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  1. The VarA-CsrA regulatory pathway influences cell shape in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • PLoS Genetics, March 2022, PLOS

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  2. The type IV pilus protein PilU functions as a PilT-dependent retraction ATPase

    Article • PLoS Genetics, September 2019, PLOS

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  3. Long-Read-Based Genome Sequences of Pandemic and Environmental Vibrio cholerae Strains

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, December 2018, ASM Journals

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  4. Circulation of a Quorum-Sensing-Impaired Variant of Vibrio cholerae Strain C6706 Masks Important Phenotypes

    Article • mSphere, May 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  5. DNA Transport across the Outer and Inner Membranes of Naturally Transformable Vibrio cholerae Is Spatially but Not Temporally Coupled

    Article • mBio, August 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  6. The Lifestyle of Vibrio cholerae Fosters Gene Transfers

    Article • Microbe Magazine, February 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  7. Composition of the DNA-uptake complex ofVibrio cholerae

    Article • Mobile Genetic Elements, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  8. ComEA Is Essential for the Transfer of External DNA into the Periplasm in Naturally Transformable Vibrio cholerae Cells

    Article • PLoS Genetics, January 2014, PLOS

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  9. DNA-uptake machinery of naturally competent Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  10. Evidence for Two Different Regulatory Mechanisms Linking Replication and Segregation of Vibrio cholerae Chromosome II

    Article • PLoS Genetics, June 2013, PLOS

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  11. Cues and regulatory pathways involved in natural competence and transformation in pathogenic and environmental Gram-negative bacteria

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, May 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  12. The Janthinobacterium sp. HH01 Genome Encodes a Homologue of the V. cholerae CqsA and L. pneumophila LqsA Autoinducer Synthases

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2013, PLOS

    Professor Melanie Blokesch, Professor Helge B Bode, Professor Wolfgang R. Streit, Professor Rolf Daniel

  13. A transcriptional regulator linking quorum sensing and chitin induction to render Vibrio cholerae naturally transformable

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, February 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  14. Overexpression of the tcp Gene Cluster Using the T7 RNA Polymerase/Promoter System and Natural Transformation-Mediated Genetic Engineering of Vibrio cholerae

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2013, PLOS

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  15. TransFLP — A Method to Genetically Modify Vibrio cholerae Based on Natural Transformation and FLP-recombination

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, October 2012, MyJove Corporation

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  16. A quorum sensing-mediated switch contributes to natural transformation ofVibrio cholerae

    Article • Mobile Genetic Elements, September 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  17. The Regulatory Network of Natural Competence and Transformation of Vibrio cholerae

    Article • PLoS Genetics, June 2012, PLOS

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  18. Reassessment of the 2010–2011 Haiti cholera outbreak and rainfall-driven multiseason projections

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  19. Chitin colonization, chitin degradation and chitin‐induced natural competence of Vibrio cholerae are subject to catabolite repression

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, January 2012, Wiley

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  20. A Transmission Model of the 2010 Cholera Epidemic in Haiti

    Article • Annals of Internal Medicine, September 2011, American College of Physicians

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  21. Quorum Sensing Contributes to Natural Transformation of Vibrio cholerae in a Species-Specific Manner

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  22. Prediction of the spatial evolution and effects of control measures for the unfolding Haiti cholera outbreak

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, March 2011, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  23. Genetic manipulation of Vibrio cholerae by combining natural transformation with FLP recombination

    Article • Plasmid, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  24. Natural transformation of Vibrio cholerae as a tool - Optimizing the procedure

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  25. The Extracellular Nuclease Dns and Its Role in Natural Transformation of Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2008, ASM Journals

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  26. Serogroup Conversion of Vibrio cholerae in Aquatic Reservoirs

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, June 2007, PLOS

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  27. Properties of the [NiFe]-hydrogenase maturation protein HypD

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 2006, Wiley

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  28. Maturation of Hydrogenases

    Article • January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  29. Anaerobic Formate and Hydrogen Metabolism

    Article • EcoSal Plus, December 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Gary Sawers, Professor Melanie Blokesch

  30. The biosynthetic routes for carbon monoxide and cyanide in the Ni-Fe active site of hydrogenases are different

    Article • FEBS Letters, December 2004, Wiley

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  31. The Complex Between Hydrogenase-maturation Proteins HypC and HypD is an Intermediate in the Supply of Cyanide to the Active Site Iron of [NiFe]-Hydrogenases

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  32. Anaerobic Formate and Hydrogen Metabolism

    Article • September 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Gary Sawers, Professor Melanie Blokesch

  33. Analysis of the transcarbamoylation-dehydration reaction catalyzed by the hydrogenase maturation proteins HypF and HypE

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, July 2004, Wiley

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  34. HybF, a Zinc-Containing Protein Involved in NiFe Hydrogenase Maturation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  35. Maturation of [NiFe]-hydrogenases in Escherichia coli: The HypC Cycle

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  36. Metal insertion into NiFe-hydrogenases

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, August 2002, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  37. Network of Hydrogenase Maturation in Escherichia coli: Role of Accessory Proteins HypA and HybF

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2002, ASM Journals

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  38. Fidelity of metal insertion into hydrogenases

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 2001, Wiley

    Professor Melanie Blokesch

  39. Interplay between the Specific Chaperone-Like Proteins HybG and HypC in Maturation of Hydrogenases 1, 2, and 3 from Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2001, ASM Journals

    Professor Melanie Blokesch