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Jim Wells, PhD

Title(s)Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry
SchoolSchool of Pharmacy
Phone415-514-4498
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    Title(s)Chair, Pharmaceutical Chemistry


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    1979  - 1981Damon M. Runyon-Walter Winchell Postdoctoral Fellowship
    American Cancer Society1990Pfizer Award for achievements in enzyme chemistry
    Perdue University1991Joseph Foster Award Lecturer
    Washington State University1992Alumni Achievement Award
    Temple University1994Distinguished Award Lecture
    Rockefeller University1995Stein Memorial Award Lecture
    SUNY Stony Brook1997Begelsteil Award Lecture
    1997Frontiers in Biological Sciences Lecture, Case Western Reserve
    Washington State University1997Distinguished Alumni Award
    Protein Society1998Christian B. Anfinsin Awar
    American Peptide Society1998Vincent du Vignead Award
    NAS1999Elected Member to the National Academy of Sciences
    Protein Society2003Hans Neurath Award
    Harvard Medical School2005Otto Krayer Lectureship
    Boston College2005Boston College Distinguished Lectureship in Chemistry
    Stanford University2005Cutting Award Lecture
    2005Braisted Award Lecture
    American Cancer Society, Biotech2006Perlman Lecture Award of the ACS Biotechnology Division
    Nature Biotechnology2006Shortlisted Nominee, Nature Biotechnology’s Who’s Who in Biotech, most significant contribution to b
    CABM, Rutgers University2006Paul Janssen Prize in Adv. Biotech and Medicine
    Yale University2007Fred Richards Distinguished Lecture
    Rockefeller University2008Jane Darnell Distinguished Lecture
    Johns Hopkins University2009Kossiakoff Lecture in Biophysics
    University of Chicago2009Herman S. Bloch Award, “for scientific excellence in industry”
    Thomas Jefferson University2009Weinhouse Lecture in Biochemistry
    ASBMB2010Merck Award
    American Cancer Society2011Smissman Award in Medicinal Chemistry
    University of Illinois2011Ada Doisy Lectures
    Washington University, St Louis2011Carl and Gerty Cori Lecture
    University of Wisconsin, Madison2011Green Lecture
    St Luke's, Boise ID2011Burkholder Award Lecture
    Vanderbilt University, TN2012Lubomir S. Hnilica Endowed Lecture
    University of Washington, Seattle2012Gordon Lecture
    Gladstone, San Francisco2012Keynote at Gladstone Scientific Retreat
    UCSC Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry2013Keynote Speaker
    ICSB and Kyoto University2013Keynote Speaker at ICSB Meeting
    Tsinghua University2013Keynote Speaker, Symposium of Frontier Sciences on New Drug Discovery
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences2015Elected Member of Academy

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    James "Jim" Wells focuses on understanding and modulating signaling processes in human cells through protein and small molecule design. His lab seeks activators as well as inhibitors of signaling molecules, including proteases and kinases, and uses them to study the consequences of triggering specific nodes of signaling circuits. He is especially interested in the inter-protein circuitry of pathways involved in cell death and inflammation, and the intra-protein allosteric circuitry that governs how distant functional sites in one protein communicate.

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    Antibody Research Technology Center
    NIH/NCI P41CA196276Sep 24, 2014 - Aug 31, 2019
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Affinity-directed tagging of protein binding partners in signaling
    NIH R01CA191018Jun 16, 2014 - May 31, 2019
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Generation of recombinant thiopeptides to target antimicrobial-resistant bacteria
    NIH R21AI111662Mar 1, 2014 - Feb 29, 2016
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Automated System for High-Throughput In Vitro Selection of Recombinant Antibodies
    NIH S10OD012037May 15, 2012 - May 14, 2014
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Regulating Proteolysis to Dissect Apoptosis
    NIH R01GM097316Sep 20, 2011 - Jun 30, 2015
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Approaches to discover and quantify apoptotic biomarkers for cancer treatment
    NIH R01CA154802Feb 1, 2011 - Jan 31, 2015
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Start-up Funds for Junior Faculty in Chemical Biology Group at UCSF
    NIH P30GM092427Sep 30, 2009 - Aug 31, 2012
    Role: Principal Investigator
    High-throughput SPR Instrument for Small Molecule Discovery
    NIH S10RR025448Jan 1, 2009 - Dec 31, 2009
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Direct Chemical Activators of Caspases
    NIH R01CA136779Dec 5, 2008 - Nov 30, 2014
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Global Analysis of Proteolysis in Apoptosis
    NIH R01GM081051Apr 1, 2007 - Jul 31, 2016
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Site-specific Allosteric Inhibitors for Inflammatory Caspases
    NIH R01AI070292Mar 15, 2007 - Feb 28, 2013
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Activators of Procaspase-7
    NIH R21NS057022Jul 20, 2006 - Jul 19, 2007
    Role: Principal Investigator
    New Advances in Drug Discovery
    NIH R13CA098965Jan 13, 2003 - Dec 31, 2003
    Role: Principal Investigator
    HIV Integrase Drug Discovery Using Tethering Technology
    NIH R43AI052630Jul 1, 2002 - Jun 30, 2004
    Role: Principal Investigator
    FRET METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING HORMONE ANTAGONISTS
    NIH R43CA083440Jul 16, 1999 - Jun 30, 2000
    Role: Principal Investigator
    SITE-DIRECTED DRUG DISCOVERY
    NIH R44CA085141Jul 1, 1999 - Feb 28, 2003
    Role: Principal Investigator
    METHOD FOR DRUG DISCOVERY USING FRAGMENT ASSEMBLY
    NIH R43CA085141Jul 1, 1999 - Jun 30, 2001
    Role: Principal Investigator
    CANCER INFORMATION MATERIALS FOR LOW LITERACY WOMEN
    NIH R43CA062794Sep 30, 1996 - Mar 29, 1997
    Role: Principal Investigator
    READABLE HIV PREVENTION MATERIALS FOR LOW-LITERACY WOMEN
    NIH R43HD030126Feb 1, 1993 - Jul 31, 1993
    Role: Principal Investigator
    AIDS RISK REDUCTION AND CONDOM USE IN A NATIONAL SAMPLE
    NIH R01HD026265Sep 1, 1989 - Oct 31, 1990
    Role: Principal Investigator
    ANALYSIS OF AIDS BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN A NATIONAL SAMPLE
    NIH R01MH045661Jul 1, 1989 - Jun 30, 1990
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Bio-Organic Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource
    NIH P41RR001614Mar 1, 1982 - May 31, 2015
    Role: Co-Investigator

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    1. Yueh C, Rettenmaier J, Xia B, Hall DR, Alekseenko A, Porter KA, Barkovich K, Keseru G, Whitty A, Wells JA, Vajda S, Kozakov D. Kinase Atlas: Druggability Analysis of Potential Allosteric Sites in Kinases. J Med Chem. 2019 Jul 05. PMID: 31274316.
