I. Willner, R. Kasher, E. Zahavy and N. Lapidot (1992). Electron-transfer communication between redox-functionalized polymers and the active center of the enzyme glutathione reductase. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 114, 10963-10964. Full article

I. Willner, E. Katz, A. Riklin and R. Kasher (1992). Mediated electron transfer in glutathione reductase organized in self-assembled monolayers on au electrodes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 114, 10965-10966. Full article

A. Vengosh, K. G. Heumann, S. Jura'ske and R. Kasher (1994). Boron isotope application for tracing sources of contamination in groundwater. Env. Sci. Tech. 28, 1968-1974. Abstract Full article

I. Willner, N. Lapidot, A. Riklin, R. Kasher, E. Zehavy and E. Katz (1994). Electron-transfer communication in glutathione reductase assemblies: eletrocatalytic, photocatalytic, and catalytic systems for the reduction of oxidized glutathione. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 116, 1428-1441. Abstract Full article

G. Bitan, D. Muller, R. Kasher, E. V. Gluhov and C. Gilon (1997). Building units for n-backbone cyclic peptides. Part 4. Synthesis of n-omega-functionalized amino acids by reductive alkylation of natural amino acids. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. I, 1501-1510. Abstract Full article

R. Kasher, G. Bitan, C. Halloun and C. Gilon (1998). Synthesis of a bicyclic BPTI mimetic containing 4-thioproline replacing Cys(38). Letters in Peptide Science 5, 101-103. Abstract Full article

R. Kasher, D. A. Oren, Y. Barda and C. Gilon (1999). Miniaturized proteins: the backbone cyclic proteinomimetic approach. J. Mol. Biol. 292, 421-429. Abstract Full article

R. Kasher, M. Balass, T. Scherf, M. Fridkin, S. Fuchs and E. Katchalski-Katzir (2001). Design and synthesis of peptides that bind alpha-bungarotoxin with high affinity. Chemistry & Biology 8, 147-155. Abstract Full article
This work is featured in the quarterly publication of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot.

T. Scherf, R. Kasher, M. Balass, M. Fridkin, S. Fuchs and E. Katchalski-Katzir (2001). A beta-hairpin structure in a 13-mer peptide that binds alpha-bungarotoxin with high-affinity and neutralizes its toxicity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98, 6629-6634. Abstract Full article

M. Harel*, R. Kasher*, A. Nicolas, J. M. Guss, M. Balass, M. Fridkin, A. B. Smit, K. Brejc, T. Sixma, E. Katchalski-Katzir, J. L. Sussman and S. Fuchs (2001). The structure of the binding site of the acetylcholine receptor as visualized in the X-ray structure of a complex between alpha-bungarotoxin and a high affinity mimotope peptide. Neuron 32, 265-275. Abstract Full article
* Contributed equally to this study.
This paper was previewed by Arthur Karlin, Columbia University (USA), in a separate article: A. Karlin (2001). Of Snakes, Snails and Surrogates. Neuron 32, 173-174.

N. Venkatesh, Y. Zaltsman, D. Somjen, B. Gayer, E. Boopathi, R. Kasher, T. Kulik, E. Katchalski-Katzir and F. Kohen (2002). A peptide with estrogen-like activity derived from a phage-display peptide library. Peptides, 23, 573-580. Abstract Full article

E. Katchalski-Katzir, R. Kasher, M. Balass, T. Scherf, M. Harel, M. Fridkin, J. L. Sussman and S. Fuchs (2003). Design and synthesis of peptides that bind ?-bungarotoxin with high affinity and mimic the three-dimensional structure of the binding-site of acetylcholine receptor. Biophysical Chemistry, 100, 293-305Abstract Full article

S. Fuchs, R. Kasher, M. Balass, T. Scherf, M. Harel, M. Fridkin, J. L. Sussman and E. Katchalski-Katzir (2003). The binding site of acetylcholine receptor: from synthetic peptides to solution and crystal structure. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 998, 93-100.
Abstract Full article

R. Kasher, B. Gayer, T. Kulik, D. Somjen, M. Fridkin, E. Katchalski-Katzir and F. Kohen (2004). Design, synthesis and evaluation of synthetic peptides with estrogen-like activity. Biopolymers 76, 404-420. Abstract Full article

Berliner, K., Hershkovitz, E., Ronen, Z. and Kasher, R. 2007. Immobilization of antimicrobial peptides on reverse osmosis polyamide membranes: Potential biofilm inhibitors? Biopolymers 88(4), 602-602.

R. Kasher, A. Bajayo, Y. Gabet, N. Nevo, M. Fridkin, F. Kohen, E. Katchalski-Katzir and I. Bab (2009). Restrain of bone growth by Estrogen-Mimetic Peptide-1 (EMP-1): A micro-computed tomographic study. Peptides 30, 1181-1186.

D. Somjen, E. Knoll, B. Gayer, R. Kasher, F. Kohen, N. Stern (2010). The effects of peptides with estrogen-like activity on cell proliferation and energy metabolism in human derived vascular smooth muscle cells. J. Cellular Biochemistry; available online ahead of print May 2010.

Z. Steiner#, H. Rapaport, Y. Oren and R. Kasher (2010). Effect of surface-exposed chemical groups on calcium-phosphate mineralization in water-treatment systems. Environmental Science & Technology, in press.

M. V. Brami, S. Belfer, and R. Kasher. Modification of RO membranes by simultaneous graft polymerization of sulfo and quaternary-ammonium groups as a convenient method to increase wettability and reduce fouling. In preparation.

Invited Reviews

Patents

PAT1. I. Willner, E. Katz, A. Riklin, R. Kasher and B. Shoham. Electrobiochemical analytical method and electrodes.
Application in Israel no. 102930, 25.8.1992;
Application in Japan no. 232326/93, 24.8.1993;
Application in U.S.A. No. 109,922, 23.8.1993; U.S. Patent No. 5,443,701, 22.8.1995;
Application in Europe No. EP0584 794 A2, (Original no. 93113508.1), 24.8.1993;
Application in Canada No. 2104711, 24.8.1993.

PAT2. Kohen, Fortune; Natarajan, Venkatesh; Kasher, Ron; Fridkin, Matityahu; Katchalski-katzir, Ephraim. Peptides mimicking the biological activity of steroid hormones, and their therapeutic uses. PCT Int. Appl. (2001), 44 pp. CODEN: PIXXD2 WO 2001074846 A2 20011011 CAN 135:283229 AN 2001:747817 CAPLUS