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MCM helicase loaded onto duplex DNA Toggle to view hero caption Alessandro Costa : Publications Lab MenuLab Menu Overview Areas of interest View more Back The replicative helicase The replisome Chromatin replication Publications Members Vacancies Breadcrumb Research A Z of research labs Alessandro Costa PublicationsYear published2021 (2)2020 (5)2019 (4)2018 (3)2017 (8)2016 (5)2015 (4)2014 (4)2013 (3)2012 (1) Facet Year publishedResearch topicsBiochemistry & Proteomics (29)Cell Cycle & Chromosomes (29)Genome Integrity & Repair (29)Imaging (29)Structural Biology & Biophysics (29)Model Organisms (11)Genetics & Genomics (10)Cell Biology (8)Chemical Biology & High Throughput (6)Computational & Systems Biology (5)Infectious Disease (2)Synthetic Biology (1) Facet Research topicsPublication typeJournal article (39)Primary research (26)Review (9)Commentary (3)Method (1) Facet Publication typeJournalNature Communications (5)Cell Reports (4)Nature (4)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (4)Molecular Cell (3)Structure (3)Current Opinion in Structural Biology (2)eLife (2)Acta crystallographica. 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Sabantsev Guillaume Gaullier[...] Song TanAlessandro Costa J Mark SkehelSimon Boulton Sebastian Deindl Cell Reports Published 22 December 2020 Crick labsAlessandro CostaSimon BoultonFull details A structure-based mechanism for DNA entry into the cohesin ring Authors (14)Torahiko HigashiPatrik Eickhoff Joana S SousaJulia LockeAndrea Nans Helen R Flynn[...] Zhuo A Chen Francis J O’Reilly Juri RappsilberAlessandro CostaFrank Uhlmann Molecular Cell Published 17 September 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesFrank UhlmannAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyProteomicsPeptide ChemistryFermentationFull details Microtubule nucleation properties of single human γTuRCs explained by their cryo-EM structure Authors (12)Tanja ConsolatiJulia LockeJohanna Roostalu Zhuo Angel ChenJulian Gannon Jayant Asthana[...]Fabrizio MartinoMilos Cvetkovic Juri RappsilberAlessandro Costa Thomas Surrey Developmental Cell Published 8 June 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesThomas SurreyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyProteomicsFlow CytometryElectron MicroscopyCell ServicesFull details Caught in the act: structural dynamics of replication origin activation and fork progression Authors (2)Jacob LewisAlessandro Costa Biochemical Society Transactions Published 5 May 2020 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details A different twist on centromeric chromatin Authors (2) Fabrizio MartinoAlessandro Costa Structure Published 7 January 2020 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details Mechanism of head-to-head MCM double-hexamer formation revealed by cryo-EM Authors (5)Thomas MillerJulia LockeJulia GreiweJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Published 20 November 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyFermentationElectron MicroscopyFull details A combined structural and biochemical approach reveals translocation and stalling of UvrB on the DNA lesion as a mechanism of damage verification in bacterial nucleotide excision repair Authors (10) Marcin Jaciuk Paolo Swuec Vineet Gaur Joanna M Kasprzak Ludovic Renault Mateusz Dobrychłop Shivlee Nirwal Janusz M BujnickiAlessandro Costa Marcin Nowotny DNA Repair Published 1 January 2020 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details Retroviral integration into nucleosomes through DNA looping and sliding along the histone octamer Authors (9) Marcus D Wilson Ludovic Renault Daniel P Maskell Mohamed GhoneimVal PyeAndrea Nans David S RuedaPeter CherepanovAlessandro Costa Nature Communications Published 13 September 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesAlessandro CostaPeter Cherepanov Structural BiologyElectron MicroscopyFull details Molecular basis for ATP-hydrolysis-driven DNA translocation by the CMG helicase of the eukaryotic replisome Authors (12)Patrik EickhoffHazal KoseFabrizio Martino Tatjana Petojevic Ferdos Abid AliJulia Locke[...]Andrea Nans James M Berger Michael R BotchanHasan YardimciAlessandro Costa Cell Reports Published 3 September 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesHasan YardimciAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyElectron MicroscopyFull details Structure of