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    2. Hertz NT, Adams EL, Weber RA, Shen RJ, O'Rourke MK, Simon DJ, Zebroski H, Olsen O, Morgan CW, Mileur TR, Hitchcock AM, Sinnott Armstrong NA, Wainberg M, Bassik MC, Molina H, Wells JA, Tessier-Lavigne M. Neuronally Enriched RUFY3 Is Required for Caspase-Mediated Axon Degeneration. Neuron. 2019 Jun 07. PMID: 31221560.
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    3. Leung KK, Nguyen A, Shi T, Tang L, Ni X, Escoubet L, MacBeth KJ, DiMartino J, Wells JA. Multiomics of azacitidine-treated AML cells reveals variable and convergent targets that remodel the cell-surface proteome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 01 08; 116(2):695-700. PMID: 30584089.
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    4. Mou Y, Zhou XX, Leung K, Martinko AJ, Yu JY, Chen W, Wells JA. Engineering Improved Antiphosphotyrosine Antibodies Based on an Immunoconvergent Binding Motif. J Am Chem Soc. 2018 Nov 19. PMID: 30398859.
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    5. Henderson AR, Henley MJ, Foster NJ, Peiffer AL, Beyersdorf MS, Stanford KD, Sturlis SM, Linhares BM, Hill ZB, Wells JA, Cierpicki T, Brooks CL, Fierke CA, Mapp AK. Conservation of coactivator engagement mechanism enables small-molecule allosteric modulators. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 09 04; 115(36):8960-8965. PMID: 30127017.
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    6. Hill ME, Kumar A, Wells JA, Hobman TC, Julien O, Hardy JA. The Unique Cofactor Region of Zika Virus NS2B-NS3 Protease Facilitates Cleavage of Key Host Proteins. ACS Chem Biol. 2018 09 21; 13(9):2398-2405. PMID: 30080377.
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    7. Keedy DA, Hill ZB, Biel JT, Kang E, Rettenmaier TJ, Brandão-Neto J, Pearce NM, von Delft F, Wells JA, Fraser JS. An expanded allosteric network in PTP1B by multitemperature crystallography, fragment screening, and covalent tethering. Elife. 2018 06 07; 7. PMID: 29877794.
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    8. Spangler B, Kline T, Hanson J, Li X, Zhou S, Wells JA, Sato AK, Renslo AR. Toward a Ferrous Iron-Cleavable Linker for Antibody-Drug Conjugates. Mol Pharm. 2018 05 07; 15(5):2054-2059. PMID: 29569925.
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    9. Pollock SB, Hu A, Mou Y, Martinko AJ, Julien O, Hornsby M, Ploder L, Adams JJ, Geng H, Müschen M, Sidhu SS, Moffat J, Wells JA. Highly multiplexed and quantitative cell-surface protein profiling using genetically barcoded antibodies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 03 13; 115(11):2836-2841. PMID: 29476010.
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    10. Galluzzi L, Vitale I, Aaronson SA, Abrams JM, Adam D, Agostinis P, Alnemri ES, Altucci L, Amelio I, Andrews DW, Annicchiarico-Petruzzelli M, Antonov AV, Arama E, Baehrecke EH, Barlev NA, Bazan NG, Bernassola F, Bertrand MJM, Bianchi K, Blagosklonny MV, Blomgren K, Borner C, Boya P, Brenner C, Campanella M, Candi E, Carmona-Gutierrez D, Cecconi F, Chan FK, Chandel NS, Cheng EH, Chipuk JE, Cidlowski JA, Ciechanover A, Cohen GM, Conrad M, Cubillos-Ruiz JR, Czabotar PE, D'Angiolella V, Dawson TM, Dawson VL, De Laurenzi V, De Maria R, Debatin KM, DeBerardinis RJ, Deshmukh M, Di Daniele N, Di Virgilio F, Dixit VM, Dixon SJ, Duckett CS, Dynlacht BD, El-Deiry WS, Elrod JW, Fimia GM, Fulda S, García-Sáez AJ, Garg AD, Garrido C, Gavathiotis E, Golstein P, Gottlieb E, Green DR, Greene LA, Gronemeyer H, Gross A, Hajnoczky G, Hardwick JM, Harris IS, Hengartner MO, Hetz C, Ichijo H, Jäättelä M, Joseph B, Jost PJ, Juin PP, Kaiser WJ, Karin M, Kaufmann T, Kepp O, Kimchi A, Kitsis RN, Klionsky DJ, Knight RA, Kumar S, Lee SW, Lemasters JJ, Levine B, Linkermann A, Lipton SA, Lockshin RA, López-Otín C, Lowe SW, Luedde T, Lugli E, MacFarlane M, Madeo F, Malewicz M, Malorni W, Manic G, Marine JC, Martin SJ, Martinou JC, Medema JP, Mehlen P, Meier P, Melino S, Miao EA, Molkentin JD, Moll UM, Muñoz-Pinedo C, Nagata S, Nuñez G, Oberst A, Oren M, Overholtzer M, Pagano M, Panaretakis T, Pasparakis M, Penninger JM, Pereira DM, Pervaiz S, Peter ME, Piacentini M, Pinton P, Prehn JHM, Puthalakath H, Rabinovich GA, Rehm M, Rizzuto R, Rodrigues CMP, Rubinsztein DC, Rudel T, Ryan KM, Sayan E, Scorrano L, Shao F, Shi Y, Silke J, Simon HU, Sistigu A, Stockwell BR, Strasser A, Szabadkai G, Tait SWG, Tang D, Tavernarakis N, Thorburn A, Tsujimoto Y, Turk B, Vanden Berghe T, Vandenabeele P, Vander Heiden MG, Villunger A, Virgin HW, Vousden KH, Vucic D, Wagner EF, Walczak H, Wallach D, Wang Y, Wells JA, Wood W, Yuan J, Zakeri Z, Zhivotovsky B, Zitvogel L, Melino G, Kroemer G. Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018. Cell Death Differ. 2018 Mar; 25(3):486-541. PMID: 29362479.
