Papers

Publications

Sixteen papers, from Z-DNA recognition to the factors that bring RNA polymerase II to a halt.

16 papersSince 2013

† co-corresponding author ∗ co-first author

1. K. Kus†, S. Nielsen, N. Zenkin, and L. Vasiljeva

   Conserved protein Seb1 that interacts with RNA polymerase II and RNA is an antipausing transcription elongation factor

   RNA, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 71–81, 2026

2. M. Ahrar, L. Glenn, M. Held, A. Jackson, K. Kus, G. D. Hurst, and E. Chrostek

   Development of antisense tools to study Bodo saltans and its intracellular symbiont

   MicrobiologyOpen, vol. 14, no. 2, e70018, 2025

3. A. Au, A. Southers, K. Kus*, N. Schoemaker, E. Balikci-Akil, C. Hewes, M. Fournier, E. Aydin, S. S. Hassanein, C. Kilchert, J. M. Grimes, and L. Vasiljeva

   The PP1 phosphatase complex coordinates pre-mRNA 3'end processing and termination of RNA polymerase II transcriptionPreprint

   bioRxiv, 2025

4. K. Kus†, L. Carrique, T. Kecman, M. Fournier, S. S. Hassanein, E. Aydin, C. Kilchert, J. M. Grimes, and L. Vasiljeva†

   DSIF factor Spt5 coordinates transcription, maturation and exoribonucleolysis of RNA polymerase II transcripts

   Nature Communications, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 10, 2025

5. K. Kus*, J. Mark Treherne, D. L. Earnshaw, R. Krzykawska, B. Biesaga, M. Statkiewicz, K. Unrug-Bielawska, Z. Sandowska-Markiewicz, M. Mikula, J. A. Alfaro, and M. P. Krzykawski

   3D culture of pancreatic cancer cells in vitro recapitulates an aberrant mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation genotype observed in vivoPreprint

   bioRxiv, 2024

6. K. Kus† and L. Vasiljeva†

   Studying exoribonuclease activity using fluorescence anisotropy assayChapter

   mRNA Decay: Methods and Protocols, Springer, pp. 71–80, 2024

7. A. Birot, K. Kus, E. Priest, A. Al Alwash, A. Castello, S. Mohammed, L. Vasiljeva, and C. Kilchert

   RNA-binding protein Mub1 and the nuclear RNA exosome act to fine-tune environmental stress response

   Life Science Alliance, vol. 5, no. 2, e202101111, 2022

8. B. Srinivasan†, K. Kus†*, and A. Athanasiadis

   Thermodynamic analysis of Zα domain-nucleic acid interactions

   Biochemical Journal, vol. 479, no. 16, pp. 1727–1741, 2022

9. L. Gabriel, B. Srinivasan, K. Kus*, J. F. Mata, M. J. Amorim, L. E. Jansen, and A. Athanasiadis

   Enrichment of Zα domains at cytoplasmic stress granules is due to their innate ability to bind to nucleic acids

   Journal of Cell Science, vol. 134, no. 10, jcs258446, 2021

10. D.-H. Heo, K. Kus*, P. Grzechnik, A. Birot, S. M. Tan-Wong, T. Kecman, S. Nielsen, N. Zenkin, and L. Vasiljeva

    Transcription and chromatin-based surveillance mechanism controls suppression of cryptic antisense transcription

    Cell Reports, vol. 36, no. 10, p. 109671, 2021

11. C. Kilchert, T. Kecman, E. Priest, S. Hester, E. Aydin, K. Kus, O. Rossbach, A. Castello, S. Mohammed, and L. Vasiljeva

    System-wide analyses of the fission yeast poly(A)+ RNA interactome reveal insights into organization and function of RNA–protein complexes

    Genome Research, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 1012–1026, 2020

12. T. Kecman, K. Kus, D.-H. Heo, K. Duckett, A. Birot, S. Liberatori, S. Mohammed, L. Geis-Asteggiante, C. V. Robinson, and L. Vasiljeva

    Elongation/termination factor exchange mediated by PP1 phosphatase orchestrates transcription termination

    Cell Reports, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 259–269, 2018

13. B. R. Watts, S. Wittmann, M. Wery, C. Gautier, K. Kus, A. Birot, D.-H. Heo, C. Kilchert, A. Morillon, and L. Vasiljeva

    Histone deacetylation promotes transcriptional silencing at facultative heterochromatin

    Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 5426–5440, 2018

14. K. Kus, K. Rakus, M. Boutier, T. Tsigkri, L. Gabriel, A. Vanderplasschen, and A. Athanasiadis

    The structure of the Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 ORF112-Zα·Z-DNA complex reveals a mechanism of nucleic acids recognition conserved with E3L, a poxvirus inhibitor of interferon response

    Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 290, no. 52, pp. 30713–30725, 2015

15. B. Szelążek, W. Kabała, K. Kus, M. Zdzalik, A. Twarda-Clapa, P. Golik, M. Burmistrz, D. Florek, B. Władyka, K. Pyrć, et al.

    Structural characterization of human coronavirus NL63 N protein

    Journal of Virology, vol. 91, no. 11, e02503–16, 2015

16. A. R. Tomé, K. Kus*, S. Correia, L. M. Paulo, S. Zacarias, M. de Rosa, D. Figueiredo, R. M. E. Parkhouse, and A. Athanasiadis

    Crystal structure of a poxvirus-like Zalpha domain from Cyprinid herpesvirus 3

    Journal of Virology, vol. 87, no. 7, pp. 3998–4004, 2013