Jeff Lung-Fa Kao
Campus Box 1134
Research Specialization
Specialties
Multi-dimensional and Multi-nuclei NMR spectroscopy, conformational analysis and structure determination of DNA, protein, peptide, steroids and organic compounds.
Publications
D. Su, J. Kao, M. Gross and J. Taylor, "Structure Determination of an Inter-strand-type cis-anti Cyclobutane Thymine Dimer Produced in High Yield by UVB Light in an Oligodeoxynucleotide at Acidic pH'', J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 11328-11337 (2008).
Sage Arbor, Jeff Kao, Yun Wu, Garland R. Marshall, "c[D-pro-Pro-D-pro-N-methyl-Ala] adopts a rigid conformation that serves as a scaffold to mimic reverse-turns'', Biopolymers: Peptide Science, 90(3), 384-393 (2008).
Francesco Nodari, Fong-Fu Hsu, Xiaoyan Fu, Terrence F. Holekamp, Lung-Fa Kao, John Turk, and Timothy E. Holy, "Sulfated Steroids as Natural Ligands of Mouse Pheromone-Sensing Neurons", J. Neurosci., 28, 6407-6418 (2008).
Yunpeng Ye, Min Liu, Jeff L.-F. Kao, Garland R. Marshall, "Design, synthesis, and metal binding of novel Pseudo- oligopeptides containing two phosphinic acid groups", Biopolymers, 89(1), 72-85 (2008).
Zongren Zhang, Mikhail Y. Berezin, Jeff L. F. Kao, André d'Avignon, Mingfeng Bai, Samuel Achilefu, "Near-Infrared Dichromic Fluorescent Carbocyanine Molecules'', Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47(19), 3584-3587 (2008).
F. Hsu, F. Nodari, L.-F. Kao, X. Fu, T. F. Holekamp, J. Turk and T. Holy, "Structural Characterization of Sulfated Steroids That Activate Mouse Pheromone-Sensing Neurons†", Biochemistry, 47 (52), pp 14009-14019 (2008).
F. Wang, R. Tang, J. Kao, S. Dingman and W.Buhro, "Spectroscopic Identification of Tri-n-octylphosphine Oxide (TOPO) Impurities and Elucidation of Their Roles in Cadmium Selenide Quantum-Wire Growth", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 4983-4994 (2009).
Rongsheng E. Wang, Jeffrey L.-F. Kao, Carolyn A. Hilliard, Raj K. Pandita, Joseph L. Roti Roti, Clayton R. Hunt, and John-Stephen Taylor, "Inhibition of Heat Shock Induction of Heat Shock Protein 70 and Enhancement of Heat Shock Protein 27 Phosphorylation by Quercetin Derivatives", J. Med. Chem., 52, 1912-1921 (2009).
Hyeran Lee, Mikhail Y. Berezin, Kevin Guo, Jeff Kao and Samuel Achilefu, "Near-Infrared Fluorescent pH-Sensitive Probes via Unexpected Barbituric Acid Mediated Synthesis", Org. Lett., 11 (1), 29-32 (2009).
Mikhail Y. Berezin, Jeff Kao, Samuel Achilefu, "pH-Dependent Optical Properties of Synthetic Fluorescent Imidazoles", Chem. Eur. J. 15, 3560 - 3566 (2009).