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Publications by Seetha V. Balasingham

18 publications found

Original articles

Cioetto-Mazzabò L, Boldrin F, Beauvineau C, Speth M, Marina A, Namouchi A, Segafreddo G, Cimino M, Favre-Rochex S, Balasingham S, Trastoy B, Munier-Lehmann H, Griffiths G, Gicquel B, Guerin ME, Manganelli R, Alonso-Rodríguez N (2023)
SigH stress response mediates killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by activating nitronaphthofuran prodrugs via induction of Mrx2 expression
Nucleic Acids Res, 51 (1), 144-165
DOI 10.1093/nar/gkac1173, PubMed 36546765

Frye SA, Beyene GT, Namouchi A, Gómez-Muñoz M, Homberset H, Kalayou S, Riaz T, Tønjum T, Balasingham SV (2017)
The helicase DinG responds to stress due to DNA double strand breaks
PLoS One, 12 (11), e0187900
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0187900, PubMed 29121674

Hovland E, Beyene GT, Frye SA, Homberset H, Balasingham SV, Gómez-Muñoz M, Derrick JP, Tønjum T, Ambur OH (2017)
DprA from Neisseria meningitidis: properties and role in natural competence for transformation
Microbiology (Reading), 163 (7), 1016-1029
DOI 10.1099/mic.0.000489, PubMed 28696187

Beyene GT, Balasingham SV, Frye SA, Namouchi A, Homberset H, Kalayou S, Riaz T, Tønjum T (2016)
Characterization of the Neisseria meningitidis Helicase RecG
PLoS One, 11 (10), e0164588
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0164588, PubMed 27736945

Namouchi A, Gómez-Muñoz M, Frye SA, Moen LV, Rognes T, Tønjum T, Balasingham SV (2016)
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcriptional landscape under genotoxic stress
BMC Genomics, 17 (1), 791
DOI 10.1186/s12864-016-3132-1, PubMed 27724857

Frye SA, Lång E, Beyene GT, Balasingham SV, Homberset H, Rowe AD, Ambur OH, Tønjum T (2015)
The Inner Membrane Protein PilG Interacts with DNA and the Secretin PilQ in Transformation
PLoS One, 10 (8), e0134954
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0134954, PubMed 26248334

Zegeye ED, Balasingham SV, Laerdahl JK, Homberset H, Kristiansen PE, Tønjum T (2013)
Effects of conserved residues and naturally occurring mutations on Mycobacterium tuberculosis RecG helicase activity
Microbiology (Reading), 160 (Pt 1), 217-227
DOI 10.1099/mic.0.072140-0, PubMed 24169816

Zegeye ED, Balasingham SV, Laerdahl JK, Homberset H, Tønjum T (2012)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis RecG binds and unwinds model DNA substrates with a preference for Holliday junctions
Microbiology (Reading), 158 (Pt 8), 1982-1993
DOI 10.1099/mic.0.058693-0, PubMed 22628485

Balasingham SV, Zegeye ED, Homberset H, Rossi ML, Laerdahl JK, Bohr VA, Tønjum T (2012)
Enzymatic activities and DNA substrate specificity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA helicase XPB
PLoS One, 7 (5), e36960
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0036960, PubMed 22615856

Yang M, Aamodt RM, Dalhus B, Balasingham S, Helle I, Andersen P, Tønjum T, Alseth I, Rognes T, Bjørås M (2011)
The ada operon of Mycobacterium tuberculosis encodes two DNA methyltransferases for inducible repair of DNA alkylation damage
DNA Repair (Amst), 10 (6), 595-602
DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.03.007, PubMed 21570366

Olsen I, Balasingham SV, Davidsen T, Debebe E, Rødland EA, van Soolingen D, Kremer K, Alseth I, Tønjum T (2009)
Characterization of the major formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase homolog in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its linkage to variable tandem repeats
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol, 56 (2), 151-61
DOI 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00562.x, PubMed 19496823

Balasingham SV, Collins RF, Assalkhou R, Homberset H, Frye SA, Derrick JP, Tønjum T (2007)
Interactions between the lipoprotein PilP and the secretin PilQ in Neisseria meningitidis
J Bacteriol, 189 (15), 5716-27
DOI 10.1128/JB.00060-07, PubMed 17526700

Assalkhou R, Balasingham S, Collins RF, Frye SA, Davidsen T, Benam AV, Bjørås M, Derrick JP, Tønjum T (2007)
The outer membrane secretin PilQ from Neisseria meningitidis binds DNA
Microbiology (Reading), 153 (Pt 5), 1593-1603
DOI 10.1099/mic.0.2006/004200-0, PubMed 17464074

Golovanov AP, Balasingham S, Tzitzilonis C, Goult BT, Lian LY, Homberset H, Tønjum T, Derrick JP (2006)
The solution structure of a domain from the Neisseria meningitidis lipoprotein PilP reveals a new beta-sandwich fold
J Mol Biol, 364 (2), 186-95
DOI 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.08.078, PubMed 17007878

Golovanov AP, Balasingham S, Tzitzilonis C, Goult BT, Lian LY, Homberset H, Tønjum T, Derrick JP (2006)
Assignment of 1H, 13C, and 15N resonances for the PilP pilot protein from Neisseria meningitidis
J Biomol NMR, 36 Suppl 1, 68
DOI 10.1007/s10858-006-9054-5, PubMed 16933020

Collins RF, Frye SA, Balasingham S, Ford RC, Tønjum T, Derrick JP (2005)
Interaction with type IV pili induces structural changes in the bacterial outer membrane secretin PilQ
J Biol Chem, 280 (19), 18923-30
DOI 10.1074/jbc.M411603200, PubMed 15753075

Review articles

Ambur OH, Davidsen T, Frye SA, Balasingham SV, Lagesen K, Rognes T, Tønjum T (2009)
Genome dynamics in major bacterial pathogens
FEMS Microbiol Rev, 33 (3), 453-70
DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00173.x, PubMed 19396949

Balasingham SV, Davidsen T, Szpinda I, Frye SA, Tønjum T (2009)
Molecular diagnostics in tuberculosis: basis and implications for therapy
Mol Diagn Ther, 13 (3), 137-51
DOI 10.1007/BF03256322, PubMed 19650669