Vincent Conticello

Publications

• Rational design of biomimetic nanostructures via self-assembly of supercoiled peptide motifs
• A stereoelectronic effect on turn formation due to proline substitution in elastin-mimetic polypeptides
• Force spectroscopy of biopolymers: Correlating molecular structure with single molecule elasticity
• Improved assembly of multimeric genes for the biosynthetic production of protein polymers
• Photomediated solid-state cross-linking of an elastin-mimetic recombinant protein polymer
• Measurement of conformational constraints in an elastin-mimetic protein by residue-pair selected solid-state NMR
• Design of a selective metal ion switch for self-assembly of peptide-based fibrils
• Deformation responses of a physically cross-linked high molecular weight elastin-like protein polymer
• Investigation of the dynamics of an elastin-mimetic polypeptide using solid-state NMR
• Structures of synthetic helical filaments and tubes based on peptide and peptido-mimetic polymers
• Phenol-soluble modulins PSMα3 and PSMβ2 form nanotubes that are cross-α amyloids
• Archaeal DNA-import apparatus is homologous to bacterial conjugation machinery
• Peptide-based nanomaterials: Building back better & beyond
• Structural analysis of cross α-helical nanotubes provides insight into the designability of filamentous peptide nanomaterials
• Cryo-EM of Helical Polymers
• Flagellin outer domain dimerization modulates motility in pathogenic and soil bacteria from viscous environments
• A permanent change in protein mechanical responses can be produced by thermally-induced microdomain mixing
• Rational design of a reversible pH-responsive switch for peptide self-assembly
• One-pot glyco-affinity precipitation purification for enhanced proteomics: The flexible alignment of solution-phase capture/release and solid-phase separation
• Alterations in physical cross-linking modulate mechanical properties of two-phase protein polymer networks
• Elastin-mimetic protein polymers capable of physical and chemical crosslinking
• Structurally defined nanoscale sheets from self-assembly of collagen-mimetic peptides
• Rational design of helical nanotubes from self-assembly of coiled-coil lock washers
• Controlling self-assembly of a peptide-based material via metal-ion induced registry shift
• Multiple Site-Selective Insertions of Noncanonical Amino Acids into Sequence-Repetitive Polypeptides
• Elastins
• D-periodic collagen-mimetic microfibers
• Bioengineering of Sequence-Repetitive Polypeptides: Synthetic Routes to Protein-Based Materials of Novel Structure and Function
• Expression of a recombinant elastin-like protein in Pichia pastoris
• Engineering responsive mechanisms to control the assembly of peptide-based nanostructures
• Protein-based thermoplastic elastomers
• Macroscale assembly of peptide nanotubes
• Protein engineering methods for investigation of structure-function relationships in protein-based elastomeric materials
• Fluoroproline flip-flop: Regiochemical reversal of a stereoelectronic effect on peptide and protein structures
• Micelle density regulated by a reversible switch of protein secondary structure
• In-lens cryo-HRSEM of a freeze-dried coiled-coil protein assembly
• Rational design of a nanoscale helical scaffold derived from self-assembly of a dimeric coiled coil motif
• Cotranslational incorporation of a structurally diverse series of proline analogues in an Escherichia coli expression system
• Structure of an elastin-mimetic polypeptide by solid-state NMR chemical shift analysis
• Viscoelastic and mechanical behavior of recombinant protein elastomers
• Single molecule mechanical testing of mimetic-elastin molecules
• Cryo, cryo-etch and tandem cryo-HRSEM correlated with cryo-STEM of elastin-mimetic block copolymers
• In-lens cryo-high resolution scanning electron microscopy: Methodologies for molecular imaging of self-assembled organic hydrogels
• Morphological characterization of elastin-mimetic block copolymers utilizing cryo- and cryoetch-HRSEM
• Exploiting amyloid fibril lamination for nanotube self-assembly
• Geometrical frustration as a potential design principle for peptide-based assemblies
• Ambidextrous helical nanotubes from self-assembly of designed helical hairpin motifs
• 2D Crystal Engineering of Nanosheets Assembled from Helical Peptide Building Blocks
• 2D Crystal Engineering of Nanosheets Assembled from Helical Peptide Building Blocks
• Seeded Heteroepitaxial Growth of Crystallizable Collagen Triple Helices: Engineering Multifunctional Two-Dimensional Core–Shell Nanostructures
• Self-assembly of block copolymers derived from elastin-mimetic polypeptide sequences
• Synthesis and characterization of elastin-mimetic protein gels derived from a well-defined polypeptide precursor
• Efficient synthesis, redox characteristics, and electronic structure of a tetravalent tris(cyclopentadienyl)cerium alkoxide complex
• Thermo-reversible self-assembly of nanoparticles derived from elastin-mimetic polypeptides
• Rapid assembly of synthetic genes encoding protein polymers
• Smectic ordering in solutions and films of a rod-like polymer owing to monodispersity of chain length
• Thermoplastic elastomer hydrogels via self-assembly of an elastin-mimetic triblock polypeptide
• Genetically directed synthesis and spectroscopic analysis of a protein polymer derived from a flagelliform silk sequence
• Elastin-mimetic protein polymers: Biologically derived smart materials
• Self-assembly of hydrogels from elastin-mimetic block copolymers
• Stereoregular precursors to poly(p-phenylene) via transition-metal-catalyzed polymerization. 2. The effects of polymer stereochemistry and acid catalysts on precursor aromatization: A characterization study
• Stereoregular precursors to poly(p-phenylene) via transition-metal-catalyzed polymerization. 1. Precursor design and synthesis
• Self-assembly of a polypeptide multi-block copolymer modeled on dragline silk proteins [18]
• Generation of synthetic elastin-mimetic small diameter fibers and fiber networks
• Synthesis and characterization of elastin-mimetic protein gels for use in biomedical applications
• High-resolution topographic imaging of environmentally responsive, elastin-mimetic hydrogels
• Chiral organolanthanides designed for asymmetric catalysis. A kinetic and mechanistic study of enantioselective olefin hydroamination/cyclization and hydrogenation by C1-Symmetric Me2Si(Me4C5)(C5H 3R*)Ln complexes where R* = chiral auxiliary
• Chiral organolanthanides designed for asymmetric catalysis. Synthesis, characterization, and configurational interconversions of chiral, C1-symmetric organolanthanide halides, amides, and hydrocarbyls
• Transition-metal-catalyzed polymerization of heteroatom-functionalized cyclohexadienes: Stereoregular precursors to poly(p-phenylene)
• Stereoselection effects in the catalytic hydroamination/cyclization of aminoolefins at chiral organolanthanide centers
• New route to poly(para-phenylene): stereoregular precursors via transition-metal catalyzed polymerization