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Breadcrumb Peter Rosenthal Rosenthal lab Structural Biology of Cells and Viruses : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Areas of interest Publications Members Vacancies PublicationsYear published2023 (3)2022 (2)2021 (5)2020 (3)2019 (1)2018 (1)2017 (2)2016 (1) Facet Year publishedResearch topicsCell Biology (18)Imaging (18)Infectious Disease (18)Model Organisms (18)Structural Biology & Biophysics (18)Cell Cycle & Chromosomes (12)Metabolism (8)Biochemistry & Proteomics (4)Immunology (4)Genetics & Genomics (3)Genome Integrity & Repair (3)Signalling & Oncogenes (3)Computational & Systems Biology (2)Developmental Biology (1)Human Biology & Physiology (1)Stem Cells (1)Tumour Biology (1) (-)Chemical Biology & High Throughput (18) Facet Research topicsPublication typeJournal article (18)Primary research (18) Facet Publication typeJournalNature Communications (5)PLOS Biology (2)Cell Reports (1)eLife (1)EMBO Journal (1)International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1)Journal 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in human cardiac microvascular endothelial cells isolated from recipient transplant hearts Authors (11) Athinoula Meli Ann McCormack Ianina ConteQu Chen James Streetley Marlene L Rose Ruben Bierings Matthew J HannahJustin MolloyPeter Rosenthal Tom Carter International Journal of Molecular Sciences Published 25 February 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalJustin MolloyStructural BiologyFull details Cryomicroscopy reveals the structural basis for a flexible hinge motion in the immunoglobulin M pentamer Authors (5)Qu ChenRaj MenonLesley CalderPavel TolarPeter Rosenthal Nature Communications Published 23 October 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesPavel TolarPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in thehuman host Authors (9)Antoni WrobelDonald BentonChloe RoustanAnnabel BorgSaira Hussain Stephen R MartinPeter Rosenthal John J SkehelSteve Gamblin Nature Communications Published 4 March 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalNicola LewisSteve GamblinDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details CDK1 controls CHMP7-dependent nuclear envelope reformation Authors (6)Alberto GattaYolanda OlmosCaroline StotenQu ChenPeter RosenthalJeremy Carlton eLife Published 21 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalJeremy CarltonStructural BiologyLight MicroscopyFull details SARS-CoV-2 can recruit a haem metabolite to evade antibody immunity Authors (40)Annachiara RosaVal Pye Carl Graham Luke Muir Jeffrey SeowKevin Ng[...] Richard S TedderGeorge Kassiotis Laura E Mccoy Katie J DooresPeter Cherepanov Science advances Published 28 May 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalGeorge KassiotisSteve GamblinPeter Cherepanov Rupert BealeStructural BiologyMetabolomicsFlow CytometryFull details Structure of the cytoplasmic domain of SctV (SsaV) from the Salmonella SPI-2 injectisome and implications for a pH sensing mechanism Authors (12) Teige RS Matthews-Palmer Nayim Gonzalez-RodriguezTom Calcraft Signe Lagercrantz Tobias Zachs Xiu-Jun Yu[...] David W HoldenAndrea NansPeter Rosenthal Sarah L Rouse Morgan Beeby Journal of Structural Biology Published 1 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyFull details The effect of the D614G substitution on the structure of the spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 Authors (9)Donald BentonAntoni WrobelChloe RoustanAnnabel Borg Pengqi Xu Stephen R MartinPeter Rosenthal John J SkehelSteve Gamblin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Published 2 March 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalSteve GamblinStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details Structure and binding properties of Pangolin-CoV spike glycoprotein inform the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Authors (10)Antoni WrobelDonald Benton Pengqi XuLesley CalderAnnabel BorgChloe Roustan Stephen R MartinPeter Rosenthal John J SkehelSteve Gamblin Nature Communications Published 5 February 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalSteve GamblinStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details Antibody-mediated disruption of the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein Authors (9)Antoni WrobelDonald BentonSaira Hussain Ruth Harvey Stephen R MartinChloe RoustanPeter Rosenthal John J SkehelSteve Gamblin Nature Communications Published 21 October 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalNicola LewisSteve GamblinWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details Receptor binding and priming of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 for membrane