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DNA Wrapping by a tetrameric bacterial histone

Nature Communications
Abstract Histones are conserved DNA-packaging proteins found across all domains of life. In eukaryotes, canonical histones form octamers that wrap ~147 base pairs (bp) of DNA into nucleosomes, while in archaea they form dimers that polymerize into extended hypernucleosomes.
Yimin Hu, Samuel Schwab, Kaiyu Qiu, Yunsen Zhang, Kerstin Bär, Heidi Reichle, Aurora Panzera, Andrei N. Lupas, Marcus D. Hartmann, Remus T. Dame, Vikram Alva, Birte Hernandez Alvarez   +11 more
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Membrane composition and thermodynamic identity as boundaries of life for synthetic cell research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
What makes a cell a cell? The boundary of a living cell is not just a wall. Read as a Markov blanket, the membrane separates internal from external states, generating identity and non‐equilibrium order. Can this identity be rebuilt from scratch in a synthetic cell?
Caterina Presutti, Bert Poolman
wiley   +1 more source

DNA origami-enhanced binding of aptamers to Staphylococcus aureus cells

Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X
The combination of DNA origami nanostructures and aptamers provides a powerful technology for diagnostic assays. Here, we functionalized a DNA origami nanostructure with a Protein-A binding aptamer to target Staphylococcus aureus bacterial cells.
Yasaman Ahmadi, Trishant R. Umrekar, Natalie Mutter, Morgan Beeby, Ivan Barišić   +4 more
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DNA ligase LigE increases bacterial transformation with damaged extracellular DNA

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The DNA ligase LigE from the naturally competent Gram‐negative bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoaea increases transformation with cut extracellular DNA. This process is ATP‐dependent and relies on the catalytic activity of LigE; it also requires that LigE contains an intact periplasmic localisation sequence, indicating that ligE functions in the periplasm ...
Jolyn Pan, Avi Singh, Shrawani Weralupe Gamladdalage, Joanna Hicks, Adele Williamson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
wiley   +1 more source

Hijacking emergency granulopoiesis: Neutrophil ontogeny and reprogramming in cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Neutrophils are highly plastic innate immune cells; their functions in cancer extend beyond the tumour microenvironment. This Review summarises current understanding of neutrophil maturation and heterogeneity and highlights tumour‐induced granulopoiesis as a systemic programme that expands immature, immunosuppressive neutrophils via tumour‐derived ...
Gabriela Marinescu, Yi Feng
wiley   +1 more source

DNA extraction: High yield is not synonymous with high diversity

Bioingeniøren, 2017
The quality, amount, and, in the case of polymicrobial samples, diversity of isolated DNA presupposes the precision of downstream application results. As part of a larger study on colorectal cancer, the aim of this work was to identify the DNA extraction
John Christopher Noone, Vahid Bemanian, Hege Smith Tunsjø   +2 more
doaj  

Oral bacterial DNA findings in pericardial fluid

Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2014
Background: We recently reported that large amounts of oral bacterial DNA can be found in thrombus aspirates of myocardial infarction patients. Some case reports describe bacterial findings in pericardial fluid, mostly done with conventional culturing ...
Anne-Mari Louhelainen, Joonas Aho, Sari Tuomisto, Janne Aittoniemi, Risto Vuento, Pekka J. Karhunen, Tanja Pessi   +6 more
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Loss of proton‐sensing TDAG8 increases tumor progression in mouse models of colon cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Loss of the pH‐sensing receptor TDAG8 accelerates colorectal cancer progression in mice. Animals lacking TDAG8 expression had increased tumor growth, DNA damage, and recruitment of tumor‐associated immune cells, including macrophages, neutrophils, and monocytes.
Ermanno Malagola, Yasmine Illi, Anna Bircher, Marijn Wilmink, Rachele F. Malagutti, Solenn Ottié, Cordelia Schuler, Pedro A. Ruiz, Cheryl de Vallière, Klaus Seuwen, Gerhard Rogler, Martin Hausmann   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large-scale capsid-mediated mobilisation of bacterial genomic DNA in the gut microbiome

Nature Communications
Transducing bacteriophage and gene transfer agents (GTAs) are constrained by the structural limits of their capsids, which determine the maximum length of host DNA they can package.
Tatiana Borodovich, Colin Buttimer, Jason S. Wilson, Pavol Bardy, Muireann Smith, Conor Hill, Ekaterina V. Khokhlova, Matthew Harte, Bianca Govi, Paul C. M. Fogg, Colin Hill, Andrey N. Shkoporov   +11 more
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