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    11. Martinko AJ, Truillet C, Julien O, Diaz JE, Horlbeck MA, Whiteley G, Blonder J, Weissman JS, Bandyopadhyay S, Evans MJ, Wells JA. Targeting RAS-driven human cancer cells with antibodies to upregulated and essential cell-surface proteins. Elife. 2018 Jan 23; 7. PMID: 29359686.
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    12. Hill ZB, Martinko AJ, Nguyen DP, Wells JA. Human antibody-based chemically induced dimerizers for cell therapeutic applications. Nat Chem Biol. 2018 02; 14(2):112-117. PMID: 29200207.
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    13. Weeks AM, Wells JA. Engineering peptide ligase specificity by proteomic identification of ligation sites. Nat Chem Biol. 2018 Jan; 14(1):50-57. PMID: 29155430.
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    14. Srinivasan SR, Cesa LC, Li X, Julien O, Zhuang M, Shao H, Chung J, Maillard I, Wells JA, Duckett CS, Gestwicki JE. Heat Shock Protein 70 (Hsp70) Suppresses RIP1-Dependent Apoptotic and Necroptotic Cascades. Mol Cancer Res. 2018 01; 16(1):58-68. PMID: 28970360.
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    15. Diaz JE, Morgan CW, Minogue CE, Hebert AS, Coon JJ, Wells JA. A Split-Abl Kinase for Direct Activation in Cells. Cell Chem Biol. 2017 Oct 19; 24(10):1250-1258.e4. PMID: 28919041.
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    16. Smart AD, Pache RA, Thomsen ND, Kortemme T, Davis GW, Wells JA. Engineering a light-activated caspase-3 for precise ablation of neurons in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 09 26; 114(39):E8174-E8183. PMID: 28893998.
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    17. Liu TY, Huang HH, Wheeler D, Xu Y, Wells JA, Song YS, Wiita AP. Time-Resolved Proteomics Extends Ribosome Profiling-Based Measurements of Protein Synthesis Dynamics. Cell Syst. 2017 Jun 28; 4(6):636-644.e9. PMID: 28578850.
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    18. Julien O, Wells JA. Caspases and their substrates. Cell Death Differ. 2017 08; 24(8):1380-1389. PMID: 28498362.
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    19. Tran HL, Lexa KW, Julien O, Young TS, Walsh CT, Jacobson MP, Wells JA. Structure-Activity Relationship and Molecular Mechanics Reveal the Importance of Ring Entropy in the Biosynthesis and Activity of a Natural Product. J Am Chem Soc. 2017 02 22; 139(7):2541-2544. PMID: 28170244.
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    20. Lin S, Yang X, Jia S, Weeks AM, Hornsby M, Lee PS, Nichiporuk RV, Iavarone AT, Wells JA, Toste FD, Chang CJ. Redox-based reagents for chemoselective methionine bioconjugation. Science. 2017 02 10; 355(6325):597-602. PMID: 28183972.
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    21. Calvo SE, Julien O, Clauser KR, Shen H, Kamer KJ, Wells JA, Mootha VK. Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial N-Termini from Mouse, Human, and Yeast. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2017 04; 16(4):512-523. PMID: 28122942.
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    22. Ye X, Chan KC, Waters AM, Bess M, Harned A, Wei BR, Loncarek J, Luke BT, Orsburn BC, Hollinger BD, Stephens RM, Bagni R, Martinko A, Wells JA, Nissley DV, McCormick F, Whiteley G, Blonder J. Comparative proteomics of a model MCF10A-KRasG12V cell line reveals a distinct molecular signature of the KRasG12V cell surface. Oncotarget. 2016 Dec 27; 7(52):86948-86971. PMID: 27894102.
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    23. Spangler B, Fontaine SD, Shi Y, Sambucetti L, Mattis AN, Hann B, Wells JA, Renslo AR. A Novel Tumor-Activated Prodrug Strategy Targeting Ferrous Iron Is Effective in Multiple Preclinical Cancer Models. J Med Chem. 2016 12 22; 59(24):11161-11170. PMID: 27936709.
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    24. Hill ZB, Pollock SB, Zhuang M, Wells JA. Direct Proximity Tagging of Small Molecule Protein Targets Using an Engineered NEDD8 Ligase. J Am Chem Soc. 2016 10 12; 138(40):13123-13126. PMID: 27626304.
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    25. Henager SH, Chu N, Chen Z, Bolduc D, Dempsey DR, Hwang Y, Wells J, Cole PA. Enzyme-catalyzed expressed protein ligation. Nat Methods. 2016 Nov; 13(11):925-927. PMID: 27669326.
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    26. Wang W, Nguyen LT, Burlak C, Chegini F, Guo F, Chataway T, Ju S, Fisher OS, Miller DW, Datta D, Wu F, Wu CX, Landeru A, Wells JA, Cookson MR, Boxer MB, Thomas CJ, Gai WP, Ringe D, Petsko GA, Hoang QQ. Caspase-1 causes truncation and aggregation of the Parkinson's disease-associated protein a-synuclein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 08 23; 113(34):9587-92. PMID: 27482083; PMCID: PMC5003239 [Available on 02/23/17].
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    27. Soffers JH, Hansen D, Sinagoga KL, Li B, Martin MG, Wells J, Grompe M, Li L. Stem Cells and Regeneration in the Digestive System: Keystone Meeting. Gastroenterology. 2016 09; 151(3):e6-9. PMID: 27480172.
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    28. Spangler B, Morgan CW, Fontaine SD, Vander Wal MN, Chang CJ, Wells JA, Renslo AR. A reactivity-based probe of the intracellular labile ferrous iron pool. Nat Chem Biol. 2016 09; 12(9):680-5. PMID: 27376690; PMCID: PMC4990480 [Available on 01/04/17].
