2024
Non-averaged single-molecule tertiary structures reveal RNA self-folding through individual-particle cryo-electron tomography, Jianfang Liu, Ewan K.S. McRae, Meng Zhang, Cody Geary, Ebbe Sloth Andersen, Gang Ren, Nature Comm., (2024), 15, 9084. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52914-1 [PDF file] [Video]
Angle between DNA linker and nucleosome core particle regulates array compaction revealed by individual-particle cryo-electron tomography, Meng Zhang, César Díaz-Celis, Jianfang Liu, Jinhui Tao, Paul D. Ashby, Carlos Bustamante, Gang Ren, Nature Comm., (2024), 15, 4395. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-48305-1 [PDF file] [Video 1], [Video 2], [Video 3]
Molecular mechanism of Contactin 2 homophilic interaction, Shanghua Fan, Jianfang Liu, Nicolas Chofflett, Aaron O. Bailey, William K. Russell, Hideto Takahashi, Gang Ren, Gabby Rudenko, Structure, (2024), S0969-2126(24)00222-3. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2024.06.004, [PDF file]
Foam fractionation studies of recombinant human apolipoprotein A-I, Kyle Lethcoe, Colin A. Fox, Anouar Hafiane, Robert S. Kiss, Jianfang Liu, Gang Ren, and Robert O. Ryan, BBA - Biomembranes, (2024), 1866(7):184375, Doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184375, [PDF file]
2023
Facile hermetic TEM grid preparation for molecular imaging of hydrated biological samples at room temperature, Lingli Kong, Jianfang Liu, Meng Zhang, Zhuoyang Lu, Han Xue, Amy Ren, Jiankang Liu, Jinping Li, Wai Li Ling, Gang Ren, Nature Comm., (2023), 14, 5641. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41266-x [PDF file] [Video: Viral entry]
Direct in-situ measurement of electrical properties of solid electrolyte interphase on lithium metal anode, Yaobin Xu, Hao Jia, Peiyuan Gao, Diego E. Galvez-Aranda, Saul Perez Beltran, Xia Cao, Phung M. L. Le, Jianfang Liu, Mark H Engelhard, Shuang Li, Gang Ren, Jorge M. Seminario, Perla B. Balbuena, Ji-Guang Zhang, Wu Xu, Chongmin Wang, Nature Energy, (2023), 8:1345–1354, dio:10.1038/s41560-023-01361-1 [PDF file]
Structure, folding and flexibility of co-transcriptional RNA origami, Ewan K.S. McRae, Helena Østergaard Rasmussen, Jianfang Liu, Andreas Bøggild, Michael T.A. Nguyen, Nestor Sampedro Vallina, Thomas Boesen, Jan Skov Pedersen, Gang Ren, Cody Geary, Ebbe Sloth Andersen, Nature Nanotechnology, (2023), 18(7):808-817. doi: 10.1038/s41565-023-01321-6, [PDF file]
Insights into the 3D permeable pore structure within novel monodisperse mesoporous silica nanoparticles by cryogenic electron tomography, Yidong Xia, Jianfang Liu, Rahul Kancharla, Jiaoyan Li, Seyed M. Hatamlee, Gang Ren, Viktoriya Semeykina, Ahmed Hamed and Joshua J. Kanec, Nanoscale Advances, (2023), Apr. 18th, Doi:10.1039/D3NA00145H, [PDF file]
Designer molecules of the synaptic organizer MDGA1 reveal 3D conformational control of biological function, Hubert Lee, Nicolas Chofflet, Jianfang Liu, Shanghua Fan, Zhuoyang Lu, Martin Resua Rojas, Patrick Penndorf, Aaron O. Bailey, William K. Russell, Mischa Machius, Gang Ren, Hideto Takahashi, Gabrielle Rudenko, J. Bio. Chem., (2023), 299(4):104586, Doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104586, [PDF file]
Structure-based mechanism and inhibition of cholesteryl ester transfer protein, Han Xue, Meng Zhang, Jianfang Liu, Jianjun Wang, Gang Ren, Current Atherosclerosis Reports, (2023), 25:155–166, Doi: 10.1007/s11883-023-01087-1, [PDF file]
2022
Molecular Organization of the Early Stages of Nucleosome Phase Separation Visualized by Cryo-Electron Tomography, Meng Zhang, César Díaz-Celis, Bibiana Onoa, Cristhian Cañari-Chumpitaz, Katherinne I. Requejo, Jianfang Liu, Michael Vien, Eva Nogales, Gang Ren, and Carlos Bustamante, Molecular Cell, (2022), 18;82(16):3000-3014.e9; PMID: 35907400 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.06.032, [PDF file]
