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Miriam Eisenstein is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses diverse topics within this domain including Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, RNA modifications and cancer, cancer-related gene regulation, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA research and splicing, autophagy in disease and therapy, and microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction.

The scientist has published works in a variety of respected venues, emphasizing molecular and cellular biology studies. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Cell Science, Molecular Systems Biology, The EMBO Journal, and Cancers.

Prominent recent papers authored or jointly authored by Miriam Eisenstein include:

  • A piggybacking mechanism enables peroxisomal localization of the glyoxylate cycle enzyme Mdh2 in yeast, 2020, Journal of Cell Science
  • Systematic multi-level analysis of an organelle proteome reveals new peroxisomal functions, 2022, Molecular Systems Biology
  • The switching mechanism of the bacterial rotary motor combines tight regulation with inherent flexibility, 2021, The EMBO Journal
  • Conformation-Specific Inhibitory Anti-MMP-7 Monoclonal Antibody Sensitizes Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cells to Chemotherapeutic Cell Kill, 2021, Cancers
  • Identifying a selective inhibitor of autophagy that targets ATG12-ATG3 protein-protein interaction, 2023, Autophagy

Miriam Eisenstein collaborates regularly with several other researchers, maintaining frequent coauthor relationships with:

  • Eden Yifrach
  • Maya Schuldiner
  • Einat Zalckvar
  • Shmuel Pietrokovski
  • Shani Bialik

Best Publications

  • Molecular surface recognition: determination of geometric fit between proteins and their ligands by correlation techniques.

    Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir;Isaac Shariv;Miriam Eisenstein;Asher A. Friesem

  • DAP‐kinase‐mediated phosphorylation on the BH3 domain of beclin 1 promotes dissociation of beclin 1 from Bcl‐XL and induction of autophagy

    Einat Zalckvar;Hanna Berissi;Liat Mizrachy;Yulia Idelchuk

  • Structural requirements of six naturally occurring isoforms of the IL-18 binding protein to inhibit IL-18

    Soo Hyun Kim;Miriam Eisenstein;Leonid Reznikov;Giamila Fantuzzi

  • The Autophagy Protein Atg12 Associates with Antiapoptotic Bcl-2 Family Members to Promote Mitochondrial Apoptosis

    Assaf D. Rubinstein;Miriam Eisenstein;Yaara Ber;Shani Bialik

  • CTL induction by a tumour-associated antigen octapeptide derived from a murine lung carcinoma

    Ofer Mandelboim;Gideon Berke;Mati Fridkin;Michael Feldman

  • Bivalence of EGF‐like ligands drives the ErbB signaling network

    Eldad Tzahar;Ronit Pinkas‐Kramarski;James D. Moyer;Leah N. Klapper

  • Phosphorylation of Beclin 1 by DAP-kinase promotes autophagy by weakening its interactions with Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL.

    Einat Zalckvar;Hanna Berissi;Miriam Eisenstein;Adi Kimchi

  • Role of galectin-8 as a modulator of cell adhesion and cell growth.

    Yehiel Zick;Miriam Eisenstein;Rinat A. Goren;Yaron R. Hadari

  • Hsp90 recognizes a common surface on client kinases.

    Ami Citri;Daniel Harari;Galit Shohat;Parameswaran Ramakrishnan

  • The fourth immunoglobulin domain of the stem cell factor receptor couples ligand binding to signal transduction

    Janna M Blechman;Sima Lev;Jacob Barg;Jacob Barg;Miriam Eisenstein

  • ErbB Tyrosine Kinases and the Two Neuregulin Families Constitute a Ligand-Receptor Network

    Ronit Pinkas-Kramarski;Maya Shelly;Bradley C. Guarino;Ling Mei Wang

  • Vimentin binding to phosphorylated Erk sterically hinders enzymatic dephosphorylation of the kinase.

    Eran Perlson;Izhak Michaelevski;Noga Kowalsman;Keren Ben-Yaakov

  • Molecular docking programs successfully predict the binding of a beta-lactamase inhibitory protein to TEM-1 beta-lactamase.

    N.C.J. Strynadka;M. Eisenstein;E. Katchalski-Katzir;B.K. Shoichet

  • The Pro-apoptotic Function of Death-associated Protein Kinase Is Controlled by a Unique Inhibitory Autophosphorylation-based Mechanism

    Galit Shohat;Taly Spivak-Kroizman;Ofer Cohen;Shani Bialik

  • Antibodies targeting the catalytic zinc complex of activated matrix metalloproteinases show therapeutic potential

    Netta Sela-Passwell;Raghavendra Kikkeri;Orly Dym;Haim Rozenberg

  • The role of crystal polarity in alpha-amino acid crystals for induced nucleation of ice

    M Gavish;JL Wang;M Eisenstein;M Lahav

  • Lupus-associated causal mutation in neutrophil cytosolic factor 2 (NCF2) brings unique insights to the structure and function of NADPH oxidase

    Chaim O. Jacob;Miriam Eisenstein;Mary C. Dinauer;Wenyu Ming

  • Prediction of homoprotein and heteroprotein complexes by protein docking and template-based modeling: A CASP-CAPRI experiment.

    Marc F. Lensink;Sameer Velankar;Andriy Kryshtafovych;Shen You Huang

  • Electrostatics in protein-protein docking.

    Alexander Heifetz;Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir;Miriam Eisenstein

  • The conformation of the DNA double helix in the crystal is dependent on its environment

    Zippora Shakked;Gali Guerstein-Guzikevich;Miriam Eisenstein;Felix Frolow

Frequent Co-Authors

Adi Kimchi
Adi Kimchi Weizmann Institute of Science
Ada Yonath
Ada Yonath Weizmann Institute of Science
Avraham Ben-Nun
Avraham Ben-Nun Weizmann Institute of Science
Irit Sagi
Irit Sagi Weizmann Institute of Science
Mati Fridkin
Mati Fridkin Weizmann Institute of Science
Yosef Yarden
Yosef Yarden Weizmann Institute of Science
Felix Frolow
Felix Frolow Tel Aviv University
Juan Fernández-Recio
Juan Fernández-Recio Spanish National Research Council
Shmuel Pietrokovski
Shmuel Pietrokovski Weizmann Institute of Science
Ronit Pinkas-Kramarski
Ronit Pinkas-Kramarski Tel Aviv University

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