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Steven M Short

Associate Professor, University of Toronto Mississauga
Verified email at utoronto.ca
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Nitrogenase gene diversity and microbial community structure: a cross‐system comparison

JP Zehr, BD Jenkins, SM Short… - Environmental …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Biological nitrogen fixation is an important source of fixed nitrogen for the biosphere.
Microorganisms catalyse biological nitrogen fixation with the enzyme nitrogenase, which …

The ecology of viruses that infect eukaryotic algae

SM Short - Environmental Microbiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Because viruses of eukaryotic algae are incredibly diverse, sweeping generalizations about
their ecology are rare. These obligate parasites infect a range of algae and their diversity …

Haplotyping germline and cancer genomes with high-throughput linked-read sequencing

GXY Zheng, BT Lau, M Schnall-Levin, M Jarosz… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Haplotyping of human chromosomes is a prerequisite for cataloguing the full repertoire of
genetic variation. We present a microfluidics-based, linked-read sequencing technology that …

Cytidine Deaminase. The 2· 3 Å crystal structure of an enzyme: transition-state analog complex

L Betts, S Xiang, SA Short, R Wolfenden… - Journal of molecular …, 1994 - Elsevier
We have solved the structure of Escherichia coli cytidine deaminase (CDA) complexed to
the transition state analog, 5-fluoroprimidin-2-one riboside. The monomer of the α 2 CDA …

[HTML][HTML] Viruses of eukaryotic algae: diversity, methods for detection, and future directions

SR Coy, ER Gann, HL Pound, SM Short, SW Wilhelm - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
The scope for ecological studies of eukaryotic algal viruses has greatly improved with the
development of molecular and bioinformatic approaches that do not require algal cultures …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for the resilience of efavirenz (DMP-266) to drug resistance mutations in HIV-1 reverse transcriptase

J Ren, J Milton, KL Weaver, SA Short, DI Stuart… - Structure, 2000 - cell.com
Background: Efavirenz is a second-generation non-nucleoside inhibitor of HIV-1 reverse
transcriptase (RT) that has recently been approved for use against HIV-1 infection …

Anatomy of a proficient enzyme: the structure of orotidine 5′-monophosphate decarboxylase in the presence and absence of a potential transition state analog

BG Miller, AM Hassell, R Wolfenden… - Proceedings of the …, 2000 - National Acad Sciences
Orotidine 5′-phosphate decarboxylase produces the largest rate enhancement that has
been reported for any enzyme. The crystal structure of the recombinant Saccharomyces …

Structure− activity relationship studies of novel benzophenones leading to the discovery of a potent, next generation HIV nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

KR Romines, GA Freeman, LT Schaller… - Journal of medicinal …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Despite the progress of the past two decades, there is still considerable need for safe,
efficacious drugs that target human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This is particularly true for …

Shoulder pain and function after neck dissection with or without preservation of the spinal accessory nerve

SO Short, JN Kaplan, GE Laramore… - The American journal of …, 1984 - Elsevier
To compare the difference in the degree of pain and functional disability of the shoulder in
patients who underwent neck dissection for the treatment of head and neck cancer, 23 …

Use of site-directed mutagenesis to enhance the epitope-shielding effect of covalent modification of proteins with polyethylene glycol.

MS Hershfield, S Chaffee… - Proceedings of the …, 1991 - National Acad Sciences
Modification by covalent attachment of polyethylene glycol (PEG) can reduce the
immunogenicity and prolong the circulating life of proteins, but the utility of this approach for …