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Peter Henklein is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany. Their research contributions include papers published in peer-reviewed journals, focusing on molecular biology and transcriptional mechanisms.

Among their recent publications is the paper titled Author Correction: Transcriptional synergy between Tat and PCAF is dependent on the binding of acetylated Tat to the PCAF bromodomain, published in 2025 in The EMBO Journal.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter Henklein include:

  • Alexander Dorr
  • Véronique Kiermer
  • Angelika Pedal
  • Hans-Richard Rackwitz
  • Ulrich S. Schubert

Their work appears predominantly in the journal The EMBO Journal, which is a frequent venue for their publications.

Best Publications

  • A novel influenza A virus mitochondrial protein that induces cell death

    Weisan Chen;Paul A. Calvo;Daniela Malide;James Gibbs

  • COP9 signalosome‐specific phosphorylation targets p53 to degradation by the ubiquitin system

    Dawadschargal Bech‐Otschir;Regine Kraft;Xiaohua Huang;Peter Henklein

  • Conserved P-TEFb-interacting domain of BRD4 inhibits HIV transcription

    Dwayne A. Bisgrove;Tokameh Mahmoudi;Peter Henklein;Eric Verdin

  • SIRT1 regulates HIV transcription via Tat deacetylation.

    Sara Pagans;Angelika Pedal;Brian J North;Katrin Kaehlcke

  • The uronium/guanidinium Peptide coupling reagents: finally the true uronium salts.

    Louis A. Carpino;Hideko Imazumi;Ayman El-Faham;Fernando J. Ferrer

  • Identification of an ion channel activity of the Vpu transmembrane domain and its involvement in the regulation of virus release from HIV‐1‐infected cells

    Ulrich Schubert;Antonio V. Ferrer-Montiel;Myrta Oblatt-Montal;Peter Henklein

  • An essential role for tripeptidyl peptidase in the generation of an MHC class I epitope.

    Ulrike Seifert;Concepcion Maranon;Ayelet Shmueli;Jean-Francois Desoutter

  • Screening and characterization of surface-tethered cationic peptides for antimicrobial activity.

    Kai Hilpert;Kai Hilpert;Melissa Elliott;Håvard Jenssen;Jason Kindrachuk

  • Protein kinase CK2 and protein kinase D are associated with the COP9 signalosome

    Stefan Uhle;Ohad Medalia;Richard Waldron;Renate Dumdey

  • Mutation of the Fourth Cytoplasmic Loop of Rhodopsin Affects Binding of Transducin and Peptides Derived from the Carboxyl-terminal Sequences of Transducin α and γ Subunits

    Oliver P. Ernst;Christoph K. Meyer;Ethan P. Marin;Peter Henklein

  • Analysis of mammalian 20S proteasome biogenesis: the maturation of beta-subunits is an ordered two-step mechanism involving autocatalysis.

    Gunter Schmidtke;Regine Kraft;Susanne Kostka;Peter Henklein

  • Sequence Requirements and an Optimization Strategy for Short Antimicrobial Peptides

    Kai Hilpert;Melissa R. Elliott;Rudolf Volkmer-Engert;Peter Henklein

  • The Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Encoded Vpu Protein is Phosphorylated by Casein Kinase-2 (CK-2) at Positions Ser52 and Ser56 within a Predicted α-Helix-Turn-α-Helix-Motif

    Ulrich Schubert;Peter Henklein;Brigitte Boldyreff;Edgar Wingender

  • Transcriptional synergy between Tat and PCAF is dependent on the binding of acetylated Tat to the PCAF bromodomain.

    Alexander Dorr;Veronique Kiermer;Angelika Pedal;Hans-Richard Rackwitz

  • Synthesis, characterization, and biological properties of cyanine-labeled somatostatin analogues as receptor-targeted fluorescent probes

    Kai Licha;Carsten Hessenius;Andreas Becker;Peter Henklein

  • Hepatitis C virus mutation affects proteasomal epitope processing

    Ulrike Seifert;Heike Liermann;Vito Racanelli;Anne Halenius

  • PB1-F2, an Influenza A Virus-Encoded Proapoptotic Mitochondrial Protein, Creates Variably Sized Pores in Planar Lipid Membranes

    A. N. Chanturiya;G. Basañez;U. Schubert;U. Schubert;P. Henklein

  • An unlocking/relocking barrier in conformational fluctuations of villin headpiece subdomain

    Andreas Reiner;Peter Henklein;Thomas Kiefhaber

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Induced Macrophage Gene Expression Includes the p21 Gene, a Target for Viral Regulation

    Nancy Vázquez;Teresa Greenwell-Wild;Nancy J. Marinos;William D. Swaim

  • Identification of HLA-B27-Restricted Peptides from the Chlamydia trachomatis Proteome with Possible Relevance to HLA-B27-Associated Diseases

    Wolfgang Kuon;Hermann-Georg Holzhütter;Heiner Appel;Martina Grolms

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor Wray
Victor Wray Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Ulrich S. Schubert
Ulrich S. Schubert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Louis A. Carpino
Louis A. Carpino University of Massachusetts Amherst
Regine Kraft
Regine Kraft Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Michael Bienert
Michael Bienert Leibniz Association
Alok Sharma
Alok Sharma Griffith University
Warner C. Greene
Warner C. Greene University of California, San Francisco
Klaus Peter Hofmann
Klaus Peter Hofmann Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Michael Beyermann
Michael Beyermann Leibniz Association
Ayman El-Faham
Ayman El-Faham Dar Al Uloom University

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