John Mekalanos, PhD

Adele Lehman Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Genetic diversity and virulence potential of environmental Vibrio cholerae population in a cholera-endemic area.
Authors: Authors: Faruque SM, Chowdhury N, Kamruzzaman M, Dziejman M, Rahman MH, Sack DA, Nair GB, Mekalanos JJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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RS1 element of Vibrio cholerae can propagate horizontally as a filamentous phage exploiting the morphogenesis genes of CTXphi.
Authors: Authors: Faruque SM, Kamruzzaman M, Nandi RK, Ghosh AN, Nair GB, Mekalanos JJ, Sack DA.
Infect Immun
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Use of lambda phage S and R gene products in an inducible lysis system for Vibrio cholerae- and Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium-based DNA vaccine delivery systems.
Authors: Authors: Jain V, Mekalanos JJ.
Infect Immun
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Induction of the lysogenic phage encoding cholera toxin in naturally occurring strains of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139.
Authors: Authors: Faruque SM, Alim AR, Albert MJ, Islam KM, Mekalanos JJ.
Infect Immun
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Alterations in Vibrio cholerae motility phenotypes correlate with changes in virulence factor expression.
Authors: Authors: Gardel CL, Mekalanos JJ.
Infect Immun
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Analysis of membrane protein interaction: ToxR can dimerize the amino terminus of phage lambda repressor.
Authors: Authors: Dziejman M, Mekalanos JJ.
Mol Microbiol
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Bacterial response to host signals: analysis and applications.
Authors: Authors: Mekalanos JJ.
Harvey Lect
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Periplasmic interaction between two membrane regulatory proteins, ToxR and ToxS, results in signal transduction and transcriptional activation.
Authors: Authors: DiRita VJ, Mekalanos JJ.
Cell
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Strategies for the development of vaccines for typhoid fever, shigellosis, and cholera.
Authors: Authors: Miller SI, Mekalanos JJ.
Ann N Y Acad Sci
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Nucleotide sequence of the Shiga-like toxin genes of Escherichia coli.
Authors: Authors: Calderwood SB, Auclair F, Donohue-Rolfe A, Keusch GT, Mekalanos JJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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