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D-Index
63
Citations
12140
World Ranking
10380
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Gregor Anderluh is affiliated with the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The subfields of study in which Anderluh is most active include Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, Immunology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered by their research focus on:

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety

Gregor Anderluh has published frequently in several scientific venues including:

  • GigaScience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Advances
  • Nature Communications
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Modern venomics-Current insights, novel methods, and future perspectives in biological and applied animal venom research" (2022, GigaScience)
  • "SMN-primed ribosomes modulate the translation of transcripts related to spinal muscular atrophy" (2020, Nature Cell Biology)
  • "Biological Nanopores: Engineering on Demand" (2021, Life)
  • "Structure and mechanism of bactericidal mammalian perforin-2, an ancient agent of innate immunity" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "The molecular mechanisms of listeriolysin O-induced lipid membrane damage" (2021, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Marjetka Podobnik
  • Neža Omersa
  • Gašper Šolinc
  • Maria Vittoria Modica
  • Saša Aden

Gregor Anderluh has been recognized by being named a member of Academia Europaea in 2017 and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus

    Ronald P. de Vries;Robert Riley;Ad Wiebenga;Guillermo Aguilar-Osorio

  • Cytolytic peptide and protein toxins from sea anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria).

    Gregor Anderluh;Peter Maček

  • Surface plasmon resonance in protein-membrane interactions

    Mojca Beseničar;Peter Maček;Jeremy H. Lakey;Gregor Anderluh

  • DNA-guided assembly of biosynthetic pathways promotes improved catalytic efficiency

    Robert J. Conrado;Gabriel C. Wu;Jason T. Boock;Hansen Xu

  • A common toxin fold mediates microbial attack and plant defense

    Christian Ottmann;Borries Luberacki;Isabell Küfner;Wolfgang Koch

  • Crystal Structure of the Soluble Form of Equinatoxin II, a Pore-Forming Toxin from the Sea Anemone Actinia equina

    Alekos Athanasiadis;Gregor Anderluh;Peter Maček;Dušan Turk

  • Two-step membrane binding by equinatoxin II, a pore-forming toxin from the sea anemone, involves an exposed aromatic cluster and a flexible helix

    Qi Hong;Ion Gutiérrez-Aguirre;Ariana Barlič;Petra Malovrh

  • Eudicot plant-specific sphingolipids determine host selectivity of microbial NLP cytolysins

    Tea Lenarčič;Isabell Albert;Hannah Böhm;Vesna Hodnik

  • Molecular Determinants of Sphingomyelin Specificity of a Eukaryotic Pore-forming Toxin *

    Biserka Bakrač;Ion Gutiérrez-Aguirre;Zdravko Podlesek;Andreas F.-P. Sonnen

  • Structure-based discovery of substituted 4,5'-bithiazoles as novel DNA gyrase inhibitors.

    Matjaž Brvar;Andrej Perdih;Miha Renko;Gregor Anderluh

  • Molecular mechanism of pore formation by actinoporins.

    Katarina Črnigoj Kristan;Gabriella Viero;Mauro Dalla Serra;Peter Maček

  • Solution structure of the eukaryotic pore-forming cytolysin equinatoxin II: implications for pore formation.

    Mark G Hinds;Wei Zhang;Gregor Anderluh;Poul Erik Hansen

  • Disparate proteins use similar architectures to damage membranes.

    Gregor Anderluh;Jeremy H. Lakey

  • Pore Formation by Equinatoxin II, a Eukaryotic Protein Toxin, Occurs by Induction of Nonlamellar Lipid Structures

    Gregor Anderluh;Mauro Dalla Serra;Gabriella Viero;Graziano Guella

  • A novel mechanism of pore formation: membrane penetration by the N-terminal amphipathic region of equinatoxin.

    Petra Malovrh;Gabriella Viero;Mauro Dalla Serra;Zdravko Podlesek

  • Membrane pore formation at protein–lipid interfaces

    Robert J.C. Gilbert;Mauro Dalla Serra;Christopher J. Froelich;Mark I. Wallace

  • Cloning, Sequencing, and Expression of Equinatoxin II

    Gregor Anderluh;Jože Pungerčar;Borut Štrukelj;Peter Maček

  • Toxin detection by surface plasmon resonance.

    Vesna Hodnik;Gregor Anderluh

  • Equinatoxin II Permeabilizing Activity Depends on the Presence of Sphingomyelin and Lipid Phase Coexistence

    Peter Schön;Ana J. García-Sáez;Petra Malovrh;Kirsten Bacia

  • Additional file 8: of Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus

    Ronald de Vries;Robert Riley;Ad Wiebenga;Guillermo Aguilar-Osorio

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Maček
Peter Maček University of Ljubljana
Mauro Dalla Serra
Mauro Dalla Serra Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Jeremy H. Lakey
Jeremy H. Lakey Newcastle University
Robert J. C. Gilbert
Robert J. C. Gilbert University of Oxford
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Claudio Scazzocchio
Claudio Scazzocchio Imperial College London
Alla Lapidus
Alla Lapidus Saint Petersburg State University
Erika Lindquist
Erika Lindquist United States Department of Energy
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy
Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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