Ronald R Breaker
Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Departments & Organizations
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
NHLBI Proteomics
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology: RNA Catalysis and Ribonucleoprotein Machines
Developmental Therapeutics
Center for RNA Science and Medicine, Yale
RNA Biology
Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Developmental Therapeutics
Research Interests
non-coding RNA; riboswitches; ribozymes; catalytic DNA; RNA's role in evolution more...
Selected Publications
- E. R. Lee, J. L. Baker, Z. Weinberg, N. Sudarsan, R. R. Breaker (2010) An Allosteric Self-splicing Ribozyme Triggered by a Bacterial Second Messenger. Science 329:845-848.
- Z. Weinberg, J. Perreault, M. M. Meyer, R. R. Breaker (2009) Exceptional Structured Noncoding RNAs Revealed by Bacterial Metagenome Analysis. Nature 462:656-659.
- E. R. Lee, K. F. Blount, R. R. Breaker (2009) Roseoflavin is a Natural Antibacterial Compound that Binds to FMN Riboswitches and Regulates Gene Expression. RNA Biol. 6:187-194.
