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ArticleNature communications2012

Alba shapes the archaeal genome using a delicate balance of bridging and stiffening the DNA.

Niels Laurens, Rosalie P C Driessen, Iddo Heller, Daan Vorselen, Maarten C Noom, Felix J H Hol, Malcolm F White, Remus T Dame, Gijs J L Wuite

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Article in Nature communications, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Niels LaurensDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, VU University, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Rosalie P C Driessen
Iddo Heller
Daan Vorselen
Maarten C Noom
Felix J H Hol
Malcolm F White
Remus T Dame
Gijs J L Wuite
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NLLeiden University · NLUniversity of St Andrews · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Architectural proteins have an important role in shaping the genome and act as global regulators of gene expression. How these proteins jointly modulate genome plasticity is largely unknown. In archaea, one of the most abundant proteins, Alba, is considered to have a key role in organizing the genome. Here we characterize the multimodal architectural properties and interplay of the Alba1 and Alba2 proteins using single-molecule imaging and manipulation techniques. We demonstrate that the two paralogues can bridge and rigidify DNA and that the interplay between the two proteins influences the balance between these effects. Our data yield a structural model that explains the multimodal behaviour of Alba proteins and its impact on genome folding.

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Genome, ArchaealArchaeal ProteinsDNA, ArchaealDNA-Binding ProteinsNucleic Acid ConformationSulfolobus solfataricusArchaeal ProteinsDNA, ArchaealDNA-Binding Proteins

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PMID23271660
PMCPMC3535426
OpenAlexW1966913029

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