selected publications
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academic article
- Shifts in the host range of a promiscuous plasmid through parallel evolution of its replication initiation protein. The ISME (International Society for Microbial Ecology) Journal. 4:1568-1580. 2010
- Adaptive plasmid evolution results in host-range expansion of a broad-host-range plasmid. Genetics. 178:2179-2190. 2008
- Host-specific factors determine the persistence of IncP-1 plasmids. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 24:1951-1954. 2008
- Using Mahalanobis distance to compare genomic signatures between bacterial plasmids and chromosomes.. Nucleic Acids Research. 36. 2008
- Region-specific insertion of transposons in combination with selection for high plasmid transferability and stability accounts for the structural similarity of IncP-1 plasmids. Journal of Bacteriology. 189:3091-3098. 2007
- Genomic and functional analysis of the IncP-9 naphthalene-catabolic plasmid NAH7 and its transposon Tn4655 suggests catabolic gene spread by a tyrosine recombinase. Journal of Bacteriology. 188:4057-4067. 2006
- Plasmid pBP136 from Bordetella pertussis represents an ancestral form of IncP-1 beta plasmids without accessory mobile elements. Microbiology. 152:3477-3484. 2006