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List of works by David John Sherratt

Activation of Xer-recombination at dif: structural basis of the FtsKγ-XerD interaction

scientific article

Acyl Carrier Protein is essential for MukBEF action in Escherichia coli chromosome organization-segregation

scholarly article

Acyl carrier protein promotes MukBEF action in Escherichia coli chromosome organization-segregation

scientific article published in 2021

Assembly, translocation, and activation of XerCD-dif recombination by FtsK translocase analyzed in real-time by FRET and two-color tethered fluorophore motion.

scientific article

CRISPR-mediated control of the bacterial initiation of replication

scientific article published on April 2016

Capturing reaction paths and intermediates in Cre-loxP recombination using single-molecule fluorescence

scientific article

Chromosome replication and segregation in bacteria.

scientific article

Chromosome stitch-up?

scientific article published in Science

Conformational transitions during FtsK translocase activation of individual XerCD-dif recombination complexes

scientific article published on 07 October 2013

Dynamic architecture of the Escherichia coli structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complex, MukBEF

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Evidence for divisome localization mechanisms independent of the Min system and SlmA in Escherichia coli

scientific article

FtsK-dependent XerCD-dif recombination unlinks replication catenanes in a stepwise manner

scientific article

Functional Analysis of the Acinetobacter baumannii XerC and XerD Site-Specific Recombinases: Potential Role in Dissemination of Resistance Genes

scientific article published on 13 July 2020

High-copy bacterial plasmids diffuse in the nucleoid-free space, replicate stochastically and are randomly partitioned at cell division.

scientific article

Hydroxy-terminated conjugated polymer nanoparticles have near-unity bright fraction and reveal cholesterol-dependence of IGF1R nanodomains.

scientific article published on 30 January 2013

In vivo architecture and action of bacterial structural maintenance of chromosome proteins

scientific article

Independent segregation of the two arms of the Escherichia coli ori region requires neither RNA synthesis nor MreB dynamics.

scientific article

MapZ marks the division sites and positions FtsZ rings in Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article

MatP regulates the coordinated action of topoisomerase IV and MukBEF in chromosome segregation.

scientific article published on 28 January 2016

MinC, MinD, and MinE drive counter-oscillation of early-cell-division proteins prior to Escherichia coli septum formation

scientific article published on 10 December 2013

MukB ATPases are regulated independently by the N- and C-terminal domains of MukF kleisin.

scientific article

Oscillation helps to get division right.

scientific article published on 4 March 2016

Pathways of DNA unlinking: A story of stepwise simplification

scientific article published on 29 September 2017

RecA bundles mediate homology pairing between distant sisters during DNA break repair.

scientific article

Replication and segregation of an Escherichia coli chromosome with two replication origins.

scientific article

Replication-fork dynamics.

scientific article published on January 2014

Robustness and accuracy of cell division in Escherichia coli in diverse cell shapes

scientific article

SMC complexes organize the bacterial chromosome by lengthwise compaction

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

Self-organised segregation of bacterial chromosomal origins

scientific article published on 09 August 2019

Sequence-specific assembly of FtsK hexamers establishes directional translocation on DNA

scientific article published on November 3, 2010

Shaping the landscape of the Escherichia coli chromosome: replication-transcription encounters in cells with an ectopic replication origin.

scientific article published on 8 July 2015

Single-Molecule Analysis of Bacterial DNA Repair and Mutagenesis

scientific article published on 24 March 2017

Single-molecule DNA repair in live bacteria.

scientific article published on 29 April 2013

Single-molecule imaging of DNA curtains reveals mechanisms of KOPS sequence targeting by the DNA translocase FtsK

scientific article published on April 9, 2012

Single-molecule imaging of FtsK translocation reveals mechanistic features of protein-protein collisions on DNA.

scientific article published on 24 April 2014

Single-molecule imaging of UvrA and UvrB recruitment to DNA lesions in living Escherichia coli.

scientific article published on 26 August 2016

Slow unloading leads to DNA-bound β2-sliding clamp accumulation in live Escherichia coli cells

scientific article published on 18 December 2014

Small plasmids harboring qnrB19: a model for plasmid evolution mediated by site-specific recombination at oriT and Xer sites

scientific article published on 30 January 2012

Stochastic activation of a DNA damage response causes cell-to-cell mutation rate variation

scientific article

Tethered fluorophore motion: studying large DNA conformational changes by single-fluorophore imaging

scientific article

The Escherichia coli SMC complex, MukBEF, shapes nucleoid organization independently of DNA replication

scientific article published on 29 June 2012

The Localization and Action of Topoisomerase IV in Escherichia coli Chromosome Segregation Is Coordinated by the SMC Complex, MukBEF.

scientific article published on 09 December 2015

The N-terminal membrane-spanning domain of the Escherichia coli DNA translocase FtsK hexamerizes at midcell

scientific article published on 03 December 2013

The SMC complex MukBEF recruits topoisomerase IV to the origin of replication region in live Escherichia coli.

scientific article published on 11 February 2014

The bacterial cell cycle, chromosome inheritance and cell growth

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

The bacterial chromosome: architecture and action of bacterial SMC and SMC-like complexes.

scientific article

The progression of replication forks at natural replication barriers in live bacteria

scientific article

Toxin Kid uncouples DNA replication and cell division to enforce retention of plasmid R1 in Escherichia coli cells

scientific article

Visualizing protein-DNA interactions in live bacterial cells using photoactivated single-molecule tracking.

scientific article published on 10 March 2014

Whole-Genome Comparative Analysis of Two Carbapenem-Resistant ST-258 Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated during a North-Eastern Ohio Outbreak: Differences within the High Heterogeneity Zones

scientific article published on 11 June 2016