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.