Area of research
Ecology · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and Vector-borne infectious diseases.
Natural selection and recombination at host-interacting lipoprotein loci drive genome diversification of Lyme disease and related bacteria
Bacteriophage P22 SieA-mediated superinfection exclusion
A high fidelity approach to assembling the complex Borrelia genome
Molecular Architecture of Salmonella Typhimurium Virus P22 Genome Ejection Machinery
Genomic analysis of Anderson typing phages of Salmonella Typhimrium: towards understanding the basis of bacteria-phage interaction
Genome diversity of Borrelia garinii in marine transmission cycles does not match host associations but reflects the strains evolutionary history
Multipartite Genome of Lyme Disease <i>Borrelia</i>: Structure, Variation and Prophages
Multipartite Genome of Lyme Disease Borrelia: Structure, Variation and Prophages
Expansion of Bacteriophages Is Linked to Aggravated Intestinal Inflammation and Colitis
Genomic comparison of 60 completely sequenced bacteriophages that infect Erwinia and/or Pantoea bacteria
Pan-genome Analysis of Ancient and Modern Salmonella enterica Demonstrates Genomic Stability of the Invasive Para C Lineage for Millennia
Primordial origin and diversification of plasmids in Lyme disease agent bacteria
The genome sequence of Escherichia coli tailed phage D6 and the diversity of Enterobacteriales circular plasmid prophages
Genes affecting progression of bacteriophage P22 infection in <i>Salmonella</i> identified by transposon and single gene deletion screens
Plasmid diversity and phylogenetic consistency in the Lyme disease agent Borrelia burgdorferi
Insights of Phage-Host Interaction in Hypersaline Ecosystem through Metagenomics Analyses
Contributions of P2- and P22-like prophages to understanding the enormous diversity and abundance of tailed bacteriophages
Localization of the Houdinisome (Ejection Proteins) inside the Bacteriophage P22 Virion by Bubblegram Imaging
Bacteriophage lambda: Early pioneer and still relevant
Exploring the Balance between DNA Pressure and Capsid Stability in Herpesviruses and Phages
Genome Sequence of Salmonella Phage χ
Structural Plasticity of the Protein Plug That Traps Newly Packaged Genomes in Podoviridae Virions
Understanding the enormous diversity of bacteriophages: The tailed phages that infect the bacterial family Enterobacteriaceae
<scp>OmpA</scp> and <scp>OmpC</scp> are critical host factors for bacteriophage <scp>S</scp>f6 entry in <scp><i>S</i></scp><i>higella</i>
The agricultural antibiotic carbadox induces phage-mediated gene transfer in Salmonella
BorreliaBase: a phylogeny-centered browser of Borrelia genomes
Inter- and intra-specific pan-genomes of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato: genome stability and adaptive radiation
Distribution of cp32 Prophages among Lyme Disease-Causing Spirochetes and Natural Diversity of Their Lipoprotein-Encoding <i>erp</i> Loci
Function and horizontal transfer of the small terminase subunit of the tailed bacteriophage Sf6 DNA packaging nanomotor
Genome Stability of Lyme Disease Spirochetes: Comparative Genomics of Borrelia burgdorferi Plasmids
dsDNA Packaging by Viruses
dsDNA Packaging by Viruses
dsDNA Packaging by Viruses
Dna Packaging By Bacteriophage P22
Bacteriophage P22 Morphogenesis
Purchase of an Electron Microscope