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Dongqing Wei

Professor of Bioinformatics/Computational Physics/Chemistry, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Verified email at sjtu.edu.cn
Cited by 15890

Higher infectivity of the SARS‐CoV‐2 new variants is associated with K417N/T, E484K, and N501Y mutants: an insight from structural data

…, AA Abbasi, A Mohammad, DQ Wei - Journal of cellular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of the SARS‐CoV‐2 new variants reported to be 70% more contagious than
the earlier one is now spreading fast worldwide. There is an instant need to discover how the …

Orientational order in simple dipolar liquids: computer simulation of a ferroelectric nematic phase

D Wei, GN Patey - Physical review letters, 1992 - APS
Molecular-dynamics simulations are used to show that strongly interacting dipolar spheres
can form a ferroelectric nematic phase. This is the first demonstration that dipolar forces alone …

[HTML][HTML] How reliable are molecular dynamics simulations of membrane active antimicrobial peptides?

Y Wang, T Zhao, D Wei, E Strandberg, AS Ulrich… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014 - Elsevier
Membrane-active antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are challenging to study experimentally, but
relatively easy to investigate using molecular dynamics (MD) computer simulations. For this …

Molecular modeling and chemical modification for finding peptide inhibitor against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus main proteinase

Q Du, S Wang, D Wei, S Sirois, KC Chou - Analytical Biochemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a respiratory disease caused by a newly
found virus, called SARS coronavirus. In this study, the cleavage mechanism of the SARS …

Binding mechanism of coronavirus main proteinase with ligands and its implication to drug design against SARS

KC Chou, DQ Wei, WZ Zhong - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2003 - Elsevier
In order to stimulate the development of drugs against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS),
based on the atomic coordinates of the SARS coronavirus main proteinase …

Ferroelectric liquid-crystal and solid phases formed by strongly interacting dipolar soft spheres

D Wei, GN Patey - Physical Review A, 1992 - APS
Molecular-dynamics simulation results are reported for systems of strongly interacting dipolar
soft spheres. Calculations have been carried out along two isotherms and the structure of …

Conformational Preferences of ππ Stacking Between Ligand and Protein, Analysis Derived from Crystal Structure Data Geometric Preference of ππ Interaction

Y Zhao, J Li, H Gu, D Wei, Y Xu, W Fu, Z Yu - … Sciences: Computational Life …, 2015 - Springer
π–π Interaction is a direct attractive non-covalent interaction between aromatic moieties,
playing an important role in DNA stabilization, drug intercalation, etc. Aromatic rings interact …

Exosomal ncRNAs profiling of mycobacterial infection identified miRNA-185-5p as a novel biomarker for tuberculosis

…, J Wang, X Guo, H Wang, X Yu, D Wei… - Briefings in …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background: There are ever increasing researches implying that noncoded RNAs (ncRNAs)
specifically circular RNAs (circRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) in exosomes play vital …

Structure-based design of promising natural products to inhibit thymidylate kinase from Monkeypox virus and validation using free energy calculations

…, HA Qudsia, Y Waheed, FM Alshabrmi, DQ Wei - Computers in Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Monkeypox (MPXV) is a globally growing public health concern with 80,328 active cases and
53 deaths have been reported. No specific vaccine or drug is available for the treatment of …

Using a classical potential as an efficient importance function for sampling from an ab initio potential

R Iftimie, D Salahub, D Wei, J Schofield - The Journal of Chemical …, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper the ab initio potential of mean force for the formic acid–water system is calculated
in a Monte Carlo simulation using a classical fluctuating charge molecular mechanics …