VU Gyvybės mokslų centro autoriaus 'Virginijus Šikšnys' publikacijų sąrašas

2024
1 Adler, Benjamin A.; Trinidad, Marena I.; Bellieny-Rabelo, Daniel; Zhang, Elaine; Karp, Hannah M.; Skopintsev, Petr; Thornton, Brittney W.; Weissman, Rachel F.; Yoon, Peter H.; Chen, LinXing; Hessler, Tomas; Eggers, Amy R.; Colognori, David; Boger, Ron; Doherty, Erin E.; Tsuchida, Connor A.; Tran, Ryan V.; Hofman, Laura; Shi, Honglue; Wasko, Kevin M.; Zhou, Zehan; Xia, Chenglong; Al-Shimary, Muntathar J.; Patel, Jaymin R.; Thomas, Vienna C.J.X.; Pattali, Rithu; Kan, Matthew J.; Vardapetyan, Anna; Yang, Alana; Lahiri, Arushi; Maxwell, Micaela F.; Murdock, Andrew G.; Ramit, Glenn C.; Henderson, Hope R.; Calvert, Roland W.; Bamert, Rebecca S.; Knott, Gavin J.; Lapinaite, Audrone; Pausch, Patrick; Cofsky, Joshua C.; Sontheimer, Erik J.; Wiedenheft, Blake; Fineran, Peter C.; Brouns, Stan J.J.; Sashital, Dipali G.; Thomas, Brian C.; Brown, Christopher T.; Goltsman, Daniela S.A.; Barrangou, Rodolphe; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Banfield, Jillian F.; Savage, David F.; Doudna, Jennifer A. CasPEDIA Database: a functional classification system for class 2 CRISPR-Cas enzymes // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2024, vol. 52, iss. D1, p. D590-D596. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad890. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus]
2 Bigelytė, Greta; Duchovska, Brigita; Žedaveinytė, Rimantė; Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Dalgėdienė, Indrė; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Kazlauskas, Darius; Valančauskas, Lukas; Madariaga-Marcos, Julene; Seidel, Ralf; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Karvelis, Tautvydas. Innate programmable DNA binding by CRISPR-Cas12m effectors enable efficient base editing // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2024, vol. 52, iss. 6, p. 3234-3248. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae016. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus]
3 Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Sabonis, Džiugas; Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Rukšėnaitė, Audronė; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Avraham, Carmel; Ofir, Gal; Sorek, Rotem; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Activation of Thoeris antiviral system via SIR2 effector filament assembly // Nature. Berlin : Nature Research. ISSN 0028-0836. eISSN 1476-4687. 2024, vol. 627, iss. 8003, p. 431-436. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07092-x. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus]
4 Marcos, Julene Madariaga; Kauert, Dominik J.; Henkel-Heinecke, Selgar; Irmisch, Patrick; Bigelytė, Greta; Karvelis, Tautvydas; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Seidel, Ralf. Mechanistic insights into CRISPR-Cas12f1 revealed through single-molecule and biochemical studies // Biophysical journal: 68th annual meeting of the Biophysical-Society, Philadelphia, PA, February 10-14, 2024. Cambridge : Cell press. ISSN 0006-3495. eISSN 1542-0086. 2024, vol. 123, iss. 3, suppl. 1, p. 181A-182A. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.11.1183. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)]

2023
1 Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Druteika, Gytis; Carabias, Arturo; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Kazlauskas, Darius; Venclovas, Česlovas; Montoya, Guillermo; Karvelis, Tautvydas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. TnpB structure reveals minimal functional core of Cas12 nuclease family // Nature. Berlin : Nature Portfolio. ISSN 0028-0836. eISSN 1476-4687. 2023, vol. 616, no. 7956, p. 384-389. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05826-x. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus] [IF: 50.500; AIF: 5.700; Q1 (2023 InCities JCR SCIE)]
2 Aldag, Pierre; Rutkauskas, Marius; Madariaga-Marcos, Julene; Songailienė, Inga; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Kemmerich, Felix; Kauert, Dominik; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Seidel, Ralf. Dynamic interplay between target search and recognition for a Type I CRISPR-Cas system // Nature communications. Berlin : Nature Portfolio. eISSN 2041-1723. 2023, vol. 14, iss. 1, art. no. 3654, p. [1-14]. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38790-1. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus]
3 Karvelis, Tautvydas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Fanzors: Mysterious TnpB-like bacterial transposon-related RNA-guided DNA nucleases of eukaryotes // CRISPR journal. New Rochelle : Mary Ann Liebert Inc. ISSN 2573-1599. eISSN 2573-1602. 2023, vol. 6, iss. 4, p. 310-312. DOI: 10.1089/crispr.2023.29164.tka. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus] [IF: 3.800; AIF: 3.600; Q2 (2023 InCities JCR SCIE)]
4 Karvelis, Tautvydas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Mis-annotation of TnpB: case of TaRGET-ABE : [letter] // Nature chemical biology. Berlin : Nature Research. ISSN 1552-4450. eISSN 1552-4469. 2023, vol. 19, iss. 3, p. 261-262. DOI: 10.1038/s41589-022-01242-w. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus] [IF: 13.000; AIF: 5.100; Q1 (2023 InCities JCR SCIE)]
5 Hino, Tomohiro; Omura, Satoshi N.; Nakagawa, Ryoya; Togashi, Tomoki; Takeda, Satoru N.; Hiramoto, Takafumi; Tasaka, Satoshi; Hirano, Hisato; Tokuyama, Takeshi; Uosaki, Hideki; Ishiguro, Soh; Kagieva, Madina; Yamano, Hiroyuki; Ozaki, Yuki; Motooka, Daisuke; Mori, Hideto; Kirita, Yuhei; Kise, Yoshiaki; Itoh, Yuzuru; Matoba, Satoaki; Aburatani, Hiroyuki; Yachie, Nozomu; Karvelis, Tautvydas; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Ohmori, Tsukasa; Hoshino, Atsushi; Nureki, Osamu. An AsCas12f-based compact genome-editing tool derived by deep mutational scanning and structural analysis // Cell. Cambridge, MA : Cell Press. ISSN 0092-8674. eISSN 1097-4172. 2023, vol. 186, iss. 22, p. 4920-4935.e23. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.08.031. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus] [IF: 45.600; AIF: 5.900; Q1 (2023 InCities JCR SCIE)]
6 Kauert, Dominik J; Madariaga-Marcos, Julene; Rutkauskas, Marius; Wulfken, Alexander; Songailienė, Inga; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Seidel, Ralf. The energy landscape for R-loop formation by the CRISPR-Cas Cascade complex // Nature structural & molecular biology. Berlin : Springer Nature Limited. ISSN 1545-9993. eISSN 1545-9985. 2023, vol. 30, iss. 7, p. 1040-1047. DOI: 10.1038/s41594-023-01019-2. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus] [IF: 12.500; AIF: 5.166; Q1 (2023 InCities JCR SCIE)]
7 Mogila, Irmantas; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Keda, Konstanty; Timinskas, Albertas; Rukšėnaitė, Audronė; Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Venclovas, Česlovas; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Tamulaitis, Gintautas. Ribosomal stalk-captured CARF-RelE ribonuclease inhibits translation following CRISPR signaling // Science. New York : American Association for the Advancement of Science. ISSN 0036-8075. eISSN 1095-9203. 2023, vol. 382, no. 6674, p. 1036-1041. DOI: 10.1126/science.adj2107. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus] [IF: 44.800; AIF: 5.700; Q1 (2023 InCities JCR SCIE)]
8 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo); Lubys, Arvydas (autorius, išradimo); Zaliauskienė, Lolita (autorius, išradimo); Glemžaitė, Monika (autorius, išradimo); Smith, Anja (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex. US11555187B2. 2023-01-17. 83 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/US11555187B2/en?oq=US11555187B2>.
9 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex. US20230123754A1. 2023-04-20. 42 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230123754A1/en?oq=US20230123754A1>.
10 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex. US20230272394A1. 2023-08-31. 61 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230272394A1/en?oq=US20230272394A1>.

