Peer-reviewed Publications (undergraduate mentees+, Corresponding Author*):
Published when Dr. Mouzakis held the rank of Associate Professor:
Swanson Hay, E.G.; Maille, M.M.+; Zafferani, M.; Puray-Chavez, M.; Xia, M.; Luu, T.B. Muralidharan, D.; Li, M.L.; Brewer, G.; Kutluay, S.B.; Mouzakis, K.D.*; Hargrove, A.E.* SARS-CoV-2 Antivirals Identified from Small Molecule Modulators of Programmed –1 Ribosomal Frameshifting. ACS Infectious Diseases 2026, 5 (12). DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.5c00774
Mitchell, S.F.; Mouzakis, K.D.* An Approach to Transitioning Undergraduate Biochemistry Laboratory Courses Online. The Biophysicist 2021, 2 (2), 1-5. DOI: 10.35459/tbp.2021.000184
Published when Dr. Mouzakis held the rank of Assistant Professor:
Thulson, E.+; Hartwick, E.W.; Cooper-Sansone, A.+; Williams, M.A.C.+ Soliman, M.E.,+ Robinson, L.K.+; Kieft, J.S.; Mouzakis,K.D.* An RNA Pseudoknot Stimulates HTLV-1 pro-pol Programmed -1 Ribosomal Frameshifting. RNA 2020, 26(4), 512-528. DOI: 10.1261/rna.070490.119
Mouzakis,K.D.; Wu, T.; Haushalter, K.A.* Thermostability and Excision Activity of Polymorphic Forms of hOGG1. BMC Res Notes 2019, 12(1), 92.
Au,H.H.; Cornilescu, G.; Mouzakis,K.D.; Burke, J.E.; Ren, Q.; Lee, S.; Butcher, S.E.; Jan, E. Global shape mimicry of tRNA within a viral internal ribosome entry site mediates translational reading frame selection. PNAS 2015, 112(47), E6446-6455.
Mouzakis, K.D.; Dethoff, E.A.; Tonelli, M.; Al-Hashimi, H.M.; Butcher, S.E. Dynamic Motions of the HIV-1 Frameshift Site RNA. Biophysical Journal 2015, 108(3), 644-654.
Low, J.T.; Garcia-Miranda, P.; Mouzakis, K.D.; Gorelick, R.J.; Butcher, S.E.; Weeks, K.M. Structure and Dynamics of the HIV-1 Frameshift Element RNA. ACS Biochemistry 2014, 53(26), 4282-4291.
Published prior to Dr. Mouzakis’ independent faculty career:
Mouzakis, K.D.;Lang, A.L.; Vander Meulen; K.A., Easterday, P.D.; Butcher, S.E. HIV-1 Frameshift Efficiency is Primarily Determined by the Stability of Base Pairs Positioned at the mRNA Entrance Channel of the Ribosome. Nucleic Acids Research 2013, 41(3), 1901-1913.
Marcheschi, R.J.; Mouzakis, K.D.; Butcher, S.E. Selection and Characterization of Small Molecules that Bind the HIV-1 Frameshift Site RNA. ACS Chemical Biology 2009, 4(10): 844-854.
Book Chapters
Mouzakis, K.D., Burke, J.E., Butcher, S.E. (2013). Investigating RNAs Involved in Translational Control by NMR and SAXS. In J. D. Dinman (Ed.), Biophysical Approaches to Translational Control of Gene Expression (pp. 141-172). London, England: Springer New York.