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- PhD Microbiology University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Biology Stanford University
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- New insights into Acinetobacter baumannii pathogenesis revealed by high-density pyrosequencing and transposon mutagenesis. (2007) (484)
- The Conversion of Catechol and Protocatechuate to β-Ketoadipate by Pseudomonas putida I. BIOCHEMISTRY (1966) (429)
- Unique features revealed by the genome sequence of Acinetobacter sp. ADP1, a versatile and naturally transformation competent bacterium. (2004) (354)
- The β-Ketoadipate Pathway (1973) (223)
- Nucleotide sequences of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus benABC genes for benzoate 1,2-dioxygenase reveal evolutionary relationships among multicomponent oxygenases (1991) (222)
- The conversion of catechol and protocatechuate to beta-ketoadipate by Pseudomonas putida. (1966) (188)
- The conversion of catechol and protocatechuate to beta-ketoadipate by Pseudomonas putida. IV. Regulation. (1966) (172)
- Nucleotide sequencing and characterization of Pseudomonas putida catR: a positive regulator of the catBC operon is a member of the LysR family (1990) (158)
- Potential DNA slippage structures acquired during evolutionary divergence of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosomal benABC and Pseudomonas putida TOL pWW0 plasmid xylXYZ, genes encoding benzoate dioxygenases (1991) (144)
- Regulation of catabolic pathways in Pseudomonas. (1971) (143)
- Naturally Transformable Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 Belongs to the Newly Described Species Acinetobacter baylyi (2006) (143)
- Nutritional diversity of Rhizobiaceae revealed by auxanography (1984) (135)
- Physically associated enzymes produce and metabolize 2-hydroxy-2,4-dienoate, a chemically unstable intermediate formed in catechol metabolism via meta cleavage in Pseudomonas putida (1989) (122)
- Opportunities for genetic investigation afforded by Acinetobacter baylyi, a nutritionally versatile bacterial species that is highly competent for natural transformation. (2005) (117)
- DNA sequence of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus catechol 1,2-dioxygenase I structural gene catA: evidence for evolutionary divergence of intradiol dioxygenases by acquisition of DNA sequence repetitions (1988) (116)
- Regulation of Glyoxylate Metabolism in Escherichia coli K-12 (1969) (111)
- Aromatic acids are chemoattractants for Pseudomonas putida (1984) (104)
- DNA sequences of genes encoding Acinetobacter calcoaceticus protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase: evidence indicating shuffling of genes and of DNA sequences within genes during their evolutionary divergence (1990) (103)
- Genetic Analysis of a Chromosomal Region ContainingvanA and vanB, Genes Required for Conversion of Either Ferulate or Vanillate to Protocatechuate inAcinetobacter (1999) (101)
- Identification of the transcriptional activator pobR and characterization of its role in the expression of pobA, the structural gene for p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (1993) (101)
- cis-diol dehydrogenases encoded by the TOL pWW0 plasmid xylL gene and the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosomal benD gene are members of the short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase superfamily. (1992) (100)
- The conversion of catechol and protocatechuate to beta-ketoadipate by Pseudomonas putida. 3. Enzymes of the catechol pathway. (1966) (98)
- Cloning and genetic organization of the pca gene cluster from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (1987) (98)
- Characterization of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus catM, a repressor gene homologous in sequence to transcriptional activator genes (1989) (90)
- PcaU, a Transcriptional Activator of Genes for Protocatechuate Utilization in Acinetobacter (1998) (89)
- Chemotaxis to aromatic and hydroaromatic acids: comparison of Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Rhizobium trifolii (1985) (89)