2022
1 Zaremba, Mindaugas; Dakinevičienė, Donata; Golovinas, Edvardas; Zagorskaitė, Evelina; Stankūnas, Edvinas; Lopatina, Anna; Sorek, Rotem; Manakova, Elena; Rukšėnaitė, Audronė; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Ašmontas, Simonas Vytautas; Grybauskas, Algirdas; Tylenytė, Ugnė; Jurgelaitis, Edvinas; Grigaitis, Rokas; Timinskas, Kęstutis; Venclovas, Česlovas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Short prokaryotic Argonautes provide defence against incoming mobile genetic elements through NAD+ depletion // Nature microbiology. Berlin : Nature Portfolio. eISSN 2058-5276. 2022, vol. 7, iss. 11, p. 1857-1869. DOI: 10.1038/s41564-022-01239-0. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus]
2 Urbaitis, Tomas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Young, Joshua K; Hou, Zhenglin; Paulraj, Sushmitha; Godliauskaitė, Eglė; Juškevičienė, Mantvyda M; Štitilytė, Miglė; Jasnauskaitė, Monika; Mabuchi, Megumu; Robb, G Brett; Šikšnys, Virginijus. A new family of CRISPR-type V nucleases with C-rich PAM recognition // EMBO reports. Hoboken : Wiley. ISSN 1469-221X. eISSN 1469-3178. 2022, vol. 23, iss. 12, art. no. e55481, p. [1-15]. DOI: 10.15252/embr.202255481. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus] [IF: 7.700; AIF: 6.850; Q1 (2022 InCities JCR SCIE)]
3 Rutkauskas, Marius; Songailienė, Inga; Irmisch, Patrick; Kemmerich, Felix E; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Seidel, Ralf. A quantitative model for the dynamics of target recognition and off-target rejection by the CRISPR-Cas Cascade complex // Nature communications. Berlin : Nature Portfolio. eISSN 2041-1723. 2022, vol. 13, no. 1, art. no. 7460, p. [1-13]. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35116-5. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus]
4 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo); Lubys, Arvydas (autorius, išradimo); Zaliauskienė, Lolita (autorius, išradimo); Glemžaitė, Monika (autorius, išradimo); Smith, Anja (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by Cas9-crRNA complex. JP7113877B2. 2022-08-05. 37 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/JP7113877B2/>.
5 Fricke, Thomas (autorius, išradimo); Bochtler, Matthias (autorius, išradimo); Tamulaitis, Gintautas (autorius, išradimo); Kazlauskienė, Miglė (autorius, išradimo); Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo). Targeted RNA knockdown and knockout by type III-A Csm complexes / inventors: Thomas Fricke, Matthias Bochtler, Gintautas Tamulaitis, Miglé Kazlauskiene, Virginijus Šikšnys. US11274317B2. 2022-03-15. 105 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/US11274317B2/>. [DB: USPTO Patent Full-text and Image Database]
6 Deschamps, Stephane (autorius, išradimo); Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Young, Joshua K. (autorius, išradimo); Zaremba, Mindaugas (autorius, išradimo). Methods for the identification and characterization of double-strand break sites and compositions and uses thereof. EP3790993A4. 2022-02-16. 2 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/EP3790993A4/>.
7 Karvelis, Tautvydas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Molecular mechanisms of type II CRISPR‐Cas systems // Crispr: biology and applications / Rodolphe Barrangou, Erik J. Sontheimer, Luciano A. Marraffini (eds.). New York : Wiley, 2022. ISBN 9781683670377. eISBN 9781683673798. p. 53-69. DOI: 10.1002/9781683673798.
8 Garb, Jeremy; Lopatina, Anna; Bernheim, Aude; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Melamed, Sarah; Leavitt, Azita; Millman, Adi; Amitai, Gil; Sorek, Rotem. Multiple phage resistance systems inhibit infection via SIR2-dependent NAD+ depletion // Nature microbiology. Berlin : Nature Portfolio. eISSN 2058-5276. 2022, vol. 7, iss. 11, p. 1849-1856. DOI: 10.1038/s41564-022-01207-8. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus]
9 Schmitz, Claus; Madej, Mariusz; Nowakowska, Zuzanna; Cuppari, Anna; Jacula, Anna; Ksiazek, Miroslaw; Mikruta, Katarzyna; Wisniewski, Jerzy; Pudelko-Malik, Natalia; Saran, Anshu; Zeytuni, Natalie; Mlynarz, Piotr; Lamont, Richard J; Usón, Isabel; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Potempa, Jan; Solà, Maria. Response regulator PorX coordinates oligonucleotide signalling and gene expression to control the secretion of virulence factors // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2022, vol. 50, no. 21, p. 12558-12577. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac1103. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus] [IF: 14.900; AIF: 5.900; Q1 (2022 InCities JCR SCIE)]
10 Sabonis, Džiugas; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Ofir, G.; Sorek, R.; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė. Crystal structures of TIR-domain proteins from Thoeris bacterial antiviral system // Febs Open Bio: Supplement: The Biochemistry Global Summit, 25th IUBMB Congress, 46th FEBS Congress, 15th PABMB Congress, July 9–14, 2022, Lisbon, Portugal. Hoboken : Wiley. ISSN 2211-5463. 2022, vol. 12, suppl. 1, art. no. P-02.1-021, p. 162-163. DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13440. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 2.600; AIF: 5.900; Q4 (2022 InCities JCR SCIE)]
11 Henkel-Heinecke, Selgar; Bigelytė, Greta; Karvelis, Tautvydas; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Seidel, Ralf. Dynamics of R-loop formation by CRISPR-Cas12f1 effector complexes // Biophysical journal. Cambridge : Cell Press. ISSN 0006-3495. eISSN 1542-0086. 2022, vol. 121, iss. 3, suppl. 1, p. 477a. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.11.375. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 3.400; AIF: 4.200; Q2 (2022 InCities JCR SCIE)]
12 Marcos, Julene Madariaga; Kauert, Dominik J.; Rutkauskas, Marius; Wulfken, Alexander; Songailienė, Inga; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Seidel, Ralf. Energy landscapes of CRISPR/Cas R-loop formation from ultrafast twist measurements // Biophysical journal. Cambridge : Cell Press. ISSN 0006-3495. eISSN 1542-0086. 2022, vol. 121, iss. 3, suppl. 1, art. no. 1369-Pos, p. 283a. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.11.1334. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 3.400; AIF: 4.200; Q2 (2022 InCities JCR SCIE)]
13 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo); Lubys, Arvydas (autorius, išradimo); Zaliauskienė, Lolita (autorius, išradimo); Glemžaitė, Monika (autorius, išradimo); Smith, Anja (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex. JP7186574B2. 2022-12-09. 38 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/JP7186574B2/en?oq=JP6423338B2>.

2021
1 Keda, Konstanty; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Mogila, Irmantas; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Tamulaitis, Gintautas. Potencialaus baltymo toksino kristalinimo optimizavimas // Studentų moksliniai tyrimai 2020/2021: konferencijos pranešimų santraukos. Vilnius : Lietuvos mokslo taryba. ISSN 2669-2074. 2021, p. 26. Prieiga per internetą: <https://www.lmt.lt/lt/doclib/6tdt7zytyru91kz1xshqj7xwubavzdd8>.
2 Balderston, Sarah; Taulbee, Jeffrey J; Celaya, Elizabeth; Fung, Kandace; Jiao, Amanda; Smith, Kasey; Hajian, Reza; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Kutanovas, Simonas; Kim, Daehwan; Parkinson, Jonathan; Dickerson, Kenneth; Ripoll, Juan-José; Peytavi, Regis; Lu, Hsiang-Wei; Barron, Francie; Goldsmith, Brett R; Collins, Philip G; Conboy, Irina M; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Aran, Kiana. Discrimination of single-point mutations in unamplified genomic DNA via Cas9 immobilized on a graphene field-effect transistor // Nature biomedical engineering. Berlin : Nature research. eISSN 2157-846X. 2021, vol. 5, iss. 7, p. 713-725. DOI: 10.1038/s41551-021-00706-z. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus, PubMed]
3 Bigelytė, Greta; Young, Joshua K; Karvelis, Tautvydas; Budrė, Karolina; Žedaveinytė, Rimantė; Djukanovic, Vesna; Van Ginkel, Elizabeth; Paulraj, Sushmitha; Gasior, Stephen; Jones, Spencer; Feigenbutz, Lanie; Clair, Grace St; Barone, Pierluigi; Bohn, Jennifer; Acharya, Ananta; Zastrow-Hayes, Gina; Henkel-Heinecke, Selgar; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Seidel, Ralf; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Miniature type V-F CRISPR-Cas nucleases enable targeted DNA modification in cells // Nature communications. Berlin : Nature research. eISSN 2041-1723. 2021, vol. 12, iss. 1, art. no. 6191, p. [1-8]. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26469-4. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus, PubMed]
4 Karvelis, Tautvydas; Druteika, Gytis; Bigelytė, Greta; Budrė, Karolina; Žedaveinytė, Rimantė; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Kazlauskas, Darius; Venclovas, Česlovas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Transposon-associated TnpB is a programmable RNA-guided DNA endonuclease // Nature. Berlin : Nature research. ISSN 0028-0836. eISSN 1476-4687. 2021, vol. 599, p. 692-696. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04058-1. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, MEDLINE, Embase] [IF: 69.504; AIF: 7.694; Q1 (2021 InCities JCR SCIE)]
5 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo); Lubys, Arvydas (autorius, išradimo); Žaliauskienė, Lolita (autorius, išradimo); Glemžaitė, Monika (autorius, išradimo); Smith, Anja (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex. JP2021019617A. 2021-02-18. 36 p.
6 Deschamps, Stephane (autorius, išradimo); Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Young, Joshua K. (autorius, išradimo); Zaremba, Mindaugas (autorius, išradimo). Methods for the identification and characterization of double-strand break sites and compositions and uses thereof : European patent application. EP3790993A1. 2021-03-17. 35 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/EP3790993A1/en>.
7 Deschamps, Stephane (autorius, išradimo); Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Young, Joshua K. (autorius, išradimo); Zaremba, Mindaugas (autorius, išradimo). Methods for the identification and characterization of double-strand break sites and compositions and uses thereof. US20210147909A1. 2021-05-20. 57 p.
8 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Kazlauskienė, Miglė (autorius, išradimo); Kostiuk, Georgij (autorius, išradimo); Tamulaitis, Gintautas (autorius, išradimo). Production of cyclic adenylates and their use as allosteric regulators / inventors: Virginijus Šikšnys, Miglé Kazlauskiene, Georgij Kostiuk, Gintautas Tamulaitis. US20210130799A1. 2021-05-06. 56 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/US20210130799A1/>.
9 Madariaga-Marcos, Julene; Kauert, Dominik J.; Rutkauskas, Marius; Wulfken, Alexander; Songailienė, Inga; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Seidel, Ralf. Dissecting the target recognition by CRISPR/Cas effector complexes with ultrafast twist measurements // European biophysics journal with biophysics letters: 13th EBSA congress, July 24–28, 2021, Vienna, Austria – Abstracts. New York : Springer. ISSN 0175-7571. eISSN 1432-1017. 2021, vol. 50, suppl. 1, art. no. P-111, p. 124. DOI: 10.1007/s00249-021-01558-w. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 2.095; AIF: 4.632; Q3 (2021 InCities JCR SCIE)]

