Publications

  • Whiteley AT, Eaglesham JB, de Oliveira Mann CC, Morehouse BR, Lowey B, Nieminen EA, Danilchanka O, King DS, Lee ASY, Mekalanos JJ, Kranzusch PJ. Bacterial cGAS-like enzymes synthesize diverse nucleotide signals. Nature. 2019 Mar;567(7747):194-199 PubMed
  • Chang D, Whiteley AT, Bugda Gwilt K, Lencer WI, Mekalanos JJ, Thiagarajah JR. Extracellular cyclic dinucleotides induce polarized responses in barrier epithelial cells by adenosine signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Oct 21:202015919. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2015919117. Online ahead of print. PubMed
  • Pincus NB, Bachta KER, Ozer EA, Allen JP, Pura ON, Qi C, Rhodes NJ, Marty FM, Pandit A, Mekalanos JJ, Oliver A, Hauser AR. Long-term Persistence of an Extensively Drug-Resistant Subclade of Globally Distributed Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clonal Complex 446 in an Academic Medical Center. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 12;71(6):1524-1531 PubMed
  • Lowey B, Whiteley AT, Keszei AFA, Morehouse BR, Mathews IT, Antine SP, Cabrera VJ, Kashin D, Niemann P, Jain M, Schwede F, Mekalanos JJ, Shao S, Lee ASY, Kranzusch PJ. CBASS Immunity Uses CARF-Related Effectors to Sense 3'-5'- and 2'-5'-Linked Cyclic Oligonucleotide Signals and Protect Bacteria from Phage Infection. Cell. 2020 Jul 9;182(1):38-49.e17. PubMed
  • Robins WP, Mekalanos JJ. Protein covariance networks reveal interactions important to the emergence of SARS coronaviruses as human pathogens. bioRxiv. 2020 Jun 11:2020.06.05.136887. doi: 10.1101/2020.06.05.136887. Preprint. PubMed
  • Lau RK, Ye Q, Birkholz EA, Berg KR, Patel L, Mathews IT, Watrous JD, Ego K, Whiteley AT, Lowey B, Mekalanos JJ, Kranzusch PJ, Jain M, Pogliano J, Corbett KD. Structure and Mechanism of a Cyclic Trinucleotide-Activated Bacterial Endonuclease Mediating Bacteriophage Immunity. Mol Cell. 2020 Feb 20;77(4):723-733.e6. PubMed
  • Cartee RT, Thanawastien A, Griffin Iv TJ, Mekalanos JJ, Bart S, Killeen KP. A phase 1 randomized safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity study of Typhax: A novel protein capsular matrix vaccine candidate for the prevention of typhoid fever. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Jan 6;14(1):e0007912. PubMed
  • Zheng W, Zhao W, Wu M, Song X, Caro F, Sun X, Gazzaniga F, Stefanetti G, Oh S, Mekalanos JJ, Kasper DL. Microbiota-targeted maternal antibodies protect neonates from enteric infection. Nature. 2020 Jan;577(7791):543-548. PubMed
  • Liang X, Kamal F, Pei TT, Xu P, Mekalanos JJ, Dong TG. An onboard checking mechanism ensures effector delivery of the type VI secretion system in Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Nov 12;116(46):23292-23298. PubMed
  • Caro F, Place NM, Mekalanos JJ. Analysis of lipoprotein transport depletion in Vibrio cholerae using CRISPRi. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Aug 20;116(34):17013-17022. PubMed
  • Rivera-Chávez F, Mekalanos JJ. Cholera toxin promotes pathogen acquisition of host-derived nutrients. Nature. 2019 Aug;572(7768):244-248. PubMed
  • Bachta KER, Ozer EA, Pandit A, Marty FM, Mekalanos JJ, Hauser AR. Draft Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain BWH047, a Sequence Type 235 Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Isolate Expressing High Levels of Colistin Resistance. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Jul 18;8(29):e00623-19. PubMed
  • Ji X, Zou J, Peng H, Stolle AS, Xie R, Zhang H, Peng B, Mekalanos JJ, Zheng J. Alarmone Ap4A is elevated by aminoglycoside antibiotics and enhances their bactericidal activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 May 7;116(19):9578-9585. PubMed
