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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 21 - 40 of 59Last updated : 19 April 2024 03:03 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 Multiplex cell fate tracking by flow cytometry Authors (4) Marta Rodriguez-MartinezStephanie HillsJohn DiffleyJesper Svejstrup Methods and Protocols Published 17 July 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesJesper SvejstrupJohn DiffleyFlow CytometryFull 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 role for chromatin remodeling in cohesin loading onto chromosomes Authors (5)Sofia Munoz-FelixMasashi Minamino Corella S Casas-Delucchi Harshil PatelFrank Uhlmann Molecular Cell Published 16 May 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesFrank UhlmannJohn DiffleyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsHigh Throughput ScreeningFermentationFull details Rpd3L contributes to the DNA damage sensitivity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae checkpoint mutants Authors (4) Belén Gómez-González Harshil PatelAnne EarlyJohn Diffley Genetics Published 1 February 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull 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 Bidirectional eukaryotic DNA replication is established by quasi-symmetrical helicase loading Authors (2)Gideon CosterJohn Diffley Science Published 21 July 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull 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 Chromatin controls DNA replication origin selection, lagging-strand synthesis, and replication fork rates Authors (5) Christoph F Kurat Joseph TP Yeeles Harshil PatelAnne EarlyJohn Diffley Molecular Cell Published 5 January 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsProteomicsFull details How the eukaryotic replisome achieves rapid and efficient DNA replication Authors (4) Joseph TP Yeeles Agnieska JanskaAnne EarlyJohn Diffley Molecular Cell Published 5 January 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyFermentationFull details Phosphopeptide binding by Sld3 links Dbf4-dependent kinase to MCM replicative helicase activation Authors (3) Tom D Deegan Joseph TP YeelesJohn Diffley EMBO Journal Published 2 May 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyFermentationFull details MCM: one ring to rule them all Authors (2) Tom D DeeganJohn Diffley Current Opinion in Structural Biology Published 8 February 2016 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details On the road to replication Authors (1)John Diffley EMBO Molecular Medicine Published 19 January 2016 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details Recruitment of Mcm10 to sites of replication initiation requires direct binding to the minichromosome maintenance (MCM) complex Authors (2) Max E DouglasJohn Diffley Journal of Biological Chemistry 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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
Multiplex cell fate tracking by flow cytometry Authors (4) Marta Rodriguez-MartinezStephanie HillsJohn DiffleyJesper Svejstrup Methods and Protocols Published 17 July 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesJesper SvejstrupJohn DiffleyFlow CytometryFull 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 role for chromatin remodeling in cohesin loading onto chromosomes Authors (5)Sofia Munoz-FelixMasashi Minamino Corella S Casas-Delucchi Harshil PatelFrank Uhlmann Molecular Cell Published 16 May 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesFrank UhlmannJohn DiffleyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsHigh Throughput ScreeningFermentationFull details
Rpd3L contributes to the DNA damage sensitivity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae checkpoint mutants Authors (4) Belén Gómez-González Harshil PatelAnne EarlyJohn Diffley Genetics Published 1 February 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull 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
Bidirectional eukaryotic DNA replication is established by quasi-symmetrical helicase loading Authors (2)Gideon CosterJohn Diffley Science Published 21 July 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull 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
Chromatin controls DNA replication origin selection, lagging-strand synthesis, and replication fork rates Authors (5) Christoph F Kurat Joseph TP Yeeles Harshil PatelAnne EarlyJohn Diffley Molecular Cell Published 5 January 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsProteomicsFull details
How the eukaryotic replisome achieves rapid and efficient DNA replication Authors (4) Joseph TP Yeeles Agnieska JanskaAnne EarlyJohn Diffley Molecular Cell Published 5 January 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyFermentationFull details
Phosphopeptide binding by Sld3 links Dbf4-dependent kinase to MCM replicative helicase activation Authors (3) Tom D Deegan Joseph TP YeelesJohn Diffley EMBO Journal Published 2 May 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyFermentationFull details
MCM: one ring to rule them all Authors (2) Tom D DeeganJohn Diffley Current Opinion in Structural Biology Published 8 February 2016 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details
On the road to replication Authors (1)John Diffley EMBO Molecular Medicine Published 19 January 2016 Crick labsJohn DiffleyFull details
Recruitment of Mcm10 to sites of replication initiation requires direct binding to the minichromosome maintenance (MCM) complex Authors (2) Max E DouglasJohn Diffley Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 11 March 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesJohn DiffleyFermentationFull details