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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Irina Artsimovitch is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research centers on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular focus on molecular biology, genetics, infectious diseases, ecology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacterial genetics and biotechnology
  • RNA research and splicing
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • DNA and nucleic acid chemistry
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Irina Artsimovitch has published extensively in various journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • mBio

Recent papers authored by Artsimovitch include:

  • Steps toward translocation-independent RNA polymerase inactivation by terminator ATPase ρ, 2020, Science
  • A translational riboswitch coordinates nascent transcription-translation coupling, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • NMPylation and de-NMPylation of SARS-CoV-2 nsp9 by the NiRAN domain, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • NusG, an Ancient Yet Rapidly Evolving Transcription Factor, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • The δ subunit and NTPase HelD institute a two-pronged mechanism for RNA polymerase recycling, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Artsimovitch include:

  • Bing Wang
  • Nelly Said
  • M.C. Wahl
  • Tarek Hilal
  • David Dunlap

Among recognitions, Artsimovitch was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Pausing by bacterial RNA polymerase is mediated by mechanistically distinct classes of signals.

    Irina Artsimovitch;Robert Landick

  • Structural basis for transcription elongation by bacterial RNA polymerase

    Dmitry G. Vassylyev;Marina N. Vassylyeva;Anna Perederina;Tahir H. Tahirov

  • Regulation through the Secondary Channel—Structural Framework for ppGpp-DksA Synergism during Transcription

    Anna Perederina;Vladimir Svetlov;Marina N Vassylyeva;Tahir H Tahirov

  • Structural basis for substrate loading in bacterial RNA polymerase

    Dmitry G. Vassylyev;Marina N. Vassylyeva;Jinwei Zhang;Murali Palangat

  • Structural Basis for Transcription Regulation by Alarmone ppGpp

    Irina Artsimovitch;Vsevolod Patlan;Shun-ichi Sekine;Marina N Vassylyeva

  • Transcription termination control of the S box system: Direct measurement of S-adenosylmethionine by the leader RNA

    Brooke A. Murphy McDaniel;Frank J. Grundy;Irina Artsimovitch;Tina M. Henkin

  • The transcriptional regulator RfaH stimulates RNA chain synthesis after recruitment to elongation complexes by the exposed nontemplate DNA strand.

    Irina Artsimovitch;Robert Landick

  • Allosteric control of RNA polymerase by a site that contacts nascent RNA hairpins.

    Innokenti Toulokhonov;Irina Artsimovitch;Robert Landick

  • An α Helix to β Barrel Domain Switch Transforms the Transcription Factor RfaH into a Translation Factor

    Björn M. Burmann;Stefan H. Knauer;Anastasia Sevostyanova;Kristian Schweimer

  • Structural Basis for Converting a General Transcription Factor into an Operon-Specific Virulence Regulator

    Georgiy A. Belogurov;Marina N. Vassylyeva;Vladimir Svetlov;Sergiy Klyuyev

  • Termination and antitermination: RNA polymerase runs a stop sign

    Thomas J. Santangelo;Irina Artsimovitch

  • Initial events in bacterial transcription initiation.

    Emily F. Ruff;M. Thomas Record;Irina Artsimovitch

  • Mechanism of chromatin remodeling and recovery during passage of RNA polymerase II

    Olga I Kulaeva;Daria A Gaykalova;Nikolai A Pestov;Viktor V Golovastov

  • Allosteric modulation of the RNA polymerase catalytic reaction is an essential component of transcription control by rifamycins.

    Irina Artsimovitch;Marina N. Vassylyeva;Dmitri Svetlov;Vladimir Svetlov

  • Purification of bacterial RNA polymerase: tools and protocols.

    Vladimir Svetlov;Irina Artsimovitch

  • Information Processing by RNA Polymerase: Recognition of Regulatory Signals during RNA Chain Elongation

    Rachel Anne Mooney;Irina Artsimovitch;Robert Landick

  • Mutations of bacterial RNA polymerase leading to resistance to microcin j25.

    Julia Yuzenkova;Monica Delgado;Sergei Nechaev;Dhruti Savalia

  • Folding of a large ribozyme during transcription and the effect of the elongation factor NusA.

    Tao Pan;Irina Artsimovitch;Xing-wang Fang;Robert Landick

  • Co-overexpression of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase subunits allows isolation and analysis of mutant enzymes lacking lineage-specific sequence insertions.

    Irina Artsimovitch;Vladimir Svetlov;Katsuhiko S. Murakami;Robert Landick

  • Transformation: The next level of regulation

    Stefan H. Knauer;Paul Rösch;Irina Artsimovitch

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Landick
Robert Landick University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dmitry G. Vassylyev
Dmitry G. Vassylyev University of Alabama at Birmingham
Evgeny Nudler
Evgeny Nudler New York University
M. Thomas Record
M. Thomas Record University of Wisconsin–Madison
Markus C. Wahl
Markus C. Wahl Freie Universität Berlin
Seth A. Darst
Seth A. Darst Rockefeller University
James M. Berger
James M. Berger Johns Hopkins University
Nils G. Walter
Nils G. Walter University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard R. Burgess
Richard R. Burgess University of Wisconsin–Madison

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