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Vincent Croquette is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure in France and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology. Their work incorporates interdisciplinary approaches, touching on Biomedical Engineering, Ecology, Biophysics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The primary research topics associated with Vincent Croquette include:

  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Their publication record features multiple papers in notable scientific venues. Among recent publications are:

  • "Folding and persistence times of intramolecular G-quadruplexes transiently embedded in a DNA duplex," 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Nucleosome Positioning on Large Tandem DNA Repeats of the '601' Sequence Engineered in Saccharomyces cerevisiae," 2022, Journal of Molecular Biology
  • "Displacement and dissociation of oligonucleotides during DNA hairpin closure under strain," 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Fluorescence to measure light intensity," 2023, Nature Methods
  • "Novel approaches to study helicases using magnetic tweezers," 2022, Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology

Their work commonly appears in the following publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology
  • Communications Biology
  • ChemPhysChem

Vincent Croquette collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Jean-François Allemand
  • Martin Rieu
  • Alexandra Joubert
  • Jean-Baptiste Boulé
  • Saurabh Raj

Best Publications

  • The Elasticity of a Single Supercoiled DNA Molecule

    T. R. Strick;J.-F. Allemand;D. Bensimon;A. Bensimon

  • Magnetic Tweezers: Micromanipulation and Force Measurement at the Molecular Level

    Charlie Gosse;Vincent Croquette

  • Alignment and sensitive detection of DNA by a moving interface

    A Bensimon;A Simon;A Chiffaudel;V Croquette

  • Estimating the persistence length of a worm-like chain molecule from force-extension measurements.

    C. Bouchiat;M.D. Wang;J.-F. Allemand;T. Strick

  • Behavior of Supercoiled DNA

    T.R. Strick;J.-F. Allemand;D. Bensimon;V. Croquette

  • Stretching DNA with a receding meniscus: Experiments and models.

    D. Bensimon;A. J. Simon;V. Croquette;A. Bensimon

  • Stretched and overwound DNA forms a Pauling-like structure with exposed bases

    J. F. Allemand;D. Bensimon;R. Lavery;V. Croquette

  • Twisting and stretching single DNA molecules.

    Terence Strick;Jean-François Allemand;Vincent Croquette;David Bensimon

  • Single-molecule analysis of DNA uncoiling by a type II topoisomerase.

    Terence R. Strick;Vincent Croquette;David Bensimon

  • pH-dependent specific binding and combing of DNA

    J.F. Allemand;D. Bensimon;L. Jullien;A. Bensimon

  • Replication by a single DNA polymerase of a stretched single-stranded DNA.

    Berenike Maier;David Bensimon;Vincent Croquette

  • Friction and torque govern the relaxation of DNA supercoils by eukaryotic topoisomerase IB

    Daniel A. Koster;Vincent Croquette;Cees Dekker;Stewart Shuman

  • Stretching of macromolecules and proteins

    T. R. Strick;M. N. Dessinges;G. Charvin;N. H. Dekker

  • Stretching single stranded DNA, a model polyelectrolyte.

    M.-N. Dessinges;B. Maier;B. Maier;Y. Zhang;M. Peliti

  • Measurement of the torque on a single stretched and twisted DNA using magnetic tweezers.

    Francesco Mosconi;Jean François Allemand;David Bensimon;Vincent Croquette

  • Preferential relaxation of positively supercoiled DNA by E. coli topoisomerase IV in single-molecule and ensemble measurements

    Nancy J. Crisona;Terence R. Strick;David Bensimon;Vincent Croquette

  • Homologous pairing in stretched supercoiled DNA

    T. R. Strick;V. Croquette;D. Bensimon

  • Single-molecule assay reveals strand switching and enhanced processivity of UvrD

    Marie-Noëlle Dessinges;Timothée Lionnet;Xu Guang Xi;David Bensimon

  • Diaroyl(methanato)boron difluoride compounds as medium-sensitive two-photon fluorescent probes.

    Emmanuelle Cogné-Laage;Jean-François Allemand;Odile Ruel;Jean-Bernard Baudin

  • Corrigendum: RecG and UvsW catalyse robust DNA rewinding critical for stalled DNA replication fork rescue

    Maria Manosas;Senthil K. Perumal;Piero R. Bianco;Felix Ritort

Frequent Co-Authors

David Bensimon
David Bensimon University of California, Los Angeles
Ludovic Jullien
Ludovic Jullien École Normale Supérieure
Stephen J. Benkovic
Stephen J. Benkovic Pennsylvania State University
Richard Lavery
Richard Lavery Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Jean-Louis Viovy
Jean-Louis Viovy Institute Curie
Jean-Marc Ghigo
Jean-Marc Ghigo Institut Pasteur
Christophe Beloin
Christophe Beloin Institut Pasteur
Nicholas R. Cozzarelli
Nicholas R. Cozzarelli University of California, Berkeley
Steven M. Block
Steven M. Block Stanford University
Cees Dekker
Cees Dekker Delft University of Technology

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