Taner Z. Sen, Ph.D.

Computational Biologist, USDA-ARS
Collaborator Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
1025 CGIL
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
515-294-5326
taner@iastate.edu


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Journal Articles

1) "Local chain dynamics of cis-1,4-polybutadiene and cis-1,4-polyisoprene. A comparative study based on Cooperative Kinematics theory and NMR experiments." Sen, T.Z., Bahar, I., Erman, B., Lauprκtre, F., Monnerie, L., Macromolecules 32, 3017-3024, 1999. (pdf)

2) "Modeling the deamidation of asparagine residues via succinimide intermediates." Konuklar, F. A. S., Aviyente, V., Sen, T.Z., Bahar, I., Journal of Molecular Modeling, 7(5), 147-160, 2001. (pdf)

3) “Real time birefringence, true stress and true strain behavior of natural rubber: Effect of crosslink density." Valladares, D., Toki, S., Sen, T.Z., Yalcin, B.,Cakmak, M., Macromolecular Symposia, 185, 149-166, 2002. (pdf)

4) “The transfer matrix method for lattice proteins-an application with cooperative interactions” Kloczkowski, A., Sen, T.Z., Jernigan, R.L., Polymer, 45, 707-716, 2004. (pdf)

5) “A Minimal Model for the Helix-Coil Transition of Worm-like Polymers. Insights from Monte Carlo Simulations andTheoretical Implications.” Varshney, V., Dirama, T.E., Sen, T.Z., Carri, G.A., Macromolecules, 37, 8794-8804, 2004.

6) “Predicting binding sites of hydrolase-inhibitor complexes by combining several methods.” Sen, T.Z, Kloczkowski, A., Jernigan, R.L., Yan, C., Honavar, V., Ho, K.- M., Wang, C.-Z., Ihm, Y., Cao, H., Gu, X., Dobbs, D.L., BMC Bioinformatics, 5:205, 2004.

7) “Prediction of protein secondary structure by mining fragments database.” Cheng, H., Sen, T.Z., Kloczkowski, A., Margaritis, D., Jernigan, R.L., Polymer, 46, 4314-4321, 2005.

8) “The largest eigenvalue method for stereo-regular vinyl chains.” Kloczkowski, A., Sen, T.Z., Sharaf, M.A., Polymer, 46, 4373-4383, 2005.

9) “The GOR V server for protein secondary structure assignment.” Sen, T.Z., Jernigan, R.L., Garnier, J., Kloczkowski, A., Bioinformatics, 21(11), 2787-2788, 2005.

10) “Protein Promiscuity: Drug Resistance and Native Functions -- HIV-1 Case.” Fernandez, A., Tawfik, D.S., Berkhout, B., Sanders, R., Kloczkowski, A. Sen, T.Z., Jernigan, R.L., J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn., 22(6), 615-624, 2005.

11) “Modeling the elastomeric properties of stereoregular polypropylenes in nanocomposites with spherical fillers.” Sen, T.Z., Sharaf, M.A., Mark, J.E., Kloczkowski, A., Polymer, 46, 7301-7308, 2005.

12) “Some simulations on filler reinforcement in elastomers.” Mark, J.E., Abou-Hussein, R., Sen, T.Z., Kloczkowski, A., Sharaf, M.A., Polymer, 46(21), 8894-8904, 2005.

13) “Filler-induced deformations of amorphous polyethylene chains. The effects of the deformations on elastomeric properties, and some comparisons with experiments””, Sharaf, M.A., Kloczkowski, A., Sen, T.Z., Jacob, K.I., Mark, J.E., Eur. Polym. J., 42, 796-806, 2006.

14) “Molecular Modeling of Matrix Chain Deformation in Nanofiber Filled Composites”, Sharaf, M.A., Kloczkowski, A., Sen, T.Z., Jacob, K.I., Mark, J.E., Colloid Polym. Sci., 284(7), 700-709, 2006.

