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Breadcrumb Structural Biology Structural Biology : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Publications Members Close-up of X-ray crystallography equipment. Toggle to view hero caption Publications Displaying 1 - 10 of 341Last updated : 28 March 2024 02:15 Divergent performance of vaccines in the UK autumn 2023 COVID-19 booster campaign Authors (22) Marianne Shawe-Taylor David Greenwood Agnieszka Hobbs Giulia DowgierBecky PennTheo Sanderson[...]Sonia GandhiEdward CarrMary WuDavid LV Bauer Emma C Wall The Lancet Published 11 March 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinMike BlackmanRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details Perlecan (HSPG2) promotes structural, contractile, and metabolic development of human cardiomyocytes Authors (18) Benjamin B Johnson Marie-Victoire CossonLorenza Iolanda Tsansizi Terri L Holmes Tegan Gilmore Katherine Hampton[...] John Whitelock Linda Troeberg Stuart A Rushworth Andreia S Bernardo James GW Smith Cell Reports Published 23 January 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesJim SmithHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsStructural BiologyMaking LabAdvanced SequencingFull details Real-time monitoring of ATG8 lipidation in vitro using fluorescence spectroscopy Authors (3)Wenxin Zhang Taki NishimuraSharon Tooze Bio-Protocol Published 5 January 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesSharon ToozeStructural BiologyFull details Palisade structure in intact vaccinia virions Authors (5)Miguel Hernandez GonzalezTom CalcraftAndrea NansPeter RosenthalMichael Way mBio Published 1 February 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details Structural basis of σ54 displacement and promoter escape in bacterial transcription Authors (6) Forson Gao Fuzhou Ye Bowen Zhang Nora Cronin Martin BuckXiaodong Zhang Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Published 9 January 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesXiaodong ZhangStructural BiologyFull details Analysis of electron configurations in terms of parity-supporting rotations returns the hydrogen spectrum with consequences for the orbital model Authors (1)Roksana Ogrodowicz Chemical Physics Published 1 March 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesStructural BiologyMRC Biomedical NMR CentreFull details Architecture and regulation of a GDNF-GFRα1 synaptic adhesion assembly Authors (8)Frankie HoughtonSarah Adams AS RíosLaura Masino AG PurkissDavid Briggs F LeddaNeil McDonald Nature Communications Published 20 November 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesNeil McDonaldStructural BiologyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details ATG9B is a tissue-specific homotrimeric lipid scramblase that can compensate for ATG9A Authors (8)George ChiduzaAcely Garza-GarciaEugenia Almacellas I CanalsStefano De TitoVal PyeAlexander Van VlietPeter CherepanovSharon Tooze Autophagy Published 1 March 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesSharon ToozePeter Cherepanov Luiz Pedro CarvalhoStructural BiologyScientific computingCell ServicesFull details Mechanism of substrate hydrolysis by the human nucleotide pool sanitiser DNPH1 Authors (8)Neil RzechorzekSimone Kunzelmann Andrew G PurkissMariana Silva Dos SantosJames MacraeIan TaylorKasper FuggerStephen West Nature Communications Published 26 October 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesStephen WestIan TaylorStructural BiologyMetabolomicsFull details The structural mechanism of dimeric DONSON in replicative helicase activation Authors (14)Milos Cvetkovic Paolo PassarettiAgata Butryn Alicja Reynolds-Winczura Georgia Kingsley Aggeliki Skagia[...] Anoop S Chauhan Satpal S Jhujh Grant S Stewart Agnieszka GambusAlessandro Costa Molecular Cell Published 16 November 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Divergent performance of vaccines in the UK autumn 2023 COVID-19 booster campaign Authors (22) Marianne Shawe-Taylor David Greenwood Agnieszka Hobbs Giulia DowgierBecky PennTheo Sanderson[...]Sonia GandhiEdward CarrMary WuDavid LV Bauer Emma C Wall The Lancet Published 11 March 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinMike BlackmanRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details
Perlecan (HSPG2) promotes structural, contractile, and metabolic development of human cardiomyocytes Authors (18) Benjamin B Johnson Marie-Victoire CossonLorenza Iolanda Tsansizi Terri L Holmes Tegan Gilmore Katherine Hampton[...] John Whitelock Linda Troeberg Stuart A Rushworth Andreia S Bernardo James GW Smith Cell Reports Published 23 January 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesJim SmithHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsStructural BiologyMaking LabAdvanced SequencingFull details
Real-time monitoring of ATG8 lipidation in vitro using fluorescence spectroscopy Authors (3)Wenxin Zhang Taki NishimuraSharon Tooze Bio-Protocol Published 5 January 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesSharon ToozeStructural BiologyFull details
Palisade structure in intact vaccinia virions Authors (5)Miguel Hernandez GonzalezTom CalcraftAndrea NansPeter RosenthalMichael Way mBio Published 1 February 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesMichael WayPeter RosenthalStructural BiologyScientific computingFull details
Structural basis of σ54 displacement and promoter escape in bacterial transcription Authors (6) Forson Gao Fuzhou Ye Bowen Zhang Nora Cronin Martin BuckXiaodong Zhang Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Published 9 January 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesXiaodong ZhangStructural BiologyFull details
Analysis of electron configurations in terms of parity-supporting rotations returns the hydrogen spectrum with consequences for the orbital model Authors (1)Roksana Ogrodowicz Chemical Physics Published 1 March 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesStructural BiologyMRC Biomedical NMR CentreFull details
Architecture and regulation of a GDNF-GFRα1 synaptic adhesion assembly Authors (8)Frankie HoughtonSarah Adams AS RíosLaura Masino AG PurkissDavid Briggs F LeddaNeil McDonald Nature Communications Published 20 November 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesNeil McDonaldStructural BiologyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details
ATG9B is a tissue-specific homotrimeric lipid scramblase that can compensate for ATG9A Authors (8)George ChiduzaAcely Garza-GarciaEugenia Almacellas I CanalsStefano De TitoVal PyeAlexander Van VlietPeter CherepanovSharon Tooze Autophagy Published 1 March 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesSharon ToozePeter Cherepanov Luiz Pedro CarvalhoStructural BiologyScientific computingCell ServicesFull details
Mechanism of substrate hydrolysis by the human nucleotide pool sanitiser DNPH1 Authors (8)Neil RzechorzekSimone Kunzelmann Andrew G PurkissMariana Silva Dos SantosJames MacraeIan TaylorKasper FuggerStephen West Nature Communications Published 26 October 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesStephen WestIan TaylorStructural BiologyMetabolomicsFull details
The structural mechanism of dimeric DONSON in replicative helicase activation Authors (14)Milos Cvetkovic Paolo PassarettiAgata Butryn Alicja Reynolds-Winczura Georgia Kingsley Aggeliki Skagia[...] Anoop S Chauhan Satpal S Jhujh Grant S Stewart Agnieszka GambusAlessandro Costa Molecular Cell Published 16 November 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyFull details