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Molecular biology of Archaea

19—21 August 2008

University of St Andrews, UK



19 August 2008

Poster Session 1: 17:15 - 19:00


P002 Elucidating the role of Sm-like proteins in archaea
S. Fischer, J. Soppa, T. Allers and A. Marchfelder
P003 On the interaction of Nanoarchaeum equitans with Ignicoccus hospitalis: proteins in the gap between two cells
T. Burghardt, B. Junglas, N. Wasserburger, C. Meyer, F. Siedler, R. Deutzmann, R. Wirth, H. Huber and R. Rachel
P004 Structure and function of the archaeal DNA repair XPD helicase
J. Rudolf, C. Rouillon, A.-M. McRobbie and M. White
P005 Characterization of the physiological role of an Lrp-like transcriptional regulator of Sulfolobus solfataricus
E. Peeters, S.-V. Albers and D. Charlier
P007 In vitro binding of Ss-LrpB from Sulfolobus solfataricus to potential target sites
A. Vassart, E. Peeters, L. van Oeffelen and D. Charlier
P008 Non-random gene expression levels over the Sulfolobus chromosome
A.F. Andersson, E. Karlsson, M. Lundgren, S. Eriksson, P. Nilsson and R. Bernander
P009 Recruitment of Orf44, an ad hoc transcriptional repressor, into a putative partition cassette in the archaeon Sulfolobus
A.K. Sanford, N. Matamala and D. Barillà
P010 Dissection of the archaeal transcription machinery using fluorescence spectroscopy
D. Grohmann and F. Werner
P011 Molecular mechanisms of transcription elongation in archaea
A. Hirtreiter and F. Werner
P013 Archaeal homologues of eukaryotic ESCRT proteins play a significant role in cell division.
R.Y. Samson, T. Obita, O. Perisic, R.L. Williams and S.D. Bell
P014 TFB3: the missing link between UV irradiation and transcriptional response?
S. Paytubi, D. Götz, S. Munro and M.F. White
P015 Transcriptome changes and cAMP oscillation in an archaeal cell cycle
A. Baumann, C. Lange and J. Soppa
P016 TrmB and TrmBL1, two transcriptional regulators in the heart of the cross-regulatory network of sugar metabolism in Pyrococcus furiosus
W. Hausner, M. Surma, S.-J. Lee and M. Thomm
P017 Multiple transcription factors (TFBs) in the archaeal transcription of the hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeon Thermoproteus tenax
J. Marrero, S.M. Koning, F. Blombach, R. Hensel and B. Siebers
P018 Global targets search for the DNA-binding protein gp08 from the hyperthermophilic archaeal virus SIRV1
N. Peixeiro, F. Guillière, A. Kessler, D. Prangishvili, J.I. Guijarro and G. Sezonov
P019 Identification of Sulfolobus sofataricus araS promoter cis-acting elements using a novel reporter gene system
N. Peng, Z. Chen and Q. She
P020 In silico identification of bacterial-like dif sites in archaea with specific affinity for archaeal Xer proteins in vivo
D. Cortez, S. Quevillon-Cheruel, N. Desnoues, S. Gribaldo, G. Sezonov, M.-C. Serre and P. Forterre
P021 Reverse genetic analysis of an archaeal MCM
T. Kristensen, R. Cherian, F. Gray, K. Jensen and S. MacNeill
P022 Coupling of DNA replication and translation: new hints from genomic context analysis in archaea
J. Berthon, D. Cortez and P. Forterre
P023 Archaeal replicative DNA polymerases: importance of consensus motifs to bind functionally to processivity factor
B. Castrec, C. Rouillon, G. Henneke, D. Flament, J. Querellou and J.-P. Raffin
P024 An investigation into archaeal DNA polymerases and their role in DNA replication using ensemble and single-molecule fluorescence
T. Killelea and B. Connolly
P025 DNA replication in Haloferax volcanii
M. Hawkins and T. Allers
P026 Why does Methanococcus maripaludis have multiple MCMs?
A. Walters and J. Chong
P027 pSJ1: novel gapped DNA substrate for forward mutation assay
S.K. Jozwiakowski and B.A. Connolly
P028 Biochemical characterization of various components of the Sulfolobus solfataricus pre-replicative complex
A. Costa and S. Bell
P029 Characterization of the Sulfolobus solfataricus proliferating cell nuclear antigen and its interaction partners
J. Naser Faqiri, L. Deng, N. Peng and Q. She

