Selected publications
Kim KQ, Burgute BD, Tzeng SC, Jing C, Jungers C, Zhang J, Yan LL, Vierstra RD, Djuranovic S, Evans BS, Zaher HS. N1-methylpseudouridine found within COVID-19 mRNA vaccines produces faithful protein products. Cell Rep. 2022 Aug 30;40(9):111300. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111300.
Erath, J., & Djuranovic, S. (2022). Association of the receptor for activated C-kinase 1 with ribosomes in Plasmodium falciparum. The Journal of biological chemistry, 298(6), 101954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101954
Jungers, C. F., & Djuranovic, S. (2022). Modulation of miRISC-Mediated Gene Silencing in Eukaryotes. Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 9, 832916. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2022.832916
Powell, G., Pavlovic Djuranovic, S., & Djuranovic, S. (2021). Gene dosage effects of poly(A) track-engineered hypomorphs. Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 26, 865–878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2021.10.005
Pavlovic Djuranovic S, Erath J, Andrews JR, Bayguinov OP, Chung JJ, Chalker LD, Fitzpatrick JAJ, Moss NW, Szczesny P, Djuranovic S. (2020) “Plasmodium falciparum translational machinery condones polyadenosine repeats” eLife 9:e57799 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.57799
Verma, M., J. Choi, K. A. Cottrell, Z. Lavagnino, E. N. Thomas, S. Pavlovic-Djuranovic, P. Szczesny, D. W. Piston, H. S. Zaher, J. D. Puglisi and S. Djuranovic (2019). “A short translational ramp determines the efficiency of protein synthesis.” Nature Communications 10(1): 5774.
Jessey Erath, Sergej Djuranovic, Slavica Pavlovic Djuranovic. “Adaptation of Translational Machinery in Malaria Parasites to Accommodate Translation of Poly-Adenosine Stretches Throughout Its Life Cycle” Front. Microbiol., December 2019.
Slavica Pavlovic Djuranovic, Jessey Erath, Ryan J Andrews, Peter O Bayguinov, Joyce J Chung, Douglas L Chalker, James AJ Fitzpatrick, Walter N Moss, Pawel Szczesny, Sergej Djuranovic. “PolyA tracks and poly-lysine repeats are the Achilles heel of Plasmodium falciparum”
Arthur, Laura L., and Sergej Djuranovic. “PolyA Tracks, Polybasic Peptides, Poly-Translational Hurdles.” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, vol. 9, no. 5, 2018.
Cottrell, K. A., Chaudhari, H.G., Cohen, B.A., Djuranovic, S. “PTRE-Seq Reveals Mechanism and Interactions of RNA Binding Proteins and miRNAs.” Nature Communications, vol. 9, no. 1, 2018.
Cottrell, Kyle A., Szczesny, Pawel, and Sergej Djuranovic. “Translation Efficiency Is a Determinant of the Magnitude of miRNA-Mediated Repression.” Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, 2017.
Arthur, L. L., Chung, J.J., Janakirama, P., Keefer, K.M., Kolotilin, I., Pavlovic-Djuranovic, S., Chalker, D.L., Grbic, V., Green, R., Menassa, R., True, H.L., Skeath, J.B., Djuranovic, S. “Rapid Generation of Hypomorphic Mutations.” Nature Communications, vol. 8, no. 1, 2017.
Cottrell, Kyle A., and Sergej Djuranovic. “Urb-RIP – An Adaptable and Efficient Approach for Immunoprecipitation of RNAs and Associated RNAs/Proteins.” Plos One, vol. 11, no. 12, 2016.
Daane, J.M., Rohner, N., Konstantinidis, P., Djuranovic, S., Harris MP. “Parallelism and Epistasis in Skeletal Evolution Identified through Use of Phylogenomic Mapping Strategies.” Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 33, no. 1, 2015, pp. 162–173.
Arthur, Laura L., Pavlovic-Djuranovic, S., Smith-Koutmou, K., Green, R., Szczesny, P., Djuranovic, S. “Translational Control by Lysine-Encoding A-Rich Sequences.” Science Advances, vol. 1, no. 6, 2015.