  • Griffin TJ 4th, Thanawastien A, Cartee RT, Mekalanos JJ, Killeen KP. In vitro characterization and preclinical immunogenicity of Typhax, a typhoid fever protein capsular matrix vaccine candidate. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2019;15(6):1310-1316. PubMed
  • Whiteley AT, Eaglesham JB, de Oliveira Mann CC, Morehouse BR, Lowey B, Nieminen EA, Danilchanka O, King DS, Lee ASY, Mekalanos JJ, Kranzusch PJ. Bacterial cGAS-like enzymes synthesize diverse nucleotide signals. Nature. 2019 Mar;567(7747):194-199. PubMed
  • Kamareddine L, Robins WP, Berkey CD, Mekalanos JJ, Watnick PI. The Drosophilla Immune Deficiency Pathway Modulates Enteroendocrine Function and Host Metabolism. Cell Metab. 2018 Sep 4;28(3):449-462.e5. PubMed
  • Toska J, Ho BT, Mekalanos JJ. Exopolysaccharide protects Vibrio cholerae from exogenous attacks by the type 6 secretion system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Jul 18. pii: 201808469 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1808469115. PubMed
  • Zhou W, Whiteley AT, de Oliveira Mann CC, Morehouse BR, Nowak RP, Fischer ES, Gray NS, Mekalanos JJ, Kranzusch PJ. Structure of the Human cGAS-DNA Complex Reveals Enhanced Control of Immune Surveillance. Cell. 2018 Jul 12;174(2):300-311. PubMed
  • Kamareddine L, Robins WP, Berkey CD, Mekalanos JJ, Watnick PI. The Drosophila Immune Deficiency Pathway Modulates Enteroendocrine Function and Host Metabolism. Cell Metab. 2018 Jun 15. pii: S1550-4131(18)30379-6. PubMed
  • Hubbard TP, Billings G, Dörr T, Sit B, Warr AR, Kuehl CJ, Kim M, Delgado F, Mekalanos JJ, Lewnard JA, Waldor MK. A live vaccine rapidly protects against cholera in an infant rabbit model. Sci Transl Med. 2018 Jun 13;10(445). PubMed
  • Zheng S, Sham LT, Rubino FA, Brock KP, Robins WP, Mekalanos JJ, Marks DS, Bernhardt TG, Kruse AC. Structure and mutagenic analysis of the lipid II flippase MurJ from Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Jun 26;115(26):6709-6714. PubMed
  • LaPorte JP, Spinard EJ, Gomez-Chiarri M, Rowley DC, Mekalanos JJ, Nelson DR. Draft Genome Sequence of Bowmanella denitricans JL63, a Bacterium Isolated from Whiteleg Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) That Can Inhibit the Growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Genome Announc. 2018 Apr 5;6(14). pii: e00215-18. PubMed
  • Fu Y, Ho BT, Mekalanos JJ. Tracking Vibrio cholerae Cell-Cell Interactions during infection Reveals Bacterial Population Dynamics within Intestinal Microenvironments. Cell Host Microbe. 2018 Feb 14;23(2):274-281.e2. PubMed
  • Zhao W, Caro F, Robins W, Mekalanos JJ. Antagonism toward the intestinal microbiota and its effect on Vibrio cholerae virulence. Science. 2018 Jan 12;359(6372):210-213. PubMed
  • Ho BT, Fu Y, Dong TG, Mekalanos JJ. Vibrio cholerae type 6 secretion system effector trafficking in target bacterial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Aug 29;114(35):9427-9432. PubMed
  • Hoque MM, Naser IB, Bari SM, Zhu J, Mekalanos JJ, Faruque SM. Quorum Regulated Resistance of Vibrio cholerae against Environmental Bacteriophages. Sci Rep. 2016 Nov 28;6:37956. doi: 10.1038/srep37956. PubMed
  • Meeske AJ, Riley EP, Robins WP, Uehara T, Mekalanos JJ, Kahne D, Walker S, Kruse AC, Bernhardt TG, Rudner DZ. SEDS proteins are a widespread family of bacterial cell wall polymerases. Nature. 2016 Aug 15;537(7622):634-638. doi: 10.1038/nature19331. PubMed
  • Skurnik D, Clermont O, Guillard T, Launay A, Danilchanka O, Pons S, Diancourt L, Lebreton F, Kadlec K, Roux D, Jiang D, Dion S, Aschard H, Denamur M, Cywes-Bentley C, Schwarz S, Tenaillon O, Andremont A, Picard B, Mekalanos J, Brisse S, Denamur E. Emergence of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli of Animal Origin Spreading in Humans. Mol Biol Evol. 2016 Apr;33(4):898-914. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv280. PubMed
