Ira J. Ropson All publications ( 16 ) Purdy JG. Flanagan JM. Ropson IJ. Craven RC. Retroviral capsid assembly: a role for the CA dimer in initiation. 2009 Jun 5. J Mol Biol. 389(2):438-51. Ropson IJ. Boyer JA. Schaeffer BA. Dalessio PM. Comparison of the folding mechanism of highly homologous proteins in the lipid-binding protein family. 2008 Sep 30. Proteins. . Purdy JG. Flanagan JM. Ropson IJ. Rennoll-Bankert KE. Craven RC. Critical role of conserved hydrophobic residues within the major homology region in mature retroviral capsid assembly. 2008 Jun. J Virol. 82(12):5951-61. Ropson IJ. Boyer JA. Dalessio PM. A residual structure in unfolded intestinal fatty acid binding protein consists of amino acids that are neighbors in the native state. 2006 Feb 28. Biochemistry. 45(8):2608-17. National Institute of General Medical Sciences Dalessio PM. Fromholt SE. Ropson IJ. The role of Trp-82 in the folding of intestinal fatty acid binding protein. 2005 Oct 1. Proteins. 61(1):176-83. National Institute of General Medical Sciences Dalessio PM. Boyer JA. McGettigan JL. Ropson IJ. Swapping core residues in homologous proteins swaps folding mechanism. 2005 Mar 1. Biochemistry. 44(8):3082-90. National Institute of General Medical Sciences Burns-Hamuro LL. Dalessio PM. Ropson IJ. Replacement of proline with valine does not remove an apparent proline isomerization-dependent folding event in CRABP I. 2004 Jun. Protein Sci. 13(6):1670-6. National Institute of General Medical Sciences Rasimas JJ. Dalessio PA. Ropson IJ. Pegg AE. Fried MG. Active-site alkylation destabilizes human O6-alkylguanine DNA alkyltransferase. 2004 Jan. Protein Sci. 13(1):301-5. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Cancer Institute Pastukhov AV. Ropson IJ. Fluorescent dyes as probes to study lipid-binding proteins. 2003 Nov 15. Proteins. 53(3):607-15. Rasimas JJ. Kanugula S. Dalessio PM. Ropson IJ. Fried MG. Pegg AE. Effects of zinc occupancy on human O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase. 2003 Feb 4. Biochemistry. 42(4):980-90. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Cancer Institute Burns LL. Ropson IJ. Folding of intracellular retinol and retinoic acid binding proteins. 2001 May 15. Proteins. 43(3):292-302. National Institute of General Medical Sciences Ropson IJ. Yowler BC. Dalessio PM. Banaszak L. Thompson J. Properties and crystal structure of a beta-barrel folding mutant. 2000 Mar. Biophys J. 78(3):1551-60. National Institute of General Medical Sciences Dalessio PM. Ropson IJ. Beta-sheet proteins with nearly identical structures have different folding intermediates. 2000 Feb 8. Biochemistry. 39(5):860-71. Burns LL. Dalessio PM. Ropson IJ. Folding mechanism of three structurally similar beta-sheet proteins. 1998 Oct 1. Proteins. 33(1):107-18. Dalessio PM. Ropson IJ. pH dependence of the folding of intestinal fatty acid binding protein. 1998 Nov 15. Arch Biochem Biophys. 359(2):199-208. Ropson IJ. Dalessio PM. Fluorescence spectral changes during the folding of intestinal fatty acid binding protein. 1997 Jul 15. Biochemistry. 36(28):8594-601.