813
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38- Skrisovska L., Bourgeois C.F., Stefl R., Grellscheid S.N., Kister L., Wenter P., Elliott D.J., Stevenin J., Allain F.H.-T (2007)
"The testis-specific human protein RBMY recognizes RNA through a novel mode of interaction"
EMBO Rep., 8, 372-379
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37- Auweter S.D., Oberstrass F.C., Allain F.H.-T. (2007)
"Solving the Structure of PTB in Complex with Pyrimidine Tracts: An NMR Study of Protein–RNA Complexes of Weak Affinities"
J. Mol. Biol., 367, 174-86
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36- Hargous Y., Hautbergue G.M. , Tintaru A.M. , Skrisovska L. , Golovanov A.P., Stevenin J. , Lian L.Y., Wilson S.A. and Allain F.H.-T. (2006)
"Molecular basis of RNA recognition and TAP binding by the SR proteins SRp20 and 9G8"
The EMBO Journal, 25, 5126-5137
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35- Auweter S.D., Oberstrass F.C., Allain F.H.-T. (2006)
"Sequence-specific binding of single-stranded RNA: is there a code for recognition?"
Nucleic Acids Res., 34, 4943-4959
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34- Dominguez C. and Allain F.H.-T. (2006)
"NMR structure of the three quasi RNA Recognition Motifs (qRRMs) of human hnRNP F and interaction studies with Bcl-x G-tract RNA: A novel mode of RNA recognition"
Nucleic Acids Res., 34, 3634-3645
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33- Petoukhov M.V., Monie T. P.., Allain F.H.-T. , Matthews S., Curry S., Svergun D.I. (2006)
"Conformation of polypyrimidine tract binding protein in solution"
Structure, 14, 1021-7
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32- Wenter P., Reymond L., Auweter S.D., Allain F.H.-T. and Pitsch S. (2006)
"Short, synthetic, selectively-13C-labeled RNAs for the NMR structure determination of protein-RNA complexes"
Nucleic Acids Res., 34, e79
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31- Chowdhury S., Maris C., Allain F.H.-T. and Narberhaus F. (2006)
"Molecular basis for temperature sensing by an RNA thermometer"
The EMBO Journal, 25, 2487-97
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30- Oberstrass F.C., Lee A., Stefl R., Janis M., Chanfreau G. and Allain F.H.-T. (2006)
"Shape-specific recognition in the structure of the Vts1p SAM domain with RNA"
Nat. Struc. Mol. Biol., 13, 160-167
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29- Auweter S.D., Fasan R., Reymond L., Underwood J.G., Black D.L., Pitsch S. and Allain F. H.T. (2006)
"Molecular basis of RNA recognition by the human alternative splicing factor Fox-1"
The EMBO Journal, 25, 163-173
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28- Vitali F., Henning A., Oberstrass F.C., Hargous Y., Auweter S. D., Erat M. and Allain F.H.-T. (2006)
"Structure of the two most C-terminal RNA Recognition Motifs of PTB using segmental isotope labeling"
The EMBO Journal, 25, 150-162
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27- Stefl R., Xu M., Skrisovska L., Emeson R.B. and Allain F.H.-T. (2006)
"Structure and specific RNA-binding of ADAR2 double-stranded RNA-binding motifs"
Structure, 14, 345-355
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26- Dominguez C., and Allain F.H.-T. (2005)
"Resonance assignments of the N-terminal RNA recognition motifs (RRM) of the human heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein F (HnRNP F)"
J. Biomol. NMR, 33, 282
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25- Oberstrass F.C., Auweter S.D., Erat M., Hargous Y., Henning A., Wenter P., Reymond L., Amir-Ahmady B., Pitsch S., Black D. and Allain F.H.-T. (2005)
"Structure of PTB Bound to RNA: Specific Binding and Implications for Splicing Regulation"
Science, 309(5743), 2054-2057
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24- Maris C., Dominguez C. and Allain F.H.-T. (2005)
"The RNA Recognition Motif, a modulable RNA binding platform to regulate posttranscriptional gene expression"
FEBS Journal, 272, 2118-2131
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23- Stefl R. and Allain F.H.-T. (2005)
"A novel RNA pentaloop fold involved in targeting ADAR2"
RNA, 11, 592-597
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22- Stefl R., Skrisovska L., Xu M., Emeson R.B. and Allain F.H.-T. (2005)
"Resonance assignment of the double-stranded RNA-binding domains of adenosine deaminase acting of RNA 2 (ADAR2)"
J. Biomol. NMR, 31, 71-72
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21- Maris C., Masse J., Chester A., Navaratnam N. and Allain F.H.-T. (2005)
"NMR structure of the apoB mRNA stem-loop and its interaction with the C to U editing APOBEC1 complementary factor"
RNA, 11, 173-186
