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Toggle to view hero caption PublicationsYear published (-)2021 (15) Facet Year publishedResearch topicsBiochemistry & Proteomics (15)Cell Biology (15)Cell Cycle & Chromosomes (15)Genetics & Genomics (15)Genome Integrity & Repair (15)Model Organisms (15)Structural Biology & Biophysics (15)Chemical Biology & High Throughput (9)Immunology (7)Infectious Disease (7)Computational & Systems Biology (5)Synthetic Biology (5)Imaging (1)Metabolism (1) Facet Research topicsPublication typeJournal article (15)Primary research (13)Commentary (1)Method (1) Facet Publication typeJournalBiochemical Journal (8)Current Biology (1)eLife (1)Methods in Enzymology (1)Nature Communications (1)Nature Structural and Molecular Biology (1)Nucleic Acids Research (1)RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 15 of 15Last updated : 19 April 2024 03:52 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)Saz 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 Unchecked nick ligation can promote localized genome re-replication Authors (2) Erik JohanssonJohn Diffley Current Biology Published 7 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyFermentationFull details Budding yeast Rap1, but not telomeric DNA, is inhibitory for multiple stages of DNA replication in vitro Authors (2) Max E DouglasJohn Diffley Nucleic Acids Research Published 4 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyFermentationFull 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 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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)Saz 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
Unchecked nick ligation can promote localized genome re-replication Authors (2) Erik JohanssonJohn Diffley Current Biology Published 7 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyFermentationFull details
Budding yeast Rap1, but not telomeric DNA, is inhibitory for multiple stages of DNA replication in vitro Authors (2) Max E DouglasJohn Diffley Nucleic Acids Research Published 4 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyFermentationFull 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