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Alexis Johnson

Duke Medical CenterPrimary ORCID profile (0009-0008-5656-6982 · 1 paper)Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Alexis JohnsoniD1 paper · Duke University

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Biochemistry· 1 Biophysics· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1 Organism:virus· 1

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Sequential HIV-1 fusion protein gates control the initiation of host cell entry

Hung Do, Muralikrishna Lella, Devansh Fulmali, Niva Rajpara, Ilona Christy Unarta, Alexis Johnson, Katarzyna Janowska, Helena Laukaitis, Carrie Saunders, R.J. Edwards, Priyamvada Acharya, Amit Sharma, Sandrasegaram Gnanakaran, Rory C. Henderson

This study identifies two sequential conformational gates in HIV-1 Env that control fusion peptide release and host cell entry initiation.

bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

An integrated workflow for structural virology with a 100 keV electron microscope

Rasangi Pathirage, Moumita Dutta, Ruth Parsons, Muralikrishna Lella, Emma Atwood, Qianyi E. Zhang, Aaron May, Alexis Johnson, Xiao Huang, Jordan Flemming, Ujjwal Kumar, Bahjat F. Marayati, M. Ariel Spurrier, Coco Liu, Junlin Zhuo, , Priyamvada Acharya

This paper describes a user-managed 100 keV electron microscope setup for structural virology, enabling high-quality cryo-EM data collection and analysis within a laboratory setting.

bioRxiv · Dec 10, 2025 · PreprintBiochemistry

Cooperativity of weak actomyosin interaction

Aarushi Naskar, Alexis Johnson, Yuri E. Nesmelov

The paper investigates the cooperative mechanism of weak actomyosin interaction in muscle, showing that myosin heads work together to produce force through cross-bridge clusters.

bioRxiv · May 28, 2024 · PreprintBiophysics