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Zdeněk Franta

University of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceORCID 0000-0002-7709-0097Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Biophysics· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1

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Alexey BondariD· 1 shared Arian Ebrahimi· 1 shared Daniel WüstneriD· 1 shared David Hartmann· 1 shared Dominik PinkasiD· 1 shared Douglas F. CoveyiD· 1 shared Emanuel BarthiD· 1 shared Helena FrantováiD· 1 shared

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Host-derived lipids license proliferation of sterol-auxotrophic tick cells and promote flavivirus output

Helena Frantová, Alexey Bondar, Luïse Robbertse, Maria Szomek, Sára Kropáčková, Arian Ebrahimi, Lucie Řimnáčová, Emanuel Barth, David Hartmann, Monika Čížková, Jan Kamiš, Lesley Bell-Sakyi, Petr Kopáček, Zdeněk Franta, Veronika Urbanová, , Jan Perner

This study shows host-derived lipids are essential for tick cell proliferation and flavivirus output, revealing their role in regulating cellular state and viral production.

bioRxiv · May 12, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

In situ protein crystallography: a single-crystal electron diffraction pipeline for structure determination inside living cells.

Štěpánka Bílá, Dominik Pinkas, Krishna Prasad Khakurel, Juliane Boger, Tomáš Bílý, János Hajdu, Zdeněk Franta, Roman Tůma, Lars Redecke, Vitaly Polovinkin

The paper introduces IncellED, a method combining InCellCryst with 3D electron diffraction to determine high-resolution protein structures from single intracellular crystals.

bioRxiv · Jul 8, 2025 · PreprintBiophysics