ParB dynamics and the critical role of the CTD in DNA condensation unveiled by combined force-fluorescence measurements

Two distinct conformational states define the interaction of human RAD51‐ATP with single‐stranded DNA

(2018) Ineke Brouwer et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Force determination in lateral magnetic tweezers combined with TIRF microscopy

(2018) J. Madariaga-Marcos et al.   Nanoscale

A conserved mechanism drives partition complex assembly on bacterial chromosomes and plasmids

(2018) Roxanne E Debaugny et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

A network of cis and trans interactions is required for ParB spreading

(2017) Dan Song et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The structural basis for dynamic DNA binding and bridging interactions which condense the bacterial centromere

(2017) Gemma LM Fisher et al.   eLife

A general approach to visualize protein binding and DNA conformation without protein labelling

(2016) Dan Song et al.   Nature Communications

Bacterial partition complexes segregate within the volume of the nucleoid

(2016) Antoine Le Gall et al.   Nature Communications

Specific and non-specific interactions of ParB with DNA: implications for chromosome segregation

(2015) James A. Taylor et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Insights into ParB spreading from the complex structure of Spo0J andparS

(2015) Bo-Wei Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Building bridges within the bacterial chromosome

(2015) Dan Song et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Stochastic Self-Assembly of ParB Proteins Builds the Bacterial DNA Segregation Apparatus

(2015) Aurore Sanchez et al.   Cell Systems

ParB spreading requires DNA bridging

(2014) T. G. W. Graham et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Protein dynamics during presynaptic-complex assembly on individual single-stranded DNA molecules

(2014) Bryan Gibb et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Condensation and localization of the partitioning protein ParB on the bacterial chromosome

(2014) C. P. Broedersz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Probing DNA Helicase Kinetics with Temperature-Controlled Magnetic Tweezers

(2014) Benjamin Gollnick et al.   Small

Electrostatic Binding and Hydrophobic Collapse of Peptide–Nucleic Acid Aggregates Quantified Using Force Spectroscopy

(2013) Joan Camunas-Soler et al.   ACS Nano

Controlled microfluidic switching in arbitrary time-sequences with low drag

(2013) Cassandra S. Niman et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

DNA unwinding heterogeneity by RecBCD results from static molecules able to equilibrate

(2013) Bian Liu et al.   NATURE

The Three-Dimensional Architecture of a Bacterial Genome and Its Alteration by Genetic Perturbation

(2011) Mark A. Umbarger et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Force-driven unbinding of proteins HU and Fis from DNA quantified using a thermodynamic Maxwell relation

(2011) Botao Xiao et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Prokaryotic ParA–ParB–parS system links bacterial chromosome segregation with the cell cycle

(2011) Jolanta Mierzejewska et al.   PLASMID

Pushing and Pulling in Prokaryotic DNA Segregation

(2010) Kenn Gerdes et al.   CELL

Recruitment of Condensin to Replication Origin Regions by ParB/SpoOJ Promotes Chromosome Segregation in B. subtilis

(2009) Stephan Gruber et al.   CELL

Recruitment of SMC by ParB-parS Organizes the Origin Region and Promotes Efficient Chromosome Segregation

(2009) Nora L. Sullivan et al.   CELL

Laminar flow cells for single-molecule studies of DNA-protein interactions

(2008) Laurence R Brewer et al.   NATURE METHODS