Elmore Lab Publications from Wellesley
(Elmore Lab undergraduate co-authors are underlined and corresponding authors are denoted by an asterik.)
Beers, M.; Hall, M. L.; Matthews, A. G.; Elmore, D. E.; Oakes, E. S. C.; Goss, J. W.*; Radhakrishnan, M. L.* “A Fully Integrated Undergraduate Introductory Biology and Chemistry Course with a Community-Based Focus. II. Vision, Design, Implementation, and Development.” Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 2021, 49, 859-869.
Pociask, S.; Weerapana, A.; Taylor, P.; Radhakrishnan, M. L.; Oakes, E. S. C.; Matthews, A. G.*; Elmore, D. E.* “A Fully Integrated Undergraduate Introductory Biology and Chemistry Course with a Community-Based Focus. II. Assessment of Course Effectiveness.” Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 2021, 49, 737-747.
Overton, K.; Greer, H. M.; Ferguson, M. A.; Spain, E. M.; Elmore, D. E.; Núñez, M. E.; Volle, C. B.* "Qualitative and quantitative changes to Eschericihia coli during treatment with magainin 2 observed in native conditions by atomic force microscopy." Langmuir 2020, 36:650-659.
Perez, C. P.; Elmore, D. E.; Rahakrishnan, M. L.* "Computationally modeling electrostatic binding energetics in a crowded, dynamic environment: Physical insights from a peptide-DNA system." J. Phys. Chem. B 2019, 123:10718-10734.
Wade, H. M.; Darling. L. E. O.; Elmore, D. E.* "Hybrids made from antimicrobial peptides with different mechanisms of action show enhanced membrane permeabilization." BBA—Biomembranes 2019, 1861:182980.
Buck, A. K.; Elmore, D. E.; Darling, L. E. O.* "Using fluorescence microscopy to shed light on the mechanisms of antimicrobial peptides." Biochem. Mol. Biol. Educ. 2019, 11:2445-2458.
Elmore, D. E. "It takes a village, but a village needs its leaders: An appreciation of Adele Wolfson." 2019, 47:491-492.
Figueroa, D. M.; Wade, H. M.; Montales, K. P.; Elmore, D. E.*; Darling, L. E. O.* “Production and visualization of bacterial spheroplasts and protoplasts to characterize antimicrobial peptide translocation.” Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2018, 138:57904.
Sim, S.; Wang, P.; Beyer, B. N.; Cutrona, K. J.; Radhakrishnan, M. L.; Elmore, D. E.* “Investigating the nucleic acid interactions of histone-derived antimicrobial peptides.” FEBS Lett. 2017, 591:706-717
Wei, L.; LaBouyer, M. A.; Darling, L. E.*; Elmore, D. E.* “Bacterial spheroplasts as a model for visualizing membrane translocation of antimicrobial peptides.” Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2016, 60:6350-6352.
Elmore, D. E.* "Why should biochemistry students be introduced to molecular dynamics simulations--and how can we introduce them?" Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 2016, 44:118-123.
Cutrona, K. J.; Kaufman, B. A.; Figueroa, D.; Elmore, D. E.* “Role of arginine and lysine in the antimicrobial mechanism of histone-derived antimicrobial peptides.” FEBS Lett. 2015, 589:3915-3920.
Malcolm, H. R.; Heo, Y.-Y.; Elmore, D. E.; Maurer, J. A.* “Heteromultimerization of prokaryotic bacterial cyclic nucleotide gated (bCNG) ion channels, members of the mechanosensitive channel of small conductance (MscS) superfamily.” Biochemistry. 2014, 53:8005-8007.
Bustillo, M. E.+; Fischer, A. L.+; LaBouyer, M. A.; Klaips, J. A.; Webb, A. C.; Elmore, D. E.* “Modular analysis of hipposin, an antimicrobial peptide consisting of membrane translocating and membrane permeabilizing fragments.” Invited article for Special Issue of BBA—Biomembranes. 2014, 1838:2228-2233.
Elmore, D. E.* "Insights into buforin II membrane translocation from molecular dynamics simulations." Peptides. 2012, 38:357-362.
