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Andrew Travers is affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with work spanning related subfields such as Molecular Biology and Genetics. They have also contributed to areas within Medicine, including Emergency Medicine.

Their scientific investigation concentrates on several key topics, including:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Origins and Evolution of Life

Frequently appearing as co-authors alongside Andrew Travers are Georgi Muskhelishvili, Patrick Sobetzko, John L. Sapp, Judah Goldstein, and William Nasser. They have appeared multiple times in publications together, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts.

The venues where Travers's research has been published include Biomolecules, EcoSal Plus, CJC Open, DNA, and Biopolymers. These journals cover a spectrum of biochemical and molecular biology disciplines as well as medicine and genetic research.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Andrew Travers include:

  • Chromosomal Organization and Regulation of Genetic Function in Escherichia coli Integrates the DNA Analog and Digital Information, 2020, EcoSal Plus
  • Composition of Transcription Machinery and Its Crosstalk with Nucleoid-Associated Proteins and Global Transcription Factors, 2021, Biomolecules
  • Cardiovascular Outcomes in Nova Scotia During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, CJC Open
  • Spatiotemporal Coupling of DNA Supercoiling and Genomic Sequence Organization-A Timing Chain for the Bacterial Growth Cycle?, 2022, Biomolecules
  • DNA as a Double-Coding Device for Information Conversion and Organization of a Self-Referential Unity, 2024, DNA

In addition to research articles, Andrew Travers has contributed to book publications, including a work titled Why DNA? published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Sequence periodicities in chicken nucleosome core DNA.

    Sandra C. Satchwell;Horace R. Drew;Andrew A. Travers

  • Factor stimulating transcription by RNA polymerase.

    Richard R. Burgess;Andrew A. Travers;John J. Dunn;Ekkehard K. F. Bautz

  • DNA bending and its relation to nucleosome positioning.

    Horace R. Drew;Andrew A. Travers

  • HMG1 and 2, and related ‘architectural’ DNA-binding proteins

    Jean O Thomas;Andrew A Travers

  • The structural basis for the recognition of acetylated histone H4 by the bromodomain of histone acetyltransferase Gcn5p

    David J. Owen;Prisca Ornaghi;Ji‐Chun Yang;Nicholas Lowe

  • Cyclic re-use of the RNA polymerase sigma factor.

    Andrew A. Travers;Richard R. Burgess

  • DNA structural variations in the E. coli tyrT promoter

    Horace R. Drew;Andrew A. Travers

  • DNA conformation and protein binding

    Andrew A. Travers

  • The homeobox gene repo is required for the differentiation and maintenance of glia function in the embryonic nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster.

    D.A. Halter;J. Urban;C. Rickert;S.S. Ner

  • DNA supercoiling - a global transcriptional regulator for enterobacterial growth?

    Andrew Travers;Georgi Muskhelishvili

  • High-affinity DNA binding sites for H-NS provide a molecular basis for selective silencing within proteobacterial genomes

    Benjamin Lang;Nicolas Blot;Emeline Bouffartigues;Malcolm Buckle

  • H-NS cooperative binding to high-affinity sites in a regulatory element results in transcriptional silencing

    Emeline Bouffartigues;Malcolm Buckle;Cyril Badaut;Andrew Travers

  • The tramtrack gene encodes a Drosophila finger protein that interacts with the ftz transcriptional regulatory region and shows a novel embryonic expression pattern.

    S.D. Harrison;A.A. Travers

  • Priming the nucleosome: a role for HMGB proteins?

    Andrew A Travers

  • Promoter Sequence for Stringent Control of Bacterial Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis

    Andrew A. Travers

  • DNA-protein interactions : a practical approach

    Andrew Travers;Malcolm Buckle

  • Protein motifs that recognize structural features of DNA.

    Man E.A. Churchill;Andrew A. Travers

  • Upstream elements necessary for optimal function of the hsp 70 promoter in transformed flies.

    Robert Dudler;Andrew A. Travers

  • Position and orientation of the globular domain of linker histone H5 on the nucleosome

    Y.-B. Zhou;Sue Ellen Gerchman;V. Ramakrishnan;Andrew Travers

  • Gene order and chromosome dynamics coordinate spatiotemporal gene expression during the bacterial growth cycle

    Patrick Sobetzko;Andrew Travers;Georgi Muskhelishvili

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben F. Luisi
Ben F. Luisi University of Cambridge
Angus I. Lamond
Angus I. Lamond University of Dundee
Jean O. Thomas
Jean O. Thomas University of Cambridge
Serge Muyldermans
Serge Muyldermans Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Michael J. Waring
Michael J. Waring University of Cambridge
Mair E. A. Churchill
Mair E. A. Churchill University of Colorado Denver
Robert J. Schneider
Robert J. Schneider New York University
Aaron Klug
Aaron Klug MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
William Nasser
William Nasser Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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