  • Del Tordello E, Danilchanka O, McCluskey AJ, Mekalanos JJ. Type VI secretion system sheaths as nanoparticles for antigen display. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Feb 29. pii: 201524290. PubMed
  • Roux D, Danilchanka O, Guillard T, Cattoir V, Aschard H, Fu Y, Angoulvant F, Messika J, Ricard JD, Mekalanos JJ, Lory S, Pier GB, Skurnik D. Fitness cost of antibiotic susceptibility during bacterial infection. Sci Transl Med. 2015 Jul 22;7(297):297ra114. PubMed
  • Thanawastien A, Cartee RT, Griffin TJ 4th, Killeen KP, Mekalanos JJ. Conjugate-like immunogens produced as protein capsular matrix vaccines. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Mar 10;112(10):E1143-51. PubMed
  • Dong TG, Dong S, Catalano C, Moore R, Liang X, Mekalanos JJ. Generation of reactive oxygen species by lethal attacks from competing microbes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Feb 17;112(7):2181-6. PubMed
  • Hang S, Purdy AE, Robins WP, Wang Z, Mandal M, Chang S, Mekalanos JJ, Watnick PI. The acetate switch of an intestinal pathogen disrupts host insulin signaling and lipid metabolism. Cell Host Microbe. 2014 Nov 12;16(5):592-604 PubMed
  • Suzuki M, Danilchanka O, Mekalanos JJ. Vibrio cholerae T3SS effector VopE modulates mitochondrial dynamics and innate immune signaling by targeting Miro GTPases. Cell Host Microbe. 2014 Nov 12;16(5):581-91. PubMed
  • Kamruzzaman M, Robins WP, Bari SM, Nahar S, Mekalanos JJ, Faruque SM. RS1 satellite phage promotes diversity of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae by driving CTX prophage loss and elimination of lysogenic immunity. Infect Immun. 2014 Sep;82(9):3636-43. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01699-14. PubMed
  • Vercruysse M, Köhrer C, Davies BW, Arnold MF, Mekalanos JJ, RajBhandary UL, Walker GC. The highly conserved bacterial RNase YbeY is essential in Vibrio cholerae, playing a critical role in virulence, stress regulation, and RNA processing. PLoS Pathog. 2014 Jun 5;10(6):e1004175. PubMed
  • Altindis E, Fu Y, Mekalanos JJ. Proteomic analysis of Vibrio cholerae outer membrane vesicles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Apr 15;111(15):E1548-56. PubMed
  • Yingkajorn M, Sermwitayawong N, Palittapongarnpimp P, Nishibuchi M, Robins WP, Mekalanos JJ, Vuddhakul V. Vibrio parahaemolyticus and its specific bacteriophages as an indicator in cockles (Anadara granosa) for the risk of V. parahaemolyticus infection in Southern Thailand. Microb Ecol. 2014 May;67(4):849-56. PubMed
  • Robins WP, Mekalanos JJ. Genomic science in understanding cholera outbreaks and evolution of Vibrio cholerae as a human pathogen. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2014;379:211-29. PubMed
  • Ho BT, Dong TG, Mekalanos JJ. A view to a kill: the bacterial type VI secretion system. Cell Host Microbe. 2014 Jan 15;15(1):9-21. PubMed
  • Fu Y, Waldor MK, Mekalanos JJ. Tn-Seq analysis of Vibrio cholerae intestinal colonization reveals a role for T6SS-mediated antibacterial activity in the host. Cell Host Microbe. 2013 Dec 11;14(6):652-63. PubMed
  • Skurnik D, Roux D, Cattoir V, Danilchanka O, Lu X, Yoder-Himes DR, Han K, Guillard T, Jiang D, Gaultier C, Guerin F, Aschard H, Leclercq R, Mekalanos JJ, Lory S, Pier GB. Enhanced in vivo fitness of carbapenem-resistant oprD mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa revealed through high-throughput sequencing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Dec 17;110(51):20747-52. PubMed