20 August 2008

Poster Session 2: 12:30 -13:30


P030 Identification of two euryarchaeal proviruses that are related to crenarchaeal Sulfolobus turreted icosahedral virus
M. Krupovi and D.H. Bamford
P031 Thaumarchaeota: a highly diversified and ancient archaeal phylum
C. Brochier-Armanet, B. Boussau, S. Gribaldo and P. Forterre
P032 Transcriptomic analyses of radioresistance and metal tolerance in Thermococcus gammatolerans
C. Leplat, A. Lagorce, A. Fourçans, M. Dutertre, A. Tapias, Y. Zivanonic and F. Confalonieri
P033 Significance of the distribution of chromosomal CRISPR matches to viruses and plasmids in the crenarchaeal order Sulfolobales
S.A. Shah and R.A. Garrett
P034 CRISPR: a novel prokaryotic immune system and its associated proteins in Sulfolobus solfataricus
M. Kerou and M.F. White
P035 New archaeal viruses from hot springs
P. Redder, X. Peng, K. Brügger, B. Greve, Q. She, C. Schleper, P. Forterre, R.A. Garrett and D. Prangishvili
P036 The strength of selected codon usage bias in archaea
L.R. Emery and P.M. Sharp
P037 Viruses and plasmids of halophilic archaea and thermophilic bacteria share homologous virus cores
M. Jalasvuori and J. Bamford
P038 CRISPR dynamics in Sulfolobus islandicus strains
C. Jaubert, K. Brügger, N. Desnoues, R.A. Garrett, D. Prangishvili, G. Sezonov and P. Redder
P039 Complete genome sequence and proteome analysis of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus gammatolerans
Y. Zivanovic, A. Lagorce, C. Leplat, M. Dutertre, P. Forterre, J. Weissenbach, J. Armengaud and F. Confalonieri
P040 HflX GTPases: interacting with the translation machinery
F. Blombach, H. Wu, L. Sun, V. Zorraquino, S. Brouns, X. Zhang, Z. Rao and J. van der Oost
P041 Genetic tools for Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
S. Berkner, M. Ajon, S.V. Albers and G. Lipps
P042 Mutational and in vivo analysis of the Haloferax volcanii CCT complex
A. Large and P. Lund
P043 CRISPR in Thermoproteus tenax: functional analysis of cas genes
A. Plagens, B. Tjaden and R. Hensel
P044 Diversity of plasmids from deep-sea hyperthermophiles
G. Erauso, M. Gonnet, M. Le Romancer and D. Prieur
P045 The protein network of the exceptional Acidianus two-tailed bicaudavirus ATV
U. Scheele, G. Vestergaard, S. Erdmann and R.A. Garrett
P046 Understanding cell wall regeneration in Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus
H. Hussin and J. Chong
P047 Production of renewable biogas using a microbial fuel cell
C. Bochiwal and J. Chong
P048 Influence of various O2 concentrations on Sulfolobus solfataricus P2
G. Simon, Y. Combet-Blanc, R. Auria, J. van der Oost and L. Casalot
P049 Interactions of the crenarchaeal plasmid pAH1 with the lipothrixvirus AFV1 and the Acidianus host chromosome
T. Basta, J. Smyth, P. Forterre, D. Prangishvili and X. Peng
P050 Molecular evidence for the presence of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) in NW Black Sea coast
E. Stoica and C. Edwards
P051 Biochemical, structural and cellular characterization of ESCRT-III-like components in Sulfolobus solfataricus
C.F.V. Hobel, L. Malinovska, H. Schwarz, A. Ellen, S.V. Albers, A.J.M. Driessen and A.N. Lupas
P052 Genetic evidence for histone acetylation in the halophillic archaeon Haloferax volcanii
N. Altman-Price and M. Mevarech
P053 Role of vapBC toxin-antitoxin loci in the thermal stress response of the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus
C. Cooper, M. Daugherty, P. Blum and R. Kelly
P054 Development of an infectious clone of Sulfolobus turreted icosahedral virus
J. Fulton, D. Willits, T. Douglas and M. Young

