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Publications

1. Miller NJ
2. Dimitrakopoulou D
3. Baglia LA
4. Pavelka MS
5. Robert J
Exploring the Role of a Putative Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis Pathway in Mycobacterium abscessus Pathogenesis Using a Xenopus laevis Tadpole Model.; Microorganisms; Vol 12(6). 2024 May 31.
1. Chan H
2. Pavelka MS
3. Baran TM
Methylene blue photodynamic therapy of bacterial species found in human abscesses: Planktonic, biofilm, and 3D silicone models.; Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol 12358. 2023 Mar 14.
1. Francis ZK
2. Sanders AN
3. Crick DC
4. Mahapatra S
5. Islam MN
6. Pavelka MS
LdtC Is a Key l,d-Transpeptidase for Peptidoglycan Assembly in Mycobacterium smegmatis.; Journal of bacteriology. 2022 Jan 21.
1. Paiola M
2. Dimitrakopoulou D
3. Pavelka MS
4. Robert J
Amphibians as a model to study the role of immune cell heterogeneity in host and mycobacterial interactions.; Developmental and comparative immunology; Vol 139, pp. 104594. 2022 Jan 18.
1. Lopez A
2. Shoen C
3. Cynamon M
4. Dimitrakopoulou D
5. Paiola M
6. Pavelka MS
7. Robert J
Developing Tadpole Xenopus laevis as a Comparative Animal Model to Study Mycobacterium abscessus Pathogenicity.; International journal of molecular sciences; Vol 22(2). 2021 Jan 15.
1. Pidgeon SE
2. Apostolos AJ
3. Nelson JM
4. Shaku M
5. Rimal B
6. Islam MN
7. Crick DC
8. Kim SJ
9. Pavelka MS
10. Kana BD
11. Pires MM
L,D-Transpeptidase Specific Probe Reveals Spatial Activity of Peptidoglycan Cross-Linking.; ACS chemical biology; Vol 14(10). 2019 Oct 18.
1. Rhoo KH
2. Edholm ES
3. Forzán MJ
4. Khan A
5. Waddle AW
6. Pavelka MS
7. Robert J
Distinct Host-Mycobacterial Pathogen Interactions between Resistant Adult and Tolerant Tadpole Life Stages of Xenopus laevis.; Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 2019 Oct 07.
1. Pavelka MS
Snappy cell division in Actinobacteria.; Nature chemical biology; Vol 15(3). 2019 Mar.
1. Wlodarchak N
2. Teachout N
3. Beczkiewicz J
4. Procknow R
5. Schaenzer AJ
6. Satyshur K
7. Pavelka M
8. Zuercher W
9. Drewry D
10. Sauer JD
11. Striker R
In Silico Screen and Structural Analysis Identifies Bacterial Kinase Inhibitors which Act with β-Lactams To Inhibit Mycobacterial Growth.; Molecular pharmaceutics. 2018 Oct 18.
1. Edholm ES
2. Banach M
3. Hyoe Rhoo K
4. Pavelka MS
5. Robert J
Distinct MHC class I-like interacting invariant T cell lineage at the forefront of mycobacterial immunity uncovered inXenopus.; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2018 Apr 02.
1. Gregoire SA
2. Byam J
3. Pavelka MS
galK-based suicide vector mediated allelic exchange in Mycobacterium abscessus.; Microbiology (Reading, England). 2017 Sep 21.
1. Martinelli DJ
2. Pavelka MS
The RipA and RipB Peptidoglycan Endopeptidases Are Individually Nonessential to Mycobacterium smegmatis.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 198(9). 2016 May 1.
1. Pavelka MS
One of these is not like the others.; Trends in microbiology; Vol 23(11). 2015 Nov.
1. Boule LA
2. Winans B
3. Lambert K
4. Vorderstrasse BA
5. Topham DJ
6. Pavelka MS
7. Lawrence BP
Activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor during development enhances the pulmonary CD4+ T-cell response to viral infection.; American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology; Vol 309(3). 2015 Aug 1.
1. LoVullo ED
2. Wright LF
3. Isabella V
4. Huntley JF
5. Pavelka MS
Revisiting the Gram-negative lipoprotein paradigm.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 197(10). 2015 May.