fusion Authors (8)Donald BentonAntoni Wrobel Pengqi XuChloe Roustan Stephen R MartinPeter Rosenthal John J SkehelSteve Gamblin Nature Published 10 December 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalSteve GamblinStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details SARS-CoV-2 and bat RaTG13 spike glycoprotein structures inform on virus evolution and furin-cleavage effects Authors (8)Antoni WrobelDonald Benton Pengqi XuChloe Roustan Stephen R MartinPeter Rosenthal John J SkehelSteve Gamblin Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Published 1 August 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalSteve GamblinStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details γ-proteobacteria eject their polar flagella under nutrient depletion, retaining flagellar motor relic structures Authors (11) Josie L Ferreira Forson Z Gao Florian M RossmannAndrea Nans Susanne Brenzinger Rohola Hosseini Amanda Wilson Ariane Briegel Kai M ThormannPeter Rosenthal Morgan Beeby PLOS Biology Published 19 March 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyFull details Influenza hemagglutinin membrane anchor Authors (13)Donald BentonAndrea NansLesley CalderJack Turner Ursula Neu Yi Pu Lin[...] Davide Corti Antonio LanzavecchiaSteve GamblinPeter Rosenthal John J Skehel Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 17 September 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalNicola LewisSteve GamblinWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyElectron MicroscopyFull details Cryo-EM structure of a licensed DNA replication origin Authors (7) Ferdos Abid Ali Max E DouglasJulia LockeVal PyeAndrea NansJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Communications Published 21 December 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaPeter Cherepanov Structural BiologyElectron MicroscopyFull details Structural basis for assembly of the CBF3 kinetochore complex Authors (3)Vera LeberAndrea Nans Martin R Singleton EMBO Journal Published 6 December 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesMartin SingletonPeter RosenthalElectron MicroscopyFull details Three-dimensional architecture of the human BRCA1-A histone deubiquitinase core complex Authors (10) Otto JP Kyrieleis Pauline B McIntosh Sarah R WebbLesley Calder Janette Lloyd Nisha A Patel Stephen R Martin Carol V RobinsonPeter Rosenthal Stephen J Smerdon Cell Reports Published 20 December 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesSteve SmerdonPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyFull 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Structural basis for Fc receptor recognition of immunoglobulin M Authors (5)Qu ChenRaj MenonLaura MasinoPavel TolarPeter Rosenthal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology Published 1 July 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesPavel TolarPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details
A succession of two viral lattices drives vaccinia virus assembly Authors (5)Miguel Hernandez GonzalezTom CalcraftAndrea NansPeter RosenthalMichael Way PLOS Biology Published 2 March 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details
Altered storage and function of von Willebrand factor in human cardiac microvascular endothelial cells isolated from recipient transplant hearts Authors (11) Athinoula Meli Ann McCormack Ianina ConteQu Chen James Streetley Marlene L Rose Ruben Bierings Matthew J HannahJustin MolloyPeter Rosenthal Tom Carter International Journal of Molecular Sciences Published 25 February 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalJustin MolloyStructural BiologyFull details
Cryomicroscopy reveals the structural basis for a flexible hinge motion in the immunoglobulin M pentamer Authors (5)Qu ChenRaj MenonLesley CalderPavel TolarPeter Rosenthal Nature Communications Published 23 October 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesPavel TolarPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details
Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in thehuman host Authors (9)Antoni WrobelDonald BentonChloe RoustanAnnabel BorgSaira Hussain Stephen R MartinPeter Rosenthal John J SkehelSteve Gamblin Nature Communications Published 4 March 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalNicola LewisSteve GamblinDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details
CDK1 controls CHMP7-dependent nuclear envelope reformation Authors (6)Alberto GattaYolanda OlmosCaroline StotenQu ChenPeter RosenthalJeremy Carlton eLife Published 21 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalJeremy CarltonStructural BiologyLight MicroscopyFull details