- Chemotaxis to plant phenolic inducers of virulence genes is constitutively expressed in the absence of the Ti plasmid in Agrobacterium tumefaciens (1987) (89)
- Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus genes for benzoate degradation (1987) (88)
- Discontinuities in the evolution of Pseudomonas putida cat genes (1995) (85)
- Structure of Acinetobacter strain ADP1 protocatechuate 3, 4-dioxygenase at 2.2 A resolution: implications for the mechanism of an intradiol dioxygenase. (2000) (78)
- Genetic Control of Enzyme Induction in the β-Ketoadipate Pathway of Pseudomonas putida: Deletion Mapping of cat Mutations (1972) (75)
- Isolation of spontaneous mutant strains of Pseudomonas putida. (1969) (73)
- Regulation of p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase synthesis by PobR bound to an operator in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (1994) (69)
- Cloning and expression of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus catBCDE genes in Pseudomonas putida and Escherichia coli (1986) (68)
- Hydroxycinnamate (hca) Catabolic Genes from Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 Are Repressed by HcaR and Are Induced by Hydroxycinnamoyl-Coenzyme A Thioesters (2003) (68)
- Nucleotide sequence and expression of clcD, a plasmid-borne dienelactone hydrolase gene from Pseudomonas sp. strain B13 (1987) (67)
- Contrasting patterns of evolutionary divergence within the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus pca operon. (1994) (67)
- Enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway are inducible in Rhizobium and Agrobacterium spp. and constitutive in Bradyrhizobium spp (1986) (65)
- Evolutionary divergence of pobA, the structural gene encoding p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase in an Acinetobacter calcoaceticus strain well-suited for genetic analysis. (1993) (64)
- Cloning and expression of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus catechol 1,2-dioxygenase structural gene catA in Escherichia coli (1986) (63)
- The pca-pob supraoperonic cluster of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus contains quiA, the structural gene for quinate-shikimate dehydrogenase (1994) (63)
- The Physiological Contribution ofAcinetobacter PcaK, a Transport System That Acts upon Protocatechuate, Can Be Masked by the Overlapping Specificity of VanK (1999) (61)
- Evolutionary Significance of Metabolic Control Systems (1967) (61)
- Bacteria Are Not What They Eat: That Is Why They Are So Diverse (2000) (58)
- The beta-ketoadipate pathway. (1973) (58)
- Cloning and Characterization of Helicobacter pyloriSuccinyl CoA:Acetoacetate CoA-transferase, a Novel Prokaryotic Member of the CoA-transferase Family* (1997) (57)
- Cloning and Genetic Characterization of dca Genes Required for β-Oxidation of Straight-Chain Dicarboxylic Acids in Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 (2001) (57)
- Mutation Analysis of PobR and PcaU, Closely Related Transcriptional Activators in Acinetobacter (1998) (57)
- Unusual ancestry of dehydratases associated with quinate catabolism in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (1995) (50)
- Spontaneous mutations in pcaH and -G, structural genes for protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (1995) (49)
- Functions of the Mismatch Repair GenemutS from Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 (2001) (47)
- Unusual G + C content and codon usage in catIJF, a segment of the ben-cat supra-operonic cluster in the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosome. (1994) (46)
- Repression of Acinetobacter vanillate demethylase synthesis by VanR, a member of the GntR family of transcriptional regulators. (2000) (46)
- Cloning and expression of pca genes from Pseudomonas putida in Escherichia coli. (1988) (45)
- Properties of an inducible uptake system for beta-ketoadipate in Pseudomonas putida (1976) (44)
- The evolution of induction mechanisms in bacteria: insights derived from the study of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. (1977) (44)
- [20] Catechol and chlorocatechol 1,2-Dioxygenases (1990) (43)
