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Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial

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    Prentice J, Bridges A, Bassler B. Synergy between c-di-GMP and Quorum-Sensing Signaling in Vibrio cholerae Biofilm Morphogenesis. J Bacteriol. 2022;204(10):e0024922. PMCID: PMC9578409
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    Mashruwala A, Qin B, Bassler B. Quorum-sensing- and type VI secretion-mediated spatiotemporal cell death drives genetic diversity in Vibrio cholerae. Cell. 2022;185(21):3966–3979.e13. PMCID: PMC9623500
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    Qin B, Bassler B. Quorum-sensing control of matrix protein production drives fractal wrinkling and interfacial localization of Vibrio cholerae pellicles. Nat Commun. 2022;13(1):6063. PMCID: PMC9561665
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    Taylor I, Murray-Nerger L, Greco T, Liu D, Cristea I, Bassler B. Protein Interaction Networks of Catalytically Active and Catalytically Inactive PqsE in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. mBio. 2022;13(5):e0155922. PMCID: PMC9600345
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    Bridges A, Prentice J, Wingreen N, Bassler B. Signal Transduction Network Principles Underlying Bacterial Collective Behaviors. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2022;76:235–257. PMCID: PMC9463083
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    Eickhoff M, Fei C, Cong J-P, Bassler B. LuxT Is a Global Regulator of Low-Cell-Density Behaviors, Including Type III Secretion, Siderophore Production, and Aerolysin Production, in Vibrio harveyi. mBio. 2022;13(1):e0362121. PMCID: PMC8764538
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    Simanek K, Taylor I, Richael E, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Bassler B, Paczkowski J. The PqsE-RhlR Interaction Regulates RhlR DNA Binding to Control Virulence Factor Production in . Microbiol Spectr. 2022;10(1):e0210821. PMCID: PMC8754118
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    Ellison C, Dalia T, Klancher C, Shaevitz J, Gitai Z, Dalia A. Acinetobacter baylyi regulates type IV pilus synthesis by employing two extension motors and a motor protein inhibitor. Nat Commun. 2021;12(1):3744. PMCID: PMC8213720
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    Li A, Okada B, Rosen P, Seyedsayamdost M. Piperacillin triggers virulence factor biosynthesis via the oxidative stress response in . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021;118(26). PMCID: PMC8256049
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    Duddy O, Huang X, Silpe J, Bassler B. Mechanism underlying the DNA-binding preferences of the Vibrio cholerae and vibriophage VP882 VqmA quorum-sensing receptors. PLoS Genet. 2021;17(7):e1009550. PMCID: PMC8284805
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    Rued B, Covington B, Bushin L, Szewczyk G, Laczkovich I, Seyedsayamdost M, Federle M. Quorum Sensing in Streptococcus mutans Regulates Production of Tryglysin, a Novel RaS-RiPP Antimicrobial Compound. mBio. 2021;12(2). PMCID: PMC8092268
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    Scheffler R, Sugimoto Y, Bratton B, Ellison C, Koch M, Donia M, Gitai Z. Pseudomonas aeruginosa detachment from surfaces via a self-made small molecule. J Biol Chem. 2021;296:100279. PMCID: PMC7949062
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    Bridges A, Fei C, Bassler B. Identification of signaling pathways, matrix-digestion enzymes, and motility components controlling biofilm dispersal. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020;117(51):32639–32647. PMCID: PMC7768729
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    Guest R, Rutherford S, Silhavy T. Border Control: Regulating LPS Biogenesis. Trends Microbiol. 2021;29(4):334–345. PMCID: PMC7969359
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    Lalwani M, Ip S, Carrasco-López C, Day C, Zhao E, Kawabe H, Avalos J. Optogenetic control of the lac operon for bacterial chemical and protein production. Nat Chem Biol. 2021;17(1):71–79. PMCID: 5876151
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    Mashruwala A, Bassler B. The Vibrio cholerae Quorum-Sensing Protein VqmA Integrates Cell Density, Environmental, and Host-Derived Cues into the Control of Virulence. mBio. 2020;11(4). PMCID: PMC7387800
