Publikacijos 2011 – 2016
- Jakutyte-Giraitiene, L. & Gasiunas, G., Design of a CRISPR-Cas system to increase resistance of Bacillus subtilis to bacteriophage SPP1 Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2016, 1-6. (PDF)
- Kazlauskiene, M., Tamulaitis, G., Kostiuk, G., Venclovas, Č. & Siksnys, V., Spatiotemporal Control of Type III-A CRISPR-Cas Immunity: Coupling DNA Degradation with the Target RNA Recognition. Mol Cell, 2016, vol. 62, 295-306. (PDF)
- Labrie, V., Buske, O. J., Oh, E., Jeremian, R., Ptak, C., Gasiūnas, G., Maleckas, A., Petereit, R., Žvirbliene, A., Adamonis, K., Kriukienė, E., Koncevičius, K., Gordevičius, J., Nair, A., Zhang, A., Ebrahimi, S., Oh, G., Šikšnys, V., Kupčinskas, L., Brudno, M. & Petronis, A., Lactase nonpersistence is directed by DNA-variation-dependent epigenetic aging. Nat Struct Mol Biol, 2016, vol. 23, 566-573. (PDF)
- Müller, M., Lee, C. M., Gasiunas, G., Davis, T. H., Cradick, T. J., Siksnys, V., Bao, G., Cathomen, T. & Mussolino, C., Streptococcus thermophilus CRISPR-Cas9 Systems Enable Specific Editing of the Human Genome. Mol Ther, 2016, vol. 24, 636-644. (PDF)
- Siksnys, V. & Gasiunas, G., Rewiring Cas9 to Target New PAM Sequences. Mol Cell, 2016, vol. 61, 793-794. (PDF)
- Glemzaite, M., Balciunaite, E., Karvelis, T., Gasiunas, G., Grusyte, M. M., Alzbutas, G., Jurcyte, A., Anderson, E. M., Maksimova, E., Smith, A. J., Lubys, A., Zaliauskiene, L. & Siksnys, V., Targeted gene editing by transfection of in vitro reconstituted Streptococcus thermophilus Cas9 nuclease complex. RNA Biol, 2015, vol. 12, 1-4. (PDF)
- Karvelis, T., Gasiunas, G., Young, J., Bigelyte, G., Silanskas, A., Cigan, M. & Siksnys, V., Rapid characterization of CRISPR-Cas9 protospacer adjacent motif sequence elements. Genome Biol, 2015, vol. 16, 253. (PDF)
- Rutkauskas, M., Sinkunas, T., Songailiene, I., Tikhomirova, M. S., Siksnys, V. & Seidel, R., Directional R-Loop Formation by the CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Complex Cascade Provides Efficient Off-Target Site Rejection. Cell Rep, 2015. (PDF)
- Sasnauskas, G., Zagorskaitė, E., Kauneckaitė, K., Tamulaitiene, G. & Siksnys, V., Structure-guided sequence specificity engineering of the modification-dependent restriction endonuclease LpnPI. Nucleic Acids Res, 2015, vol. 43, 6144-6155. (PDF)
- Sinkunas, T., Gasiunas, G. & Siksnys, V., Cas3 nuclease-helicase activity assays. Methods Mol Biol, 2015, vol. 1311, 277-291. (PDF)
- Tamulaitis, G., Rutkauskas, M., Zaremba, M., Grazulis, S., Tamulaitiene, G. & Siksnys, V., Functional significance of protein assemblies predicted by the crystal structure of the restriction endonuclease BsaWI. Nucleic Acids Res, 2015, vol. 43, 8100-8110. (PDF)
- Zaremba, M. & Siksnys, V., An Engineered SS Bridge Blocks the Conformational Change Required for the Nuclease Activity of BfiI. Biochemistry, 2015, vol. 54, 5340-5347. (PDF)
- Zaremba, M., Toliusis, P., Grigaitis, R., Manakova, E., Silanskas, A., Tamulaitiene, G., Szczelkun, M. D., Siksnys, V., Tamulaitiene, G., Silanskas, A., Grazulis, S., Zaremba, M. & Siksnys, V., DNA cleavage by CgII and NgoAVII requires interaction between N- and R-proteins and extensive nucleotide hydrolysis. Nucleic Acids Res, 2015, vol. 43, 3405. (PDF)
- Gasiunas, G., Sinkunas, T. & Siksnys, V., Molecular mechanisms of CRISPR-mediated microbial immunity. Cell Mol Life Sci, 2014, vol. 71, 449-465. (PDF)
- Golovenko, D., Manakova, E., Zakrys, L., Zaremba, M., Sasnauskas, G., Gražulis, S. & Siksnys, V., Structural insight into the specificity of the B3 DNA-binding domains provided by the co-crystal structure of the C-terminal fragment of BfiI restriction enzyme. Nucleic Acids Res, 2014, vol. 42, 4113-4122. (PDF)
- Rutkauskas, D., Petkelyte, M., Naujalis, P., Sasnauskas, G., Tamulaitis, G., Zaremba, M. & Siksnys, V., Restriction enzyme Ecl18kI-induced DNA looping dynamics by single-molecule FRET. J Phys Chem B, 2014, vol. 118, 8575-8582. (PDF)
- Szczelkun, M. D., Tikhomirova, M. S., Sinkunas, T., Gasiunas, G., Karvelis, T., Pschera, P., Siksnys, V. & Seidel, R., Direct observation of R-loop formation by single RNA-guided Cas9 and Cascade effector complexes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2014, vol. 111, 9798-9803. (PDF)
