Recent
Publications:
Shapiro,
L. and R. Losick. (2000). Dynamic spatial regulation in the
bacterial cell. Cell 100, 89-98.
Robertson,
G.T., A. Reisenauer, R. Wright, R.B. Jensen, L. Shapiro, and R.M. Roop. (2000). The Brucella abortis
CcrM DNA methyltransferase is essential for viability and its overexpression
attenuates intracellular replication in murine macrophages. J. Bacteriol. 182,
3482-3489.
Skerker,
J.M. and L. Shapiro. (2000). Identification and cell cycle control
of a novel pilus system in Caulobacter crescentus. EMBO J. 19,
3223-3234.
Keiler,
K., L. Shapiro, and K. Williams.
(2000). tmRNAs which encode
proteolysis-inducing tags are found in all known bacterial genomes: a two piece tmRNA functions in Caulobacter. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. 97, 7778-7783.
Jensen,
R. and L. Shapiro. (2000). Proteins on the move: Dynamic protein
localization in prokaryotes.
Trends in Cell Biol. 10,
483-488.
Laub,
M., H. McAdams, T. Feldbluym, C. Fraser, and L. Shapiro. (2000). Global analysis of the genetic network controlling a bacterial
cell cycle. Science 290, 2144-2148.
Jacobs,
C., D. Hung. and L. Shapiro.
(2001). Dynamic
localization of a cytoplasmic signal transduction response regulator controls
morphogenesis during the Caulobacter
cell cycle. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
98, 3526-3531.
Nierman,
W.C. et al. (2001). Complete genome sequence of Caulobacter
crescentus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 98, 4136-4141.
Bennett,
M., D. Hung, A. Reisenauer, L. Shapiro, and S. Long. (2001). The
CtrA response regulator is essential for Rhizobium meliloti viability and is present during plant invasion. J. Bacteriol. 183,
3204-3210.
Kahng,
L.S. and L. Shapiro. (2001). The CcrM DNA methyltransferase of Agrobacterium
tumefaciens is essential and its activity
is cell cycle-regulated. J.
Bacteriol., 183, 3065-3075.
Keiler,
K., and L. Shapiro. (2001). A conserved promoter motif is required
for cell-cycle timing of dnaX
transcription in Caulobacter. J. Bacteriol. 183,
4860-4865.
Laub,
M., H. McAdams, and L. Shapiro.
(2001). A Global Approach
to the Bacterial Cell as an Integrated System. In: The
Bacterial Chromosome. (N. Patrick
Higgens, ed.) ASM Press.
Jensen,
R.B., S.-C. Wang, and L. Shapiro.
(2001). A moving DNA
replication factory in Caulobacter crescentus. EMBO J. 20,
4952-4963.