Publications

List of all Sekulic publications can be found on PubMed: http://bit.ly/SekulicPubl

Featured Publications

  • Guo LY, Allu PK, Zandarashvili L, McKinley KL, Sekulic N, Dawicki-McKenna JM, Fachinetti D, Logsdon GA, Jamiolkowski RM, Cleveland DW, Cheeseman IM, Black BE. Centromeres are maintained by fastening CENP-A to DNA and directing an arginine anchor-dependent nucleosome transition. Nat Commun. 2017 Jun 9;8:15775.
  • Sekulic N, Black BE. Preparation of Recombinant Centromeric Nucleosomes and Formation of Complexes with Nonhistone Centromere Proteins. Met Enzymol.    2016;573:67-96. doi: 10.1016/bs.mie.2016.01.014.
  • Falk SJ, Lee J, Sekulic N, Sennett MA, Lee TH, Black BE. CENP-C directs a structural transition of CENP-A nucleosomes mainly through sliding of DNA gyres. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2016 Mar;23(3):204-8.
  • McKinley KL, Sekulic N, Guo LY, Tsinman T, Black BE, Cheeseman IM. The CENP-L-N Complex Forms a Critical Node in an Integrated Meshwork of Interactions at the Centromere-Kinetochore Interface. Mol. Cell. 2015 Dec 17;60(6):886-98.
  • Falk JS*, Guo JY*, Sekulic N*, Smoak EM*, Mani T, Logsdon G, Gupta K, Jansen LT, Van Duyne GV, Vinogradov SA, Lampson MA, and Black BE. CENP-C reshapes and stabilizes CENP-A nucleosomes at the centromere. Science. 2015 May 8;348(6235):699-703 * - Denotes equal contributions - co-authorship
  • Geiss CP, Keramisanou D, Sekulic N, Scheffer MP, Black BE, Frangakis AS. CENP-A Arrays Are More Condensed than Canonical Arrays at Low Ionic Strength. Biochem J. 2014 Feb 18;106(4):875-82
  • Hasson D, Panchenko T, Salimian KJ, Salman MU, Sekulic N, Alonso A, Warburton PE, and Black BE. The octamer is the major form of CENP-A nucleosomes at human centromeres. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2013 Jun;20(6):687-95
  • Sekulic N, Black BE. Molecular underpinnings of centromere identity and maintenance. Trends Biochem Sci. 2012 Jun;37(6):220-9. Review (featured at the cover page)
  • Bassett EA, DeNizio J, Barnhart-Dailey MC, Panchenko T, Sekulic N, Rogers DJ, Foltz DR, Black BE. HJURP uses distinct CENP-A surfaces to recognize and to stabilize CENP-A/histone H4 for centromere assembly. Dev Cell. 2012 Apr 17;22(4):749-62.
  • Sekulic N, Bassett EA, Rogers DJ, Black BE. The structure of (CENP-A-H4)2 reveals physical features that mark centromeres. Nature. 2010 Sep 16;467(7313):347-51
Published Feb. 1, 2016 9:57 AM - Last modified Feb. 13, 2018 2:12 PM