selected scholarly activity
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academic article
- Inter-replicon Gene Flow Contributes to Transcriptional Integration in the Sinorhizobium meliloti Multipartite Genome.. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 8:1711-1720. 2018
- Succinate Transport Is Not Essential for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation by Sinorhizobium meliloti or Rhizobium leguminosarum.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84. 2018
- Techniques for Large-Scale Bacterial Genome Manipulation and Characterization of the Mutants with Respect to In Silico Metabolic Reconstructions.. Methods in Molecular Biology. 1716:291-314. 2018
- A Key Regulator of the Glycolytic and Gluconeogenic Central Metabolic Pathways in Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Genetics. 207:961-974. 2017
- PhoU Allows Rapid Adaptation to High Phosphate Concentrations by Modulating PstSCAB Transport Rate in Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Journal of Bacteriology. 199. 2017
- The Divided Bacterial Genome: Structure, Function, and Evolution.. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 81. 2017
- Heterologous Complementation Reveals a Specialized Activity for BacA in the Medicago-Sinorhizobium meliloti Symbiosis.. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 30:312-324. 2017
- A putative 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase is required for efficient symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Sinorhizobium meliloti and Sinorhizobium fredii NGR234.. Environmental Microbiology. 19:218-236. 2017
- Genomic resources for identification of the minimal N2 -fixing symbiotic genome.. Environmental Microbiology. 18:2534-2547. 2016
- Loss of malic enzymes leads to metabolic imbalance and altered levels of trehalose and putrescine in the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti.. BMC Microbiology. 16:163. 2016
- Metabolic modelling reveals the specialization of secondary replicons for niche adaptation in Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Nature Communications. 7:12219. 2016
- Effects of synthetic large-scale genome reduction on metabolism and metabolic preferences in a nutritionally complex environment. Metabolomics. 12. 2016
- L-Hydroxyproline and d-Proline Catabolism in Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Journal of Bacteriology. 198:1171-1181. 2016
- Proline auxotrophy in Sinorhizobium meliloti results in a plant-specific symbiotic phenotype.. Microbiology. 161:2341-2351. 2015
- Effects of Bioavailable Heavy Metal Species, Arsenic, and Acid Drainage from Mine Tailings on a Microbial Community Sampled Along a Pollution Gradient in a Freshwater Ecosystem. Geomicrobiology Journal. 32:724-750. 2015
- Genetic redundancy is prevalent within the 6.7 Mb Sinorhizobium meliloti genome.. Molecular Genetics and Genomics Molecular and General Genetics. 290:1345-1356. 2015
- Examination of prokaryotic multipartite genome evolution through experimental genome reduction.. PLoS Genetics. 10:e1004742. 2014
- Cell growth inhibition upon deletion of four toxin-antitoxin loci from the megaplasmids of Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Journal of Bacteriology. 196:811-824. 2014
- The tRNAarg gene and engA are essential genes on the 1.7-Mb pSymB megaplasmid of Sinorhizobium meliloti and were translocated together from the chromosome in an ancestral strain.. Journal of Bacteriology. 195:202-212. 2013
- Control of hydroxyproline catabolism in Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Molecular Microbiology Microbiological Sciences. 85:1133-1147. 2012
- NAD(P)+-malic enzyme mutants of Sinorhizobium sp. strain NGR234, but not Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571, maintain symbiotic N2 fixation capabilities.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78:2803-2812. 2012
- An ABC-type cobalt transport system is essential for growth of Sinorhizobium meliloti at trace metal concentrations.. Journal of Bacteriology. 193:4405-4416. 2011
- The LysR-type PcaQ protein regulates expression of a protocatechuate-inducible ABC-type transport system in Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Microbiology. 157:2522-2533. 2011
- Determination of 4-hydroxyproline-2-epimerase activity by capillary electrophoresis: A stereoselective platform for inhibitor screening of amino acid isomerases.. Electrophoresis. 31:2831-2837. 2010
- Sinorhizobium meliloti phospholipase C required for lipid remodeling during phosphorus limitation.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107:302-307. 2010
- A shotgun lipidomics study of a putative lysophosphatidic acid acyl transferase (PlsC) in Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 877:2873-2882. 2009
- Identification of a hydroxyproline transport system in the legume endosymbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 22:1116-1127. 2009
- A shotgun lipidomics approach in Sinorhizobium meliloti as a tool in functional genomics.. Journal of Lipid Research. 50:1120-1132. 2009
- Genetic and biochemical properties of an alkaline phosphatase PhoX family protein found in many bacteria.. Environmental Microbiology. 11:1572-1587. 2009
