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We demonstrated that endogenous AP sites persist at a slightly higher level in P. abyssi genome compared with Escherichia coli. Then, the two replicative DNA polymerases, PabpolB and PabpolD, were characterized in presence of DNA containing abasic sites. Both Pabpols had abortive DNA synthesis upon...
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PMID: 18826407
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Combinatorial libraries coding for mosaic enzymes with predefined crossover points constitute useful tools to address and model structure-function relationships and for functional optimization of enzymes based on multivariate statistics. The presented method, called sequence-independent generation o...
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PMID: 19007337
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We investigate the TLS process catalyzed by DNA polymerases beta and lambda on DNA substrates using mono- or dinucleotide gaps opposite damage located in the template strand. An analog of a natural apurinic/apyrimidinic site, the 3-hydroxy-2-hydroxymetylthetrahydrofuran residue (THF), was used as da...
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PMID: 19120024
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We derive a simple expression for the maximum number of distinct templates n(m) that can coexist in a hypercycle and show that it is a decreasing function of the length L of the templates. In the case of high replication accuracy we find that the product n(m)L tends to a constant value, limiting thu...
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PMID: 18694761
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Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT), is a template-independent DNA polymerase that catalyzes the incorporation of deoxynucleotides at the 3'-hydroxyl terminus of DNA, accompanied by the release of inorganic phosphate. TdT does not require a template and will not copy one. Reaction conditions...
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PMID: 18972388
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We explore these notions, discuss the evidence in support of this theory, the implications, and some of the mechanisms which could explain this phenomenon....
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PMID: 18950581
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We show how a new single molecule PCR (smPCR)-based procedure can be employed as a general substitute to in vivo cloning thereby allowing for the first time in vitro DNA synthesis. We integrated this rapid and high fidelity in vitro procedure into our earlier recursive DNA synthesis and error correc...
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PMID: 18667587
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We exploit a sensitized human primary cell assay system to investigate the biological function of disease-linked telomerase RNA variants and their impact on the function of coexpressed wild-type telomerase RNA. We find that telomerase RNA variants discovered in patients with dyskeratosis congenita o...
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PMID: 18710936
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We demonstrate that homing occurs through a TR-containing RNA intermediate and is RecA independent. Marker transfer studies show that cDNA integration at the 3' end of VR occurs within a (G/C)(14) element, and deletion analysis demonstrates that the reaction is independent of 5' end cDNA integration...
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PMID: 18922465
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We recently demonstrated that this reaction can be coupled with upstream generation of trigger oligonucleotides from a genomic target sequence, and with downstream visual detection using DNA-functionalized gold nanospheres. The utility of EXPAR in clinical diagnostics is, however, limited by a nonsp...
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PMID: 18729381
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We analyze microindels in human cancers using an endogenous and transcribed gene, the TP53 gene. Microindel frequency, the enhancement of 1-2 microindels and other features are generally similar to that observed in the non-transcribed lacI gene in normal mouse tissues. The current larger sample of s...
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PMID: 18632684
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We found that approximately 80% of strand gaps were repaired by physical strand transfer from the donor, whereas approximately 20% appear to be repaired by template switching. HR gap repair operated on both small and bulky lesions and largely depended on RecA and RecF but not on the RecBCD nuclease....
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PMID: 18585391
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We report on an unexpectedly high rate of unreadable chromatograms from plasmid sequencing using Beckman Coulter's protocols, chemistry, and CEQ8000 instrument. Failed or poor quality plasmid sequence chromatograms were accompanied by a sharp drop, fluctuation, or steady decline in the current and a...
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PMID: 18778257
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Archaeal family B DNA polymerases bind tightly to template-strand uracil and stall replication on encountering the pro-mutagenic base. This article describes an X-ray crystal structure, at 2.8 A resolution, of Thermococcus gorgonarius polymerase in complex with a DNA primer-template containing uraci...
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PMID: 18614176
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We constructed cell lines expressing the civet ortholog (DBT-cACE2) of the SARS-CoV receptor (hACE2). Zoonotic SARS-CoV was completely dependent on ACE2 for entry. Urbani grew with similar kinetics in both the DBT-cACE2 and the DBT-hACE2 cells, while icSZ16-S only grew in DBT-cACE2 cells. The SZ16-S...
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PMID: 18579604
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We show that this enzyme also catalyzes nontemplated nucleotide additions to single-stranded and double-stranded nucleic acid molecules. This terminal nucleotidyltransferase activity not only is a property of the isolated enzyme but also is detected to take place within the viral nucleocapsid. This...
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PMID: 18614640
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We identify and characterize the novel-type promoter recognized by a group 3 sigma-factor, SigF. SigF autoregulates its own transcription and recognizes the promoter of pilA1 that acts in pilus formation and motility in PCC 6803. The pilA1 promoter (PpilA1-54) was recognized only by SigF and not by...
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PMID: 18689440
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We have cloned the cDNA for the mtRNAP of Physarum and have expressed the mtRNAP in Escherichia coli. We have used in vitro transcription assays based on the Physarum mtRNAP to identify a novel activity associated with the mtRNAP in which non-DNA-templated nucleotides are added to the 3' end of RNAs...
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PMID: 18573885
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We describe a completely defined in vitro system for transcription of a human tRNA gene assembled into a chromatin template. Transcriptional activation and histone acetylation in this system depend on recruitment of p300 by general initiation factor TFIIIC, thus providing a new paradigm for recruitm...
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PMID: 18644873
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We investigated whether adaptations for growth at high temperatures would alter a key functional component of the replication machinery, specifically DnaG primase. Although the structure of bacterial primases is conserved, the trinucleotide initiation specificity for A. aeolicus was hypothesized to...
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PMID: 18684998
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We have proposed mechanisms that underlie the supercomplex formation process. Whereas supercomplexes develop naturally in free solution, spatial constraints involved in a topologically limited system where template DNA is bound to the surface may facilitate the assembling process by stalling transcr...
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PMID: 18570883
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We developed a novel technique for fluorescent imaging of LAMP at a single molecule level. The experiment was conducted in a polyacrylamide (PAA) gel-based microchamber where a single DNA template, freely suspended in a solution containing primers and polymerase was initially encapsulated. In order...
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PMID: 18302022
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We compared the structure of OAS to that of poly adenosine polymerase (PAP) and the class I CCA-adding enzyme from Archeoglobus fulgidus (AfCCA). This comparison revealed a strong structural homology between the three enzyme families. In particular, the active sites of OAS and CCA class I enzymes ar...
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PMID: 18604630
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