- Tamulaitiene, G., Silanskas, A., Grazulis, S., Zaremba, M. & Siksnys, V., Crystal structure of the R-protein of the multisubunit ATP-dependent restriction endonuclease NgoAVII. Nucleic Acids Res, 2014, vol. 42, 14022-14030. (PDF)
- Tamulaitis, G., Kazlauskiene, M., Manakova, E., Venclovas, Č., Nwokeoji, A. O., Dickman, M. J., Horvath, P. & Siksnys, V., Programmable RNA shredding by the type III-A CRISPR-Cas system of Streptococcus thermophilus. Mol Cell, 2014, vol. 56, 506-517. (PDF)
- Zagorskaitė, E. & Sasnauskas, G., Chemical Display of Pyrimidine Bases Flipped Out by Modification-Dependent Restriction Endonucleases of MspJI and PvuRts1I Families PLoS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, e114580. (PDF)
- Zaremba, M., Toliusis, P., Grigaitis, R., Manakova, E., Silanskas, A., Tamulaitiene, G., Szczelkun, M. D. & Siksnys, V., DNA cleavage by CgII and NgoAVII requires interaction between N- and R-proteins and extensive nucleotide hydrolysis. Nucleic Acids Res, 2014, vol. 42, 13887-13896. (PDF)
- Gasiunas, G. & Siksnys, V., RNA-dependent DNA endonuclease Cas9 of the CRISPR system: Holy Grail of genome editing? Trends Microbiol., 2013, vol. 21, 562-7. ()
- Horvath, P., Gasiunas, G., Siksnys, V. & Barrangou, R., Applications of the Versatile CRISPR-Cas Systems , 2013, 267-286. (PDF)
- Karvelis, T., Gasiunas, G., Miksys, A., Barrangou, R., Horvath, P. & Siksnys, V., crRNA and tracrRNA guide Cas9-mediated DNA interference in Streptococcus thermophilus RNA Biol., 2013, vol. 10, 841-51. ()
- Karvelis, T., Gasiunas, G. & Siksnys, V., Programmable DNA cleavage in vitro by Cas9 Biochem. Soc. Trans., 2013, vol. 41, 1401-6. ()
- Sinkunas, T., Gasiunas, G., Waghmare, S. P., Dickman, M. J., Barrangou, R., Horvath, P. & Siksnys, V., In vitro reconstitution of Cascade-mediated CRISPR immunity in Streptococcus thermophilus. EMBO J, 2013. (PDF)
- Baranauskas, A., Paliksa, S., Alzbutas, G., Vaitkevicius, M., Lubiene, J., Letukiene, V., Burinskas, S., Sasnauskas, G. & Skirgaila, R., Generation and characterization of new highly thermostable and processive M-MuLV reverse transcriptase variants Protein Engineering Design and Selection, 2012, vol. 25, 657-668. (PDF)
- Gasiunas, G., Barrangou, R., Horvath, P. & Siksnys, V., Cas9-crRNA ribonucleoprotein complex mediates specific DNA cleavage for adaptive immunity in bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2012, vol. 109, E2579-E2586. (PDF)
- Manakova, E., Grazulis, S., Zaremba, M., Tamulaitiene, G., Golovenko, D. & Siksnys, V., Structural mechanisms of the degenerate sequence recognition by Bse634I restriction endonuclease. Nucleic Acids Res, 2012, vol. 40, 6741-6751. (PDF)
- Silanskas, A., Zaremba, M., Sasnauskas, G. & Siksnys, V., Catalytic activity control of restriction endonuclease--triplex forming oligonucleotide conjugates. Bioconjug Chem, 2012, vol. 23, 203-211. (PDF)
- Sukackaite, R., Grazulis, S., Tamulaitis, G. & Siksnys, V., The recognition domain of the methyl-specific endonuclease McrBC flips out 5-methylcytosine. Nucleic Acids Res, 2012, vol. 40, 7552-7562. (PDF)
- Zaremba, M., Sasnauskas, G. & Siksnys, V., The link between restriction endonuclease fidelity and oligomeric state: a study with Bse634I. FEBS Lett, 2012, vol. 586, 3324-3329. (PDF)
- Kostiuk, G., Sasnauskas, G., Tamulaitiene, G. & Siksnys, V., Degenerate sequence recognition by the monomeric restriction enzyme: single mutation converts BcnI into a strand-specific nicking endonuclease. Nucleic Acids Res, 2011, vol. 39, 3744-3753. (PDF)
- Sapranauskas, R., Gasiunas, G., Fremaux, C., Barrangou, R., Horvath, P. & Siksnys, V., The Streptococcus thermophilus CRISPR/Cas system provides immunity in Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res, 2011, vol. 39, 9275-9282. (PDF)
- Sasnauskas, G., Kostiuk, G., Tamulaitis, G. & Siksnys, V., Target site cleavage by the monomeric restriction enzyme BcnI requires translocation to a random DNA sequence and a switch in enzyme orientation. Nucleic Acids Res, 2011, vol. 39, 8844-8856. (PDF)
- Silanskas, A., Foss, M., Wende, W., Urbanke, C., Lagunavicius, A., Pingoud, A. & Siksnys, V., Photocaged variants of the MunI and PvuII restriction enzymes. Biochemistry, 2011, vol. 50, 2800-2807. (PDF)
- Sinkunas, T., Gasiunas, G., Fremaux, C., Barrangou, R., Horvath, P. & Siksnys, V., Cas3 is a single-stranded DNA nuclease and ATP-dependent helicase in the CRISPR/Cas immune system. EMBO J, 2011, vol. 30, 1335-1342. (PDF)