Publications

Publications

Trautmann HS, Ramsey KM. A Ribosomal Protein Homolog Governs Gene Expression and Virulence in a Bacterial Pathogen. J Bacteriol. 2022 Oct 18;204(10):e0026822. doi: 10.1128/jb.00268-22. Epub 2022 Sep 19. PMID: 36121290; PMCID: PMC9578407.

Finn MB, Ramsey KM, Dove SL, Wessels MR. 2021. Identification of Group A Streptococcus Genes Directly Regulated by CsrRS and Novel Intermediate Regulators. mBio. 12(4):e0164221. doi:10.1128/mBio.01642-21.

Finn MB, Ramsey KM, Tolliver HJ, Dove SL, Wessels MR. 2021. Improved transformation efficiency of group A Streptococcus by inactivation of a type I restriction modification system. PLoS One. 16(4):e0248201. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0248201.

Peña JM, Prezioso SM, McFarland KA, Kambara TK, Ramsey KM, Deighan P, Dove SL. Control of a programmed cell death pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by an antiterminator. Nat Commun. 2021 Mar 17;12(1):1702. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21941-7. PMID: 33731715.

Travis BA, Ramsey KM, Prezioso SM, Tallo T, Wandzilak JM, Hsu A, Borgnia M, Bartesaghi A, Dove SL, Brennan RG, Schumacher MA. Structural Basis for Virulence Activation of Francisella tularensis. Mol Cell. 2021 Jan 7;81(1):139-152.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.10.035. Epub 2020 Nov 19. PMID: 33217319; PMCID: PMC7959165.

Ramsey KM*, Ledvina HE*, Tresko TM, Wandzilak JM, Tower CA, Tallo T, Schramm CE, Peterson SB, Skerrett SJ, Mougous JD, Dove SL. Tn-Seq reveals hidden complexity in the utilization of host-derived glutathione in Francisella tularensis. PLoS Pathog. 2020 Jun 3;16(6):e1008566. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008566. PMID: 32492066; PMCID: PMC7340319.

*Authors contributed equally to this work

Gebhardt MJ, Kambara TK, Ramsey KM, Dove SL. Widespread targeting of nascent transcripts by RsmA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2020 May 12;117(19):10520-10529. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1917587117. Epub 2020 Apr 24. PMID: 32332166; PMCID: PMC7229658.

Kambara TK, Ramsey KM, Dove SL. Pervasive Targeting of Nascent Transcripts by Hfq. Cell Rep. 2018 May 1;23(5):1543-1552. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.134. PMID: 29719264; PMCID: PMC5990048

Rohlfing AE, Ramsey KM, Dove SL. Polyphosphate kinase antagonizes virulence gene expression in Francisella tularensis. J Bacteriol. 2018 Jan 10;200(3):e00460-17. doi: 10.1128/JB.00460-17. PMID: 29158241; PMCID: PMC5763045.

Eshraghi A, Kim J, Walls AC, Ledvina HE, Miller CN, Ramsey KM, Whitney JC, Radey MC, Peterson SB, Ruhland BR, Tran BQ, Goo YA, Goodlett DR, Dove SL, Celli J, Veesler D, Mougous JD. Secreted Effectors Encoded within and outside of the Francisella Pathogenicity Island Promote Intramacrophage Growth. Cell Host Microbe. 2016 Nov 9;20(5):573-583. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.10.008. PMID: 27832588; PMCID: PMC5384264.

Ramsey KM and Dove SL. A response regulator promotes Francisella tularensis intramacrophage growth by repressing an anti-virulence factor. Mol Microbiol. 2016 Aug;101(4):688-700. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13418. Epub 2016 Jun 10. PMID: 27169554; PMCID: PMC5020902.

McFarland KA, Dolben EL, LeRoux M, Kambara TK, Ramsey KM, Kirkpatrick RL, Mougous JD, Hogan DA, Dove SL. A self-lysis pathway that enhances the virulence of a pathogenic bacterium. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2015 Jul 7;112(27):8433-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1506299112. Epub 2015 Jun 22. PMID: 26100878; PMCID: PMC4500232

Ramsey KM, Osborne ML, Vvedenskaya IO, Su C, Nickels BE, Dove SL. Ubiquitous promoter-localization of essential virulence regulators in Francisella tularensis. PLoS Pathog. 2015 Apr 1;11(4):e1004793. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004793. PMID: 25830507; PMCID: PMC4382096.

Nibau C, Tao L, Levasseur K, Wu H-M, Cheung AY. The Arabidopsis small GTPase AtRAC7/ROP9 is a modulator of auxin and abscisic acid signalling. J. Exp. Bot. 2013 Aug;64(11):3425-37. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ert179. PMID: 23918972; PMCID: PMC3733156.

Yu F, Qian L, Nibau C, Duan Q, Kita D, Levasseur K, Li X, Lu C, Li H, Hou C, Li L, Buchanan BB, Chen L, Cheung AY, Li D, Luan S. FERONIA receptor kinase pathway suppresses abscisic acid signaling in Arabidopsis by activating ABI2 phosphatase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2012 Sep 4;109(36):14693-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1212547109. Epub 2012 Aug 20. PMID: 22908257; PMCID: PMC3437822.

Daily JP, Scanfeld D, Pochet N, Le Roch K, Plouffe D, Kamal M, Sarr O, Mboup S, Ndir O, Wypij D, Levasseur K, Thomas E, Tamayo P, Dong C, Zhou Y, Lander ES, Ndiaye D, Wirth D, Winzeler EA, Mesirov JP, Regev A. Distinct physiological states of Plasmodium falciparum in malaria-infected patients. Nature 2007 Dec 13;450(7172):1091-5. doi: 10.1038/nature06311. Epub 2007 Nov 28. PMID: 18046333.

de Graaf BHJ, Cheung AY, Andreyeva T, Levasseur K, Kieliszewski M, Wu H-M. Rab11 GTPase-regulated membrane trafficking is crucial for tip-focused pollen tube growth in tobacco. Plant Cell 2005 Sep;17(9):2564-79. doi: 10.1105/tpc.105.033183. Epub 2005 Aug 12. PMID: 16100336; PMCID: PMC1197435.