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Item 1: December 2004 Publications by Members:

1:  Gu Y, Guo J, Pal A, Pan SS, Zimniak P, Singh SV, Ji X.
Crystal Structure of Human Glutathione S-Transferase A3-3 and Mechanistic Implications for Its High Steroid Isomerase Activity.
Biochemistry. 2004 Dec 21;43(50):15673-15679. PMID: 15595823

2:  Guan R, Roychowdhury A, Ember B, Kumar S, Boons GJ, Mariuzza RA.
Structural basis for peptidoglycan binding by peptidoglycan recognition
proteins.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Dec 7;101(49):17168-73. PMID: 15572450

3:  Agniswamy J, Lei B, Musser JM, Sun PD.
Insight of host immune evasion mediated by two variants of group a
Streptococcus Mac protein.
J Biol Chem. 2004 Dec 10;279(50):52789-96. PMID: 15466462

4:  Liang X, Young JJ, Boone SA, Waugh DS, Duesbery NS.
Involvement of domain II in toxicity of anthrax lethal factor.
J Biol Chem. 2004 Dec 10;279(50):52473-8. PMID: 15465830

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