1994 to Present

1. P. D. Laible , A. N. Hata, A. E. Crawford, and D. K. Hanson. Incorporation of selenomethionine into induced tntracytoplasmic membrane proteins of Rhodobacter species. Journal of Structural and Functional Genomics, in press (2005).
   
   
2. P. R. Pokkuluri, D. K. Hanson, P. D. Laible, S. L. Ginell, G. Johnson, and M. Schiffer. Structural description of compensatory mutations that restore proton transfer pathways to the L212Ala-L213Ala mutant bacterial reaction center. Submitted.
   
   
3. P. D. Laible and D. K. Hanson. Heterologous expression of membrane proteins in Rhodobacter. In preparation (2005).
   
   
4. P. D. Laible , H. N. Scott, L. Henry, and D. K. Hanson. Towards higher-throughput membrane protein production for structural genomics initiatives. J Struct Funct Genomics 5: 167-172 (2004).
   
   
5. C. Kirmaier, P. D. Laible, D. K. Hanson, and D. Holten. B-side electron transfer to form P +H B - in reaction centers from the F(L181)Y/Y(M208)F mutant of Rhodobacter capsulatus. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108: 11827-11832 (2004).
   
   
6. P. R. Pokkuluri, P. D. Laible, A. E. Crawford, J. F. Mayfield, M. A. Yousef, S. L. Ginell, D. K. Hanson, and M. Schiffer. Temperature and cryoprotectant influence secondary quinone binding position in bacterial reaction centers. FEBS Lett570: 171-174 (2004).
   
   
7. C. Kirmaier, P. D. Laible, D. K. Hanson, and D. Holten. B-side charge separation in reaction centers from Rhodobacter capsulatus: Nanosecond-timescale electron transfer from H B - to Q B. Biochemistry42: 2016-2024 (2003).
   
   
8. C. Kirmaier, P. D. Laible, E. Hinden, D. K. Hanson, and D. Holten. Detergent effects on primary charge separation in wild-type and mutant Rhodobacter capsulatus reaction center. Chemical Physics 294: 305-318 (2003).
   
   
9. Z. S. Morris, D. K. Hanson, P. R. Pokkuluri, D. G. Mets, A. N. Hata, O. G. Poluektov, M. C. Thurnauer, M. Schiffer, and P. D. Laible. Lysine substitutions near photoactive cofactors in the bacterial photosynthetic reaction center have opposite effects on the rate of triplet energy transfer. Chemical Physics 294: 329-346 (2003).
   
   
10. P. D. Laible , Z. S. Morris, M. C. Thurnauer, M. Schiffer, and D. K. Hanson. Inter- and intraspecific variation in excited-state triplet energy transfer rates in reaction centers of photosynthetic bacteria. Photochemistry and Photobiology78: 114-123 (2003).
    
    
11. H. N. Scott, P. D. Laible, and D. K. Hanson. Sequences of versatile broad-host-range vectors of the RK2 family. Plasmid 50: 74-79 (2003).
    
    
12. P. D. Laible , C. Kirmaier, C. S. Udawatte, S. J. Hofman, D. Holten, and D. K. Hanson. Quinone reduction via secondary B-branch electron transfer in mutant bacterial reaction centers. Biochemistry42: 1718-1730 (2003).
    
    
13. P. R. Pokkuluri, P. D. Laible, Y. L. Deng, T. N. Wong, D. K. Hanson, and M. Schiffer. The structure of a mutant photosynthetic reaction center shows unexpected changes in main chain orientations and quinone position. Biochemistry 41: 5998-6007 (2002).
    
    
14. C. Kirmaier, P. D. Laible, K. Czarnecki, A. N. Hata, D. K. Hanson, D. F. Bocian, and D. Holten. Comparison of M-side electron transfer in R. sphaeroides and R. capsulatus reaction centers. Journal of Physical Chemistry B106(7): 1799-1808 (2002).
    
    
15. Yoon, J.R., P.D. Laible, M. Gu, H.N. Scott, and F.R. Collart. 2002. Express primer generator tool for high throughput gene cloning and expression. 2002. BioTechniques. 33: 1328-1333.
    
    
16. Knox, R.S., J.S. Brown, P.D. Laible, and M.F.J. Talbot. 1999. Part of the fluorescence of chlorophyll a may originate in excited triplet states. Photosynthesis Research. 60:165-177.
    
