Publications
Recent Publications:
Travis, C. R.; Keaan, K. M.; Albanese, K. I.; Henriksen, H. C.; Treacy, J. W.; Chao, E. Y.; Houk, K. N.; Waters, M. L. Trimethyllysine Reader Proteins Exhibit Widespread Charge- Agnostic Binding via Different Mechanisms to Cationic and Neutral Ligands. J Am Chem Soc 2024. 146, 5, 3086–3093. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c10031
Henriksen, H. C.; Sowers, A. J.; Travis, C. R.; Vulpis, T. D.; Cope, T. A.; Ouslander, S. K.; Russell, A. F.; Gagné, M. R.; Pophristic, V.; Liu, Z.; Waters, M. L. Stimulus-Induced Relief of Intentionally Incorporated Frustration Drives Refolding of a Water-Soluble Biomimetic Foldamer. J Am Chem Soc 2023, 145 (50), 27672–27679. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c09883
Stingley, K. J.; Carpenter, B. A.; Kean, K. M.; Waters, M. L. Mismatched Covalent and Noncovalent Templating Leads to Large Coiled Coil-Templated Macrocycles. Chem Sci 2023, 14 (18), 4935–4944. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc00231d
Harrison, E. E.; Waters, M. L. Detection and Differentiation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Water Using a Fluorescent Imprint-and-Report Sensor Array. Chem Sci 2022, 14 (4), 928–936. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sc05685b
Travis, C. R.; Francis, D. Y.; Williams, D. C.; Waters, M. L. Evaluation of Acyllysine Isostere Interactions with the Aromatic Pocket of the AF9 YEATS Domain. Protein Science 2023, 32 (1). https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.4533
Harrison, E. E.; Waters, M. L. Application of an Imprint-and-Report Sensor Array for Detection of the Dietary Metabolite Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Its Precursors in Complex Mixtures. Angew. Chemie - Int. Ed. 2022, 61 (33). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202205193.
Albanese, K. I.; Leaver-fay, A.; Treacy, J. W.; Park, R.; Houk, K. N.; Kuhlman, B.; Waters, M. L. Comparative Analysis of Sulfonium − π , Ammonium − π , and Sulfur − π Interactions and Relevance to SAM-Dependent Methyltransferases. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 6, 2535–2545 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c09902.
Kean, K. M.; Baril, S. A.; Lamb, K. N.; Dishman, S. N.; Treacy, J. W.; Houk, K. N.; Brustad, E. M.; James, L. I.; Waters, M. L. Systematic Variation of Both the Aromatic Cage and Dialkyllysine via GCE-SAR Reveal Mechanistic Insights in CBX5 Reader Protein Binding. J. Med. Chem. 2022, 65, 3, 2646–2655 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c02049.
Harrison, E. E.; Carpenter, B. A.; Louis, L. E. S.; Mullins, A. G.; Waters, M. L. Development of “Imprint-and-Report” Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries for Differential Sensing Applications. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c07068. (Editors Choice!)
Katherine I. Albanese, Marcey L. Waters*, "Contributions of Methionine to Recognition of Trimethyllysine in Aromatic Cage of PHD Domains: Implications of Polarizability, Hydrophobicity, and Charge on Binding" Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 8900. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sc02175c.
Ferguson Johns, H. P.; Harrison, E. E.; Stingley, K. J.; Waters, M. L. Mimicking Biological Recognition: Lessons in Binding Hydrophilic Guests in Water. Chem. - A Eur. J. 2021, 27 (22), 6620–6644. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202003759.
Mackenzie W. Krone, Christopher R. Travis, Ga Young Lee, Hannah J. Eckvahl, K.N. Houk, Marcey L. Waters*, More than π–π–π stacking: contribution of amide− π and CH− π interactions to crotonyllysine binding by the AF9 YEATS domain. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142(40), pp.17048-17056. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c06568
Mackenzie W. Krone, Katherine I. Albanese, Gage O. Leighton, Cyndi Qixin He, Ga Young Lee, Marc Garcia-Borràs, Alex J. Guseman, David C. Williams Jr, K.N. Houk, Eric M. Brustad, and Marcey L. Waters*, “Thermodynamic consequences of Tyr to Trp mutations in the cation–π-mediated binding of trimethyllysine by the HP1 chromodomain” Chem.Sci. 2020, 11(13), pp.3495-3500. DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00227E
Mullins, A. G.; St. Louis, L. E.; Waters, M. L. Using Changes in Speciation in a Dynamic Combinatorial Library as a Fingerprint to Differentiate the Methylation States of Arginine. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56(28), 3947–3950. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cc00415d. (This article is part of the themed collection: The Mechanics of Supramolecular Chemistry)
Katherine I. Albanese, Mackenzie W. Krone, Christopher J. Petell, Madison M. Parker, Brian D. Strahl, Eric M. Brustad, and Marcey L. Waters*, "Engineered Reader Proteins for Enhanced Detection of Methylated Lysine on Histones", ACS Chem. Bio. 2020 15 (1), 103-111, DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.9b00651 (highlighted on cover!)