2020
1 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo); Lubys, Arvydas (autorius, išradimo); Žaliauskienė, Lolita (autorius, išradimo); Glemžaitė, Monika (autorius, išradimo); Smith, Anja (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the CAS9-CRRNA complex : European patent application. EP3594341A1. 2020-01-15. 79 p. [DB: Espacenet]
2 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex. CN104520429B. 2020-01-15. Prieiga per internetą: <https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/048050947/publication/CN104520429B?q=pn%3DCN104520429B>. [DB: Espacenet]
3 Makarova, Kira S.; Wolf, Yuri I.; Iranzo, Jaime; Shmakov, Sergey A.; Alkhnbashi, Omer S.; Brouns, Stan J. J.; Charpentier, Emmanuelle; Cheng, David; Haft, Daniel H.; Horvath, Philippe; Moineau, Sylvain; Mojica, Francisco J. M.; Scott, David; Shah, Shiraz A.; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Terns, Michael P.; Venclovas, Česlovas; White, Malcolm F.; Yakunin, Alexander F.; Yan, Winston; Zhang, Feng; Garrett, Roger A.; Backofen, Rolf; van der Oost, John; Barrangou, Rodolphe; Koonin, Eugene V. Evolutionary classification of CRISPR–Cas systems: a burst of class 2 and derived variants // Nature reviews microbiology. London : Nature Research. ISSN 1740-1526. eISSN 1740-1534. 2020, vol. 18, p. 67-83. DOI: 10.1038/s41579-019-0299-x. [DB: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 60.633; AIF: 5.079; Q1 (2020 InCities JCR SCIE)]
4 Karvelis, Tautvydas; Bigelytė, Greta; Young, Joshua K; Hou, Zhenglin; Žedaveinytė, Rimantė; Budrė, Karolina; Paulraj, Sushmitha; Djukanovic, Vesna; Gasior, Stephen; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Venclovas, Česlovas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. PAM recognition by miniature CRISPR-Cas12f nucleases triggers programmable double-stranded DNA target cleavage // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2020, vol. 48, iss. 9, p. 5016-5023. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa208. [DB: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 16.971; AIF: 5.817; Q1 (2020 InCities JCR SCIE)]
5 Mullally, Grace; van Aelst, Kara; Naqvi, Mohsin M; Diffin, Fiona M; Karvelis, Tautvydas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Szczelkun, Mark D. 5' modifications to CRISPR-Cas9 gRNA can change the dynamics and size of R-loops and inhibit DNA cleavage // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2020, vol. 48, iss. 12, p. 6811-6823. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa477. [DB: Current Contents, BIOSIS Previews, PubMed, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 16.971; AIF: 5.817; Q1 (2020 InCities JCR SCIE)]
6 Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Šikšnys, Virginijus. CRISPR adaptation from a structural perspective // Current opinion in structural biology. London : Elsevier Science Ltd. ISSN 0959-440X. eISSN 1879-033X. 2020, vol. 65, p. 17-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2020.05.015. [DB: Current Contents, MEDLINE, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 6.809; AIF: 6.692; Q1 (2020 InCities JCR SCIE)]
7 Vadeikienė, Roberta; Karvelis, Tautvydas; Jakštys, Baltramiejus; Ugenskienė, Rasa; Juozaitytė, Elona; Šatkauskas, Saulius; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Development of Cellular Model with CALR Gene Mutations Using Genome Editing Tool CRISPR/Cas9 System // 5th International Hematology / Oncology Colloquium : 26 June 2020, Kaunas / Lithuania : Online Poster Abstract Book / Editor Elona Juozaitytė ; Abstracts' Reviewers Arturas Inčiūra, Rolandas Gerbutavičius, Sigita Liutkauskienė ; Kaunas Region Society of Oncologists, Hematologists and Transfusiologists. Kaunas : Eventas, 2020. eISBN 9786099616704. p. 13-14, no. 13. Prieiga per internetą: <https://eu.eventscloud.com/file_uploads/cdf3b3455f32e6be0dc14fc9aa44b806_KIHOC2020OnlinePosterAbstractBook.pdf> [žiūrėta 2020-07-17].
8 Makarova, Kira S; Timinskas, Albertas; Wolf, Yuri I; Gussow, Ayal B; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Venclovas, Česlovas; Koonin, Eugene V. Evolutionary and functional classification of the CARF domain superfamily, key sensors in prokaryotic antivirus defense // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2020, vol. 48, no. 16, p. 8828-8847. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa635. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus] [IF: 16.971; AIF: 5.817; Q1 (2020 InCities JCR SCIE)]
9 Smalakytė, Dalia; Kazlauskienė, Miglė; Havelund, Jesper F.; Rukšėnaitė, Audronė; Rimaitė, Augustė; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Færgeman, Nils J.; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Type III-A CRISPR-associated protein Csm6 degrades cyclic hexa-adenylate activator using both CARF and HEPN domains // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2020, vol. 48, no. 16, p. 9204-9217. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa634. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus] [IF: 16.971; AIF: 5.817; Q1 (2020 InCities JCR SCIE)]
10 Fricke, Thomas; Smalakytė, Dalia; Lapinski, Maciej; Pateria, Abhishek; Weige, Charles; Pastor, Michal; Kolano, Agnieszka; Winata, Ceclia; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Bochtler, Matthias. Targeted RNA knockdown by a type III CRISPR-Cas complex in zebrafish // The CRISPR journal. New Rochelle, NY : Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. ISSN 2573-1599. eISSN 2573-1602. 2020, vol. 3, iss. 4, p. 299-313. DOI: 10.1089/crispr.2020.0032. [DB: Current Contents, MEDLINE, Embase, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus] [IF: 6.071; AIF: 4.666; Q1 (2020 InCities JCR SCIE)]
11 Gasiunas, Giedrius; Young, Joshua K; Karvelis, Tautvydas; Kazlauskas, Darius; Urbaitis, Tomas; Jasnauskaite, Monika; Grusyte, Mantvyda M; Paulraj, Sushmitha; Wang, Po-Hao; Hou, Zhenglin; Dooley, Shane K; Cigan, Mark; Alarcon, Clara; Chilcoat, N Doane; Bigelytė, Greta; Curcuru, Jennifer L; Mabuchi, Megumu; Sun, Zhiyi; Fuchs, Ryan T; Schildkraut, Ezra; Weigele, Peter R; Jack, William E; Robb, G Brett; Venclovas, Česlovas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. A catalogue of biochemically diverse CRISPR-Cas9 orthologs // Nature communications. London : Nature Publishing Group. eISSN 2041-1723. 2020, vol. 11, no. 1, art. no. 5512, p. [1-10]. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19344-1. [DB: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)]
12 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Kazlauskienė, Miglė (autorius, išradimo); Tamulaitis, Gintautas (autorius, išradimo); Kostiuk, Georgij (autorius, išradimo). Production of cyclic adenylates and their use as allosteric regulators. EP3630966A1. 2020-04-08. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/EP3630966A1/de?oq=EP3630966A1>.
13 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex. US10844378B2. 2020-11-24. 57 p.
14 Songailienė, Inga; Juozapaitis, Jonas; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Rukšėnaitė, Audronė; Šulčius, Sigitas; Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Venclovas, Česlovas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. HEPN-MNT toxin-antitoxin system: the HEPN ribonuclease is neutralized by OligoAMPylation // Molecular cell. Cambridge, MA : Cell Press. ISSN 1097-2765. eISSN 1097-4164. 2020, vol. 80, p. [1-16]. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.11.034. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus] [IF: 17.970; AIF: 6.692; Q1 (2020 InCities JCR SCIE)]