- Cyclopropane fatty acyl synthase in Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Microbiology. 155:373-385. 2009
- Quorum quenching in Agrobacterium tumefaciens: chance or necessity?. Journal of Bacteriology. 191:1123-1125. 2009
- Binding site determinants for the LysR-type transcriptional regulator PcaQ in the legume endosymbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Journal of Bacteriology. 190:1237-1246. 2008
- Genomes of the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria of legumes.. Plant Physiology. 144:615-622. 2007
- A Sinorhizobium meliloti minE mutant has an altered morphology and exhibits defects in legume symbiosis.. Microbiology. 153:375-387. 2007
- Malic enzyme cofactor and domain requirements for symbiotic N2 fixation by Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Journal of Bacteriology. 189:160-168. 2007
- Mapping the Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 solute-binding protein-dependent transportome.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 103:17933-17938. 2006
- An integrated approach to functional genomics: construction of a novel reporter gene fusion library for Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72:7156-7167. 2006
- Characterization of the beta-ketoadipate pathway in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72:5403-5413. 2006
- Characterization of the beta-ketoadipate pathway in Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72:5403-5413. 2006
- Promoter prediction in the rhizobia. Microbiology. 152:1751-1763. 2006
- Promoter prediction in the rhizobia.. Microbiology. 152:1751-1763. 2006
- Identification of a megaplasmid centromere reveals genetic structural diversity within the repABC family of basic replicons.. Molecular Microbiology Microbiological Sciences. 59:1559-1575. 2006
- Regulation and properties of PstSCAB, a high-affinity, high-velocity phosphate transport system of Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Journal of Bacteriology. 188:1089-1102. 2006
- Genome prediction of PhoB regulated promoters in Sinorhizobium meliloti and twelve proteobacteria.. Nucleic Acids Research. 34:2686-2697. 2006
- Novel DNA sequences from natural strains of the nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71:7130-7138. 2005
- Phosphate limitation induces catalase expression in Sinorhizobium meliloti, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Agrobacterium tumefaciens.. Molecular Microbiology Microbiological Sciences. 58:877-894. 2005
- Novel pathway for arsenic detoxification in the legume symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Journal of Bacteriology. 187:6991-6997. 2005
- The expression of a novel antisense gene mediates incompatibility within the large repABC family of alpha-proteobacterial plasmids.. Molecular Microbiology Microbiological Sciences. 55:611-623. 2005
- Analysis of the legume-rhizobia symbiosis in shrubs from central western Spain. (vol 95, pg 1367, 2003). Journal of Applied Microbiology Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 97:1328-1328. 2004
- Analysis of the legume-rhizobia symbiosis in shrubs from central western Spain.. Journal of Applied Microbiology Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 95:1367-1374. 2003
- Dinucleotide compositional analysis of Sinorhizobium meliloti using the genome signature: distinguishing chromosomes and plasmids.. Functional and Integrative Genomics. 2:274-281. 2002
- Evolving insights: symbiosis islands and horizontal gene transfer.. Journal of Bacteriology. 184:2855-2856. 2002
- Cloning and characterization of the pyruvate carboxylase from Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021.. Archives of Microbiology Archiv f�r Mikrobiologie. 176:355-363. 2001
- The complete sequence of the 1,683-kb pSymB megaplasmid from the N2-fixing endosymbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 98:9889-9894. 2001
- The composite genome of the legume symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti.. Science The Scientific monthly. 293:668-672. 2001
- Use of differential fluorescence induction and optical trapping to isolate environmentally induced genes.. Environmental Microbiology. 3:397-406. 2001
- oriT-directed cloning of defined large regions from bacterial genomes: identification of the Sinorhizobium meliloti pExo megaplasmid replicator region.. Journal of Bacteriology. 182:5486-5494. 2000
- Characterization of two members of a novel malic enzyme class.. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1432:275-285. 1999
- The regulator gene phoB mediates phosphate stress-controlled synthesis of the membrane lipid diacylglyceryl-N,N,N-trimethylhomoserine in Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti.. Molecular Microbiology Microbiological Sciences. 32:63-73. 1999
- Phosphate assimilation in Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti: identification of a pit-like gene.. Journal of Bacteriology. 180:4219-4226. 1998
- Chimeric structure of the NAD(P)+- and NADP+-dependent malic enzymes of Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273:9330-9336. 1998
- Regulation of phosphate assimilation in Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti.. Genetics. 148:1689-1700. 1998