Koutmou, Kristin S, Schuller, A.P., Brunelle, J.L., Radhakrishnan, A., Djuranovic, S., Green, R. “Ribosomes Slide on Lysine-Encoding Homopolymeric A Stretches.” eLife, vol. 4, 2015.
Hur, Junho K., Zinchenko, M.K., Djuranovic, S., Green, R. “Regulation of Argonaute Slicer Activity by Guide RNA 3′ End Interactions with the N-Terminal Lobe.” Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 288, no. 11, 2013, pp. 7829–7840.
Djuranovic, S., Nahvi, Ali and Rachel Green. “miRNA-Mediated Gene Silencing by Translational Repression Followed by MRNA Deadenylation and Decay.” Science, vol. 336, no. 6078, 2012, pp. 237–240.
Grbić, M. et. al. “The genome of Tetranychus urticaereveals herbivorous pest adaptations.” Nature, vol. 479, 2011, pp. 487–492.
Djuranovic, S., Nahvi, A. and Rachel Green. “A Parsimonious Model for Gene Regulation by miRNAs.” Science, vol. 331, no. 6017, 2011, pp. 550–553.
Varnay, Ilka., Truffault, V., Djuranovic, S., Ursinus, A., Coles, M., Kessler, H. “Optimized Measurement Temperature Gives Access to the Solution Structure of a 49 KDa Homohexameric β-Propeller.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 132, no. 44, 2010, pp. 15692–15698.
Djuranovic, Sergej, Zinchenko, M.K., Hur, J.K., Nahvi, A., Brunelle, J.L., Rogers, E.J., Green, R. “Allosteric Regulation of Argonaute Proteins by miRNAs.” Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, vol. 17, no. 2, 2010, pp. 144–150.
Djuranovic, S., Hartmann, M.D., Habeck, M., Ursinus, A., Zwickl, P., Martin, J., Lupas, A.N., Zeth, K. “Structure and Activity of the N-Terminal Substrate Recognition Domains in Proteasomal ATPases – The Arc Domain Structure.” Molecular Cell, 2009.
Asen, I., Djuranovic, S., Lupas, A.N., Zeth, K. “Crystal structure of SpoVT, the final modulator of gene expression during spore development in Bacillus subtilis.” Journal of Molecular Biology, vol. 386, no. 4, 2009, pp. 962-975.
Ammelburg M., Hartmann, M.D., Djuranovic, S., Alva, V., Koretke, K.K., Martin, J., Sauer, G., Truffault, V., Zeth, K., Lupas, A.N., Coles, M. “A CTP-dependent archaeal riboflavin kinase forms a bridge in the evolution of cradle-loop barrels.” Structure, vol. 15, no. 12, 2007, pp. 1577-1590.
Schmidt, O., Schuenemann, V.J., Hand, N.J., Silhavy, T.J., Martin, J., Lupas, A.N., Djuranovic, S. “prlF and yhaV encode a new toxin-antitoxin system in Escherichia coli.” Journal of Molecular Biology, vol. 372, no. 4, 2007, pp. 894-905.
Coles, M., Hulko, M., Djuranovic, S., Truffault, V., Koretke, K., Martin, J., Lupas, A.N. “Common evolutionary origin of swapped-hairpin and double-psi beta barrels.” Structure, vol. 14, no. 10, 2006, pp. 1489-1498.
Djuranovic, S., Rockel, B., Lupas, A.N., Martin, J. “Characterization of AMA, a new AAA protein from Archaeoglobus and methanogenic archaea.” Journal of Structural Biology, vol. 156, no. 1, 2006, pp. 130-138.
Coles, M., Djuranovic, S., Söding, J., Frickey, T., Koretke, K., Truffault, V., Martin, J., Lupas, A.N. “AbrB-like transcription factors assume a swapped hairpin fold that is evolutionarily related to double-psi beta barrels.” Structure, vol. 13, no. 6, 2005, pp. 919-928.