Yan, L.L. and Zaher, H.S. (2020) “Ribosome-quality control antagonizes the activation of the integrated-stress response on colliding ribosomes” Molecular Cell (2020).

Thomas, E.N., Kim, K.Q. McHugh, E.P., Marcinkiewicz, T. and Zaher, H.S. (2020) “Alkylative damage of mRNA leads to ribosome stalling and rescue by trans-translation in bacteria” eLife, 9:e61984.

Verma, M.*, Junhong Choi, J.*, Cottrell, K.A.*, Lavagnino, Z., Thomas, E.N., Pavlovic-Djuranovic, S., Pawel Szczesny, P., Piston, D.W., Zaher, H.S., Puglisi, J.D. and Djuranovic, S. (2019) “Short translational ramp determines efficiency of protein synthesis” Nat Commun. 10(1):5774

Yan, L.L., Simms, C.L., McLoughlin, F., Vierstra, R.D. and Zaher, H.S. (2019) “Oxidation and alkylation stresses activate ribosome-quality control”. Nat Comm. 10(1):5611

Thomas E.N., Simms C.L., Keedy H.E. and Zaher H.S. (2019) “Insights into the base-pairing preferences of 8-oxoguanosine on the ribosome” Nucleic Acids Res, 47(18):9857-9870.

Yan, L.L. and Zaher H.S. (2019) “How do cells cope with RNA damage and its consequences?” J Biol Chem, 294(41):15158-15171. (Invited review).

Simms, C. L., Yan, L.L., Qiu, J. N., and Zaher H.S. (2019) “Ribosome Collisions Result in +1 Frameshifting in the Absence of No-Go Decay” Cell Rep 28(7):1679-1689.

Oliviera, V., Mahajan, N., Bates, M.L., Tripathi, C., Kim, K.Q., Zaher, H.S., Maggi, L. B. (Jr) and Tomasson, M.H. (2019) “The snoRNA target of t (4; 14) in multiple myeloma regulates ribosome biogenesis” FASEB BioAdvances 1(7):404-414.

Yan, L.L. and Zaher, H.S. (2019) “Ubiquitin is a beacon for all during quality control on the ribosome” EMBO J, 38(5). pii: e101633.

Simms, C.L., Kim, K.Q., Yan, L.L., Qiu, J. and Zaher H.S. (2018) “Interactions between the mRNA and Rps3/uS3 at the entry tunnel of the ribosomal small subunit are important for no-go decay” PLoS Genet., 14(11):e1007818.

Keedy, H.E. Thomas, E.N., and Zaher, H.S. (2018) “Decoding on the ribosome depends on the structure of the mRNA phosphodiester backbone” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 115(29):E6731-E6740

Simms, C. L., Yan, L.L. and Zaher H.S. (2017) “Ribosome collision is critical for quality control during no-go decay” Mol Cell68(2):361-373

Arefanian S., Schäll D., Chang S., Ghasemi R., Higashikubo R., Zheleznyak A., Guo Y., Yu J., Asgharian H., Li W., Gelman A.E., Kreisel D., French A.R., Zaher H., Plougastel-Douglas B., Maggi L., Yokoyama W., Beer-Hammer S., Krupnick A.S. (2016) “Deficiency of the adaptor protein SLy1 results in a natural killer cell ribosomopathy affecting tumor clearance”. Oncoimmunology, 5(12):e1238543.

Pierson, W.E., Hoffer, E., Keedy, H.E., Simms, C.L., Dunham, C.M. and Zaher H.S. (2016) “Uniformity of peptide release is maintained by methylation of release factors” Cell reports17(1):11-8

Simms, C.L., Thomas, E.N. and Zaher, H.S. (2016) “Ribosome-based Quality Control Mechanisms” Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA. doi: 10.1002/wrna.1366 (Invited review).

Simms, C.L. and Zaher, H.S. (2016) “Quality control of chemically damaged RNA” Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences73(19):3639-53 (Invited review)

Carle, C.M., Zaher, H.S. and Chalker, D.L. (2016) “A parallel G quadruplex-binding protein regulates the boundaries of DNA elimination events of Tetrahymena thermophile” PLOS Genetics12(3):e1005842.

