Douglas Root

Faculty
Associate Professor - Molecular Motors and Force Spectroscopy

LIFE B322

940-565-2683

droot@unt.edu

Douglas Root

Highlights: 

Dr. Root's research interests include molecular motors and force spectroscopy.

Douglas Root CV

Dr. Douglas Root teaches classes in the following subjects: Biochemistry II, Bioinstrumentation and Analytical Techniques, and Protein Structure and Function.

Degrees:

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Molecular Biology, UCLA
  • Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine

Selected Publications:

  • Singh, R. R., Dunn, J. W., Qadan, M. M., Hall, N., Wang, K. K., Root, D. D. (2018). Whole length myosin binding protein C stabilizes myosin S2 as measured by gravitational force spectroscopy. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 638, 41-51. 
  • Demonstrating the uses of the novel Gravitational Force Spectrometer to stretch and measure fibrous proteins, (2011)
  • Close Proximity of Myosin Loop 3 to Troponin Determined by Triangulation of Resonance Energy Transfer Distance Measurements, (2009).