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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE
The evolution of a counter-defense mechanism in a virus constrains its host range.
Srikant S., Guegler C.K., Laub M.T.
(2022) eLife, 11:e79549
The DarTG toxin-antitoxin system provides phage defence by ADP-ribosylating viral DNA.
LeRoux M., Srikant S., Teodoro, G.I.C., Zhang T., Littlehale M.L., Doron S., Badiee M., Leung A.K.L., Sorek R., Laub M.T.
(2022) Nature Microbiology, 7:1028-1040
Nocedal I., Laub M.T.
(2022) eLife, 10:e77346
Gozzi K., Salinas R., Nguyen V.D., Laub M.T., Schumacher M.A.
(2022) Genes & Development, 36:618-633
A silent operon of Photorhabdus luminescens encodes a prodrug mimic of GTP.
Shahsavari N., Wang B., Imai Y., Mori M., Son S., Liang L., Böhringer N., Manuse S., Gates M.F., Morrissette M., Corsetti R., Espinoza J.L., Dupont C.L., Laub M.T., Lewis K.
(2022) mBio, 13:e0070022
Toxin-antitoxin systems as phage defense elements.
LeRoux M., Laub M.T.
(2022) Annual Review of Microbiology, in press
Co-evolution of interacting proteins through non-contacting and non-specific mutations.
Ding D., Green A.G., Wang B., Lite T-L.V., Weinstein E.N., Marks D.S., Laub M.T.
(2022) Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6:590-603
Robust and tunable signal processing in mammalian cells via engineered covalent modification cycles.
Jones R.D., Qian Y., Ilia K., Wang B., Laub M.T., Del Vecchio D., Weiss R.
(2022) Nature Communications, 13:1720
Escherichia coli SymE is a DNA-binding protein that can condense the nucleoid.
Thompson M.K., Nocedal I., Culviner P.H., Zhang T., Gozzi K., Laub M.T.
(2022) Molecular Microbiology, 117:851-870
Culviner P.H., Nocedal I., Fortune S.M., Laub M.T.
(2021) mBio, 21:e0201221
Evolution towards virulence in a Burkholderia two-component system.
Schaefers M.M., Wang B.X., Boisvert N.M., Martini S.J., Bonney S.L., Marshall C.W., Laub M.T., Cooper V.S., Priebe G.P.
(2021) mBio, 12:e0182321
High-resolution, genome-wide mapping of positive supercoiling in chromosomes.
Guo M.S., Kawamura R., Littlehale M.L., Marko J.F., Laub M.T.
(2021) Elife, 10:e67236
Activation of a signaling pathway by the physical translocation of a chromosome.
Guzzo M., Sanderlin A.G., Castro L.K., Laub M.T.
(2021) Developmental Cell, 56:2145-2159
Guegler C.K., Laub M.T.
(2021) Molecular Cell, 81:2361-2373
Wang B.X., Cady K.C., Oyarce G.C., Ribbeck K., Laub M.T.
(2021) Applied Environmental Microbiology, 26: AEM.03089-20
Characterizing the portability of phage-encoded homologous recombination proteins.
Filsinger G.T., Wannier T.M., Pedersen F.B., Lutz I.D., Zhang J., Stork D.A., Debnath A., Gozzi K., Kuchwara H., Volf V., Wang S., Rios X., Gregg C.J., Lajoie M.J., Shipman S.L., Aach J., Laub M.T., Church G.M.
(2021) Nature Chemical Biology, 17:394-402
Wang B.X., Wheeler K.M., Cady K.C., Lehoux S., Cummings R.D., Laub M.T., Ribbeck K.
(2021) Current Biology, 31: 90-102
Lite T.V., Grant R.A., Nocedal I., Littlehale M.L., Guo M.S., Laub M.T.
(2020) elife, 9: e60924
ppGpp coordinates nucleotide and amino-acid aynthesis in E. coli during starvation.
Wang B., Grant R.A., Laub M.T.
(2020) Molecular Cell, 80: 29-42
Stress can induce transcription of toxin-antitoxin systems without activating toxin.
LeRoux M., Culviner P.H., Liu Y.J., Littlehale M.L., Laub M.T.
(2020) Molecular Cell, 79: 280-292.
