Angus D. Cowan

1.4k citations

11 papers · 890 indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 9

Co-authors: Alessio Ciulli Peter E. Czabotar Andreas Strasser Francine Ke Anne K. Voss Hannah Vanyai Stephanie Grabow Lachlan Whitehead
Topics: Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers)Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers)Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (2 papers)
Cited by: Molecular Biology Hematology Immunology
Journals: Cell Nature Communications Annual Review of Biochemistry
Partner nations: Australia United Kingdom Germany

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Angus D. Cowan

11 papers receiving 882 citations

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Trivalent PROTACs enhance protein degradation via combined avidity and cooperativity

2021 168 citations Satomi Imaide, Kristin M. Riching et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sequence differences between BAX and BAK core domains manifest as differences in their interactions with lipids 2023 ·FEBS Journal ·Michelle S. Miller,Angus D. Cowan,Jason M. Brouwer,(unknown),(unknown),Ahmad Z. Wardak,Rachel T. Uren,Cindy S. Luo,Michael J. Roy,Sayali Shah,(unknown),Gavin E. Reid,Peter M. Colman,Peter E. Czabotar	8
2	Driving E3 Ligase Substrate Specificity for Targeted Protein Degradation: Lessons from Nature and the Laboratory 2022 ·Annual Review of Biochemistry ·Angus D. Cowan,Alessio Ciulli	72
3	Human RIPK3 maintains MLKL in an inactive conformation prior to cell death by necroptosis 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Yanxiang Meng,Katherine A. Davies,Cheree Fitzgibbon,Samuel N. Young,Sarah E. Garnish,Christopher R. Horne,Cindy S. Luo,Jean‐Marc Garnier,Lung‐Yu Liang,Angus D. Cowan,André L. Samson,Guillaume Lessène,Jarrod J. Sandow,Peter E. Czabotar,James M. Murphy	67
4	The Bak core dimer focuses triacylglycerides in the membrane 2021 ·Biophysical Journal ·Nicholas A. Smith,Ahmad Z. Wardak,Angus D. Cowan,Peter M. Colman,Peter E. Czabotar,Brian J. Smith	1
5	Trivalent PROTACs enhance protein degradation via combined avidity and cooperativitybreakdown → 2021 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·Satomi Imaide,Kristin M. Riching,Nikolai Makukhin,Vesna Vetma,Claire Whitworth,Scott J. Hughes,Nicole Trainor,Sarah D. Mahan,Nancy E. Murphy,Angus D. Cowan,Kwok-Ho Chan,Conner Craigon,Andrea Testa,Chiara Maniaci,Marjeta Urh,Danette L. Daniels,Alessio Ciulli	168
6	BAK core dimers bind lipids and can be bridged by them 2020 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Angus D. Cowan,Nicholas A. Smith,Jarrod J. Sandow,Eugene A. Kapp,Yepy H. Rustam,James M. Murphy,Jason M. Brouwer,Jonathan P. Bernardini,Michael J. Roy,Ahmad Z. Wardak,Iris K. L. Tan,Andrew I. Webb,Jacqueline M. Gulbis,Brian J. Smith,Gavin E. Reid,Grant Dewson,Peter M. Colman,Peter E. Czabotar	47
7	Conformational switching of the pseudokinase domain promotes human MLKL tetramerization and cell death by necroptosis 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Emma J. Petrie,Jarrod J. Sandow,Annette V. Jacobsen,Brian J. Smith,Michael D. W. Griffin,Isabelle S. Lucet,Weiwen Dai,Samuel N. Young,Maria C. Tanzer,Ahmad Z. Wardak,Lung‐Yu Liang,Angus D. Cowan,Joanne M. Hildebrand,Wilhelmus J. A. Kersten,Guillaume Lessène,John Silke,Peter E. Czabotar,Andrew I. Webb,James M. Murphy	147
8	Embryogenesis and Adult Life in the Absence of Intrinsic Apoptosis Effectors BAX, BAK, and BOK 2018 ·Cell ·Francine Ke,Hannah Vanyai,Angus D. Cowan,Alex R. D. Delbridge,Lachlan Whitehead,Stephanie Grabow,Peter E. Czabotar,Anne K. Voss,Andreas Strasser	155
9	Conversion of Bim-BH3 from Activator to Inhibitor of Bak through Structure-Based Design 2017 ·Molecular Cell ·Jason M. Brouwer,Ping Lan,Angus D. Cowan,Jonathan P. Bernardini,Richard W. Birkinshaw,Mark F. van Delft,Brad E. Sleebs,A.Y. Robin,Ahmad Z. Wardak,Iris K. L. Tan,Boris Reljić,Erinna F. Lee,W. Douglas Fairlie,Melissa Call,Brian J. Smith,Grant Dewson,Guillaume Lessène,Peter M. Colman,Peter E. Czabotar	52
10	Structures of bak with lipids: implications for pore formation 2017 ·Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances ·Peter E. Czabotar,Angus D. Cowan,Peter M. Colman	1
11	The X-ray Crystal Structure of Full-Length Human Plasminogen 2012 ·Cell Reports ·Ruby H. P. Law,Tom T. Caradoc-Davies,Nathan Cowieson,Anita J. Horvath,Adam J. Quek,(unknown),David L. Steer,Angus D. Cowan,Qingwei Zhang,Bernadine G.C. Lu,Robert N. Pike,A. Ian Smith,Paul Coughlin,James C. Whisstock	172

About Angus D. Cowan

Angus D. Cowan is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Hematology and Molecular Biology, having authored 11 papers that have together received 890 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (702 citations), Hematology (103 citations) and Immunology (157 citations). Angus D. Cowan has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Alessio Ciulli, Peter E. Czabotar, Andreas Strasser, Francine Ke, Anne K. Voss, Hannah Vanyai, Stephanie Grabow, Lachlan Whitehead, Alex R. D. Delbridge and Guillaume Lessène. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Annual Review of Biochemistry.

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