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  1. Structural and functional characterization of the membrane-permeabilizing activity of Nicotiana occidentalis defensin NoD173 and protein engineering to enhance oncolysis

    Article • The FASEB Journal, May 2019, Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)

    Dr Fung T Lay, Dr Marc Kvansakul

  2. Crystal structure of ligand-bound NaD1

    Article • April 2014, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Fung T Lay

  3. Phosphoinositide-mediated oligomerization of a defensin induces cell lysis

    Article • eLife, April 2014, eLife

    Dr Marc Kvansakul, Dr Fung T Lay, Dr Nicole L van der Weerden

  4. The C-terminal propeptide of a plant defensin confers cytoprotective and subcellular targeting functions

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Fung T Lay

  5. Dimerization of Plant Defensin NaD1 Enhances Its Antifungal Activity

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2012, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Marc Kvansakul, Dr Fung T Lay

  6. Recombinant expression and purification of the tomato defensin TPP3 and its preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, February 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Marc Kvansakul, Dr Fung T Lay

  7. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of the plant defensin NaD1

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, December 2011, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Marc Kvansakul, Dr Fung T Lay

  8. Coexpression of potato type I and II proteinase inhibitors gives cotton plants protection against insect damage in the field

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Fung T Lay

  9. A Pollen-Specific RALF from Tomato That Regulates Pollen Tube Elongation

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, April 2010, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Dr Fung T Lay

  10. Novel insights on the mechanism of action of α-amylase inhibitors from the plant defensin family

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, May 2008, Wiley

    Octavio Franco, Dr Fung T Lay

  11. The Plant Defensin, NaD1, Enters the Cytoplasm of Fusarium Oxysporum Hyphae

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2008, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Fung T Lay

  12. Defensins - Components of the Innate Immune System in Plants

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, February 2005, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Fung T Lay

  13. Structure of Petunia hybrida Defensin 1, a Novel Plant Defensin with Five Disulfide Bonds †

    Article • Biochemistry, July 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Fung T Lay

  14. The Three-dimensional Solution Structure of NaD1, a New Floral Defensin from Nicotiana alata and its Application to a Homology Model of the Crop Defense Protein alfAFP

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, January 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Fung T Lay, Professor Martin J Scanlon