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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 published2022 (2)2021 (1)2019 (1)2018 (2)2017 (3) Facet Year publishedResearch topicsBiochemistry & Proteomics (9)Cell Biology (9)Cell Cycle & Chromosomes (9)Genetics & Genomics (9)Genome Integrity & Repair (9)Model Organisms (9)Structural Biology & Biophysics (9)Chemical Biology & High Throughput (4)Computational & Systems Biology (1)Infectious Disease (1)Metabolism (1)Synthetic Biology (1) (-)Imaging (9) Facet Research topicsPublication typeJournal article (9)Primary research (8)Review (1) Facet Publication typeJournalNature (3)Nature Communications (3)Annual Review of Biochemistry (1)Nature Structural and Molecular Biology (1)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 9 of 9Last updated : 20 April 2024 03:27 Mechanism of replication origin melting nucleated by CMG helicase assembly Authors (8)Jacob LewisMarta Gross Joana SousaSarah HenrikusJulia GreiweAndrea NansJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Published 30 June 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyFermentationFull 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 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 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 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 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 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 CMG-Pol epsilon dynamics suggests a mechanism for the establishment of leading-strand synthesis in the eukaryotic replisome Authors (8) Jin Chuan Zhou Agnieszka Janska Panchali Goswami Ludovic Renault Ferdos Abid Ali Abhay KotechaJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 18 April 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyFermentationElectron MicroscopyFull details Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Mechanism of replication origin melting nucleated by CMG helicase assembly Authors (8)Jacob LewisMarta Gross Joana SousaSarah HenrikusJulia GreiweAndrea NansJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Nature Published 30 June 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyFermentationFull 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
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
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
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
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
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
CMG-Pol epsilon dynamics suggests a mechanism for the establishment of leading-strand synthesis in the eukaryotic replisome Authors (8) Jin Chuan Zhou Agnieszka Janska Panchali Goswami Ludovic Renault Ferdos Abid Ali Abhay KotechaJohn DiffleyAlessandro Costa Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 18 April 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyAlessandro CostaStructural BiologyFermentationElectron MicroscopyFull details