Mullins, A. G.; Pinkin, N. K.; Hardin, J. A.; Waters, M. L. Achieving High Affinity and Selectivity for Asymmetric Dimethylarginine by Putting a Lid on a Box. Angew. Chemie - Int. Ed. 2019, 58 (16), 5282–5285. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201814645.
Effrat L. Fayer, William M. Gilliland Jr, J. Michael Ramsey, Nancy L. Allbritton and Marcey L. Waters*, “N-Gemini peptides: cytosolic protease resistance via N-terminal dimerization of unstructured peptides” Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 204-7, DOI: 10.1039/C7CC06819K
Lauren E. St Louis, Tayliz M. Rodriguez, Marcey L. Waters*, “A study of 2-component i, i+3 peptide stapling using thioethers” Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2018, 26, 1203-5, DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.10.037
Stefanie A. Baril, Amber L. Koenig, Mackenzie W. Krone, Katherine I. Albanese, Qixin Cyndi He, Ga Young Lee, Kendall N. Houk, Marcey L. Waters*, Eric M. Brustad*, “Investigation of Trimethyllysine Binding by the HP1 Chromodomain via Unnatural Amino Acid Mutagenesis”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 17253–6, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b09223
Kaiulani M. Houston, Adam T. Melvin, Gregery S. Woss, Effrat L. Fayer, Marcey L. Waters*, and Nancy L. Allbritton*, “Development of beta-Hairpin Peptides for the Measurement of SCF-Family E3 Ligase Activity in Vitro via Ornithine Ubiquitination”, ACS Omega, 2017, 2, 1198-1206. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.7b00109
Isaiah N. Gober, Marcey L. Waters*, “Optimization of a synthetic receptor for dimethyllysine using a biphenyl-2, 6-dicarboxylic acid scaffold: insights into selective recognition of hydrophilic guests in water”, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 7789-7795, DOI: 10.1039/C7OB01921A
Brendan C. Peacor, Christopher M. Ramsay, Marcey L. Waters*, Fluorogenic sensor platform for the histone code using receptors from dynamic combinatorial libraries, Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 1422-1428; DOI: 10.1039/c6sc03003c
Isaiah N. Gober and Marcey L. Waters*, “Supramolecular Affinity Labeling of Histone Peptides Containing Trimethyllysine and Its Application to Histone Deacetylase Assays”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 9452-9; http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b02836
Mee-Kyung Chung, Peter S. White, Stephen J. Lee, Michel R. Gagné*, Marcey L. Waters*, Investigation of a Catenane with a Responsive Noncovalent Network: Mimicking Long Range Responses in Proteins. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 13344–13352; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b07833
Mee-Kyung Chung, Stephen J. Lee, Marcey L. Waters*, and Michel R. Gagné*. Tetrameric psuedo-peptide receptors with allosteric properties. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 8103-6. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC03296F
More Publications:
Adam T. Melvin, Lukas D. Dumberger, Gregery S. Woss, Marcey L. Waters*, Nancy L. Allbritton*, “Identification of a p53-based portable degron based on the MDM2-p53 binding region”, Analyst, 2016, 141, 570-578.
J. E. Beaver and M. L. Waters*, “Molecular Recognition of Lys and Arg Methylation, ACS Chemical Biology, 2016, 11, 643-653.
Yan-Jiun Lee, Moritz J Schmidt, Jeffery M Tharp, Annemarie Weber, Amber L Koenig, Hong Zheng, Jianmin Gao, Marcey L Waters, Daniel Summerer, Wenshe R Liu*, “Genetically encoded fluorophenylalanines enable insights into the recognition of lysine trimethylation by an epigenetic reader”, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 12606-12609.
Nicholas K. Pinkin, Ina Liu, Jessicca D. Abron, Marcey L. Waters*, “Secondary binding interactions in a synthetic receptor for trimethyllysine”, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 17981-7; DOI: 10.1002/chem.201502302.
Nicholas K. Pinkin, Amanie N. Power and Marcey L. Waters*, “Late stage modification of receptors identified from dynamic combinatorial libraries”, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 10939-45; DOI: 10.1039/c5ob01649e
Robyn J. Eisert, Sarah A. Kennedy, Marcey L. Waters*, “Investigation of the β-Sheet Interactions Between HP1 Chromodomain and Histone 3”, Biochemistry, 2015, 54, 2314-2322. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00024.
