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Krzysztof Ginalski

Krzysztof Ginalski

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
10186
World Ranking
17110
National Ranking
25

Overview

Krzysztof Ginalski is affiliated with the University of Warsaw in Poland. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular emphasis on Molecular Biology as a subfield. Other areas within their work include Genetics, Paleontology, Cell Biology, and History.

The scientific topics addressed by Krzysztof Ginalski encompass DNA Repair Mechanisms, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Forensic and Genetic Research, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms, Fungal and yeast genetics research, as well as Microtubule and mitosis dynamics.

The following recent papers reflect their contributions to these research areas:

  • Topoisomerase 1 prevents replication stress at R-loop-enriched transcription termination sites, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Mec1 Is Activated at the Onset of Normal S Phase by Low-dNTP Pools Impeding DNA Replication, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • A Role for the Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2 Complex in Gene Expression and Chromosome Organization, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • Ancient genomes reveal long-range influence of the pre-Columbian culture and site of Tiwanaku, 2021, Science Advances
  • High-resolution, ultrasensitive and quantitative DNA double-strand break labeling in eukaryotic cells using i-BLESS, 2020, Nature Protocols

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Krzysztof Ginalski are Magdalena Skrzypczak, Philippe Pasero, Maga Rowicka, Ismaël Padioleau, and Anna Biernacka.

Their work has been published in several scientific venues multiple times. Notably, these include Molecular Cell, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Nature Protocols, and Oncology Letters.

Best Publications

  • 3D-Jury: a simple approach to improve protein structure predictions

    Krzysztof Ginalski;Arne Elofsson;Daniel Fischer;Leszek Rychlewski

  • Nucleotide-resolution DNA double-strand break mapping by next-generation sequencing

    Nicola Crosetto;Abhishek Mitra;Maria Joao Silva;Magda Bienko;Magda Bienko

  • Biochemical identification of Argonaute 2 as the sole protein required for RNA-induced silencing complex activity

    Tim A. Rand;Krzysztof Ginalski;Nick V. Grishin;Xiaodong Wang

  • Can we trust docking results? Evaluation of seven commonly used programs on PDBbind database

    Dariusz Plewczynski;Michał Łaźniewski;Michał Łaźniewski;Rafał Augustyniak;Rafał Augustyniak;Krzysztof Ginalski

  • Comparative modeling for protein structure prediction

    Krzysztof Ginalski

  • Comprehensive Mapping of Histone Modifications at DNA Double-Strand Breaks Deciphers Repair Pathway Chromatin Signatures

    Thomas Clouaire;Vincent Rocher;Anahita Lashgari;Coline Arnould

  • SelT, SelW, SelH, and Rdx12: genomics and molecular insights into the functions of selenoproteins of a novel thioredoxin-like family.

    Alexander Dikiy;Sergey V. Novoselov;Dmitri E. Fomenko;Aniruddha Sengupta

  • Genome-wide mapping of long-range contacts unveils clustering of DNA double-strand breaks at damaged active genes

    François Aymard;Marion Aguirrebengoa;Emmanuelle Guillou;Biola M Javierre

  • Three-Dimensional Structural View of the Central Metabolic Network of Thermotoga maritima

    Ying Zhang;Ines Thiele;Dana Weekes;Zhanwen Li

  • Comprehensive classification of nucleotidyltransferase fold proteins: identification of novel families and their representatives in human

    Krzysztof Kuchta;Lukasz Knizewski;Lucjan S. Wyrwicz;Leszek Rychlewski

  • Practical lessons from protein structure prediction

    Krzysztof Ginalski;Krzysztof Ginalski;Nick V. Grishin;Adam Godzik;Leszek Rychlewski

  • ORFeus: detection of distant homology using sequence profiles and predicted secondary structure

    Krzysztof Ginalski;Jakub Pas;Lucjan Stanislaw Wyrwicz;Marcin von Grotthuss

  • Sequence, structure and functional diversity of PD-(D/E)XK phosphodiesterase superfamily

    Kamil Steczkiewicz;Anna Muszewska;Lukasz Knizewski;Leszek Rychlewski

  • Deciphering the genetic determinants for aerobic nicotinic acid degradation: The nic cluster from Pseudomonas putida KT2440

    José I. Jiménez;Ángeles Canales;Jesús Jiménez-Barbero;Krzysztof Ginalski

  • The RNase H-like superfamily: new members, comparative structural analysis and evolutionary classification

    Karolina A. Majorek;Stanislaw Dunin-Horkawicz;Kamil Steczkiewicz;Anna Muszewska

  • Halogenated benzimidazoles and benzotriazoles as inhibitors of the NTPase/helicase activities of hepatitis C and related viruses.

    Peter Borowski;Johanna Deinert;Sarah Schalinski;Maria Bretner

  • A specialized histone H1 variant is required for adaptive responses to complex abiotic stress and related DNA methylation in Arabidopsis

    Kinga Rutowicz;Marcin Puzio;Joanna Halibart-Puzio;Joanna Halibart-Puzio;Maciej Lirski

  • Snf2 proteins in plants: gene silencing and beyond.

    Lukasz Knizewski;Krzysztof Ginalski;Andrzej Jerzmanowski;Andrzej Jerzmanowski

  • Site-2 protease regulated intramembrane proteolysis: sequence homologs suggest an ancient signaling cascade.

    Lisa N. Kinch;Krzysztof Ginalski;Krzysztof Ginalski;Nick V. Grishin

  • Detailed mechanism of squalene epoxidase inhibition by terbinafine.

    Marcin Nowosielski;Marcin Hoffmann;Lucjan Stanislaw Wyrwicz;Piotr Stepniak

Frequent Co-Authors

Leszek Rychlewski
Leszek Rychlewski BioInfoBank Institute
Philippe Pasero
Philippe Pasero Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Wladek Minor
Wladek Minor University of Virginia
David Shugar
David Shugar Polish Academy of Sciences
Adam Godzik
Adam Godzik University of California, Riverside
Scott A. Lesley
Scott A. Lesley Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
Gabor Tigyi
Gabor Tigyi University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Roberto Chiarle
Roberto Chiarle Harvard University
Nick V. Grishin
Nick V. Grishin The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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