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Reid C. Johnson is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, in the United States. Their research activities primarily focus on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and additional interests in Gender Studies, General Health Professions, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's main research topics include Diffusion and Search Dynamics, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, DNA Repair Mechanisms, and aspects of Diversity and Career in Medicine.

Recent publications by Reid C. Johnson cover a range of molecular and genetic studies. Notable papers include:

  • The HMGB chromatin protein Nhp6A can bypass obstacles when traveling on DNA, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Testing mechanisms of DNA sliding by architectural DNA-binding proteins: dynamics of single wild-type and mutant protein molecules in vitro and in vivo, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Control of the Serine Integrase Reaction: Roles of the Coiled-Coil and Helix E Regions in DNA Site Synapsis and Recombination, 2021, Journal of Bacteriology
  • A Harmonized Dual-Registry Analysis Identifies Racial Inequity in Surgeon Recommendations for Resection of Skull Base Tumors, 2023, Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base

These papers reflect engagement with diverse topics, including DNA-protein interactions, mechanisms of DNA sliding, enzymatic reactions in bacterial genetics, and racial inequities in medical recommendations.

Frequent collaborators in Reid C. Johnson's work include Sridhar Mandali, Kiyoto Kamagata, Cheng Tan, Eriko Mano, and Yining Wu. This network indicates an interdisciplinary approach involving multiple experts contributing to various aspects of molecular and medical research.

Johnson's research is published predominantly in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Bacteriology, and the Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base, showing a focus on genetic and molecular biology as well as clinical neurology contexts.

Best Publications

  • Dramatic changes in Fis levels upon nutrient upshift in Escherichia coli.

    C A Ball;R Osuna;K C Ferguson;R C Johnson

  • The Fis protein: it's not just for DNA inversion anymore

    S. E. Finkel;R. C. Johnson

  • The nonspecific DNA-binding and -bending proteins HMG1 and HMG2 promote the assembly of complex nucleoprotein structures.

    Tanya T. Paull;Michael J. Haykinson;Reid C. Johnson

  • Host protein requirements for in vitro site-specific DNA inversion

    Reid C. Johnson;Michael F. Bruist;Melvin I. Simon

  • Hin recombinase bound to DNA: the origin of specificity in major and minor groove interactions

    Jin-An Feng;Reid C. Johnson;Richard E. Dickerson

  • Hin-mediated site-specific recombination requires two 26 by recombination sites and a 60 by recombinational enhancer

    Reid C. Johnson;Melvin I. Simon

  • The shape of the DNA minor groove directs binding by the DNA-bending protein Fis

    Stefano Stella;Duilio Cascio;Reid C. Johnson

  • Variable Structures of Fis-DNA Complexes Determined by Flanking DNA – Protein Contacts

    Clark Q. Pan;Steven E. Finkel;Sarah E. Cramton;Jin-An Feng

  • Solution structure of the HMG protein NHP6A and its interaction with DNA reveals the structural determinants for non‐sequence‐specific binding

    Frédéric H.‐T. Allain;Yi‐Meng Yen;James E. Masse;Peter Schultze

  • The Hin invertasome: protein-mediated joining of distant recombination sites at the enhancer.

    Karen A. Heichman;Reid C. Johnson

  • Isolation of the gene encoding the Hin recombinational enhancer binding protein

    Reid C. Johnson;Catherine A. Ball;Diana Pfeffer;Melvin I. Simon

  • The molecular structure of wild-type and a mutant Fis protein: relationship between mutational changes and recombinational enhancer function or DNA binding.

    Hanna S. Yuan;Steven E. Finkel;Jin-An Feng;Maria Kaczor-Grzeskowiak

  • Identification of genes negatively regulated by Fis: Fis and RpoS comodulate growth-phase-dependent gene expression in Escherichia coli.

    Jimin Xu;R. C. Johnson

  • Micromechanical analysis of the binding of DNA-bending proteins HMGB1, NHP6A, and HU reveals their ability to form highly stable DNA-protein complexes.

    Dunja Skoko;Ben Wong;Reid C. Johnson;John F. Marko

  • Mechanism of chromosome compaction and looping by the Escherichia coli nucleoid protein Fis.

    Dunja Skoko;Daniel Yoo;Hua Bai;Bernhard Schnurr

  • Control of Tn5 transposition in Escherichia coli is mediated by protein from the right repeat

    Reid C. Johnson;Jerry C.P. Yin;William S. Reznikoff

  • Identification of two functional regions in Fis: the N-terminus is required to promote Hin-mediated DNA inversion but not lambda excision.

    R Osuna;S E Finkel;R C Johnson

  • The S. cerevisiae Architectural HMGB Protein NHP6A Complexed with DNA: DNA and Protein Conformational Changes upon Binding

    James E. Masse;Ben Wong;Yi-Meng Yen;Frédéric H.-T. Allain

  • Control of transcription by nucleoid proteins.

    Sarah M McLeod;Reid C Johnson

  • Yeast HMG proteins NHP6A/B potentiate promoter-specific transcriptional activation in vivo and assembly of preinitiation complexes in vitro.

    Tanya T. Paull;Michael Carey;Reid C. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Marko
John F. Marko Northwestern University
Duilio Cascio
Duilio Cascio University of California, Los Angeles
Robert T. Clubb
Robert T. Clubb University of California, Los Angeles
Michael Carey
Michael Carey University of California, Los Angeles
Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Monica Olvera de la Cruz Northwestern University
Juli Feigon
Juli Feigon University of California, Los Angeles
Richard L. Gourse
Richard L. Gourse University of Wisconsin–Madison
Richard E. Dickerson
Richard E. Dickerson University of California, Los Angeles
David S. Sigman
David S. Sigman University of California, Los Angeles

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