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profileJohn Joseph Mekalanos, Ph.D.

TitleAdele Lehman Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
InstitutionHarvard Medical School
DepartmentMicrobiology and Immunobiology
AddressHarvard Medical School
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Boston MA 02115
Phone617/432-1935
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TitleMember of the Faculty of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
InstitutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology
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TitleHead of the Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology
InstitutionHarvard Medical School
DepartmentMicrobiology and Immunobiology


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U19AI109764     (KASPER, DENNIS L.)Mar 1, 2014 - Feb 28, 2019
NIH/NIAID
Innovative Platforms for Antimicrobial Therapy and Vaccine Development
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
R01AI070963     (MEKALANOS, JOHN JOSEPH)Sep 15, 2007 - Jul 31, 2012
NIH/NIAID
Genetic and Ecological Factors in Transmissibility and Epidemic Cycle of Cholera
Role: Principal Investigator
U54AI057159     (KASPER, DENNIS L.)Sep 4, 2003 - Feb 28, 2014
NIH/NIAID
New England Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious D
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
R01GM068851     (MEKALANOS, JOHN JOSEPH)Sep 1, 2003 - Jul 31, 2016
NIH/NIGMS
Phages and Genomic Variation in Vibrio Cholerae Evolution
Role: Principal Investigator
T32AI007410     (MEKALANOS, JOHN J)Sep 30, 1992 - Aug 31, 2002
NIH/NIAID
MECHANISMS IN MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS
Role: Principal Investigator

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  1. Kongrueng J, Mitraparp-Arthorn P, Bangpanwimon K, Robins W, Vuddhakul V, Mekalanos J. Isolation of Bdellovibrio and like organisms and potential to reduce acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Dis Aquat Organ. 2017 05 11; 124(3):223-232. PMID: 28492178.
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  2. 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. PMID: 27892495.
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  3. 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 09 29; 537(7622):634-638. PMID: 27525505.
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  4. 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 Mar 15; 113(11):3042-7. PMID: 26929342; PMCID: PMC4801311.
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  5. 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. PMID: 26613786; PMCID: PMC5013867 [Available on 04/01/17].
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  6. 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. PMID: 26203082.
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  7. Altindis E, Dong T, Catalano C, Mekalanos J. Secretome analysis of Vibrio cholerae type VI secretion system reveals a new effector-immunity pair. MBio. 2015 Mar 10; 6(2):e00075. PMID: 25759499; PMCID: PMC4453574.
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  8. Thanawastien A, Cartee RT, Griffin TJ, 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. PMID: 25699685; PMCID: PMC4364189.
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  9. 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. PMID: 25646446; PMCID: PMC4343105.
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  10. 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. PMID: 25525791; PMCID: PMC4272434.
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  11. 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. PMID: 25450857; PMCID: PMC4391628.
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  12. 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. PMID: 24935981; PMCID: PMC4187812.
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  13. 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; 10(6):e1004175. PMID: 24901994; PMCID: PMC4047096.
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  14. 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. PMID: 24706774; PMCID: PMC3992640.
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  15. 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. PMID: 24682339.
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  16. 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. PMID: 24590676; PMCID: PMC4153709.
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  17. 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. PMID: 24332978; PMCID: PMC3936019.
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  18. 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. PMID: 24331463; PMCID: PMC3951154.
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  19. 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. PMID: 24248354; PMCID: PMC3870709.
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  20. 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. PMID: 24115441; PMCID: PMC4034461.
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  21. Mekalanos JJ. Vaccine economics: what price human life? Sci Transl Med. 2013 Sep 25; 5(204):204ed16. PMID: 24068732.
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  22. Danilchanka O, Mekalanos JJ. Cyclic dinucleotides and the innate immune response. Cell. 2013 Aug 29; 154(5):962-70. PMID: 23993090; PMCID: PMC3931520.
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  23. 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):350-353. PMID: 23925114; PMCID: PMC3792578.
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  24. 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. PMID: 23716683; PMCID: PMC3683778.
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  25. 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. PMID: 23415234; PMCID: PMC3616380.
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  26. 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 U S A. 2013 Feb 26; 110(9):E848-57. PMID: 23401533; PMCID: PMC3587248.
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  27. 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 U S A. 2013 Feb 12; 110(7):2623-8. PMID: 23362380; PMCID: PMC3574944.
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  28. Faruque SM, Mekalanos JJ. Phage-bacterial interactions in the evolution of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae. Virulence. 2012 Nov 15; 3(7):556-65. PMID: 23076327; PMCID: PMC3545932.
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  29. 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 U S A. 2012 Nov 20; 109(47):E3206; author reply E3207. PMID: 23035253; PMCID: PMC3511112.
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  30. Bogard RW, Davies BW, Mekalanos JJ. MetR-regulated Vibrio cholerae metabolism is required for virulence. MBio. 2012; 3(5). PMID: 23015737; PMCID: PMC3448163.
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  31. 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. PMID: 23028317; PMCID: PMC3441752.
