Publications

  • Publications
  • Behera R, Thomas SM, Mensa-Wilmot K. New chemical scaffolds for human african trypanosomiasis lead discovery from a screen of tyrosine kinase inhibitor drugs. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(4):2202-10.
  • Patel G, Karver CE, Behera R, Guyett PJ, Sullenberger C, Edwards P, Roncal NE, Mensa-Wilmot K, Pollastri MP. Kinase scaffold repurposing for neglected disease drug discovery: discovery of an efficacious, lapatinib-derived lead compound for trypanosomiasis. J Med Chem. 2013 May 23;56(10):3820-32.
  • Katiyar S, Kufareva I, Behera R, Thomas SM, Ogata Y, Pollastri M, Abagyan R, Mensa-Wilmot K. Lapatinib-binding protein kinases in the African trypanosome: identification of cellular targets for kinase-directed chemical scaffolds. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56150.
  • Subramanya S, Armah DA, Mensa-Wilmot K. Trypanosoma brucei: reduction of GPI-phospholipase C protein during differentiation is dependent on replication of newly transformed cells. Exp Parasitol. 2010 Jul;125(3):222-9.
  • Subramanya S, Mensa-Wilmot K. Diacylglycerol-stimulated endocytosis of transferrin in trypanosomatids is dependent on tyrosine kinase activity. PLoS One. 2010 Jan 1;5(1):e8538.
  • Duffy J, Patham B, Mensa-Wilmot K. Discovery of functional motifs in h-regions of trypanosome signal sequences. Biochem J. 2010 Feb 9;426(2):135-45.
  • Patham B, Duffy J, Lane A, Davis RC, Wipf P, Fewell SW, Brodsky JL, Mensa-Wilmot K. Post-translational import of protein into the endoplasmic reticulum of a trypanosome: an in vitro system for discovery of anti-trypanosomal chemical entities. Biochem J. 2009 Apr 15;419(2):507-17.
  • Subramanya S, Hardin CF, Steverding D, Mensa-Wilmot K. Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C regulates transferrin endocytosis in the African trypanosome. Biochem J. 2009 Feb 1;417(3):685-94.
  • Stanton JD, Mensa-Wilmot K. AUG-proximal nucleotides regulate protein synthesis in Leishmania tropica. Mol Microbiol. 2006 Aug;61(3):691-703. Epub 2006 Jun 20.
  • Subramanya S, Mensa-Wilmot K. Regulated cleavage of intracellular glycosylphosphatidylinositol in a trypanosome. Peroxisome-to-endoplasmic reticulum translocation of a phospholipase C. FEBS J. 2006 May;273(10):2110-26.
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