1. Jin G
2. Pavelka MS
3. Butler JS
Structure-function analysis of VapB4 antitoxin identifies critical features of a minimal VapC4 toxin-binding module.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 197(7). 2015 Apr.
1. Pavelka MS
2. Mahapatra S
3. Crick DC
Genetics of Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis.; Microbiology spectrum; Vol 2(4). 2014 Aug.
1. Sanders AN
2. Wright LF
3. Pavelka MS
Genetic characterization of mycobacterial L,D-transpeptidases.; Microbiology (Reading, England); Vol 160(Pt 8). 2014 Aug.
1. Sanders AN
2. Pavelka MS
Phenotypic analysis of Eschericia coli mutants lacking L,D-transpeptidases.; Microbiology (Reading, England); Vol 159(Pt 9). 2013 Sep.
1. Mahapatra S
2. Piechota C
3. Gil F
4. Ma Y
5. Huang H
6. Scherman MS
7. Jones V
8. Pavelka MS
9. Moniz-Pereira J
10. Pimentel M
11. McNeil MR
12. Crick DC
Mycobacteriophage Ms6 LysA: a peptidoglycan amidase and a useful analytical tool.; Applied and environmental microbiology; Vol 79(3). 2013 Feb.
1. Slayden RA
2. Jackson M
3. Zucker J
4. Ramirez MV
5. Dawson CC
6. Crew R
7. Sampson NS
8. Thomas ST
9. Jamshidi N
10. Sisk P
11. Caspi R
12. Crick DC
13. McNeil MR
14. Pavelka MS
15. Niederweis M
16. Siroy A
17. Dona V
18. McFadden J
19. Boshoff H
20. Lew JM
Updating and curating metabolic pathways of TB.; Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland); Vol 93(1). 2013 Jan.
1. Feiler C
2. Fisher AC
3. Boock JT
4. Marrichi MJ
5. Wright L
6. Schmidpeter PA
7. Blankenfeldt W
8. Pavelka M
9. DeLisa MP
Directed evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis β-lactamase reveals gatekeeper residue that regulates antibiotic resistance and catalytic efficiency.; PloS one; Vol 8(9). 2013.
1. LoVullo ED
2. Miller CN
3. Pavelka MS
4. Kawula TH
TetR-based gene regulation systems for Francisella tularensis.; Applied and environmental microbiology; Vol 78(19). 2012 Oct.
1. Patru MM
2. Pavelka MS
A role for the class A penicillin-binding protein PonA2 in the survival of Mycobacterium smegmatis under conditions of nonreplication.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 192(12). 2010 Jun.
1. LoVullo ED
2. Molins-Schneekloth CR
3. Schweizer HP
4. Pavelka MS
Single-copy chromosomal integration systems for Francisella tularensis.; Microbiology (Reading, England); Vol 155(Pt 4). 2009 Apr.
1. LoVullo ED
2. Sherrill LA
3. Pavelka MS
Improved shuttle vectors for Francisella tularensis genetics.; FEMS microbiology letters; Vol 291(1). 2009 Feb.
1. Pavelka MS
Allelic exchange of unmarked mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.; Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.); Vol 435. 2008.
1. McCann JR
2. McDonough JA
3. Pavelka MS
4. Braunstein M
Beta-lactamase can function as a reporter of bacterial protein export during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of host cells.; Microbiology (Reading, England); Vol 153(Pt 10). 2007 Oct.
1. Kincaid EZ
2. Wolf AJ
3. Desvignes L
4. Mahapatra S
5. Crick DC
6. Brennan PJ
7. Pavelka MS
8. Ernst JD
Codominance of TLR2-dependent and TLR2-independent modulation of MHC class II in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in vivo.; Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950); Vol 179(5). 2007 Sep 1.
1. Titball RW
2. Sjostedt A
3. Pavelka MS
4. Nano FE
Biosafety and selectable markers.; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; Vol 1105. 2007 Jun.
1. Pavelka MS
Another brick in the wall.; Trends in microbiology; Vol 15(4). 2007 Apr.
1. LoVullo ED
2. Sherrill LA
3. Perez LL
4. Pavelka MS
Genetic tools for highly pathogenic Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis.; Microbiology (Reading, England); Vol 152(Pt 11). 2006 Nov.
1. McDonough JA
2. Hacker KE
3. Flores AR
4. Pavelka MS
5. Braunstein M
The twin-arginine translocation pathway of Mycobacterium smegmatis is functional and required for the export of mycobacterial beta-lactamases.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 187(22). 2005 Nov.
