LAURA J. RUNYEN-JANECKY
EDUCATION:
B.S. (Biology and Chemistry), Southwestern
University, 1991
Ph.D. (Cellular and Molecular Biology), University
of Wisconsin, 1996
POSTDOC: University of Texas at Austin, Department
of Microbiology
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
I am interested in the molecular mechanisms that allow bacteria to survive in stressful environments and that contribute to the evolution of bacteria, especially pathogenic bacteria. My current research uses Shigella flexneri as a model.
PUBLICATIONS:
Wei J, Goldberg MB, Burland V, Venkatesan MM, Deng W, Fournier G, Mayhew GF, Plunkett III G, Rose DJ, Darling A, Mau B, Perna NT, Payne SM, Runyen-Janecky LJ, Zhou S, Schwartz DC, Blattner FR. (2003). Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Genomics of Shigella flexneri Serotype 2a Strain 2457T. Infect. Immun. 71(5):2775-2786. (Abstract)
Runyen-Janecky LJ, Reeves SA, Gonzales EG, Payne SM. (2003). Contribution of the Shigella flexneri Sit, Iuc, and Feo Iron Acquisition Systems to Iron Acquisition In Vitro and in Cultured Cells. Infect. Immun. 71(4):1919-28. (Abstract)
Runyen-Janecky, L.J. and S.M. Payne. 2002. Identification of chromosomal Shigella flexneri genes induced by the eukaryotic intracellular environment. (Abstract).
Suh. S.J., L.J. Runyen-Janecky, T.C. Maleniak, P. Hager, C. H. MacGregor, N.A.Zielinski-Mozny, P.V. Phibbs, and S. E. West. 2002. Effect of vfr mutation on global gene expression and catabolite repression control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiology. 148:1561-1569.
Mogull, S.A., Runyen-Janecky, L.J., Hong, M., and Payne, S.M. 2001. dksA is required for intercellular spread of Shigella flexneri via an RpoS-independent mechanism. Mol. Micro. In press.
Runyen-Janecky, L.J., Hong, M., Payne, S.M. 1999. The virulence plasmid-encoded impCAB operon enhances survival and induced mutagenesis in Shigella flexneri after exposure to UV radiation. Infection and Immunity 67(3):1415-23. (Abstract)
Albus, A.M., Pesci, E.C., Runyen-Janecky, L.J., West, S.E., and B.H. Iglewski. 1997. Vfr controls quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology. 179(12):3928-35
Runyen-Janecky, L.J., Sample, A.K., Maleniak, T.C. and S.E. West. 1997. A divergently transcribed open reading frame is located upstream of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa vfr gene, a homolog of Escherichia coli crp. Journal of Bacteriology. 179(9):2802-9
West, S.E., Sample, A.K., and L.J. Runyen-Janecky. 1994. The vfr gene product, required for Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A and protease production, belongs to the cyclic AMP receptor protein family. Journal of Bacteriology. 176(24):7532-42
West, S.E., Schweizer, H.P., Dall, C., Sample, A.K. and L.J. Runyen-Janecky. 1994. Construction of improved Escherichia-Pseudomonas shuttle vectors derived from pUC18/19 and sequence of the region required for their replication in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Gene. 148(1):81-6.
EMAIL ADDRESS: runyen-janecky@mail.utexas.edu
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