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    29. Nguyen DP, Miyaoka Y, Gilbert LA, Mayerl SJ, Lee BH, Weissman JS, Conklin BR, Wells JA. Ligand-binding domains of nuclear receptors facilitate tight control of split CRISPR activity. Nat Commun. 2016 07 01; 7:12009. PMID: 27363581.
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    30. Hill ME, MacPherson DJ, Wu P, Julien O, Wells JA, Hardy JA. Reprogramming Caspase-7 Specificity by Regio-Specific Mutations and Selection Provides Alternate Solutions for Substrate Recognition. ACS Chem Biol. 2016 06 17; 11(6):1603-12. PMID: 27032039.
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    31. Julien O, Zhuang M, Wiita AP, O'Donoghue AJ, Knudsen GM, Craik CS, Wells JA. Quantitative MS-based enzymology of caspases reveals distinct protein substrate specificities, hierarchies, and cellular roles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Apr 05; 113(14):E2001-10. PMID: 27006500; PMCID: PMC4833263 [Available on 10/05/16].
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    32. Martinson BC, Nelson D, Hagel-Campbell E, Mohr D, Charns MP, Bangerter A, Thrush CR, Ghilardi JR, Bloomfield H, Owen R, Wells JA. Initial Results from the Survey of Organizational Research Climates (SOuRCe) in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. PLoS One. 2016; 11(3):e0151571. PMID: 26967736.
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    33. Cimermancic P, Weinkam P, Rettenmaier TJ, Bichmann L, Keedy DA, Woldeyes RA, Schneidman-Duhovny D, Demerdash ON, Mitchell JC, Wells JA, Fraser JS, Sali A. CryptoSite: Expanding the Druggable Proteome by Characterization and Prediction of Cryptic Binding Sites. J Mol Biol. 2016 Feb 22; 428(4):709-719. PMID: 26854760; PMCID: PMC4794384 [Available on 02/22/17].
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    34. Rettenmaier TJ, Fan H, Karpiak J, Doak A, Sali A, Shoichet BK, Wells JA. Small-Molecule Allosteric Modulators of the Protein Kinase PDK1 from Structure-Based Docking. J Med Chem. 2015 Oct 22; 58(20):8285-8291. PMID: 26443011.
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    35. Hornsby M, Paduch M, Miersch S, Sääf A, Matsuguchi T, Lee B, Wypisniak K, Doak A, King D, Usatyuk S, Perry K, Lu V, Thomas W, Luke J, Goodman J, Hoey RJ, Lai D, Griffin C, Li Z, Vizeacoumar FJ, Dong D, Campbell E, Anderson S, Zhong N, Gräslund S, Koide S, Moffat J, Sidhu S, Kossiakoff A, Wells J. A High Through-put Platform for Recombinant Antibodies to Folded Proteins. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2015 Oct; 14(10):2833-47. PMID: 26290498; PMCID: PMC4597156.
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    36. Morgan CW, Diaz JE, Zeitlin SG, Gray DC, Wells JA. Engineered cellular gene-replacement platform for selective and inducible proteolytic profiling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jul 07; 112(27):8344-9. PMID: 26106156.
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    37. Rettenmaier TJ, Sadowsky JD, Thomsen ND, Chen SC, Doak AK, Arkin MR, Wells JA. A small-molecule mimic of a peptide docking motif inhibits the protein kinase PDK1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Dec 30; 111(52):18590-5. PMID: 25518860; PMCID: PMC4284534.
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    38. Koerber JT, Hornsby MJ, Wells JA. An improved single-chain Fab platform for efficient display and recombinant expression. J Mol Biol. 2015 Jan 30; 427(2):576-86. PMID: 25481745; PMCID: PMC4297586.
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    39. Roberts TA, Norris FC, Carnaghan H, Savery D, Wells JA, Siow B, Scambler PJ, Pierro A, De Coppi P, Eaton S, Lythgoe MF. In amnio MRI of mouse embryos. PLoS One. 2014; 9(10):e109143. PMID: 25330230.
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    40. Ordureau A, Sarraf SA, Duda DM, Heo JM, Jedrychowski MP, Sviderskiy VO, Olszewski JL, Koerber JT, Xie T, Beausoleil SA, Wells JA, Gygi SP, Schulman BA, Harper JW. Quantitative proteomics reveal a feedforward mechanism for mitochondrial PARKIN translocation and ubiquitin chain synthesis. Mol Cell. 2014 Nov 06; 56(3):360-75. PMID: 25284222; PMCID: PMC4254048.
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    41. Julien O, Kampmann M, Bassik MC, Zorn JA, Venditto VJ, Shimbo K, Agard NJ, Shimada K, Rheingold AL, Stockwell BR, Weissman JS, Wells JA. Unraveling the mechanism of cell death induced by chemical fibrils. Nat Chem Biol. 2014 Nov; 10(11):969-76. PMID: 25262416; PMCID: PMC4201873.
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    42. Arkin MR, Tang Y, Wells JA. Small-molecule inhibitors of protein-protein interactions: progressing toward the reality. Chem Biol. 2014 Sep 18; 21(9):1102-14. PMID: 25237857; PMCID: PMC4179228.
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    43. Wells JA, Kossiakoff AA. Cell biology. New tricks for an old dimer. Science. 2014 May 16; 344(6185):703-4. PMID: 24833381.
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    44. Wiita AP, Hsu GW, Lu CM, Esensten JH, Wells JA. Circulating proteolytic signatures of chemotherapy-induced cell death in humans discovered by N-terminal labeling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 May 27; 111(21):7594-9. PMID: 24821784; PMCID: PMC4040605.
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    45. Lodge JM, Rettenmaier TJ, Wells JA, Pomerantz WC, Mapp AK. FP Tethering: a screening technique to rapidly identify compounds that disrupt protein-protein interactions. Medchemcomm. 2014 Mar 01; 5:370-375. PMID: 24795804.
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    46. Wiita AP, Seaman JE, Wells JA. Global analysis of cellular proteolysis by selective enzymatic labeling of protein N-termini. Methods Enzymol. 2014; 544:327-58. PMID: 24974296; PMCID: PMC4260929.
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    47. Ashkenazi A, Wells JA, Yuan J. Methods in Enzymology. Regulated cell death part B--necroptotic, autophagic and other non-apoptotic mechanisms. Preface. Methods Enzymol. 2014; 545:xiii. PMID: 25065895.