15) “The extent of cooperativity of protein motions observed with elastic network models is similar for atomic and coarser-grained models”, Sen, T.Z., Feng, Y., Garcia, J.V., Kloczkowski, A., Jernigan, R.L., J. Chem. Theo. Comp., 2, 696-704, 2006.

16) “Functional clustering of yeast proteins from the protein-protein interaction network ”, Sen, T.Z., Kloczkowski, A., Jernigan, R.L., BMC Bioinformatics, 2, 7:355, 2006.

17) “The Consensus Data Mining (CMD) secondary structure prediction method by combining GOR V and Fragments Database Mining”, Sen, T.Z., Cheng, H.,Kloczkowski, A., Jernigan, R.L., Protein Science, 15, 2499-2506, 2006.

18) “A DNA-centric look at protein-DNA complexes”, Sen, T.Z.,Kloczkowski, A., Jernigan, R.L., Structure, 14(9),1341-1342, 2006.

19) “Predicting the order in which contacts are broken during single molecule protein stretching experiments”, Sulkowska, J.I.,Kloczkowski, A., Sen, T.Z.,Cieplak, M.,Jernigan, R.L., Proteins, 71, 45-60, 2008.

20) “Generation and enumeration of compact conformations on the 2D triangular and 3D fcc lattices”, Peto, M.,Sen, T.Z.,Kloczkowski, A., Jernigan, R.L., Journal of Chemical Physics, 127(4):044101, 2007.

21) “Monte Carlo Simulations on Nanoparticles in Elastomers. Effects of the Particles on the Dimensions of the Polymer Chains and the Mechanical Properties of the Networks”, Mark, J.E, Abou-Hussein, R., Sen, T.Z.,Kloczkowski, A., Macromolecular Symposia, 256, 40-47, 2007.

22) “Consensus Data Mining (CDM) Protein Secondary Structure Prediction Server: Combining GOR V and Fragment Database Mining (FDM)”, Cheng, H., Sen, T.Z.,Jernigan, R.L., Kloczkowski, A., Bioinformatics, 23(19), 2628-2630, 2007.

23) “Structure prediction and normal mode analysis of the outer membrane transporter FecA”, Sen, T.Z.,Kloster, M., Kloczkowski, A., Kolinski, A., Bujnicki, J.M., Jernigan, R.L., Biophysical Journal, 94(7), 2482–2491, 2008.


Book Chapters

1) “Optimizing cutoff distances and spring constants for the Gaussian network model of ATP binding proteins." Sen, T.Z., Jernigan, R.L. in Normal Mode Analysis: Theory and Applications to Biological and Chemical Systems. Eds. Q. Cui, I. Bahar, Chapter 9, pp. 171-186, 2005.
2) “Magnetic, piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and ferroelectric properties of synthetic and biological polymers.", Kloczkowski, A., Sen, T.Z. in Physical properties of polymers handbook. Ed. James E. Mark, 2nd Ed, Springer-Verlag, in press.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

1) “Real time development of stress and birefringence in PET during uniaxial stretching as detected by spectral birefringence technique.” Sen, T.Z., Toki, S., Cakmak, M., Annual Technical Conference- Society of Plastics Engineers (ANTEC), 59(2), 1510, 2001.

2) “Real time birefringence development of orientation in polymers during uniaxial stretching as detected by robust spectral birefringence technique.” Toki, S.; Valladares, D., Sen, T.Z., Cakmak, M., Annual Techical Conference – Society of Plastics Engineers (ANTEC), 59(2), 1830, 2001.

3) “Real time development of orientation in PP during stretching as detected by spectral birefringence technique.” Koike, Y., Sen, T.Z., Cakmak, M., Annual Technical Conference – Society of Plastics Engineers (ANTEC), 60(2), 1550, 2002.

4) “Basic mechanisms of structural ordering in uniaxial stretching of PLA using fully automated on-line birefringence coupled with true stress-true strain measurement.” Mulligan, J., Cakmak, M., Sen, T.Z., Annual Technical Conference - Society of Plastics Engineers (ANTEC), 60(2), 1646, 2002.