J. E. Beaver,‡ B. C. Peacor,‡ J. V. Bain, L. I. James and M. L. Waters*, “Contributions of pocket depth and electrostatic interactions to affinity and selectivity of receptors for methylated lysine in water”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015, 13, 3220-3226, DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02231A
M. Matsumoto, S. J. Lee, M. L. Waters*, M. R. Gagné*,“A Catalyst Selection Protocol That Identifies Biomimetic Motifs from β‑Hairpin Libraries”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 15817-20.
M. Matsumoto, S. J. Lee, M. R. Gagné* M. L. Waters*, “Cross-strand histidine– aromatic interactions enhance acyl-transfer rates in β-hairpin peptide catalysts”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 8711-18.
N. K. Pinkin, M. L. Waters*, “Development and mechanistic studies of an optimized receptor for trimethyllysine using iterative redesign by dynamic combinatorial chemistry”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 7059-67, DOI: 10.1039/C4OB01249F
D. M. Ryan, M. K. Coggins, J. J. Concepcion, D. L. Ashford, Z. Fang, L. Alibabaei, D. Ma, T. J. Meyer, M. L. Waters*, “Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by Electrode-Bound Helical Peptide Chromophore–Catalyst Assemblies”, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 8120–8128; DOI: 10.1021/ic5011488
S. E. Bettis, D. M. Ryan, M. K. Gish, L. Alibabaei, T. J. Meyer*, M. L. Waters*, J. M. Papanikolas*, “Photophysical Characterization of a Helical Peptide Chromophore-Water Oxidation Catalyst Assembly on a Semiconductor Surface Using Ultrafast Spectroscopy” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 6029-37.
S. Bezer, M. Matsumoto, M. W. Lodewyk, S. J. Lee; D. J. Tantillo*, M. R. Gagné*, M. L. Waters*, “Identification and Optimization of Short Helical Peptides with Novel Reactive Functionality as Catalysts for Acyl Transfer by Reactive Tagging”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 1488-94; DOI: 10.1039/c3ob41421c
M. L. Waters, “Aromatic Interactions”, Acc. Chem. Res., 2013, 46, 873 (editorial).
T. Melvin, G. S. Woss, J. H. Park, L. D. Dumberger, M. L. Waters*, N. L. Allbritton*, “A Comparative Analysis of the Ubiquitination Kinetics of Multiple Degrons to Identify an Ideal Targeting Sequence for a Proteosome Reporter”, PLOS One, 2013, 8, Article number e78082.
T. Melvin, G. S. Woss, J. H. Park, M. L. Waters*, N. L. Allbritton*, “Measuring Activity in the Ubiquitin-Proteosome System: From Large Scale Discoveries to Single Cell Analysis”, Cell Biochem and Biophys, 2013, 67, 75-89.
S. Yang, A. Proctor, L. L. Cline, K. Houston, M. L. Waters*, N. L. Allbritton*, “β-Turn Peptides Promote Stability of Peptide Substrates for Kinases within the Cytosolic Environment", Analyst, 2013, 138, 4305-11.
D. Ma, S. Bettis, K. Hanson, M. Minakova, L. Alibabaei, W. Fondrie, D. Ryan, G. Papoian, T.J. Meyer, M. L. Waters*, J. Papanikolas*, "Interfacial Energy Conversion in Ru(II) Polypyridyl-Derivatized Oligoproline Assemblies on TiO2", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 5250–5253.
L. I. James, J. E. Beaver, N. W. Rice, M. L. Waters*, “A Synthetic Receptor for Asymmetric Dimethylarginine”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 6450–6455.
J. H. Park, M. L. Waters*, “Positional effects of click cyclization on β-hairpin structure and function”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11, 69-77.
D. J. Wilger, S. E. Bettis, C. K. Materese, M. Minakova, G. A. Papoian*, J. M. Papanikolas*, M. L. Waters*, “Tunable Energy Transfer Rates via Control of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Structure of a Coiled Coil Peptide Scaffold”, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 11324–11338; DOI: 10.1021/ic300669t (highlighted on the cover).
M.-K. Chung, P. S. White, S. J. Lee, M. L. Waters*, .M. R. Gagné*, “Self-Assembled Multi-Component Catenanes: Structural Insights into an Adaptable Class of Molecular Receptors and [2]-Catenanes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11415–11429; DOI: 10.1021/ja302345n.