1. Flores AR
2. Parsons LM
3. Pavelka MS
Characterization of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis mutants hypersusceptible to beta-lactam antibiotics.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 187(6). 2005 Mar.
1. Consaul SA
2. Wright LF
3. Mahapatra S
4. Crick DC
5. Pavelka MS
An unusual mutation results in the replacement of diaminopimelate with lanthionine in the peptidoglycan of a mutant strain of Mycobacterium smegmatis.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 187(5). 2005 Mar.
1. Flores AR
2. Parsons LM
3. Pavelka MS
Genetic analysis of the beta-lactamases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis and susceptibility to beta-lactam antibiotics.; Microbiology (Reading, England); Vol 151(Pt 2). 2005 Feb.
1. Raymond JB
2. Mahapatra S
3. Crick DC
4. Pavelka MS
Identification of the namH gene, encoding the hydroxylase responsible for the N-glycolylation of the mycobacterial peptidoglycan.; The Journal of biological chemistry; Vol 280(1). 2005 Jan 7.
1. Consaul SA
2. Pavelka MS
Use of a novel allele of the Escherichia coli aacC4 aminoglycoside resistance gene as a genetic marker in mycobacteria.; FEMS microbiology letters; Vol 234(2). 2004 May 15.
1. Raymond JB
2. Price NP
3. Pavelka MS
A method for the enzymatic synthesis and HPLC purification of the peptidoglycan precursor UDP-N-acetylmuramic acid.; FEMS microbiology letters; Vol 229(1). 2003 Dec 5.
1. Consaul SA
2. Jacobs WR
3. Pavelka MS
Extragenic suppression of the requirement for diaminopimelate in diaminopimelate auxotrophs of Mycobacterium smegmatis.; FEMS microbiology letters; Vol 225(1). 2003 Aug 8.
1. Pavelka MS
2. Chen B
3. Kelley CL
4. Collins FM
5. Jacobs Jr WR
Vaccine efficacy of a lysine auxotroph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.; Infection and immunity; Vol 71(7). 2003 Jul.
1. Gokulan K
2. Rupp B
3. Pavelka MS
4. Jacobs WR
5. Sacchettini JC
Crystal structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis diaminopimelate decarboxylase, an essential enzyme in bacterial lysine biosynthesis.; The Journal of biological chemistry; Vol 278(20). 2003 May 16.
1. Bardarov S
2. Bardarov S
3. Pavelka MS
4. Sambandamurthy V
5. Larsen M
6. Tufariello J
7. Chan J
8. Hatfull G
9. Jacobs WR
Specialized transduction: an efficient method for generating marked and unmarked targeted gene disruptions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis BCG and M. smegmatis.; Microbiology (Reading, England); Vol 148(Pt 10). 2002 Jan.
1. Pavelka MS
2. Jacobs WR
Comparison of the construction of unmarked deletion mutations in Mycobacterium smegmatis, Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv by allelic exchange.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 181(16). 1999 Aug.
1. Pavelka MS
2. Weisbrod TR
3. Jacobs WR
Cloning of the dapB gene, encoding dihydrodipicolinate reductase, from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 179(8). 1997 Apr.
1. Pavelka MS
2. Jacobs WR
Biosynthesis of diaminopimelate, the precursor of lysine and a component of peptidoglycan, is an essential function of Mycobacterium smegmatis.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 178(22). 1996 Nov.
1. Balasubramanian V
2. Pavelka MS
3. Bardarov SS
4. Martin J
5. Weisbrod TR
6. McAdam RA
7. Bloom BR
8. Jacobs WR
Allelic exchange in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with long linear recombination substrates.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 178(1). 1996 Jan.
1. Pavelka MS
2. Hayes SF
3. Silver RP
Characterization of KpsT, the ATP-binding component of the ABC-transporter involved with the export of capsular polysialic acid in Escherichia coli K1.; The Journal of biological chemistry; Vol 269(31). 1994 Aug 5.
1. Pavelka MS
2. Wright LF
3. Silver RP
Identification of two genes, kpsM and kpsT, in region 3 of the polysialic acid gene cluster of Escherichia coli K1.; Journal of bacteriology; Vol 173(15). 1991 Aug.