Publications

Molecular Biophysics Group

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I.L. Ivanovska, R. Miranda, J.L. Carrascosa, C.F. Schmidt*, G.J.L. Wuite*

Discrete fracture patterns of virus shells reveal mechanical building blocks

(submitted)

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A. Evilevitch, I.L. Ivanovska, W.H. Roos, M. Jeembaeva, B. Jönsson, G.J.L. Wuite

Effects of salts on internal DNA pressure and mechanical stability of phages

(submitted)

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P. Gross, G. Farge, H.  Geertsma, T. Hoekstra, E.J.G. Peterman, G.J.L. Wuite

Generating single-stranded DNA templates for optical tweezers-experiments

(submitted)

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W. H. Roos, R. Bruinsma G. J. L. Wuite

Physical Virology: Self-Assembly and Mechanics

Nature Physics (in press)

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M. Baclayon, W.H. Roos, G.J.L. Wuite

Sampling protein form and function using Atomic Force Microscope

Mol Cell Proteomics 9(8):1678-88 (2010)

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W.H. Roos, M.M. Gibbons, A. Arkhipov, C. Uetrecht, N.R. Watts, P.T. Wingfield, A.C. Steven, A.J.R. Heck, K. Schulten, W.S. Klug, G.J.L. Wuite

Deforming nanostructures: how continuum elastic models, molecular dynamics simulations and

experiments coalesce at the nanoscale

Biophysical Journal 98(9):1902-1910 (2010)

Featuring as Research Highlight

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M. Zaremba, A. Owsicka, G. Tamulaitis, G. Sasnauskas, L. Shlyakhtenko, A. Lushnikov, Y. Lyubchenko, N. Laurens, B. v/d Broek, G.J.L. Wuite, V. Siksnys

DNA synapsis through the transient tetramerization triggers the cleavage by Ecl18kI restriction enzyme

Nucleic Acids Research (in press)

Article features as outstanding paper

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J. van Mameren, G.J.L. Wuite, I. Heller

Introduction to optical tweezers: background, system designs, and commercial solutions

Chapter to be published in Methods in Molecular Biology: Single-Molecule techniques, Wuite, G.J.L. & Peterman, E.J.G. (Eds.), Humana Press

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M. Baclayon, G. J. L. Wuite, W. H. Roos

Imaging and manipulation of single viruses by atomic force microscopy

Soft Matter (in press) doi: 10.1039/b923992h  + cover

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G. K. Shoemaker, E. van Duijn, S.E. Crawford, C. Uetrecht, M. Salumbides-Baclayon, W.H. Roos, G.J.L. Wuite, M.K. Estes, B.V. Venkataram Prasad, A.J.R. Heck

Norwalk virus assembly and stability monitored by mass spectrometry

Mol Cell Proteomics 9(8):1742-51 (2010)

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R.J. Kroeze, M.N. Helder, W.H. Roos, G.J.L. Wuite, V. Everts,  R.A. Bank, T.H. Smit

The effect of ethylene oxide, glow discharge and electron beam on the surface characteristics of poly(l-lactide-co-caprolactone) and the corresponding cellular response of adipose stem cells

Acta Biomaterialia 6(6):2060-2065 (2010) doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2009.11.022 

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W.H. Roos and G.J.L. Wuite

Mechanical properties of viruses

In Emerging Topics in Physical Virology, Stockley, P. & Twarock, R. (Eds.), London: Imperial College Press (2010)

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B. van den Broek, M.C. Noom, J. van Mameren, C. Battle, F.C. MacKintosh, G.J.L. Wuite

Visualizing the formation and collapse of DNA toroids

Biophysical Journal 98(9):1902-10 (2010)

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R Metzler, B van den Broek, G.J.L. Wuite, M.A. Lomholt

Role of DNA conformation in gene regulation

In Biophysics of DNA-protein interactions: From single molecules to biological systems, Williams, M & Maher, J (Eds.), Springer (2010)

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P. Gross, G. Farge, E.J.G. Peterman, G.J.L. Wuite