Cryo-electron tomography related radiation-damage parameters for individual-molecule 3D structure determination,
Han Xue, Meng Zhang, Jianfang Liu, Jianjun Wang, Gang Ren,
Frontier in Chemistry,
(2022), 10:889203. DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.889203,
[PDF file]
2021
Exposing Structural Variations in SARS-CoV-2 Evolution, Jiaan Yang, Peng Zhang, Wen Xiang Cheng, Youyong Lu, Wu Gang, Gang Ren, Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 22042. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01650-3, [PDF file]
Designed and biologically active protein lattices,
Shih-Ting Wang, Brian Minevich, Jianfang Liu, Honghu Zhang, Dmytro Nykypanchuk, James Byrnes, Wu Liu, Lev Bershadsky, Qun Liu, Tong Wang, Gang Ren & Oleg Gang,
Nature Communications,
(2021), 12, 3702, DOI:10.1038/s41467-021-23966-4
[PDF file]
2020
Extended Harmonic Mapping Connects the Equations in Classical, Statistical, Fluid, Quantum Physics and General Relativity,
Xiaobo Zhai, Changyu Huang, Gang Ren,
Scientific Reports,
(2020), 10, 18281, DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-75211-5
[PDF file]
Real-time observation of dynamic structure of liquid-vapor interface at nanometer resolution in electron irradiated sodium chloride crystals,
Amy Ren, David Lu, Ed Wong, Matthew R. Hauwiller, A. Paul Alivisatos, Gang Ren,
Scientific Reports, (2020), 10, 8596. Doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65274-9,
[PDF file],
[Video 1: liquification]
[Video 2: Fluid dynamics]
[Video 3: Brownian motion in liquid]
[Video 4: Brownian motion in vapor]
[Video 5: Nanoparticle fusion]
[Video 6: Nano-motor]
[Video 7: Interface structure]
LoTToR: An Algorithm for Missing-Wedge Correction of the Low-Tilt Tomographic 3D Reconstruction of a Single-Molecule Structure,
Xiaobo Zhai, Dongsheng Lei, Meng Zhang, Jianfang Liu, Hao Wu, Yadong Yu, Lei Zhang, Gang Ren,
Scientific Reports,
(2020), 10, 10489. Doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-66793-1,
[PDF file]
Discovery of Stable and Selective Antibody Mimetics from Combinatorial Libraries of Polyvalent, Loop-Functionalized Peptoid Nanosheets, Jae Hong Kim, Samuel C. Kim, Mark A. Kline, Elissa M. Grzincic, Blakely W. Tresca, Joshua Cardiel, Mohsen Karbaschi, Dilani C. Dehigaspitiya, Yulin Chen, Venkatareddy Udumula, Tengyue Jian, Daniel J. Murray, Lisa Yun, Michael D. Connolly, Jianfang Liu, Gang Ren, Chun-Long Chen, Kent Kirshenbaum, Adam R. Abate, Ronald N. Zuckermann, ACS Nano, (2020), 14, 1, 185–195, Doi: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07498, [PDF file]
Allosteric regulation of lysosomal enzyme recognition by the cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor, Linda J. Olson, Sandeep K. Misra, Mayumi Ishihara, Kevin P. Battaile, Oliver C. Grant, Amika Sood, Robert J. Woods, Jung-Ja P. Kim, Michael Tiemeyer, Gang Ren, Joshua S. Sharp, Nancy M. Dahms, Communications Biology, (2020), 3, 498. Doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01211-w, [PDF file]
2019
Single-Molecule 3D Images of “Hole-Hole” IgG1 Homodimers by Individual-Particle Electron Tomography, Dongsheng Lei, Jianfang Liu, Hongbin Liu, Thomas E. Cleveland, John P. Marino, Ming Lei, Gang Ren, Scientific Reports, (2019), 9:8864, Doi:10.1038/s41598-019-44978-7, [PDF file], [Download PDB models], [Video]
Single-Molecule 3D Imaging of Human Plasma Intermediate-Density Lipoproteins Reveals a Polyhedral Structure, Dongsheng Lei, Yadong Yu, Yu-Lin Kuang, Jianfang Liu, Ronald M. Krauss, Gang Ren, BBA Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, (2019), 1864(3):260-270, [PDF file], [Video]
