John Mekalanos, PhD

Adele Lehman Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Cholera toxin promotes pathogen acquisition of host-derived nutrients.
Authors: Authors: Rivera-Chávez F, Mekalanos JJ.
Nature
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Quorum Regulated Resistance of Vibrio cholerae against Environmental Bacteriophages.
Authors: Authors: Hoque MM, Naser IB, Bari SM, Zhu J, Mekalanos JJ, Faruque SM.
Sci Rep
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Tn-Seq analysis of Vibrio cholerae intestinal colonization reveals a role for T6SS-mediated antibacterial activity in the host.
Authors: Authors: Fu Y, Waldor MK, Mekalanos JJ.

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A hybrid approach for the automated finishing of bacterial genomes.
Authors: Authors: Bashir A, Klammer A, Robins WP, Chin CS, Webster D, Paxinos E, Hsu D, Ashby M, Wang S, Peluso P, Sebra R, Sorenson J, Bullard J, Yen J, Valdovino M, Mollova E, Luong K, Lin S, LaMay B, Joshi A, Rowe L, Frace M, Tarr CL, Turnsek M, Davis BM, Kasarskis A, Mekalanos JJ, Waldor MK, Schadt EE.
Nat Biotechnol
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Satellite phage TLCf enables toxigenic conversion by CTX phage through dif site alteration.
Authors: Authors: Hassan F, Kamruzzaman M, Mekalanos JJ, Faruque SM.
Nature
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Construction of cholera toxin B subunit-producing Vibrio cholerae strains using the Mariner-FRT transposon delivery system.
Authors: Authors: Rhie GE, Jung HM, Park J, Kim BS, Mekalanos JJ.
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
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An improved technique for isolation of environmental Vibrio cholerae with epidemic potential: monitoring the emergence of a multiple-antibiotic-resistant epidemic strain in Bangladesh.
Authors: Authors: Faruque SM, Islam MJ, Ahmad QS, Biswas K, Faruque AS, Nair GB, Sack RB, Sack DA, Mekalanos JJ.
J Infect Dis
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Genetics of stress adaptation and virulence in toxigenic Vibrio cholerae.
Authors: Authors: Faruque SM, Nair GB, Mekalanos JJ.
DNA Cell Biol
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The human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa utilizes conserved virulence pathways to infect the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum.
Authors: Authors: Pukatzki S, Kessin RH, Mekalanos JJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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DNA sequence of both chromosomes of the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae.
Authors: Authors: Heidelberg JF, Eisen JA, Nelson WC, Clayton RA, Gwinn ML, Dodson RJ, Haft DH, Hickey EK, Peterson JD, Umayam L, Gill SR, Nelson KE, Read TD, Tettelin H, Richardson D, Ermolaeva MD, Vamathevan J, Bass S, Qin H, Dragoi I, Sellers P, McDonald L, Utterback T, Fleishmann RD, Nierman WC, White O, Salzberg SL, Smith HO, Colwell RR, Mekalanos JJ, Venter JC, Fraser CM.
Nature
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