Zhao A, Bodine S, Xie Q, Wang B, Ram G, Novick R, Muir T. Reconstitution of the quorum sensing pathway reveals a direct role for the integral membrane protease MroQ in pheromone biosynthesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022;119(33):e2202661119. PMCID: PMC9388083

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

Behnke M, Khan A, Lauron E, Jimah J, Wang Q, Tolia N, Sibley D. Rhoptry Proteins ROP5 and ROP18 Are Major Murine Virulence Factors in Genetically Divergent South American Strains of Toxoplasma gondii. PLoS Genet. 2015;11(8):e1005434. PMCID: PMC4546408

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

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

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

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

Moore G, Gitai Z. Both clinical and environmental Caulobacter species are virulent in the Galleria mellonella infection model. PLoS One. 2020;15(3):e0230006. PMCID: PMC7067423

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

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

Xie Q, Zhao A, Jeffrey P, Kim M, Bassler B, Stone H, Novick R, Muir T. Identification of a Molecular Latch that Regulates Staphylococcal Virulence. Cell Chem Biol. 2019;26(4):548–558.e4. PMCID: PMC6506218

Laval K, Vernejoul J, Van Cleemput J, Koyuncu O, Enquist L. Virulent Pseudorabies Virus Infection Induces a Specific and Lethal Systemic Inflammatory Response in Mice. J Virol. 2018;92(24). PMCID: PMC6258956

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

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

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

Wang B, Zhao A, Xie Q, Olinares P, Chait B, Novick R, Muir T. Functional Plasticity of the AgrC Receptor Histidine Kinase Required for Staphylococcal Virulence. Cell Chem Biol. 2017;24(1):76–86. PMCID: PMC5697745

Paczkowski J, Mukherjee S, McCready A, Cong J-P, Aquino C, Kim H, Henke B, Smith C, Bassler B. Flavonoids Suppress Virulence through Allosteric Inhibition of Quorum-sensing Receptors. J Biol Chem. 2017;292(10):4064–4076. PMCID: PMC5354481

Bartlett T, Bratton B, Duvshani A, Miguel A, Sheng Y, Martin N, Nguyen J, Persat A, Desmarais S, VanNieuwenhze M, Huang K, Zhu J, Shaevitz J, Gitai Z. A Periplasmic Polymer Curves Vibrio cholerae and Promotes Pathogenesis. Cell. 2017;168(1-2):172–185.e15. PMCID: PMC5287421

Wang B, Muir T. Regulation of Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus: Molecular Mechanisms and Remaining Puzzles. Cell Chem Biol. 2016;23(2):214–224. PMCID: PMC4847544

Inclan Y, Persat A, Greninger A, Von Dollen J, Johnson J, Krogan N, Gitai Z, Engel J. A scaffold protein connects type IV pili with the Chp chemosensory system to mediate activation of virulence signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mol Microbiol. 2016;101(4):590–605. PMCID: PMC4980298

Wang B, Zhao A, Novick R, Muir T. Key driving forces in the biosynthesis of autoinducing peptides required for staphylococcal virulence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015;112(34):10679–84. PMCID: PMC4553796

Joyce E, Bassler B, Wright A. Evidence for a signaling system in Helicobacter pylori: detection of a luxS-encoded autoinducer. J Bacteriol. 2000;182(13):3638–43. PMCID: PMC94532

Miller M, Bassler B. Quorum sensing in bacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2001;55:165–99. PMID: 11544353

Miller M, Skorupski K, Lenz D, Taylor R, Bassler B. Parallel quorum sensing systems converge to regulate virulence in Vibrio cholerae. Cell. 2002;110(3):303–14. PMID: 12176318

Zhu J, Miller M, Vance R, Dziejman M, Bassler B, Mekalanos J. Quorum-sensing regulators control virulence gene expression in Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002;99(5):3129–34. PMCID: PMC122484

Lenz D, Mok K, Lilley B, Kulkarni R, Wingreen N, Bassler B. The small RNA chaperone Hfq and multiple small RNAs control quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio cholerae. Cell. 2004;118(1):69–82. PMID: 15242645

Camilli A, Bassler B. Bacterial small-molecule signaling pathways. Science. 2006;311(5764):1113–6. PMCID: PMC2776824

Hammer B, Bassler B. Regulatory small RNAs circumvent the conventional quorum sensing pathway in pandemic Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007;104(27):11145–9. PMCID: PMC1888797

Hammer B, Bassler B. Distinct sensory pathways in Vibrio cholerae El Tor and classical biotypes modulate cyclic dimeric GMP levels to control biofilm formation. J Bacteriol. 2009;191(1):169–77. PMCID: PMC2612459

Chen G, Swem L, Swem D, Stauff D, O’Loughlin C, Jeffrey P, Bassler B, Hughson F. A strategy for antagonizing quorum sensing. Mol Cell. 2011;42(2):199–209. PMCID: PMC3092643

Ng W-L, Perez L, Cong J, Semmelhack M, Bassler B. Broad spectrum pro-quorum-sensing molecules as inhibitors of virulence in vibrios. PLoS Pathog. 2012;8(6):e1002767. PMCID: PMC3386246

O’Loughlin C, Miller L, Siryaporn A, Drescher K, Semmelhack M, Bassler B. A quorum-sensing inhibitor blocks Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence and biofilm formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013;110(44):17981–6. PMCID: PMC3816427