David J. Sherratt

17.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
210 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

David J. Sherratt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Sherratt has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 166 papers in Molecular Biology, 133 papers in Genetics and 56 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in David J. Sherratt's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (132 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (88 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (55 papers). David J. Sherratt is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (132 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (88 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (55 papers). David J. Sherratt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. David J. Sherratt's co-authors include Rodrigo Reyes‐Lamothe, David Summers, Sean D. Colloms, Lidia K. Arciszewska, Christophe Possoz, Martin R. Boocock, Xindan Wang, Gordon Dougan, W. Marshall Stark and Stephan Uphoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

David J. Sherratt

208 papers receiving 12.6k citations

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Trans-complementable copy-number mutants of plasmid ColE1

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Competitive binding of MatP and topoisomerase IV to the MukB hinge domain 2021 ·eLife ·Gemma Fisher, Jani Reddy Bolla, (unknown), Jarno Mäkelä, Rachel Baker, Man Zhou, (unknown), Mathew Stracy, Carol V. Robinson, Lidia K. Arciszewska, David J. Sherratt	12
2	Acyl carrier protein promotes MukBEF action in Escherichia coli chromosome organization-segregation 2021 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Jani Reddy Bolla, Gemma Fisher, Jarno Mäkelä, Marjorie Fournier, Carol V. Robinson, Lidia K. Arciszewska, David J. Sherratt	13
3	Transient non-specific DNA binding dominates the target search of bacterial DNA-binding proteins 2021 ·Molecular Cell ·Mathew Stracy, Jakob Schweizer, David J. Sherratt, Achillefs N. Kapanidis, Stephan Uphoff, Christian Lesterlin	53
4	Organization of the Escherichia coli Chromosome by a MukBEF Axial Core 2020 ·Molecular Cell ·Jarno Mäkelä, David J. Sherratt	70
5	Dynamic architecture of the Escherichia coli structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complex, MukBEF 2019 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Rachel Baker, Gemma Fisher, Jani Reddy Bolla, Jarno Mäkelä, (unknown), Katarzyna Zawadzka, (unknown), Florence F. Wagner, Carol V. Robinson, Lidia K. Arciszewska, David J. Sherratt	14
6	Single-molecule imaging of DNA gyrase activity in living Escherichia coli 2018 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Mathew Stracy, Adam J. M. Wollman, Elżbieta Kaja, Jacek Gapiński, Ji‐Eun Lee, (unknown), (unknown), Lesley A. Mitchenall, Anthony Maxwell, David J. Sherratt, Mark C. Leake, Paweł Zawadzki	67
7	Competition between DivIVA and the nucleoid for ParA binding promotes segrosome separation and modulates mycobacterial cell elongation 2018 ·Molecular Microbiology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Damian Trojanowski, David J. Sherratt, Jolanta Zakrzewska‐Czerwińska, Katarzyna Ginda, Dagmara Jakimowicz	12
8	Single-molecule DNA repair in live bacteria 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Stephan Uphoff, Rodrigo Reyes‐Lamothe, (unknown), David J. Sherratt, Achillefs N. Kapanidis	148
9	Replication and segregation of an Escherichia coli chromosome with two replication origins 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xindan Wang, Christian Lesterlin, Rodrigo Reyes‐Lamothe, Graeme Ball, David J. Sherratt	72
10	Stoichiometry and Architecture of Active DNA Replication Machinery in Escherichia coli 2010 ·Science ·Rodrigo Reyes‐Lamothe, David J. Sherratt, Mark C. Leake	288
11	The Single-Stranded Genome of Phage CTX Is the Form Used for Integration into the Genome of Vibrio cholerae 2005 ·Molecular Cell ·Marie‐Eve Val, Marie Bouvier, Javier Campos, David J. Sherratt, François Cornet, Didier Mazel, François‐Xavier Barre	110
12	Engineering a 2D Protein–DNA Crystal 2005 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Jonathan Malo, James C. Mitchell, Catherine Vénien‐Bryan, J. Robin Harris, Holger Wille, David J. Sherratt, Andrew J. Turberfield	153
13	Recombination and chromosome segregation 2004 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·David J. Sherratt, Britta Søballe, François‐Xavier Barre, Sérgio R. Filipe, Ivy F. Lau, Thomas H. Massey, James R. Yates	65
14	Interplay between recombination, cell division and chromosome structure during chromosome dimer resolution in Escherichia coli 2001 ·Molecular Microbiology ·(unknown), Hervé Capiaux, Jean‐Baptiste Vincourt, Jean‐Michel Louarn, David J. Sherratt, François Cornet	46
15	FtsK functions in the processing of a Holliday junction intermediate during bacterial chromosome segregation 2000 ·Genes & Development ·François‐Xavier Barre, (unknown), Sean D. Colloms, (unknown), François Cornet, David J. Sherratt	90
16	Topology of Xer Recombination on Catenanes Produced by Lambda Integrase 1999 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Jonathan Bath, David J. Sherratt, Sean D. Colloms	22
17	Topological Selectivity in Xer Site-Specific Recombination 1997 ·Cell ·Sean D. Colloms, Jonathan Bath, David J. Sherratt	83
18	Effect of DNA topology on holliday junction resolution by Escherichia coli RuvC and bacteriophage T7 endonuclease I 1997 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Didier Zerbib, Sean D. Colloms, David J. Sherratt, Stephen C. West	25
19	Relating primary structure to function in the Escherichia coli XerD site‐specific recombinase 1997 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Andrew J. Spiers, David J. Sherratt	17
20	Cooperative binding of Tn3 resolvase monomers to a functionally asymmetric binding site 1995 ·Current Biology ·David Blake, Martin R. Boocock, David J. Sherratt, W. Marshall Stark	22

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