Constraints on the expansion of paralogous protein families.
McClune C.J., Laub M.T.
(2020) Current Biology, 30: R460-R464
A simple, cost-effective, and robust method for rRNA depletion in RNA-sequencing studies.
Culviner P.H., Guegler C.K., Laub M.T.
(2020) mBio, 11: e000010-20
A CRISPR interference system for efficient and rapid gene knockdown in Caulobacter crescentus.
Guzzo M., Castro L.K., Reisch C.R., Guo M.S., Laub M.T.
(2020) mBio, 11: e02415-19
An interbacterial toxin inhibits target cell growth by synthesizing (p)ppApp.
Ahmad S., Wang B., Walker M.D., Tran H.R., Stogios P.J., Savchenko A., Grant R.A., McArthur A.G., Laub M.T., Whitney J.C.
(2019) Nature, 575: 674-678
Engineering orthogonal signalling pathways reveals the sparse occupancy of sequence space.
McClune C.J., Alvarez-Buylla A., Voigt C.A., Laub M.T.
(2019) Nature, 574: 702-706
Kraemer J.A., Sanderlin A.G., Laub M.T.
(2019) mBio, 10: e01330-19
Unique patterns and biogeochemical relevance of two-component sensing in marine bacteria.
Held N.A., McIlvin M.R., Moran D.M., Laub M.T., Saito M.A.
(2019) mSystems, 4: e00317-18
Mechanisms of resistance to the contact-fependent bacteriocin CdzC/D in Caulobacter crescentus.
García-Bayona L., Gozzi K., Laub M.T.
(2019) Journal of Bacteriology, 201: e00538-18
Affinity-based capture and identification of protein effectors of the growth regulator ppGpp.
Wang B., Dai P., Ding D., Del Rosario A., Grant R.A., Pentelute B.L., Laub M.T.
(2019) Nature Chemical Biology, 15: 141-50
Davidson P., Eutsey R., Redler B., Hiller N.L., Laub M.T., Durand D.
(2018) PLOS Genetics, 14: e1007470.
Guo M.S., Haakonsen D.L., Zeng W., Schumacher M.A., Laub M.T.
(2018) Cell, 175: 583-597
Constriction rate modulation can drive cell size control and homeostasis in C. crescentus.
Lambert A., Vanhecke A., Archetti A., Holden S, Schaber F., Pincus Z., Laub M.T., Goley E., Manley S.
(2018) iScience, 4: 180-189.
Culviner P.H., Laub M.T.
(2018) Molecular Cell, 70: 868-80.
Wu X., Haakonsen D.L., Sanderlin A.G., Liu Y.J., Shen L., Zhuang N., Laub M.T., Zhang Y.
(2018) Nucleic Acids Research, 46: 3245-56.
Tran N.T., Laub M.T., Le T.B.K.
(2017) Cell Reports, 20: 2057-71
Tan J., Doing G., Lewis K.A., Price C.E., Chen K.M., Cady K.C., Perchuk B., Laub M.T., Hogan D.A., Greene C.S.
(2017) Cell Systems, 5: 63-71.
Badrinarayanan A., Le T.B.K., Spille J.H., Cisse I.I., Laub M.T.
(2017) PLOS Genetics, 13: e1006783.
Garcia-Bayona L., Guo M.S., Laub M.T.
(2017) eLife, 6: e24869.
Bacillus subtilis SMC complexes juxtapose chromosome arms as they travel from origin to terminus.
Wang X., Brandão H.B., Le T.B., Laub M.T., Rudner D.Z.
(2017) Science, 355: 524-7.
ClpAP is an auxiliary protease for DnaA degradation in Caulobacter crescentus.
Liu J., Francis L.I., Jonas K., Laub M.T., Chien P.
(2016) Molecular Microbiology, 102: 1075-85.
Salazar M.E., Podgornaia A.I., Laub M.T.
(2016) Molecular Microbiology, 102: 430-45.
Keeping signals straight: how cells process information and make decisions.
Laub, M.T.
(2016) PLOS Biology, 14: e1002519
Le, T.B., Laub, M.T.
(2016) EMBO, 35:1582-95.
Bacterial chromosome organization and segregation
Badrinarayanan, A., Le, T.B., Laub, M.T.
