Selected Manuscripts

Buzon V, Natrajan G, Schibli D, Campelo F, Kozlov MM, Weissenhorn W: Crystal structure of HIV-1 gp41 including both fusion peptide and membrane proximal external regions. PLoS pathogens 2010, 6(5):e1000880. [PDF]

Shibata Y, Shemesh T, Prinz WA, Palazzo AF, Kozlov MM, Rapoport TA: Mechanisms determining the morphology of the peripheral ER. Cell 2010, 143(5):774-788. [PDF]

Fabrikant G, Lata S, Riches JD, Briggs JA, Weissenhorn W, Kozlov MM: Computational model of membrane fission catalyzed by ESCRT-III. PLoS computational biology 2009, 5(11):e1000575. [PDF]

Miyauchi K, Kozlov MM, Melikyan GB: Early steps of HIV-1 fusion define the sensitivity to inhibitory peptides that block 6-helix bundle formation. PLoS pathogens 2009, 5(9):e1000585. [PDF]

Shemesh T, Verkhovsky AB, Svitkina TM, Bershadsky AD, Kozlov MM: Role of focal adhesions and mechanical stresses in the formation and progression of the lamellipodium-lamellum interface [corrected]. Biophysical journal 2009, 97(5):1254-1264. [PDF]

Campelo F, McMahon HT, Kozlov MM: The hydrophobic insertion mechanism of membrane curvature generation by proteins. Biophysical journal 2008, 95(5):2325-2339. [PDF]

Chen A, Leikina E, Melikov K, Podbilewicz B, Kozlov MM, Chernomordik LV: Fusion-pore expansion during syncytium formation is restricted by an actin network. Journal of cell science 2008, 121(Pt 21):3619-3628. [PDF]

Devaux PF, Herrmann A, Ohlwein N, Kozlov MM: How lipid flippases can modulate membrane structure. Biochimica et biophysica acta 2008, 1778(7-8):1591-1600. [PDF]

Hu J, Shibata Y, Voss C, Shemesh T, Li Z, Coughlin M, Kozlov MM, Rapoport TA, Prinz WA: Membrane proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum induce high-curvature tubules. Science (New York, NY 2008, 319(5867):1247-1250. [PDF]

Efrat A, Chernomordik LV, Kozlov MM: Point-like protrusion as a prestalk intermediate in membrane fusion pathway. Biophysical journal 2007, 92(8):L61-63. [PDF]

Kozlov MM: Determination of lipid spontaneous curvature from X-ray examinations of inverted hexagonal phases. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, NJ 2007, 400:355-366. [PDF]

Kozlov MM, Mogilner A: Model of polarization and bistability of cell fragments. Biophysical journal 2007, 93(11):3811-3819. [PDF]

Martens S, Kozlov MM, McMahon HT: How synaptotagmin promotes membrane fusion. Science (New York, NY 2007, 316(5828):1205-1208. [PDF]

Papadopulos A, Vehring S, Lopez-Montero I, Kutschenko L, Stockl M, Devaux PF, Kozlov M, Pomorski T, Herrmann A: Flippase activity detected with unlabeled lipids by shape changes of giant unilamellar vesicles. The Journal of biological chemistry 2007, 282(21):15559-15568. [PDF]

Shemesh T, Kozlov MM: Actin polymerization upon processive capping by formin: a model for slowing and acceleration. Biophysical journal 2007, 92(5):1512-1521. [PDF]

Kozlov MM: Membrane shape equations. J Phys Condens Matter 2006, 18(28):S1177-1190. [PDF]

Kooijman EE, Chupin V, Fuller NL, Kozlov MM, de Kruijff B, Burger KN, Rand PR: Spontaneous curvature of phosphatidic acid and lysophosphatidic acid. Biochemistry 2005, 44(6):2097-2102.

Schnitzer E, Kozlov MM, Lichtenberg D: The effect of cholesterol on the solubilization of phosphatidylcholine bilayers by the non-ionic surfactant Triton X-100. Chemistry and physics of lipids 2005, 135(1):69-82. [PDF]

Shemesh T, Bershadsky AD, Kozlov MM: Force-driven polymerization in cells: actin filaments and focal adhesions. J Phys Condens Matter 2005, 17(47):S3913-3928. [PDF]