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• Lummis, Sarah C. R. and Dougherty, Dennis A. (2022) Expression of Mutant Glycine Receptors in Xenopus Oocytes Using Canonical and Non-Canonical Amino Acids Reveals Distinct Roles of Conserved Proline Residues; Membranes; Vol. 12; No. 10; Art. No. 1012; PMCID PMC9607081; 10.3390/membranes12101012
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• Baker, Benjamin W. and Dougherty, Dennis A., et el. (2020) Proline Residues Contribute to Efficient GABAp Receptor Function; ACS Chemical Neuroscience; Vol. 11; No. 24; 4215-4222; 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00483
• Blom, Annet E. M. and Su, Justin Y., et el. (2020) Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Pyrroloindolines as Positive Allosteric Modulators of the α1β2γ2 GABA_A Receptor; ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters; Vol. 11; No. 11; 2204-2211; PMCID PMC7667864; 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.0c00340
• Lester, Henry A. and Dougherty, Dennis A. (2019) Nicotine Bound to Its Receptors: New Structures for a Vexing Pathopharmacological Problem; Neuron; Vol. 104; No. 3; 431-432; 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.10.029
• Blom, Annet E. M. and Rego Campello, Hugo, et el. (2019) Probing Binding Interactions of Cytisine Derivatives to the α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 141; No. 40; 15840-15849; 10.1021/jacs.9b06580
• Blunt, Catriona E. W. and Dougherty, Dennis A. (2019) Binding Interactions of NS6740, a Silent Agonist of the α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor; Molecular Pharmacology; Vol. 96; No. 2; 212-218; 10.1124/mol.119.116244
• Mosesso, Richard and Dougherty, Dennis A., et el. (2019) Proline Residues in the Transmembrane/Extracellular Domain Interface Loops Have Different Behaviors in 5-HT_3 and nACh Receptors; ACS Chemical Neuroscience; Vol. 10; No. 7; 3327-3333; 10.1021/acschemneuro.9b00315
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• Jarman, John B. and Dougherty, Dennis A. (2019) Charge-transfer heptamethine dyes for NIR singlet oxygen generation; Chemical Communications; Vol. 55; No. 38; 5511-5514; 10.1039/c9cc01096c
• Walton, David P. and Dougherty, Dennis A. (2019) A general strategy for visible-light decaging based on the quinone cis-alkenyl lock; Chemical Communications; Vol. 55; No. 34; 4965-4968; 10.1039/c9cc01073d
• Dougherty, Dennis A. (2019) Francis P. Garvan John M. Olin Medal: Lisa McElwee-White; Chemical & Engineering News; Vol. 97; No. 3; 47
• Dougherty, Dennis (2019) James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry: Eric V. Anslyn; Chemical and Engineering News; Vol. 97; No. 3; 38-39
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• Mosesso, Richard and Dougherty, Dennis A., et el. (2018) Probing Proline Residues in the Prokaryotic Ligand-Gated Ion Channel, ELIC; Biochemistry; Vol. 57; No. 27; 4036-4043; 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00379
• Mosesso, Richard and Dougherty, Dennis A. (2018) A triad of residues is functionally transferrable between 5-HT_3 serotonin receptors and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Journal of Biological Chemistry; Vol. 293; No. 8; 2903-2914; PMCID PMC5827437; 10.1074/jbc.M117.810432
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• Walton, David P. and Dougherty, Dennis A. (2017) A General Strategy for Visible-Light Decaging Based on the Quinone Trimethyl Lock; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 139; No. 13; 4655-4658; 10.1021/jacs.7b01548
• Regan, Clinton J. and Walton, David P., et el. (2017) Mechanistic Studies of the Photoinduced Quinone Trimethyl Lock Decaging Process; Journal of the American Chemical Society; Vol. 139; No. 13; 4729-4736; 10.1021/jacs.6b12007
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• Davis, Matthew R. and Dougherty, Dennis A. (2016) Cation-π Interactions: Computational Analyses of the Aromatic Box Motif and the Fluorination Strategy for Experimental Evaluation of Cys-Loop Receptors and Related Structures; Biophysical Journal; Vol. 110; No. 3; 454A; 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.2434
• Tender, Gabrielle S. and Dougherty, Dennis A., et el. (2016) Probing Molecular Interactions in Erwinia Ligand-Gated Ion Channel (ELIC); Biophysical Journal; Vol. 110; No. 3; 457A; 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.2449
• Davis, Matthew R. and Dougherty, Dennis A. (2015) Cation–π interactions: computational analyses of the aromatic box motif and the fluorination strategy for experimental evaluation; Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics; Vol. 17; No. 43; 29262-29270; PMCID PMC4627595; 10.1039/C5CP04668H
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