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    Mukherjee S, Jemielita M, Stergioula V, Tikhonov M, Bassler B. Photosensing and quorum sensing are integrated to control Pseudomonas aeruginosa collective behaviors. PLoS Biol. 2019;17(12):e3000579. PMCID: PMC6932827
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    Jemielita M, Wingreen N, Bassler B. Quorum sensing controls multicellular aggregate formation. Elife. 2018;7. PMCID: PMC6351105
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    Guest R, Guerra D, Wissler M, Grimm J, Silhavy T. YejM Modulates Activity of the YciM/FtsH Protease Complex To Prevent Lethal Accumulation of Lipopolysaccharide. mBio. 2020;11(2). PMCID: PMC7157816
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    Silpe J, Bridges A, Huang X, Coronado D, Duddy O, Bassler B. Separating Functions of the Phage-Encoded Quorum-Sensing-Activated Antirepressor Qtip. Cell Host Microbe. 2020;27(4):629–641.e4. PMCID: PMC7148176
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    Li A, Mao D, Yoshimura A, Rosen P, Martin L, Gallant Étienne, Wühr M, Seyedsayamdost M. Multi-Omic Analyses Provide Links between Low-Dose Antibiotic Treatment and Induction of Secondary Metabolism in Burkholderia thailandensis. mBio. 2020;11(1). PMCID: PMC7042699
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    Liou C, Sirk S, Diaz C, Klein A, Fischer C, Higginbottom S, Erez A, Donia M, Sonnenburg J, Sattely E. A Metabolic Pathway for Activation of Dietary Glucosinolates by a Human Gut Symbiont. Cell. 2020;180(4):717–728.e19. PMCID: PMC7515767
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    Huang X, Duddy O, Silpe J, Paczkowski J, Cong J, Henke B, Bassler B. Mechanism underlying autoinducer recognition in the DPO-VqmA quorum-sensing pathway. J Biol Chem. 2020;295(10):2916–2931. PMCID: PMC7062168
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    Park J-D, Moon K, Miller C, Rose J, Xu F, Ebmeier C, Jacobsen J, Mao D, Old W, DeShazer D, Seyedsayamdost M. Thailandenes, Cryptic Polyene Natural Products Isolated from Using Phenotype-Guided Transposon Mutagenesis. ACS Chem Biol. 2020;15(5):1195–1203. PMCID: PMC9106368
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    Bridges A, Bassler B. The intragenus and interspecies quorum-sensing autoinducers exert distinct control over Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation and dispersal. PLoS Biol. 2019;17(11):e3000429. PMCID: PMC6872173
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    Silpe J, Bassler B. A Host-Produced Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer Controls a Phage Lysis-Lysogeny Decision. Cell. 2019;176(1-2):268–280.e13. PMCID: PMC6329655
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    Mitchell A, Silhavy T. Envelope stress responses: balancing damage repair and toxicity. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2019;17(7):417–428. PMCID: PMC6596312
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    Adolfsen K, Chou W, Brynildsen M. Transcriptional Regulation Contributes to Prioritized Detoxification of Hydrogen Peroxide over Nitric Oxide. J Bacteriol. 2019;201(14). PMCID: PMC6597392
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    Sanfilippo J, Lorestani A, Koch M, Bratton B, Siryaporn A, Stone H, Gitai Z. Microfluidic-based transcriptomics reveal force-independent bacterial rheosensing. Nat Microbiol. 2019;4(8):1274–1281. PMCID: PMC6656604
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    Hart E, O’Connell A, Tang K, Wzorek J, Grabowicz M, Kahne D, Silhavy T. Fine-Tuning of σ Activation Suppresses Multiple Assembly-Defective Mutations in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 2019;201(11). PMCID: PMC6509652
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    Chou W, Brynildsen M. Loss of DksA leads to multi-faceted impairment of nitric oxide detoxification by Escherichia coli. Free Radic Biol Med. 2019;130:288–296. PMID: 30366060
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    Fröhlich K, Förstner K, Gitai Z. Post-transcriptional gene regulation by an Hfq-independent small RNA in Caulobacter crescentus. Nucleic Acids Res. 2018;46(20):10969–10982. PMCID: PMC6237742
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    Eickhoff M, Bassler B. SnapShot: Bacterial Quorum Sensing. Cell. 2018;174(5):1328–1328.e1. PMID: 30142348
