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P. E. Mera

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Approach:experimental assay· 5 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 4 Organism:C. elegans· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1

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I. P. Menikpurage· 2 shared S. G. Puentes-Rodriguez· 2 shared A. B. Melendez· 1 shared A. Erlandson· 1 shared C. Trela· 1 shared C.-Y. Kim· 1 shared J. D. Norcross· 1 shared M. Letzkus· 1 shared

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TipN involvement with centromere segregation in Caulobacter crescentus

M. Letzkus, C. Trela, P. E. Mera

This study investigates TipN's role in parS segregation in Caulobacter crescentus, showing TipN's necessity for ParA-mediated transport when chromosome replication is absent.

bioRxiv · Dec 20, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

To let go or not to let go: how ParA can impact the release of the chromosomal anchoring in Caulobacter crescentus

S. G. Puentes-Rodriguez, J. D. Norcross, P. E. Mera

This study shows that ParA's interactions with PopZ and DNA are critical for parS release during chromosome segregation in Caulobacter crescentus, with ParA-R195E causing cell death by preventing proper segregation.

bioRxiv · Apr 12, 2023Microbiology

ParA and its functions that go beyond chromosome segregation in Caulobacter crescentus

I. P. Menikpurage, S. G. Puentes-Rodriguez, R. A. Elaksher, P. E. Mera

This study shows ParA in Caulobacter crescentus regulates chromosome replication initiation and cell cycle coordination beyond its role in segregation.

bioRxiv · May 18, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

Class II UvrA protein Ecm16 requires ATPase activity to render resistance against echinomycin

A. Erlandson, P. Gade, C.-Y. Kim, P. E. Mera

This study identifies Ecm16 as a self-resistance protein that uses ATPase activity to confer resistance against echinomycin by repairing DNA damage independently of NER.

bioRxiv · Feb 2, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

Chromosome dynamics in bacteria: triggering replication at opposite location and segregation in opposite direction

A. B. Melendez, I. P. Menikpurage, P. E. Mera

This study shows DnaA can initiate replication independently of ori location and ParA can segregate centromeres in the opposite direction in Caulobacter crescentus.

bioRxiv · Jan 16, 2019Microbiology