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Dana J. Sowa

Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease ResearchORCID 0000-0002-5281-743XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Monica M. WarneriD· 2 shared Sara N. AndresiD· 2 shared Anmol Marwaha· 1 shared Asha Subramaniam· 1 shared Caitlin DoubledayiD· 1 shared Giuseppe MelaciniiD· 1 shared Harman S. Dev· 1 shared Jinfeng HuangiD· 1 shared

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BiochemistryNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewedOct 24, 2026

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ku C-terminus orchestrates LigD activity through domain-specific interactions

Dana J. Sowa, Jinfeng Huang, Anmol Marwaha…·Sara N. Andres

This paper identifies key residues in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ku and LigD that mediate their interaction, revealing a dual regulatory mechanism for LigD activity.

DOI 10.1093/nar/gkag1036

experimental assaystatistical model

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BiochemistrybioRxivPreprintAug 19, 2026

Translesion synthesis protein ImuA from Mycolicibacterium smegmatis is a hexameric helicase-nuclease

Shehreen H Khan, Harman S. Dev, Monica M. Warner…·Sara N. Andres

This study identifies ImuA from Mycolicibacterium smegmatis as a hexameric enzyme with helicase and exonuclease activities essential for DNA damage tolerance during translesion synthesis.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.14.744951

bacteria (other)DNA methylation

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