Single molecule RNA pulling Pan T. X. Li

Assistant 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)