(2015) Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, 31: 171-99.
Haakonsen, D.L., Yuan, A.H., Laub, M.T.
(2015) Genes & Development, 29: 2272-86.
Lubin, E.A., Henry, J.T., Fiebig, A., Crosson, S., Laub, M.T.
(2015) Journal of Bacteriology, 198: 187-200.
Evolving new protein-protein interaction specificity through promiscuous intermediates
Aakre, C.D., Herrou, J., Phung, T.N., Perchuk, B.S., Crosson, S., Laub, M.T.
(2015) Cell, 163: 594-606.
Condensin promotes the juxtaposition of DNA flanking its loading site in Bacillus subtilis
Wang, X., Le, T.B., Lajoie, B.R., Dekker, J., Laub, M.T., Rudner, D.Z.
(2015) Genes & Development, 29: 1661-75.
Badrinayanan, A., Le, T.B., Laub, M.T.
(2015) Journal of Cell Biology, 3: 385-400.
Leslie, D.J., Heinen, C., Schramm, F.D., Thüring, M., Aakre, C.D., Murray, S.M., Laub, M.T., Jonas, K.
(2015) PLOS Genetics, 11: e1005342.
Protein evolution. Pervasive degeneracy and epistasis in a protein-protein interface
Podgornaia, A.I., Laub, M.T.
(2015) Science, 347: 673-7.
Temporal and evolutionary dynamics of two-component signaling pathways
Salazar, M.E., Laub, M.T.
(2015) Current Opinion in Microbiology, 24: 7-14. PMC4380680.
A DNA damage-induced, SOS-independent checkpoint regulates cell division in Caulobacter crescentus
Modell, J.W., Kambara, T.K., Perchuk, B.S., Laub, M.T.
(2014) PLOS Biology, 12: e1001977.
Permanent genetic memory with >1-byte capacity
Yang, L., Nielsen, A.A., Fernandez-Rodriguez, J., McClune, C.J., Laub, M.T., Lu, T.K., Voigt, C.A.
(2014) Nature Methods, 11: 1261-66.
New approaches to understanding the spatial organization of bacterial genomes
Le, T.B., Laub, M.T.
(2014) Current Opinion in Microbiology, 22: 15-21.
Aakre C.D., Phung T.N., Huang D., Laub, M.T.
(2013) Molecular Cell, 52:617-28.
High-resolution mapping of the spatial organization of a bacterial chromosome
Le, T.B., Imakaev, M.V., Mirny, L.A., Laub, M.T.
(2013) Science, 342: 731-4.
Structural basis of a rationally rewired protein-protein interface critical to bacterial signaling
Podgornaia, A., Casino, P., Marina, A., Laub, M.T.
(2013) Structure, 21: 1636-47.
Jonas, K., Liu, J., Chien, P., Laub, M.T.
(2013) Cell, 154: 623-36.
Using analyses of amino acid coevolution to understand protein structure and function
Ashenberg, O., Laub, M.T.
(2013) Methods in Enzymology, 523:191-212.
Gora, K.G., Cantin, A., Wohlever, M., Joshi, K.K., Perchuk, B.S., Chien, P., Laub, M.T.
(2013) Molecular Microbiology: 87: 1277-89.
Determinants of specificity in two-component signal transduction
Podgornaia, A.I., Laub, M.T.
(2013) Current Opinion in Microbiology, 16: 156-62.
Helix bundle loops determine whether histidine kinases autophosphorylate in cis or in trans
Ashenberg, O., Keating, A.E., Laub, M.T.
(2013) Journal of Molecular Biology, 425: 1198-209.
Polarity and cell fate asymmetry in Caulobacter crescentus
Tsokos, C.G, Laub, M.T.
(2012) Current Opinion in Microbiology, 15: 744-50.
Spatial tethering of kinases to their substrates relaxes evolutionary constraints on specificity
Capra, E.J., Perchuk, B.S., Ashenberg, O., Seid, C.A., Snow, H.R., Skerker, J.M., Laub, M.T.
(2012) Molecular Microbiology, 86: 1393-403.
Capra, E.J., Perchuk, B.S., Skerker, J.M., Laub, M.T.
