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K. Spustova

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Biophysics· 3 Biochemistry· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:snRNA-seq· 1

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I. Gozen· 3 shared A. Ainla· 1 shared A. Skriba· 1 shared B. Benoni· 1 shared C. Katke· 1 shared C. N. Kaplan· 1 shared D. Stanek· 1 shared E. Pedrueza Villalmanzo· 1 shared

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2021-2022 · peak 3/yr

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HIV-1 infection reduces NAD capping of host cell snRNA and snoRNA

B. Benoni, J. F. Potuznik, A. Skriba, R. Benoni, J. Trylcova, M. Tulpa, K. Spustova, K. Grab, M.-B. Mititelu, J. Paces, J. Weber, D. Stanek, J. Kowalska, L. Bednarova, Z. Keckesova, , H. Cahova

This study shows HIV-1 infection reduces NAD capping of host snRNA and snoRNA, leading to increased HIV-1 infectivity by destabilizing RNA duplexes.

bioRxiv · Nov 10, 2022Biochemistry

Transport among protocells via tunneling nanotubes

I. J. Schanke, L. Xue, K. Spustova, I. Gozen

The paper demonstrates molecular transport between protocells via lipid nanotubes, suggesting a potential prebiotic communication mechanism.

bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2021Biophysics

Colony-like Protocell Superstructures

K. Spustova, C. Katke, E. Pedrueza Villalmanzo, R. Ryskulov, C. N. Kaplan, I. Gozen

The paper reports the formation of protocell superstructures on solid surfaces, showing they can encapsulate DNA and undergo dynamic processes like disassembly and migration.

bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2021 · PreprintBiophysics

Subcompartmentalization and pseudo-division of model protocells

K. Spustova, E. S. Koksal, A. Ainla, I. Gozen

This study demonstrates a subcompartmentalization mechanism in protocells that mimics division without biological machinery or energy input, suggesting early compartmentalization in ancestral cells.

Small · Jan 1, 2021Peer-reviewedBiophysics