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  32. Basler M, Mekalanos JJ. Type 6 secretion dynamics within and between bacterial cells. Science. 2012 Aug 17; 337(6096):815. PMID: 22767897; PMCID: PMC3557511.
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  33. Bashir A, Klammer A, 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 01; 30(7):701-707. PMID: 22750883; PMCID: PMC3731737.
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  34. 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 Sep; 40(16):7766-75. PMID: 22723378; PMCID: PMC3439928.
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  35. Davies BW, Bogard RW, Young TS, Mekalanos JJ. Coordinated regulation of accessory genetic elements produces cyclic di-nucleotides for V. cholerae virulence. Cell. 2012 Apr 13; 149(2):358-70. PMID: 22500802; PMCID: PMC3620040.
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  36. 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):182-6. PMID: 22367545; PMCID: PMC3527127.
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  37. 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. PMID: 22384269; PMCID: PMC3285676.
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  38. 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. PMID: 21909372; PMCID: PMC3166118.
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  39. 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. PMID: 21843873; PMCID: PMC3166260.
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  40. 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. PMID: 21863142; PMCID: PMC3149151.
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  41. 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 U S A. 2011 Jul 26; 108(30):12467-72. PMID: 21750152; PMCID: PMC3145737.
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  42. 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; 2(3):e00106-11. PMID: 21673189; PMCID: PMC3111608.
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  43. 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. PMID: 21655350; PMCID: PMC3104956.
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  44. 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. PMID: 21379340; PMCID: PMC3040672.
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  45. 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 & emergence of the El Tor Vibrio cholerae. Indian J Med Res. 2011 Feb; 133:218-24. PMID: 21415498; PMCID: PMC3089055.
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  46. 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 06; 364(1):33-42. PMID: 21142692; PMCID: PMC3030187.
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  47. 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 07; 1(5). PMID: 21151774; PMCID: PMC2999938.
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  48. 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 U S A. 2010 Dec 07; 107(49):21128-33. PMID: 21084635; PMCID: PMC3000250.
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  49. Hassan F, Kamruzzaman M, Mekalanos JJ, Faruque SM. Satellite phage TLCf enables toxigenic conversion by CTX phage through dif site alteration. Nature. 2010 Oct 21; 467(7318):982-5. PMID: 20944629; PMCID: PMC2967718.
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  50. 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. PMID: 20472740; PMCID: PMC2897465.
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  51. 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 U S A. 2010 Mar 02; 107(9):4359-64. PMID: 20160087; PMCID: PMC2840140.
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  52. 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 U S A. 2010 Mar 02; 107(9):4365-70. PMID: 20150509; PMCID: PMC2840160.
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  53. 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 U S A. 2010 Jan 26; 107(4):1588-93. PMID: 20080633; PMCID: PMC2824409.
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  54. 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. PMID: 20368177.
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  55. 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. PMID: 19696891; PMCID: PMC2722020.
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  56. 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. PMID: 19286133; PMCID: PMC3142922.
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  57. 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 U S A. 2009 Mar 17; 106(11):4154-9. PMID: 19251641; PMCID: PMC2657435.
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  58. 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. PMID: 18794293; PMCID: PMC2573317.
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  59. 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 U S A. 2008 Aug 19; 105(33):11951-6. PMID: 18689675; PMCID: PMC2575248.
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  60. Rahman MH, Biswas K, Hossain MA, Sack RB, Mekalanos JJ, Faruque SM. 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. PMID: 18462070; PMCID: PMC2980768.
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  61. 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 09; 26(43):5443-8. PMID: 18582519; PMCID: PMC3527125.
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  62. Cameron DE, Urbach JM, Mekalanos JJ. A defined transposon mutant library and its use in identifying motility genes in Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jun 24; 105(25):8736-41. PMID: 18574146; PMCID: PMC2438431.
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  63. 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 U S A. 2008 Mar 18; 105(11):4364-9. PMID: 18337508; PMCID: PMC2393773.
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  64. Yoon SS, Mekalanos JJ. Decreased potency of the Vibrio cholerae sheathed flagellum to trigger host innate immunity. Infect Immun. 2008 Mar; 76(3):1282-8. PMID: 18174340; PMCID: PMC2258842.
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  65. Rhie GE, Jung HM, Park J, Kim BS, Mekalanos JJ. 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. PMID: 18070076.
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  66. Shakhnovich EA, Sturtevant D, Mekalanos JJ. Molecular mechanisms of virstatin resistance by non-O1/non-O139 strains of Vibrio cholerae. Mol Microbiol. 2007 Dec; 66(6):1331-41. PMID: 17986190.
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  67. Pukatzki S, Ma AT, Revel AT, Sturtevant D, Mekalanos JJ. Type VI secretion system translocates a phage tail spike-like protein into target cells where it cross-links actin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Sep 25; 104(39):15508-13. PMID: 17873062; PMCID: PMC2000545.
