• 5-hydroxymethylcytosine marks mammalian origins acting as a barrier to replication 

      Prikrylova, Terezia; Robertson, Julia; Ferrucci, Francesca; Konorska, Dorota Joanna; Aanes, Håvard; Manaf, Adeel; Zhang, Beibei; Vågbø, Cathrine Broberg; Kusnierczyk, Anna; Gilljam, Karin Margaretha; Løvkvam-Køster, Caroline; Otterlei, Marit; Dahl, John Arne; Enserink, Jorrit; Klungland, Arne; Robertson, Adam Brian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In most mammalian cells, DNA replication occurs once, and only once between cell divisions. Replication initiation is a highly regulated process with redundant mechanisms that prevent errant initiation events. In lower ...
    • Histone methylations define neural stem/progenitor cell subtypes in the mouse subventricular zone 

      Zhang, Zhichao; Manaf, Adeel; Li, Yanjiao; Pérez, Sonia Peña; Suganthan, Rajikala; Dahl, John Arne; Bjørås, Magnar; Klungland, Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) persist in the mammalian brain throughout life and can be activated in response to the physiological and pathophysiological stimuli. Epigenetic reprogramming of NPSC represents a novel ...
    • NAxtra magnetic nanoparticles for low-cost, efficient isolation of mammalian DNA and RNA 

      Starheim, Eirin Johannessen; Ravlo, Erlend; Schjølberg, Jørn-Ove; Solvang, Vanessa; Wang, Wei; Scrimgeour, Nathan Robert; Manaf, Adeel; Erlandsen, Sten Even; Aas, Per Arne; Hagen, Lars; Sousa, Mirta; Bjørås, Magnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      A cost-effective, viral nucleic acid (NA) isolation kit based on NAxtra magnetic nanoparticles was developed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in response to the shortage of commercial kits for isolation ...
    • Optimized synthesis of polyacrylic acid-coated magnetic nanoparticles for high-efficiency DNA isolation and size selection 

      Bali, Nesrine; Brennhaug, Svein J.; Bjørås, Magnar; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit; Manaf, Adeel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Solid-phase reversible immobilization (SPRI) bead technology is widely used in molecular biology for convenient DNA manipulation. However, commercial SPRI bead kits lack cost advantages and flexibility. It is, therefore, ...