Grzegorz Rebowski, Ph.D.

Research Specialist
Ph.D (2002) Polish Academy of Sciences. Organic Chemistry.

Email: rebowski at mail . med . upenn . edu
Phone: (215) 573-0983

Publications

Namgoong S, Boczkowska M, Glista MJ, Winkelman JD, Rebowski G, Kovar DR, Dominguez R (2011) Mechanism of actin filament nucleation by Vibrio VopL and implications for tandem-W domain nucleation. Nature Struct Mol Biol 18: 1060-1067

Jansen S, Collins A, Yang C, Rebowski G, Svitkina T*, Dominguez R* (2011) Mechanism of Actin Filament Bundling by Fascin. J Biol Chem 268: 30087-30096

Pykalainen A, Boczkowska M, Zhao H, Saarikangas J, Rebowski G, Jansen M, Hakanen J, Koskela E, Peranen J, Vihinen H, Jokitalo E, Salminen M, Ikonen E, Dominguez R*, Lappalainen P* (2011) Pinkbar is an epithelial-specific BAR domain protein that generates planar membrane structures. Nature Struct Mol Biol 18: 902-907

Rebowski G, Namgoong S, Boczkowska M, Leavis P, Navaza J, Dominguez R (2010) Structure of a Longitudinal Actin Dimer Assembled by Tandem W Domains - Implications for Actin Filament Nucleation. J Mol Biol 403:11-23

Rebowski G.,* Boczkowska M.,* Hayes D.B., Guo L., Irving T.C. & Dominguez R. (2008). X-ray scattering study of actin polymerization nuclei assembled by tandem Wdomains. PNAS 105:10785-10790.

Boczkowska M, Rebowski G, Petoukhov MV, Hayes DB, Svergun DI, Dominguez R. X-ray scattering study of activated Arp2/3 complex with bound actin-WCA. Structure. 2008 16:695-704.

Chereau D, Boczkowska M, Skwarek-Maruszewska A, Fujiwara I, Hayes DB, Rebowski G, Lappalainen P, Pollard TD, Dominguez R. Leiomodin is an actin filament nucleator in muscle cells. Science. 2008 320:239-243.

Ferron F, Rebowski G, Lee SH, Dominguez R. Structural basis for the recruitment of profilin-actin complexes during filament elongation by Ena/VASP. EMBO J. 2007 26:4597-4606.

Lee SH, Hayes DB, Rebowski G, Tardieux I, Dominguez R. Toxofilin from Toxoplasma gondii forms a ternary complex with an antiparallel actin dimer. PNAS 2007 104:16122-16127.

Terrak M, Rebowski G, Lu RC, Grabarek Z, Dominguez R. Structure of the light chain-binding domain of myosin V. PNAS 2005 102:12718-12723.

Ramasamy R, Kanagaratnam R, Misiura K, Rebowski G, Amerakoon R, Stec WJ. Anti-sense oligodeoxynucleoside phosphorothioates nonspecifically inhibit invasion of red blood cells by malaria parasites. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 1996 218:930-933.