Lab Publications:

Blasie, C.A. and Berg, J.M. Toward ligand identification within a CCHHC zinc-binding domain from the NZF/MyT1 family. (2000) Inorg. Chem. 39, 348-351. [Article PDF]

Gatto, G.J. Jr., Geisbrecht, B.V., Gould, S.J., Berg, J.M. A proposed model for the PEX5-Peroxisomal Targeting Signal-1 recognition complex. (2000) Proteins 38, 241-246. [Article PDF]

Berkovits, H.J. and Berg, J.M. Metal and DNA binding properties of a two-domain fragment of neural zinc finger factor 1, a CCHC-type zinc binding protein. (1999) Biochemistry 38, 16826-16830. [Article PDF]

Smith, J., Berg, J.M., Chandrasegaran, S. A detailed study of the substrate specificity of a chimeric restriction enzyme. (1999) Nucleic Acids Res. 27, 674-681. [Article PDF]

Clarke, N.D. and Berg, J.M. Zinc fingers in Caenorhabditis elegans: Finding families and probing pathways. (1998) Science 282, 2018-2022. [Article PDF]

Roehm, P.C. and Berg, J.M. Selectivity of methylation of metal-bound cysteinates and its consequences. (1998) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 13083-13087. [Article PDF]

Berg, J.M. and Godwin, H.A. Lessons from zinc-binding peptides. (1997) Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct. 26, 357-371.

Berg, J.M. and Goffeney, N.W. Centrosymmetric crystals of biomolecules: the racemate method. (1997) Methods Enzymol. 276, 619-627.

Blasie, C.A. and Berg, J.M. Electrostatic interactions across a ß-sheet. (1997) Biochemistry 36, 6218-6222. [Article PDF]

Kim, Y.G., Shi, Y., Berg, J.M., Chandrasegaran, S. Site-specific cleavage of DNA-RNA hybrids by zinc finger/FokI cleavage domain fusions. (1997) Gene 203, 43-49. [Article PDF]

Roehm, P.C. and Berg, J.M. Sequential metal binding by the RING finger domain of BRCA1. (1997) Biochemistry 36, 10240-10245. [Article PDF]

Berg, J.M. and Shi, Y. The galvanization of biology: A growing appreciation for the roles of zinc. (1996) Science 271, 1081-1085.

Godwin, H.A. and Berg, J.M. A fluorescent zinc probe based on metal-induced peptide folding. (1996) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 118, 6514-6515. [Article PDF]

Kim, C.A. and Berg, J.M. A 2.2 Å resolution crystal structure of a designed zinc finger protein bound to DNA. (1996) Nat. Struct. Biol. 3, 940-945.

Mori, S., Berg, J.M., van Zijl, P.C. Separation of intramolecular NOE and exchange peaks in water exchange spectroscopy using spin-echo filters. (1996) J. Biomol. NMR 7, 77-82.

Mori, S., Abeygunawardana, C., van Zijl, P.C., Berg, J.M. Water exchange filter with improved sensitivity (WEX II) to study solvent-exchangeable protons. Application to the consensus zinc finger peptide CP-1. (1996) J. Magn. Reson. B 110, 96-101.

Shi, Y. and Berg, J.M. DNA unwinding induced by zinc finger protein binding. (1996) Biochemistry 35, 3845-3848. [Article PDF]

Worthington, M.T., Amann, B.T., Nathans, D., Berg, J.M. Metal binding properties and secondary structure of the zinc-binding domain of Nup475. (1996) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 13754-13759. [Article PDF]

Kalish, J.E., Theda, C., Morrell, J.C., Berg, J.M., Gould, S.J. Formation of the peroxisome lumen is abolished by loss of Pichia pastoris Pas7p, a zinc-binding integral membrane protein of the peroxisome. (1995) Mol. Cell. Biol. 15, 6406-6419.

Kim, C.A. and Berg, J.M. Serine at position 2 in the DNA recognition helix of a Cys2-His2 zinc finger peptide is not, in general, responsible for base recognition. (1995) J. Mol. Biol. 252, 1-5.

Shi, Y. and Berg, J.M. A direct comparison of the properties of natural and designed zinc-finger proteins. (1995) Chem. Biol. 2, 83-89.

Shi, Y. and Berg, J.M. Specific DNA-RNA hybrid binding by zinc finger proteins. (1995) Science 268, 282-284.

Wu, Y.S., Bevilacqua, V.L., Berg, J.M. Fibrillin domain folding and calcium binding: Significance to Marfan syndrome. (1995) Chem. Biol. 2, 91-97.

Desjarlais, J.R. and Berg, J.M. Length-encoded multiplex binding site determination: Application to zinc finger proteins. (1994) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 11099-11103.

Desjarlais, J.R. and Berg, J.M. Use of a zinc-finger consensus sequence framework and specificity rules to design specific DNA binding proteins. (1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90, 2256-2260.

Dintzis, H.M., Symer, D.E., Dintzis, R.Z., Zawadzke, L.E., Berg, J.M. A comparison of the immunogenicity of a pair of enantiomeric proteins. (1993) Proteins 16, 306-308.

Kim, C.A. and Berg, J.M. Thermodynamic beta-sheet propensities measured using a zinc-finger host peptide. (1993) Nature 362, 267-270.

Krizek, B.A., Zawadzke, L.E., Berg, J.M. Independence of metal binding between tandem Cys2His2 zinc finger domains. (1993) Protein Sci. 2, 1313-1319.

Shi, Y., Beger, R.D., Berg, J.M. Metal binding properties of single amino acid deletion mutants of zinc finger peptides: Studies using cobalt(II) as a spectroscopic probe. (1993) Biophys. J. 64, 749-753.

Zawadzke, L.E. and Berg, J.M. The structure of a centrosymmetric protein crystal. (1993) Proteins 16, 301-305.

Desjarlais, J.R. and Berg, J.M. Toward rules relating zinc finger protein sequences and DNA binding site preferences. (1992) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89, 7345-7349.

Desjarlais, J.R. and Berg, J.M. Redesigning the DNA-binding specificity of a zinc finger protein: A data base-guided approach. (1992) Proteins 12, 101-104.

Michael, S.F., Kilfoil, V.J., Schmidt, M.H., Amann, B.T., Berg, J.M. Metal binding and folding properties of a minimalist Cys2His2 zinc finger peptide. (1992) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89, 4796-4800.

Pellegrino, G.R. and Berg, J.M. Identification and characterization of "zinc-finger" domains by the polymerase chain reaction. (1991) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88, 671-675.

Berg, J.M. Zinc finger domains: Hypotheses and current knowledge. (1990) Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biophys. Chem. 19, 405-421.

Berg, J.M. Zinc fingers and other metal-binding domains. Elements for interactions between macromolecules. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 6513-6516.

Green, L.M. and Berg, J.M. Retroviral nucleocapsid protein-metal ion interactions: Folding and sequence variants. (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87, 6403-6407.

Green, L.M. and Berg, J.M. A retroviral Cys-Xaa2-Cys-Xaa4-His-Xaa4-Cys peptide binds metal ions: Spectroscopic studies and a proposed three-dimensional structure. (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86, 4047-4051.

Berg, J.M. Proposed structure for the zinc-binding domains from transcription factor IIIA and related proteins. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85, 99-102.

Berg, J.M. Potential metal-binding domains in nucleic acid binding proteins. (1986) Science 232, 485-487.