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Katarzyna Bebenek is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant emphasis on molecular biology. Their work covers key areas including DNA repair mechanisms, DNA and nucleic acid chemistry, cancer therapeutics and mechanisms, CRISPR and genetic engineering, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, and bacterial genetics and biotechnology.

Their recent publications include:

  • DNA polymerase λ Loop1 variant yields unexpected gain-of-function capabilities in nonhomologous end-joining, 2024, DNA repair
  • Analysis of diverse double-strand break synapsis with Polλ reveals basis for unique substrate specificity in nonhomologous end-joining, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Structural Insights into the Specificity of 8-Oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine Bypass by Family X DNA Polymerases, 2021, Genes
  • Structural snapshots of human DNA polymerase μ engaged on a DNA double-strand break, 2020, Nature Communications
  • DNA polymerase mu: An inflexible scaffold for substrate flexibility, 2020, DNA repair

Katarzyna Bebenek frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Thomas A. Kunkel, Lars C. Pedersen, Dale A. Ramsden, Andrea M. Kaminski, and John M. Pryor.

The scientist's work has been published in several venues, with multiple papers appearing in UNC Libraries, Nature Communications, DNA repair, and Genes.

Best Publications

  • The accuracy of reverse transcriptase from HIV-1.

    John D. Roberts;Katarzyna Bebenek;Thomas A. Kunkel

  • DNA replication fidelity.

    Thomas A. Kunkel;Katarzyna Bebenek

  • Efficient site-directed mutagenesis using uracil-containing DNA

    Thomas A. Kunkel;Katarzyna Bebenek;John McClary

  • Low fidelity DNA synthesis by human DNA polymerase-η

    Toshiro Matsuda;Katarzyna Bebenek;Chikahide Masutani;Fumio Hanaoka

  • Specificity and mechanism of error-prone replication by human immunodeficiency virus-1 reverse transcriptase.

    K Bebenek;J Abbotts;J D Roberts;S H Wilson

  • A gradient of template dependence defines distinct biological roles for family X polymerases in nonhomologous end joining.

    Stephanie A. Nick McElhinny;Jody M. Havener;Miguel Garcia-Diaz;Raquel Juárez

  • Somatic mutation hotspots correlate with DNA polymerase eta error spectrum.

    Igor B. Rogozin;Youri I. Pavlov;Katarzyna Bebenek;Toshiro Matsuda;Toshiro Matsuda

  • Functions of DNA polymerases.

    Katarzyna Bebenek;Thomas A Kunkel

  • Fidelity and processivity of DNA synthesis by DNA polymerase κ, the product of the human DINB1 gene

    Eiji Ohashi;Katarzyna Bebenek;Toshiro Matsuda;William J. Feaver

  • Identification of an intrinsic 5'-deoxyribose-5-phosphate lyase activity in human DNA polymerase lambda: a possible role in base excision repair.

    Miguel Garcı́a-Dı́az;Katarzyna Bebenek;Thomas A. Kunkel;Luis Blanco

  • Analyzing fidelity of DNA polymerases.

    Katarzyna Bebenek;Thomas A. Kunkel

  • Implication of DNA Polymerase λ in Alignment-based Gap Filling for Nonhomologous DNA End Joining in Human Nuclear Extracts *

    Jae Wan Lee;Luis Blanco;Tong Zhou;Miguel Garcia-Diaz

  • 5'-Deoxyribose Phosphate Lyase Activity of Human DNA Polymerase ɩ in Vitro

    Katarzyna Bebenek;Agnès Tissier;Ekaterina G. Frank;John P. McDonald

  • Error-prone polymerization by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase : contribution of template-primer misalignment, miscoding, and termination probability to mutational hot spots

    K Bebenek;J Abbotts;S H Wilson;T A Kunkel

  • RNA-templated DNA repair

    Francesca Storici;Katarzyna Bebenek;Thomas A. Kunkel;Dmitry A. Gordenin

  • Error rate and specificity of human and murine DNA polymerase eta.

    Toshiro Matsuda;Katarzyna Bebenek;Chikahide Masutani;Igor B Rogozin;Igor B Rogozin

  • The fidelity of DNA synthesis catalyzed by derivatives of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I.

    K Bebenek;C M Joyce;M P Fitzgerald;T A Kunkel

  • DNA Polymerase λ, a Novel DNA Repair Enzyme in Human Cells

    Miguel Garcı́a-Dı́az;Katarzyna Bebenek;Rosario Sabariegos;Orlando Domı́nguez

  • The effects of dNTP pool imbalances on frameshift fidelity during DNA replication.

    K Bebenek;J D Roberts;T A Kunkel

  • The X family portrait: structural insights into biological functions of X family polymerases.

    Andrea F. Moon;Miguel Garcia-Diaz;Vinod K. Batra;William A. Beard

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Kunkel
Thomas A. Kunkel National Institutes of Health
Lars C. Pedersen
Lars C. Pedersen National Institutes of Health
Samuel H. Wilson
Samuel H. Wilson National Institutes of Health
William A. Beard
William A. Beard National Institutes of Health
Luis Blanco
Luis Blanco Spanish National Research Council
Dale A. Ramsden
Dale A. Ramsden University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad Amity University
Lee G. Pedersen
Lee G. Pedersen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Samuel H. Wilson
Samuel H. Wilson Research Triangle Park Foundation
Fumio Hanaoka
Fumio Hanaoka National Institute of Genetics

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