  • Ho BT, Basler M, Mekalanos JJ. Type 6 secretion system-mediated immunity to type 4 secretion system-mediated gene transfer. Science. 2013 Oct 11;342(6155):250-3. PubMed
  • Mekalanos JJ. Vaccine economics: what price human life? Sci Transl Med. 2013 Sep 25;5(204):204ed16. PubMed
  • Danilchanka O, Mekalanos JJ. Cyclic dinucleotides and the innate immune response. Cell. 2013 Aug 29;154(5):962-70. PubMed
  • Shneider MM, Buth SA, Ho BT, Basler M, Mekalanos JJ, Leiman PG. PAAR-repeat proteins sharpen and diversify the type VI secretion system spike. Nature. 2013 Aug 15;500(7462):350-3. PubMed
  • Bari SM, Roky MK, Mohiuddin M, Kamruzzaman M, Mekalanos JJ, Faruque SM. Quorum-sensing autoinducers resuscitate dormant Vibrio cholerae in environmental water samples. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jun 11;110(24):9926-31. PubMed
  • Basler M, Ho BT, Mekalanos JJ. Tit-for-Tat: Type VI Secretion System Counterattack during Bacterial Cell-Cell Interactions. Cell. 2013 Feb 14;152(4):884-94. PubMed
  • Robins WP, Faruque SM, Mekalanos JJ. Coupling mutagenesis and parallel deep sequencing to probe essential residues in a genome or gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2013 Feb 11. PubMed
  • Dong TG, Ho BT, Yoder-Himes DR, Mekalanos JJ. Identification of T6SS-dependent effector and immunity proteins by Tn-seq in Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2013 Feb 12;110(7):2623-8. PubMed
  • Faruque SM, Mekalanos JJ. Phage-bacterial interactions in the evolution of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae. Virulence. 2012 Oct 17;3(7). PubMed
  • Mekalanos JJ, Robins W, Ussery DW, Davis BM, Schadt E, Waldor MK. Non-O1 Vibrio cholerae unlinked to cholera in Haiti. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2012 Nov 20;109(47):E3206; author reply E3207. PubMed
  • Seed KD, Faruque SM, Mekalanos JJ, Calderwood SB, Qadri F, Camilli A. Phase variable O antigen biosynthetic genes control expression of the major protective antigen and bacteriophage receptor in Vibrio cholerae O1. PLoS Pathog. 2012 Sep;8(9):e1002917. PubMed
  • Bogard RW, Davies BW, Mekalanos JJ. MetR-regulated Vibrio cholerae metabolism is required for virulence. MBio. 2012 Sep 25;3(5). PubMed
  • Basler M, Mekalanos JJ. Type 6 secretion dynamics within and between bacterial cells. Science. 2012 Aug 17;337(6096):815. PubMed
  • Bashir A, Klammer AA, Robins WP, Chin CS, Webster D, Paxinos E, Hsu D, Ashby M, Wang S, Peluso P, Sebra R, Sorenson J, Bullard J, Yen J, Valdovino M, Mollova E, Luong K, Lin S, Lamay B, Joshi A, Rowe L, Frace M, Tarr CL, Turnsek M, Davis BM, Kasarskis A, Mekalanos JJ, Waldor MK, Schadt EE. A hybrid approach for the automated finishing of bacterial genomes. Nat Biotechnol. 2012 Jul 1. doi: 10.1038/nbt.2288. PubMed
  • Dong TG, Mekalanos JJ. Characterization of the RpoN regulon reveals differential regulation of T6SS and new flagellar operons in Vibrio cholerae O37 strain V52. Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Jun 20. PubMed
  • Davies BW, Bogard RW, Young TS, Mekalanos JJ. Coordinated regulation of accessory genetic elements produces cyclic di-nucleotides for Vibrio cholerae virulence. Cell. 2012 Apr 13;149(2):358-70. PubMed
  • Rattanama P, Thompson JR, Kongkerd N, Srinitiwarawong K, Vuddhakul V, Mekalanos JJ. Sigma E regulators control hemolytic activity and virulence in a shrimp pathogenic Vibrio harveyi. PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e32523. Epub 2012 Feb 23. PubMed
  • Basler M, Pilhofer M, Henderson GP, Jensen GJ, Mekalanos JJ. Type VI secretion requires a dynamic contractile phage tail-like structure. Nature. 2012 Feb 26;483(7388) PubMed
