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17. Heganovic, L., Passalacqua, L. F. M. RNA: Searching for druggable targets. eLife 14:e107757.

16. Yang, M., Prestwood, P. R., Passalacqua, L. F. M., Balaratnam, S., Fullenkamp, J., Arney, J. W., Weeks, K. M., Ferré-D’Amaré, A. R., Schneekloth Jr., J. S. Structure-informed design of an ultrabright RNA-activated fluorophore. Nature Chemistry (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-025-01832-w

15. Tong, A. Y., Shaffer, S. N., Tong, E. L., Hannani, M. A., Santiago, D., Ferré-D’Amaré, A. R., Passalacqua, L. F. M.† & Abdelsayed, M. M.†. RNA thermometers are widespread upstream of ABC transporter genes in bacteria. J Biol Chem.;300(8):107547. (2024).

14. Sharts, D. M., Almanza, M. T., Banks, A. V., Castellanos, A. M., Hernandez, C. G. O., Lopez, M. L., Rodriguez, D.*, Tong, A. Y., Segeberg, M. R., Passalacqua, L. F. M.† & Abdelsayed, M. M.†. Robo-Therm, a pipeline to RNA Thermometer discovery and validation. RNA. 17;30(7):760-769 (2024).

13. Lu, X., Passalacqua, L. F. M., Kong, K., Nodwell, M., Caballero-Garcia, G., Dolgosheina, E. V., Ferré-D’Amaré, A. R., Britton, R., Unrau, P. Symmetry breaking of fluorophore binding to a G-quadruplex generates an RNA aptamer with picomolar KD. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(14):8039-8051 (2024).

12. Chen, C. C., Han, J., Chinn, C. A., Rounds, J.S., Li, X., Nikan, M., Myszka, M., Tong, L., Passalacqua, L. F. M., Bredy, T. W., Wood, M. A., Lupták, A. Inhibition of CPEB3 ribozyme elevates CPEB3 protein expression and polyadenylation of its target mRNAs, and enhances object location memory. eLife. 13:e90116 (2024).

11. Tong, A. Y., Caudill, E. E., Jones, A. R., Passalacqua, L. F. M.† & Abdelsayed, M. M.† Characterization of a fourU RNA thermometer in the 5'-UTR of autolysin gene blyA in the Bacillus subtilis 168 prophage SPBeta. Biochemistry. 62(20):2902-2907 (2023).

10. Passalacqua, L. F. M., Banco, M. T., Moon, J. D., Li, X., Jaffrey, S.R. & Ferré-D’Amaré, A. R. Intricate 3D architecture of a DNA mimic of GFP. Nature. 618, 1078-1084 (2023).

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9. Passalacqua, L. F. M., Starich, M. R., Link, K. A., Wu, J., Knutson, J. R., Tjandra, N., Jaffrey, S.R. & Ferré-D’Amaré, A. R. Co-crystal structures of the fluorogenic aptamer Beetroot show that close homology may not predict similar RNA architecture. Nature Communications. 14: 2969 (2023).

8. Trachman III, R. J., Passalacqua L. F. M., Ferré-D’-Amaré, A. R. The bacterial yjdF riboswitch regulates translation through its tRNA-like fold. J. of Biol. Chem. V. 298, Issue 6, 101934 (2022).

7. Chizzolini, F., Kent, A., Passalacqua L. F. M.*, Lupták A. Enzymatic RNA production from NTPs synthesized from nucleosides and trimetaphosphate. ChemBioChem. 22(12):2098-2101 (2021).

6. Passalacqua L. F. M., Lupták A. Co-transcriptional analysis of self-cleaving ribozymes and their ligand dependence. In: Scarborough R., Gatignol A. (eds) Ribozymes. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2167 (2021).

5. Passalacqua, L. F. M., Dingilian, A. I., Lupták A. Single pass transcription using T7 RNA polymerase. RNA. 26: 2062-2071 (2020).

4. Chizzolini, F., Passalacqua, L. F. M., Oumais, M. *, Dingilian, A. I., Szostak, J. W., Lupták A. Large Phenotypic Enhancement of Structured Random RNA Pools. Journal of the American Chemical Society; 142(4):1941-1951 (2020).

3. Rotstan, K., Abdelsayed, M., Passalacqua L. F. M., Chizzolini, F., Kasireddy, S., Chamberlain, R., Misek, J., Lupták, A. Regulation of mRNA translation by a photoriboswitch. eLife. 9:e51737 (2020).

2. Passalacqua, L. F. M., Jimenez R. M., Fong J. Y., Lupták A. Allosteric modulation of the Faecalibacterium prausnitzii hepatitis delta virus-like ribozyme by glucosamine 6-phosphate: the substrate of the adjacent gene product. Biochemistry. 56(45):6006-6014 (2017).

1. Grallert, S.R.M., Paula, F.R., Passalacqua, L.F.M., Caldeira Filho, J.L., Tavares, L.C. Studies of molecular reactivity of flavonoids. Revista Brasileira de Ciências Farmacêuticas. 42: 40 (2006).

