Karl Zahn received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University with focus in biochemistry. Before joining the CMB program, he worked several years in the Doublié lab where he crystallized several complexes of the DNA polymerase from phage RB69 with DNA and nucleotides.

Research Interests

Selected Publications

Caught bending the A-rule: crystal structures of translesion DNA synthesis with a non-natural nucleotide. Biochemistry. 2007 Sep 18;46(37):10551-61 View a structure from this publication at the PDB