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Overview

Stephen D. Bell is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions focused on Molecular Biology and Genetics as subfields. Additional work spans Ecology, Plant Science, and Ophthalmology.

Research topics addressed by Stephen D. Bell include:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Their recent publication record showcases ongoing investigations into archaeal biology and chromosome organization. Recent papers include:

  • "Archaeal DNA Replication," 2020, Annual Review of Microbiology
  • "Multi-scale architecture of archaeal chromosomes," 2020, Molecular Cell
  • "Chromosome organization affects genome evolution in Sulfolobus archaea," 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • "Emerging views of genome organization in Archaea," 2020, Journal of Cell Science
  • "Chromosome architecture in an archaeal species naturally lacking structural maintenance of chromosomes proteins," 2023, Nature Microbiology

Stephen D. Bell frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, including:

  • Naomichi Takemata
  • Catherine Badel
  • Rachel Y. Samson
  • Mark D. Greci
  • Peter B. Bohall

Their work has appeared in various scientific journals with multiple publications in:

  • Nature Microbiology
  • Molecular Microbiology
  • STAR Protocols
  • Nature Communications
  • Annual Review of Microbiology

Best Publications

  • A Role for the ESCRT System in Cell Division in Archaea

    Rachel Y. Samson;Takayuki Obita;Stefan M. Freund;Roger L. Williams

  • The Interaction of Alba, a Conserved Archaeal Chromatin Protein, with Sir2 and Its Regulation by Acetylation

    Stephen D. Bell;Catherine H. Botting;Benjamin N. Wardleworth;Stephen P. Jackson

  • DNA Replication in the Archaea

    Elizabeth R. Barry;Stephen D. Bell

  • Identification of Two Origins of Replication in the Single Chromosome of the Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

    Nicholas P Robinson;Isabelle Dionne;Magnus Lundgren;Victoria L Marsh

  • THE ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX IN SILENCING, CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION, AND DNA REPLICATION

    S Loo;C A Fox;J Rine;R Kobayashi

  • Transcription and translation in Archaea: a mosaic of eukaryal and bacterial features

    Stephen D Bell;Stephen P Jackson

  • A heterotrimeric PCNA in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.

    Isabelle Dionne;Ravi K Nookala;Stephen P Jackson;Aidan J Doherty

  • Mechanism and regulation of transcription in archaea.

    Stephen D Bell;Stephen P Jackson

  • The Extracellular Matrix Protein TGFBI Induces Microtubule Stabilization and Sensitizes Ovarian Cancers to Paclitaxel

    Ahmed Ashour Ahmed;Anthony D. Mills;Ashraf E.K. Ibrahim;Jillian Temple

  • Evolution of diverse cell division and vesicle formation systems in Archaea

    Kira S. Makarova;Natalya Yutin;Stephen D. Bell;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Orientation of the transcription preinitiation complex in archaea.

    Stephen D. Bell;Peter L. Kosa;Paul B. Sigler;Stephen P. Jackson

  • Structure of Alba: an archaeal chromatin protein modulated by acetylation.

    B. N. Wardleworth;R. J. M. Russell;S. D. Bell;G. L. Taylor

  • Organization of the archaeal MCM complex on DNA and implications for the helicase mechanism.

    Adam T McGeoch;Michael A Trakselis;Ronald A Laskey;Stephen D Bell

  • Factor requirements for transcription in the Archaeon Sulfolobus shibatae

    Sohail A. Qureshi;Stephen D. Bell;Stephen P. Jackson

  • Replication Origin Recognition and Deformation by a Heterodimeric Archaeal Orc1 Complex

    Erin L. Cunningham Dueber;Jacob E. Corn;Jacob E. Corn;Stephen D. Bell;Stephen D. Bell;James M. Berger;James M. Berger

  • Holding it together: chromatin in the Archaea

    Malcolm F White;Stephen D Bell

  • Transcriptional regulation of an archaeal operon in vivo and in vitro.

    Stephen D Bell;Stephen D Bell;Stephen S Cairns;Robert L Robson;Stephen P Jackson;Stephen P Jackson

  • The Minichromosome Maintenance Replicative Helicase

    Stephen D. Bell;Michael R. Botchan

  • Extrachromosomal element capture and the evolution of multiple replication origins in archaeal chromosomes

    Nicholas P. Robinson;Stephen D. Bell

  • GINS, a central nexus in the archaeal DNA replication fork

    Nina Marinsek;Elizabeth R Barry;Kira S Makarova;Isabelle Dionne

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P. Jackson
Stephen P. Jackson University of Cambridge
Malcolm F. White
Malcolm F. White University of St Andrews
James M. Berger
James M. Berger Johns Hopkins University
Jacob E. Corn
Jacob E. Corn ETH Zurich
Roger L. Williams
Roger L. Williams University of Cambridge
David Prangishvili
David Prangishvili Institut Pasteur
Eugene V. Koonin
Eugene V. Koonin National Institutes of Health
Qunxin She
Qunxin She Shandong University
Patrick Forterre
Patrick Forterre University of Paris-Saclay
Kira S. Makarova
Kira S. Makarova National Institutes of Health

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