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2026

A nitrite-responsive regulatory RNA locus sustains commensal resilience against nitrosative stress

Fansler RT, Bak DW, Langford-Butler M, Chen L, Singla D, Spiga L, Livny J, Karijolich J, Meers C, Zhou Q, Weerapana E, Zhu W.

bioRxiv. 2026. Preprint posted July 10, 2026.

bioRxiv DOI ↗

2026

Exapted CRISPR-Cas12f homologues drive RNA-guided transcription

Hoffmann FT, Wiegand T, Palmieri AI, Glass-Klaiber J, Xiao R, Tang S, Le HC, Meers C, Lampe GD, Chang L, Sternberg SH.

Nature. 2026;653(8113):277–287.

Nature DOI ↗

2025

Psilocybin biosynthesis enhancement through gene source optimization

Keller MR, McKinney MG, Sen AK, Guagliardo FG, Hellwarth EB, Islam KN, Kaplan NA, Gibbons WJ Jr, Kemmerly GE, Meers C, Wang X, Jones JA.

Metabolic Engineering. 2025;91:119–129.

Metabolic Engineering DOI ↗

2025

Evolutionary origins of archaeal and eukaryotic RNA-guided RNA modification in bacterial IS110 transposons

Vaysset H*, Meers C*, Cury J, Bernheim A, Sternberg SH.

Nature Microbiology. 2025;10:20–27. * Equal contribution.

Nature Microbiology DOI ↗

2024

Jeon Y, Lu Y, Ferrari MM, Channagiri T, Xu P, Meers C, Zhang Y, Balachander S, Park VS, Marsili S, Pursell ZF, Jonoska N, Storici F.

Nature Communications. 2024;15(1):7935.

Nature Communications DOI ↗

2024

TnpB homologues exapted from transposons are RNA-guided transcription factors

Wiegand T, Hoffmann FT, Walker MWG, Tang S, Richard E, Le HC, Meers C, Sternberg SH.

Nature. 2024;631(8020):439–448.

Nature DOI ↗

2024

Zedaveinyte R, Meers C, Le HC, Mortman EE, Tang S, Lampe GD, Pesari SR, Gelsinger DR, Wiegand T, Sternberg SH.

Science. 2024;385(6705).

Science DOI ↗

2024

Distinct features of ribonucleotides within genomic DNA in Aicardi-Goutières syndrome-ortholog mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Kundnani DL, Yang T, Gombolay A, Mukherjee K, Newnam G, Meers C, Mehta ZH, Mouawad C, Storici F.

iScience. 2024;27(6).

iScience DOI ↗

2023

Meers C, Le HC, Pesari SR, Hoffmann FT, Walker MWG, Gezelle J, Tang S, Sternberg SH.

Nature. 2023;622:863–871.

Nature DOI ↗

2020

Genetic characterization of three distinct mechanisms supporting RNA-driven DNA repair and modification reveals major role of DNA polymerase zeta

Meers C, Keskin H, Banyai G, Mazina O, Yang T, Gombolay A, Mukherjee K, Kaparos E, Newnam G, Mazin A, Storici F.

Molecular Cell. 2020;79(6):1037–1050.

Molecular Cell DOI ↗

2020

Systematic analysis of linker histone PTMs reveals phosphorylation sites required for DNA double-strand break repair

Mukherjee K, English N, Meers C, Kim H, Jonke A, Storici F, Torres M.

DNA Repair. 2020;86:102763.

DNA Repair DOI ↗

2018

From “cellular” RNA to “smart” RNA: Multiple roles of RNA in genome stability and beyond

Michelini F, Jalihal AP, Francia S, Meers C, Neeb ZT, Rossiello F, Gioia U, Aguado J, Jones-Weinert C, Luke B, Biamonti G, Nowacki M, Storici F, Carninci P, Walter NG, d’Adda di Fagagna F.

Chemical Reviews. 2018;118(8):4365–4403.

Chemical Reviews DOI ↗

2016

Transcript RNA supports precise repair of its own DNA gene

Keskin H, Meers C, Storici F.

RNA Biology. 2016;13:157–165.

RNA Biology DOI ↗

2016

DNA repair by RNA: Templated, or not templated, that is the question

Meers C, Keskin H, Storici F.

DNA Repair. 2016;44:17–21.

DNA Repair DOI ↗

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