DNA Self-Assembly: From Chirality to Evolution

DNA-Directed Base Pair Opening

(2012) Youri Timsit   MOLECULES

Cytosine, the double helix and DNA self-assembly

(2011) Youri Timsit et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR RECOGNITION

Local sensing of global DNA topology: from crossover geometry to type II topoisomerase processivity

(2011) Y. Timsit   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Differential stability of DNA crossovers in solution mediated by divalent cations

(2010) Péter Várnai et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Helical Chirality: a Link between Local Interactions and Global Topology in DNA

(2010) Youri Timsit et al.   PLoS One

Right-handed double-helix ultrashort DNA yields chiral nematic phases with both right- and left-handed director twist

(2010) Giuliano Zanchetta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

From molecular to macroscopic via the rational design of a self-assembled 3D DNA crystal

(2009) Jianping Zheng et al.   NATURE

Phylogenomics of DNA topoisomerases: their origin and putative roles in the emergence of modern organisms

(2009) P. Forterre et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Mechanisms of chiral discrimination by topoisomerase IV

(2009) K. C. Neuman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

What controls nucleosome positions?

(2009) Eran Segal et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS