Publications
Caenorhabditis elegans recognizes a bacterial quorum-sensing signal molecule through the AWCON neuron. J Biol Chem. 2014 ;289(38):26566-26573.
. CqsA-CqsS quorum-sensing signal-receptor specificity in Photobacterium angustum. Mol Microbiol. 2014 ;91(4):821-33.
. Quorum regulatory small RNAs repress type VI secretion in Vibrio cholerae. Mol Microbiol. 2014 ;92(5):921-30.
. Working together at the interface of physics and biology. Phys Biol. 2014 ;11(5):053010.
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Cutting through the complexity of cell collectives. Proc Biol Sci. 2013 ;280(1755):20122770.
. Functional determinants of the quorum-sensing non-coding RNAs and their roles in target regulation. EMBO J. 2013 ;32(15):2158-71.
. Individual and combined roles of the master regulators AphA and LuxR in control of the Vibrio harveyi quorum-sensing regulon. J Bacteriol. 2013 ;195(3):436-43.
. A quorum-sensing inhibitor blocks Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence and biofilm formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 ;110(44):17981-6.
. Bacterial quorum sensing: its role in virulence and possibilities for its control. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2012 ;2(11).
. Broad spectrum pro-quorum-sensing molecules as inhibitors of virulence in vibrios. PLoS Pathog. 2012 ;8(6):e1002767.
. Ligand and antagonist driven regulation of the Vibrio cholerae quorum-sensing receptor CqsS. Mol Microbiol. 2012 ;83(6):1095-108.
. Quorum-sensing non-coding small RNAs use unique pairing regions to differentially control mRNA targets. Mol Microbiol. 2012 ;83(3):599-611.
. Role of the CAI-1 fatty acid tail in the Vibrio cholerae quorum sensing response. J Med Chem. 2012 ;55(22):9669-81.
. AphA and LuxR/HapR reciprocally control quorum sensing in vibrios. Genes Dev. 2011 ;25(4):397-408.
. Mechanism of Vibrio cholerae autoinducer-1 biosynthesis. ACS Chem Biol. 2011 ;6(4):356-65.
. Signal production and detection specificity in Vibrio CqsA/CqsS quorum-sensing systems. Mol Microbiol. 2011 ;79(6):1407-17.
. A strategy for antagonizing quorum sensing. Mol Cell. 2011 ;42(2):199-209.
. Control of the type 3 secretion system in Vibrio harveyi by quorum sensing through repression of ExsA. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 ;76(15):4996-5004.
. Measurement of the copy number of the master quorum-sensing regulator of a bacterial cell. Biophys J. 2010 ;98(9):2024-31.
. Negative feedback loops involving small regulatory RNAs precisely control the Vibrio harveyi quorum-sensing response. Mol Cell. 2010 ;37(4):567-79.
. Probing bacterial transmembrane histidine kinase receptor-ligand interactions with natural and synthetic molecules. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 ;107(12):5575-80.
. Quorum-sensing-regulated bactobolin production by Burkholderia thailandensis E264. Org Lett. 2010 ;12(4):716-9.
. Bacterial quorum-sensing network architectures. Annu Rev Genet. 2009 ;43:197-222.
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