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Kevin Aris

Stanford University

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Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Stepwise DNA unwinding gates TnpB genome-editing activity

Zehan Zhou, Iren Saffarian-Deemyad, Honglue Shi, Trevor Weiss, Muhammad Moez ur-Rehman, Kamakshi Vohra, Petr Skopintsev, Peter H. Yoon, Marena I. Trinidad, Conner J. Langeberg, Maris Kamalu, Jasmine Amerasekera, Yuxing Zhou, Erin E. Doherty, Kevin Aris, , Jennifer A. Doudna

Ymu1 TnpB unwinds DNA via a long-lived partially unwound intermediate before a rarely stable open state; the WFR triple variant stabilizes both, boosting plant editing.

Molecular Cell · Aug 1, 2026Peer-reviewedBiochemistry✦ In-depth digest