    
17. P. D. Laible , D. K. Hanson, M. C. Thurnauer, and M. Schiffer. The protein's role in triplet energy transfer in bacterial reaction centers. In Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects (G. Garab, ed.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp. 779-782 (1998).
    
    
18. P. D. Laible , C. Kirmaier, D. Holten, D. M. Tiede, M. Schiffer, and D. K. Hanson. Formation of P +Q B - via B-branch electron transfer in mutant reaction centers. In Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects (G. Garab, ed.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp. 849-852 (1998).
    
    
19. Laible, P.D. , R.S. Knox, and T.G. Owens. 1998. Detailed balance in Förster-Dexter excitation transfer and its application to photosynthesis. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 102:1641-1648.
    
    
20. P. D. Laible , V. Chynwat, M. C. Thurnauer, M. Schiffer, D. K. Hanson, and H. A. Frank. Protein modifications affecting triplet energy transfer efficiency to the carotenoid in bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers. Biophys. J. 74: 2623-2637 (1998).
    
    
21. T. J. DiMagno, P. D. Laible, N. R. Reddy, G. J. Small, J. R. Norris, M. Schiffer, D. K. Hanson. Protein-chromophore interactions: spectral shifts report the consequences of mutations in the bacterial photosynthetic reaction center. Spectrochimica Acta A - Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 54: 1247-1267 (1998).
    
    
22. P. D. Laible , S. R. Greenfield, M. R. Wasielewski, D. K. Hanson, and Robert M. Pearlstein. Antenna excited state decay kinetics establish primary electron transfer in reaction centers as heterogeneous. Biochemistry 36: 8677-8685 (1997).
    
    
23. P. D. Laible , Y. Zhang, A. L. Morris, S. W. Snyder, C. Ainsworth, S. R. Greenfield, M. R. Wasielewski, P. Parot, B. Schoepp, M. Schiffer, D. K. Hanson, and M. C. Thurnauer. Spectroscopic characterization of quinone-site mutants of the bacterial photosynthetic reaction center. Photosyn. Res. 52: 93-103 (1997).
    
    
24. L. M. Utschig, S. R. Greenfield, J. Tang, P. D. Laible, and M. C. Thurnauer. Influence of iron-removal procedures on sequential electron transfer in photosynthetic bacterial reaction centers studied by transient EPR spectroscopy. Biochemistry 36: 8548-8558 (1997).
    
    
25. Chen, L.X. and P.D. Laible. 1997. Third-order, nonlinear, optical properties of bacteriochlorophylls in bacterial photosynthetic light-harvesting proteins. Chemical Physics Letters. 270:255-262.
    
    
26. Knox, R.S., P.D. Laible, D.A. Sawicki, M.F.J. Talbot. 1997. Does excited chlorophyll a equilibrate in solution? J. Luminescence. 72-74:580-581.
    
    
27. J. W. Lee, I. Lee, P. D. Laible, T. G. Owens, and E. Greenbaum. Chemical platinization and its effect on excitation transfer dynamics and P700 photooxidation kinetics in isolated photosystem I. Biophys J 69: 652-659 (1995).
    
    
28. Laible, P.D. , J.L. Mullert, P.M. Ginsburg, T.G. Owens. 1995. The effect of PS II-Non Q B reducing centers on the measurement of the fluorescence quenching parameters q P and q N. In: Mathis, P., editor. Photosynthesis: from Light to Biosphere. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands. I:767-770
    
    
29. Ganago, A.O., E.P. Parker, P.D. Laible, A.C. Albrecht, and T.G. Owens. 1995. Femtosecond dynamics of population and coherence of the S 2 singlet excited state of bacteriochlorophyll (the Q x absorption band) in vivo and in vitro. Laser Physics. 5:693-698.
    
    
30. Laible, P.D. and T.G. Owens. 1995. The first 100 picoseconds of photosynthesis. Cornell Theory Center (a national supercomputer facility) publication entitled "Forefronts." 10: 6-9.
    
    
31. Laible, P. D. , W. Zipfel, and T.G. Owens. 1994. Excited state dynamics in photosynthetic antennae: The role of transfer equilibrium. Biophysical Journal. 66:844-860.
    
    
32. Schuerger, A. C. and P. D. Laible. 1994. Biocompatibility of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in a dual culture hydroponic system. HortScience. 29:1164-1165.