DNA-CMG-Pol epsilon elucidates the roles of the non-catalytic polymerase modules in the eukaryotic replisome Authors (12) Panchali Goswami Ferdos Abid Ali Max E DouglasJulia Locke Andrew Purkiss Agnieszka Janska[...]Anne EarlyAndrea Nans Alan MC CheungJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Communications Published 29 November 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyElectron MicroscopyFull details Preparing frozen-hydrated protein-nucleic acid assemblies for high-resolution cryo-EM imaging Authors (3) Panchali GoswamiJulia LockeAlessandro Costa Methods in Molecular Biology Published 29 June 2018 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details The mechanism of eukaryotic CMG helicase activation Authors (4) Max E Douglas Ferdos Abid AliAlessandro CostaJohn Diffley Nature Published 8 March 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaElectron MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Cryo-EM structure of a licensed DNA replication origin Authors (7) Ferdos Abid Ali Max E DouglasJulia LockeVal PyeAndrea NansJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Communications Published 21 December 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaPeter Cherepanov Structural BiologyElectron MicroscopyFull details DNA replication and inter-strand crosslink repair: Symmetric activation of dimeric nanomachines? Authors (2) Paolo SwuecAlessandro Costa Biophysical Chemistry Published 10 November 2017 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details Escorting client proteins to the Hsp90 molecular chaperone Authors (2)Patrik EickhoffAlessandro Costa Structure Published 5 July 2017 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details Cdt1 stabilizes an open MCM ring for helicase loading Authors (10) Jordi Frigola Jun He Kerstin KinkelinVal Pye Ludovic Renault Max E Douglas Dirk RemusPeter CherepanovAlessandro CostaJohn Diffley Nature Communications Published 23 June 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaPeter Cherepanov ProteomicsFull details Cryo-electron microscopy of chromatin biology Authors (2) Marcus D WilsonAlessandro Costa Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology Published 1 June 2017 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details The architecture and function of the chromatin replication machinery Authors (2)Thomas MillerAlessandro Costa Current Opinion in Structural Biology Published 15 April 2017 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
A structural framework for DNA replication and transcription through chromatin Authors (2)Oliver WillhoftAlessandro Costa Current Opinion in Structural Biology Published 1 December 2021 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details
Towards a structural mechanism for sister chromatid cohesion establishment at the eukaryotic replication fork Authors (2)Sarah HenrikusAlessandro Costa Biology (Basel) Published 26 May 2021 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details
Mechanistic insights into regulation of the ALC1 remodeler by the nucleosome acidic patch Authors (14) Laura C Lehmann Luka BacicGraeme Hewitt Klaus Brackmann Anton Sabantsev Guillaume Gaullier[...] Song TanAlessandro Costa J Mark SkehelSimon Boulton Sebastian Deindl Cell Reports Published 22 December 2020 Crick labsAlessandro CostaSimon BoultonFull details
A structure-based mechanism for DNA entry into the cohesin ring Authors (14)Torahiko HigashiPatrik Eickhoff Joana S SousaJulia LockeAndrea Nans Helen R Flynn[...] Zhuo A Chen Francis J O’Reilly Juri RappsilberAlessandro CostaFrank Uhlmann Molecular Cell Published 17 September 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesFrank UhlmannAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyProteomicsPeptide ChemistryFermentationFull details
Microtubule nucleation properties of single human γTuRCs explained by their cryo-EM structure Authors (12)Tanja ConsolatiJulia LockeJohanna Roostalu Zhuo Angel ChenJulian Gannon Jayant Asthana[...]Fabrizio MartinoMilos Cvetkovic Juri RappsilberAlessandro Costa Thomas Surrey Developmental Cell Published 8 June 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesThomas SurreyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyProteomicsFlow CytometryElectron MicroscopyCell ServicesFull details
Caught in the act: structural dynamics of replication origin activation and fork progression Authors (2)Jacob LewisAlessandro Costa Biochemical Society Transactions Published 5 May 2020 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details
