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Rafal M. Pielak

Researcher at L'Oréal

Publications -  32
Citations -  2877

Rafal M. Pielak is an academic researcher from L'Oréal. The author has contributed to research in topics: Viral membrane & T-cell receptor. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 32 publications receiving 2381 citations. Previous affiliations of Rafal M. Pielak include Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Hunter College.

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Mechanism of drug inhibition and drug resistance of influenza A M2 channel.

TL;DR: Structural and functional experiments on the mechanism of drug inhibition and resistance of the S31N drug-resistant mutant of M2, a mutant of the highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1, show that replacing Ser-31 with Asn has little effect on the structure of the channel pore, but dramatically reduces drug binding to the allosteric site.
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Influenza M2 proton channels.

TL;DR: This review summarizes the current understanding of how protons are conducted through the M2 channel from a structural point of view, as well as the modes by which important channel gating elements function during proton conduction.
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Direct single molecule measurement of TCR triggering by agonist pMHC in living primary T cells

TL;DR: Single molecule measurements of the pM HC:TCR:ZAP70 complex indicate that TCR triggering is stoichiometric with agonist pMHC in a 1:1 ratio, which means any signal amplification must occur downstream of T CR triggering.