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    Bratton B, Shaevitz J, Gitai Z, Morgenstein R. MreB polymers and curvature localization are enhanced by RodZ and predict E. coli’s cylindrical uniformity. Nat Commun. 2018;9(1):2797. PMCID: PMC6052060
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    Klaus J, Deay J, Neuenswander B, Hursh W, Gao Z, Bouddhara T, Williams T, Douglas J, Monize K, Martins P, Majerczyk C, Seyedsayamdost M, Peterson B, Rivera M, Chandler J. Malleilactone Is a Burkholderia pseudomallei Virulence Factor Regulated by Antibiotics and Quorum Sensing. J Bacteriol. 2018;200(14). PMCID: PMC6018353
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    Mao D, Bushin L, Moon K, Wu Y, Seyedsayamdost M. Discovery of as a global regulator of secondary metabolism and virulence in E264. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017;114(14):E2920-E2928. PMCID: PMC5389298
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    Wang R, Gallant Étienne, Seyedsayamdost M. Investigation of the Genetics and Biochemistry of Roseobacticide Production in the Roseobacter Clade Bacterium Phaeobacter inhibens. mBio. 2016;7(2):e02118. PMCID: PMC4807370
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    Truong T, Seyedsayamdost M, Greenberg P, Chandler J. A Burkholderia thailandensis Acyl-Homoserine Lactone-Independent Orphan LuxR Homolog That Activates Production of the Cytotoxin Malleilactone. J Bacteriol. 2015;197(21):3456–62. PMCID: PMC4621068
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    Hoegler K, Hecht M. Artificial Gene Amplification in Escherichia coli Reveals Numerous Determinants for Resistance to Metal Toxicity. J Mol Evol. 2018;86(2):103–110. PMCID: PMC6116729
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    Rowland E, Greco T, Snowden C, McCabe A, Silhavy T, Cristea I. Sirtuin Lipoamidase Activity Is Conserved in Bacteria as a Regulator of Metabolic Enzyme Complexes. mBio. 2017;8(5). PMCID: PMC5596343
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    Paulick A, Jakovljevic V, Zhang S, Erickstad M, Groisman A, Meir Y, Ryu W, Wingreen N, Sourjik V. Mechanism of bidirectional thermotaxis in . Elife. 2017;6. PMCID: PMC5578741
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    Mukherjee S, Moustafa D, Smith C, Goldberg J, Bassler B. The RhlR quorum-sensing receptor controls Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis and biofilm development independently of its canonical homoserine lactone autoinducer. PLoS Pathog. 2017;13(7):e1006504. PMCID: PMC5531660
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    Hurley A, Bassler B. Asymmetric regulation of quorum-sensing receptors drives autoinducer-specific gene expression programs in Vibrio cholerae. PLoS Genet. 2017;13(5):e1006826. PMCID: PMC5467912
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    Sacco S, Adolfsen K, Brynildsen M. An integrated network analysis identifies how ArcAB enables metabolic oscillations in the nitric oxide detoxification network of Escherichia coli. Biotechnol J. 2017;12(8). PMID: 28449226
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    Papenfort K, Silpe J, Schramma K, Cong J-P, Seyedsayamdost M, Bassler B. A Vibrio cholerae autoinducer-receptor pair that controls biofilm formation. Nat Chem Biol. 2017;13(5):551–557. PMCID: PMC5391282
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    Konovalova A, Schwalm J, Silhavy T. A Suppressor Mutation That Creates a Faster and More Robust σE Envelope Stress Response. J Bacteriol. 2016;198(17):2345–51. PMCID: PMC4984553
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    Mitchell A, Wang W, Silhavy T. Novel RpoS-Dependent Mechanisms Strengthen the Envelope Permeability Barrier during Stationary Phase. J Bacteriol. 2017;199(2). PMCID: PMC5198486
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    Grabowicz M, Koren D, Silhavy T. The CpxQ sRNA Negatively Regulates Skp To Prevent Mistargeting of β-Barrel Outer Membrane Proteins into the Cytoplasmic Membrane. mBio. 2016;7(2):e00312–16. PMCID: PMC4817254
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    Hahn J, Tanner A, Carabetta V, Cristea I, Dubnau D. ComGA-RelA interaction and persistence in the Bacillus subtilis K-state. Mol Microbiol. 2015;97(3):454–71. PMCID: PMC4722805
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    Kim M, Ingremeau F, Zhao A, Bassler B, Stone H. Local and global consequences of flow on bacterial quorum sensing. Nat Microbiol. 2016;1:15005. PMCID: PMC5010089
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