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    48. Morgan CW, Julien O, Unger EK, Shah NM, Wells JA. Turning on caspases with genetics and small molecules. Methods Enzymol. 2014; 544:179-213. PMID: 24974291; PMCID: PMC4249682.
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    49. Ashkenazi A, Yuan J, Wells JA. Regulated cell death part A: apoptotic mechanisms. Preface. Methods Enzymol. 2014; 544:xv. PMID: 24974300.
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    50. Ostrem JM, Peters U, Sos ML, Wells JA, Shokat KM. K-Ras(G12C) inhibitors allosterically control GTP affinity and effector interactions. Nature. 2013 Nov 28; 503(7477):548-51. PMID: 24256730.
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    51. Wiita AP, Ziv E, Wiita PJ, Urisman A, Julien O, Burlingame AL, Weissman JS, Wells JA. Global cellular response to chemotherapy-induced apoptosis. Elife. 2013 Oct 29; 2:e01236. PMID: 24171104; PMCID: PMC3808542.
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    52. Koerber JT, Thomsen ND, Hannigan BT, Degrado WF, Wells JA. Nature-inspired design of motif-specific antibody scaffolds. Nat Biotechnol. 2013 Oct; 31(10):916-21. PMID: 23955275.
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    53. Carter PJ, Hazuda D, Wells JA. Next generation therapeutics. Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2013 Jun; 17(3):317-9. PMID: 23683350.
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    54. Thomsen ND, Koerber JT, Wells JA. Structural snapshots reveal distinct mechanisms of procaspase-3 and -7 activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 May 21; 110(21):8477-82. PMID: 23650375.
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    55. Wang N, Majmudar CY, Pomerantz WC, Gagnon JK, Sadowsky JD, Meagher JL, Johnson TK, Stuckey JA, Brooks CL, Wells JA, Mapp AK. Ordering a dynamic protein via a small-molecule stabilizer. J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Mar 06; 135(9):3363-6. PMID: 23384013.
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    56. Datta D, McClendon CL, Jacobson MP, Wells JA. Substrate and inhibitor-induced dimerization and cooperativity in caspase-1 but not caspase-3. J Biol Chem. 2013 Apr 05; 288(14):9971-81. PMID: 23386603.
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    57. Crawford ED, Seaman JE, Agard N, Hsu GW, Julien O, Mahrus S, Nguyen H, Shimbo K, Yoshihara HA, Zhuang M, Chalkley RJ, Wells JA. The DegraBase: a database of proteolysis in healthy and apoptotic human cells. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2013 Mar; 12(3):813-24. PMID: 23264352; PMCID: PMC3591672.
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    58. Zhuang M, Guan S, Wang H, Burlingame AL, Wells JA. Substrates of IAP ubiquitin ligases identified with a designed orthogonal E3 ligase, the NEDDylator. Mol Cell. 2013 Jan 24; 49(2):273-82. PMID: 23201124; PMCID: PMC3557559.
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    59. Crawford ED, Seaman JE, Barber AE, David DC, Babbitt PC, Burlingame AL, Wells JA. Conservation of caspase substrates across metazoans suggests hierarchical importance of signaling pathways over specific targets and cleavage site motifs in apoptosis. Cell Death Differ. 2012 Dec; 19(12):2040-8. PMID: 22918439; PMCID: PMC3504717.
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    60. Zorn JA, Wolan DW, Agard NJ, Wells JA. Fibrils colocalize caspase-3 with procaspase-3 to foster maturation. J Biol Chem. 2012 Sep 28; 287(40):33781-95. PMID: 22872644; PMCID: PMC3460474.
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    174. Wroblewski JJ, Wells JA, Eckstein A, Fitzke F, Jubb C, Keen TJ, Inglehearn C, Bhattacharya S, Arden GB, Jay M. Macular dystrophy associated with mutations at codon 172 in the human retinal degeneration slow gene. Ophthalmology. 1994 Jan; 101(1):12-22. PMID: 8302543.
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    175. Lowman HB, Wells JA. Affinity maturation of human growth hormone by monovalent phage display. J Mol Biol. 1993 Dec 05; 234(3):564-78. PMID: 8254660.
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    176. Cunningham BC, Wells JA. Comparison of a structural and a functional epitope. J Mol Biol. 1993 Dec 05; 234(3):554-63. PMID: 7504735.
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    177. Feldman M, Ruan W, Cunningham BC, Wells JA, Kleinberg DL. Evidence that the growth hormone receptor mediates differentiation and development of the mammary gland. Endocrinology. 1993 Oct; 133(4):1602-8. PMID: 8404600.
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    178. Piguet B, Wells JA, Palmvang IB, Wormald R, Chisholm IH, Bird AC. Age-related Bruch's membrane change: a clinical study of the relative role of heredity and environment. Br J Ophthalmol. 1993 Jul; 77(7):400-3. PMID: 8343465; PMCID: PMC504547.
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    179. Matthews DJ, Wells JA. Substrate phage: selection of protease substrates by monovalent phage display. Science. 1993 May 21; 260(5111):1113-7. PMID: 8493554.
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    180. Fuh G, Colosi P, Wood WI, Wells JA. Mechanism-based design of prolactin receptor antagonists. J Biol Chem. 1993 Mar 15; 268(8):5376-81. PMID: 8449901.
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    181. Wells JA, de Vos AM. Structure and function of human growth hormone: implications for the hematopoietins. Annu Rev Biophys Biomol Struct. 1993; 22:329-51. PMID: 7688610.
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    182. Wells JA, Cunningham BC, Fuh G, Lowman HB, Bass SH, Mulkerrin MG, Ultsch M, deVos AM. The molecular basis for growth hormone-receptor interactions. Recent Prog Horm Res. 1993; 48:253-75. PMID: 8441850.
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    183. Retchin SM, Wells JA, Valleron AJ, Albrecht GL. Health behavior changes in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. J Gen Intern Med. 1992 Nov-Dec; 7(6):615-22. PMID: 1453245.
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    184. Weber JR, Nelson C, Cunningham BC, Wells JA, Fong S. Immunodominant structures of human growth hormone identified by homolog-scanning mutagenesis. Mol Immunol. 1992 Sep; 29(9):1081-8. PMID: 1495498.