(2012) Cell, 150: 222-32.
The evolution of two-component signal transduction systems
Capra, E.J., Laub, M.T.
(2012) Annual Review of Microbiology, 66: 325-47.
Asymmetric cell division: a persistent issue?
Aakre, C.D., Laub, M.T.
(2012) Developmental Cell, 22: 235-36.
Abel, S., Chien, P., Wassmann, P., Schirmer, T., Kaever, V., Laub, M.T., Baker, T.A., Jenal, U.
(2011) Molecular Cell, 43: 550-60.
Determinants of homodimerization specificity in histidine kinases
Ashenberg, O., Rozen-Gagnon, K., Laub, M.T., Keating, A.E.
(2011) Journal of Molecular Biology, 413: 222-35.
Modell, J.W., Hopkins, A.C., Laub, M.T.
(2011) Genes and Development, 25: 328-43.
Jonas, K., Chen, Y.E., Laub, M.T.
(2011) Current Biology, 21: 1092-1101.
Tsokos, C.G., Perchuk, B.S., Laub, M.T.
(2011) Developmental Cell, 20: 329-41.
A spatial gradient of protein phosphorylation underlies replicative asymmetry in a bacterium
Chen, Y.E., Tropini, C., Jonas K., Tsokos, C.T., Huang, K.C., Laub, M.T.
(2011) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 108: 1052-7.
Evolving a robust signal transduction pathway from weak cross-talk
Siryaporn, A., Perchuk, B.S., Laub, M.T., Goulian, M.
(2010) Molecular Systems Biology, 6: 452.
Capra, E.J., Perchuk, B.S., Lubin, E.A., Ashenberg, O., Skerker, J.M., Laub, M.T.
(2010) PLOS Genetics, 6: e1001220.
Gora, K.G., Tsokos, C.G., Chen, Y.E., Srinivasan, B.S., Perchuk, B.S., Laub, M.T.
(2010) Molecular Cell, 39: 455-67.
England, J.C., Perchuk, B.S., Laub, M.T., Gober, J.W.
(2010) Journal of Bacteriology, 192: 819-33.
The role of two-component signal transduction systems in bacterial stress responses
Laub, M.T.
(2010) Microbial Stress Responses (G. Storz and R. Hengge, editors, ASM Press).
Dynamics of two phosphorelays controlling cell cycle progression in Caulobacter crescentus
Chen, Y.E., Tsokos, C.G., Biondi, E.G., Perchuk, B.S., Laub, M.T.
(2009) Journal of Bacteriology, 191: 7417-29.
Overexpression of VpsS, a hybrid sensor kinase, enhances biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae
Shikuma, N.J., Fong, J.C., Odell, L.S., Perchuk, B.S., Laub, M.T., Yildiz, F.H.
(2009) Journal of Bacteriology, 191, 5147-58.
Rewiring the specificity of two-component signal transduction systems
Skerker, J.M., Perchuk, B.S., Siryaporn, A., Lubin, E., Ashenberg, O., Goulian, M., Laub, M.T.
(2008) Cell, 133: 1043-54.
Allosteric regulation of histidine kinases by their cognate response regulator determines cell fate
Paul, R., Jaeger, T., Abel, S., Wiederkehr, I., Folcher, M., Biondi, E.G., Laub, M.T., Jenal, U.
(2008) Cell, 133: 452-61.
Specificity in two-component signal transduction pathways.
Laub, M.T., Goulian, M.
(2007) Annual Review of Genetics, 41: 121-45.
Systems biology of Caulobacter.
Laub, M.T., Shapiro, L., McAdams, H.H.
(2007) Annual Review of Genetics, 41: 429-41.
Alvarez-Martinez, C.E., Lourenço, R.F., Baldini, R.L., Laub, M.T., Gomes, S.L.
(2007) Molecular Microbiology, 66: 1240-55.
Direct and adaptor-mediated substrate recognition by an essential AAA+ protease
Chien, P., Perchuk, B.S., Laub, M.T., Sauer, R.T., Baker, T.A.
(2007) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 104: 6590-95.
Laub, M.T., Biondi, E.G., Skerker, J.M.
(2007) Methods in Enzymology, 423: 531-48.