- Constitutive synthesis of enzymes of the protocatechuate pathway and of the beta-ketoadipate uptake system in mutant strains of Pseudomonas putida (1976) (43)
- Selection of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus mutants deficient in the p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase gene (pobA), a member of a supraoperonic cluster (1990) (40)
- Mechanisms of adaptation (1979) (39)
- Properties of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus recA and its contribution to intracellular gene conversion (1994) (38)
- The conversion of catechol and protocatechuate to beta-ketoadipate by Pseudomonas putida. II. Enzymes of the protocatechuate pathway. (1966) (37)
- Mechanism of β-Ketoadipate Formation by Bacteria (1964) (36)
- Dienelactone hydrolase from Pseudomonas sp. strain B13 (1987) (36)
- Phenotypic Expression of PCR-Generated Random Mutations in a Pseudomonas putida Gene after Its Introduction into an Acinetobacter Chromosome by Natural Transformation (1999) (36)
- Genetic analysis of supraoperonic clustering by use of natural transformation in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (1992) (35)
- Beta-ketoadipate enol-lactone hydrolases I and II from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. (1975) (35)
- Inducible Uptake System for β-Carboxy-cis, cis-muconate in a Permeability Mutant of Pseudomonas putida (1972) (35)
- Catechol and chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenases. (1990) (34)
- Absolute stereochemical course of the 3-carboxymuconate cycloisomerases from Pseudomonas putida and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus: analysis and implications (1987) (33)
- Benzoate and muconate, structurally dissimilar metabolites, induce expression of catA in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (1987) (33)
- Evolution of Genes for the β-Ketoadipate Pathway in Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus (1991) (33)
- Substrate Range and Genetic Analysis ofAcinetobacter Vanillate Demethylase (2000) (32)
- Acquisition of apparent DNA slippage structures during extensive evolutionary divergence of pcaD and catD genes encoding identical catalytic activities in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. (1994) (32)
- Substitution, Insertion, Deletion, Suppression, and Altered Substrate Specificity in Functional Protocatechuate 3,4-Dioxygenases (1999) (32)
- IS1236, a newly discovered member of the IS3 family, exhibits varied patterns of insertion into the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosome. (1996) (31)
- Genes for Chlorogenate and Hydroxycinnamate Catabolism (hca) Are Linked to Functionally Related Genes in the dca-pca-qui-pob-hca Chromosomal Cluster of Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 (2003) (31)
- Abundant expression of Pseudomonas genes for chlorocatechol metabolism (1988) (31)
- Recovery of DNA from the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosome by gap repair (1990) (30)
- Combining localized PCR mutagenesis and natural transformation in direct genetic analysis of a transcriptional regulator gene, pobR (1997) (29)
- Origins of metabolic diversity: substitution of homologous sequences into genes for enzymes with different catalytic activities. (1980) (29)
- Origins of metabolic diversity: evolutionary divergence by sequence repetition. (1979) (28)
- Absolute Stereochemical Course of Muconolactone Δ-Isomerase and of 4-carboxymuconolactone Decarboxylase: A H NMR “Ricochet” Analysis (1987) (28)
- Intergeneric evolutionary homology revealed by the study of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase from Azotobacter vinelandii. (1980) (27)
- Evolutionary divergence of co-selected beta-ketoadipate enol-lactone hydrolases in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. (1980) (27)
- RpoN (sigma 54) is required for conversion of phenol to catechol in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (1994) (26)
- Two Forms of d-Glycerate Kinase in Escherichia coli (1969) (26)
- Evolutionarily homologous alpha 2 beta 2 oligomeric structures in beta-ketoadipate succinyl-CoA transferases from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Pseudomonas putida. (1981) (25)
