A decade of advances in transposon-insertion sequencing

AK Cain, L Barquist, AL Goodman, IT Paulsen… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
It has been 10 years since the introduction of modern transposon-insertion sequencing (TIS)
methods, which combine genome-wide transposon mutagenesis with high-throughput …

Transposon insertion sequencing, a global measure of gene function

T van Opijnen, HL Levin - Annual review of genetics, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The goal of genomics and systems biology is to understand how complex systems of factors
assemble into pathways and structures that combine to form living organisms. Great …

Role of the CrcB transporter of Pseudomonas putida in the multi‐level stress response elicited by mineral fluoride

P Calero, N Gurdo, PI Nikel - Environmental Microbiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of mineral fluoride (F−) in the environment has both a geogenic and
anthropogenic origin, and the halide has been described to be toxic in virtually all living …

Distinct bacterial pathways influence the efficacy of antibiotics against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

MM Bellerose, MK Proulx, CM Smith, RE Baker… - …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Effective tuberculosis treatment requires at least 6 months of combination therapy.
Alterations in the physiological state of the bacterium during infection are thought to reduce …

Air pollution and age-dependent changes in emotional behavior across early adolescence in the US

CE Campbell, DL Cotter, KL Bottenhorn, E Burnor… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent studies have linked air pollution to increased risk for behavioral problems during
development, albeit with inconsistent findings. Additional longitudinal studies are needed …

Oxidative damage and delayed replication allow viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis to go undetected

K Saito, S Mishra, T Warrier, N Cicchetti, J Mi… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
“Viable but nonculturable” states of bacteria pose challenges for environmental and clinical
microbiology, but their biological mechanisms remain obscure. Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

Pathogen clonal expansion underlies multiorgan dissemination and organ-specific outcomes during murine systemic infection

K Hullahalli, MK Waldor - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The dissemination of pathogens through blood and their establishment within organs lead to
severe clinical outcomes. However, the within-host dynamics that underlie pathogen spread …

The Increased Accumulation of Staphylococcus aureus Virulence Factors Is Maximized in a purR Mutant by the Increased Production of SarA and Decreased …

D Alkam, P Jenjaroenpun, AM Ramirez… - Infection and …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mutation of purR was previously shown to enhance the virulence of Staphylococcus aureus
in a murine sepsis model, and this cannot be fully explained by increased expression of …

[PDF][PDF] Comprehensive understanding of Tn5 insertion preference improves transcription regulatory element identification

H Zhang, T Lu, S Liu, J Yang, G Sun… - NAR genomics and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Tn5 transposase, which can efficiently tagment the genome, has been widely adopted as a
molecular tool in next-generation sequencing, from short-read sequencing to more complex …

Pangenome evaluation of gene essentiality in Streptococcus pyogenes

MG Jespersen, AJ Hayes, SYC Tong… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Bacterial species often consist of strains with variable gene content, collectively referred to
as the pangenome. Variations in the genetic makeup of strains can alter bacterial physiology …