Publications
Role of the CAI-1 fatty acid tail in the Vibrio cholerae quorum sensing response. J Med Chem. 2012 ;55(22):9669-81.
. Structural basis for sequence-specific recognition of DNA by TAL effectors. Science. 2012 ;335(6069):720-3.
. 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.
. 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.
. 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.
. Gene dosage compensation calibrates four regulatory RNAs to control Vibrio cholerae quorum sensing. EMBO J. 2009 ;28(4):429-39.
. Quantifying the integration of quorum-sensing signals with single-cell resolution. PLoS Biol. 2009 ;7(3):e68.
. A quorum-sensing antagonist targets both membrane-bound and cytoplasmic receptors and controls bacterial pathogenicity. Mol Cell. 2009 ;35(2):143-53.
. Deducing receptor signaling parameters from in vivo analysis: LuxN/AI-1 quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi. Cell. 2008 ;134(3):461-73.
. A negative feedback loop involving small RNAs accelerates Vibrio cholerae's transition out of quorum-sensing mode. Genes Dev. 2008 ;22(2):226-38.
. Quorum sensing controls biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae through modulation of cyclic di-GMP levels and repression of vpsT. J Bacteriol. 2008 ;190(7):2527-36.
. A small-RNA-mediated negative feedback loop controls quorum-sensing dynamics in Vibrio harveyi. Mol Microbiol. 2008 ;70(4):896-907.
. . The quorum-sensing molecule autoinducer 2 regulates motility and flagellar morphogenesis in Helicobacter pylori. J Bacteriol. 2007 ;189(17):6109-17.
. Bacterial small-molecule signaling pathways. Science. 2006 ;311(5764):1113-6.
. Bacterially speaking. Cell. 2006 ;125(2):237-46.
. Ligand-induced asymmetry in histidine sensor kinase complex regulates quorum sensing. Cell. 2006 ;126(6):1095-108.
. Molecular analysis of the Vibrio cholerae type II secretion ATPase EpsE. J Bacteriol. 2005 ;187(1):249-56.
. Quorum sensing: cell-to-cell communication in bacteria. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2005 ;21:319-46.
. Regulation of LuxPQ receptor activity by the quorum-sensing signal autoinducer-2. Mol Cell. 2005 ;18(5):507-18.
. Solution structure and dynamics of LuxU from Vibrio harveyi, a phosphotransferase protein involved in bacterial quorum sensing. J Mol Biol. 2005 ;347(2):297-307.
. 1H, 15N, and 13C chemical shift assignments of the Vibrio harveyi histidine phosphotransferase protein LuxU. J Biomol NMR. 2004 ;29(4):551-2.
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