SARS-CoV-2 can recruit a haem metabolite to evade antibody immunity Authors (40)Annachiara RosaVal Pye Carl Graham Luke Muir Jeffrey SeowKevin Ng[...] Richard S TedderGeorge Kassiotis Laura E Mccoy Katie J DooresPeter Cherepanov Science advances Published 28 May 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalGeorge KassiotisSteve GamblinPeter Cherepanov Rupert BealeStructural BiologyMetabolomicsFlow CytometryFull details
Structure of the cytoplasmic domain of SctV (SsaV) from the Salmonella SPI-2 injectisome and implications for a pH sensing mechanism Authors (12) Teige RS Matthews-Palmer Nayim Gonzalez-RodriguezTom Calcraft Signe Lagercrantz Tobias Zachs Xiu-Jun Yu[...] David W HoldenAndrea NansPeter Rosenthal Sarah L Rouse Morgan Beeby Journal of Structural Biology Published 1 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyFull details
The effect of the D614G substitution on the structure of the spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 Authors (9)Donald BentonAntoni WrobelChloe RoustanAnnabel Borg Pengqi Xu Stephen R MartinPeter Rosenthal John J SkehelSteve Gamblin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Published 2 March 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalSteve GamblinStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details
Structure and binding properties of Pangolin-CoV spike glycoprotein inform the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Authors (10)Antoni WrobelDonald Benton Pengqi XuLesley CalderAnnabel BorgChloe Roustan Stephen R MartinPeter Rosenthal John J SkehelSteve Gamblin Nature Communications Published 5 February 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalSteve GamblinStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details
Antibody-mediated disruption of the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein Authors (9)Antoni WrobelDonald BentonSaira Hussain Ruth Harvey Stephen R MartinChloe RoustanPeter Rosenthal John J SkehelSteve Gamblin Nature Communications Published 21 October 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalNicola LewisSteve GamblinWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details
Receptor binding and priming of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 for membrane fusion Authors (8)Donald BentonAntoni Wrobel Pengqi XuChloe Roustan Stephen R MartinPeter Rosenthal John J SkehelSteve Gamblin Nature Published 10 December 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalSteve GamblinStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details
SARS-CoV-2 and bat RaTG13 spike glycoprotein structures inform on virus evolution and furin-cleavage effects Authors (8)Antoni WrobelDonald Benton Pengqi XuChloe Roustan Stephen R MartinPeter Rosenthal John J SkehelSteve Gamblin Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Published 1 August 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalSteve GamblinStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details
γ-proteobacteria eject their polar flagella under nutrient depletion, retaining flagellar motor relic structures Authors (11) Josie L Ferreira Forson Z Gao Florian M RossmannAndrea Nans Susanne Brenzinger Rohola Hosseini Amanda Wilson Ariane Briegel Kai M ThormannPeter Rosenthal Morgan Beeby PLOS Biology Published 19 March 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyFull details
Influenza hemagglutinin membrane anchor Authors (13)Donald BentonAndrea NansLesley CalderJack Turner Ursula Neu Yi Pu Lin[...] Davide Corti Antonio LanzavecchiaSteve GamblinPeter Rosenthal John J Skehel Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 17 September 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalNicola LewisSteve GamblinWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyElectron MicroscopyFull details
Cryo-EM structure of a licensed DNA replication origin Authors (7) Ferdos Abid Ali Max E DouglasJulia LockeVal PyeAndrea NansJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Communications Published 21 December 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaPeter Cherepanov Structural BiologyElectron MicroscopyFull details
Structural basis for assembly of the CBF3 kinetochore complex Authors (3)Vera LeberAndrea Nans Martin R Singleton EMBO Journal Published 6 December 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesMartin SingletonPeter RosenthalElectron MicroscopyFull details
Three-dimensional architecture of the human BRCA1-A histone deubiquitinase core complex Authors (10) Otto JP Kyrieleis Pauline B McIntosh Sarah R WebbLesley Calder Janette Lloyd Nisha A Patel Stephen R Martin Carol V RobinsonPeter Rosenthal Stephen J Smerdon Cell Reports Published 20 December 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesSteve SmerdonPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyFull details