ArticleNature communications2025
Quantifying complexity in DNA structures with high resolution Atomic Force Microscopy.
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- Mapping the Conformational Landscape of DNA Minicircles Through Atomic Force Microscopy and Shape Space Analysis.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026Article
- A modular framework for automated segmentation and analysis of AFM imaging of chromatin organization.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
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- Metal- and polymer-assisted SEM imaging of protein-bound DNA molecules: a protocol.Biology methods & protocols · 2026Review
- Recent progress in probing small molecule interactions with DNA.Biophysical reviews · 2025Review
- Kinetoplast DNA: a polymer physicist's topological Olympic dream.Nucleic acids research · 2025Review
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Abstract
DNA topology is essential for regulating cellular processes and maintaining genome stability, yet it is challenging to quantify due to the size and complexity of topologically constrained DNA molecules. By combining high-resolution Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) with a new high-throughput automated pipeline, we can quantify the length, conformation, and topology of individual complex DNA molecules with sub-molecular resolution. Our pipeline uses deep-learning methods to trace the backbone of individual DNA molecules and identify crossing points, efficiently determining which segment passes over which. We use this pipeline to determine the structure of stalled replication intermediates from Xenopus egg extracts, including theta structures and late replication products, and the topology of plasmids, knots and catenanes from the E. coli Xer recombination system. We use coarse-grained simulations to quantify the effect of surface immobilisation on twist-writhe partitioning. Our pipeline opens avenues for understanding how fundamental biological processes are regulated by DNA topology.
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