John Mekalanos, PhD

Adele Lehman Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Transcriptional profiling of Vibrio cholerae recovered directly from patient specimens during early and late stages of human infection.
Authors: Authors: Larocque RC, Harris JB, Dziejman M, Li X, Khan AI, Faruque AS, Faruque SM, Nair GB, Ryan ET, Qadri F, Mekalanos JJ, Calderwood SB.
Infect Immun
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Pathogenicity islands and phages in Vibrio cholerae evolution.
Authors: Authors: Faruque SM, Mekalanos JJ.
Trends Microbiol
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Clinical and environmental isolates of Vibrio cholerae serogroup O141 carry the CTX phage and the genes encoding the toxin-coregulated pili.
Authors: Authors: Dalsgaard A, Serichantalergs O, Forslund A, Lin W, Mekalanos J, Mintz E, Shimada T, Wells JG.
J Clin Microbiol
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Lysogenic conversion of environmental Vibrio mimicus strains by CTXPhi.
Authors: Authors: Faruque SM, Rahman MM, Nasirul Islam KM, Mekalanos JJ.
Infect Immun
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Systematic identification of essential genes by in vitro mariner mutagenesis.
Authors: Authors: Akerley BJ, Rubin EJ, Camilli A, Lampe DJ, Robertson HM, Mekalanos JJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Lipoprotein e(P4) is essential for hemin uptake by Haemophilus influenzae.
Authors: Authors: Reidl J, Mekalanos JJ.
J Exp Med
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Live bacterial vaccines: environmental aspects.
Authors: Authors: Mekalanos JJ.
Curr Opin Biotechnol
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Repressor binding to a regulatory site in the DNA coding sequence is sufficient to confer transcriptional regulation of the vir-repressed genes (vrg genes) in Bordetella pertussis.
Authors: Authors: Beattie DT, Mahan MJ, Mekalanos JJ.
J Bacteriol
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Identification and use of protective monoclonal IgA antibodies against viral and bacterial pathogens.
Authors: Authors: Neutra M, Weltzin R, Winner L, Mack J, Michetti P, Morrison L, Fields BN, Mekalanos JJ, Kraehenbuhl JP.
Adv Exp Med Biol
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Genetic regulation of bacterial virulence.
Authors: Authors: DiRita VJ, Mekalanos JJ.
Annu Rev Genet
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