Piotr Górnicki

University of Chicago — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(16), RNA modifications and cancer(14), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms(11), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis(10), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry(7)

Publications73 total

Activity and structure of human acetyl‐CoA carboxylase targeted by a specific inhibitor
FEBS Letters·2018· 8 citedOpen Access
Biochemical and Structural Analysis of an Eis Family Aminoglycoside Acetyltransferase from <i>Bacillus anthracis</i>
Biochemistry·2015· 28 citedOpen Access
The chloroplast view of the evolution of polyploid wheat
New Phytologist·2014· 123 cited
Rewiring the wheat reproductive system to harness heterosis for the next wave of yield improvement
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2014· 9 citedOpen Access
Structures of complexes comprised of <i>Fischerella</i> transcription factor HetR with <i>Anabaena</i> DNA targets
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2013· 30 citedOpen Access
Crystal Structure of Fischerella Transcription Factor HetR complexed with 21mer DNA target
2013
Crystal Structure of Fischerella Transcription Factor HetR complexed with 29mer DNA target
2013
Resistance to herbicides caused by single amino acid mutations in acetyl‐<scp>C</scp>o<scp>A</scp> carboxylase in resistant populations of grassy weeds
New Phytologist·2013· 83 citedOpen Access
<i>Bacillus anthracis</i> Inosine 5′-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase in Action: The First Bacterial Series of Structures of Phosphate Ion-, Substrate-, and Product-Bound Complexes
Biochemistry·2012· 35 citedOpen Access
Duplication and partitioning in evolution and function of homoeologous <i>Q</i> loci governing domestication characters in polyploid wheat
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2011· 178 citedOpen Access
Structure of HetR, a master regulator of heterocyst differentiation
Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography·2011Open Access
Structure of transcription factor HetR required for heterocyst differentiation in cyanobacteria
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2011· 46 cited
Crystal Structure of Integrase from MRSA strain Staphylococcus aureus
2010
Crystal structure of acetyltransferase from Bacillus anthracis
2010
Recombinant yeast screen for new inhibitors of human acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2 identifies potential drugs to treat obesity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2010· 31 citedOpen Access
Sixty Million Years in Evolution of Soft Grain Trait in Grasses: Emergence of the Softness Locus in the Common Ancestor of Pooideae and Ehrhartoideae, after their Divergence from Panicoideae
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2009· 51 cited
Crystal structure of putative lipoprotein SP_0198 from Streptococcus pneumoniae
2009
Crystal structure of a putative ECF-type sigma factor negative effector from Bacillus anthracis str. Sterne
2008
The crystal structure of the conserved domain protein from Bacillus anthracis
2008· 2 cited
<i>Acc</i> homoeoloci and the evolution of wheat genomes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2008· 154 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Robert Haselkorn(22), A. Joachimiak(10), Jan Podkowiński(9), Justin D. Faris(7), Anchalee Sirikhachornkit(6), Joanna Jeleńska(6), Ruiying Wu(6), Rongguang Zhang(6), G. Joachimiak(6), Bikram S. Gill(5), Jerzy Ciesiołka(5), Shaoxing Huang(4), Dominique Missiakas(4), Olaf Schneewind(4), Dominika Chalupská(4), Ellen Zuther(4), James Ofengand(4), M. Wiewiórowski(4), Xiujuan Su(3), Sarkis K. Mazmanian(3)