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17. Heganovic, L., Passalacqua, L. F. M. RNA: Searching for druggable targets. eLife 14:e107757.

15. Tong, A. Y.*, Shaffer, S. N.*, Tong, E. L.*, Hannani, M. A.*, Santiago, D., Ferré-D’Amaré, A. R., Passalacqua, L. F. M.† & Abdelsayed, M. M.†. RNA thermometers are widespread upstream of ABC transporter genes in bacteria. J Biol Chem.;300(8):107547. (2024).

11. Tong, A. Y., Caudill, E. E., Jones, A. R., Passalacqua, L. F. M.† & Abdelsayed, M. M.† Characterization of a fourU RNA thermometer in the 5'-UTR of autolysin gene blyA in the Bacillus subtilis 168 prophage SPBeta. Biochemistry. 62(20):2902-2907 (2023).

10. Passalacqua, L. F. M., Banco, M. T., Moon, J. D., Li, X., Jaffrey, S.R. & Ferré-D’Amaré, A. R. Intricate 3D architecture of a DNA mimic of GFP. Nature. 618, 1078-1084 (2023).

▪Featured on the cover of Nature of 29/June/2023.

▪Featured in 21 news outlets.

▪Recommended in Faculty of 1000.

9. Passalacqua, L. F. M., Starich, M. R., Link, K. A., Wu, J., Knutson, J. R., Tjandra, N., Jaffrey, S.R. & Ferré-D’Amaré, A. R. Co-crystal structures of the fluorogenic aptamer Beetroot show that close homology may not predict similar RNA architecture. Nature Communications. 14: 2969 (2023).

8. Trachman III, R. J., Passalacqua L. F. M., Ferré-D’-Amaré, A. R. The bacterial yjdF riboswitch regulates translation through its tRNA-like fold. J. of Biol. Chem. V. 298, Issue 6, 101934 (2022).

7. Chizzolini, F.*, Kent, A.*, Passalacqua L. F. M.*, Lupták A. Enzymatic RNA production from NTPs synthesized from nucleosides and trimetaphosphate. ChemBioChem. 22(12):2098-2101 (2021).

6. Passalacqua L. F. M., Lupták A. Co-transcriptional analysis of self-cleaving ribozymes and their ligand dependence. In: Scarborough R., Gatignol A. (eds) Ribozymes. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2167 (2021).

5. Passalacqua, L. F. M., Dingilian, A. I., Lupták A. Single pass transcription using T7 RNA polymerase. RNA. 26: 2062-2071 (2020).

4. Chizzolini, F.*, Passalacqua, L. F. M.*, Oumais, M. *, Dingilian, A. I., Szostak, J. W., Lupták A. Large Phenotypic Enhancement of Structured Random RNA Pools. Journal of the American Chemical Society; 142(4):1941-1951 (2020).

3. Rotstan, K., Abdelsayed, M., Passalacqua L. F. M., Chizzolini, F., Kasireddy, S., Chamberlain, R., Misek, J., Lupták, A. Regulation of mRNA translation by a photoriboswitch. eLife. 9:e51737 (2020).

2. Passalacqua, L. F. M.*, Jimenez R. M.*, Fong J. Y., Lupták A. Allosteric modulation of the Faecalibacterium prausnitzii hepatitis delta virus-like ribozyme by glucosamine 6-phosphate: the substrate of the adjacent gene product. Biochemistry. 56(45):6006-6014 (2017).

1. Grallert, S.R.M., Paula, F.R., Passalacqua, L.F.M., Caldeira Filho, J.L., Tavares, L.C. Studies of molecular reactivity of flavonoids. Revista Brasileira de Ciências Farmacêuticas. 42: 40 (2006).

15. Tong, A. Y., Shaffer, S. N., Tong, E. L., Hannani, M. A., Santiago, D., Ferré-D’Amaré, A. R., Passalacqua, L. F. M.† & Abdelsayed, M. M.†. RNA thermometers are widespread upstream of ABC transporter genes in bacteria. J Biol Chem.;300(8):107547. (2024).

7. Chizzolini, F., Kent, A., Passalacqua L. F. M.*, Lupták A. Enzymatic RNA production from NTPs synthesized from nucleosides and trimetaphosphate. ChemBioChem. 22(12):2098-2101 (2021).

4. Chizzolini, F., Passalacqua, L. F. M., Oumais, M. *, Dingilian, A. I., Szostak, J. W., Lupták A. Large Phenotypic Enhancement of Structured Random RNA Pools. Journal of the American Chemical Society; 142(4):1941-1951 (2020).

2. Passalacqua, L. F. M., Jimenez R. M., Fong J. Y., Lupták A. Allosteric modulation of the Faecalibacterium prausnitzii hepatitis delta virus-like ribozyme by glucosamine 6-phosphate: the substrate of the adjacent gene product. Biochemistry. 56(45):6006-6014 (2017).