Optimized negative-staining protocol for lipid-protein interactions investigated by electron microscopy, Jianfang Liu, Hao Wu, Changyu Huang, Dongsheng Lei, Meng Zhang, Wei Xie, Jinping Li and Gang Ren, In: Kleinschmidt J. (eds) Lipid-Protein Interactions. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2003. Humana, New York, NY, (2019), Doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-9512-7_8, [PDF file]
A DNA origami plasmonic sensor with environment-independent read-out, Valentina Masciotti, Luca Piantanida, Denys Naumenko, Heinz Amenitsch, Mattia Fanetti, Matjaž Valant, Dongsheng Lei, Gang Ren, and Marco Lazzarino, Nano Research, (2019), 12:2900 [PDF file]
2018
3D Structural Dynamics of DNA Origami Mechanisms and Machines Using Individual-Particle Electron Tomography, Dongsheng Lei, Alex Marras, Jianfang Liu, Chaomin Huang, Lifeng Zhou, Carlos Castro, Hai-Jun Su, Gang Ren, Nature Communications, (2018), 9:592, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03018-0, [PDF file], [Download PDB models], [Video]
An Algorithm for Enhancing the Image Contrast of Electron Tomography, Hao Wu, Xiaobo Zhai, Dongsheng Lei, Jianfang Liu, Yadong Yu, Rongfang Bie, Gang Ren, Scientific Reports., (2018), 8(1):16711, PMID: 30420636, [PDF file]
Structural Plasticity of Neurexin 1α: Implications for its Role as Synaptic Organizer, Jianfang Liu, Anurag Misra, Sekhar Reddy, Mark Andrew White, Gang Ren, Gabby Rudenko, J. Mol. Biolo., (2018), 430(21):4325-4343, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.08.026, PMID: 30193986, [PDF file]
Structural basis of the lipid transfer mechanism of phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP), Meng Zhang, Xiaobo Zhai, Jinping Li, John J. Albers, Simona Vuletic, Gang Ren, BBA Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, (2018), 1863(9), 1082-1094, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2018.06.001, [PDF file]
IgG Antibody 3D Structures and Dynamics, Jacob White Jay, Brinkley Ann Bray, Yaozhi Qi, Eseosaserea Igbinigie, Hao Wu, Jinping Li, Gang Ren, Antibodies, (2018), 7(2), 18, DOI: 10.3390/antib7020018, [PDF file]
Bioinspired Control of Nanomaterial Self-Assembly via Metal Ion Coordination, Abigail S. Knight, Josefin Larsson, Jing M. Ren, Raghida Bou Zerdan, Shay Seguin, Remy Vrahas, Jianfang Liu, Gang Ren, and Craig J. Hawker, J. Am. Chem. Soc., (2018), 140(4):1409-1414, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11005, [PDF file]
Effect of curcumin on amyloid-like aggregates generated from methionine oxidized apolipoprotein A-I, Aparna Krishnamoorthy, Narjes Tavoosi, Gary Kwan Leung Chan, Jianfang Liu, Gang Ren, Giorgio Cavigiolio and Robert O. Ryan, FEBS Open Bio., (2018), 2(8), 302–310, DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12372, [PDF file]
2017
Structural and Functional Characterization of a Hole-Hole Homodimer Variant in a “Knob-Into-Hole” Bispecific Antibody, Hui-Min Zhang, Charlene Li, Ming Lei, Victor Lundin, Ho Young Lee, Milady Ninonuevo, Kevin Lin, Guanghui Han, Wendy Sandoval, Dongsheng Lei, Gang Ren, Jennifer Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Analytical Chemistry, (2017), 89(24):13494-13501. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03830 [PDF file]
Assessing the mechanisms of cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitors, Meng Zhang, Dongsheng Lei, Bo Peng, Mikey Yang, Lei Zhang, M. Art Charles, Kerry-Anne Rye, Ron M. Krauss, Doug G. Johns, Gang Ren; BBA Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, (2017), 1862(12):1606-1617. PMID: 28911944 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2017.09.004, [PDF file]
