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Name: Msc. Katarzyna Stêpniak
Address: Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University,
Zwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
Phone: +48 22 5540766
E-mail: kstepniak@biogeo.uw.edu.pl
Research interests:
Professional experience:
2003 Msc. in physics and biophysics, Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland.
Selected publications:
  1. Wierzchowski J, Stepniak K, Bzowska A, Shugar D. Spectroscopic and kinetic studies of interactions of calf spleen purine nucleoside phosphorylase with 8-azaguanine, and its 9-(2-phosphonylmethoxyethyl) derivative. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids, 2005; 24 (5 - 7): 459 - 464.
  2. Wierzchowski J, Bzowska A, Stepniak K, Shugar D. Interactions of calf spleen purine nucleoside phosphorylase with 8-azaguanine, and a bisubstrate analogue inhibitor: implications for the reaction mechanism. Z Naturforsch [C]. 2004 Sep-Oct; 59 (9 - 10): 713 - 725.
Participation in research projects:
Purine nucleoside phosphorylases (PNP): three-dimensional structure and molecular mechanism of catalysis