2019
1 Gordeeva, Julia; Morozova, Natalya; Sierro, Nicolas; Isaev, Artem; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Tsvetkova, Ksenia; Matlashov, Mikhail; Truncaitė, Lidija; Morgan, Richard D; Ivanov, V; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Zeng, Lanying; Severinov, Konstantin. BREX system of Escherichia coli distinguishes self from non-self by methylation of a specific DNA site // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2019, vol. 47, iss. 1, p. 253-265. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky1125. [DB: MEDLINE, Embase, Veterinary Science Database, BIOSIS Previews, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 11.502; AIF: 4.696; Q1 (2019 InCities JCR SCIE)]
2 Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Manakova, Elena; Jovaišaitė, Virginija; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Gražulis, Saulius; Bochtler, Matthias; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Unique mechanism of target recognition by PfoI restriction endonuclease of the CCGG-family // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2019, vol. 47, iss. 2, art. no. gky1137, p. 997-1010. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky1137. [DB: BIOSIS Previews, Veterinary Science Database, Embase, MEDLINE, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 11.502; AIF: 4.696; Q1 (2019 InCities JCR SCIE)]
3 Zaremba, Mindaugas; Manakova, Elena; Golovinas, Edvardas; Gražulis, Saulius; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Specificity of the argonaute protein from Archeoglobus fulgidus to the 5‘-end of the guide // COINS 2019 - 14th international conference of life sciences, [February 26-28, 2019, Vilnius, Lithuania] : abstract book. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2019, p. 33. Prieiga per internetą: <https://thecoins.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Abstract-of-The-COINS-2019.pdf> [žiūrėta 2019-07-11].
4 Songailienė, Inga; Rutkauskas, Marius; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Manakova, Elena; Wittig, Sabine; Schmidt, Carla; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Seidel, Ralf. Decision-making in cascade complexes harboring crRNAs of altered length // Cell reports. Cambridge, MA : Cell Press. eISSN 2211-1247. 2019, vol. 28, iss. 12, p. 3157-3166. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.08.033. [DB: Biological Abstracts, MEDLINE, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)]
5 Young, Joshua; Zastrow-Hayes, Gina; Deschamps, Stéphane; Svitashev, Sergei; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Acharya, Ananta; Paulraj, Sushmitha; Peterson-Burch, Brooke; Schwartz, Chris; Djukanovic, Vesna; Lenderts, Brian; Feigenbutz, Lanie; Wang, Lijuan; Alarcon, Clara; Šikšnys, Virginijus; May, Gregory; Chilcoat, N. Doane; Kumar, Sandeep. CRISPR-Cas9 editing in maize: systematic evaluation of off-target activity and its relevance in crop improvement // Scientific reports. London : Nature Publishing Group. eISSN 2045-2322. 2019, vol. 9, art. no. 6729, p. [1-11]. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43141-6. [DB: MEDLINE, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)]
6 Karvelis, Tautvydas; Young, Joshua K.; Šikšnys, Virginijus. A pipeline for characterization of novel Cas9 orthologs // CRISPR-Cas Enzymes / edited by Scott Bailey. Cambridge, MA : Academic Press Inc., 2019. ISBN 9780128167601. p. 219-240. (Methods in enzymology, ISSN 0076-6879 ; vol. 616). DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2018.10.021. [DB: Scopus, Book Citation Index - Science (Web of Science), Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)]
7 Mogila, Irmantas; Kazlauskienė, Miglė; Valinskytė, Skaistė; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Genetic dissection of the type III-A CRISPR-Cas system Csm complex reveals roles of individual subunits // Cell reports. Cambridge, MA : Cell Press. eISSN 2211-1247. 2019, vol. 26, no. 10, p. 2753-2765. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.02.029. [DB: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)]
8 Wilkinson, Martin; Drabavičius, Gediminas; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Wigley, Dale B. Structure of the DNA-bound spacer capture complex of a type II CRISPR-Cas system // Molecular cell. Cambridge, MA : Cell Press. ISSN 1097-2765. eISSN 1097-4164. 2019, vol. 75, iss. 1, p. 90-101. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.04.020. [DB: MEDLINE, Embase, BIOSIS Previews, ScienceDirect, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus] [IF: 15.584; AIF: 5.487; Q1 (2019 InCities JCR SCIE)]
9 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Kazlauskienė, Miglė (autorius, išradimo); Tamulaitis, Gintautas (autorius, išradimo). Programmable RNA shredding by the type iii-a crispr-cas system of Streptococcus thermophilus. EP3189140. 2019-10-23. 77 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/EP3189140B1/en> [žiūrėta 2019-11-15].
10 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Kazlauskienė, Miglė (autorius, išradimo); Tamulaitis, Gintautas (autorius, išradimo). Programmable RNA shredding by the type III-A CRISPR-Cas system of Streptococcus thermophilus. US10385336B2. 2019-08-20. 79 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/US10385336B2/en> [žiūrėta 2019-11-15].
11 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo); Lubys, Arvydas (autorius, išradimo); Žaliauskienė, Lolita (autorius, išradimo); Glemžaitė, Monika (autorius, išradimo); Smith, Anja (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex. EP2828386B1. 2019-07-10. 105 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/EP2828386B1/en> [žiūrėta 2019-11-28].
12 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex. US20190085329A1. 2019-03-21. 56 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/US20190085329A1/en?oq=US20190085329A1>.
13 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo); Lubys, Arvydas (autorius, išradimo); Žaliauskienė, Lolita (autorius, išradimo); Glemžaitė, Monika (autorius, išradimo); Smith, Anja (autorius, išradimo). Cas9-crRNA RNA-directed DNA cleavage by complexes. JP2019030321A. 2019-02-28. 37 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/JP2019030321A/en?oq=JP6423338B2> [žiūrėta 2019-11-28].
14 Kumar, Sandeep; Young, Joshua; Zastrow-Hayes, Gina; Deschamps, Stephane; Svitashev, Sergei; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Acharya, Ananta; Paulraj, Sushmitha; Peterson-Burch, Brooke; Schwartz, Chris; Djukanovic, Vesna; Lenderts, Brian; Feigenbutz, Lanie; Wang, Lijuan; Alarcon, Clara; Šikšnys, Virginijus; May, Gregory; Chilcoat, Doane. Systematic evaluation of CRISPR-Cas9 specificity and its relevance in crop improvement // In Vitro cellular & developmental biology-animal: 2019 In Vitro Biology Meeting Abstract Issue. New York : Springer. ISSN 1071-2690. eISSN 1543-706X. 2019, vol. 55, suppl. 1, art. no. PS-9, p. S4-S5. DOI: 10.1007/s11626-019-00353-4. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 1.665; AIF: 5.010; Q4 (2019 InCities JCR SCIE)]

2018
1 Bigelytė, Greta; Karvelis, Tautvydas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Young, Joshua K.; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Cigan, Mark; Šikšnys, Virginijus. A rapid method for the identification of protospacer adjacent motifs and guide RNAs for novel Cas9 orthologs // Vita Scientia : international conference, 3rd January 2018, Vilnius : conference book. Vilnius : Vita Scientia. ISSN 2538-791X. 2018, p. 27. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.vitascientia.lt/book> [žiūrėta 2018-04-19].
2 Toliušis, Paulius; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Grigaitis, Rokas; Tuminauskaitė, Donata; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Manakova, Elena; Venclovas, Česlovas; Szczelkun, Mark D.; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Zaremba, Mindaugas. The H-subunit of the restriction endonuclease CglI contains a prototype DEAD-Z1 helicase-like motor // Vita Scientia : international conference, 3rd January 2018, Vilnius : conference book. Vilnius : Vita Scientia. ISSN 2538-791X. 2018, p. 51. Prieiga per internetą: <http://eia.libis.lt/item.php?item=vita_scientia:_confe_2018_00_00.pdf&type=date> [žiūrėta 2018-04-27].
3 Kazlauskienė, Miglė; Rimaitė, Augustė; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. CSM6 - the latent ribonuclease in cyclic oligoadenylate signalling pathway // Open readings 2018: 61st international conference for students of physics and natural sciences, March 20-23, 2018, Vilnius, Lithuania : programme and abstracts. [S.l.] : [s.n.]. 2018, p. 49. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.openreadings.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/book.pdf> [žiūrėta 2018-07-13].
4 Mogila, Irmantas; Samatanga, Brighton; Seidel, Ralf; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Tamulaitis, Gintautas. Temporal regulation of type III CRISPR-Cas effector complex activity // Open readings 2018: 61st international conference for students of physics and natural sciences, March 20-23, 2018, Vilnius, Lithuania : programme and abstracts. [S.l.] : [s.n.]. 2018, p. 211. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.openreadings.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/book.pdf> [žiūrėta 2018-07-19].
5 Smalakytė, Dalia; Fricke, Thomas; Pastor, Michal; Kolano, Agnieszka; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Bochtler, Matthias. Targeted RNA knockdown by type III-A CRISPR-Cas effector complex in zebrafish // Open readings 2018: 61st international conference for students of physics and natural sciences, March 20-23, 2018, Vilnius, Lithuania : programme and abstracts. [S.l.] : [s.n.]. 2018, p. 251. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.openreadings.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/book.pdf> [žiūrėta 2018-07-20].
6 Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Kazlauskienė, Miglė; Mogila, Irmantas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Type III CRISPR-Cas immunity // 15th International conference of the Lithuanian Biochemical Society, Dubingiai, June 26-29, 2018 : programme and abstract book. [Vilnius] : Lietuvos biochemikų draugija, 2018. ISBN 9786099603001. p. 78-79. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.biochemistry.lt/xv-lbd-konferencija/pranesimu-santraukos/> [žiūrėta 2018-11-07].
7 Czapinska, Honorata; Kowalska, Monika; Zagorskaitė, Evelina; Manakova, Elena; Slyvka, Anton; Xu, Shuang-Yong; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Bochtler, Matthias. Activity and structure of EcoKMcrA // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2018, vol. 46, no 18, p. 9829-9841. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky731. [DB: Chemical abstracts, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 11.147; AIF: 4.417; Q1 (2018 InCities JCR SCIE)]
8 Drabavičius, Gediminas; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Venclovas, Česlovas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. DnaQ exonuclease-like domain of Cas2 promotes spacer integration in a type I-E CRISPR-Cas system // EMBO reports. Hoboken : Wiley-VCH Verlag. ISSN 1469-221X. eISSN 1469-3178. 2018, vol. 19, no 7, art. no. e45543, p. 1709-1712. DOI: 10.15252/embr.201745543. [DB: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 8.383; AIF: 5.202; Q1 (2018 InCities JCR SCIE)]
9 Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Kauneckaitė, Kotryna; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Structural basis of DNA target recognition by the B3 domain of Arabidopsis epigenome reader VAL1 // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2018, vol. 46, no 8, p. 4316-4324. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky256. [DB: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 11.147; AIF: 4.417; Q1 (2018 InCities JCR SCIE)]
10 Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Manakova, Elena; Lapėnas, Kęstutis; Kauneckaitė, Kotryna; Šikšnys, Virginijus. DNA recognition by Arabidopsis transcription factors ABI3 and NGA1 // FEBS journal. Hoboken : Wiley Blackwell. ISSN 1742-464X. eISSN 1432-1033. 2018, vol. 285, no 21, p. 4041-4059. DOI: 10.1111/febs.14649. [DB: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 4.739; AIF: 4.417; Q1 (2018 InCities JCR SCIE)]
11 Toliušis, Paulius; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Grigaitis, Rokas; Tuminauskaitė, Donata; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Manakova, Elena; Venclovas, Česlovas; Szczelkun, Mark D.; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Zaremba, Mindaugas. The H-subunit of the restriction endonuclease CglI contains a prototype DEAD-Z1 helicase-like motor // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2018, vol. 46, no 5, p. 2560-2572. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky107. [DB: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 11.147; AIF: 4.417; Q1 (2018 InCities JCR SCIE)]
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13 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo); Lubys, Arvydas (autorius, išradimo); Zaliauskienė, Lolita (autorius, išradimo); Glemžaitė, Monika (autorius, išradimo); Smith, Anja. RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex. US20180/187195 A1. 2018-07-05. 82 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patents.google.com/patent/US20180187195A1>.
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15 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo); Lubys, Arvydas (autorius, išradimo); Zaliauskienė, Lolita (autorius, išradimo); Glemžaitė, Monika (autorius, išradimo); Smith, Anja. RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex. US2018187195. 2018-07-05. 82 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2018187195A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20180705&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP#> [žiūrėta 2019-05-02].
16 Fricke, Thomas (autorius, išradimo); Bochtler, Matthias (autorius, išradimo); Tamulaitis, Gintautas (autorius, išradimo); Kazlauskienė, Miglė (autorius, išradimo); Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo). Targeted RNA knockdown and knockout by type III-A Csm complexes. US2018105835. 2018-04-19. 133 p. Prieiga per internetą: <https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2018105835A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20180419&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP#> [žiūrėta 2019-05-02]. [DB: Espacenet]
17 Songailienė, Inga; Juozapaitytė, Ieva; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Juozapaitis, Jonas; Šulčius, S.; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Venclovas, Česlovas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Melsvabakterių Aphanizomenon flos-aquae CRISPR-Cas sistemos tyrimai // Bioateitis: gamtos ir gyvybės mokslų perspektyvos : 11-oji jaunųjų mokslininkų konferencija, 2018 m. gruodžio 14 d.: pranešimų santraukos. Vilnius : Lietuvos mokslų akademijos leidykla. 2018, p. 12. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.lma.lt/uploads/2017-12-07_BIOATEITIS_pranesimu_santraukos.pdf> [žiūrėta 2019-09-25].
18 Rutkauskas, Marius; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Songailienė, Inga; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Seidel, Ralf. Investigating and Modelling the Target Recognition Dynamics of the CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Complex Cascade // Biophysical journal. Cambridge, MA : Cell Press. ISSN 0006-3495. eISSN 1542-0086. 2018, vol. 114, iss. 3, suppl. 1, art. no. 978-Plat, p. 194a. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.1083. [DB: MEDLINE, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 3.665; AIF: 3.561; Q2 (2018 InCities JCR SCIE)]
19 Aldag, Pierre; Madariaga Marcos, Julene; Songailienė, Inga; Kemmerich, Felix; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Seidel, Ralf. Correlated Single Molecule Twist and Fluorescence Measurements on CRISPR/Cas Systems // Biophysical journal: 62nd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical-Society, San Francisco, CA, FEB 17-21, 2018. Cambridge, MA : Cell Press. ISSN 0006-3495. eISSN 1542-0086. 2018, vol. 114, iss. 3, suppl. 1, art. no. 1262-Pos, p. 250a. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.1392. [DB: MEDLINE, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 3.665; AIF: 3.561; Q2 (2018 InCities JCR SCIE)]
20 Šikšnys, Virginijus. Harnessing biodiversity of Cas9 to expand genome editing toolbox // New biotechnology: Abstracts of the 18th European congress on biotechnology. Amsterdam : Elsevier. ISSN 1871-6784. eISSN 1876-4347. 2018, vol. 44, suppl., art. no. O1-S, p. S1. DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2018.05.1258. [DB: ScienceDirect, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 3.739; AIF: 3.627; Q1 (2018 InCities JCR SCIE)]