Extended Theory of Harmonic Maps Connects General Relativity to Chaos and Quantum Mechanism, Gang Ren, Yi-Shi Duan, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals(2017), 103: 567–570 [PDF file]; Corrigendum to “Extended theory of harmonic maps connects general relativity to chaos and quantum mechanism” [Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 103 (2017) 567–570], Xiaobo Zhai, Gang Ren, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals (2018), 108: 224–227 [PDF file]
A Facile Method for Isolation of Recombinant Human Apolipoprotein A-I from E. coli, Nikita Ikon, Jennifer Shearer, Jianfang Liu, Jesse J. Tran, Shibo Feng, Ayako Kamei, Jennifer A. Beckstead, Robert S. Kiss, Paul M. Weers, Gang Ren, and Robert O. Ryan, Protein Expression and Purification, (2017), 134:18-24. doi: 10.1016, [PDF file]
2016
3D Structural Dynamics and Fluctuations of DNA-Nanogold Conjugates by Individual-Particle Electron Tomography, Lei Zhang, Dongsheng Lei, Jessica M. Smith, Huimin Tong, Xing Zhang, Zhuoyang Lu, Paul Alivisatos and Gang Ren, Nature Communications, (2016), 7:11083. doi: 10.1038, [PDF file], [Vedio]
Insights into the Tunnel Mechanism of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer using All-atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Dongsheng Lei, Matthew Rames, Xing Zhang, Lei Zhang, Shengli Zhang and Gang Ren, Journal of Biological Chemistry, (2016), 291(27):14034-44, doi: 10.1074, [PDF file], [Vedio]
Molecular Architecture of Contactin-associated Protein-like 2 (CNTNAP2) and its Interaction with Contactin 2 (CNTN2), Zhuoyang Lu, M.V.V.V. Sekhar Reddy, Jianfang Liu, Ana Kalichava, Jiankang Liu, Lei Zhang, Fang Chen, Yun Wang, Luis Marcelo F. Holthauzen, Mark A. White, Suchithra Seshadrinathan, Xiaoying Zhong, Gang Ren, Gabby Rudenko, Journal of Biological Chemistry, (2016), 291(46):24133-24147, [PDF file]
Polyhedral 3D Structure of Human Plasma Very-Low-Density Lipoproteins by Individual Particle Cryo-Electron Tomography , Yadong Yu, Yu-Lin Kuang, Dongsheng Lei, Xiaobo Zhai, Meng Zhang, Ronald M. Krauss, Gang Ren, Journal of Lipid Research, (2016), 57(10):1879-1888, [PDF file], [Vedio]
Structural Study of IgG1 Antibody by Individual-Particle Electron Tomography (review) , Xing Zhang, Yuheng Liao, Huimin Tong, Lei Zhang, Shengli Zhang, Gang Ren, Prog. Biochem. Biophys., (2016), 43(9):839-849, [PDF file]
Fully Mechanically Controlled Automated Electron Microscopic Tomography , Jinxin Liu, Hongchang Li, Lei Zhang, Matthew Rames, Meng Zhang, Yadong Yu, Bo Peng, César Díaz Celis, April Xu, Qin Zou, Xu Yang, Xuefeng Chen, Gang Ren, Scientific Reports, (2016), 6:29231, doi: 10.1038/srep29231 [PDF file], [Vedios]
Large Conformational Changes of Insertion 3 in Human Glycyl-tRNA Synthetase (hGlyRS) during Catalysis, Xiangyu Deng, Xiangjing Qin, Lei Chen, Qian Jia, Yonghui Zhang, Zhiyong Zhang, DongSheng Lei, Gang Ren, Zhihong Zhou, Zhong Wang, Qing Li, Wei Xie, Journal of Biological Chemistry, (2016), 291(11):5740-52. doi: 10.1074, [PDF file]
Multiple-stage structure transformation of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite CH3NH3PbI3, Qiong Chen, Henan Liu, Hui-Seon Kim, Yucheng Liu, Mengjin Yang, Naili Yue, Gang Ren, Kai Zhu, Shengzhong Liu, Nam-Gyu Park, Yong Zhang, Xiangyu Deng, Xiangjing Qin, Lei Chen, Qian Jia, Yonghui Zhang, Zhiyong Zhang, Physics Review X, (2016), 6, 031042 [PDF file]
2015
Electron Tomography: A Three-Dimensional Analytic Tool for Hard and Soft Materials Research (Review), Peter Ercius, Osama Alaidi, Matthew J. Rames, and Gang Ren, Advanced Materials, (2015), 27(38):5638-63. [PDF file]
