Finzi's lab

selected publications

H. Wang, L. Finzi, D. E. A. Lewis, D. D. Dunlap
"AFM Studies of Lambda Repressor Oligomers Securing DNA Loops"
Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 10, 494-501 (2009)

C. Zurla, C. Manzo, D. D. Dunlap, D. E. A. Lewis, S. Adhya, L. Finzi
"Direct demonstration and quantification of long-range DNA looping by the lambda bacteriophage repressor"
NAR, doi:10.1093/nar/gkp134 (2009)

L. Finzi
"Perspectives on DNA looping", in IMA Volume on "Mathematics of DNA structure, Function, and Interactions" Eds
C. J. Benham, S. Harvey, W. K. Olson, D. L. Sumners, and D. Swigon
Spring Science-Business Media, LLC, -in press

G. Lia, M. Indrieri, T. Owen-Hughes, L. Finzi, A. Podesta', P. Milani, D.Dunlap
"ATP-dependent looping of DNA by ISWI", Special issue:" From single molecules and single cells to tissue imaging"
Journal of Biophotonics 4,280-286 (2008)

G. Lia, S. Semsey, D. e. lewis, S. Adhya, D. Besinmon, D. Dunlap, L. Finzi
"The Antiparallel loops in Gal DNA"
NAR, 36, 4204-4210 (2008)

C. Zurla, G. Bertoni, F. Valle, G. Dietler, L. Finzi, D. Dunlap
"Architectural role of IHF in the regulation of transcription at the single molecule level"
Byophisical Chemistry 128, 245 - 252 (2007)

F. Guerra, L. Imperadori, D. Dunlap, R. Mantovani, L. Finzi
"DNA Compaction by the nuclear factor-Y"
Byophis. J., 93(1):176-182 (2007)

J. F. Beausang, C. Zurla, C. Manzo, D. Dunlap, L. Finzi, and P. Nelson
"DNA Looping Kinetics Analyzed Using Diffusive Hidden Markov Model "
Byophis. J. - 92:L64-L66 (2007)

	John F. Beausang, Chiara Zurla, Luke Sullivan, L. Finzi, Philip C. Nelson "Elementary simulation of tethered Brownian motion" AJP q-bio.BM/0610007
	P. Nelson, C. Zurla, D. Brogioli, John F. Beausang, L. Finzi, and D. Dunlap "Tethered Particle Motion as a Diagnostic of DNA Tether Length" The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110 (34): 17260-17267 (2006)
	C. Zurla, A Franzini, G. Galli, D.D. Dunlap, D.E.A. Lewis, S. Adhya and L. Finzi "Novel tethered particle motion analysis of CI protein-mediated DNA looping in the regulation of bacteriophage lambda" Journal of Physics:Condensed Matter, 18, S225-S234 (2006)
	A. Podesta M. Indrieri, D. Brogioli, J. S. Manning, P. Milani, R. Guerra, L. Finzi, D. Dunlap "Positively charged surfaces increase the flexibility of DNA" Biophys J., 89:2558-2563 (2005)
	E. Consoli, R. Croce, D. Brogioli, D. Dunlap and L. Finzi "Diffusion of phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated Light Harvesting Complex II in the thylakoid membranes" EMBO reports, 6(8):782-6 (2005)
	G. Garab, P. Galaida, I. Pomozi, L. Finzi, T. Praznovszky, P. Ormos, H. Van Amerongen "Alignment of biological microparticles by polarized laser beam" Eur. Biophys. J., 34(4):335-43 (2005)
	M. Kooiker, C. Airoldi, A. Losa, P.S. Manzotti, L. Finzi, M. M. Kater and L. Colombo "Basic pentacysteine1 a GA-Binding Protein that Induces Conformational Changes in the Regulatory Region of the Homeotic Arabidopsis Gene SEEDSTICK" The Plant Cell, 17:722-729 (2005)
	A. Podesta L. Imperadori, W. Colnaghi, L. Finzi, P. Milani and D. D. Dunlap "Atomic Force Microscopy studies of DNA deposited on poly-L-ornithine coated mica" Journal of Microscopy 215:236-240 (2004)
	G. Lia, D. Bensimon, V. Croquette, J-F. Allemand, D. Dunlap, DAE. Lewis, S. Adhya, L. Finzi "Supercoiling and denaturation in GalR/HU-mediated DNA looping as seen by single-molecule microscopy" PNAS, 100:11373-377 (2003)
	L. Finzi and D. Dunlap "Single molecule studies of DNA architectural changes induced by regulatory proteins" in Methods in Enzymology, invited article, Eds. Adhya & Garges, vol 370:369-378 (2003)
	M. Capitanio, G. Romano, R. Ballerini, D. Dunlap, L. Finzi, M. Giuntini and F.S. Pavone "Calibration of an Optical Tweezer with DIC Signals" Reviews of Scientific Instruments, 73:1687-1696 (2002)
	L. Finzi, P. Galajda, and G. Garab "Labeling phosphorylated LHCII with microspheres for tracking studies and force measurements" J. Photochem. Photobiol B:Biology, 65:1-4 (2001)
	L. Sacconi, G. Romano, R. Ballerini, M. Capitanio, M. De Pas, D. Dunlap, M. Giuntini, L. Finzi and F.S. Pavone "A 3D micro-TOP magneto-optical trap for micro-objects manipulation" Optics Letters, 26:1359-61, (2001)
	L. Finzi and J. Gelles "Measurement of Lac Repressor-mediated loop formation and Breakdown in Single DNA molecules" Science 267, 378-380 (1995)
	S. Smith, L. Finzi and C. Bustamante "Direct Mechanical Measurements of the Elasticity of single DNA molecules Using Magnetic Beads" Science 258:1122 (1992)