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20- Stefl R., Skrisovska L. and Allain, F.H.-T. (2005)
"RNA sequence- and shape-dependant recognition by proteins in the ribonucleoprotein particle"
EMBO Reports, 6, 33-8
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19- Masse J.E., Wong B., Yen Y.M., Allain F.H.-T., Johnson R.C. and Feigon J. (2002)
"The S. cerevisiae architectural HMGB protein NHP6A complexed with DNA: DNA and protein conformational changes upon binding"
J. Mol. Biol. 323(2), 263-84
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18- Varani G. and Allain F.H.-T. (2002)
"How a rotavirus hijacks the human protein synthesis machinery"
Nat. Struct. Biol., 9(3), 158-60
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17- Bouvet P., Allain F.H.-T., Finger D.L., Dieckmann T. and Feigon J. (2001)
"Recognition of pre-formed and flexible element of an RNA stem-loop by nucleolin"
J. Mol. Biol., 309, 763-775
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16- Allain F.H.-T., Bouvet P., Dieckmann T and Feigon J. (2000)
"Molecular Basis of sequence-specific recognition of pre-ribosomal RNA by nucleolin"
EMBO J., 19, 6870-6881
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15- Allain F.H.-T., Gilbert D.E, Bouvet P. and Feigon J. (2000)
"Solution structure of the two N-terminal RNA binding domains of Nucleolin and NMR study of the interactions with its RNA target"
J. Mol. Biol., 303, 227-241
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14- Butcher S.E., Allain F.H.-T. and Feigon J. (2000)
"Determination of metal ion binding sites within the hairpin ribozyme domains by NMR"
Biochemistry, 39, 2174-2182
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13- Allain F.H.-T., Yen Y.M., Masse J.E., Schultze P., Dieckmann T., Johnson R.C. and Feigon J. (1999)
"Solution structure of the HMG protein NHP6A and its interaction with DNA reveals the structural determinants for non-sequence specific binding"
EMBO J., 18, 2563-2579
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12- Masse J.E., Allain, F.H.-T., Yen Y.M., Johnson R.C. and Feigon J. (1999)
"Use of 13C, 15N-Labeled DNA in a Non-Sequence Specific Protein-DNA Complex Resolves Ambiguous Assignments of Intermolecular NOEs"
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 121, 3547-3548
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11- Butcher S.E, Allain, F.H.-T. and Feigon, J. (1999)
"Solution structure of the loop B domain from the hairpin ribozyme"
Nat. Struct. Biol., 6, 212-216
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10- Howe P.W.A , Allain F.H.-T., Varani G. and Neuhaus D. (1998)
"Determination of the NMR structure of the complex between the U1A protein and its RNA polyadenylation inhibition element"
J. Biomol. NMR, 11, 59-84
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9- Allain F.H.-T. (1997)
Structure determination of Protein-RNA complexes by NMR spectroscopy
Ph-D thesis, Cambridge University.

8- Allain F.H.-T., Howe P.W.A , Neuhaus D. and Varani G. (1997)
"Structural basis of the RNA-binding specificity of human U1A protein"
EMBO J., 16, 5764-5774
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7- Allain F.H.-T. and Varani G. (1997)
"How accurately and precisely can RNA structure be determined by NMR"
J. Mol. Biol. 267, 338-351
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6- Allain F.H.-T., Gubser C.C., Howe P.W.A, Nagai K., Neuhaus D. and Varani G (1996)
"Specificity of ribonucleoprotein interaction determined by RNA folding during complex formation"
Nature, 380, 646-650
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5- Varani G., Aboul-Ela F. and Allain F.H.-T. (1996)
"NMR investigation of RNA structure"
Prog. Nucl. Magn. Res. Spect., 29, 51-127
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4- Avis J.M., Allain F.H.-T., Howe P.W.A., Varani G., Nagai K. and Neuhaus D. (1996)
"Solution structure of the N-terminal RNP Domain of U1A Protein: Implication for the role of C-terminal residues in Structure stability and RNA binding"
J. Mol. Biol., 257, 398-411
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3- Allain F.H.-T. and Varani G. (1995)
"Structure of the P1 helix from Group I Self-splicing Introns"
J. Mol. Biol., 250, 333-353
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2- Varani G., Aboul-Ela F., Allain F.H.-T. and Gubser C.C. (1995)
"Novel three-dimentional 1H-13C-31P triple resonance experiments for sequencial backbone correlations in nucleic acids"
J. .Biomol. NMR. 5, 315-320

1- Allain F.H.-T. and Varani G. (1995)
"Divalent metal ion binding to a conserved wobble pair defining the upstream site of cleavage of group I self splicing introns"
Nucleic Acids Res. 23, No 3, 341-350
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