Surface density-induced pleating of a lipid monolayer drives nascent high density lipoprotein assembly, Jere P. Segrest, Martin K. Jones, Andrea Catte, Medha Manchekar, Geeta Datta , Lei Zhang, Robin Zhang, Ling Li, James C. Patterson, Mayakonda N. Palgunachari , Jack F. Oram, and Gang Ren, Structure, (2015), 23, 1214–1226, [PDF file]
3D structural fluctuation of IgG1 antibody revealed by individual particle electron tomography. X. Zhang, L. Zhang, H. Tong, B. Peng, M.J. Rames, S. Zhang, G. Ren. Scientific Reports, (2015) , 5, 09803; doi: 10.1038/srep09803. [PDF file], [Download PDB models],[Vedio]
HDL surface lipids mediate CETP binding as revealed by electron microscopy and molecular dynamics simulation, M. Zhang, R. Charles, H. Tong, L. Zhang, M. Patel, F. Wang, M.J. Rames, A. Ren, K.A. Rye, X. Qiu, D.G. Johns, M.A. Charles, G. Ren. Scientific Reports, (2015), 5:8741; PMID: 25737239, [PDF file]
2014
Calsyntenin-3 molecular architecture and interaction with neurexin 1α, Lu Z., Wang Y., Chen F., Tong H., Reddy M.V., Luo L., Seshadrinathan S., Zhang L., Holthauzen L.M., Craig A.M., Ren G., Rudenko G., Journal of Biological Chemistry. (2014), 289(50):34530-42. PMID: 25352602, [PDF file]
Optimized Negative Staining: a High-throughput Protocol for Examining Small and Asymmetric Protein Structure by Electron Microscopy, Matthew Rames, Yadong Yu, Gang Ren, Journal of Visualized Experiments, (2014), 90,e51087,1-15. [PDF file]
Structure and Function of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein in Transferring Cholesteryl Ester (Review), Dongsheng Lei, Huimin Tong, Lei Zhang, Xing Zhang, Shengli Zhang, Gang Ren, Progress in Chemistry, (2014), 26(5): 879-888. [PDF file]
Cationic lipid nanodisks as an siRNA delivery vehicle, Mistuni Ghosh, Gang Ren, Jens B. Simonsen, and Robert O. Ryan, Biochem. Cell Biol. (2014)92: 200–205. [PDF file]
2013
Peptide-Conjugation Induced Conformational Changes in Human IgG1 Observed by Optimized Negative-Staining and Individual-Particle Electron Tomography, Huimin Tong, Lei Zhang, Allan Kaspar, Matthew J Rames, Liqing Huang, Gary Woodnutt, and Gang Ren, Scientific Reports, (2013), 3(1089):1-9), DOI: 10.1038/srep01089. [PDF file]
Optimized negative-staining protocol for lipid-protein interactions investigated by electron microscopy. M. Garewal, L. Zhang and G. Ren. in: Lipid-Protein Interactions: Methods and Protocols Methods in Molecular Biology, Edited by Jörg Kleinschmidt, Humana Press, (2013), Feb. 28th, ISBN 978-1-62703-274-2, [PDF file]
Structural Features of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. Dongsheng Lei, Xing Zhang, Shengbo Jiang, Zhaodi Cai, Matthew J. Rames, Lei Zhang, Gang Ren, and Shengli Zhang. Proteins, (2013), 81:415–425. [PDF file]
Optimized Negative-Staining Electron Microscopy for Lipoprotein Studies. (Review) Lei Zhang, Huimin Tong, Mark Garewal, Gang Ren. Biochim Biophys Acta., (2013), 1830(1):2150–2159. [PDF file]
IPET: an Experimental Method to Determine the 3-Dimensional Structure of an Individual Macromolecule (review), Zhang, T., Y. Peng，H. Tong, M. J. Rames, L. Zhang，G. Ren. Progress in Chemistry, (2013), 25(5): 669-676. [PDF file]
2012
Optimized Negative-staining Protocol for Electron Microscopy Study of Lipoprotein Structure (review), Tong, H., L. Zhang，L.Q. Huang, G. Ren, (2013), Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysic, (2012), 39(10): 972-978, [PDF file]
High-Resolution Single-Molecule Structure Revealed by Electron Microscopy and Individual- Particle Electron Tomography. Lei Zhang and Gang Ren. J Phys Chem Biophys , (2012), 2(2):1000e103:1-4. [PDF file]
2011
2010
