1) Shah, S., Lee, S. F., Tabuchi, K., Hao, Y. H., Yu, C., LaPlant, Q., Ball, H., Dann, C. E., Sudhof, T. and Yu, G. (2005) “Nicastrin functions as a gamma-secretase substrate receptor.” Cell, 122, 435-447.

2) Lim, K. H., Nguyen, T. N., Damo, S. M., Mazur, T., Ball, H. L., Prusiner, S. B., Pines, A. and Wemmer, D. E. (2006) “Solid-state NMR structural studies of the fibril form of a mutant mouse prion peptide PrP 89-143(P101L).” Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 29, 183-190.

3) Mukherjee, S., Keitany, G., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Ball, H. L., Goldsmith, E. J. and Orth, K. (2006) “Yersinia YopJ acetylates critical Ser/Thr residues on MKKs and IKKb blocking the innate immune response.” Science, 312, 1211-1214.

4) Kim, S. C., Sprung, R., Chen, Y., Xu, Y., Ball, H., Pei, J., Cheng, T., Kho, Y., Xiao, L., Grishin, N. V., White, M., Yang, X. J. and Zhao Y. (2006) “Substrate and functional diversity of lysine acetylation revealed by a proteomics study.” Mol. Cell, 23, 607-618.

5) Jalili, P. R., Sharma, D and Ball, H. L., (2007) “Enhancement of ionization efficiency and selective enrichment of phosphorylated peptides using a reversible poly-histidine tag.” J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. Accepted.

6) Chen, Y., Sprung, R., Tang, Y., Ball, H. L., Sangras, B., Falck, J. R., Peng, J., Gu, W and Zhao, Y., (2007) “Lysine propionylation and butyrylation are novel post-translational modifications in histones” Submittted to PNAS.

7) Miller, D. S., Chirayil, S., Ball, H. L. and Luebke, K. J., (2007) “Manipulating cell migration and proliferation with light-activated epidermal growth factor.”