Hudson, B.H. and Zaher, H.S. (2015) “O6-Methylguanosine leads to position-dependent effects on ribosome speed and fidelity”. RNA, 21(9):1648-1659.

Djuranovic, S.D. and Zaher, H.S. (2015) “Targeted mRNA degradation” in Encyclopedia of Cell Biology, Hart, Goud, Raposo, Ezekowitz and Lauffenburger, eds (Elsevier, Oxford, UK). (Book chapter)

Simms, C.S., Hudson, B.H., Mosior, J.W., Rangwala A. S. and Zaher, H.S.  (2014) “An active role for the ribosome in determining the fate of oxidized mRNA”. Cell reports, 9(4):1256-1264. 

Hudson, B.H. and Zaher, H.S. (2014) “Ribosomes left in the dust: diverse strategies for peptide-mediated translation stalling”. Mol. Cell. 56(3):345-346.

Petropoulos, A. D., McDonald, M. E., Green, R. and Zaher, H. S. (2014) “Distinct roles for release factor 1 and release factor 2 in translational quality control”. J. Biol. Chem., 289(25):17589-96.

Zaher, H. S. and Green, R. (2014) “In vitro synthesis of proteins in bacterial extracts”. Methods Enzymol. 539:3-15.

Zaher, H. S. and Green, R. (2011) “A primary role for release factor 3 in quality control during translation elongation in Escherichia coli”. Cell147(2):396-408.

Miller, M. R., Liu, Z., Cazier, D. J., Gebhard, G. M., Herron, S. R., Zaher, H. S., Green, R. and Buskirk, A. R. (2011) “The role of SmpB and the ribosomal decoding center in licensing tmRNA entry into stalled ribosomes”. RNA17(9):1727-36.

Zaher, H. S., Shaw, J. J., Strobel, S. A. and Green, R. (2011) “The 2′-OH group of the peptidyl-tRNA stabilizes an active conformation of the ribosomal PTC”. EMBO J30(12):2445-53.

Ortiz-Meoz, R. F., He, S. L., Zaher, H. S. and Green, R. (2011) “Sense and nonsense recognition by the ribosome” in Ribosomes Structure, Function, and Dynamics, Rodnina, M. V.; Wintermeyer, W.; Green, R., eds. (Springer-Verlag, New York). (Book Chapter)

Zaher, H. S. and Green, R. (2010) “Kinetic basis for global loss of fidelity arising from mismatches in the P-site codon:anticodon helix”. RNA16(10):1980-9.

Zaher, H.S. and Green, R. (2010) “Hyperaccurate and error-prone ribosomes exploit distinct mechanisms during tRNA selection”. Molecular Cell39(1):110-20.

Zaher, H. S. and Green, R. (2009) “Quality control on the ribosome following peptide bond formation”. Nature, 457(7226): 161-166.

Zaher, H. S. and Green, R. (2009) “Fidelity at the molecular level: lessons from protein synthesis”. Cell, 136(4): 746-762. (Review)

Zaher, H. S. and Unrau, P. J. (2007) “Selection of an improved RNA polymerase ribozyme with superior extension and fidelity”. RNA, 13(7):1017-26.

Zaher, H. S. and Unrau, P. J. (2006) “A general RNA-capping ribozyme retains stereochemistry during cap exchange”. JACS, 128(42):13894-900.

Zaher, H. S., Watkins, R. A. and Unrau, P. J. (2006) “Two distinct capping ribozymes have highly convergent catalytic properties”. RNA, 12(11):1949-58.

Zaher, H. S. and Unrau, P. J. (2005) “Nucleic acid library construction using synthetic DNA constructs”. Methods Mol Biol. 288: 359-378. (Book Chapter)

Zaher, H. S. and Unrau, P. J.  (2004) “T7 RNA polymerase mediates fast promoter-independent extension of unstable nucleic complexes.” Biochemistry 43(24): 7873-7880.