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Victoria M. D’Souza

Harvard UniversityORCID 0000-0002-5397-9481Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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The specificity and structure of DNA crosslinking by the gut bacterial genotoxin colibactin

Erik S. Carlson, Raphael Haslecker, Chiara Lecchi, Miguel A. Aguilar Ramos, Vyshnavi Vennelakanti, Linda Honaker, Alessia Stornetta, Estela S. Millán, Bruce A. Johnson, Heather J. Kulik, Silvia Balbo, Peter W. Villalta, Victoria M. D’Souza, Emily P. Balskus

This study determines the structure and specificity of colibactin-DNA interstrand crosslinks using mass spectrometry and NMR, revealing how the toxin's central motif mediates sequence specificity.

Science · Dec 4, 2025Peer-reviewedBiochemistry