Search Results - "Laughery, Marian F."
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R-loop formation by dCas9 is mutagenic in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Published in Nucleic acids research (18-03-2019)“…Abstract Cas9 binds and cleaves specific DNA sequences by inducing the formation of an R-loop between the guide RNA and its genomic target. While targeting of…”
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Contributions of replicative and translesion DNA polymerases to mutagenic bypass of canonical and atypical UV photoproducts
Published in Nature communications (04-05-2023)“…UV exposure induces a mutation signature of C > T substitutions at dipyrimidines in skin cancers. We recently identified additional UV-induced AC > TT and A >…”
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Nucleosomes Selectively Inhibit Cas9 Off-target Activity at a Site Located at the Nucleosome Edge
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (25-11-2016)“…Nucleosomes affect Cas9 binding and activity at on-target sites, but their impact at off-target sites is unknown. To investigate how nucleosomes affect Cas9…”
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Atypical UV Photoproducts Induce Non-canonical Mutation Classes Associated with Driver Mutations in Melanoma
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (17-11-2020)“…Somatic mutations in skin cancers and other ultraviolet (UV)-exposed cells are typified by C>T and CC>TT substitutions at dipyrimidine sequences; however, many…”
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The Surprising Diversity of UV‐Induced Mutations
Published in Genetics & genomics next (01-06-2024)“…Ultraviolet (UV) light is the most pervasive environmental mutagen and the primary cause of skin cancer. Genome sequencing of melanomas and other skin cancers…”
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Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks following UV Damage in Three Sulfolobus solfataricus Strains
Published in Journal of Bacteriology (01-10-2010)“…Article Usage Stats Services JB Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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New vectors for simple and streamlined CRISPR–Cas9 genome editing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Published in Yeast (Chichester, England) (01-12-2015)“…Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–Cas9 technology is an important tool for genome editing because the Cas9 endonuclease can…”
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Nucleosomes Inhibit Cas9 Endonuclease Activity in Vitro
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (08-12-2015)“…During Cas9 genome editing in eukaryotic cells, the bacterial Cas9 enzyme cleaves DNA targets within chromatin. To understand how chromatin affects Cas9…”
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Genome-wide maps of UVA and UVB mutagenesis in yeast reveal distinct causative lesions and mutational strand asymmetries
Published in Genetics (Austin) (06-07-2023)“…Abstract Ultraviolet (UV) light primarily causes C > T substitutions in lesion-forming dipyrimidine sequences. However, many of the key driver mutations in…”
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Site-specific Acetylation of Histone H3 Decreases Polymerase β Activity on Nucleosome Core Particles in Vitro
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (20-05-2016)“…Histone posttranslational modifications have been associated with changes in chromatin structure necessary for transcription, replication, and DNA repair…”
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Simple CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Published in Current protocols in molecular biology (Print) (01-12-2019)“…CRISPR-Cas9 has emerged as a powerful method for editing the genome in a wide variety of species, since it can generate a specific DNA break when targeted by…”
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Histone Sprocket Arginine Residues Are Important for Gene Expression, DNA Repair, and Cell Viability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Published in Genetics (Austin) (01-07-2015)“…A critical feature of the intermolecular contacts that bind DNA to the histone octamer is the series of histone arginine residues that insert into the DNA…”
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Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks Induced by Ionizing Radiation Damage Correlates with Upregulation of Homologous Recombination Genes in Sulfolobus solfataricus
Published in Journal of molecular biology (09-12-2011)“…The mechanisms used by members of the archaeal branch of life to repair DNA damage are not well understood. DNA damage responses have been of particular…”
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