2017
1 Labrie, Viviane; Buske, Orion J; Oh, Edward; Jeremian, Richie; Ptak, Carolyn; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Maleckas, Almantas; Petereit, Rūta; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Kupčinskas, Limas; Brudno, Michael; Petronis, Artūras. Genetic and epigenetic factors in lactose intolerance: lessons for aging diseases // European neuropsychopharmacology :23rd Annual World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG) : Final symposia and plenary abstracts : Toronto, Canada, October 16-20, 2015 / International Society of Psychiatric Genetics. Amsterdam : Elsevier. ISSN 0924-977X. eISSN 1873-7862. 2017, vol. 27, suppl.2, p. S273-S274, no. 31. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.09.009. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 4.129; AIF: 3.556; Q1 (2017 InCities JCR SCIE)]
2 Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Venclovas, Česlovas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Type III CRISPR-Cas immunity: major differences brushed aside // Trends in microbiology. Oxford : Elsevier Ltd. ISSN 0966-842X. eISSN 1878-4380. 2017, Vol. 25, no 1, p. 49-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.09.012. [DB: Current Contents, BIOSIS Previews, PubMed, Scopus, Biobase, Current Abstracts, Academic Search Premier, Academic Search Complete, CABI Abstracts Databases, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 11.776; AIF: 4.033; Q1 (2017 InCities JCR SCIE)]
3 Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Jovaišaitė, Virginija; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Songailienė, Inga; Manakova, Elena; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Gražulis, Saulius; Shuang-yong, Xu; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Restriction endonuclease AgeI is a monomer which dimerizes to cleave DNA // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2017, Vol. 45, no 6, p. 3547-3558. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw1310. [DB: Science Citation Index, Scopus, Embase, Biobase, Chemical abstracts, CABI Abstracts Databases] [IF: 11.561; AIF: 4.281; Q1 (2017 InCities JCR SCIE)]
4 Karvelis, Tautvydas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Bigelytė, Greta; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Naujų Cas9 endonukleazių charakterizavimas ir pritaikymas genomo redagavimui // Fizinių ir technologijos mokslų tarpdalykiniai tyrimai : 7-oji jaunųjų mokslininkų konferencija, 2017 m. vasario 9 d. : pranešimų santraukos. Vilnius : Lietuvos mokslų akademijos leidykla. 2017, p. 18-19. Prieiga per internetą: <http://mail.ma.lt/components/com_rseventspro/assets/images/files/2017-02-09_JMK_pranesimu_santraukos_galutines.pdf> [žiūrėta 2017-06-08].
5 Mogila, Irmantas; Kazlauskienė, Miglė; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Deletion analysis of multisubunit CRISPR-Cas effector complex // Open Readings 2017 : 60th International conference for students of physics and natural sciences, March 14-17, 2017, Vilnius, Lithuania : programme and abstracts. Vilnius : Vilniaus universitetas. ISSN 2029-4425. 2017, p. 101. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.openreadings.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/OR2017_abstracts_book.pdf> [žiūrėta 2017-07-18].
6 Karvelis, Tautvydas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Harnessing the natural diversity and in vitro evolution of Cas9 to expand the genome editing toolbox // Current opinion in microbiology. London : Current biology Ltd. ISSN 1369-5274. eISSN 1879-0364. 2017, Vol. 37, p. 88-94. DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2017.05.009. [DB: Scopus, MEDLINE, Current Contents, Chemical abstracts, ScienceDirect, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 6.710; AIF: 3.784; Q1 (2017 InCities JCR SCIE)]
7 Karvelis, Tautvydas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Methods for decoding Cas9 protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) sequences: A brief overview // Methods. San Diego, CA : Academic Press Inc Elsevier science. ISSN 1046-2023. eISSN 1095-9130. 2017, Vol. 121, p. 3-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2017.03.006. [DB: Scopus, ScienceDirect, Embase, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 3.998; AIF: 3.839; Q1 (2017 InCities JCR SCIE)]
8 Kazlauskienė, Miglė; Kostiuk, Georgij; Venclovas, Česlovas; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. A cyclic oligonucleotide signaling pathway in type III CRISPR-Cas systems // Science. Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science. ISSN 0036-8075. eISSN 1095-9203. 2017, Vol. 357, Iss. 6351, p. 605-609. DOI: 10.1126/science.aao0100. [DB: Biobase, Embase, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 41.058; AIF: 5.110; Q1 (2017 InCities JCR SCIE)]
9 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the CAS9-CRRNA complex / Inventors: Virginijus Šikšnys, Giedrius Gasiūnas, Tautvydas Karvelis. US 9637739 B2. 2017-05-02. 30 p. Prieiga per internetą: <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=17&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=gasiunas&OS=gasiunas&RS=gasiunas> [žiūrėta 2017-11-23]. [DB: USPTO Patent Full-text and Image Database]
10 Toliušis, Paulius; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Szczelkun, Mark D.; Šikšnys, Virginijus. CgII cleaves DNA using a mechanism distinct from other ATP-dependent restriction endonucleases // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2017, Vol. 45, Iss. 14, p. 8435-8447. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx580. [DB: CABI Abstracts Databases, Chemical abstracts, Biobase, Embase, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 11.561; AIF: 4.281; Q1 (2017 InCities JCR SCIE)]
11 Kostiuk, Georgij; Dikić, Jasmina; Schwarz, Friedrich W.; Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Seidel, Ralf; Šikšnys, Virginijus. The dynamics of the monomeric restriction endonuclease BcnI during its interaction with DNA // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2017, Vol. 45, Iss. 10, p. 5968-5979. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx294. [DB: CABI Abstracts Databases, Chemical abstracts, Biobase, Embase, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 11.561; AIF: 4.281; Q1 (2017 InCities JCR SCIE)]
12 Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Čalyševa, Jelena; Laime, Miglė; Rimšelienė, Renata; Lubys, Arvydas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. UbaLAI is a monomeric Type IIE restriction enzyme // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2017, Vol. 45, Iss. 16, p. 9583-9594. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx634. [DB: CABI Abstracts Databases, Chemical abstracts, Biobase, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 11.561; AIF: 4.281; Q1 (2017 InCities JCR SCIE)]
13 Kazlauskienė, Miglė; Kostiuk, Georgij; Venclovas, Česlovas; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Ciklinių oligoadenilatų signalinis kelias // Bioateitis: gamtos ir gyvybės mokslų perspektyvos : 10-oji jaunųjų mokslininkų konferencija, 2017 m. gruodžio 7 d.: pranešimų santraukos. Vilnius : Lietuvos mokslų akademijos leidykla. 2017, p. 21. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.lma.lt/uploads/2017-12-07_BIOATEITIS_pranesimu_santraukos.pdf> [žiūrėta 2018-03-27].