Regulation of the bacterial cell cycle by an integrated genetic circuit
Biondi, E.G., Reisinger, S.J., Skerker, J.M., Arif, M., Perchuk, B.S., Ryan, K.R., Laub, M.T.
(2006) Nature, 444: 899-904.
Badger, J.H., Hoover, T.R., Brun, Y.V., Weiner, R.M., Laub, M.T., et al.
(2006) Journal of Bacteriology, 188: 6841-50.
Biondi, E.G., Skerker, J.M., Perchuk, B., Prasol, M., Laub, M.T.
(2006) Molecular Microbiology, 59: 386-401.
Skerker, J.M., Prasol, M., Perchuk, B., Biondi, E., Laub, M.T.
(2005) PLOS Biology, 3: 334-53.
Cell cycle progression and the generation of asymmetry in Caulobacter crescentus
Skerker, J.M., Laub, M.T.
(2004) Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2: 325-37.
Global approaches to the bacterial cell as an integrated system
Laub, M.T., Shapiro, L., McAdams, H.H.
(2004) The Bacterial Chromosome (N. Patrick Higgins, editor, ASM Press).
Genomic analysis of the bacterial cell cycle
Laub, M.T., McAdams, H.H., Shapiro, L.
(2004) Microbial Genomes (C. M. Fraser, K. E. Nelson, T. D. Read, editors, Humana Press), 127-40.
Functions of the CckA histidine kinase in Caulobacter cell cycle control
Jacobs, C., Ausmees, N., Cordwell, S.J., Shapiro, L., Laub, M.T.
(2003) Molecular Microbiology, 47: 1279-90.
Microbial Genomics: All That You Can’t Leave Behind
Stephens, C., Laub, M.T.
(2003) Current Biology, 13: R571-73.
Transcriptional profiling in bacteria using microarrays
Laub, M.T., Rosenzweig, R.F.
(2003) Methods and Tools in Biosciences and Medicine: Prokaryotic Genomics and Genetics (M. Blot, editor, Birkhauser Verlag Press), 131-44.
Genes directly controlled by CtrA, a master regulator of the Caulobacter cell cycle
Laub, M.T., Chen, S.L., Shapiro, L., McAdams, H.H.
(2002) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 99: 4632-37.
Complete genome sequence of Caulobacter crescentus strain CB15
Nierman, W.C., Feldblyum, T.V., Laub, M.T., et al.
(2001) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 98: 4136-41.
Expression patterns of cell-type-specific genes in Dictyostelium
Iranfar, N., Fuller, D., Sasik, R., Hwa, T., Laub, M.T., Loomis, W.F.
(2001) Molecular Biology of the Cell, 12: 2590-600.
Global analysis of the genetic network controlling a bacterial cell cycle
Laub, M.T., McAdams, H.H., Feldblyum, T., Fraser, C.M., Shapiro, L.
(2000) Science, 290: 2144-48.
Toggles and oscillators: new genetic circuit designs
Judd, E.M., Laub, M.T., and McAdams, H.H.
(2000) Bioessays, 22: 507-9.
Functional Characterization of the S. cerevisiae genome by gene deletion and parallel analysis
Winzeler, E.A., Shoemaker, D.D., Astromoff, A., Liang, H., Anderson, K., Andre, B., Bangham, R., Benito, R., Boeke, J.D., Bussey, H., Chu, A.M., Connelly, C., Davis, K., Dietrich, F., Dow, S.W., El Bakkoury, M., Foury, F., Friend, S.H., Gentalen, E., Giaever, G., Hegemann, J.H., Jones, T., Laub, M., Liao, H., Davis, R.W., et al.
(1999) Science, 285: 901-6.
tip genes act in parallel pathways of early Dictyostelium development
Stege, J.T., Laub, M.T., and Loomis, W.F.
(1999) Developmental Genetics, 25: 64-77.
A molecular network that produces spontaneous oscillations in excitable cells of Dictyostelium
Laub, M.T., and Loomis, W.F.
(1998) Molecular Biology of the Cell, 9: 3521-32.
Finding intron/exon splice junctions using INFO, INterruption Finder and Organizer
Laub, M.T., and Smith, D.W.
(1998) Journal of Computational Biology, 5: 307-21.