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  1. Membrane platform protein PulF of the Klebsiella type II secretion system forms a trimeric ion channel essential for endopilus assembly and protein secretion

    Article • mBio, January 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  2. The periplasmic coiled coil formed by the assembly platform proteins PulL and PulM is critical for function of the Klebsiella type II secretion system

    Article • Research in Microbiology, September 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  3. Periplasmic coiled coil formed by assembly platform proteins PulL and PulM is critical for function of the Klebsiella type II secretion system

    Article • September 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  4. Structure and dynamic association of an assembly platform subcomplex of the bacterial type II secretion system

    Article • July 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  5. Computational and biochemical analysis of type IV pilus dynamics and stability

    Article • Structure, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  6. 1H, 15 N and 13C resonance assignments of the C-terminal domain of PulL, a component of the Klebsiella oxytoca type II secretion system

    Article • Biomolecular NMR Assignments, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  7. Analysis of diverse eukaryotes suggests the existence of an ancestral mitochondrial apparatus derived from the bacterial type II secretion system

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  8. Computational and biochemical analysis of type IV Pilus dynamics and stability

    Article • April 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  9. Structure and function of minor pilins of type IV pili

    Article • Medical Microbiology and Immunology, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  10. Functional reconstitution of the type IVa pilus assembly system from enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  11. Functional role of the type 1 pilus rod structure in mediating host-pathogen interactions

    Article • eLife, January 2018, eLife

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  12. Structure of the calcium-dependent type 2 secretion pseudopilus

    Article • Nature Microbiology, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  13. Polar N-terminal Residues Conserved in Type 2 Secretion Pseudopilins Determine Subunit Targeting and Membrane Extraction Steps during Fibre Assembly

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  14. Tracking Proteins Secreted by Bacteria: What's in the Toolbox?

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, May 2017, Frontiers

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  15. The trans-envelope architecture and function of the type 2 secretion system: new insights raising new questions

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  16. 1H, 15N and 13C resonance assignments and secondary structure of PulG, the major pseudopilin from Klebsiella oxytoca type 2 secretion system

    Article • Biomolecular NMR Assignments, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  17. Prepore Stability Controls Productive Folding of the BAM-independent Multimeric Outer Membrane Secretin PulD

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2016, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  18. Pseudopilin residue E5 is essential for recruitment by the type 2 secretion system assembly platform

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2016, Wiley

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  19. Structural Basis of Pullulanase Membrane Binding and Secretion Revealed by X-Ray Crystallography, Molecular Dynamics and Biochemical Analysis

    Article • Structure, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  20. Type II secretion system: A magic beanstalk or a protein escalator

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  21. Distinct Docking and Stabilization Steps of the Pseudopilus Conformational Transition Path Suggest Rotational Assembly of Type IV Pilus-like Fibers

    Article • Structure, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  22. Structural Basis of Conformational Transitions Involved in Pseudopilus Assembly and Stability

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  23. Crystal structure of PulA from Klebsiella oxytoca

    Article • November 2013, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  24. Institut Pasteur Minisymposium on Bacterial Membranes 2013

    Article • Research in Microbiology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  25. The type II secretion system – a dynamic fiber assembly nanomachine

    Article • Research in Microbiology, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  26. 1H, 15N and 13C resonance assignments of PpdD, a type IV pilin from enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

    Article • Biomolecular NMR Assignments, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  27. Heterologous assembly of type IV pili by a type II secretion system reveals the role of minor pilins in assembly initiation

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  28. Minor pseudopilin self-assembly primes type II secretion pseudopilus elongation

    Article • The EMBO Journal, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  29. Modeling pilus structures from sparse data

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, March 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  30. Detailed structural and assembly model of the type II secretion pilus from sparse data

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  31. The Haloprotease CPI Produced by the Moderately Halophilic Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas ruthenica Is Secreted by the Type II Secretion Pathway

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Olivera Francetic, ANTONIO VENTOSA

  32. Spx mediates oxidative stress regulation of the methionine sulfoxide reductases operon in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • BMC Microbiology, July 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Olivera Francetic, Antoine Danchin

  33. Intestinal adherence associated with type IV pili of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

    Article • Journal of Clinical Investigation, February 2008, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Dr Olivera Francetic, Valério Monteiro Neto

  34. Cytoplasmic targeting of IpaC to the bacterial pole directs polar type III secretion in Shigella

    Article • The EMBO Journal, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  35. Intestinal adherence associated with type IV pili of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

    Article • Journal of Clinical Investigation, November 2007, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Dr Olivera Francetic, Valério Monteiro Neto

  36. Signal Recognition Particle-Dependent Inner Membrane Targeting of the PulG Pseudopilin Component of a Type II Secretion System

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  37. Green Fluorescent Chimeras Indicate Nonpolar Localization of Pullulanase Secreton Components PulL and PulM

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  38. Towards the Identification of Type II Secretion Signals in a Nonacylated Variant of Pullulanase from Klebsiella oxytoca

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2005, ASM Journals

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  39. Getting out: protein traffic in prokaryotes

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2004, Wiley

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  40. Expression of the endogenous type II secretion pathway in Escherichia coli leads to chitinase secretion

    Article • The EMBO Journal, December 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  41. The ChiA (YheB) protein of Escherichia coli K‐12 is an endochitinase whose gene is negatively controlled by the nucleoid‐structuring protein H‐NS

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2000, Wiley

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  42. DNA region responsible for transcriptional regulation of the Escherichia coli penicillin amidase (pac) gene by CRP and PAA

    Article • Genetic Analysis Biomolecular Engineering, December 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  43. Protein secretion in Escherichia coli K-12: dead or alive?

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, April 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  44. A second prepilin peptidase gene in Escherichia coli K‐12

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 1998, Wiley

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  45. Recent progress and future directions in studies of the main terminal branch of the general secretory pathway in Gram-negative bacteria – a review

    Article • Gene, June 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  46. Pullulanase: Model protein substrate for the general secretory pathway of gram-negative bacteria

    Article • Folia Microbiologica, June 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  47. Escherichia coli SecB stimulates export without maintaining export competence of ribose-binding protein signal sequence mutants.

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 1996, ASM Journals

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  48. The cryptic general secretory pathway (gsp) operon of Escherichia coli K-12 encodes functional proteins.

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 1996, ASM Journals

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  49. Host dependenet inactivation by IS2 of induced E.coli penicillin amidase gene cloned on multicopy plasmids

    Article • Biotechnology Letters, January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Olivera Francetic

  50. A mutation of Escherichia coli SecA protein that partially compensates for the absence of SecB.

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 1993, ASM Journals

    Dr Olivera Francetic