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41) Sau, A., Schnorrenberg,S. Huang, Z., Bandyopadhyay, D., Sharma, A., Gürth, C.-M., Dave, S. and Musser, S. M. (2025) "Overlapping Nuclear Import and Export Paths Unveiled by Two-colour MINFLUX," Nature, 640:821-827.  News & View article

40) Chowdhury, R.,* Sau, A.,* Chao, J., Sharma, A. and Musser, S. M. (2022) "Tuning Axial and Lateral Localization Precision in 3D Super-Resolution Microscopy with Variable Astigmatism," Opt. Lett., 47:5727-5730. *these authors contributed equally to this work. Journal Link

39) Sharma, A., Chowdhury, R. and Musser, S. M. (2022) "Oligomerization State of the Functional Bacterial Twin-arginine Translocation (Tat) Receptor Complex," Comm. Biol., 5:988 Journal Link PDF

38) Chowdhury, R.,* Sau, A.* and Musser, S. M. (2022) "Super-resolved 3D Tracking of Cargo Transport Through Nuclear Pore Complexes by Astigmatism Imaging," ProtocolExchange, HTML Link.  *these authors contributed equally to this work.
 
37) Chowdhury, R.,* Sau, A.* and Musser, S. M. (2022) "Super-resolved 3D Tracking of Cargo Transport Through Nuclear Pore Complexes," Nature Cell Biology, 24:112-122.  *these authors contributed equally to this work. Journal Link PDF (see also Movies)

36) Bageshwar, U. K., DattaGupta, A. and Musser, S. M. (2021) "Influence of the TorD Signal Peptide Chaperone on Tat-dependent Protein Translocation," PLoS ONE, 16(9):e0256715.  Journal Link PDF

35) Hamsanathan, S., and Musser, S. M. (2018) "The Tat Protein Transport System: Intriguing Questions and Conundrums," FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 365:fny123. Journal Link PDF

34) Hamsanathan, S., Anthonymuthu, T. S., Bageshwar, U. K. and Musser, S. M. (2017) "A Hinged Signal Peptide Hairpin Enables Tat-dependent Protein Translocation," Biophys. J., 113:2650-2668. Journal Link PDF

33) Fu, G., Tu, L.-C., Zilman, A. and Musser, S. M. (2017) "Investigating Molecular Crowding within Nuclear Pores using Polarization-PALM," eLife, 6:e28716. Journal Link PDF (see also Movies)

32) Musser, S. M. and Grunwald, D. (2016) "Deciphering the Structure and Function of Nuclear Pores using Single Molecule Fluorescence Approaches," J. Mol. Biol., 428:2091-2119. Journal Link PDF

31) Bageshwar, U. K., VerPlank, L., Baker, D., Dong, W., Hamsanathan, S., Whitaker, N., Sacchettini, J. C. and Musser, S. M. (2016) "High Throughput Screen for Escherichia coli Twin Arginine Translocation (Tat) Inhibitors," PLoS ONE, 11(2):e0149659. Journal Link PDF

30) Tu, L.-C., Fu, G., Zilman, A., and Musser, S. M. (2013) "Large Cargo Transport by Nuclear Pores:  Implications for the Spatial Organization of FG-Nucleoporins," EMBO J., 32:3220-3230.  Journal Link PDF

29) Sun, C., Fu, G., Ciziene, D., Stewart, M. and Musser, S. M. (2013) "Choreography of Importin-Alpha/CAS Complex Assembly and Disassembly at Nuclear Pores," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 110:E1584-E1593.  Journal Link PDF (see also Movies)

28) Whitaker, N., Bageshwar, U. K. and Musser, S. M. (2013) "Effect of Cargo Size and Shape on the Transport Efficiency of the Bacterial Tat Translocase,"  FEBS Lett., 587:912-916.  Journal Link PDF

27) Liang, F.-C., Bageshwar, U. K. and Musser, S. M. (2012) "Position-Dependent Effects of Poly-Lysine on Sec Protein Transport," J. Biol. Chem., 287:12703-12714.  Journal Link PDF

26) Whitaker, N., Bageshwar, U. K. and Musser, S. M. (2012) "Kinetics of Precursor Interactions with the Bacterial Tat Translocase Detected by Real-time FRET," J. Biol. Chem., 287:11252-11260.  Journal Link PDF

25) Tu, L.-C. and Musser, S. M. (2011) "Single Molecule Studies of Nucleocytoplasmic Transport," Biochim. Biophys. Acta Mol. Cell Res., 1813:1607-1618.  Journal Link PDF

24) Bageshwar, U. K., Whitaker, N., Liang, F.-C., and Musser, S. M. (2009)  "Interconvertibility of Lipid- and Translocon-bound Forms of the Bacterial Tat Precursor pre-SufI," Mol. Microbiol., 74:209-226.  Journal Link PDF Supplementary Material

23) Liang, F.-C., Bageshwar, U. K., and Musser, S. M. (2009) "Bacterial Sec Protein Transport is Rate-limited by Precursor Length: a Single Turnover Study," Mol. Biol. Cell, 20:4256-4266.  Journal Link PDF Supplementary Material ©ASCB

22) Sun, C., Yang, W., Tu, L.-C. and Musser, S. M. (2008) "Single Molecule Measurements of Importin Alpha/Cargo Complex Dissociation at the Nuclear Pore," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 105:8613-8618.  Journal Link PDF Supplementary Material (see also Movies)

21) Bageshwar, U. K. and Musser, S. M. (2007) "Two Electrical Potential-Dependent Steps are Required for Transport by the Escherichia coli Tat Machinery," J. Cell Biol., 179:87-99.  Journal Link PDF Supplementary Material