M.-K. Chung, S. J. Lee, M. L. Waters*, .M. R. Gagné*, “Self-Assembled Multi-Component Catenanes: The Role of Multivalency and Cooperativity on Structure and Stability”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11430–11443; DOI: 10.1021/ja302347q.
Hanson, K.; Wilger, D. J.; Jones, S. T.; Harrison, D. P.; Bettis, S. E.; Luo, H.; Papanikolas, J. M.; Waters, M. L.; Meyer, T. J. “Electron Transfer Dynamics of Peptide-Derivatized RuII-polypyridyl Complexes on Nanocrystalline Metal Oxide Films.” Peptide Science. 2012, 100, 25-37.
D. J. Wilger, J. H. Park, R. M. Hughes, M. E. Cuellar, and M. L. Waters*, “Induced Fit Binding of a Polyproline Helix by a β-Hairpin Peptide”, Angew. Chem, 2011, 50, 12201-4.
R. J. Eisert, M. L. Waters*, “Tuning HP1 Chromodomain Selectivity for Di- and Trimethyl Lysine”, ChemBiochem 2011, 12, 2786-90 (selected as a “hot article”).
A. L. Stewart, J. H. Park, M. L. Waters*, “Redesign of a WW Domain Peptide for Selective Recognition of ssDNA”, Biochemistry, 2011, 50, 2575-2584.
M.-K. Chung, K. Severin, S. J. Lee, M. L. Waters, M. R. Gagné*, “Constitutionally selective amplification of multi-component 84-membered macrocyclic hosts for (-)-cytidine•H+”, Chemical Science, 2011, 2, 744-747.
J. Riemen, M. L. Waters*, “Dueling Post-Translational Modifications Control Folding and Unfolding of a beta-Hairpin Peptide”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 9007-9013.
S. Ghosh, L. A. Ingerman, A. G. Frye, S. J. Lee, M. R. Gagné,* M. L. Waters*, “Dynamic Cyclic Thiodepsipeptide Libraries From Thiol-Thioester Exchange”, Org Lett, 2010, 12, 1860-1863.
L. A. Ingerman, M. E. Cuellar, M. L. Waters*, "A Small Molecule Receptor that Selectively Recognizes Trimethyl Lysine in a Histone Peptide with Native Protein-like Affinity", Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1839-41 (selected as a “hot article”).
A. J. Riemen, M. L. Waters*, “Controlling Peptide Folding with Repulsive Interactions between Phosphorylated Amino Acids and Tryptophan”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 14081–14087.
L. L. Cline, M. L. Waters*, “Design of a β-Hairpin Peptide-Intercalator Conjugate for Simultaneous Recognition of Single Stranded and Double Stranded Regions of RNA”, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2009, 7, 4622-30 (selected for a feature in Highlights in Chemical Biology).
L. L. Cline, M. L. Waters*, “The Structure of Well-folded β-Hairpin Peptides Promotes Resistance to Peptidase Degradation”, Peptide Science, 2009, 92, 502-507.
A. R. Riemen, M. L. Waters*, “Design of Highly Stabilized β-Hairpin Peptides through Cation-p Interactions of Lysine and N-Methyllysine with an Aromatic Pocket”, Biochemistry 2009, 48, 1525-31.
A. L. Stewart, M. L. Waters*, “Structural Effects on DNA Recognition by a Designed β-Hairpin”, ChemBiochem, 2009, 10, 539-544.
L. A. Ingerman, M. L. Waters*, “Photoswitchable Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries: Coupling Azobenzene Photoisomerization with Hydrazone Exchange”, J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 111-117.
Z. R. Laughrey, S. E. Kiehna, A. J. Riemen, M. L. Waters*, “Carbohydrate-p Interactions: What Are They Worth?”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14625–14633.
A. J. Riemen, M. L. Waters*, “Stabilization of the N-Terminal β-Hairpin of Ubiquitin by a Terminal Hydrophobic Cluster”, Peptide Science, 2008, 90, 394-398 (for the Merrifield Memorial Issue).
S. E. Kiehna, Z. R. Laughrey, M. L. Waters*, “Evaluation of a Carbohydrate-p Interaction in a Peptide Model System”, Chem. Commun., 2007, 4026-4028 (selected as a “hot article”).
S. E. Kiehna, Z. R. Laughrey, M. L. Waters*, “Folding Induced CO2-Soluble Peptides”, Chem. Commun., 2007, 4297-4298.
R. M. Hughes, K. R. Wiggins, S. Khorasanizadeh, M. L. Waters*, “Molecular Recognition of Trimethyllysine by Chromodomain Is Not Just the Hydrophobic Effect”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 2007, 104, 11184-11188.
