Publications

Ait Bella, H., Survi, M., Urdiain-Arraiza, J., Dayishaa Daga, Vijayalakshmi V. Subramanian, Andreas Hochwagen, & Claeys Bouuaert, C. (2026). Dimerization of the S. cerevisiae Spo11 core complex. bioRxiv. Submitted. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.16.699991 (Original work published 2026)

Priyanka Priyadarshini, Survi, M., Wael El Yazidi Mouloud, Regina Bohn, Steven Ballet, Neil Hunter, Alexander N Volkov, Claeys Bouuaert, C., & et al. (2025). Recruitment of Mre11 to recombination sites during meiosis. biorxiv. Submitted. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.08.663703 (Original work published 2025)

Oger, C., & Claeys Bouuaert, C. (2025). In Vitro Reconstitution of SPO11-Mediated DNA Cleavage Sheds New Light on the Initiation of Meiotic Recombination. DNA and Cell Biology. Published. https://doi.org/10.1089/dna.2025.0091 (Original work published 2025)

Oger, C., & Claeys Bouuaert, C. (2025). SPO11 dimers are sufficient to catalyse DNA double-strand breaks in vitro. Nature, 639(8055), 792-799. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08574-8 (Original work published 2025)

Yu, Y., Wang, J., Liu, K., Zheng, Z., Arter, M., Claeys Bouuaert, C., Pu, S., Patel, D. J., & Keeney, S. (2024). Cryo-EM structures of the Spo11 core complex bound to DNA. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. Published. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01382-8 (Original work published 2024)

Daccache, D., De Jonge, E., Liloku, P., Mechleb, K., Haddad, M., Corthaut, S., Sterckx, Y. G.-J., Volkov, A. N., & Claeys Bouuaert, C. (2023). Evolutionary conservation of the structure and function of meiotic Rec114−Mei4 and Mer2 complexes. Genes & Development, 37(11-12), 535-553. https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.350462.123 (Original work published 2023)

Johnson, D., Crawford, M., Cooper, T., Claeys Bouuaert, C., Keeney, S., Llorente, B., Garcia, V., & Neale, M. J. (2021). Concerted cutting by Spo11 illuminates DNA break mechanisms and initiates gap repair during meiosis. Nature, 594(7864), 572-576. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03389-3 (Original work published 2021)

Claeys Bouuaert, C., Tischfield, S. E., Pu, S., Mimitou, E. P., Arias-Palomo, E., Berger, J. M., & Keeney, S. (2021). Structural and functional characterization of the Spo11 core complex. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 22, 92-102. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/121860 (Original work published 2021)

Claeys Bouuaert, C., Pu, S., Wang, J., Oger, C., Daccache, D., Xie, W., Patel, D. J., & Keeney, S. (2021). DNA-driven condensation assembles the meiotic DNA break machinery. Nature, 592(7852), 144-149. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03374-w (Original work published 2021)

Yadav, V. K., & Claeys Bouuaert, C. (2021). Mechanism and control of meiotic DNA double-strand break formation in S. cerevisiae. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9(art.642737). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/117685 (Original work published 2021)