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    185. Braxton S, Wells JA. Incorporation of a stabilizing Ca(2+)-binding loop into subtilisin BPN'. Biochemistry. 1992 Sep 01; 31(34):7796-801. PMID: 1510966.
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    186. Jin L, Fendly BM, Wells JA. High resolution functional analysis of antibody-antigen interactions. J Mol Biol. 1992 Aug 05; 226(3):851-65. PMID: 1380563.
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    187. Wells JA, Lowman HB. Rapid evolution of peptide and protein binding properties in vitro. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 1992 Aug; 3(4):355-62. PMID: 1368436.
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    188. Kern M, Dolan PL, Mazzeo RS, Wells JA, Dohm GL. Effect of aging and exercise on GLUT-4 glucose transporters in muscle. Am J Physiol. 1992 Aug; 263(2 Pt 1):E362-7. PMID: 1514619.
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    189. Laurier D, Guiguet M, Chau NP, Wells JA, Valleron AJ. Prevalence of obesity: a comparative survey in France, the United Kingdom and the United States. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1992 Aug; 16(8):565-72. PMID: 1326486.
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    190. Fuh G, Cunningham BC, Fukunaga R, Nagata S, Goeddel DV, Wells JA. Rational design of potent antagonists to the human growth hormone receptor. Science. 1992 Jun 19; 256(5064):1677-80. PMID: 1535167.
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    191. Fu YK, Arkins S, Fuh G, Cunningham BC, Wells JA, Fong S, Cronin MJ, Dantzer R, Kelley KW. Growth hormone augments superoxide anion secretion of human neutrophils by binding to the prolactin receptor. J Clin Invest. 1992 Feb; 89(2):451-7. PMID: 1310696; PMCID: PMC442872.
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    192. Laurier D, Guiguet M, Chau NP, Wells JA, Valleron AJ. [Prevalence of obesity in France]. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique. 1992; 40(5):365-7. PMID: 1480813.
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    193. Bechara SJ, Grossniklaus HE, Waring GO, Wells JA. Keratoconus associated with posterior polymorphous dystrophy. Am J Ophthalmol. 1991 Dec 15; 112(6):729-31. PMID: 1957913.
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    194. Lowman HB, Bass SH, Simpson N, Wells JA. Selecting high-affinity binding proteins by monovalent phage display. Biochemistry. 1991 Nov 12; 30(45):10832-8. PMID: 1932005.
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    195. Cunningham BC, Ultsch M, De Vos AM, Mulkerrin MG, Clauser KR, Wells JA. Dimerization of the extracellular domain of the human growth hormone receptor by a single hormone molecule. Science. 1991 Nov 08; 254(5033):821-5. PMID: 1948064.
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    196. Cunningham BC, Mulkerrin MG, Wells JA. Dimerization of human growth hormone by zinc. Science. 1991 Aug 02; 253(5019):545-8. PMID: 1907025.
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    197. Guiguet M, Cohen M, Flahault A, Wells JA, Valleron AJ. French intravenous drug users: knowledge and sexual behavior change. Eur J Epidemiol. 1991 Jul; 7(4):423-6. PMID: 1915793.
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    198. Carter P, Abrahmsén L, Wells JA. Probing the mechanism and improving the rate of substrate-assisted catalysis in subtilisin BPN'. Biochemistry. 1991 Jun 25; 30(25):6142-8. PMID: 2059622.
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    199. Braxton S, Wells JA. The importance of a distal hydrogen bonding group in stabilizing the transition state in subtilisin BPN'. J Biol Chem. 1991 Jun 25; 266(18):11797-800. PMID: 1904870.
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    200. Lowman HB, Cunningham BC, Wells JA. Mutational analysis and protein engineering of receptor-binding determinants in human placental lactogen. J Biol Chem. 1991 Jun 15; 266(17):10982-8. PMID: 2040614.
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    201. Bass SH, Mulkerrin MG, Wells JA. A systematic mutational analysis of hormone-binding determinants in the human growth hormone receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 May 15; 88(10):4498-502. PMID: 2034689; PMCID: PMC51688.
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    202. Abrahmsén L, Tom J, Burnier J, Butcher KA, Kossiakoff A, Wells JA. Engineering subtilisin and its substrates for efficient ligation of peptide bonds in aqueous solution. Biochemistry. 1991 Apr 30; 30(17):4151-9. PMID: 2021606.
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    203. Cunningham BC, Wells JA. Rational design of receptor-specific variants of human growth hormone. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Apr 15; 88(8):3407-11. PMID: 2014261; PMCID: PMC51456.
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    204. Wells JA. Systematic mutational analyses of protein-protein interfaces. Methods Enzymol. 1991; 202:390-411. PMID: 1723781.
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    205. Cunningham BC, Bass S, Fuh G, Wells JA. Zinc mediation of the binding of human growth hormone to the human prolactin receptor. Science. 1990 Dec 21; 250(4988):1709-12. PMID: 2270485.
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    206. Wells JA. Additivity of mutational effects in proteins. Biochemistry. 1990 Sep 18; 29(37):8509-17. PMID: 2271534.
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    207. Kern M, Wells JA, Stephens JM, Elton CW, Friedman JE, Tapscott EB, Pekala PH, Dohm GL. Insulin responsiveness in skeletal muscle is determined by glucose transporter (Glut4) protein level. Biochem J. 1990 Sep 01; 270(2):397-400. PMID: 2205203; PMCID: PMC1131735.
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    208. Casla A, Rovira A, Wells JA, Dohm GL. Increased glucose transporter (GLUT4) protein expression in hyperthyroidism. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1990 Aug 31; 171(1):182-8. PMID: 2203344.
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    209. Ellerby LM, Escobar WA, Fink AL, Mitchinson C, Wells JA. The role of lysine-234 in beta-lactamase catalysis probed by site-directed mutagenesis. Biochemistry. 1990 Jun 19; 29(24):5797-806. PMID: 1974463.
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    210. Cunningham BC, Henner DJ, Wells JA. Engineering human prolactin to bind to the human growth hormone receptor. Science. 1990 Mar 23; 247(4949 Pt 1):1461-5. PMID: 2321008.
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    211. Fuh G, Mulkerrin MG, Bass S, McFarland N, Brochier M, Bourell JH, Light DR, Wells JA. The human growth hormone receptor. Secretion from Escherichia coli and disulfide bonding pattern of the extracellular binding domain. J Biol Chem. 1990 Feb 25; 265(6):3111-5. PMID: 2406245.
