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Peter Burgers

"Yeast DNA Polymerase {epsilon} Participates in Leading-Strand DNA Replication "

Reference: Pursell, Z.F., Isoz, I., Lundström, E-B., Johansson, E., and Kunkel, T.A..

Science 317:127-130 (2007).

Edwin Antony

"The Chromatin-remodeling Enzyme ACF is an
ATP-dependent DNA Length Sensor that Regulates
Nucleosome Spacing"

Reference: Yang, J.G., Madrid, T.S., Sevastopoulos, E. & Narlikar, G.J.

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 13:1078-1083 (2006)

Colin Wu

"Single-Molecule Studies Reveal Dynamics of DNA Unwinding by the Ring-Shaped T7 Helicase"

Reference: Johnson, D.S., Bai, L., Smith, B.Y., Patel, S.S. and Wang, M.D.

Cell 129:1249-50 (2007).

Tim Lohman

"NS3 Helicase Actively Separates RNA Strands and Senses Sequence Barriers Ahead of the Opening Fork"

Reference: Cheng, W., Dumont, S., Tinoco, Jr., I. and Bustamante, C.

PNAS 104:13954-13959 (2007).

Cindy Montana

"A Systems Approach to Measuring the Binding Energy Landscapes of Transcription Factors "

Reference: Maerkl, S.J. and Quake, S.R.
Science 315:233-237 (2007)

Geoffrey Ravilious

"A Hand-Off Mechanism for Primosome Assembly in Replication
Restart"

Reference: Lopper, M., Boonsombat, R., Sandler, S.J. and Keck, J.L.
Mol Cell 26:781-793 (2007)

Kathleen Hall

"Crystal Structure of Human DGCR8 Core"

Reference: Sohn, S.Y., Bae, W.J., Kim, J.J., Yeom, K-H., Kim, V.N. and Cho, Y.
Nat Struct Mol Biol 14:847-853 (2007)

Sara Binz

"Mechanisms by Which Bloom Protein Can Disrupt Recombination Intermediates of Okazaki Fragment Maturation"

Reference: Bartos, J.D., Wang, W., Pike, J.E. and Bambara, R.A.
J Biol Chem. 281:32227-32239 (2006)

Haifeng Jia

"DEAD-Box Proteins Unwind Duplexes by Local Strand Separation"

Reference: Yang, Q., Del Campo, M., Lambowitz, A.M. and Jankowsky, E.
Molecular Cell 28:253-263 (2007)

Alaji Bah

"Structural Basis for the Methylation State-Specific Recognition of Histone H4-K20 by 53BP1 and Crb2 in DNA Repair"


Reference: Botuyan, M.V., Lee, J., Ward, I.M., Kim, J-E., Thompson, J.R., Chen, J. and Mer, G.
Cell 127:1361-1373 (2006)

Eric Tomko

"Dynamic Basis for One-Dimensional DNA Scanning by the Mismatch Repair Complex Msh2-Msh6"


Reference: Gorman, J., Chowdhury, A., Surtees, J.A., Shimada, J., Reichman, D.R., Alani, E. and Greene, E.C.
Molecular Cell 28:359-370 (2007)

John Majors

"Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Human Fibroblasts by Defined Factors"


Reference: Takahashi, K., Tanabe, K., Ohnuki, M., Narita, M. Ichisaka, T., Timoda, K. and Yamanaka, S.
Cell 131:861-872 (2007)

Jason Maynes

"Hole-ly Cow: Structural Studies on Immune Complement Pore
Formation"

References:

Hadders, M.A., Beringer, D.X. and Gros, P.

Structure of C8alpha-MACPF reveals mechanism of membrane attack in complement immune defense.

Science 317:1552-1554 (2007).

Rosado, C.J., Buckle, A.M., Law, R.H., Butcher, R.E., Kan, W.T., Bird, C.H., Ung, K., Browne, K.A., Baran, K., Bashtannyk-Puhalovich, T.A., Faux, N.G., Wong, W., Porter, C.J., Pike, R.N., Ellisdon, A.M., Pearce, M.C., Bottomley, S.P., Emsley, J., Smith, A.I., Rossjohn, J., Hartland, E.L., Voskoboinik, I., Trapani, J.A., Bird, P.I., Dunstone, M.A., and Whisstock, J.C.

A common fold mediates vertebrate defense and bacterial attack. Science 317:1548-1551 (2007).