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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. Toggle to view hero caption PublicationsYear published2023 (2)2021 (1)2018 (1)2017 (2) Facet Year publishedResearch topicsBiochemistry & Proteomics (6)Cell Biology (6)Cell Cycle & Chromosomes (6)Genetics & Genomics (6)Genome Integrity & Repair (6)Model Organisms (6)Structural Biology & Biophysics (6)Imaging (3)Chemical Biology & High Throughput (2)Infectious Disease (1) Facet Research topicsPublication typeJournal article (6)Primary research (6) Facet Publication typeJournal (-)Nature Communications (6) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 6 of 6Last updated : 19 April 2024 02:03 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 DNA replication origins retain mobile licensing proteins Authors (8) Humberto Sánchez Kaley McCluskey Theo van Laar Edo van Veen Filip M Asscher Belén SolanoJohn Diffley Nynke H Dekker Nature Communications Published 26 March 2021 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull 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 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 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 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
DNA replication origins retain mobile licensing proteins Authors (8) Humberto Sánchez Kaley McCluskey Theo van Laar Edo van Veen Filip M Asscher Belén SolanoJohn Diffley Nynke H Dekker Nature Communications Published 26 March 2021 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull 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
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
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