Malcolm, H. R.; Heo, Y.-Y.; Caldwell, D. B.; McConnell, J. K.; Hawkins, J. F.; Guayasamin, R. C.; Elmore, D. E.; Maurer, J. A.* "Ss-bCNGa: a unique member of the bacterial cyclic nucleotide gated (bCNG) channel family that gates in response to mechanical tension." Eur. Biophys. J. 2012, 41:1003-1013.
Pavia, K. E.+; Spinella, S. A.+; Elmore, D. E.* "Designed histone-derived antimicrobial peptides utilize different mechanisms of action." BBA—Biomembranes. 2012, 1818:869-876.
Malcolm, H. R.; Elmore, D. E.; Maurer, J. A.* "Mechanosensitive behavior of bacterial cyclic nucleotide gated (bCNG) ion channels: Insights into the mechanism of bCNG channel gating." Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2012, 417:972-976.
Spinella, S. A.; Nelson, R. B.; Elmore, D. E.* "Measuring peptide translocation into large unilamellar vesicles." Journal of Visualized Experiments. Invited protocol. 2012, doi: 10.3791/3571
Malcolm, H. R.; Heo, Y.-Y.; Elmore, D. E.; Maurer, J. A.* "Defining the role of the tension sensor in the mechanosensitive channel of small conductance (MscS)." Biophys. J., 2011, 101, 345-352.
Xie, Y.; Fleming, E.; Chen, J. L.; Elmore, D. E.* "Effect of proline position on the antimicrobial mechanism of buforin II." Peptides, 2011, 32, 677-682.
Elmore, D. E.* "Bringing ion channel crystal structures into sharper focus with computer modeling: Examples from mechanosensitive channels." Future Medicinal Chemistry. 2010, 2, 909-913. (Invited editorial.)
Caldwell, D. B.; Malcolm, H. R.; Elmore, D. E.*; Maurer, J. A.* "Identification and experimental verification of a novel family of bacterial ligand-gated ion channels." Biochimica Biophysica Acta—Biomembranes. 2010, 1798, 1750-1756.
Elmore, D. E.*; Guayasamin, R. C.; Kieffer, M. E. "A series of molecular dynamics and homology modeling labs for an undergraduate course in molecular modeling." Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 2010, 38, 216-223.
Tsao, H. S.; Spinella, S. A.; Lee, A. T.; Elmore, D. E.* "Design of novel histone-derived antimicrobial peptides." Peptides. 2009, 30, 2168-2173.
Bruce, L. A.; Sigman, J. A.; Randall, D.; Rodriguez, S.; Song, M. M.; Dai. Y.; Elmore, D. E.; Pabon, A.; Glucksman, M. J.; Wolfson, A. J.* "Hydrogen bond residue positioning in the 599-611 loop of thimet oligopeptidase is required for substrate selection." FEBS J. 2008, 275, 5607-5617.
Fleming, E.; Maharaj, N. P.; Chen, J. L.; Nelson, R. B.; Elmore, D. E.* "Effect of lipid composition on buforin II structure and membrane entry." Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics. 2008, 73, 480-491.
Uyterhoeven, E. T.+; Butler, C. B.+; Ko, D.; Elmore, D. E.* "Investigating the nucleic acid interactions and antimicrobial mechanism of buforin II." FEBS Lett. 2008, 582, 1715-1718.
Maurer, J. A.+*; Elmore, D. E.+*; Clayton, D.; Xiong, L.; Lester, H. A.; Dougherty, D. A. "Confirming the revised C-terminal domain of the MscL crystal structure." Biophys. J. 2008, 94, 4662-4667.
Elmore, D. E.* Review of Computational Organic Chemistry by Steven M. Bachrach. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 14527-14528.
Spronk, S. A.; Elmore, D. E.; Dougherty, D. A.* "Voltage-dependent hydration and conduction properties of the hydrophobic pore of the MscS channel." Biophys. J. 2006, 90, 3555-3569.
Elmore, D. E.* "Molecular dynamics simulation of a phosphatidylglycerol membrane." FEBS Lett. 2006, 580, 144-148.
Elmore, D. E.; Prentice, J. C.; Trosset, C. "Do students understand liberal arts disciplines?" Liberal Education. 2006, 92, 48-55.