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most citedFluidification of entanglements by a DNA bending protein

11 citations · 11 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cond-mat.soft2026

The Integration Host Factor is a pH-responsive protein that switches from DNA bending to DNA bridging in acidic biofilm-like conditions

Dinesh Parthasarathy, Saminathan Ramakrishnan, Georgia Tsang +9

The Integration Host Factor (IHF) is a nucleoid-associated protein critical for both DNA compaction and biofilm stability. While its role in DNA packaging within the cell is well u…

q-bio.BM2025

The transitional kinetics between open and closed Rep structures can be tuned by salt via two intermediate states

Jamieson A L Howard, Benjamin Ambrose, Mahmoud A S Abdelhamid +10

DNA helicases undergo conformational changes; however, their structural dynamics are poorly understood. Here, we study single molecules of superfamily 1A DNA helicase Rep, which un…

physics.bio-ph2024

Correlating fluorescence microscopy, optical and magnetic tweezers to study single chiral biopolymers such as DNA

Jack W Shepherd, Sebastien Guilbaud, Zhaokun Zhou +7

Biopolymer topology is critical for determining interactions inside cell environments, exemplified by DNA where its response to mechanical perturbation is as important as biochemic…

cond-mat.soft2022★ 11 cited

Fluidification of entanglements by a DNA bending protein

Yair A. G. Fosado, Jamieson Howard, Simon Weir +3

In spite of the nanoscale and single-molecule insights into how nucleoid associated proteins (NAPs) interact with DNA, their role in modulating the mesoscale viscoelasticity of the…

q-bio.BM2021

Tetrameric UvrD helicase is located at the E. coli replisome due to frequent replication blocks

Adam J. M Wollman, Aisha H. Syeda, Andrew Leech +4

DNA replication in all organisms must overcome nucleoprotein blocks to complete genome duplication. Accessory replicative helicases in Escherichia coli, Rep and UvrD, help replicat…

physics.bio-ph2020

Single-molecule FRET dynamics of molecular motors in an ABEL Trap

Maria Dienerowitz, Jamieson A. L. Howard, Steven D. Quinn +2

Single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) of molecular motors provides transformative insights into their dynamics and conformational changes both at high temporal…