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Breadcrumb John Diffley Diffley lab Chromosome Replication Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Vacancies Areas of interest Publications Members A cartoon of a section of chromatin in the nucleus with replication origins in three different states. 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Series B, Biological Sciences (1)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1)RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences (1)Scientific Reports (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 20 of 58Last updated : 28 November 2023 03:06 A chromatinized origin reduces the mobility of ORC and MCM through interactions and spatial constraint Authors (6) Humberto Sánchez Zhaowei Liu Edo van Veen Theo van LaarJohn Diffley Nynke H Dekker Nature Communications Published 23 October 2023 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details Nucleotide binding halts diffusion of the eukaryotic replicative helicase during activation Authors (7) Daniel Ramírez Montero Humberto Sánchez Edo van Veen Theo van Laar Belén SolanoJohn Diffley Nynke H Dekker Nature Communications Published 14 April 2023 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details A replication fork determinant for the establishment of sister chromatid cohesion Authors (5)Masashi MinaminoCeline BouchouxBerta CanalJohn DiffleyFrank Uhlmann Cell Published 16 February 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesFrank UhlmannJohn DiffleyStructural BiologyFull details Cyclin E-induced replicative stress drives p53-dependent whole-genome duplication Authors (4)Jingkun ZengStephanie HillsEiko OzonoJohn Diffley Cell Published 20 January 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryCell ServicesFull details A DNA replication fork-centric view of the budding yeast DNA damage response Authors (3)Allison McClureBerta CanalJohn Diffley DNA Repair Published 1 November 2022 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details Mechanism of replication origin melting nucleated by CMG helicase assembly Authors (8)Jacob LewisMarta GrossJoana SousaSarah HenrikusJulia GreiweAndrea NansJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Published 30 June 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyFull details The initiation of eukaryotic DNA replication Authors (2)Alessandro CostaJohn Diffley Annual Review of Biochemistry Published 1 June 2022 Crick labsJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaFull details Cdc6 is sequentially regulated by PP2A-Cdc55, Cdc14, and Sic1 for origin licensing in S. cerevisiae Authors (8) Jasmin Philip Mihkel Örd Andriele Silva Shaneen SinghJohn Diffley Dirk Remus Mart Loog Amy E Ikui eLife Published 10 February 2022 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details Structural mechanism for the selective phosphorylation of DNA-loaded MCM double hexamers by the Dbf4-dependent kinase Authors (9)Julia GreiweThomas MillerJulia LockeFabrizio Martino Steven HowellAnne SchreiberAndrea NansJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Structural and Molecular Biology Published 1 January 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAnne SchreiberJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyProteomicsFull details Eukaryotic DNA replication with purified budding yeast proteins Authors (3)Viktor Posse Erik JohanssonJohn Diffley Methods in Enzymology Published 1 January 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyStructural BiologyFermentationFull details Rad53 checkpoint kinase regulation of DNA replication fork rate via Mrc1 phosphorylation Authors (2)Allison McClureJohn Diffley eLife Published 13 August 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyStructural BiologyProteomicsFermentationFull details Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of nsp15 endoribonuclease Authors (14)Berta Canal Ryo FujisawaAllison McClure Tom D DeeganMary WuRachel Ulferts[...]Jingkun ZengRupert BealeMichael Howell Karim LabibJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details Author's overview: identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds Authors (1)John Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of Nsp5 main protease Authors (22)Jennifer MilliganTheresa ZeisnerGeorge PapageorgiouDhira JoshiChristelle SoudyRachel Ulferts[...]Michael HowellRupert Beale Karim LabibNicola O'ReillyJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of nsp12/7/8 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase Authors (12)Agostina BertolinFlorian WeissmannJingkun ZengViktor PosseJennifer MilliganBerta Canal[...]Mary WuLucy DruryMichael HowellRupert BealeJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of nsp14/nsp10 exoribonuclease Authors (19)Berta CanalAllison McClureJoseph CurranMary WuRachel UlfertsFlorian Weissmann[...]Clovis Basier Karim LabibRupert BealeMichael HowellJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningStructural BiologyFermentationFull details Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of Nsp3 papain-like protease Authors (19)Chew Theng LimKang Wei TanMary WuRachel Ulferts Lee A ArmstrongEiko Ozono[...]Nicola O'ReillyRupert Beale Yogesh Kulathu Karim LabibJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of Nsp14 RNA cap methyltransferase Authors (21)Souradeep BasuTiffany MakRachel UlfertsMary Wu Tom Deegan Ryo Fujisawa[...]Rupert Beale Victoria H CowlingMichael Howell Karim LabibJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of nsp13 helicase Authors (19)Jingkun ZengFlorian WeissmannAgostina BertolinViktor PosseBerta CanalRachel Ulferts[...]Svend KjaerJohn MccauleyMichael HowellRupert BealeJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesNicola LewisJohn DiffleyRupert BealeWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details An improved method for the incorporation of fluoromethyl ketones into solid phase peptide synthesis techniques Authors (6)Dhira JoshiJennifer MilliganTheresa ZeisnerNicola O'ReillyJohn DiffleyGeorge Papageorgiou RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Published 8 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyMRC Biomedical NMR CentreFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
