Publications

  1. Rong, L., and P. Bates. (1995). Analysis of the subgroup A avian sarcoma and leukosis virus receptor: The 40-residue, cysteine-rich, low-density lipoprotein receptor motif of Tva is sufficient to mediate viral entry. J. Virol. 69:4847-4853.
  2. Rong, L., A. Edinger, and P. Bates. (1997). Role of basic residues in the subgroup-determining region of the subgroup A avian sarcoma and leukosis virus envelope in receptor binding and infection. J. Virol. 71: 3458-3465.
  3. Bates, P., L. Rong, H. E. Varmus, J. A. T. Young, and L. B. Crittenden. (1998). Genetic mapping of the cloned subgroup A avian sarcoma and leukosis virus receptor gene to the TVA locus. J. Virol. 72: 2505-2508.
  4. Rong, L., K. Gendron, B. Strohl, R. Shenoy, R. Wool-Lewis, and P. Bates. (1998). Characterization of determinants for envelope binding and infection in Tva, the subgroup A avian sarcoma and leukosis virus receptor. J. Virol. 72: 4552-4559.
  5. Rong, L., K. Gendron, and P. Bates. (1998). Conversion of a human low density lipoprotein receptor ligand binding repeat to a virus receptor: Identification of residues important for ligand specificity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95: 8467-8472.
  6. Damico, R., L. Rong, and P. Bates. (1999). Substitutions in the receptor-binding domain of the avian sarcoma and leukosis viral envelope uncouple receptor-triggred structural rearrangements in the SU and TM subunits. J. Virol. 73: 3087-3094.
  7. Wang, Q.-Y., K. Dolmer, W. Huang, P.G.W. Gettins, and L. Rong (2001). Role of calcium in protein folding and function of Tva, the receptor of subgroup A Avian sarcoma and leukosis virus. J. Virol. 75: 2051-2058.
  8. Wang, Q.-Y, K. Huang, K. Dolmer, P.G.W. Gettins, and L. Rong. (2002). Solution Structure of the Viral Receptor Domain of Tva and Its Implications in Viral Entry. J. Virol. 76: 2848-2856.
  9. Wang, Q.-Y., B. Manicassamy, X. Yu, K. Dolmer, P.G.W. Gettins, and L. Rong. 2002. Characterization of the LDL-A module mutants of Tva, the subgroup A Rous sarcoma virus receptor, and the implications in protein folding.
    Protein Science 11: 2596-2605.
  10. Yu, X., Wang, Q.-Y., Guo, Y., Dolmer, K., Young, J.A.T., Gettins, P.G.W., and Rong, L. 2003. Kinetic analysis of binding interaction between the Subgroup A Rous sarcoma virus glycoprotein SU and its cognate receptor Tva: Calcium is not required for ligand binding. J. Virol. 77:7517-7526.
  11. Rai,T., Marble, D., Rihani K., and Rong, L. 2004. The Spacing between cysteines two and three of the LDL-A module of Tva is important for subgroup A avian sarcoma and leukosis virus entry. J. Virol. 78:683-691.
  12. Guo, Y., Yu, X., Rihani, K., Wang, Q.-Y., and Rong, L. 2004. The role of a conserved acidic residue in calcium-dependent protein folding for an LDL-A module: Implications in structure and function for the LDL receptor superfamily. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 16629-16637.
  13. Manicassamy, B., Wang, J., Jiang, H., and Rong, L. 2005. Comprehensive analysis of Ebola GP1 in viral entry. J. Virol. 79:4793-4805.
  14. Jacobs, A., Sen, J., Rong, L., and Caffrey, M. 2005. Alanine scanning mutants of the HIV gp41 loop. J. Biol. Chem. 280:27284-27288.
  15. Rai, T., Caffrey, M., and Rong, L. 2005. Identification of two residues within the LDL-A module of Tva that dictate the altered receptor specificity of the mutant subgroup A avian sarcoma and leucosis viruses. J. Virol. 79:14962-14966.
  16. Hakansson-McReynolds, S., Jiang, S., Rong, L., and Caffrey, M. 2006. Solution structure of the SARS-coronavirus HR2 domain in the prefusion state.  J. Biol. Chem. 281: 11965 – 11971.
  17. Balaji Manicassamy, Jizhen Wang, Emily Rumschlag, Stephanie Tymen, Valentina Volchkova, Viktor Volchkov, and Lijun Rong.2006.Characterization of Marburg viral glycoprotein in viral entry. Virology (in press).

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