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Tawnya C McKee

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Whitson E, Pluchino K, Hall M, McMahon J, McKee T
Org Lett . 2011 Jun; 13(13):3518-21. PMID: 21644548
Extracts of the sponge genus Candidaspongia showed selective cytotoxicity toward melanoma cells in the NCI 60-cell-line screen. Continued investigation of the Candidaspongia sp. extracts led to the isolation of three...
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Van Wyk A, Zuck K, McKee T
J Nat Prod . 2011 Apr; 74(5):1275-80. PMID: 21488653
Lithothamnin A (1) is a new bastadin-like metabolite and represents the first report of this class of molecules from the red alga Lithothamnion fragilissimum. Lithothamnin A contains several novel structural...
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Grkovic T, Whitson E, Rabe D, Gardella R, Bottaro D, Linehan W, et al.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett . 2011 Mar; 21(7):2113-5. PMID: 21353547
Kidney cancer was the cause of almost 13,000 deaths in the United States in 2009. Loss of function of the VHL tumor suppressor gene (von Hippel-Lindau disease) dramatically increases the...
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Whitson E, Thomas C, Henrich C, Sayers T, McMahon J, McKee T
J Nat Prod . 2010 Nov; 73(12):2013-8. PMID: 21067210
Casearia arguta was investigated as part of the ongoing search for synergistic TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor-α-related apoptosis-inducing ligand) sensitizers. As a result of this study, argutins A-H, eight new highly...
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Bokesch H, Cartner L, Fuller R, Wilson J, Henrich C, Kelley J, et al.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett . 2010 Jul; 20(13):3848-50. PMID: 20627559
Five new naphthopyrones (1-5) along with the known compounds TMC-256A1, 5,8-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-2-propyl-4H-naphtho[2,3-b]pyran-4-one, TMC-256C1, comaparvin, 6-methoxycomaparvin, and 6-methoxycomaparvin 5-methyl ether (6-11) were isolated from crinoids of the family Comasteridae. All compounds were...
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Beutler J, Kang M, Robert F, Clement J, Pelletier J, Colburn N, et al.
J Nat Prod . 2009 Feb; 72(3):503-6. PMID: 19199792
Several quassinoids were identified in a high-throughput screening assay as inhibitors of the transcription factor AP-1. Further biological characterization revealed that while their effect was not specific to AP-1, protein...
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Clement J, Kitagaki J, Yang Y, Saucedo C, OKeefe B, Weissman A, et al.
Bioorg Med Chem . 2008 Nov; 16(23):10022-8. PMID: 18977148
Compounds that stabilize p53 could suppress tumors providing a additional tool to fight cancer. Mdm2, and the human ortholog, Hdm2 serve as ubiquitin E3 ligases and target p53 for ubiquitylation...
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Bokesch H, Wamiru A, Le Grice S, Beutler J, McKee T, McMahon J
J Nat Prod . 2008 Sep; 71(9):1634-6. PMID: 18763827
Three new galloyl arbutins, hyemalosides A-C (1-3), along with nine known compounds were isolated from the evergreen tree Eugenia hyemalis. The structures of compounds 1-3 were determined by analysis of...
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Moulaei T, Botos I, Ziolkowska N, Bokesch H, Krumpe L, McKee T, et al.
Protein Sci . 2007 Oct; 16(12):2756-60. PMID: 17965185
The crystal structures of the natural and recombinant antiviral lectin scytovirin (SVN) were solved by single-wavelength anomalous scattering and refined with data extending to 1.3 A and 1.0 A resolution,...
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Meragelman T, Willis R, Woldemichael G, Heaton A, Murphy P, Snader K, et al.
J Nat Prod . 2007 Jun; 70(7):1133-8. PMID: 17564468
Fractionation of cytotoxic extracts of specimens of a newly described sponge genus, Candidaspongia, has yielded the candidaspongiolides (3), a complex mixture of acyl esters of a macrolide related to tedanolide....