20) Hamai, C., Cremer, P. S., and Musser, S. M. (2007) "Single Giant Vesicle Rupture Events Reveal Multiple Mechanisms of Glass-Supported Bilayer Formation," Biophys. J. 92:1988-1999.  Journal Link PDF Supplementary Material (see also Movies)

19) Yang, W., and Musser, S. M. (2006) "Nuclear Import Time and Transport Efficiency Depend on Importin Beta Concentration," J. Cell Biol. 174:951-961.  Journal Link PDF Supplementary Material (see also Movies)

18) Yang, W., and Musser, S. M.  (2006) "Visualizing Single Molecules Transiting through Nuclear Pore Complexes with Narrow-Field Epifluorescence Microscopy" Methods 39:316-328.  Journal Link PDF

17) Hamai, C.,Yang, T., Kataoka, S., Cremer, P. S. and Musser, S. M. (2006) "Effect of Average Phospholipid Curvature on Supported Bilayer Formation on Glass by Vesicle Fusion" Biophys. J. 90:1241-1248.  Journal Link PDF

16) Yang, W., Gelles, J. and Musser, S. M. (2004) "Imaging of Single-Molecule Translocation through Nuclear Pore Complexes" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101:12887-12892.  Journal Link PDF (see also Movies)

15) Musser, S. M. and Theg, S. M. (2000) "Proton Transfer Limits Protein Translocation Rate by the Thylakoid ∆pH/Tat Machinery" Biochemistry 39:8228-8233. PDF

14) Musser, S. M. and Theg, S. M. (2000) "Characterization of the Early Steps of OE17 Precursor Transport by the Thylakoid ∆pH/Tat Machinery" Eur. J. Biochem. 267:2588-2598. PDF

13) Musser, S. M. and Chan, S. I. (1998) "Evolution of the Cytochrome c Oxidase Proton Pump" J. Mol. Evol. 46:508-520. PDF

12) Osborne, J. P., Musser, S. M., Schultz, B. E.,  Edmondson, D. E., Chan, S. I. and Gennis, R. B. (1998) "Rapid Formation of a Semiquinone Species on Oxidation of Quinol by the Cytochrome bo3 Oxidase Complex" in Oxygen Homeostasis and Its Dynamics, Ishimura, Y., Shimada, H. and Suematsu, M., eds. (Springer-Verlag, Tokyo), pp. 33-39.

11) Musser, S. M., Stowell, M. H. B., Lee, H. K., Rumbley, J. N. and Chan, S. I. (1997) "Uncompetitive Substrate Inhibition and Noncompetitive Inhibition by 5-n-Undecyl-6-hydroxy-4,7-dioxobenzothiazole (UHDBT) and 2-n-Nonyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide (NQNO) is Observed for the Cytochrome bo3 Complex: Implications for a Q(H2) loop Proton Translocation Mechanism" Biochemistry 36:894-902. PDF

10) Musser, S. M., Fann, Y.-C., Hoffman, B. M. and Chan, S. I. (1997) "Q-band Electron-nuclear Double Resonance (ENDOR) and X-band EPR of Sulfobetaine-12 Heat-treated Cytochrome c Oxidase Complex" J. Biol. Chem. 272:203-209. PDF

9) Kwong, D. W. J., Chan, O. Y., Wong, R. N. S., Musser, S. M., Vaca, L. and Chan, S. I. (1997) "DNA-Photocleavage Activities of Vanadium(V)-Peroxo Complexes" Inorg. Chem. 36:1276-1277. PDF

8) Musser, S. M., Stowell, M. H. B. and Chan, S. I. (1995) "The Cytochrome c Oxidase Complex: Chemistry of a Molecular Machine" in Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology, Volume 71, Meister, A., ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York), pp. 79-208.

7) Musser, S. M. and Chan, S. I. (1995) "Understanding the Cytochrome c Oxidase Proton Pump: The Thermodynamics of Redox Linkage" Biophys. J. 68:2543-2555. PDF

6) Musser, S. M., Stowell, M. H. B. and Chan, S. I. (1993) "Commentary Response: Further Comparison of Ubiquinol and Cytochrome c Terminal Oxidases" FEBS Lett. 335:296-298. PDF  Erratum for this article: (1994) FEBS Lett. 339:314. PDF

5) Musser, S. M., Larsen, R. W. and Chan, S. I. (1993) "Fluorescence Quenching of Reconstituted NCD-4 Labeled Cytochrome c Oxidase Complex by DOXYL-Stearic Acids" Biophys. J. 65:2348-2359. PDF

4) Gurbiel, R. J., Fann, Y.-C., Surerus, K. K., Werst, M. M., Musser, S. M., Doan, P. E., Chan, S. I., Fee, J. A., and Hoffman, B. M. (1993) "Detection of Two Histidyl Ligands to CuA of Cytochrome Oxidase by 35 GHz ENDOR: 14,15N and 63,65Cu ENDOR Studies of the CuA Site in Bovine Heart Cytochrome aa3 and Cytochromes caa3 and ba3 from Thermus thermophilus" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115:10888-10894. PDF

3) Musser, S. M., Stowell, M. H. B. and Chan, S. I. (1993) "Comparison of Ubiquinol and Cytochrome c Terminal Oxidases: An Alternative View" FEBS Lett. 327:131-136. PDF

2) Larsen, R. W., Pan, L.-P., Musser, S. M., Li., Z. and Chan, S. I. (1992) "Could CuB be the Site of Redox Linkage in Cytochrome c Oxidase?" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89:723-727. PDF

1) Larsen, R. W., Nunez, D. J., MacLeod, J., Shiemke, A. K., Musser, S. M., Nguyen, H. H., Ondrias, M. R. and Chan, S. I. (1992) "Spectroscopic Characterization of Heme A Reconstituted Myoglobin" J. Inorg. Biochem. 48:21-31. PDF