  • Zheng J, Ho B, Mekalanos JJ. Genetic analysis of anti-amoebae and anti-bacterial activities of the type VI secretion system in Vibrio cholerae. PLoS One. 2011;6(8):e23876. Epub 2011 Aug 31. PubMed
  • Rao J, Damron FH, Basler M, Digiandomenico A, Sherman NE, Fox JW, Mekalanos JJ, Goldberg JB. Comparisons of Two Proteomic Analyses of Non-Mucoid and Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates from a Cystic Fibrosis Patient. Front Microbiol. 2011;2:162. Epub 2011 Aug 1. PubMed
  • Mandlik A, Livny J, Robins WP, Ritchie JM, Mekalanos JJ, Waldor MK. RNA-Seq-Based Monitoring of Infection-Linked Changes in Vibrio cholerae Gene Expression. Cell Host Microbe. 2011 Aug 18;10(2):165-74. PubMed
  • Davies BW, Bogard RW, Mekalanos JJ. Mapping the regulon of Vibrio cholerae ferric uptake regulator expands its known network of gene regulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2011 Jul 12. PubMed
  • Shin OS, Tam VC, Suzuki M, Ritchie JM, Bronson RT, Waldor MK, Mekalanos JJ. Type III Secretion Is Essential for the Rapidly Fatal Diarrheal Disease Caused by Non-O1, Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae. MBio. 2011 Jun 14;2(3). PubMed
  • Farmer P, Almazor CP, Bahnsen ET, Barry D, Bazile J, Bloom BR, Bose N, Brewer T, Calderwood SB, Clemens JD, Cravioto A, Eustache E, Jérôme G, Gupta N, Harris JB, Hiatt HH, Holstein C, Hotez PJ, Ivers LC, Kerry VB, Koenig SP, Larocque RC, Léandre F, Lambert W, Lyon E, Mekalanos JJ, Mukherjee JS, Oswald C, Pape JW, Gretchko Prosper A, Rabinovich R, Raymonville M, Réjouit JR, Ronan LJ, Rosenberg ML, Ryan ET, Sachs JD, Sack DA, Surena C, Suri AA, Ternier R, Waldor MK, Walton D, Weigel JL. Meeting Cholera's Challenge to Haiti and the World: A Joint Statement on Cholera Prevention and Care. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011;5(5):e1145. PubMed
  • Zahid MS, Waise Z, Kamruzzaman M, Ghosh AN, Nair GB, Khairul Bashar SA, Mekalanos JJ, Faruque SM. An experimental study of phage mediated bactericidal selection and emergence of the El Tor Vibrio cholerae. Indian J Med Res. 2011 Feb;133(2):218-24. PubMed
  • Davies BW, Bogard RW, Dupes NM, Gerstenfeld TA, Simmons LA, Mekalanos JJ. DNA Damage and Reactive Nitrogen Species are Barriers to Vibrio cholerae Colonization of the Infant Mouse Intestine. PLoS Pathog. 2011 Feb;7(2):e1001295. PubMed
  • Tam VC, Suzuki M, Coughlin M, Saslowsky D, Biswas K, Lencer WI, Faruque SM, Mekalanos JJ. Functional Analysis of VopF Activity Required for Colonization in Vibrio cholerae. MBio. 2010 Dec 7;1(5). pii: e00289-10. PubMed
  • Chin CS, Sorenson J, Harris JB, Robins WP, Charles RC, Jean-Charles RR, Bullard J, Webster DR, Kasarskis A, Peluso P, Paxinos EE, Yamaichi Y, Calderwood SB, Mekalanos JJ, Schadt EE, Waldor MK. The origin of the Haitian cholera outbreak strain. N Engl J Med. 2011 Jan 6;364(1):33-42. PubMed
  • Zheng J, Shin OS, Cameron DE, Mekalanos JJ. Quorum sensing and a global regulator TsrA control expression of type VI secretion and virulence in Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2010 Dec 7;107(49):21128-33. PubMed
  • Hassan F, Kamruzzaman M, Mekalanos JJ, Faruque SM. Satellite phage TLCφ enables toxigenic conversion by CTX phage through dif site alteration. Nature. 2010 Oct 21;467(7318):982-5. PubMed
  • Zahid MS, Waise TM, Kamruzzaman M, Ghosh AN, Nair GB, Mekalanos JJ, Faruque SM. The cyclic AMP (cAMP)-cAMP receptor protein signaling system mediates resistance of Vibrio cholerae O1 strains to multiple environmental bacteriophages. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Jul;76(13):4233-40. PubMed
  • Flier JS, Mekalanos JJ. Gut check: testing a role for the intestinal microbiome in human obesity. Sci Transl Med. 2009 Nov 11;1(6):6ps7. PubMed
