Scientific Commons: Y. F. Wei

Intrinsic Tunneling Spectra of Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ near Optimal Doping (2007)

We report tunneling spectra of near optimally doped Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ intrinsic Josephson junctions with area of 0.09 $\mu$m$^2$, which avoid some fundamental difficulties in the...

The structure of FADD and its mode of interaction with procaspase-8 (2006)

Carrington, P. E., Sandu, C., Wei, Y. F., Hill, J. M., Morisawa, G., Huang, T., ...

The structure of FADD has been solved in solution, revealing that the death effector domain (DIED) and death domain (DD) are aligned with one another in an orthogonal, tail-to-tail fashion....

Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ intrinsic Josephson junctions: Surface layer characterization and control (2005)

Zhao, S. P., Zhu, X. B., Wei, Y. F., Chen, G. H., Yang, Q. S., Lin, C. T.

Identification of an expanded binding surface on the FADD death domain responsible for interaction with CD95/Fas (2004)

Hill, J. M., Morisawa, G., Kim, T., Huang, T., Wei, Y., Wei, Y. F., ...

The initiation of programmed cell death at CD95 (Fas, Apo-1) is achieved by forming a death-inducing signaling complex (DISC) at the cytoplasmic membrane surface. Assembly of the DISC has been...

Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a human cDNA encoding an Escherichia coli AlkB homolog, a protein involved in DNA alkylation damage repair.

Wei, Y F, Carter, K C, Wang, R P, Shell, B K

The Escherichia coli AlkB protein is involved in protecting cells against mutation and cell death induced specifically by SN2-type alkylating agents such as methyl methanesulfonate (MMS). A human...

The products of the yeast MMS2 and two human homologs (hMMS2 and CROC-1) define a structurally and functionally conserved Ubc-like protein family.

Xiao, W, Lin, S L, Broomfield, S, Chow, B L, Wei, Y F

Eukaryotic genes encoding ubiquitin-congugating enzyme (Ubc)-like proteins have been isolated from both human and yeast cells. The CROC-1 gene was isolated by its ability to transactivate c- fos...

Suppression of Escherichia coli alkB mutants by Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes.

Wei, Y F, Chen, B J, Samson, L

The alkB gene is one of a group of alkylation-inducible genes in Escherichia coli, and its product protects cells from SN2-type alkylating agents such as methyl methanesulfonate (MMS). However, the...

Molecular cloning and expression of human cDNAs encoding a novel DNA ligase IV and DNA ligase III, an enzyme active in DNA repair and recombination.

Wei, Y F, Robins, P, Carter, K, Caldecott, K, Pappin, D J, Yu, G L, ...

Three distinct DNA ligases, I to III, have been found previously in mammalian cells, but a cloned cDNA has been identified only for DNA ligase I, an essential enzyme active in DNA replication. A...

Cloning and sequencing a human homolog (hMYH) of the Escherichia coli mutY gene whose function is required for the repair of oxidative DNA damage.

Slupska, M M, Baikalov, C, Luther, W M, Chiang, J H, Wei, Y F, Miller, J H

We have cloned the human mutY gene (hMYH) from both genomic and cDNA libraries. The human gene contains 15 introns and is 7.1 kb long. The 16 exons encode a protein of 535 amino acids that displays...

Developmental changes in the rat atriopeptin hormonal system.

Wei, Y F, Rodi, C P, Day, M L, Wiegand, R C, Needleman, L D, Cole, B R, ...

We undertook a study of fetal synthesis, storage, and release of atriopeptin (AP). Plasma levels of both atriopeptin immunoreactivity (APir) and the NH2-terminal fragment of the prohormone...