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<ol><li><strong>Stathopoulos C.,&nbsp;</strong>Jacquin-Becker C., Becker H.D., Li T., Ambrogelly A., Longman R. and Söll D.&nbsp;<em>Methanococcus jannaschii</em>&nbsp;Prolyl-Cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase possesses overlapping amino acid binding sites.&nbsp;<em>Biochemistry</em>&nbsp;40: 46-52.</li><li><strong>Stathopoulos C.,</strong>&nbsp;Tekos A., Zarkadis, I. and Drainas D. (2001) Extensive deproteinization of<em>&nbsp;Dictyostelium discoideum</em>&nbsp;RNase Ρ reveals a new catalytic activity.&nbsp;<em>Eur. J. Biochem.</em>&nbsp;268: 2134-214</li><li>Ibba M.,&nbsp;<strong>Stathopoulos C.</strong>&nbsp;and Söll D. . Protein Synthesis: 23 Amino&nbsp;acids and counting.&nbsp;<em>Current Biology</em>&nbsp;11: 563-565.</li><li>Ruan B., Ahel I., Ambrogelly A., Becker H. D., Bunjun S., Feng L., Tumbula D., Ibba M., Korencic D., Kobayashi H., Jacquin-Becker C., Mejlhede N., Min B., Raczniak G., Rinehart J.,&nbsp;<strong>Stathopoulos, C.</strong>, Li T. and Söll</li><li><strong>Stathopoulos</strong><strong>C</strong><strong>.</strong>,&nbsp;KimW.,&nbsp;LiT.,&nbsp;AndersonI.,&nbsp;PaliouraS.,&nbsp;WhitmanW.&nbsp;andSöllD.&nbsp;Cysteinyl-tRNAsynthetaseisnotessentialfortheviabilitythearcheaon<em>Methanococcus</em><em>maripaludis</em>.&nbsp;.&nbsp;<em>USA</em><em>&nbsp;98</em>: 14292-14297.</li></ol>
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<p><strong>2002</strong></p>
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<ol><li>FengL.,&nbsp;<strong>Stathopoulos</strong><strong>C</strong><strong>.</strong>,&nbsp;AhelI.,&nbsp;MitraA.,&nbsp;HartschT.,&nbsp;TumbulaD.&nbsp;andSöllD. .&nbsp;Aminoacyl-tRNA formation in the hyperthermophile&nbsp;<em>Themus thermophilus. Extremophiles&nbsp;</em>6: 167-174.</li><li>Jacquin-Becker C., Ahel I., Ambrogelly A., Ruan B. Söll D. and&nbsp;<strong>Stathopoulos C.</strong>&nbsp;Cysteinyl-tRNA formation and prolyl-tRNA synthetase<em>&nbsp;FEBS Letters</em>&nbsp;514: 34-36.</li><li><strong>Stathopoulos C.</strong>, Ahel I., Ambrogelly A., Becker H., Bunjun S., Feng L., Herring S., Jacquin-Becker C., Kobayashi H., Korencic D., Krett B., Mejlhede N., Min B., Nakano H., Namgoong S., Polycarpo C., Raczniak G., Rinehart J., Rosas-Sandoval G., Ruan B., Sabina J., Sauerwald A., Toogood H., Tumbula-Hansen D., Ibba M. and Söll D. . Aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis: a post-genome perspective.<em>&nbsp;Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol.</em>&nbsp;Vol. LXVI 175-183.</li><li>AhelI.,&nbsp;<strong>Stathopoulos</strong><strong>C</strong><strong>.,</strong>AmbrogellyA.,&nbsp;SauerwaldA.,&nbsp;ToogoodH.,&nbsp;HartschT.&nbsp;andSöllD.&nbsp;Cysteineactivationisaninherentpropertyprolyl-tRNAsynthetases.&nbsp;277: 34743-34748.</li><li>Ambrogelly A., Ahel I., Polycarpo C., Bunjun-Srihari S., Krett B., Jacquin-Becker C., Kohrer C.,&nbsp;<strong>Stathopoulos C.,</strong>&nbsp;RajBhandary U.L. and Söll D.&nbsp;<em>Methanocaldococcus jannaschii</em>&nbsp;prolyl-tRNA synthetase charges tRNA<sup>Pro</sup>&nbsp;with cysteine.&nbsp;<em>J. Biol. Chem.</em>&nbsp;277: 34749-34754.</li></ol>
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<ol><li>KalavriziotiD.,&nbsp;VourekasA.,&nbsp;TekosA.,&nbsp;<strong>Stathopoulos</strong><strong>C</strong><strong>.</strong>andDrainasD.&nbsp;KineticsinhibitionribonucleaseP&nbsp;activity&nbsp;bypeptidyl-transferaseinhibitors<em>Mol</em><em>.&nbsp;</em>30: 9-15.&nbsp;(ΙF: 2.506)</li><li>Kamtekar S., Kennedy D.W., Wang J.,&nbsp;<strong>Stathopoulos C.</strong>,&nbsp;SöllT.A. (2003) The structural basis of cysteine aminoacylation of tRNA<sup>Pro</sup>&nbsp;by prolyl-tRNA synthetases&nbsp;<em>Proc</em><em>.&nbsp;</em>.&nbsp;<em>USA</em><em>&nbsp;100</em>: 1673-1678.</li></ol>
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<ol><li>Korencic D., Ahel I., Schelert J., Sacher M., Ruan B.,&nbsp;<strong>Stathopoulos C.</strong>, Blum P., Ibba, M. and Söll D. A freestanding proofreading domain isrequired for protein synthesis quality control in archaea.&nbsp;<em>.</em><em>USA</em><em>&nbsp;101</em>: 10260-10265.</li><li>Tekos A.&nbsp;<strong>(*)</strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Stathopoulos C. (*)</strong>, Tsambaos D. and Drainas D. (2004) RNase P: a screening system and molecular target for the development of new drugs.&nbsp;<em>Curr. Med. Chem</em>. 11: 2979-2989.&nbsp;<strong>(*)</strong>Equal contribution, first co-authors</li></ol>
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<ol><li>RuanB.,&nbsp;BoveeM.L.,&nbsp;SacherM.,&nbsp;<strong>Stathopoulos</strong><strong>C</strong><strong>.</strong>,&nbsp;PorallaK.,&nbsp;FrancklynC.S.&nbsp;andSöllD. (200A unique hydrophobic cluster near the active site contributes to differences of borrelidin inhibition among threonyl-tRNA&nbsp;synthetases.&nbsp;280: 571-577.</li><li>Ambrogelly A., Kamtekar S.,&nbsp;<strong>Stathopoulos C.,</strong>&nbsp;Kennedy D. and&nbsp;Söll D. Asymmetrical behavior of archaeal proly-tRNA synthetase&nbsp;<em>FEBS</em><em>Letters</em>&nbsp;579: 6017-6022.</li></ol>
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