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List of works by Melanie Blokesch

A Transmission Model of the 2010 Cholera Epidemic in Haiti

scientific article published on September 20, 2011

A Vibriophage Takes Antirepression to the Next Level

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

A quorum sensing-mediated switch contributes to natural transformation of Vibrio cholerae

scientific article published on September 2012

A transcriptional regulator linking quorum sensing and chitin induction to render Vibrio cholerae naturally transformable

scientific article published on 4 February 2013

An intracellular replication niche for Vibrio cholerae in the amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii

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Anaerobic Formate and Hydrogen Metabolism

scientific article (publication date: 29 December 2004)

Analysis of the transcarbamoylation-dehydration reaction catalyzed by the hydrogenase maturation proteins HypF and HypE.

scientific article published on August 2004

Bacterial type VI secretion system facilitates niche domination

scientific article published on 24 August 2018

Cellular microbiology interview-Dr. Melanie Blokesch

scientific article published on 15 January 2019

Chitin colonization, chitin degradation and chitin‐induced natural competence of Vibrio cholerae are subject to catabolite repression

scientific article published on January 6, 2012

Chitin induces natural competence in Vibrio cholerae

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Circulation of a Quorum-Sensing-Impaired Variant of Vibrio cholerae Strain C6706 Masks Important Phenotypes.

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ComEA is essential for the transfer of external DNA into the periplasm in naturally transformable Vibrio cholerae cells

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Comparison of chitin-induced natural transformation in pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains

scientific article published on 29 August 2020

Competence-induced type VI secretion might foster intestinal colonization by Vibrio cholerae: Intestinal interbacterial killing by competence-induced V. cholerae.

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

Composition of the DNA-uptake complex of Vibrio cholerae.

scientific article published on January 2014

Cues and regulatory pathways involved in natural competence and transformation in pathogenic and environmental Gram-negative bacteria

scientific article published on September 20, 2012

DNA transport across the outer and inner membranes of naturally transformable Vibrio cholerae is spatially but not temporally coupled

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DNA-uptake machinery of naturally competent Vibrio cholerae

scientific article published on 14 October 2013

DNA-uptake pili of Vibrio cholerae are required for chitin colonization and capable of kin recognition via sequence-specific self-interaction

scientific article published on 10 June 2019

Eco-evolutionary Dynamics Linked to Horizontal Gene Transfer in Vibrios

scientific article published on 13 June 2018

Ecological implications of gene regulation by TfoX and TfoY among diverse Vibrio species

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Evidence for two different regulatory mechanisms linking replication and segregation of vibrio cholerae chromosome II

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Genetic manipulation of Vibrio cholerae by combining natural transformation with FLP recombination

scientific article published on 13 August 2010

Glucose- but not rice-based oral rehydration therapy enhances the production of virulence determinants in the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae

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Growing away from monocultures - interdependent growth conditions for studying antibacterial and antiphage systems

scientific article published on 29 October 2020

Human commensal gut Proteobacteria withstand type VI secretion attacks through immunity protein-independent mechanisms

scientific article published on 01 October 2021

HybF, a zinc-containing protein involved in NiFe hydrogenase maturation

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In and out-contribution of natural transformation to the shuffling of large genomic regions.

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Independent Regulation of Type VI Secretion in Vibrio cholerae by TfoX and TfoY.

scientific article published on 21 April 2016

Interbacterial competition and anti-predatory behavior of environmental Vibrio cholerae strains

scientific article published on 03 September 2020

Interbacterial predation as a strategy for DNA acquisition in naturally competent bacteria

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Interbacterial predation as a strategy for DNA acquisition in naturally competent bacteria

scientific article published on 24 July 2017

Long-Read-Based Genome Sequences of Pandemic and Environmental Vibrio cholerae Strains

scientific article published on 13 December 2018

Maturation of [NiFe]-hydrogenases in Escherichia coli: the HypC cycle

scientific article published in November 2002

Maturation of hydrogenases

scientific article published on January 2006

Mechanisms of DNA Uptake by Naturally Competent Bacteria

scientific article published on 21 August 2019

Modeling Key Drivers of Cholera Transmission Dynamics Provides New Perspectives for Parasitology

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Molecular insights into Vibrio cholerae's intra-amoebal host-pathogen interactions

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Natural competence for transformation

scientific article published on 01 December 2016

Natural competence for transformation.

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Natural transformation of Vibrio cholerae as a tool--optimizing the procedure

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Neighbor predation linked to natural competence fosters the transfer of large genomic regions in

scientific article published on 03 September 2019

Network of hydrogenase maturation in Escherichia coli: role of accessory proteins HypA and HybF.

scientific article published on July 2002

Overexpression of the tcp gene cluster using the T7 RNA polymerase/promoter system and natural transformation-mediated genetic engineering of Vibrio cholerae

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Probing the size of proteins with glass nanopores

scientific article published in November 2014

Properties of the [NiFe]-hydrogenase maturation protein HypD.

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QstR-dependent regulation of natural competence and type VI secretion in Vibrio cholerae

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Quorum Sensing Contributes to Natural Transformation of Vibrio cholerae in a Species-Specific Manner

scientific article published on July 22, 2011

Reassessment of the 2010-2011 Haiti cholera outbreak and rainfall-driven multiseason projections

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Regulation of competence-mediated horizontal gene transfer in the natural habitat of Vibrio cholerae.

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Regulatory elements involved in the expression of competence genes in naturally transformable Vibrio cholerae.

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Selection of Vibrio crassostreae relies on a plasmid expressing a type 6 secretion system cytotoxic for host immune cells

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

Serogroup conversion of Vibrio cholerae in aquatic reservoirs

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The DNA-Uptake Process of Naturally Competent Vibrio cholerae

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The Janthinobacterium sp. HH01 genome encodes a homologue of the V. cholerae CqsA and L. pneumophila LqsA autoinducer synthases

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The Regulatory Network of Natural Competence and Transformation of Vibrio cholerae

scientific article published on June 21, 2012

The VarA-CsrA regulatory pathway influences cell shape in Vibrio cholerae

scientific article published on 28 March 2022

The biosynthetic routes for carbon monoxide and cyanide in the Ni-Fe active site of hydrogenases are different

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

The complex between hydrogenase-maturation proteins HypC and HypD is an intermediate in the supply of cyanide to the active site iron of [NiFe]-hydrogenases

scientific article published on November 2004

The emergence of Vibrio pathogens in Europe: ecology, evolution, and pathogenesis (Paris, 11-12th March 2015).

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The extracellular nuclease Dns and its role in natural transformation of Vibrio cholerae

scientific article published on 29 August 2008

The type IV pilus protein PilU functions as a PilT-dependent retraction ATPase

scientific article published on 16 September 2019

The type VI secretion system of Vibrio cholerae fosters horizontal gene transfer.

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TransFLP--a method to genetically modify Vibrio cholerae based on natural transformation and FLP-recombination

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Two defence systems eliminate plasmids from seventh pandemic Vibrio cholerae

scientific article published on 6 April 2022