Publications

  1. Bortz RH 3rd, Florez C, Laudermilch E, Wirchnianski AS, Lasso G, Malonis RJ, Georgiev GI, Vergnolle O, Herrera NG, Morano NC, Campbell ST, Orner EP, Mengotto A, Dieterle ME, Fels JM, Haslwanter D, Jangra RK, Celikgil A, Kimmel D, Lee JH, Mariano MC, Nakouzi A, Quiroz J, Rivera J, Szymczak WA, Tong K, Barnhill J, Forsell MNE, Ahlm C, Stein DT, Pirofski LA, Goldstein DY, Garforth SJ, Almo SC, Daily JP, Prystowsky MB, Faix JD, Fox AS, Weiss LM, Lai JR, Chandran K. (2021) Single-Dilution COVID-19 Antibody Test with Qualitative and Quantitative Readouts. mSphere. Apr 21;6(2):e00224-21.
  2. Wells H L, Letko M, Lasso G, Ssebide B, Nziza J, Byarugaba D K, Navarrete-Macias I, Liang E, Cranfield M, Han B A, Tingley M W, Diuk-Wasser M, Goldstein T, Johnson C K, Mazet J A K, Chandran K, Munster V J, Gilardi K, Anthony S J. (2021) The evolutionary history of ACE2 usage within the coronavirus subgenus Sarbecovirus. Virus Evol. Virus Feb 5;7(1):veab007.
  3. Lasso G, Honig B, Shapira SD. (2021) A Sweep of Earth’s Virome Reveals Host-Guided Viral Protein Structural Mimicry and Points to Determinants of Human Disease. Cell Syst. Jan20; 12(1):82-91.e3.
    • Article was featured by publishing journal
  4. Hufsky F, Lamkiewicz K, Almeida A, Aouacheria A, Arighi C, Bateman A, Baumbach J, Beerenwinkel N, Brandt C, Cacciabue M, Chuguransky S, Drechsel O, Finn RD, Fritz A, Fuchs S, Hattab G, Hauschild AC, Heider D, Hoffmann M, Hölzer M, Hoops S, Kaderali L, Kalvari I, von Kleist M, Kmiecinski R, Kühnert D, Lasso G, Libin P, List M, Löchel HF, Martin MJ, Martin R, Matschinske J, McHardy AC, Mendes P, Mistry J, Navratil V, Nawrocki EP, O’Toole ÁN, Ontiveros-Palacios N, Petrov AI, Rangel-Pineros G, Redaschi N, Reimering S, Reinert K, Reyes A, Richardson L, Robertson DL, Sadegh S, Singer JB, Theys K, Upton C, Welzel M, Williams L, Marz M. (2020) Computational strategies to combat COVID-19: useful tools to accelerate SARS-CoV-2 and coronavirus research. Brief Bioinform. Nov 4; bbaa232.
  5. Dieterle ME, Haslwanter D, Bortz RH 3rd, Wirchnianski AS, Lasso G, Vergnolle O, Abbasi SA, Fels JM, Laudermilch E, Florez C, Mengotto A, Kimmel D, Malonis RJ, Georgiev G, Quiroz J, Barnhill J, Pirofski LA, Daily JP, Dye JM, Lai JR, Herbert AS, Chandran K, Jangra RK. (2020) A replication-competent vesicular stomatitis virus for studies of SARS-CoV-2 spike-mediated cell entry and its inhibition. Cell Host Microb Jul 3: S1931-3128(20)30361-9.
    • Editorial highlight at Cell Host & Microbe
  6. Bortz RH 3rd, Wong AC, Grodus MG, Recht HS, Pulanco MC, Lasso G, Anthony SJ, Mittler E, Jangra RK, Chandran K. (2020) A virion-based assay for glycoprotein thermostability reveals key determinants of filovirus entry and its inhibition. JVirol Jul 1: JVI.00336-20.
  7. Lasso G, Mayer SV, Winkelman ER, Chu T, Elliot O, Patino-Galindo JA, Park k, Rabadan R, Honig B, Shapira SD. (2019) A structure informed atlas of human-virus interactions. Cell Sep 5; 178(6):1526-1541.
