John Mekalanos, PhD

Adele Lehman Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Combining anthrax vaccine and therapy: a dominant-negative inhibitor of anthrax toxin is also a potent and safe immunogen for vaccines.
Authors: Authors: Aulinger BA, Roehrl MH, Mekalanos JJ, Collier RJ, Wang JY.
Infect Immun
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A dually active anthrax vaccine that confers protection against both bacilli and toxins.
Authors: Authors: Rhie GE, Roehrl MH, Mourez M, Collier RJ, Mekalanos JJ, Wang JY.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Vibrio cholerae-induced cellular responses of polarized T84 intestinal epithelial cells are dependent on production of cholera toxin and the RTX toxin.
Authors: Authors: Fullner KJ, Lencer WI, Mekalanos JJ.
Infect Immun
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Effects of changes in membrane sodium flux on virulence gene expression in Vibrio cholerae.
Authors: Authors: Häse CC, Mekalanos JJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Replication and integration of a Vibrio cholerae cryptic plasmid linked to the CTX prophage.
Authors: Authors: Rubin EJ, Lin W, Mekalanos JJ, Waldor MK.
Mol Microbiol
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Quartz crystal microbalance detection of Vibrio cholerae O139 serotype.
Authors: Authors: Carter RM, Mekalanos JJ, Jacobs MB, Lubrano GJ, Guilbault GG.
J Immunol Methods
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Measurement of transcriptional activity in pathogenic bacteria recovered directly from infected host tissue.
Authors: Authors: Slauch JM, Mahan MJ, Mekalanos JJ.
Biotechniques
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Structural analysis of the acfA and acfD genes of Vibrio cholerae: effects of DNA topology and transcriptional activators on expression.
Authors: Authors: Parsot C, Mekalanos JJ.
J Bacteriol
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Evidence that modulation requires sequences downstream of the promoters of two vir-repressed genes of Bordetella pertussis.
Authors: Authors: Beattie DT, Knapp S, Mekalanos JJ.
J Bacteriol
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Two trans-acting regulatory genes (vir and mod) control antigenic modulation in Bordetella pertussis.
Authors: Authors: Knapp S, Mekalanos JJ.
J Bacteriol
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