- Genetic Control of Enzyme Induction in the β-Ketoadipate Pathway of Pseudomonas putida: Two-Point Crosses with a Regulatory Mutant Strain (1972) (25)
- Influence of the catBCE sequence on the phenotypic reversion of a pcaE mutation in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (1987) (24)
- The regulation of the -ketoadipate pathway in Pseudomonas acidovorans and Pseudomonas testosteroni. (1972) (23)
- Toxicity Caused by Hydroxycinnamoyl-Coenzyme A Thioester Accumulation in Mutants of Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 (2004) (22)
- Experiences in biochemical perception (1982) (21)
- Dienelactone hydrolase from Pseudomonas cepacia (1993) (21)
- Repetitions in the NH2-terminal amino acid sequence of beta-ketoadipate enol-lactone hydrolase from Pseudomonas putida. (1980) (21)
- TOL plasmid can prevent induction of chemotactic responses to aromatic acids (1984) (20)
- Relationships among enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. II. Properties of crystalline beta-carboxy-cis,cis-muconate-lactonizing enzyme from Pseudomonas putida. (1973) (18)
- Homologous amino acid sequences in enzymes mediating sequential metabolic reactions. (1978) (16)
- Relationships among enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. IV. Muconolactone isomerase from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Pseudomonas putida. (1974) (16)
- Enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway in Pseudomonas putida: kinetic and magnetic resonance studies of the cis,cis-muconate cycloisomerase catalyzed reaction. (1983) (15)
- Relationships among enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. 3. Properties of crystalline gamma-carboxymuconolactone decarboxylase from Pseudomonas putida. (1973) (15)
- Deletion Mutations Caused by DNA Strand Slippage in Acinetobacter baylyi (2006) (15)
- [67] Conversion of catechol and protocatechuate to β-ketoadipate (Pseudomonas putida) (1970) (14)
- Nucleotide sequences transferred by gene conversion in the bacterium Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. (1995) (13)
- Evolution of catabolic pathways. (1976) (13)
- Protocatechuate is not metabolized via catechol in Enterobacter aerogenes (1987) (13)
- Spontaneous mutations affecting transcriptional regulation by protocatechuate in Acinetobacter. (2001) (9)
- Distance between alleles as a determinant of linkage in natural transformation of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (1995) (9)
- Regulation of catabolic pathways in Pseudomonas (1971) (9)
- Overlapping evolutionary affinities revealed by comparison of amino acid compositions. (1982) (9)
- Participation of the beta-ketoadipate transport system in chemotaxis. (1981) (8)
- Homologous structural genes and similar induction patterns in Azotobacter spp. and Pseudomonas spp (1980) (8)
- Evolutionary relationships among gamma-carboxymuconolactone decarboxylases (1981) (7)
- Muconate cycloisomerase. (1990) (6)
- Purification and characterization of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus 4-hydroxybenzoate 3-hydroxylase after its overexpression in Escherichia coli. (1995) (6)
- MECHANISM OF BETA-KETOADIPATE FORMATION BY BACTERIA. (1964) (6)
- Relationships among enzymes of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. I. Properties of cis,cis-muconate-lactonizing enzyme and muconolactone isomerase from Pseudomonas putida. (1973) (5)
- When Coupled to Natural Transformation in Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1, PCR Mutagenesis Is Made Less Random by Mismatch Repair (2005) (4)
- Biological distribution and physiological role of the beta-ketoadipate transport system. (1980) (4)
- Glycolate Uptake by Mutant Strains of Escherichia coli K-12 (1970) (4)
- Similar structures in gamma-carboxymuconolactone decarboxylase and beta-ketoadipate succinyl coenzyme A transferase (1982) (4)
- [21] Muconate cycloisemerase (1990) (3)
- Recurring Themes and Repeated Sequences in Metabolic Evolution (2018) (3)
- Futile High-level Adipate Transport Activity Impairs Survival of Pseudomonas putida under Starvation Conditions (1988) (3)
- 12 – Communication among Coevolving Genes (1982) (3)