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    212. Contreras I, Dohm GL, Abdallah S, Wells JA, Mooney N, Rovira A, Caro JF. The effect of fasting on the activation in vivo of the insulin receptor kinase. Biochem J. 1990 Feb 01; 265(3):887-90. PMID: 2407238; PMCID: PMC1133714.
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    213. Zonana HV, Wells JA, Getz MA, Buchanan J. Part I: The NGRI Registry: initial analyses of data collected on Connecticut insanity acquittees. Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 1990; 18(2):115-28. PMID: 2372573.
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    214. Zonana HV, Bartel RL, Wells JA, Buchanan JA, Getz MA. Part II: Sex differences in persons found not guilty by reason of insanity: analysis of data from the Connecticut NGRI Registry. Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 1990; 18(2):129-42. PMID: 2372574.
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    215. Wells JA, Cunningham BC. Identification and design of binding determinants in proteins. Biochem Soc Symp. 1990; 57:143-5. PMID: 2099738.
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    216. Carter P, Wells JA. Functional interaction among catalytic residues in subtilisin BPN'. Proteins. 1990; 7(4):335-42. PMID: 2199971.
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    217. Kesten S, Maleki-Yazdi R, Sanders BR, Wells JA, McKillop SL, Chapman KR, Rebuck AS. Respiratory rate during acute asthma. Chest. 1990 Jan; 97(1):58-62. PMID: 2403901.
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    218. Bass S, Greene R, Wells JA. Hormone phage: an enrichment method for variant proteins with altered binding properties. Proteins. 1990; 8(4):309-14. PMID: 1708882.
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    219. Cunningham BC, Wells JA. High-resolution epitope mapping of hGH-receptor interactions by alanine-scanning mutagenesis. Science. 1989 Jun 02; 244(4908):1081-5. PMID: 2471267.
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    220. Mitchinson C, Wells JA. Protein engineering of disulfide bonds in subtilisin BPN'. Biochemistry. 1989 May 30; 28(11):4807-15. PMID: 2504281.
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    221. Fushiki T, Wells JA, Tapscott EB, Dohm GL. Changes in glucose transporters in muscle in response to exercise. Am J Physiol. 1989 May; 256(5 Pt 1):E580-7. PMID: 2655468.
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    222. Cunningham BC, Jhurani P, Ng P, Wells JA. Receptor and antibody epitopes in human growth hormone identified by homolog-scanning mutagenesis. Science. 1989 Mar 10; 243(4896):1330-6. PMID: 2466339.
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    223. Dunlop BD, Wells JA, Wilensky GR. The influence of source of insurance coverage on the health care utilization patterns of the elderly. J Health Hum Resour Adm. 1989; 11(3):285-311. PMID: 10303344.
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    224. Carter P, Nilsson B, Burnier JP, Burdick D, Wells JA. Engineering subtilisin BPN' for site-specific proteolysis. Proteins. 1989; 6(3):240-8. PMID: 2516317.
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    225. Wells JA, Estell DA. Subtilisin--an enzyme designed to be engineered. Trends Biochem Sci. 1988 Aug; 13(8):291-7. PMID: 3154281.
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    226. Carter P, Wells JA. Dissecting the catalytic triad of a serine protease. Nature. 1988 Apr 07; 332(6164):564-8. PMID: 3282170.
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    227. Wells JA, Zuercher A, Clinton J. GrantWatch. Foundation funding for AIDS education. Health Aff (Millwood). 1988; 7(5):146-58. PMID: 3229713.
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    228. Wells JA, Cunningham BC, Graycar TP, Estell DA. Recruitment of substrate-specificity properties from one enzyme into a related one by protein engineering. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987 Aug; 84(15):5167-71. PMID: 3299378; PMCID: PMC298815.
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    229. Cunningham BC, Wells JA. Improvement in the alkaline stability of subtilisin using an efficient random mutagenesis and screening procedure. Protein Eng. 1987 Aug-Sep; 1(4):319-25. PMID: 3334089.
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    230. Carter P, Wells JA. Engineering enzyme specificity by "substrate-assisted catalysis". Science. 1987 Jul 24; 237(4813):394-9. PMID: 3299704.
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    231. Pearson HA, Guiliotis DK, Rink L, Wells JA. Patient age distribution in thalassemia major: changes from 1973 to 1985. Pediatrics. 1987 Jul; 80(1):53-7. PMID: 3601518.
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    232. Wells JA, Powers DB, Bott RR, Graycar TP, Estell DA. Designing substrate specificity by protein engineering of electrostatic interactions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987 Mar; 84(5):1219-23. PMID: 3547407; PMCID: PMC304398.
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    233. Wells JA. Foundation funding for AIDS programs. Health Aff (Millwood). 1987; 6(3):113-23. PMID: 3679069.
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    234. Wells JA, Cunningham BC, Graycar TP, Estell DA, Carter P. On the evolution of specificity and catalysis in subtilisin. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1987; 52:647-52. PMID: 3331349.
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    235. Wells JA, Smyth RJ, Rebuck AS. Thoracoabdominal motion in response to treadmill and cycle exercise. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1986 Dec; 134(6):1125-8. PMID: 3098144.
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    236. Estell DA, Graycar TP, Miller JV, Powers DB, Wells JA, Burnier JP, Ng PG. Probing steric and hydrophobic effects on enzyme-substrate interactions by protein engineering. Science. 1986 Aug 08; 233(4764):659-63. PMID: 17835820.
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    237. Wells JA, Powers DB. In vivo formation and stability of engineered disulfide bonds in subtilisin. J Biol Chem. 1986 May 15; 261(14):6564-70. PMID: 3516996.
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    238. Power SD, Adams RM, Wells JA. Secretion and autoproteolytic maturation of subtilisin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1986 May; 83(10):3096-100. PMID: 3517850; PMCID: PMC323459.
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    239. Nakamaye KL, Wells JA, Bridenbaugh RL, Okamoto Y, Yount RG. 2-[(4-Azido-2-nitrophenyl)amino]ethyl triphosphate, a novel chromophoric and photoaffinity analogue of ATP. Synthesis, characterization, and interaction with myosin subfragment 1. Biochemistry. 1985 Sep 10; 24(19):5226-35. PMID: 4074691.
