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ArticleeLife2017

Single-molecule observation of DNA compaction by meiotic protein SYCP3.

Johanna L Syrjänen, Iddo Heller, Andrea Candelli, Owen R Davies, Erwin J G Peterman, Gijs J L Wuite, Luca Pellegrini

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Article in eLife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Johanna L SyrjänenDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Iddo HellerDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Andrea CandelliDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Owen R DaviesInstitute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-3806-5403
Erwin J G PetermanDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Gijs J L WuiteDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Luca PellegriniDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9300-497X
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NLUniversity of Cambridge · GBNewcastle University · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilMedical Research Council MR/N000161/1Wellcome Trust 104158/Z/14/ZWellcome Trust 104641/Z/14/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a previous paper (Syrjänen et al., 2014), we reported the first structural characterisation of a synaptonemal complex (SC) protein, SYCP3, which led us to propose a model for its role in chromosome compaction during meiosis. As a component of the SC lateral element, SYCP3 has a critical role in defining the specific chromosome architecture required for correct meiotic progression. In the model, the reported compaction of chromosomal DNA caused by SYCP3 would result from its ability to bridge distant sites on a DNA molecule with the DNA-binding domains located at each end of its strut-like structure. Here, we describe a single-molecule assay based on optical tweezers, fluorescence microscopy and microfluidics that, in combination with bulk biochemical data, provides direct visual evidence for our proposed mechanism of SYCP3-mediated chromosome organisation.

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Nucleic Acid ConformationCell Cycle ProteinsDNADNA-Binding ProteinsMicrofluidicsMicroscopy, FluorescenceNuclear ProteinsSingle Molecule ImagingCell Cycle ProteinsDNADNA-Binding ProteinsNuclear ProteinsSYCP3 protein, humanbiophysicschromosomesgeneshumanMeiosisProtein-DNA interactionsSingle-moleculestructural biologySYCP3Synaptonemal complex

Identifiers

PMID28287952
PMCPMC5348128
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