2016
1 Labrie, Viviane; Buske, Orion J; Oh, Edward; Jeremian, Richie; Ptak, Carolyn; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Maleckas, Almantas; Petereit, Rūta; Žvirblienė, Aida; Adamonis, Kęstutis; Kriukienė, Edita; Koncevičius, Karolis; Gordevičius, Juozas; Nair, Akhil; Zhang, Aiping; Ebrahimi, Sasha; Oh, Gabriel; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Kupčinskas, Limas; Brudno, Michael; Petronis, Artūras. Lactose intolerance is directed by DNA haplotype-dependent epigenetic aging // EPIGENOMICS 2016 - a special International Meeting on Epigenomics and Transcriptional Regulation : January 31-February 5, 2016 Rio Grande, Puerto Rico / International Genetic Epidemiology Society. Puerto Rico : International Genetic Epidemiology Society. 2016, p. 1-1. Prieiga per internetą: <http://epigenomics2016.org/program.html>.
2 Labrie, Viviane; Buske, Orion J; Oh, Edward; Jeremian, Richie; Ptak, Carolyn; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Maleckas, Almantas; Petereit, Rūta; Žvirblienė, Aida; Adamonis, Kęstutis; Kriukienė, Edita; Koncevičius, Karolis; Gordevičius, Juozas; Nair, Akhil; Zhang, Aiping; Ebrahimi, Sasha; Oh, Gabriel; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Kupčinskas, Limas; Brudno, Michael; Petronis, Arturas. Lactase nonpersistence is directed by DNA-variation-dependent epigenetic aging // Nature structural and molecular biology. New York : Nature Pub. Group. ISSN 1545-9993. 2016, vol. 23, no. 6, p. 566-573. DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3227. [DB: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), MEDLINE] [IF: 12.595; AIF: 4.393; Q1 (2016 InCities JCR SCIE)]
3 Kazlauskienė, Miglė; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Venclovas, Česlovas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Programmable RNA and DNA cleavage by a CRISPR-Cas system // Open readings 2016 : 59th scientific conference for students of physics and natural sciences : programme and abstracts. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISSN 2029-4425. 2016, p. 30. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.openreadings.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OR2016_abstract_book.pdf> [žiūrėta 2016-10-10].
4 Songailienė, Inga; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Rutkauskas, Marius; Seidel, Ralf; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Cascade complex reconstitution in vitro and R-loop formation by single molecule experiments // Open readings 2016 : 59th scientific conference for students of physics and natural sciences : programme and abstracts. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISSN 2029-4425. 2016, p. 108. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.openreadings.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OR2016_abstract_book.pdf> [žiūrėta 2016-10-12].
5 Müller, Maximilian; Lee, Ciaran M; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Davis, Timothy H; Cradick, Thomas J; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Bao, Gang; Cathomen, Toni; Mussolino, Claudio. Streptococcus thermophilus CRISPR-Cas9 systems enable specific editing of the human genome // Molecular therapy. New York : Nature Publishing Group. ISSN 1525-0016. eISSN 1525-0024. 2016, Vol. 24, Iss. 3, p. 636-644. DOI: 10.1038/mt.2015.218. [DB: Current Contents, MEDLINE, BIOSIS Previews, PubMed, Elsevier Biobase, Scopus, Current Abstracts, Academic Search Premier, Academic Search Complete, Chemical abstracts, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 6.688; AIF: 3.521; Q1 (2016 InCities JCR SCIE)]
6 Kazlauskienė, Miglė; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Kostiuk, Georgij; Venclovas, Česlovas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Spatiotemporal control of type III-A CRISPR-Cas immunity: coupling DNA degradation with the target RNA recognition // Molecular cell. Cambridge : Cell Press. ISSN 1097-2765. eISSN 1097-4164. 2016, Vol. 62, p. 295-306. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.03.024. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus, BIOSIS Previews, Biological Abstracts, MEDLINE, Embase, Chemical abstracts, AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts] [IF: 14.714; AIF: 4.950; Q1 (2016 InCities JCR SCIE)]
7 Šikšnys, Virginijus; Gasiūnas, Giedrius. Rewiring Cas9 to target new PAM sequences // Molecular cell. Cambridge : Cell Press. ISSN 1097-2765. eISSN 1097-4164. 2016, Vol. 61, p. 793-794. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.03.002. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Biological Abstracts, Embase, MEDLINE, AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts] [IF: 14.714; AIF: 4.950; Q1 (2016 InCities JCR SCIE)]
8 Songailienė, Inga; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Rutkauskas, M.; Seidel, R.; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Reconstitution of Cascade complex in vitro and R-loop formation // XIVth International Conference of the Lithuanian Biochemical Society : the program and abstract book. Vilnius : Lithuanian Biochemical Society. 2016, p. 17. Prieiga per internetą: <https://cloudup.com/itEl9IF2n8q> [žiūrėta 2018-03-14].
9 Karvelis, Tautvydas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Young, Joshua; Bigelytė, Greta; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Cigan, Mark; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Rapid characterization of CRISPR-Cas9 protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) sequence elements // XIVth International Conference of the Lithuanian Biochemical Society : the program and abstract book. Vilnius : Lithuanian Biochemical Society. 2016, p. 44. Prieiga per internetą: <https://cloudup.com/itEl9IF2n8q> [žiūrėta 2018-03-14].
10 Zagorskaitė, Evelina; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Kauneckaitė, Kotryna; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Sasnauskas, Giedrius. DNA recognition mechanism of the cytosine modification-dependent restriction endonuclease LpnPI // XIVth International Conference of the Lithuanian Biochemical Society : the program and abstract book. Vilnius : Lithuanian Biochemical Society. 2016, p. 108. Prieiga per internetą: <https://cloudup.com/itEl9IF2n8q> [žiūrėta 2018-03-19].

2015
1 Rutkauskas, Marius; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Songailienė, Inga; Tikhomirova, Maria S.; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Seidel, Ralf. Directional R-loop formation by the CRISPR-Cas surveillance complex cascade provides efficient off-target site rejection // Cell reports. New York : Elsevier Inc. eISSN 2211-1247. 2015, vol. 10, no. 9, p. 1534-1543. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.01.067. [DB: Scopus, MEDLINE, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Biological Abstracts]
2 Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Zagorskaitė, Evelina; Kauneckaitė, Kotryna; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Structure-guided sequence specificity engineering of the modification-dependent restriction endonuclease LpnPI // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2015, vol. 43, no. 12, p. 6144-6155. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv548. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), MEDLINE, CAB] [IF: 9.202; AIF: 4.093; Q1 (2015 InCities JCR SCIE)]
3 Glemžaitė, Monika; Balčiūnaitė, Eglė; Karvelis, Tautvydas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Grušytė, Mantvyda Marija; Alzbutas, Gediminas; Jurcytė, Aistė; Anderson, Emily M.; Maksimova, Elena; Smith, Anja J.; Lubys, Arvydas; Zaliauskienė, Lolita; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Targeted gene editing by transfection of in vitro reconstituted Streptococcus thermophilus Cas9 nuclease complex // RNA biology. Philadelphia : Taylor & Francis Inc. ISSN 1547-6286. eISSN 1555-8584. 2015, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 1-4. DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2015.1017209. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus, MEDLINE] [IF: 4.076; AIF: 4.093; Q2 (2015 InCities JCR SCIE)]
4 Rutkauskas, Marius; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Tikhomirova, Maria S.; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Seidel, Ralf. Dynamic DNA target proofreading in a CRISPR-Cas system // Biophysical journal. Cambridge : Cell Press. ISSN 0006-3495. 2015, vol. 108, no. 2, suppl 1, p. 206. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.11.1137. [DB: CAB Abstracts, MEDLINE, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 3.632; AIF: 3.254; Q1 (2015 InCities JCR SCIE)]
5 Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Rutkauskas, Marius; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Gražulis, Saulius; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Functional significance of protein assemblies predicted by the crystal structure of the restriction endonuclease BsaWI // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. eISSN 1362-4962. 2015, vol. 43, no. 16, p. 8100-8110. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv768. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), CAB, MEDLINE] [IF: 9.202; AIF: 4.093; Q1 (2015 InCities JCR SCIE)]
6 Zaremba, Mindaugas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. An engineered SS bridge blocks the conformational change required for the nuclease activity of BfiI // Biochemistry. Washington : American Chemical Society. ISSN 0006-2960. 2015, Vol. 54, no 34, p. 5340-5347. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00437. [DB: MEDLINE, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 2.876; AIF: 4.093; Q2 (2015 InCities JCR SCIE)]
7 Karvelis, Tautvydas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Young, Joshua; Bigelytė, Greta; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Cigan, Mark; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Rapid characterization of CRISPR-Cas9 protospacer adjacent motif sequence elements // Genome biology. London : BioMed Central Ltd. ISSN 1465-6906. eISSN 1474-760X. 2015, vol. 16, art. no. 253, p. [1-13]. DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0818-7. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents, Scopus, MEDLINE, CAB Abstracts] [IF: 11.313; AIF: 3.724; Q1 (2015 InCities JCR SCIE)]
8 Šinkūnas, Tomas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Cas3 nuclease-helicase activity assays // CRISPR: Methods and Protocols / Editors: Lundgren, Magnus, Charpentier, Emmanuelle, Fineran, Peter C. New York : Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015. ISBN 9781493926862. eISBN 9781493926879. p. 277-291. (Methods in Molecular Biology, ISSN 1064-3745 ; vol. 1311). DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2687-9_18. [DB: SpringerLink]
9 Jeremian, Richie; Labrie, Viviane; Buske, Orion J; Oh, Edward; Ptak, Carolyn; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Maleckas, Almantas; Petereit, Rūta; Žvirblienė, Aida; Adamonis, Kęstutis; Kriukienė, Edita; Koncevičius, Karolis; Gordevičius, Juozas; Nair, Akhil; Zhang, Aiping; Ebrahimi, Sasha; Oh, Gabriel; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Kupčinskas, Limas; Brudno, Michael; Petronis, Artūras. Genetic and epigenetic factors affecting regulatory elements underlie lactose intolerance and lactase persistence // 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG 2015 : October 6-10, 2015, Baltimore, Maryland : Abstracts / The American Society of Human Genetics. Baltimore : ASHG. 2015, p. 93-93, no. PgmNr 324.
10 Tutkus, Marijonas; Rutkauskas, Danielis; Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Restriktazės Ecl18kI indukuoto DNR kilpojimo dinamikos studijos pavienių molekulių lygyje naudojant TIRF FRET mikroskopiją // 41-oji Lietuvos nacionalinė fizikos konferencija : programa ir pranešimų tezės, Vilnius, 2015 m. birželio 17-19 d. Vilnius : Valstybinis Fizinių ir technologijos mokslų centras, 2015. ISBN 9786099551128. p. 57.