Individual Particle Electron Tomography: a Novel Tool for Examining the Structure of the Synthetic Targeted Drug Delivery Vehicles. James Song, Lei Zhang and Gang Ren. Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Packing Sourcer, winter. (2010), 26-30. [PDF file]
2009
Apolipoprotein AI tertiary structures determine stability and phospholipid-binding activity of discoidal high-density lipoprotein particles of different sizes. Bin Chen, Xuefeng Ren, Tracey Neville, Jeffrey L. Mills, W. Gray Jerome, David W. Hoyt, Frank D. Sonnichsen, Gang Ren and Jianjun Wang. Protein Science, (2009)18: 921-935. [PDF file]
Structure of membrane-associated neuronal SNARE complex: Implication in neurotransmitter release. Cho, W-J., Shin, L.., Ren, G., Jena, B. P., J. Cell Mol. Med., (cover) (2009)13(10): 4161-4165. [PDF file]
Nanoscale three-dimensional contour map of protein assembly within the astrocyte porosome complex. Won Jin Cho, Gang Ren , Jin-Sook Lee, Ksenija Jeftinija, Srdija Jeftinija, Bhanu P. Jena., Cell Biol Int., (2009) 33: 224-229. [PDF file]
2008
The structure of apolipoprotein A-I in spherical high density lipoprotein of different size. R. A. Gangani D. Silva, Rong Huang, Jamie Morris, Jianwen Fang, Elena O. Gracheva, Gang Ren, Anatol Kontush, W. Gray Jerome, Kerry-Anne Rye, and W. Sean Davidson. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. (2008) 105(34):12176-12181. [PDF file]
EM 3D contour maps provide protein assembly at the nanoscale within the neuronal porosome complex. Won Jin Cho, Gang Ren and Bhanu P. Jena., J. Miroscopy, (2008) 232(1): 106-111. [PDF file]
Characterization of HDL Subclasses: The Interplay between HDL Size, Morphology, Particle Stability and Functionality. Cavigiolio, G., B. Shao, E.G. Geier, G. Ren, J.W. Heinecke, and M.N. Oda., Biochemistry,(2008) 22;47(16):4770-9. [PDF file]
Apolipoprotein A-I induced transformation of Amphotericin B Lipid Complex (ABLC) into nanodisks. Tufteland, M., G. Ren and R. Ryan., Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences,(2008), 97(10):4425-32. [PDF file]
Amphotericin B induced interdigitation of apolipoprotein stabilized nanodisk bilayers. Nguyen T., P. Weers, Z. Wang, G. Ren, T. Sulchek, P. Hoeprich and R. Ryan., Biochim Biophys Acta., (2008) 1778(1):303-12. [PDF file]
2007
Neuronal fusion pore assembly requires membrane cholesterol. Cho J., A. Jeremic, H. Jin, G. Ren and Bhanu P. Jena., Cell Biol Int., (2007) 31: 1301-1308. [PDF file]
Single particle image reconstruction of a tetramer of HIV integrase bound to DNA. Ren, G., Gao K., Bushman F. and Yeager M., J. Mol. Biolo., (2007), 366: 286-294. [PDF file]
2006
Model of the toxic complex of anthrax: Responsive conformational changes in both the lethal factors and the protective antigen heptamer. Tama, F., G. Ren, C. Brooks, AK. Mitra, Protein Science (Cover). (2006) 15: 2190-2200. [PDF file]
2001 -2005
Large-scale structural changes accompany binding of lethal factor to anthrax protective antigen: a cryo-electron microscopic study. Ren, G., J. Quispe, S. Leppla, AK. Mitra, Structure. (2004) 12: 2059-66. [PDF file]
Conversion of a Mechanosensitive Channel Protein from a Membrane-embedded to a water-soluble Form by Covalent Modification with Amphiphiles. Backer CFW, P. Strop, RB. Bass, KC. Hansen, K. Locher, G. Ren, M. Yeager, DC. Rees, G. Kochendoerfer, J. Mol. Biolo., (2004) 12: 2059-66. [PDF file]
Supine Orientation of a Murine MHC Class I Molecule on the Membrane Bilayer. Mitra, AK., H. Cellia, G. Ren, J. Luz, I. Wilson and L. Teyton, Current Biology, (2004), 14:718-724. [PDF file]
Structure and mechanism of water channels. Sui, HX, Ren, G., Progress in Chemistry, (2004) 16:145-152.
