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

Cytosine, the double helix and DNA self-assembly

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

Atomistic simulations reveal bubbles, kinks and wrinkles in supercoiled DNA

(2011) J. S. Mitchell et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The role of ATP in the reactions of type II DNA topoisomerases

(2010) Andrew D. Bates et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

A novel and unified two-metal mechanism for DNA cleavage by type II and IA topoisomerases

(2010) Bryan H. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Type IIA topoisomerase inhibition by a new class of antibacterial agents

(2010) Benjamin D. Bax et al.   NATURE

Structural basis of quinolone inhibition of type IIA topoisomerases and target-mediated resistance

(2010) Alexandre Wohlkonig et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

Structural insight into the quinolone–DNA cleavage complex of type IIA topoisomerases

(2009) Ivan Laponogov et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Theoretical models of DNA topology simplification by type IIA DNA topoisomerases

(2009) Alexander Vologodskii   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The why and how of DNA unlinking

(2009) Zhirong Liu et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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

Coupling between ATP Binding and DNA Cleavage by DNA Topoisomerase II

(2008) Felix Mueller-Planitz et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

How Do Type II Topoisomerases Use ATP Hydrolysis to Simplify DNA Topology beyond Equilibrium? Investigating the Relaxation Reaction of Nonsupercoiling Type II Topoisomerases

(2008) Tanya Stuchinskaya et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Topoisomerase II: a fitted mechanism for the chromatin landscape

(2008) J. Roca   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Hairpin structures formed by alpha satellite DNA of human centromeres are cleaved by human topoisomerase II 

(2008) A. T. Jonstrup et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Crystal Structure of an Intact Type II DNA Topoisomerase: Insights into DNA Transfer Mechanisms

(2008) Marc Graille et al.   STRUCTURE