Combining optical tweezers, single molecule fluorescence microscopy and microfluidics for studies of DNA-proteins interactions

In Methods in Enzymology: Single Molecule Methods, Walter, N (Ed.), Elsevier (2010)

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J. van Mameren, P. Gross, G. Farge, P. Hooijman, M. Modesti, M. Falkenberg, E.J.G Peterman*, G.J.L. Wuite*

Unraveling the structure of DNA during overstretching using multicolor, single-molecule fluorescence imaging

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 106:18231-18236 (2009)

See also: Commentary by Williams et al. in PNAS & in this issue highlight

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Metzler R, Koren T, van den Broek B, Wuite GJL, Lomholt MA

And did he search for you, and could not find you?

Journal of Physics A 42(43):434005 (2009)

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P.A. Wiggins, R.T. Dame, M.C. Noom, G.J.L. Wuite

Protein mediated bridging motifs: a key mechanism in biopolymer organization

Biophysical Journal 97(7): 1997-2003 (2009)

Selected as Featured article by Biophys Journal

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C. Battle, B. van den Broek, M.C. Noom, J. van Mameren, G.J.L. Wuite, F.C. MacKintosh

Unraveling DNA tori under tension

Physical Review E 80(3): 031917 Part 1 (2009)

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A. Arkhipov, W.H. Roos, G.J.L. Wuite, K. Schulten

Elucidating the mechanism behind irreversible deformation of viral capsids

Biophysical Journal 97(7): 2061-2069 (2009)

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W.H. Roos, K. Radtke, E. Kniesmeijer, H. Geertsema, B. Sodeik, G.J.L. Wuite

Scaffold expulsion and genome packaging trigger stabilization of Herpes Simplex Virus capsids

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 106:9673-9678 (2009)

See also: Science Daily & Twitter report

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N. Laurens, S. Bellamy, A. Harms, Y. Kovacheva, S. Halford, G.J.L. Wuite

Dissecting protein-induced DNA looping dynamics in real time

Nucleic Acids Research   (2009) doi: 10.1093/nar/gkp570

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M. Lomholt, B. van den Broek, S.-M. Kalisch, G.J.L. Wuite, R. Metzler

Facilitated diffusion with DNA coiling

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 106:8204-8208 (2009)

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J. van Mameren, M. Modesti R. Kanaar, C. Wyman, E.J.G. Peterman, G.J.L. Wuite

Counting RAD51 proteins disassembling from nucleoprotein filaments under tension

Nature 457, 745 - 748 (2009), doi: 10.1038/nature07581

See also: NRC (premier Dutch newspaper), 13 Dec. 2008

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W.H. Roos, G.J.L. Wuite

Nanoindentation studies reveal material properties of viruses

Advanced Materials  21 (10-11):1187-1192 (2009) doi: 10.1002/adma.200801709

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D. Millo, A. Ranieri, P. Gross, H.K. Ly, M. Borsari, P. Hildebrandt, G.J.L. Wuite, C. Gooijer, G. van der Zwan

The electrochemical response of cytochrome c immobilized on smooth and roughened silver and gold surfaces chemically modified with 11-mercaptounodecanoic acid

Journal of Physical Chemistry 113 (7): 2861–2866 (2009)

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C.I. Zoldesi, I.L. Ivanovska, C. Quilliet, G.J.L. Wuite, A. Imhof

Elastic properties of hollow colloidal particles

Physical Review E 78: 051401 (2008)

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B. van den Broek, M.A. Lomholt, S-M.J. Kalisch, R. Metzler, G.J.L. Wuite

How DNA coiling enhances target localization by proteins

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 105 (41):15738-15742 (2008)

See also Highlight: Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 15, 1137 (2008)

NRC (premier Dutch newspaper), 18 Oct. 2008

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J. van Mameren, E.J.G. Peterman, and G.J.L. Wuite

See me, feel me: methods to concurrently visualize and manipulate single DNA molecules and associated proteins

Nucleic Acids Research 36:4381-4389 (2008)

