Heng Ru, Melissa G. Chambers, Tian-Min Fu, Alexander B. Tong, Maofu Liao*, Hao Wu*. (2015) Molecular mechanism of V(D)J recombination from synaptic RAG1-RAG2 complex structures. Cell. 2015 Nov 19;163(5):1138-52. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.10.055. Epub 2015 Nov 5. PMID: 26548953
EMDB: 6487 | 6488 | 6489 | 6490 | 6491 PDB: 3JBW | 3JBX | 3JBY EM Data: EMPIAR-10049
Gira Bhabha, Hui-Chun Cheng, Nan Zhang, Arne Moeller, Maofu Liao, Jeffrey A. Speir, Yifan Cheng, Ronald D. Vale. (2014) Allosteric communication in the dynein motor domain. Cell 159:857-68. PMID: 25417161
Maofu Liao, Erhu Cao, David Julius and Yifan Cheng. (2014) Single particle electron cryo-microscopy of a mammalian ion channel. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 27: 1–7. PMID: 24681231
Maofu Liao*, Erhu Cao*, David Julius and Yifan Cheng. (2013) Structure of the TRPV1 ion channel determined by electron cryo-microscopy. Nature 504, 107–112. (* equal contribution) PMID: 24305160
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Erhu Cao*, Maofu Liao*, Yifan Cheng and David Julius. (2013) TRPV1 structures in distinct conformations reveal activation mechanisms. Nature 504, 113–118. (* equal contribution) PMID: 24305161
Daniele Canzio, Maofu Liao, Nariman Naber, Ed Pate, Adam Larson, Shenping Wu, Diana Marina, Jennifer Garcia, Hiten Madhani, Roger Cooke, Peter Schuck, Yifan Cheng, Geeta J. Narlikar. (2013) A conformational switch in HP1 releases auto-inhibition to drive heterochromatin assembly. Nature 496: 377–381. PMID: 23485968
Dina Schneidman-Duhovny, Andrea Rossi, Agustin Avila-Sakar, Seung Joong Kim, Javier Velázquez-Muriel, Pavel Strop, Hong Liang, Kristin A. Krukenberg, Maofu Liao, Ho Min Kim, Solmaz Sobhanifar, Volker Dötsch, Arvind Rajpal, Jaume Pons, David A. Agard, Yifan Cheng and Andrej Sali. (2012) A method for integrative structure determination of protein-protein complexes. Bioinformatics 28(24): 3282-3289. PMID: 23093611
Shenping Wu, Agustin Avila-Sakar, JungMin Kim, David S. Booth, Charles H. Greenberg, Andrea Rossi, Maofu Liao, Xueming Li, Akram Alian, Sarah L. Griner, Narinobu Juge, Yadong Yu, Claudia M. Mergel, Javier Chaparro-Riggers, Pavel Strop, Robert Tampé, Robert H. Edwards, Robert M. Stroud, Charles S. Craik, Yifan Cheng. (2012) Fabs enable single particle cryoEM studies of small proteins. Structure 20(4): 582-92. PMID: 22483106
Metka Lenassi, Gerard Cagney, Maofu Liao, Tomaž Vaupotič, Koen Bartholomeeusen, Yifan Cheng, Nevan J. Krogan, Ana Plemenitaš, B. Matija Peterlin. (2010) HIV Nef is secreted in exosomes and triggers apoptosis in bystander CD4+ T cells. Traffic 11: 110-122. PMID: 19912576
Margaret Kielian, Chantal Chanel-Vos and Maofu Liao. (2010) Alphavirus entry and membrane fusion. Viruses 2010, 2(4): 796-825. PMID: 21546978
Maofu Liao, Claudia Sánchez-San Martín, Aihua Zheng and Margaret Kielian. (2010) In vitro reconstitution reveals key intermediate states of trimer formation by the dengue virus membrane fusion protein. Journal of Virology 84(11): 5730-40. PMID: 20335260
M. Umashankar, Claudia Sánchez-San Martín, Maofu Liao, Brigid Reilly, Alice Guo, Gwen Taylor, and Margaret Kielian. (2008) Differential cholesterol binding by class II fusion proteins determines membrane fusion properties. Journal of Virology 82(18): 9245-53. PMID: 18632857
Maofu Liao and Margaret Kielian. (2006) Functions of the stem region of the Semliki Forest virus fusion protein during virus fusion and assembly. Journal of Virology 80(22): 11362-11369. PMID: 16971447
Maofu Liao and Margaret Kielian. (2006). Site-directed antibodies against the stem region reveal low pH-induced conformational changes of the Semliki Forest virus fusion protein. Journal of Virology 80(19): 9599-9607. PMID: 16973563
Maofu Liao and Margaret Kielian. (2005). Domain III from class II fusion proteins functions as a dominant-negative inhibitor of virus membrane fusion. Journal of Cell Biology 171(1): 111-120. PMID: 16216925
Maofu Liao and Margaret Kielian. (2005). The conserved glycine residues in the transmembrane domain of the Semliki Forest virus fusion protein are not required for assembly and fusion. Virology 332(1): 430-437. PMID: 15661173
Don L. Gibbons, Anna Ahn, Maofu Liao, Lena Hammar, R. Holland Cheng, and Margaret Kielian. (2004) Multistep regulation of membrane insertion of the fusion peptide of Semliki Forest virus. Journal of Virology 78(7): 3312-3318. PMID: 15016852
Maofu Liao, Yun Lu, Yi Xiao, Manfred P. Dierich, Ying-Hua Chen. (2000) Induction of high level of specific antibody response to the neutralizing epitope ELDKWA on HIV-1 gp41 by peptide-vaccine. Peptides. 21(4): 463-468. PMID: 10822100
Yi Xiao, Maofu Liao, Yun Lu, Manfred P. Dierich, Ying-Hua Chen. (2000) Epitope-vaccines: a new strategy to induce high levels of neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1. Immunobiology 201(3-4): 323-331. PMID: 10776789
