Pan T. X. LiAssistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences, SUNY Albany
Research Interests
We use force to manipulate single RNA molecules for studying RNA folding and protein-RNA interaction. More information on SUNY Albany page
Selected Publications
How RNA Unfolds and Refolds (2008), P. T. X. Li, J. Vieregg and I. Tinoco, Annu. Rev. Biochem., (in press).
Real-time control of the energy landscape by force directs the folding of RNA molecules (2007), P. T. X. Li, C. Bustamante, and I. Tinoco Jr., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 104, 15847-15852 (more ...)
Unusual mechanical stability of a minimal RNA kissing complex (2006), P. T. X. Li, C. Bustamante, and I. Tinoco Jr., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 103, 7039-44 (more ...)
Probing the mechanical folding of TAR RNA by hopping, force-jump and force-clamp methods (2006), P. T. X. Li, S. B. Smith, C. Bustamante, and I. Tinoco Jr., Biophys. J., 90, 1-11 (more ...)
Characterization of a trp RNA-binding attenuation protein (TRAP) mutant with tryptophan independent RNA binding activity (2004), P. T. X. Li and P. Gollnick, J. Mol. Biol., 335, 707-722 (more ...)
Lab Members with RNA-related projects
Sarah Janisch (graduate student)