2014
1 Golovenko, Dmitrij; Manakova, Elena; Zakrys, Linas; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Gražulis, Saulius; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Structural insight into the specificity of the B3 DNA-binding domains provided by the co-crystal structure of the C-terminal fragment of BfiI restriction enzyme // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. 2014, vol. 42, no 6, p. 4113-4122. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1368. [DB: VINITI, MEDLINE, ProQuest (nenaudotinas), Elsevier (nenaudotinas), Ebsco (nenaudotinas), CSA (nenaudotinas), CAB Abstracts, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 9.112; AIF: 4.149; Q1 (2014 InCities JCR SCIE)]
2 Szczelkun, Mark. D.; Tikhomirova, Maria S.; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Karvelis, Tautvydas; Pschera, Patrizia; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Seidel, Ralf. Direct observation of R-loop formation by single RNA-guided Cas9 and Cascade effector complexes // PNAS : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Washington : National Academy of Sciences. ISSN 0027-8424. 2014, vol.111, no 27, p. 9798-9803. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402597111. [DB: Biological Abstracts, Scopus, MEDLINE, Elsevier Biobase, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 9.674; AIF: 5.269; Q1 (2014 InCities JCR SCIE)]
3 Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Karvelis, Tautvydas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Cas9 - a programmable RNA-guided DNA endonuclease from the bacterial adaptive immune system // COINS 2014 : conference of natural and life sciences. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2014, p. 21-22. Prieiga per internetą: <http://pub.vusa.lt/Info.com/Coins/COINS2014.pdf> [žiūrėta 2014-07-16].
4 Rutkauskas, Danielis; Petkelytė, Milda; Naujalis, Paulius; Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Restriction enzyme Ecl18kI-Induced DNA looping dynamics by single-molecule FRET // The journal of physical chemistry B. Washington : American Chemical Society. ISSN 1520-6106. 2014, vol. 118, iss. 29, p. 8575-8582. DOI: 10.1021/jp504546v. [DB: Scopus, CAS (nenaudotinas), Chemical abstracts, MEDLINE, INSPEC, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 3.302; AIF: 4.438; Q2 (2014 InCities JCR SCIE)]
5 Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Kazlauskienė, Miglė; Manakova, Elena; Venclovas, Česlovas; Nwokeoji, Alison O.; Dickman, Mark J.; Horvath, Philippe; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Programmable RNA Shredding by the Type III-A CRISPR-Cas System of Streptococcus thermophilus // Molecular cell. Cambridge : Cell Press. ISSN 1097-2765. eISSN 1097-4164. 2014, Vol. 56, Iss. 4, p. 506-517. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.09.027. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), BIOSIS Previews, Biological Abstracts, Current Contents, Scopus] [IF: 14.018; AIF: 4.964; Q1 (2014 InCities JCR SCIE)]
6 Songailienė, Inga; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Cascade complex – identifying the clue to PAM recognition // 50th anniversary of FEBS : Abstracts book of The XIIIth International Conference of Lithuanian Biochemical Society, June 18-20, 2014. Vilnius. 2014, p. 15. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.elib.grsu.by/katalog/481236pdf.pdf?d=true> [žiūrėta 2016-05-16].
7 Kazlauskienė, Miglė; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Manakova, Elena; Venclovas, Česlovas; Nwokeoji, Alison O.; Dickman, Mark J.; Horvath, Philippe; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Characterization of Streptococcus thermophilus Csm complex mediated CRISPR interference in vitro // 50th anniversary of FEBS : Abstracts book of The XIIIth International Conference of Lithuanian Biochemical Society, June 18-20, 2014. Vilnius. 2014, p. 19-20. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.elib.grsu.by/katalog/481236pdf.pdf?d=true> [žiūrėta 2016-04-25].
8 Toliušis, Paulius; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. ATP-dependent endonuclease of a stress-sensitive restriction-modification system from Corynebacterium glutamicum // 50th anniversary of FEBS : Abstracts book of The XIIIth International Conference of Lithuanian Biochemical Society, June 18-20, 2014. Vilnius. 2014, p. 31. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.elib.grsu.by/katalog/481236pdf.pdf?d=true> [žiūrėta 2016-05-13].
9 Grigaitis, Rokas; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Characterisation of protein domains of atypical restriction-modification systems // 50th anniversary of FEBS : Abstracts book of The XIIIth International Conference of Lithuanian Biochemical Society, June 18-20, 2014. Vilnius. 2014, p. 59.
10 Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Gražulis, Saulius; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Crystal structure of the R-protein of the multisubunit ATP-dependent restriction endonuclease NgoAVII // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. 2014, vol. 42, no 22, p. 14022-14030. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1237. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), CAB Abstracts, CSA (nenaudotinas), Ebsco (nenaudotinas), ProQuest (nenaudotinas), MEDLINE, VINITI] [IF: 9.112; AIF: 4.149; Q1 (2014 InCities JCR SCIE)]
11 Zaremba, Mindaugas; Toliušis, Paulius; Grigaitis, Rokas; Manakova, Elena; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Szczelkun, Mark. D.; Šikšnys, Virginijus. DNA cleavage by CgII and NgoAVII requires interaction between N- and R-proteins and extensive nucleotide hydrolysis // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. 2014, Vol. 42, no 22, p. 13887-13896. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1236. [DB: VINITI, MEDLINE, ProQuest (nenaudotinas), Elsevier (nenaudotinas), Ebsco (nenaudotinas), CSA (nenaudotinas), CAB Abstracts, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 9.112; AIF: 4.149; Q1 (2014 InCities JCR SCIE)]
12 Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Zagorskaitė, Evelina; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Recognition of 5-methylcytosine and 5- hydroxymethylcytosine by methyl-directed restriction endonucleases // The FEBS journal. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISSN 1742-464X. 2014, Vol. 281, suppl. 1, p. 309. DOI: 10.1111/febs.12919. [DB: Chemical abstracts, Index Medicus, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, AgBiotech News and Information, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 4.001; AIF: 4.149; Q2 (2014 InCities JCR SCIE)]
13 Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Kazlauskienė, Miglė; Manakova, Elena; Venclovas, Česlovas; Nwokeoji, Alison O.; Dickman, Mark J.; Horvath, Philippe; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Characterization of Streptococcus thermophilus Csm complex mediated CRISPR interference in vitro // The FEBS journal. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISSN 1742-464X. 2014, Vol. 281, suppl. 1, p. 678. DOI: 10.1111/febs.12919. [DB: Chemical abstracts, Index Medicus, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, AgBiotech News and Information, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 4.001; AIF: 4.149; Q2 (2014 InCities JCR SCIE)]
14 Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Jovaišaitė, V.; Rutkauskas, Marius; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. From monomer to tetramer: crystal structures of related restriction endonucleases AgeI and BsaWI // The FEBS journal. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISSN 1742-464X. 2014, Vol. 281, suppl. 1, p. 742. DOI: 10.1111/febs.12919. [DB: Chemical abstracts, Index Medicus, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, AgBiotech News and Information, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 4.001; AIF: 4.149; Q2 (2014 InCities JCR SCIE)]
15 Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Šinkūnas, Tomas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Molecular mechanisms of CRISPR-mediated microbial immunity // Cellular and molecular life sciences. Basel : Birkhaeuser Science. ISSN 1420-682X. 2014, vol. 71, iss. 3, p. 449-465. DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1438-6. [DB: MEDLINE, Scopus, Biobase, CABI Abstracts Databases, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 5.808; AIF: 4.964; Q1 (2014 InCities JCR SCIE)]