21 August 2008

Poster Session 3: 12:30 - 13:30


P056 Unified mechanisms for DNA repair from assembled enzyme DNA structures characterized by integrated X-ray solution scattering and crystallography
J.A. Tainer
P057 Genetic analysis of hef (xpf) and xpg genes in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii
Z. Duan and T. Allers
P058 Understanding the interplay between recombinases, helicases and DNA-binding proteins during homologous recombination in archaea.
A. McRobbie and M.F. White
P059 Creation of a DNA U/G endonuclease activity in Mma3148, an ExoIII homologue of the mesophilic archaeon Methanosarcina mazei
S. Ber, W. Kramer and H.-J. Fritz
P060 Recombination/repair in hyperthermophilic archaea: the Rad50-Mre11-NurA-HerA pathway
C. Elie, A. Quaiser, F. Constantinesco, A. Cariou and M. Mathieu
P061 Archaeal family B DNA polymerase stalling, protection and interaction with PCNA at deaminated bases
K. Emptage, R. O’Neill and B. Connolly
P062 Novel protein complexes involved in genomic maintenance from a hyperthermophilic archaeon
D. Flament, J. Briffotaux, J.-P. Raffin and J. Querellou
P063 Structural and functional studies of a novel archaeal endonuclease reveal a co-operative molecular regulatory mechanism that participates in processing of stalled replication forks
B. Ren, J. Kuhn, D. Flament, R. Ladenstein and H. Myllykallio
P064 The transcritional response to low doses of UV-B in Halobacterium sp. NRC-1
S. McCready, W.L. Ng, I. Boubriak, P. DasSarma and S. DasSarma
P065 Intrinsic properties of the two replicative DNA polymerases of Pyrococcus abyssi opposite abasic sites: control of genome stability?
A. Palud, S. L’Haridon, G. Villani, J. Querellou, J.-P. Raffin and G. Henneke
P066 Structure of the archaeal Kae1/Bud32 fusion protein MJ1130 (Methanococcus jannaschii): a model for the eukaryotic EKC/KEOPS subcomplex involved in transcription and telomere homoeostasis
A. Hecker, R. Lopreiato, M. Graille, B. Collinet, E. Lecam, D. Libri, H. van Tilbeurgh and P. Forterre
P067 Identification of the glycosyltransferase genes involved in N-linked glycosylation of the flagellin proteins in the archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis
J. Wu, D.J. VanDyke, S.M. Logan, E. Vinogradov, J. Kelly, D. McNally and K.F. Jarrell
P068 Functional studies of SSV conserved proteins
X. Giroux, Z. Chen, C. Poisier, Q. She and M.-C. Serre
P069 Initiation and regulation of translation in haloarchaea
O. Hering, M. Brenneis, C. Lange and J. Soppa
P070 Small RNAs from the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii
J. Straub, M. Brenneis, A. Jellen-Ritter, R. Heyer, B. Tjaden, J. Soppa and A. Marchfelder
P071 Species-specific cellular aggregation of Sulfolobales after UV-treatment
S. Fröls, K. Stoecker, D. Teichmann, M. Wagner and C. Schleper
P072 Functional analysis of the multiprotein bridging factor in archaea
B. de Koning, R. Matsumi, F. Blombach, S. Brouns, S. Albers, H. Atomi and J. van der Oost
P073 Development of gene knock out systems for Sulfolobus islandicus using pyrEF as a selection marker
L. Deng, Y.X. Liang and Q. She