Zev Bryant

Publications

• Torque Spectroscopy of DNA: Base-Pair Stability, Boundary Effects, Backbending, and Breathing Dynamics. Oberstrass FC, Fernandes LE, Lebel P, Bryant Z. Phys Rev Lett. 2013; 110 (17): 178103
• ATP binding controls distinct structural transitions of Escherichia coli DNA gyrase in complex with DNA. Basu A, Schoeffler AJ, Berger JM, Bryant Z. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2012; 19 (5): 538-46, S1
• Engineering controllable bidirectional molecular motors based on myosin. Chen L, Nakamura M, Schindler TD, Parker D, Bryant Z. Nat Nanotechnol. 2012; 7 (4): 252-6
• Recent developments in single-molecule DNA mechanics. Bryant Z, Oberstrass FC, Basu A. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2012; 22 (3): 304-12
• Torque measurements reveal sequence-specific cooperative transitions in supercoiled DNA. Oberstrass FC, Fernandes LE, Bryant Z. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012; 109 (16): 6106-11
• Detailed tuning of structure and intramolecular communication are dispensable for processive motion of myosin VI. Elting MW, Bryant Z, Liao JC, Spudich JA. Biophys J. 2011; 100 (2): 430-9
• Contribution of the myosin VI tail domain to processive stepping and intramolecular tension sensing. Dunn AR, Chuan P, Bryant Z, Spudich JA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010; 107 (17): 7746-50
• Coarse-Grained Structural Modeling of Molecular Motors Using Multibody Dynamics. Parker D, Bryant Z, Delp SL. Cell Mol Bioeng. 2009; 2 (3): 366-374
• Engineered myosin VI motors reveal minimal structural determinants of directionality and processivity. Liao JC, Elting MW, Delp SL, Spudich JA, Bryant Z. J Mol Biol. 2009; 392 (4): 862-7
• Multiple modes of Escherichia coli DNA gyrase activity revealed by force and torque. Nöllmann M, Stone MD, Bryant Z, Gore J, Crisona NJ, Hong SC, Mitelheiser S, Maxwell A, Bustamante C, Cozzarelli NR. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2007; 14 (4): 264-71
• The power stroke of myosin VI and the basis of reverse directionality. Bryant Z, Altman D, Spudich JA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007; 104 (3): 772-7
• DNA overwinds when stretched. Gore J, Bryant Z, Nöllmann M, Le MU, Cozzarelli NR, Bustamante C. Nature. 2006; 442 (7104): 836-9
• Mechanochemical analysis of DNA gyrase using rotor bead tracking. Gore J, Bryant Z, Stone MD, Nöllmann M, Cozzarelli NR, Bustamante C. Nature. 2006; 439 (7072): 100-4
• Chirality sensing by Escherichia coli topoisomerase IV and the mechanism of type II topoisomerases. Stone MD, Bryant Z, Crisona NJ, Smith SB, Vologodskii A, Bustamante C, Cozzarelli NR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003; 100 (15): 8654-9
• Structural transitions and elasticity from torque measurements on DNA. Bryant Z, Stone MD, Gore J, Smith SB, Cozzarelli NR, Bustamante C. Nature. 2003; 424 (6946): 338-41
• Ten years of tension: single-molecule DNA mechanics. Bustamante C, Bryant Z, Smith SB. Nature. 2003; 421 (6921): 423-7
• Mechanical unfolding of a beta-hairpin using molecular dynamics. Bryant Z, Pande VS, Rokhsar DS. Biophys J. 2000; 78 (2): 584-9
• Characterization of differentially expressed genes in purified Drosophila follicle cells: toward a general strategy for cell type-specific developmental analysis. Bryant Z, Subrahmanyan L, Tworoger M, LaTray L, Liu CR, Li MJ, van den Engh G, Ruohola-Baker H. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999; 96 (10): 5559-64
• Mosaic analysis in the drosophila ovary reveals a common hedgehog-inducible precursor stage for stalk and polar cells. Tworoger M, Larkin MK, Bryant Z, Ruohola-Baker H. Genetics. 1999; 151 (2): 739-48
• maelstrom is required for an early step in the establishment of Drosophila oocyte polarity: posterior localization of grk mRNA. Clegg NJ, Frost DM, Larkin MK, Subrahmanyan L, Bryant Z, Ruohola-Baker H. Development. 1997; 124 (22): 4661-71