2018
Dietary sugar silences a colonization factor in a mammalian gut symbiont
Townsend GE, Han W, Schwalm ND, Raghavan V, Barry NA, Goodman AL, Groisman EA. Dietary sugar silences a colonization factor in a mammalian gut symbiont. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 116: 233-238. PMID: 30559205, PMCID: PMC6320540, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813780115.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Prioritization of polysaccharide utilization and control of regulator activation in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Schwalm ND, Townsend GE, Groisman EA. Prioritization of polysaccharide utilization and control of regulator activation in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron. Molecular Microbiology 2017, 104: 32-45. PMID: 28009067, DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13609.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBacteroides thetaiotaomicronGut symbiotic bacteriumSites of phosphorylationB. thetaiotaomicronDiauxic growthTwo-component systemResponse regulatorSensor kinaseMyriad of hostPolysaccharide utilizationUnaltered growthSymbiotic bacteriumMammalian gutSingle polypeptideMultiple polysaccharidesSingle polysaccharidePhosphorylationSpecific signalsPresence of glucoseThetaiotaomicronTranscriptionGenesBacteriumArabinanPolysaccharides