Publications

Publications 2025

  1. Dyhr E, Sæbo̷ IP, Riisnæs IMM, Bjo̷rås M, Helgesen E, Booth JA, Franzyk H (2025)
    Rational Design of Antimicrobial Peptides Based on Bacterial Type‑I Toxins AapA1, IbsC, and Fst1
    ACS Omega, 10 (24), 25790-25800
    DOI 10.1021/acsomega.5c01863, PubMed 40584331
  2. Lobie TA, Krog CS, Skarstad K, Bjørås M, Booth JA (2025)
    Escherichia coli type I toxin TisB exclusively controls proton depolarization following antibiotic induced DNA damage
    Sci Rep, 15 (1), 12774
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-025-96136-x, PubMed 40229382
  3. Roque-Borda CA, Ramirez Delgado OJ, Duran Gleriani Primo LM, Dyhr E, Sæbø IP, Helgesen E, Booth J, Franzyk H, Hansen PR, Morales-Navarrete H, de la Torre BG, Albericio F, Perdigão J, Pavan FR (2025)
    Integrating Docking, Dynamics, and Assays to Predict Antimicrobial Peptide Interactions with Mycolic Acid Membranes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    ACS Meas Sci Au, 5 (6), 981-1000
    DOI 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.5c00126, PubMed 41425329
  4. Sæbø IP, Dyhr E, Riisnæs IMM, Franzyk H, Bjørås M, Booth JA, Helgesen E (2025)
    Rational design of synthetic antimicrobial peptides based on the Escherichia coli ShoB toxin
    Sci Rep, 15 (1), 14354
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-025-98330-3, PubMed 40274891
  5. Vikedal K, Ræder SB, Riisnæs IMM, Bjørås M, Booth JA, Skarstad K, Helgesen E (2025)
    RecN and RecA orchestrate an ordered DNA supercompaction response following ciprofloxacin-induced DNA damage in Escherichia coli
    Nucleic Acids Res, 53 (10)
    DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaf437, PubMed 40433982

Publications 2023

  1. Sæbø IP, Bjørås M, Franzyk H, Helgesen E, Booth JA (2023)
    Optimization of the Hemolysis Assay for the Assessment of Cytotoxicity
    Int J Mol Sci, 24 (3)
    DOI 10.3390/ijms24032914, PubMed 36769243
  2. Thorfinnsdottir LB, Bø GH, Booth JA, Bruheim P (2023)
    Survival of Escherichia coli after high-antibiotic stress is dependent on both the pregrown physiological state and incubation conditions
    Front Microbiol, 14, 1149978
    DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1149978, PubMed 36970700

Publications 2021

  1. Helgesen E, Sætre F, Skarstad K (2021)
    Topoisomerase IV tracks behind the replication fork and the SeqA complex during DNA replication in Escherichia coli
    Sci Rep, 11 (1), 474
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-80043-4, PubMed 33436807
  2. Lobie TA, Roba AA, Booth JA, Kristiansen KI, Aseffa A, Skarstad K, Bjørås M (2021)
    Antimicrobial resistance: A challenge awaiting the post-COVID-19 era
    Int J Infect Dis, 111, 322-325
    DOI 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.003, PubMed 34508864

Publications 2020

  1. Booth JA, Špírek M, Lobie TA, Skarstad K, Krejci L, Bjørås M (2020)
    Antibiotic-induced DNA damage results in a controlled loss of pH homeostasis and genome instability
    Sci Rep, 10 (1), 19422
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-76426-2, PubMed 33173044
  2. Nedal A, Ræder SB, Dalhus B, Helgesen E, Forstrøm RJ, Lindland K, Sumabe BK, Martinsen JH, Kragelund BB, Skarstad K, Bjørås M, Otterlei M (2020)
    Peptides containing the PCNA interacting motif APIM bind to the β-clamp and inhibit bacterial growth and mutagenesis
    Nucleic Acids Res, 48 (10), 5540-5554
    DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa278, PubMed 32347931