A chromatinized origin reduces the mobility of ORC and MCM through interactions and spatial constraint Authors (6) Humberto Sánchez Zhaowei Liu Edo van Veen Theo van LaarJohn Diffley Nynke H Dekker Nature Communications Published 23 October 2023 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details
Nucleotide binding halts diffusion of the eukaryotic replicative helicase during activation Authors (7) Daniel Ramírez Montero Humberto Sánchez Edo van Veen Theo van Laar Belén SolanoJohn Diffley Nynke H Dekker Nature Communications Published 14 April 2023 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details
A replication fork determinant for the establishment of sister chromatid cohesion Authors (5)Masashi MinaminoCeline BouchouxBerta CanalJohn DiffleyFrank Uhlmann Cell Published 16 February 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesFrank UhlmannJohn DiffleyStructural BiologyFull details
Cyclin E-induced replicative stress drives p53-dependent whole-genome duplication Authors (4)Jingkun ZengStephanie HillsEiko OzonoJohn Diffley Cell Published 20 January 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryCell ServicesFull details
A DNA replication fork-centric view of the budding yeast DNA damage response Authors (3)Allison McClureBerta CanalJohn Diffley DNA Repair Published 1 November 2022 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details
Mechanism of replication origin melting nucleated by CMG helicase assembly Authors (8)Jacob LewisMarta GrossJoana SousaSarah HenrikusJulia GreiweAndrea NansJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Published 30 June 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyFull details
The initiation of eukaryotic DNA replication Authors (2)Alessandro CostaJohn Diffley Annual Review of Biochemistry Published 1 June 2022 Crick labsJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaFull details
Cdc6 is sequentially regulated by PP2A-Cdc55, Cdc14, and Sic1 for origin licensing in S. cerevisiae Authors (8) Jasmin Philip Mihkel Örd Andriele Silva Shaneen SinghJohn Diffley Dirk Remus Mart Loog Amy E Ikui eLife Published 10 February 2022 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details
Structural mechanism for the selective phosphorylation of DNA-loaded MCM double hexamers by the Dbf4-dependent kinase Authors (9)Julia GreiweThomas MillerJulia LockeFabrizio Martino Steven HowellAnne SchreiberAndrea NansJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Structural and Molecular Biology Published 1 January 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAnne SchreiberJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyProteomicsFull details
Eukaryotic DNA replication with purified budding yeast proteins Authors (3)Viktor Posse Erik JohanssonJohn Diffley Methods in Enzymology Published 1 January 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyStructural BiologyFermentationFull details
Rad53 checkpoint kinase regulation of DNA replication fork rate via Mrc1 phosphorylation Authors (2)Allison McClureJohn Diffley eLife Published 13 August 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyStructural BiologyProteomicsFermentationFull details
Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of nsp15 endoribonuclease Authors (14)Berta Canal Ryo FujisawaAllison McClure Tom D DeeganMary WuRachel Ulferts[...]Jingkun ZengRupert BealeMichael Howell Karim LabibJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
Author's overview: identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds Authors (1)John Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details
Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of Nsp5 main protease Authors (22)Jennifer MilliganTheresa ZeisnerGeorge PapageorgiouDhira JoshiChristelle SoudyRachel Ulferts[...]Michael HowellRupert Beale Karim LabibNicola O'ReillyJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of nsp12/7/8 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase Authors (12)Agostina BertolinFlorian WeissmannJingkun ZengViktor PosseJennifer MilliganBerta Canal[...]Mary WuLucy DruryMichael HowellRupert BealeJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of nsp14/nsp10 exoribonuclease Authors (19)Berta CanalAllison McClureJoseph CurranMary WuRachel UlfertsFlorian Weissmann[...]Clovis Basier Karim LabibRupert BealeMichael HowellJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningStructural BiologyFermentationFull details
Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of Nsp3 papain-like protease Authors (19)Chew Theng LimKang Wei TanMary WuRachel Ulferts Lee A ArmstrongEiko Ozono[...]Nicola O'ReillyRupert Beale Yogesh Kulathu Karim LabibJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of Nsp14 RNA cap methyltransferase Authors (21)Souradeep BasuTiffany MakRachel UlfertsMary Wu Tom Deegan Ryo Fujisawa[...]Rupert Beale Victoria H CowlingMichael Howell Karim LabibJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of nsp13 helicase Authors (19)Jingkun ZengFlorian WeissmannAgostina BertolinViktor PosseBerta CanalRachel Ulferts[...]Svend KjaerJohn MccauleyMichael HowellRupert BealeJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesNicola LewisJohn DiffleyRupert BealeWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
An improved method for the incorporation of fluoromethyl ketones into solid phase peptide synthesis techniques Authors (6)Dhira JoshiJennifer MilliganTheresa ZeisnerNicola O'ReillyJohn DiffleyGeorge Papageorgiou RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Published 8 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyMRC Biomedical NMR CentreFull details