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    240. Estell DA, Graycar TP, Wells JA. Engineering an enzyme by site-directed mutagenesis to be resistant to chemical oxidation. J Biol Chem. 1985 Jun 10; 260(11):6518-21. PMID: 3922976.
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    241. Wells JA, Vasser M, Powers DB. Cassette mutagenesis: an efficient method for generation of multiple mutations at defined sites. Gene. 1985; 34(2-3):315-23. PMID: 3891521.
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    242. Perkins WJ, Wells JA, Yount RG. Characterization of the properties of ethenoadenosine nucleotides bound or trapped at the active site of myosin subfragment 1. Biochemistry. 1984 Aug 14; 23(17):3994-4002. PMID: 6237680.
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    243. Wells JA, Swyryd EA, Stark GR. An improved method for purifying 2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetases. J Biol Chem. 1984 Jan 25; 259(2):1363-70. PMID: 6693390.
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    244. Griffith MJ, Wells JA. Awareness by consumers and the adoption of a new service: an HMO example. J Health Care Mark. 1984; 4(1):17-24. PMID: 10266249.
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    245. Wells JA, Ferrari E, Henner DJ, Estell DA, Chen EY. Cloning, sequencing, and secretion of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subtilisin in Bacillus subtilis. Nucleic Acids Res. 1983 Nov 25; 11(22):7911-25. PMID: 6316278; PMCID: PMC326549.
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    246. Wells JA, Zipp JF, Schuette PT, McEleney J. Musculoskeletal disorders among letter carriers. A comparison of weight carrying, walking & sedentary occupations. J Occup Med. 1983 Nov; 25(11):814-20. PMID: 6644392.
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    247. Dalbey RE, Wells JA, Yount RG. Trapping of transition metal-nucleotide complexes in myosin subfragment 1 by cross-linking thiols; divalent transition metal probes of the active site. Biochemistry. 1983 Jan 18; 22(2):490-6. PMID: 6824640.
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    248. Wells JA, Strickland DE. Physiogenic bias as invalidity in psychiatric symptom scales. J Health Soc Behav. 1982 Sep; 23(3):235-52. PMID: 7175160.
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    249. Wells JA, Yount RG. Chemical modification of myosin by active-site trapping of metal-nucleotides with thiol crosslinking reagents. Methods Enzymol. 1982; 85 Pt B:93-116. PMID: 7121292.
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    250. Wells JA, Knoeber C, Sheldon MC, Werber MM, Yount RG. Cross-linking of myosin subfragment 1. Nucleotide-enhanced modification by a variety of bifunctional reagents. J Biol Chem. 1980 Dec 10; 255(23):11135-40. PMID: 7440533.
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    251. Wells JA, Werber MM, Yount RG. Mechanism of inactivation of myosin subfragment 1 by Co(III)phenATP. A reinvestigation. J Biol Chem. 1980 Aug 25; 255(16):7552-5. PMID: 6447149.
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    252. Wells JA, Yount RG. Reaction of 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) with myosin subfragment one: evidence for formation of a single protein disulfide with trapping of metal nucleotide at the active site. Biochemistry. 1980 Apr 15; 19(8):1711-7. PMID: 6445748.
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    253. Wells JA, Sheldon M, Yount RG. Magnesium nucleotide is stoichiometrically trapped at the active site of myosin and its active proteolytic fragments by thiol cross-linking reagents. J Biol Chem. 1980 Feb 25; 255(4):1598-602. PMID: 6444414.
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    254. Wells, J.A. and Yount, R.G. ."Reaction of 5,5'-dithiobis (2-nitrobenzoic acid) with myosin subfragment one: Evidence for formation of a single protein disulfide with trapping of metal nucleotide at the active site". Biochemistry. 1980; 19:1711-1717.
    255. Wells, J.A., Sheldon, M., and Yount, R.G."Magnesium nucleotide is stoichiometrically trapped at the active site of myosin and its proteolytic subfragments by thiol cross-linking reagents". J. Biol. Chem. 1980; 255:1598-1602.
    256. Wells JA, Werber MM, Legg JI, Yount RG. Inactivation of myosin subfragment one by cobalt(II)/cobalt(III) phenanthroline complexes. I. Incorporation of Co(III) by in situ oxidation of Co(II). Biochemistry. 1979 Oct 30; 18(22):4793-9. PMID: 41570.
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    257. Wells JA, Werber MM, Yount RG. Inactivation of myosin subfragment one by cobalt(II)/cobalt(III) phenanthroline complexes. 2. Cobalt chelation of two critical SH groups. Biochemistry. 1979 Oct 30; 18(22):4800-5. PMID: 159719.
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    258. Wells JA, Yount RG. Active site trapping of nucleotides by crosslinking two sulfhydryls in myosin subfragment 1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1979 Oct; 76(10):4966-70. PMID: 159451; PMCID: PMC413059.
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    259. House JS, McMichael AJ, Wells JA, Kaplan BH, Landerman LR. Occupational stress and health among factory workers. J Health Soc Behav. 1979 Jun; 20(2):139-60. PMID: 479526.
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    260. Wells, J.A., Werber, M.M., Legg, J.I., and Yount, R.G. ."Inactivation of myosin subfragment one by cobalt (II)/cobalt (III) phenanthroline complexes. 2. Cobalt chelation of two critical SH groups". Biochemistry. 1979; 18:4800-4805.
    261. Wells, J.A., Werber, M.M. and Yount, R.G. ."Inactivation of myosin subfragment one by cobalt (II)/cobalt (III) phenanthroline complexes. 1. Incorporation of Co(III) by in situ oxidation of Co(II)". Biochemistry. 1979; 18:4793-4799. .
    262. Wells, J.A. and Yount, R.G. ."Active site trapping of nucleotides by crosslinking two sulfhydryls in myosin sub-fragment 1". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 1979; 76:4966-4970.
    263. Fisher JC, Wells JA, Fulwider BT, Edgerton MT. Do we need a burn severity grading system. J Trauma. 1977 Mar; 17(3):252-5. PMID: 850285.
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    264. Wells JA. Issues in specialty certification. ANA Publ. 1975; (PMH-2):6-14. PMID: 1045880.
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