    • Recommended by Faculty Opinions
    • Editorial highlight at Nature Methods
  8. Goldstein T, Anthony SJ, Gbakima A, Bird BH, Bangura J, Tremeau-Bravard A, Belaganahalli MN, Wells HL, Dhanota JK, Liang E, Grodus M, Jangra RK, DeJesus VA, Lasso G, Smith BR, Jambai A, Kamara BO, Kamara S, Bangura W, Monagin C, Shapira S, Johnson CK, Saylors K, Rubin EM, Chandran K, Lipkin WI, Mazet JAK. The discovery of Bombali virus adds further support for bats as hosts of ebolaviruses. (2018)  Nat Microbiol 2018 Aug 27
  9. Larrea D, de Paz HD, Matilla I, Guzman-Herrador DL, Lasso G, de la Cruz F, Cabezon E, Llosa M. (2017) Substrate translocation involves specific lysine residues of the central channel of the conjugative coupling protein TrwB. Mol Genet Genomics Oct;292(5)1037-1049
  10. Stockman VB, Ghamsari L, Lasso G, Honig B, Shapira SD, Wang HH. (2016) A High-Throughput Strategy for Dissecting Mammalian Genetic Interactions. PLoS One. 2016 Dec 9;11(12):e0167617.
  11. Wang D, Kon N, Lasso G, Jiang L, Leng W, Zhu WG, Qin J, Honig B, Gu W. (2016) Acetylation-regulated interaction between p53 and SET reveals a widespread regulatory mode. Nature Oct 6;538(7623):118-122.
    • Recommended by Faculty Opinions
    • Editorial highlight at Nature & Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol.
  12. Harrison OJ, Brash J, Lasso G, Katsamba PS, Ahlsen G, Honig B, Shapiro L. (2016) Structural basis of adhesive binding by desmocollins and desmogleins. PNAS Jun 28;113(26):7160-5.
    • Recommended by Faculty Opinions
  13. Agirrezabala X, Méndez-López E, Lasso G, Sánchez-Pina MA, Aranda M, Valle M. (2015) The near-atomic cryoEM structure of flexible filamentous plant virus shows homology of its coat protein with nucleoproteins of animal viruses. ELife Dec 16;4:e11795.
  14. Petrey D, Chen TS, Deng L, Garzon JI, Hwang H, Lasso G, Lee H, Silkov A, Honig B. (2015) Template-based prediction of protein function. Curr Opin Struct Biol. Feb 9;32C:33-38.
  15. Lasso G, Yu LP, Gil D, Lázaro M, Tong L, Valle M (2014). Functional conformations for pyruvate carboxylase during catalysis explored by cryoelectron microscopy. Structure. Jun 10;22(6):911-22.
  16. Julián P, Milon P, Agirrezabala X, Lasso G, Gil D, Rodnina MV, Valle M (2011). The cryo-EM structure of a complete 30S translation initiation complex from Escherichia coli. Plos Biol. 9(7): e1001095.
  17. Melero R, Rajagopalan S, Lázaro M, Joerger AC, Brandt T, Veprintsev DB, Lasso G, Gil D, Scheres SH, Carazo JM, Fersht AR, Valle M (2011).   Electron microscopy studies on the quaternary structure of p53 reveal different binding modes for p53 tetramers in complex with DNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 108(2):557-62.
  18. Lasso G, Yu LP, Gil D, Xiang S, Tong L, Valle M (2010). Cryo-EM analysis reveals new insights into the mechanism of action of pyruvate carboxylase. Structure. 18(10):1300-10.
  19. Lasso G, Matthiesen R (2010). Computational methods for analysis of two-dimensional gels. Methods Mol. Biol. 593:231-62.
  20. Yu LP, Xiang S, Lasso G, Gil D, Valle M, Tong L (2009). A symmetrical tetramer for S. aureus pyruvate carbosylase in complex with coenzyme A. Structure. 10;17(6):823-32.
  21. Hackenberg M, Lasso G, Matthiesen R  (2009). ContDist: a tool for the analysis of quantitative gene and promoter properties. BMC Bioinformatics, 10:7.
  22. Lasso G, Antoniw JF, Mullins JGL (2006). A combinatorial pattern discovery approach for the prediction of membrane dipping (re-entrant) loops. Bioinformatics 22 (14), e290-e297.