- Evolutionary significance of metabolic control systems. The beta-ketoadipate pathway provides a case history in bacteria. (1967) (3)
- Phenotypic expression of polymerase chain reaction-generated random mutations in a foreign gene after its introduction into an Acinetobacter chromosome by natural transformation. (2002) (2)
- Conversations with a psychiatrist. (2010) (2)
- p-Chloromercuribenzoate specifically modifies thiols associated with the active sites of β-Ketoadipate enol-lactone hydrolase and succinyl CoA: β-Ketoadipate CoA transferase (1984) (2)
- Cloning of catBCIJFD genes for catechol degradation into chromosomal pobA and genetic stability of the recombinant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. (1996) (2)
- Muconolactone isomerase. (1990) (1)
- CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ACINETOBACTER SP. ADP1 PROTOCATECHUATE 3,4-DIOXYGENASE IN COMPLEX WITH CYANIDE (2000) (1)
- Recovery ofDNA fromtheAcinetobacter calcoaceticus Chromosome byGapRepair (1990) (1)
- [22] Muconolactone Isomerase (1990) (1)
- Abundant Expression ofPseudomonas Genesfor Chlorocatechol Metabolism (1988) (0)
- Organization and control of genes encoding catabolic enzymes in Rhizobiaceae. Progress report, March 1993 (1993) (0)
- Annual review of microbiology. Volume 44 (1989) (0)
- by high-density pyrosequencing and transposon mutagenesis pathogenesis revealed Acinetobacter baumannii New insights into (2007) (0)
- Protocatechuate IsNotMetabolized viaCatechol in (1987) (0)
- Genome Organization, Mutation, and Gene Expression in Acinetobacter (2008) (0)
- Regulation ofGlyoxylate Metabolism in Escherichia coli K-12 (1969) (0)
- CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ACINETOBACTER SP. ADP1 PROTOCATECHUATE 3,4-DIOXYGENASE AT PH < 7.0 (2000) (0)
- Inducible Uptake System for f-Carboxy-cis, cis- (0)
- Crystal Structure Of Wild-Type Protocatechuate 3,4-Dioxygenase from Acinetobacter Sp. ADP1 in Complex with Catechol (2006) (0)
- [Purification and properties of beta-ketoadipyl-coenzyme A thiolase from Pseudomonas putida]. (1988) (0)
- Evolution of Regulatory Genes Governing Biodegradation in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. (1995) (0)
- Crystal Structure Of Wild-Type Protocatechuate 3,4-Dioxygenase from Acinetobacter Sp. ADP1 (2006) (0)
- CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ACINETOBACTER SP. ADP1 PROTOCATECHUATE 3,4-DIOXYGENASE IN COMPLEX WITH 3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZOATE (2000) (0)
- Crystal Structure Of Wild-Type Protocatechuate 3,4-Dioxygenase from Acinetobacter Sp. ADP1 in Complex with 4-hydroxybenzoate (2006) (0)
- Crystal Structure of Protocatechuate 3,4-Dioxygenase from Acinetobacter Sp. ADP1 Mutant R457S in Complex with 4-Hydroxybenzoate (2006) (0)
- Control of Biodegradation in Bacteria (1991) (0)
- CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ACINETOBACTER SP. ADP1 PROTOCATECHUATE 3,4-DIOXYGENASE IN COMPLEX WITH 4-NITROCATECHOL (2000) (0)
- Negative Control of Biodegradation in Pseudomonas. (1988) (0)
- L N Ornston calcoaceticus . 3 , 4-dioxygenase in Acinetobacter structural genes for protocatechuate Spontaneous mutations in pcaH and-G (1994) (0)
- Crystal Structure Of Protocatechuate 3,4-Dioxygenase from Acinetobacter Sp. ADP1 Mutant R457S - APO (2006) (0)
- CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ACINETOBACTER SP. ADP1 PROTOCATECHUATE 3,4-DIOXYGENASE (2000) (0)
- Overlapping evolutionary affinities revealed by comparison of amio acid compositions ( mutation / recombination / oligonucleotide substitution / gene conversion / enzymes ) (2003) (0)
- Organization and control of genes encoding catabolic enzymes in Rhizobiaceae (1993) (0)
- Evolution of Regulatory Mechanisms in Bacteria (2003) (0)
- Evolution of Regulatory Genes Governing Catabolic Pathways in Acinetobacter. (1998) (0)
- Organization and control of genes encoding catabolic enzymes in Rhizobiaceae. Final report (1997) (0)
- Control of genes encoding catabolic enzymes in Bradyrhizobium. [Bradyrhizobium japonicum:a1] (1991) (0)
- Acknowledgment of Ad Hoc Reviewers (2010) (0)
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