  • Rui H, Ritchie JM, Bronson RT, Mekalanos JJ, Zhang Y, Waldor MK. Reactogenicity of live-attenuated Vibrio cholerae vaccines is dependent on flagellins. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2010 Mar 2;107(9):4359-64. PubMed
  • Ma AT, Mekalanos JJ. In vivo actin cross-linking induced by Vibrio cholerae type VI secretion system is associated with intestinal inflammation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2010 Mar 2;107(9):4365-70. PubMed
  • Kamruzzaman M, Udden SM, Cameron DE, Calderwood SB, Nair GB, Mekalanos JJ, Faruque SM. Quorum-regulated biofilms enhance the development of conditionally viable, environmental Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2010 Jan 26;107(4):1588-93. PubMed
  • Thanawastien A, Montor WR, Labaer J, Mekalanos JJ, Yoon SS. Vibrio cholerae proteome-wide screen for immunostimulatory proteins identifies phosphatidylserine decarboxylase as a novel Toll-like receptor 4 agonist. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Aug;5(8):e1000556. PubMed
  • Ma AT, McAuley S, Pukatzki S, Mekalanos JJ. Translocation of a Vibrio cholerae type VI secretion effector requires bacterial endocytosis by host cells. Cell Host Microbe. 2009 Mar 19. 5(3):234-43. PubMed
  • Leiman PG, Basler M, Ramagopal UA, Bonanno JB, Sauder JM, Pukatzki S, Burley SK, Almo SC, Mekalanos JJ. Type VI secretion apparatus and phage tail-associated protein complexes share a common evolutionary origin. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2009 Mar 17. 106(11):4154-9. PubMed
  • Zahid MS, Udden SM, Faruque AS, Calderwood SB, Mekalanos JJ, Faruque SM. Effect of phage on the infectivity of Vibrio cholerae and emergence of genetic variants. Infect Immun. 2008 Nov. 76(11):5266-73. PubMed
  • Udden SM, Zahid MS, Biswas K, Ahmad QS, Cravioto A, Nair GB, Mekalanos JJ, Faruque SM. Acquisition of classical CTX prophage from Vibrio cholerae O141 by El Tor strains aided by lytic phages and chitin-induced competence. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2008 Aug 19. 105(33):11951-6. PubMed
  • Rhie GE, Jung HM, Kim BS, Mekalanos JJ. Construction of a Vibrio cholerae prototype vaccine strain O395-N1-E1 which accumulates cell-associated cholera toxin B subunit. Vaccine. 2008 Oct 9. 26(43):5443-8 PubMed
  • Cameron, D.E., Urbach, J.M., Mekalanos, J.J. A defined transposon mutant library and its use in identifying motility genes in Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2008. 105(25): 8736-41. PubMed
  • Rahman, J.H., Biswas, K., Hossain, M.A., Sack, R.B., Mekalanos, J.J., Faruque, S.M. Distribution of genes for virulence and ecological fitness among diverse Vibrio cholerae population in a cholera endemic area: tracking the evolution of pathogenic strains. DNA Cell Biol. 2008 Jul. 27(7):347-55. PubMed
  • Rolfs A, Montor WR, Yoon SS, Hu Y, Bhullar B, Kelley F, McCarron S, Jepson DA, Shen B, Taycher E, Mohr SE, Zuo D, Williamson J, Mekalanos J, Labaer J. Production and sequence validation of a complete full length ORF collection for the pathogenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2008 Mar 18;105(11):4364-9. PubMed
  • Yoon, S.S., Mekalanos, J.J. Decreased Potency of Vibrio cholerae Sheathed Flagellum to Trigger Host Innate Immunity. Infect Immun. 2008 Jan 3. PubMed
  • Rhie, G.E., Jung, H.M., Prark, J., Kim, B.S., Mekalanos, J.J. Construction of cholera toxin B subunit-producing Vibrio cholerae strains using the Mariner-FRT transposon delivery system. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2008 Jan;52(1):23-8. PubMed
  • Shakhnovich, E.A., Sturtevant, D., Mekalanos, J.J. Molecular mechanisms of virstatin resistance by non-O1/non-O139 strains of Vibrio cholerae. Mol Microbiol., 2007. PubMed
