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.