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E. Zehr

h-index: 10
Works: 30
Citations: 777

Most-cited papers

Severing enzymes amplify microtubule arrays through lattice GTP-tubulin incorporation
Annapurna Vemu, Ewa Szczęsna, E. Zehr, Jeffrey O. Spector +3 more
2018Science196 citations Open access
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Three-dimensional ultrastructure of the septin filament network in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
A. Bertin, Michael A. McMurray, J. Pierson, Luong Thai +6 more
2012Molecular Biology of the Cell116 citations Open access
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A phage tubulin assembles dynamic filaments by a novel mechanism to center viral DNA within the host cell
J. Kraemer, M. Erb, C. Waddling, E. Montabana +6 more
2012Cell116 citations Open access
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Katanin spiral and ring structures shed light on power stroke for microtubule severing
E. Zehr, A. Szyk, G. Piszczek, Ewa Szczęsna +2 more
2017Nature Structural &Molecular Biology92 citations Open access
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Katanin grips the β-tubulin tail through an electropositive double spiral to sever microtubules
E. Zehr, A. Szyk, Ewa Szczęsna, A. Roll-Mecak
2019Developmental Cell65 citations Open access
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An allosteric network in spastin couples multiple activities required for microtubule severing
C. Sandate, A. Szyk, E. Zehr, G. Lander +1 more
2019Nature Structural & Molecular Biology59 citations Open access
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The Structure and Assembly Mechanism of a Novel Three-Stranded Tubulin Filament that Centers Phage DNA
E. Zehr, J. Kraemer, M. Erb, Joanna Coker +3 more
2014Structure39 citations Open access
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Combinatorial and antagonistic effects of tubulin glutamylation and glycylation on katanin microtubule severing
Ewa Szczęsna, E. Zehr, Steven W Cummings, A. Szyk +3 more
2022Developmental Cell37 citations Open access
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Structural basis for α-tubulin-specific and modification state-dependent glutamylation
K. Mahalingan, D. Grotjahn, Yan Li, G. Lander +2 more
2024Nature Chemical Biology21 citations
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Tubulin code eraser CCP5 binds branch glutamates by substrate deformation
Jiayi Chen, E. Zehr, J. Gruschus, A. Szyk +4 more
2024Nature13 citations
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Microtubules in the axon are GDP bound but adopt a stable GTP-like expanded state
E. Zehr, Shufeng Sun, Stephanie L. Sarbanes, A. Roll-Mecak
2026Nature Structural & Molecular Biology7 citations Open access
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Microtubule-severing enzymes.
Stephanie L. Sarbanes, E. Zehr, A. Roll-Mecak
2022Current Biology7 citations Open access
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Cryo-EM structures of human α1B/βI+βIVb microtubules shed light on isoform specific assembly
E. Zehr, A. Roll-Mecak
2023bioRxiv6 citations Open access
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Spastin hexamer in complex with substrate
C. Sandate, A. Szyk, E. Zehr, G. Lander +1 more
20193 citations
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Genotype–Structure–Phenotype Correlations Define Divergent Natural Histories in Early-Onset SPG4
J. Alecu, L. Schierbaum, A. Tam, Vicente Quiroz +19 more
2026Brain : a journal of neurology2 citations Open access
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Mechanistic Origins of Dynamic Instability in Filaments from the Phage Tubulin, PhuZ
E. Zehr, Alexis Rohu, Yan-Xin Liu, K. Verba +3 more
2018bioRxiv2 citations Open access
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A look under the hood of the machine that makes cilia beat
E. Zehr, A. Roll-Mecak
2022Nature Structural & Molecular Biology1 citations Open access
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Author Correction: An allosteric network in spastin couples multiple activities required for microtubule severing
C. Sandate, A. Szyk, E. Zehr, G. Lander +1 more
2020Nature Structural & Molecular Biology1 citations Open access
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Missense variants in KATNA1 alter microtubule dynamics and underlie dominant macular dystrophy
Karolina Kaminska, A. R. Moye, M. Quinodoz, E. Zehr +37 more
2026Research Square0 citations Open access
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BPS2025 - Tubulin code eraser CCP5 binds branch glutamates by substrate deformation
Jiayi Chen, E. Zehr, J. Gruschus, A. Szyk +4 more
2025Biophysical Journal0 citations Open access
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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Structure of the radial spoke head and insights into its role in mechanoregulation of ciliary beating.
A. Roll-Mecak, E. Zehr
2021Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature0 citations
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Faculty Opinions recommendation of The molecular structure of mammalian primary cilia revealed by cryo-electron tomography.
A. Roll-Mecak, E. Zehr
2020Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature0 citations
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Katanin hexamer in the ring conformation with resolved protomer one in complex with substrate
E. Zehr, A. Roll-Mecak
20190 citations
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Katanin hexamer in the ring conformation in complex with substrate
E. Zehr, A. Roll-Mecak
20190 citations
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Katanin hexamer in the spiral conformation in complex with substrate
E. Zehr, A. Roll-Mecak
20190 citations
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Katanin hexamer in the ring conformation
E. Zehr, A. Szyk, G. Piszczek, E. Szczesna +2 more
20170 citations
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katanin hexamer in spiral conformation
E. Zehr, A. Szyk, G. Piszczek, E. Szczesna +2 more
20170 citations
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The Ultrastructure and Nucleotide-regulated Assembly Mechanism of the Bacteriophage-encoded Tubulin Homologue, PhuZ
E. Zehr
20150 citations
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Tetrameric ring structure of 201phi2-1p060 from Pseudomonas phage 201phi2-1
J. Partridge, E. Zehr, D. Agard
20140 citations
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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Microtubules form by progressively faster tubulin accretion, not by nucleation-elongation.
A. Roll-Mecak, E. Zehr
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature0 citations
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