  • Pukatzki, S., Ma, A.T., Revel, A.T., Sturtevant, D., Mekalanos, J.J. Type VI secretion system translocates a phage tail spike-like protein into target cells where it cross-links actin. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2007. 104(39): p. 15508-13. PubMed
  • Mougous, J.D., Gifford, C.A., Ramsdell, T.L., Mekalanos, J.J. Threonine phosphorylation post-translationally regulates protein secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Nature Cell Biology, 2007. 9(7): p. 797-803. PubMed
  • Tam, V.C., Serruto, D., Dziejman, M., Brieher, W., Mekalanos, J.J. A Type III Secretion System in Vibrio cholerae translocates a Formin/Spire hybrid-like actin nucleator to promote intestinal colonization. Cell Host & Microbe, 2007. 1(2): p. 95-107. PubMed
  • Smith, M.G., Gianoulis, T.A., Pukatzki, S., Mekalanos, J.J., Ornston, L.N., Gerstein, M., and Snyder, M. New insights into Acinetobacter baumannii pathogenesis revealed by high-density pyrosequencing and transposon mutagenesis. Genes Dev, 2007. 21(5): p. 601-14. PubMed
  • Shakhnovich, E.A., Hung, D.T., Pierson, E., Lee, K., and Mekalanos, J.J. Virstatin inhibits dimerization of the transcriptional activator ToxT. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2007. 104(7): p. 2372-7. PubMed
  • Raskin, D.M., Judson, N., and Mekalanos, J.J. Regulation of the stringent response is the essential function of the conserved bacterial G protein CgtA in Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2007. 104(11): p. 4636-41. PubMed
  • Qadri, F., Chowdhury, M.I., Faruque, S.M., Salam, M.A., Ahmed, T., Begum, Y.A., Saha, A., Al Tarique, A., Seidlein, L.V., Park, E., Killeen, K.P., Mekalanos, J.J., Clemens, J.D., and Sack, D.A. Peru-15, a live attenuated oral cholera vaccine, is safe and immunogenic in Bangladeshi toddlers and infants. Vaccine, 2007. 25(2): p. 231-8. PubMed
  • Faruque, S.M., Tam, V.C., Chowdhury, N., Diraphat, P., Dziejman, M., Heidelberg, J.F., Clemens, J.D., Mekalanos, J.J., and Nair, G.B. Genomic analysis of the Mozambique strain of Vibrio cholerae O1 reveals the origin of El Tor strains carrying classical CTX prophage. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2007. 104(12): p. 5151-6. PubMed
  • Yoon, S.S. and Mekalanos, J.J. 2,3-butanediol synthesis and the emergence of the Vibrio cholerae El Tor biotype. Infect Immun, 2006. 74(12): p. 6547-56. PubMed
  • Rietsch, A. and Mekalanos, J.J. Metabolic regulation of type III secretion gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mol Microbiol, 2006. 59(3): p. 807-20. PubMed
  • Raskin, D.M., Seshadri, R., Pukatzki, S.U., and Mekalanos, J.J. Bacterial genomics and pathogen evolution. Cell, 2006. 124(4): p. 703-14. PubMed
  • Pukatzki, S., Ma, A.T., Sturtevant, D., Krastins, B., Sarracino, D., Nelson, W.C., Heidelberg, J.F., and Mekalanos, J.J. Identification of a conserved bacterial protein secretion system in Vibrio cholerae using the Dictyostelium host model system. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2006. 103(5): p. 1528-33. PubMed
  • Mougous, J.D., Cuff, M.E., Raunser, S., Shen, A., Zhou, M., Gifford, C.A., Goodman, A.L., Joachimiak, G., Ordonez, C.L., Lory, S., Walz, T., Joachimiak, A., and Mekalanos, J.J. A virulence locus of Pseudomonas aeruginosa encodes a protein secretion apparatus. Science, 2006. 312(5779): p. 1526-30. PubMed
  • Jensen, M.A., Faruque, S.M., Mekalanos, J.J., and Levin, B.R. Modeling the role of bacteriophage in the control of cholera outbreaks. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2006. 103(12): p. 4652-7. PubMed
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