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C. Uetrecht, C. Versluis, N. Watts, W.H. Roos, G.J.L. Wuite, P. Wingfield, A.C. Steven, A.J.R. Heck

Structure, Stability and Shape of Hepatitis B Virus Capsids

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 105(27): 9216-9220 (2008)

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M.C. Noom, B. van den Broek, J. van Mameren, G.J.L. Wuite

Visualizing single DNA-bound proteins using DNA as a scanning probe

Nature Methods 4, 1031 - 1036 (2007) + cover

See also Highlight; Lab on a Chip 8, 195 (2008)

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M.C. Noom, W.W. Navarre, T. Oshima, G.J.L. Wuite, R.T. Dame

H-NS promotes looped domain formation in the bacterial chromosome

Current Biology 17(21): R913-R914 (2007)

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G.J.L. Wuite*, I.L. Ivanovska*, B. Jönsson, A. Evilevitch

Internal DNA pressure modifies stability of wild-type phage

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 104:9603-9608 (2007)

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W. Roos, I.L. Ivanovska, A. Evilevitch, G.J.L. Wuite

Viral capsids: mechanical characteristics, genome packaging and delivery mechanisms

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 64: 1484-1497 (2007) doi:10.1007/s00018-007-6451-1

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M. Modesti, D. Ristic, T. v.d. Heijden, C. Dekker, J. v Mameren, E.J.G. Peterman, G.J.L. Wuite, R. Kanaar, C. Wyman Fluorescent human RAD51 reveals multiple nucleation sites and filament segments tightly associated along a single DNA molecule

Structure 15:599-609 (2007)

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R.T. Dame, M.C. Noom, G.J.L. Wuite

Bacterial chromatin organization by H-NS protein unraveled using a dual DNA assay

Nature 444:387-390 (2006)

See also exclusive review in BioEssays 29 (3):212 - 216 (2007)

See also conference report in Nature Chemical Biology 3(4):193–197 (2007)

Extensive media coverage in the Netherlands

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W.S. Klug, R.F. Bruinsma, J.P Michel, C.M. Knobler, I.L. Ivanovska, C.F. Schmidt, G.J.L. Wuite

Failure of Viral Shells

Physical Review Letters 97:228101 (2006)

See also News and Views; Nature Physics 3, 19 (2007); doi:10.1038/nphys500

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J. van Mameren, M. Modesti, R. Kanaar, C. Wyman, G.J.L. Wuite, E.J.G. Peterman

Dissecting elastic heterogeneity along DNA molecules coated partly with Rad51 using concurrent fluorescence microscopy and optical tweezers

Biophysical Journal 91(8):L78-L80 (2006) doi:10.1529/biophysj.106.089466

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M.S. Luijsterburg, M.C. Noom, G.J.L. Wuite, R.T. Dame 

The architectural role of nucleoid-associated proteins in the organization of bacterial chromatin: A molecular perspective 

Journal of Structural Biology 165, 262-272 (2006) doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2006.05.006  

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J.P. Michel, I.L. Ivanovska, M.M. Gibbons, W.S. Klug, C.M. Knobler, G.J.L. Wuite, C.F. Schmidt

Nanoindentation studies of full and empty viral capsids and the effects of capsid protein mutations on elasticity and strength

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 103:6184-6189 (2006)

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B. van den Broek, F. Vanzi, D. Normanno, F.S. Pavone, G.J.L. Wuite

Real-time observation of DNA looping dynamics of type IIE restriction enzymes NaeI and NarI

Nucleic Acids Research 34(1) 167-174 (2006) 

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K.C. Vermeulen, G.J.L. Wuite, G.J.M. Stienen, and C.F. Schmidt

Optical trap stiffness in the presence and absence of spherical aberrations

Appl. Opt. 45: 1812-1819 (2006)

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K.C. Vermeulen, J. van Mameren, G.J.M. Stienen, E.J.G. Peterman, G.J.L. Wuite, C.F. Schmidt

Calibrating bead displacements in optical tweezers using acousto-optic deflectors

Review of Scientific Instruments 77:013704 (2006)