Publications 2017

  1. Flåtten I, Helgesen E, Pedersen IB, Waldminghaus T, Rothe C, Taipale R, Johnsen L, Skarstad K (2017)
    Phenotypes of dnaXE145A Mutant Cells Indicate that the Escherichia coli Clamp Loader Has a Role in the Restart of Stalled Replication Forks
    J Bacteriol, 199 (24)
    DOI 10.1128/JB.00412-17, PubMed 28947673
  2. Pedersen IB, Helgesen E, Flåtten I, Fossum-Raunehaug S, Skarstad K (2017)
    SeqA structures behind Escherichia coli replication forks affect replication elongation and restart mechanisms
    Nucleic Acids Res, 45 (11), 6471-6485
    DOI 10.1093/nar/gkx263, PubMed 28407100

Publications 2016

  1. Helgesen E, Fossum-Raunehaug S, Skarstad K (2016)
    Lack of the H-NS Protein Results in Extended and Aberrantly Positioned DNA during Chromosome Replication and Segregation in Escherichia coli
    J Bacteriol, 198 (8), 1305-16
    DOI 10.1128/JB.00919-15, PubMed 26858102
  2. Kristiansen KI, Weel-Sneve R, Booth JA, Bjørås M (2016)
    Mutually exclusive RNA secondary structures regulate translation initiation of DinQ in Escherichia coli
    RNA, 22 (11), 1739-1749
    DOI 10.1261/rna.058461.116, PubMed 27651528

Publications 2015

  1. Helgesen E, Fossum-Raunehaug S, Sætre F, Schink KO, Skarstad K (2015)
    Dynamic Escherichia coli SeqA complexes organize the newly replicated DNA at a considerable distance from the replisome
    Nucleic Acids Res, 43 (5), 2730-43
    DOI 10.1093/nar/gkv146, PubMed 25722374

Publications 2014

  1. Booth JA, Suganthan R, Gaustad P, Bjørås M (2014)
    Development of DinQ from Escherichia coli as an anti-cell-envelope antibiotic
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 45 (2), 196-7
    DOI 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.10.005, PubMed 25465525
  2. Fossum-Raunehaug S, Helgesen E, Stokke C, Skarstad K (2014)
    Escherichia coli SeqA structures relocalize abruptly upon termination of origin sequestration during multifork DNA replication
    PLoS One, 9 (10), e110575
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0110575, PubMed 25333813

Publications 2013

  1. Booth JA, Thomassen GO, Rowe AD, Weel-Sneve R, Lagesen K, Kristiansen KI, Bjørås M, Rognes T, Lindvall JM (2013)
    Tiling array study of MNNG treated Escherichia coli reveals a widespread transcriptional response
    Sci Rep, 3, 3053
    DOI 10.1038/srep03053, PubMed 24157950
  2. Weel-Sneve R, Kristiansen KI, Odsbu I, Dalhus B, Booth J, Rognes T, Skarstad K, Bjørås M (2013)
    Single transmembrane peptide DinQ modulates membrane-dependent activities
    PLoS Genet, 9 (2), e1003260
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003260, PubMed 23408903

Publications 2012

  1. Hak S, Helgesen E, Hektoen HH, Huuse EM, Jarzyna PA, Mulder WJ, Haraldseth O, Davies Cde L (2012)
    The effect of nanoparticle polyethylene glycol surface density on ligand-directed tumor targeting studied in vivo by dual modality imaging
    ACS Nano, 6 (6), 5648-58
    DOI 10.1021/nn301630n, PubMed 22671719

Publications 2010

  1. Thomassen GO, Weel-Sneve R, Rowe AD, Booth JA, Lindvall JM, Lagesen K, Kristiansen KI, Bjørås M, Rognes T (2010)
    Tiling array analysis of UV treated Escherichia coli predicts novel differentially expressed small peptides
    PLoS One, 5 (12), e15356
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0015356, PubMed 21203457

Publications 2008

  1. Olsen PA, Solhaug A, Booth JA, Gelazauskaite M, Krauss S (2008)
    Cellular responses to targeted genomic sequence modification using single-stranded oligonucleotides and zinc-finger nucleases
    DNA Repair (Amst), 8 (3), 298-308
    DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.11.011, PubMed 19071233