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Articles (past five years):

  • Lee Y Y, Belas R. 2015. Loss of FliL alters Proteus mirabilis surface-sensing and temperature-dependent swarming. J. Bacteriol. 197:159-173..

  • Belas, R. 2014. Biofilms, flagella, and mechanosensing of surfaces by bacteria. Trends Microbiol. 22:517.527. .

  • Belas, R. 2013. When the swimming gets tough, the tough form a biofilm. Mol. Microbiol. 90:1-5..

  • Lee, Y. Y., J. Patellis, and R. Belas. 2013. The activity of Proteus mirabilis FliL is viscosity-dependent and requires extragenic DNA. J. Bacteriol. 195:823-832..

  • Sule, P. and R. Belas. 2013. A novel inducer of Roseobacter motility is also a disruptor of algal symbiosis. J. Bacteriol. 195:637-646. (Journal Cover Photograph)..

  • Cusick, K., Y-Y. Lee, B. Youchak, and R. Belas. 2012. Perturbation of FliL interferes with Proteus mirabilis swarmer cell gene expression and differentiation. J. Bacteriol. 194:437-447. .

  • Lee, Y-Y., C.S. Barker, P. Matsumura, and R. Belas. 2011. Refining the binding of the Escherichia coli flagellar master regulator, FlhD4C2, on a base-specific level. J. Bacteriol. 193:4057-4068. .

  • Geng, H. and R. Belas. 2011. TdaA regulates tropodithietic acid synthesis by binding to the tdaC promoter region. J. Bacteriol. 193:4002-4005. .

  • Geng, H. and R. Belas. 2010. Expression of tropodithietic acid (TDA) biosynthesis is controlled by a novel autoinducer. J. Bacteriol. 192:4377-4387. .

  • Geng, H. and R. Belas. 2010. Molecular mechanisms underlying roseobacter-dinoflagellate symbioses. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 21:332-338. .

  • Belas, R., E. Horikawa, S.-I. Aizawa, and R. Suvanasuthi. 2009. Genetic determinants of Silicibacter sp. TM1040 motility. J. Bacteriol. 191:4502-4512. .

Patents:

  • “Biosynthetic pathway and genes required for tropodithietic acid biosynthesis in Silicibacter TM1040”, U.S. Patent 8,058,417 B2. Issued 11/15/11.

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