2013
1 Šinkūnas, Tomas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Waghmare, Sakharam; Barrangou, Rodolphe; Horvath, Philippe; Šikšnys, Virginijus. In vitro reconstitution of Cascade-mediated CRISPR immunity in Streptococcus thermophilus // The EMBO journal. London : Nature Publishing Group. ISSN 0261-4189. 2013, vol. 32, no. 3, p. 385-394. DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.352. [DB: CABI Abstracts Databases, BIOSIS Previews, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 10.748; AIF: 5.064; Q1 (2013 InCities JCR SCIE)]
2 Karvelis, Tautvydas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Mikšys, Algirdas; Barrangou, Rodolphe; Horvath, Philippe; Šikšnys, Virginijus. crRNA and tracrRNA guide Cas9-mediated DNA interference in Streptococcus thermophilus // RNA biology. Austin : Landes Bioscience. ISSN 1547-6286. 2013, vol. 10, no. 5, p. 841-851. DOI: 10.4161/rna.24203. [DB: MEDLINE, Chemical abstracts, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 5.377; AIF: 4.311; Q1 (2013 InCities JCR SCIE)]
3 Horvath, Philippe; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Šikšnys, Virginijus; Barrangou, Rodolphe. Applications of the versatile CRISPR-Cas systems // CRISPR-Cas systems: RNA-mediated adaptive immunity in bacteria and archaea /Editors: Rodolphe Barrangou, John van der Oost. Springer, 2013. ISBN 9783642346576. p. 267-286. Prieiga per internetą: <http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-642-34657-6_11.pdf> [žiūrėta 2013-08-21].
4 Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Karvelis, Tautvydas; Barrangou, Rodolphe; Horvath, Philippe; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Cas9 – a programmable RNA-guided DNA endonuclease from the bacterial adaptive immune system // The FEBS Journal. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISSN 1742-464X. 2013, vol. 280, suppl. 1, p. 80. Prieiga per internetą: <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/febs.12340/pdf> [žiūrėta 2013-11-06]. [DB: Chemical abstracts, Index Medicus, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, AgBiotech News and Information, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 3.986; AIF: 4.311; Q2 (2013 InCities JCR SCIE)]
5 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo); Lubys, Arvydas (autorius, išradimo); Zaliauskienė, Lolita (autorius, išradimo); Glemžaitė, Monika (autorius, išradimo); Smith, Anja (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex : WIPO/PCT patent 2013/142578 A1. WO2013142578 A1. 2012-03-20. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.google.com/patents/WO2013142578A1?cl=en> [žiūrėta 2013-11-07].
6 Šikšnys, Virginijus (autorius, išradimo); Gasiūnas, Giedrius (autorius, išradimo); Karvelis, Tautvydas (autorius, išradimo). RNA-directed DNA cleavage by the Cas9-crRNA complex : WIPO/PCT patent 2013/141680 A1. WO2013141680 A1. 2012-03-20. [43 p.]. Prieiga per internetą: <https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf;jsessionid=3999AF8EDFD7C30C3A246932F2E7DAF4.wapp2nA?docId=WO2013142578&recNum=12&maxRec=22125&office=&prevFilter=&sortOption=&queryString=streptococc*&tab=PCT+Biblio> [žiūrėta 2013-11-07].
7 Karvelis, Tautvydas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Programmable DNA cleavage in vitro by Cas9 // Biochemical Society transactions. London : Portland Press Ltd. ISSN 0300-5127. 2013, vol. 41, part. 6, p. 1401-1406. DOI: 10.1042/BST20130164. [DB: Embase, ISI Web of Science (nenaudotinas), MEDLINE, ProQuest (nenaudotinas), GeoRef, PubMed, Scopus, EBSCOHost (nenaudotinas), IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur, Chemical abstracts, CABI Abstracts Databases] [IF: 3.238; AIF: 4.311; Q2 (2013 InCities JCR SCIE)]
8 Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Šikšnys, Virginijus. RNA-dependent DNA endonuclease Cas9 of the CRISPR system: Holy Grail of genome editing? // Trends in microbiology. Oxford : Elsevier Ltd. ISSN 0966-842X. 2013, vol. 21, iss. 11, p. 562-567. DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.09.001. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), CABI Abstracts Databases, Biobase, Scopus, MEDLINE] [IF: 9.808; AIF: 3.992; Q1 (2013 InCities JCR SCIE)]

2012
1 Šilanskas, Arūnas; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Catalytic activity control of restriction endonuclease-triplex forming oligonucleotide conjugates // Bioconjugate chemistry. Washington : American Chemical Society. ISSN 1043-1802. 2012, vol. 23, iss. 2, p. 203-211. DOI: 10.1021/bc200480m. [DB: MEDLINE, Chemical abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 4.580; AIF: 3.933; Q1 (2012 InCities JCR SCIE)]
2 Manakova, Elena; Gražulis, Saulius; Zaremba, Mindaugas; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Golovenko, Dmitrij; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Structural mechanisms of the degenerate sequence recognition by Bse634I restriction endonuclease // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. 2012, Vol. 40, no 14, p. 6741-6751. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks300. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), CAB Abstracts, MEDLINE, VINITI] [IF: 8.278; AIF: 4.273; Q1 (2012 InCities JCR SCIE)]
3 Sukackaitė, Rasa; Gražulis, Saulius; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. The recognition domain of the methyl-specific endonuclease McrBC flips out 5-methylcytosine // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. 2012, Vol. 40, no 15, p. 7552-7562. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks332. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), CAB Abstracts, MEDLINE, VINITI] [IF: 8.278; AIF: 4.273; Q1 (2012 InCities JCR SCIE)]
4 Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Barrangou, Rodolphe; Horvath, Philippe; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Cas9-crRNA ribonucleoprotein complex mediates specific DNA cleavage for adaptive immunity in bacteria // PNAS : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Washington : National Academy of Sciences. ISSN 0027-8424. 2012, vol. 109, no. 39, p. E2579-E2586. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208507109. [DB: Biological Abstracts, Scopus, MEDLINE, Elsevier Biobase, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 9.737; AIF: 6.803; Q1 (2012 InCities JCR SCIE)]
5 Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Sukackaitė, Rasa; Šikšnys, Virginijus. DNA recognition by the methyl-specific endonuclease McrBC // The FEBS Journal. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISSN 1742-464X. 2012, vol. 279, suppl. 1, p. 451. Prieiga per internetą: <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.08705.x/pdf> [žiūrėta 2012-12-20]. [DB: Chemical abstracts, Index Medicus, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, AgBiotech News and Information, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 4.250; AIF: 4.273; Q2 (2012 InCities JCR SCIE)]
6 Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Šilanskas, Arūnas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Protein-protein interactions in phage T4 primosome // The FEBS Journal. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISSN 1742-464X. 2012, vol. 279, suppl. 1, p. 451. Prieiga per internetą: <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.08705.x/pdf> [žiūrėta 2012-12-20]. [DB: Chemical abstracts, Index Medicus, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, AgBiotech News and Information, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 4.250; AIF: 4.273; Q2 (2012 InCities JCR SCIE)]
7 Zaremba, Mindaugas; Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Šikšnys, Virginijus. The link between restriction endonuclease fidelity and oligomeric state:a study with Bse634I // FEBS letters. Amsterdam : Elsevier BV. ISSN 0014-5793. 2012, vol. 586, no 19, p. 3324-3329. DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.07.009. [DB: Embase, BIOSIS Previews, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 3.582; AIF: 4.466; Q1 (2012 InCities JCR SCIE)]

2011
1 Šinkūnas, Tomas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Fremaux, Christophe; Barrangou, Rodolphe; Horvath, Philippe; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Cas3 is a single-stranded DNA nuclease and ATP-dependent helicase in the CRISPR/Cas immune system // The EMBO journal. London : Nature Publishing Group. ISSN 0261-4189. 2011, vol. 30, no. 7, p. 1335-1342. DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.41. [DB: CABI Abstracts Databases, BIOSIS Previews, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 9.205; AIF: 5.017; Q1 (2011 InCities JCR SCIE)]
2 Šilanskas, Arūnas; Foss, Michael; Wende, Wolfgang; Urbanke, Claus; Lagunavičius, Arūnas; Pingoug, Alfred; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Photocaged variants of the MunI and PvuII restriction enzymes // Biochemistry. Washington : American Chemical Society. ISSN 0006-2960. 2011, vol. 50, no. 14, p. 2800-2807. DOI: 10.1021/bi2000609. [DB: AGRICOLA, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 3.422; AIF: 4.273; Q2 (2011 InCities JCR SCIE)]
3 Kostiuk, Georgij; Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Tamulaitienė, Giedrė; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Degenerate sequence recognition by the monomeric restriction enzyme: single mutation converts Bcnl into a strand-specific nicking endonuclease // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. 2011, vol. 39, no. 9, p. 3744-3753. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1351. [DB: Biological Abstracts, MEDLINE, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [IF: 8.026; AIF: 4.273; Q1 (2011 InCities JCR SCIE)]
4 Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Kostiuk, Georgij; Tamulaitis, Gintautas; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Target site cleavage by the monomeric restriction enzyme BcnI requires translocation to a random DNA sequence and a switch in enzyme orientation // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. 2011, Vol. 39, no. 20, p. 8844-8856. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr588. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), CAB Abstracts, MEDLINE] [IF: 8.026; AIF: 4.273; Q1 (2011 InCities JCR SCIE)]
5 Šapranauskas, Rimantas; Gasiūnas, Giedrius; Fremaux, Christophe; Barrangou, Rodolphe; Horvath, Philippe; Šikšnys, Virginijus. The Streptococcus thermophilus CRISPR/Cas system provides immunity in Escherichia coli // Nucleic acids research. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 0305-1048. 2011, Vol. 39, no 21, p. 9275-9282. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr606. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), CAB Abstracts, MEDLINE] [IF: 8.026; AIF: 4.273; Q1 (2011 InCities JCR SCIE)]

2005
1 Zaremba, Mindaugas; Sasnauskas, Giedrius; Urbanke, Claus; Šikšnys, Virginijus. Conversion of the tetrameric restriction endonuclease Bse634I into a dimer: oligomeric structure-stability-function correlations // Journal of molecular biology. ISSN 0022-2836. 2005, vol. 348, iss. 2, p. 459-478. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.02.037. [DB: Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), ScienceDirect, PubMed Central, MEDLINE, Chemical abstracts] [IF: 5.229; AIF: 4.374; Q1 (2005 InCities JCR SCIE)]