last update: 8 December, 2000
Statement of Research Interests

I am interested in DNA structures, and their relation to bacterial chromatin. Currently, there are 3 main projects in progress:

1. Analysis of DNA structures in the context of complete genomes. We've finished "A DNA Structural Atlas of E.coli", and want to extend this work to a comparison of other microbial genomes (presently, there are more than 60 completely sequenced prokaryotic genomes).

DNA helix
DNA Structural Atlases For Escherichia coli genomes




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2. Characterisation of DNA symmetry elements in terms of structural organisation and evolution of whole genomes.


Figure 1-16 from Hartl & Jones


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3. DNA curvature and bacterial chromatin-associated proteins

E. coli chromatin atlas



For more on the localisation of IHF and FIS binding sites in E. coli, click here.


A list of publications, posters, and talks about DNA structures




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Last modified on: 8 December, 2000 by Dave Ussery