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S.R. Leliveld, R.T. Dame, G.J.L. Wuite, Lothar Stitz, C. Korth  

Molecular basis of genetic Creutzfeldt Jakob disease linked to expansion of the prion protein octarepeat domain

J. Biol. Chem. 281 (6):3268-3275 (2006)

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B. van den Broek, M.C. Noom, and G.J.L. Wuite

DNA-tension dependence of restriction enzyme activity reveals mechanochemical properties of the reaction pathway

Nucleic Acids Research 33(8):2676-2684 (2005)

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R.T. Dame, J. van Mameren, M.S. Luijsterburg, M.E. Mysiak,A. Janiijevi, G. Pazdzior,
P.C. van der Vliet, C. Wyman, G.J.L. Wuite

Simulation-based estimation of protein-induced DNA bending angles by scanning force microscopy

Nucleic Acids Research 33(7):e68 (2005)

        See also: Online supporting software

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R.T. Dame, M.S. Luijsterburg, E. Krin, P.N. Bertin, R. Wagner, G.J.L. Wuite

DNA bridging: a property shared among H-NS-like proteins

J. Bacteriol. 187:1845-8 (2005)

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I.L.Ivanovska, P.J. de Pablo, B. Ibarra, G. Sgalari, F.C. MacKintosh, J.L.Carrascosa, C.F. Schmidt, G.J.L. Wuite

Bacteriophage capsids: tough nano-shells with complex elastic properties

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 101:7600-7605 (2004)

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R.T.Dame and G.J.L. Wuite

On the role of H-NS in the organization of bacterial chromatin. From bulk to single molecules and back

Biophysical Journal 85:4146-4148 (2003)

5

N.Forde, D. Izhaky, G. Woodcock, G.J.L. Wuite, C. Bustamante

Using mechanical force to probe the mechanism of pausing and arrest during continuous elongation by E. coli RNA polymerase

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 99:11682-11687(2002)

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G.J.L. Wuite, S.B. Smith, M. Young, D. Keller, C. Bustamante

Single Molecule Studies of the Effect of Template Tension on T7 DNA Polymerase Activity
Nature 404:103-106 (2000)

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G.J.L. Wuite*, J. Davenport*, R. Landick, C. Bustamante
Single Molecule Study of Transcriptional Pausing and Arrest by E. coli RNA Polymerase
Science 287:2497-2500 (2000)

             See a movie of this work on RNAp: a Single RNAP Molecule transcribing

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C. Bustamante, J. Macosko, G.J.L. Wuite

Grabbing the Cat by the Tail: Manipulating Molecules One by One
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 1:130-136 (2000)

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G.J.L. Wuite, J. Davenport, A. Rappaport, C. Bustamante

An Integrated Laser Trap/Flow Control Video Microscope for the Study of Single Biomolecules
Biophysical Journal 79:1155-1167 (2000)

 

 

*Equal contributions

 

 

 

 

Proceedings, Patents & Other

G.J.L. Wuite
Natuurkunde van het genoom
Ned. Tijdschr. v. Nat. 74 (7): 256-258 (2008)

W.H. Roos, C. Uetrecht, N. Watts, P. Wingfield, A.C. Steven, A.J.R. Heck, J.L. Carrascosa, C. F. Schmidt, G.J.L. Wuite

Force Spectroscopy reveals mechanical structure of capsids

Proceedings of the European Microscopy Congress 3:215-216 (2008)

G.J.L. Wuite
A singular view of DNA transactions
Proceedings of the micro total analysis systems (2007)

M.C. Noom, R.T. Dame, G.J.L. Wuite

Het bacterieel chromosoom ontrafeld met een viervoudig optisch pincet

Ned. Tijdschr. v. Nat. 73 (2):46-48 (2007)

G.J.L. Wuite

Single Molecule Studies of RNA and DNA Polymerases using Laser Tweezers

PhD Thesis, January 6th (2000) Advisors: Prof. J. Greve & Prof. C. Bustamante

M. Bennink and G.J.L. Wuite
The elasticity of a single DNA-molecule
Ned. Tijdschr. v. Nat. (1998)