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  68. Mougous JD, Gifford CA, Ramsdell TL, Mekalanos JJ. Threonine phosphorylation post-translationally regulates protein secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Nat Cell Biol. 2007 Jul; 9(7):797-803. PMID: 17558395.
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  69. Tam VC, Serruto D, Dziejman M, Brieher W, Mekalanos JJ. A type III secretion system in Vibrio cholerae translocates a formin/spire hybrid-like actin nucleator to promote intestinal colonization. Cell Host Microbe. 2007 Apr 19; 1(2):95-107. PMID: 18005688.
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  70. Faruque SM, Tam VC, Chowdhury N, Diraphat P, Dziejman M, Heidelberg JF, Clemens JD, Mekalanos JJ, Nair GB. 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 U S A. 2007 Mar 20; 104(12):5151-6. PMID: 17360342; PMCID: PMC1829278.
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  71. Raskin DM, Judson N, Mekalanos JJ. Regulation of the stringent response is the essential function of the conserved bacterial G protein CgtA in Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Mar 13; 104(11):4636-41. PMID: 17360576; PMCID: PMC1838653.
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  72. Smith MG, Gianoulis TA, Pukatzki S, Mekalanos JJ, Ornston LN, Gerstein M, Snyder M. New insights into Acinetobacter baumannii pathogenesis revealed by high-density pyrosequencing and transposon mutagenesis. Genes Dev. 2007 Mar 01; 21(5):601-14. PMID: 17344419; PMCID: PMC1820901.
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  73. Shakhnovich EA, Hung DT, Pierson E, Lee K, Mekalanos JJ. Virstatin inhibits dimerization of the transcriptional activator ToxT. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Feb 13; 104(7):2372-7. PMID: 17283330; PMCID: PMC1892951.
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  74. Yoon SS, Mekalanos JJ. 2,3-butanediol synthesis and the emergence of the Vibrio cholerae El Tor biotype. Infect Immun. 2006 Dec; 74(12):6547-56. PMID: 17015461; PMCID: PMC1698044.
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  260. Mekalanos JJ, Swartz DJ, Pearson GD, Harford N, Groyne F, de Wilde M. Cholera toxin genes: nucleotide sequence, deletion analysis and vaccine development. Nature. 1983 Dec 8-14; 306(5943):551-7. PMID: 6646234.
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  261. Mekalanos JJ. Duplication and amplification of toxin genes in Vibrio cholerae. Cell. 1983 Nov; 35(1):253-63. PMID: 6627396.
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  262. Pearson GD, Mekalanos JJ. Molecular cloning of Vibrio cholerae enterotoxin genes in Escherichia coli K-12. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1982 May; 79(9):2976-80. PMID: 7045877; PMCID: PMC346331.
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  263. Mekalanos JJ, Moseley SL, Murphy JR, Falkow S. Isolation of enterotoxin structural gene deletion mutations in Vibrio cholerae induced by two mutagenic vibriophages. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1982 Jan; 79(1):151-5. PMID: 6948297; PMCID: PMC345680.
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  264. Mekalanos JJ, Murphy JR. Regulation of cholera toxin production in Vibrio cholerae: genetic analysis of phenotypic instability in hypertoxinogenic mutants. J Bacteriol. 1980 Feb; 141(2):570-6. PMID: 7364714; PMCID: PMC293661.
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  265. Mekalanos JJ, Sublett RD, Romig WR. Genetic mapping of toxin regulatory mutations in Vibrio cholerae. J Bacteriol. 1979 Sep; 139(3):859-65. PMID: 479110; PMCID: PMC218032.
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  266. Mekalanos JJ, Collier RJ, Romig WR. Enzymic activity of cholera toxin. I. New method of assay and the mechanism of ADP-ribosyl transfer. J Biol Chem. 1979 Jul 10; 254(13):5849-54. PMID: 447682.
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  267. Mekalanos JJ, Collier RJ, Romig WR. Enzymic activity of cholera toxin. II. Relationships to proteolytic processing, disulfide bond reduction, and subunit composition. J Biol Chem. 1979 Jul 10; 254(13):5855-61. PMID: 221485.
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  268. Wisnieski BJ, Shiflett MA, Mekalanos J, Bramhall JS. Analysis of transmembrane dynamics of cholera toxin using photoreactive probes. J Supramol Struct. 1979; 10(2):191-7. PMID: 459511.
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  269. Mekalanos JJ, Collier RJ, Romig WR. Purification of cholera toxin and its subunits: new methods of preparation and the use of hypertoxinogenic mutants. Infect Immun. 1978 May; 20(2):552-8. PMID: 669812; PMCID: PMC421889.
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  270. Mekalanos JJ, Collier RJ, Romig WR. Affinity filters, a new approach to the isolation of tox mutants of Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1978 Feb; 75(2):941-5. PMID: 345281; PMCID: PMC411374.
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  271. Mekalanos JJ, Collier RJ, Romig WR. Simple method for purifying choleragenoid, the natural toxoid of Vibrio cholerae. Infect Immun. 1977 Jun; 16(3):789-95. PMID: 892899; PMCID: PMC421031.
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