Soj/ParA stalls DNA replication by inhibiting helix formation of the initiator protein DnaA

Two oppositely oriented arrays of low-affinity recognition sites in oriC guide progressive binding of DnaA during Escherichia coli pre-RC assembly

(2011) Tania A. Rozgaja et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

DNA stretching by bacterial initiators promotes replication origin opening

(2011) Karl E. Duderstadt et al.   NATURE

DnaA, ORC, and Cdc6: similarity beyond the domains of life and diversityThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this special issue entitled 8th International Conference on AAA Proteins and has undergone the Journal's usual peer review process.

(2010) Hironori Kawakami et al.   Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Pushing and Pulling in Prokaryotic DNA Segregation

(2010) Kenn Gerdes et al.   CELL

Regulating DnaA complex assembly: it is time to fill the gaps

(2010) Alan C Leonard et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Origin Remodeling and Opening in Bacteria Rely on Distinct Assembly States of the DnaA Initiator

(2010) Karl E. Duderstadt et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Spo0J regulates the oligomeric state of Soj to trigger its switch from an activator to an inhibitor of DNA replication initiation

(2010) Graham Scholefield et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A spindle-like apparatus guides bacterial chromosome segregation

(2010) Jerod L. Ptacin et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Regulation of the replication cycle: conserved and diverse regulatory systems for DnaA and oriC

(2010) Tsutomu Katayama et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

DnaA and ORC: more than DNA replication initiators

(2010) Graham Scholefield et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

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

ORC proteins: marking the start

(2009) Dale B Wigley   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

A Role for Nonessential Domain II of Initiator Protein, DnaA, in Replication Control

(2009) K. L. Molt et al.   GENETICS

DnaA structure, function, and dynamics in the initiation at the chromosomal origin

(2009) Shogo Ozaki et al.   PLASMID

Bacterial origin recognition complexes direct assembly of higher-order DnaA oligomeric structures

(2009) D. T. Miller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dynamic Control of the DNA Replication Initiation Protein DnaA by Soj/ParA

(2008) Heath Murray et al.   CELL

A Common Mechanism for the ATP-DnaA-dependent Formation of Open Complexes at the Replication Origin

(2008) Shogo Ozaki et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY