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Barbare Khitiri

The Ohio State University

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 1

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Selective targeting of a histone-like silencer Sfx to the R6K conjugal transfer operon

Bing Wang, Ritika Gupta, Nathan Blaine, Barbare Khitiri, Catherine Jordan, Natalia Molotievskiy, David D Dunlap, Laura Finzi, Irina Artsimovitch

The paper shows that Sfx, a histone-like protein in R6K plasmid, selectively silences the vir operon by forming stable nucleoprotein filaments and phase separating with plasmid DNA.

Nucleic Acids Research · May 29, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology

The ω subunit stabilizes transcribing RNA polymerase to balance processivity and collision resolution

Barbare Khitiri, Bo Wang, Matthew Brandon Cooke, Luca Buccolieri, David Dulin, Christophe Herman, Irina Artsimovitch

This study identifies the role of the ω subunit in stabilizing RNA polymerase to balance processivity and collision resolution during transcription.

bioRxiv · May 17, 2026 · PreprintGenetics