Publications for Leslie LaConte
- McKell A, LaConte LEW, McDonald SM. (2017). Temperature-sensitive lesion in the N-terminal domain of the rotavirus polymerase affects its intracellular localization and enzymatic activity. Journal of Virology.
- LaConte LE, Chavan V, Liang C, Willis J, Schönhense EM, Schoch S, Mukherjee K. (2016). CASK stabilizes neurexin and links it to liprin-a in a neuronal activity-dependent manner. Cell Mol Life Sci, [Epub ahead print] doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088276.
- LaConte LEW, Chavan V, Mukherjee K. (2014). Identification and glycerol-induced correction of misfolding mutations in the X-linked mental retardation gene CASK.PLOS ONE.
- LaConte L, Mukherjee K. (2013). Structural constraints and functional divergences in CASK evolution. Biochem Soc Trans 41(4), 1017-22.
- LaConte L, Johnson TA, Vari RC, Friedlander MJ. (2013). Research immersion at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine – an integrated curriculum producing scientist physicians for the future of healthcare. Med Sci Educ 23, 122-134.
- Nitin N, LaConte L, Rhee WJ, Bao G. (2009). Tat peptide is capable of importing large nanoparticles across nuclear membrane in digitonin permeabilized cells.Ann Biomed Eng 37(10), 2018-27.
- LaConte LE, Nitin N, Zurkiya O, Caruntu D, O’Connor CJ, Hu X, Bao G. (2007). Coating thickness of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles affects R2 relaxivity. J Magn Reson Imaging 26(6), 1634-41.
- LaConte LE, Baker JE, Thomas DD. (2003). Transient kinetics and mechanics of myosin’s force-generating rotation in muscle: resolution of millisecond rotational transitions in the spin-labeled myosin light-chain domain. Biochemistry, 9797-803.
- LaConte LE, Voelz V, Nelson W, Enz M, Thomas DD. (2002). Molecular dynamics simulation of site-directed spin labeling: experimental validation in muscle fibers. Biophys J 83(4), 1854-66.
- Brust-Mascher I, LaConte LE, Baker JE, Thomas DD. (1999). Myosin light-chain domain rotates upon muscle activation but not ATP hydrolysis. Biochemistry38(39), 12607-13.
Leslie LaConte, PhD
Associate Dean for Educational Affairs
Course Co-Director, Profession of Medicine Identities
540-526-2084
leslie.laconte@vt.edu
Riverside 2 M120