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ArticleBacteriophage2014

Effect of supercoiling on the λ switch.

Kamilla Norregaard, Magnus Andersson, Kim Sneppen, Peter Eigil Nielsen, Stanley Brown, Lene B Oddershede

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Article in Bacteriophage, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kamilla NorregaardThe Niels Bohr Institute; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen, Denmark.
Magnus AnderssonThe Niels Bohr Institute; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kim SneppenThe Niels Bohr Institute; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen, Denmark.
Peter Eigil NielsenDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine; Faculty of Health and Sciences; Copenhagen, Denmark.
Stanley BrownThe Niels Bohr Institute; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lene B OddershedeThe Niels Bohr Institute; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen, Denmark.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lysogenic state of the λ switch is exceptionally stable, still, it is capable of responding to DNA-damage and rapidly enter the lytic state. We invented an assay where PNA mediated tethering of a plasmid allowed for single molecule investigations of the effect of supercoiling on the efficiency of the epigenetic λ switch. Compared with non-supercoiled DNA, the presence of supercoils enhances the CI-mediated DNA looping probability and renders the transition between the looped and unlooped states steeper, thus increasing the Hill coefficient. Interestingly, the transition occurs exactly at the CI concentration corresponding to the minimum number of CI molecules capable of maintaining the pRM-repressed state. Based on these results we propose that supercoiling maintains the pRM-repressible state as CI concentration decline during induction and thus prevent autoregulation of

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CI proteincooperativityepigeneticsPNAsupercoilingtethered particle motionλ switch

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PMID24386605
PMCPMC3875608

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