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4 Publications
2025 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 18848 |

DNA targeting by compact Cas9d and its resurrected ancestor
R.F. Ocampo, J.P.K. Bravo, T.L. Dangerfield, I. Nocedal, S.A. Jirde, L.M. Alexander, N.C. Thomas, A. Das, S. Nielson, K.A. Johnson, C.T. Brown, C.N. Butterfield, D.S.A. Goltsman, D.W. Taylor, Nature Communications 16 (2025).
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R.F. Ocampo, J.P.K. Bravo, T.L. Dangerfield, I. Nocedal, S.A. Jirde, L.M. Alexander, N.C. Thomas, A. Das, S. Nielson, K.A. Johnson, C.T. Brown, C.N. Butterfield, D.S.A. Goltsman, D.W. Taylor, Nature Communications 16 (2025).
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 17494
Anti-plasmid immunity: A key to pathogen success?
J.P.K. Bravo, Future Microbiology 19 (2024) 1269–1272.
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J.P.K. Bravo, Future Microbiology 19 (2024) 1269–1272.
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 17442
Plasmid targeting and destruction by the DdmDE bacterial defence system
J.P.K. Bravo, D.A. Ramos, R. Fregoso Ocampo, C. Ingram, D.W. Taylor, Nature 630 (2024) 961–967.
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J.P.K. Bravo, D.A. Ramos, R. Fregoso Ocampo, C. Ingram, D.W. Taylor, Nature 630 (2024) 961–967.
2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 15372 |

Unraveling the mechanisms of PAMless DNA interrogation by SpRY-Cas9
G.N. Hibshman, J.P.K. Bravo, M.M. Hooper, T.L. Dangerfield, H. Zhang, I.J. Finkelstein, K.A. Johnson, D.W. Taylor, Nature Communications 15 (2024).
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G.N. Hibshman, J.P.K. Bravo, M.M. Hooper, T.L. Dangerfield, H. Zhang, I.J. Finkelstein, K.A. Johnson, D.W. Taylor, Nature Communications 15 (2024).