Search Results - "Georges, Amédée Des"
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Structure of a mammalian ryanodine receptor
Published in Nature (London) (01-01-2015)“…Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) mediate the rapid release of calcium (Ca 2+ ) from intracellular stores into the cytosol, which is essential for numerous cellular…”
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Cryo-EM structure of the human ferritin–transferrin receptor 1 complex
Published in Nature communications (08-03-2019)“…Human transferrin receptor 1 (CD71) guarantees iron supply by endocytosis upon binding of iron-loaded transferrin and ferritin. Arenaviruses and the malaria…”
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Structural Basis for Gating and Activation of RyR1
Published in Cell (22-09-2016)“…The type-1 ryanodine receptor (RyR1) is an intracellular calcium (Ca2+) release channel required for skeletal muscle contraction. Here, we present cryo-EM…”
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Discovery of a Transferrin Receptor 1‑Binding Aptamer and Its Application in Cancer Cell Depletion for Adoptive T‑Cell Therapy Manufacturing
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (03-08-2022)“…The clinical manufacturing of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells includes cell selection, activation, gene transduction, and expansion. While the method…”
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Effect of Envelope Proteins on the Mechanical Properties of Influenza Virus
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (30-11-2012)“…The envelope of the influenza virus undergoes extensive structural change during the viral life cycle. However, it is unknown how lipid and protein components…”
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Discovery of neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies enriched in a unique antigen specific B cell cluster
Published in PloS one (20-09-2023)“…Despite development of effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, a sub-group of vaccine non-responders depends on therapeutic antibodies or small-molecule drugs in cases…”
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Engineered ferritin for lanthanide binding
Published in PloS one (13-08-2018)“…Ferritin H-homopolymers have been extensively used as nanocarriers for diverse applications in the targeted delivery of drugs and imaging agents, due to their…”
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Mal3, the Schizosaccharomyces pombe homolog of EB1, changes the microtubule lattice
Published in Nature structural & molecular biology (01-10-2008)“…In vitro , pure tubulin assembles into B-lattice microtubules, in which lateral αα and ββ contacts between tubulin heterodimers predominate. Mal3, a homolog of…”
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Visualization of translation reorganization upon persistent ribosome collision stress in mammalian cells
Published in Molecular cell (21-03-2024)“…Aberrantly slow ribosomes incur collisions, a sentinel of stress that triggers quality control, signaling, and translation attenuation. Although each collision…”
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Routine single particle CryoEM sample and grid characterization by tomography
Published in eLife (29-05-2018)“…Single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) is often performed under the assumption that particles are not adsorbed to the air-water interfaces and in…”
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Structure of the Mammalian Ribosomal 43S Preinitiation Complex Bound to the Scanning Factor DHX29
Published in Cell (23-05-2013)“…Eukaryotic translation initiation begins with assembly of a 43S preinitiation complex. First, methionylated initiator methionine transfer RNA (Met-tRNAiMet),…”
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Human parainfluenza virus fusion complex glycoproteins imaged in action on authentic viral surfaces
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-09-2020)“…Infection by human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs) causes widespread lower respiratory diseases, including croup, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia, and there are no…”
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Intermediates in SARS-CoV-2 spike-mediated cell entry
Published in Science advances (19-08-2022)“…SARS-CoV-2 cell entry is completed after viral spike (S) protein-mediated membrane fusion between viral and host cell membranes. Stable prefusion and…”
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Viral Entry Properties Required for Fitness in Humans Are Lost through Rapid Genomic Change during Viral Isolation
Published in mBio (05-09-2018)“…Human parainfluenza viruses cause a large burden of human respiratory illness. While much research relies upon viruses grown in cultured immortalized cells,…”
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Mechanisms of opening and closing of the bacterial replicative helicase
Published in eLife (24-12-2018)“…Assembly of bacterial ring-shaped hexameric replicative helicases on single-stranded (ss) DNA requires specialized loading factors. However, mechanisms…”
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Structure of an endosomal signaling GPCR–G protein–β-arrestin megacomplex
Published in Nature structural & molecular biology (01-12-2019)“…Classically, G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are thought to activate G protein from the plasma membrane and are subsequently desensitized by β-arrestin…”
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Structure of mammalian eIF3 in the context of the 43S preinitiation complex
Published in Nature (London) (24-09-2015)“…During eukaryotic translation initiation, 43S complexes, comprising a 40S ribosomal subunit, initiator transfer RNA and initiation factors (eIF) 2, 3, 1 and…”
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Retrieving functional pathways of biomolecules from single-particle snapshots
Published in Nature communications (18-09-2020)“…A primary reason for the intense interest in structural biology is the fact that knowledge of structure can elucidate macromolecular functions in living…”
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pH-tunable membrane-active polymers, NCMNP2a- x , and their potential membrane protein applications
Published in Chemical science (Cambridge) (05-07-2023)“…Accurate 3D structures of membrane proteins are essential for comprehending their mechanisms of action and designing specific ligands to modulate their…”
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High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of the Trypanosoma brucei ribosome
Published in Nature (London) (21-02-2013)“…High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy shows that the Trypanosoma brucei kinetoplastid ribosome is characterized by the presence of large expansion segments,…”
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