Michal Sýkora

The paper shows that vaccinia virus postreplicative mRNAs lack a 5' methylguanosine cap and have nontemplated poly(A) leaders, controlled by promoter sequences.

This study identifies HelD as a nucleic acids-clearing factor for RNA polymerase in Mycobacterium smegmatis, revealing its role in recycling RNA polymerase by preventing non-specific DNA interactions and dissociating elongation complexes.

This study characterizes the temporal transcriptome and promoter architecture of African Swine Fever Virus during early and late infection, revealing distinct promoter motifs and transcription termination mechanisms.

The paper describes the architecture, function, and evolutionary origin of the transcription machinery of yeast killer DNA plasmids, showing similarities to poxviral systems.