Cryo-electron microscopy of biological macromolecules. Li HL, Shi D, Ren G, Sui HX, Chen DH, and Wang DN. In: Recent Progress in Transmission Electron Microscopy. Edited by HQ Ye and YM Wang. Science Press, China, (2003), 114-148.
The architecture of a water-selective pore in the lipid bilayer visualized by electron crystallography in vitreous ice. Mitra AK, Ren G, Reddy VS, Cheng A, Froger A., Novartis Found Symp. (2002) 245:33-46.
1996 -2000
Polymorphism in the packing of Aquaporin-1 tetramers in 2-D crystals. Ren, G., Cheng, A., Melnyk, P., and Mitra, A. K.. J. Struct. Biol., (2000). 130: 45-53. [PDF file]
Three-dimensional fold of human AQP1 water channel determined by electron cryo-crystallography of 2-dimensional crystals embedded in ice. In: Molecular Biology and Physiology of Water and Solute Transport. Mitra, A.K., Ren, G., Cheng, A., Reddy, V., Melnyk, P. Hohmann, S., Nielsen, S. (Eds.). Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, Boston, (2000), 35-39.
Three-dimensional reconstruction from electron micrographs of tilted 2-dimensional crystal: Structure of a human water channel. Mitra, A. K., Ren, G, Cheng, A., Reddy, V. S., Melnyk, P., In: Image Reconstruction From Incomplete Data. Fiddy, M.A., Millane, R.P. (Eds.). SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA, (2000), 4123:224-230. in Proceedings of SPIE.
Accurate Measurements of Crystal Structure Factors Using a FEG Electron Microscope Using Digital Micrographs, Ren G. , J. M. Zuo and L.-M. Peng, Micron, (1997) 28: 459-467. [PDF file]
Accurate Determination of the Spherical Aberration Coefficient of a FEG Electron Microscope using Digital Electron Micrographs, Ren G., X.F. Duan and L.-M. Peng, Progress in Natural Science, (1997), 40: 27-36. [PDF file]
The Analytic Doyle-Turner Representation of High Energy Electron Absorptive Structure Factors, Ren G., L.-M. Peng, Acta Physica Sinica, (1996), 45:1344-1349.
Robust Parameterization of Elastic and Absorptive Electron Atomic Scattering Factors, Peng L. -M, G. Ren, S.L. Dudarev and M.J. Whelan, Acta Cryst., (1996), A52: 257-276. [PDF file]
Debye-Waller Factors and Absorptive Scattering Factors of Elemental Crystals, Peng L.-M., G. Ren, S.L. Dudarev and M.J. Whelan, Acta Cryst. A, (1996), A52: 456-470. [PDF file]
Sampling Theorem and Digital Electron Microscaopy, Peng L.-M. , G. Ren and X.F. Duan, J. Chinese Electron Microscopy Society, (1996), 15: 117-124.
Epitaxial Dependence of the Melting Behavior of In Nanoparticles Embedded in Al Matrices, Sheng H.W., G. Ren, L.-M. Peng, Z.Q. Hu and K. Lu, J. Mater. Research,(1996),12: 119-123. [PDF file]
Superheating and Melting Point Depression of Pb Nanoparticles Embedded in Al Matrices, Sheng H.W., G. Ren, L.-M. Peng, Z.Q. Hu and K. Lu, Phil. Mag. Lett., (1996), 73:179-186. [PDF file]
High Resolution Electron Microscopy Analysis of Structural Defectd in a (2/1 5/3)-Type Approximant of a Decagonal Quasicrystal of a Al-Pd-Mn Alloy, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions,Yu D.P., G. Ren and Z. Zhang, (1996), 27A: 2911-2915.
Influence of the Interfacial Structure on the Melting Behavior of In and Pb Nanoparticles Embedded in Al Matrices, Sheng H.W, K. Lu, Z.Q. Hu ,G. Ren and L.-M. Peng, Chinese Journal of Materials Research, (1996), 10: 30-32.