R. M. Hughes, M. L. Benshoff, M. L. Waters*, “Effects of Chainlength and N-Methylation on a Cation-p Interaction in a β-Hairpin Peptide”, Chem. Eur. J., 2007, 5753-5764.
R. M. Hughes, M. L. Waters*, “Effects of Lysine Acylation in a b-Hairpin Peptide: Comparison of an Amide-p and a Cation-p Interaction”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 13586-13591.
R. M. Hughes, M. L. Waters*,“ Arginine Methylation in a b-Hairpin Peptide: Implications for Arg-p Interactions, DCp°, and the Cold Denatured State”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 12735-12742.
D. G. Barrett, C. M. Minder, M. U. Mian, S. J. Whittington, W. J. Cooper, K. M. Fuchs, A. Tripathy, M. L. Waters, T. P. Creamer, G. J. Pielak, “Pressure Perturbation Calorimetry of Helical Peptides”, Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics 2006, 63, 322-326.
R. M. Hughes, M. L. Waters*, “Model Systems for β-Hairpins and β-Sheets”, Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol., 2006, 514-524.
W. J. Cooper, M. L. Waters*, “Turn Residues in β-Hairpin Peptides as Points for Covalent Modification”, Org. Lett, 2005, 7, 3825-3828.
R. M. Hughes, M. L. Waters*, “Influence of N-Methylation on a Cation-p Interaction Produces a Remarkably Stable b-Hairpin Peptide”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 6518-9.
S. M. Butterfield, W. J. Cooper, M. L. Waters*, “Minimalist Protein Design: a β-Hairpin Peptide that Binds ssDNA”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 24-25.
S. M. Butterfield, M. M. Sweeney, M. L. Waters*, “Recognition of Nucleotides with Model β-Hairpin Receptors: Investigation of Critical Contacts and Recognition Selectivity”, J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 1105 - 1114 (highlighted on the cover of issue 4).
W. J. Cooper, M. L. Waters*, “Molecular Recognition with Designed Peptides and Proteins”, Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 2005, 9, 627-631.
C. D. Tatko, M. L. Waters*, “Effect of Halogenation on Edge-Face Aromatic Interactions in a β-Hairpin Peptide: Enhanced Affinity with Iodo-Substituents”, Org. Lett., 2004, 6, 3969-3972.
M. J. Rashkin, R. M. Hughes N. T. Calloway, M. L. Waters*, “Orientation and Alkylation Effects on Cation-π Interactions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 13320-13325.
C. D. Tatko, M. L. Waters*, “Investigation of the Nature of the Methionine-p Interaction in a β-Hairpin peptide Model System”, Protein Science, 2004, 13, 2515-2522.
C. D. Tatko, M. L. Waters*, “Comparison of C-H···p and Hydrophobic Interactions in a β-Hairpin Peptide: Impact on Stability and Specificity”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 2028-2034.
S. M. Butterfield, C. M. Goodman, V. M. Rotello, M. L. Waters*, A Peptide Flavoprotein Mimic: Flavin Recognition and Redox Potential Modulation in Water Using a Designed β-Hairpin” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2004, 43, 724-727.
M. L. Waters*, “Aromatic Interactions in Peptides”, Biopolymers, Peptide Science, 2004, 76, 435-445.
C. D. Tatko, M. L. Waters*, “The Geometry and Efficacy of Cation-p Interactions in Diagonal Positions of a Designed beta-Hairpin”, Protein Science, 2003, 12, 2443-2452.
S. E. Kiehna, M. L. Waters*, “Sequence Dependence of β-Hairpin Structure: Comparison of a Salt Bridge and an Aromatic Interaction”, Protein Science, 2003, 12, 2657-2667.
S. M. Butterfield, M. L. Waters*, “A Rationally Designed β-Hairpin Peptide for Molecular Recognition of ATP in Water”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 9580-9581.
L. K. Tsou, C. D. Tatko, M. L. Waters*, “A Simple Cation-p Interaction Between a Phenyl Ring and a Protonated Amine Stabilizes an a-Helix in Water”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 14917-14921.
S. M. Butterfield, P. R. Patel, M. L. Waters*, “Contribution of Aromatic Interactions to a-Helix Stability”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 9751-9755.
C. D. Tatko, M. L. Waters*, “Selective Aromatic Interactions in β-Hairpin Peptides”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 9372-9373.
M. J. Rashkin, M. L. Waters*, “Unexpected Substituent Effects in Offset p-p Stacked Interactions in Water”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 1860-1861.
M. L. Waters*, “Aromatic Interactions in Model Systems”, Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 2002, 6, 736–741.