Brian W. Pontius

Renaturation of complementary DNA strands mediated by purified mammalian heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 protein: implications for a mechanism for rapid molecular assembly.

Brian W. Pontius, Paul Berg · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1990 · 138 citations · Full text

Chromatin, Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Biochemistry +15

Rapid renaturation of complementary DNA strands mediated by cationic detergents: a role for high-probability binding domains in enhancing the kinetics of molecular assembly processes.

Brian W. Pontius, Paul Berg · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1991 · 93 citations · Full text

Protein Assembly, Dna Analysis, Molecular Biology +18

Observations on catalysis by hammerhead ribozymes are consistent with a two-divalent-metal-ion mechanism

Brian W. Pontius, William B. Lott, Peter H. von Hippel · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 92 citations · Full text

Metal Ions, Hammerhead Ribozymes, Engineering +13

A two-metal ion mechanism operates in the hammerhead ribozyme-mediated cleavage of an RNA substrate

William B. Lott, Brian W. Pontius, Peter H. von Hippel · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1998 · 81 citations

Rapid assembly and disassembly of complementary DNA strands through an equilibrium intermediate state mediated by A1 hnRNP protein.

Brian W. Pontius, Paul Berg · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1992 · 57 citations · Full text

Chromatin, Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Biochemistry +15