Publications
Abey Research Group
1
.
GC,
K.,
Gyawali,
P.,
Balci,
H.,
and
Abeysirigunawardena,
S.
(2020)
Ribosomal
RNA
methyltransferase
enzyme
RsmC
moonlights
as
an
RNA
chaperone. Chembiochem PMID: 31972066.
2
.
GC,
K.,
To,
D.
*
,
Jayalath,
K.,
and
Abeysirigunawardena,
S.
(2020)
Discovery
of
a
novel
small
molecular
peptide
that
disrupts
helix
34
of
bacterial ribosomal RNA.
RSC Advances
9
: 40268-40276.
3
.
Jayalath,
K.,
Frisbie,
S.
*
,
To,
M.
*
,
and
Abeysirigunawardena,
S.
(2020)
Pseudouridine
Synthase
RsuA
Captures
an
Assembly
Intermediate
that
is
Stabilized by Ribosomal Protein S17.
Biomolecules
10
: 841-856.
4
.
Abedeera,
S.M.,
Hawkins,
C.M.
*
,
and
Sanjaya
C.
Abeysirigunawardena
(2020)
RsmG
forms
stable
complexes
with
premature
small
subunit
rRNA
during bacterial ribosome biogenesis
RSC Adv.
10
: 22361-22369.
5
.
Dey,
S.,
Eisa,
A.,
Kline,
D.,
Wagner,
F.
F.,
Abeysirigunawardena,
S.,
Vijayaraghavan
S.
(2020)
Roles
of
glycogen
synthase
kinase
3
alpha
and
calcineurin
in
regulating
the
ability
of
sperm
to
fertilize
eggs.
FASEB
J.
34
:1247-1269. PMID: 31914663.
6
.
Gyawali,
P.,
GC,
K.,
Ma,
Y.,
Abeysirigunawardena
S.,
Nagasawa,
K.,
and
Balci,
H.
(2019)
Impact
of
Small
Molecules
on
Intermolecular
G-
Quadruplex Formation.
Molecules
24
: 1570.
7
.
Sharma,
I.M.,
Rappé,
M.C.,
Addepalli,
B.,
Grabow,
W.W.,
Zhuang,
Z.,
Abeysirigunawardena,
S.C.,
Limbach,
P.A.,
Jaeger,
L.,
and
Woodson,
S.A.
(2018)
Nucleic Acids Res.
46
:5182-5194.
8
.
Abeysirigunawardena,
S.,
Kim,
H.,
Lai,
J.,
Ragunathan,
K.,
Rappé
M.
C.,
Luthey-Schulten,
Z.,
Ha,
T.,
&
Woodson,
S.
(2017)
Assembly
hierarchy
of
ribosomal
complexes
depends
on
protein-coupled
RNA
dynamics.
Nat.
Commun
.
8
: 492. PMC5591316
9
.
Abeysirigunawardena,
S.
C.
&
Woodson,
S.
A.
(2015)
Differential
effects
of
ribosomal
proteins
and
Mg
2+
ions
on
a
conformational
switch
during
30S
ribosome 5’-domain assembly
RNA
21
: 1859-65. PMC4604426
Since 2015
* Undergraduate students