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Luther Davis

University of WashingtonORCID 0000-0002-2346-3898Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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MicrobiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedAug 31, 2026

β-strand complementation within tip initiation complexes licenses assembly of diverse type IV filaments

Taylor J. Ellison, Zoey R. Litt, Justin N. Applegate…·Alexey J. Merz

This paper identifies a β-strand complementation mechanism used by PilC/PilY1 proteins to license type IV filament assembly across diverse systems.

DOI 10.1073/pnas.2602298123

GeneticsPLoS GeneticsPeer-reviewedApr 15, 2021

Pathways and signatures of mutagenesis at targeted DNA nicks

Yinbo Zhang, Luther Davis, Nancy Maizels

The paper identifies mutagenic signatures at DNA nicks by analyzing repair factors and their effects on different types of mutations.

14 citations

humanexperimental assay

GeneticsbioRxivPreprintFeb 3, 2019

DONOR-FREE GENE CORRECTION BY TARGETED INTERHOMOLOG RECOMBINATION

Luther Davis, Kevin J. Khoo, Nancy Maizels

This paper demonstrates that targeted interhomolog recombination (IHR) can correct genetic mutations with increased efficiency using CRISPR/Cas9-induced DSBs and POLQ depletion.

DOI 10.1101/538603

humanexperimental assay