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Julia Kowal

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Cryo-EM, X-ray diffraction, and atomistic simulations reveal determinants for the formation of a supramolecular myelin-like proteolipid lattice

Ruskamo, S., Krokengen, O.C., Kowal, J., Nieminen, T., Lehtimäki, M., Raasakka, A., Dandey, V., Vattulainen, I., Stahlberg, H., Kursula, P.

J. Biol. Chemistry 295(26), 8692-8705 (2020)

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Retrieving high-resolution information from disordered 2D crystals by single particle cryo-EM

Righetto, R., Biyani, N., Kowal, J., Chami, M., Stahlberg, H.

Nature Communications 10(1), 1722 (2019)

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Molecular structure and function of myelin protein P0 in membrane stacking

Raasakka, A., Ruskamo, S., Kowal, J., Han, H., Baumann, A., Myllykoski, M., Fasano, A., Rossano, R., Riccio, P., Buerck, J., Ulrich, A.S., Stahlberg, H., Kursula, P.

Scientific Reports 9(462), (2019)

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Structural basis of small-molecule inhibition of human multidrug transporter ABCG2

Jackson, S.M., Manolaridis, I., Kowal, J., Zechner, M., Taylor, N., Bause, M., Bauer, S., Bartholomaeus, R., Bernhardt, G., Koenig, B., Buschauer, A., Stahlberg, H., Altmann, K.H., Locher, K.P.

Nature Struct. Mol. Biol. 25(4), 333-340 (2018)

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Image processing techniques for high-resolution structure determination from badly ordered 2D crystals

Biyani, N., Scherer, S., Righetto, R., Kowal, J., Chami, M., Stahlberg, H.

Journal of Structural Biology 203(2), 120-134 (2018)

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Structure of a zosuquidar and UIC2-bound human-mouse chimeric ABCB1

Alam, A., Küng, R., Kowal, J., McLeod, R., Tremp, N., Broude, E.V., Roninson, I.B., Stahlberg, H., Locher, K.P.

PNAS 115(9), E1973-E1982 (2018)

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High-resolution cryo-EM structure of the cyclic nucleotide-modulated potassium channel MloK1 in a lipid bilayer

Kowal, J., Biyani, N., Chami, M., Scherer, S., Rzepiela, A., Baumgartner, P., Upadhyay, V., Nimigean, C.N., Stahlberg, H.

Structure 26(1), 20-27 (2018)

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Lipid Internal Dynamics Probed in Nanodiscs

Martinez, D., Decossas, M., Kowal, J., Frey, L., Stahlberg, H., Dufourc, E.-J.., Riek, R., Habenstein, B., Bibow, S., Loquet A.

ChemPhysChem 18(19), 2651-2657 (2017)

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Structure of the human multidrug transporter ABCG2

Taylor, N., Manolaridis, I., Jackson, S.M., Kowal, J., Stahlberg, H., Locher, K.P.

Nature 546, 504-509 (2017)

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Membrane association landscape of myelin basic protein portrays formation of the myelin major dense line

Raasakka, A., Ruskamo, S., Kowal, J., Barker, R., Baumann, A., Martel, A., Tuusa, J., Myllykoski, M., Bürck, J., Ulrich, A.S., Stahlberg, H., Kursula, P.

Scientific Reports 7(1), 4974-4991 (2017)

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Proteoliposomes - a system to study membrane proteins under buffer gradients by cryo-EM

Sejwal, K., Chami, M., Baumgartner, P., Kowal, J., Müller, S., Stahlberg, H.

Nanotechnology Reviews 6(1), 57-74 (2017)

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Solution structure of discoidal high-density lipoprotein particles with a shortened apolipoprotein A-I

Bibow,S., Polyhach, Y., Eichmann, C., Chi, C.N., Kowal, J., Albiez, S., McLeod, R., Stahlberg, H., Jeschke, G., Günter, P., Riek, R.

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology 24, 187-193 (2017)

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DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3345

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Robust image alignment for cryogenic transmission electron microscopy

McLeod, R., Kowal, J., Ringler, P., Stahlberg, H.

J. Struct. Biol. 197(3), 279-293 (2017)

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2016.12.006

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Real-time visualization of conformational changes within single MloK1 cyclic nucleotide-modulated channels

Rangl, M., Miyagi, A., Kowal, J., Stahlberg, H., Nimigean, C., Scheuring, S.

Nature Communications 7, 12789 (2016)

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DOI: 10.1038/NCOMMS12789

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Preparation and characterization of stable alpha-synuclein lipoprotein particles

Eichmann, C., Campioni, S., Kowal, J., Maslennikov, I., Gerez, J., Liu, X., Verasdonck, J., Nespovitaya, N., Choe, S., Meier, B., Picotti, P., Rizo, J., Stahlberg, H., Riek, R.

J. Biol. Chem. 291(16), 8516-8527 (2016)

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2dx_automator: implementation of a semiautomatic high-throughput high-resolution cryo-electron crystallography pipeline

Scherer, S., Kowal, J., Chami, M., Dandey, V., Arheit, M., Ringler, P., Stahlberg, H.

J Struct Biol 186(2), 302-7 (2014)

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A KcsA/MloK1 chimeric ion channel has lipid-dependent ligand-binding energetics

McCoy, J. G., Rusinova, R., Kim, D. M., Kowal, J., Banerjee, S., Jaramillo Cartagena, A., Thompson, A. N., Kolmakova-Partensky, L., Stahlberg, H., Andersen, O. S., Nimigean, C. M.

J Biol Chem 289(14), 9535-46 (2014)

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Single particle 3D reconstruction for 2D crystal images of membrane proteins

Scherer, S., Arheit, M., Kowal, J., Zeng, X., Stahlberg, H.

J Struct Biol 185(3), 267-77 (2014)

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Functional surface engineering by nucleotide-modulated potassium channel insertion into polymer membranes attached to solid supports

Kowal, J.L., Kowal, J., Wu, D., Stahlberg, H., Palivan, C. G., Meier, W. P.

Biomaterials 35(26), 7286-94 (2014)

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Ligand-induced structural changes in the cyclic nucleotide-modulated potassium channel MloK1

Kowal, J., Chami, M., Baumgartner, P., Arheit, M., Chiu, P., Rangl, M., Scheuring, S., Schroder, G. F., Nimigean, C. M., Stahlberg, H.

Nat Commun 5, 3106 (2014)

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Structure of the dodecameric Yersinia enterocolitica secretin YscC and its trypsin-resistant core

Kowal, J., Chami, M., Ringler, P., Müller, S., Kudryashev, M., Castano-Diez, D., Amstutz, M., Cornelis, G. R., Stahlberg, H., Engel, A.

Structure 21(12), 2152-61 (2013)

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In situ structural analysis of the Yersinia enterocolitica injectisome

Kudryashev, M., Stenta, M., Schmelz, S., Amstutz, M., Wiesand, U., Castano-Diez, D., Degiacomi, M. T., Munnich, S., Bleck, C., Kowal, J., Diepold, A., Heinz, D. W., Dal Peraro, M., Cornelis, G. R., Stahlberg, H.

Elife 2, e00792 (2013)

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C-CINA, Biozentrum, Uni Basel, Mattenstrasse 26, Room P28, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland

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