A different twist on centromeric chromatin Authors (2) Fabrizio MartinoAlessandro Costa Structure Published 7 January 2020 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details
Mechanism of head-to-head MCM double-hexamer formation revealed by cryo-EM Authors (5)Thomas MillerJulia LockeJulia GreiweJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Published 20 November 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyFermentationElectron MicroscopyFull details
A combined structural and biochemical approach reveals translocation and stalling of UvrB on the DNA lesion as a mechanism of damage verification in bacterial nucleotide excision repair Authors (10) Marcin Jaciuk Paolo Swuec Vineet Gaur Joanna M Kasprzak Ludovic Renault Mateusz Dobrychłop Shivlee Nirwal Janusz M BujnickiAlessandro Costa Marcin Nowotny DNA Repair Published 1 January 2020 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details
Retroviral integration into nucleosomes through DNA looping and sliding along the histone octamer Authors (9) Marcus D Wilson Ludovic Renault Daniel P Maskell Mohamed GhoneimVal PyeAndrea Nans David S RuedaPeter CherepanovAlessandro Costa Nature Communications Published 13 September 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesAlessandro CostaPeter Cherepanov Structural BiologyElectron MicroscopyFull details
Molecular basis for ATP-hydrolysis-driven DNA translocation by the CMG helicase of the eukaryotic replisome Authors (12)Patrik EickhoffHazal KoseFabrizio Martino Tatjana Petojevic Ferdos Abid AliJulia Locke[...]Andrea Nans James M Berger Michael R BotchanHasan YardimciAlessandro Costa Cell Reports Published 3 September 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesHasan YardimciAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyElectron MicroscopyFull details
Structure of DNA-CMG-Pol epsilon elucidates the roles of the non-catalytic polymerase modules in the eukaryotic replisome Authors (12) Panchali Goswami Ferdos Abid Ali Max E DouglasJulia Locke Andrew Purkiss Agnieszka Janska[...]Anne EarlyAndrea Nans Alan MC CheungJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Communications Published 29 November 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyElectron MicroscopyFull details
Preparing frozen-hydrated protein-nucleic acid assemblies for high-resolution cryo-EM imaging Authors (3) Panchali GoswamiJulia LockeAlessandro Costa Methods in Molecular Biology Published 29 June 2018 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details
The mechanism of eukaryotic CMG helicase activation Authors (4) Max E Douglas Ferdos Abid AliAlessandro CostaJohn Diffley Nature Published 8 March 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaElectron MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Cryo-EM structure of a licensed DNA replication origin Authors (7) Ferdos Abid Ali Max E DouglasJulia LockeVal PyeAndrea NansJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Communications Published 21 December 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaPeter Cherepanov Structural BiologyElectron MicroscopyFull details
DNA replication and inter-strand crosslink repair: Symmetric activation of dimeric nanomachines? Authors (2) Paolo SwuecAlessandro Costa Biophysical Chemistry Published 10 November 2017 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details
Escorting client proteins to the Hsp90 molecular chaperone Authors (2)Patrik EickhoffAlessandro Costa Structure Published 5 July 2017 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details
Cdt1 stabilizes an open MCM ring for helicase loading Authors (10) Jordi Frigola Jun He Kerstin KinkelinVal Pye Ludovic Renault Max E Douglas Dirk RemusPeter CherepanovAlessandro CostaJohn Diffley Nature Communications Published 23 June 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaPeter Cherepanov ProteomicsFull details
Cryo-electron microscopy of chromatin biology Authors (2) Marcus D WilsonAlessandro Costa Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology Published 1 June 2017 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details
The architecture and function of the chromatin replication machinery Authors (2)Thomas MillerAlessandro Costa Current Opinion in Structural Biology Published 15 April 2017 Crick labsAlessandro CostaFull details
