Noted Publications
Gil H, Benach JL, Thanassi DG: Presence of pili on the surface of Francisella tularensis. Infect Immun 2004, 72:3042-3047.
Ng TW, Akman L, Osisami M, Thanassi DG: The usher N terminus is the initial targeting site for chaperone-subunit complexes and participates in subsequent pilus biogenesis events. J Bacteriol 2004, 186:5321–5331.
Li H*, Qian L, Chen Z, Thahbot D, Liu G, Liu T, Thanassi DG: The outer membrane usher forms a twin-pore secretion complex. J Mol Biol 2004, 344:1397-1407.
Henderson NS, Shu Kin So S, Martin C, Kulkarni R, Thanassi DG: Topology of the outer membrane usher PapC determined by site-directed fluorescence labeling. J Biol Chem 2004, 279: 53747-53754.
Shu Kin So S, Thanassi DG: Analysis of the requirements for pilus biogenesis at the outer membrane usher and the function of the usher C terminus. Mol Microbiol 2006, 60:364-375.
Gil H, Platz GJ, Forestal CA, Monfett M, Bakshi CS, Sellati TJ, Furie MB, Benach JL, Thanassi DG: Deletion of TolC orthologs in Francisella tularensis identifies roles in multidrug resistance and virulence. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2006, 103:12897-12902.
Runco LM, Myrczek S, Bliska JB, Thanassi DG: Biogenesis of the F1 capsule and analysis of the ultrastructure of Yersinia pestis. J Bacteriol 2008, 190:3381-3385.
Remaut H, Tang C, Henderson NS, Pinkner J, Wang T, Hultgren SH, Thanassi DG, Waksman G, Li H: Fiber formation across the bacterial outer membrane by the chaperone/usher pathway. Cell 2008, 133:640-652.
Chakraborty S, Monfett M, Maier TM, Benach JL, Frank DW, Thanassi DG: Type IV pili in Francisella tularensis: roles of pilF and pilT in fiber assembly, host cell adherence and virulence. Infect lmmun 2008, 76:2852-2861.
Kulkarni R, Dhakal BK, Slechta ES, Kurtz Z, Mulvey MA, Thanassi DG: Roles of putative type II secretion and type IV pilus systems in the virulence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli. PLoS ONE 2009, 4:e4752.
Platz GJ, Bublitz DC, Mena P, Benach JL, Furie MB, Thanassi DG: A tolC mutant of Francisella tularensis is hypercytotoxic compared to the wild type and elicits increased proinflammatory responses from host cells. Infect Immun 2010,78:1022-1031.
Li Q, Ng TW, Dodson KW, Shu Kin So S, Bayle K-M, Pinkner JS, Scarlata S, Hultgren SJ, Thanassi DG: The Differential Affinity of the Usher for Chaperone-Subunit Complexes is Required for Assembly of Complete Pili. Mol Microbiol 2010, 76:159-172.
Henderson NS, Ng TW, Talukder I, Thanassi DG: Function of the Usher N terminus in Catalyzing Pilus Assembly. Mol Microbiol 2011, 79:954-967.
Phan G, Remaut H, Wang T, Allen WJ, Pirker KF, Lebedev A, Henderson NS, Geibel S, Volkan E, Yan J, Kunze MBA, Pinkner JS, Ford B, Kay CWM, Li H, Hultgren S, Thanassi DG, Waksman G: Crystal structure of the FimD usher bound to its cognate FimC:FimH substrate. Nature 2011, 474:49-53
Hatkoff M, Runco LM, Pujol C, Jayatilaka I, Furie MB, Bliska JB, Thanassi DG: Roles of the chaperone/usher pathways of Yersinia pestis in the murine model of plague and adhesion to host cells. Infect Immun 2012, 80:3490-3500.
McCaig, WD, Koller A, Thanassi DG: Production of Outer Membrane Vesicles and Outer Membrane Tubes by Francisella novicida. J Bacteriol 2013, 195:1120-1132.
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