- Characterization of the Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti high- and low-affinity phosphate uptake systems.. Journal of Bacteriology. 179:7226-7232. 1997
- Genetic analysis of mutations affecting pckA regulation in Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti.. Genetics. 147:1521-1531. 1997
- Increased pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase activity results in an alternative gluconeogenic pathway in Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti.. Microbiology. 143 ( Pt 5):1639-1648. 1997
- Properties of NAD(+)- and NADP(+)-dependent malic enzymes of Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti and differential expression of their genes in nitrogen-fixing bacteroids.. Microbiology. 143 ( Pt 2):489-498. 1997
- A phosphate transport system is required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium meliloti.. Journal of Bacteriology. 178:4540-4547. 1996
- NADP+ -dependent malic enzyme of Rhizobium meliloti.. Journal of Bacteriology. 178:2224-2231. 1996
- Identification of Rhizobium-specific intergenic mosaic elements within an essential two-component regulatory system of Rhizobium species.. Journal of Bacteriology. 177:5485-5494. 1995
- Molecular and expression analysis of the Rhizobium meliloti phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (pckA) gene.. Journal of Bacteriology. 177:1452-1460. 1995
- Similarity between the Rhizobium meliloti fliP gene and pathogenicity-associated genes from animal and plant pathogens.. Gene. 152:65-67. 1995
- 2ND SITE MUTATIONS SPECIFICALLY SUPPRESS THE FIX(-) PHENOTYPE OF RHIZOBIUM-MELILOTI NDVF MUTATIONS ON ALFALFA - IDENTIFICATION OF A CONDITIONAL NDVF-DEPENDENT MUCOID COLONY PHENOTYPE. Genetics. 136:1233-1243. 1994
- Second site mutations specifically suppress the Fix- phenotype of Rhizobium meliloti ndvF mutations on alfalfa: identification of a conditional ndvF-dependent mucoid colony phenotype.. Genetics. 136:1233-1243. 1994
- Negative regulation of sigma 54-dependent dctA expression by the transcriptional activator DctD.. Journal of Bacteriology. 175:2674-2681. 1993
- Symbiotic nitrogen fixation by a nifA deletion mutant of Rhizobium meliloti: the role of an unusual ntrC allele.. Journal of Bacteriology. 175:2662-2673. 1993
- NAD(+)-dependent malic enzyme of Rhizobium meliloti is required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation.. Molecular Microbiology Microbiological Sciences. 7:865-873. 1993
- Site-directed mutagenesis and DNA sequence of pckA of Rhizobium NGR234, encoding phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase: gluconeogenesis and host-dependent symbiotic phenotype.. Molecular Genetics and Genomics Molecular and General Genetics. 230:257-269. 1991
- COMPLEX SYMBIOTIC PHENOTYPES RESULT FROM GLUCONEOGENIC MUTATIONS IN RHIZOBIUM-MELILOTI. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 4:386-392. 1991
- ndvF, a novel locus located on megaplasmid pRmeSU47b (pEXO) of Rhizobium meliloti, is required for normal nodule development.. Journal of Bacteriology. 173:3981-3992. 1991
- Analysis of a 1600-kilobase Rhizobium meliloti megaplasmid using defined deletions generated in vivo.. Genetics. 127:5-20. 1991
- LACTOSE UTILIZATION AND ENZYMES ENCODED BY MEGAPLASMIDS IN RHIZOBIUM-MELILOTI SU47 - IMPLICATIONS FOR POPULATION STUDIES. Journal of General Microbiology. 136:2497-2502. 1990
- Insulinlike growth factor I receptors in rabbit gastrointestinal tract. Characterization and autoradiographic localization.. Gastroenterology. 99:51-60. 1990
- Genetic map of Rhizobium meliloti megaplasmid pRmeSU47b.. Journal of Bacteriology. 172:2469-2476. 1990
- Analysis of C4-dicarboxylate transport genes in Rhizobium meliloti.. Molecular Microbiology Microbiological Sciences. 3:813-823. 1989
- Primary culture of the enteric nervous system from neonatal hamster intestine. Selection of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-containing neurons.. Gastroenterology. 95:1003-1010. 1988
- Mutants of Rhizobium meliloti defective in succinate metabolism.. Journal of Bacteriology. 170:3396-3403. 1988
- Genetic and physical analyses of group E exo- mutants of Rhizobium meliloti.. Journal of Bacteriology. 170:474-477. 1988
- Somatostatin inhibits the secretion of bombesin-like peptides from small cell lung cancer cells.. Peptides. 9 Suppl 1:257-261. 1988
- 2ND SYMBIOTIC MEGAPLASMID IN RHIZOBIUM-MELILOTI CARRYING EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE AND THIAMINE SYNTHESIS GENES. Journal of Bacteriology. 167:66-72. 1986
- Second symbiotic megaplasmid in Rhizobium meliloti carrying exopolysaccharide and thiamine synthesis genes.. Journal of Bacteriology. 167:66-72. 1986
- Symbiotic mutants of Rhizobium meliloti that uncouple plant from bacterial differentiation.. Cell. 40:869-877. 1985
- Monoclonal antibodies to Rhizobium meliloti and surface mutants insensitive to them.. Journal of Bacteriology. 160:454-457. 1984
- General transduction in Rhizobium meliloti.. Journal of Bacteriology. 159:120-124. 1984
- Host-dependent transposon Tn5-mediated streptomycin resistance.. Journal of Bacteriology. 159:395-399. 1984
- Symbiotic properties of C4-dicarboxylic acid transport mutants of Rhizobium leguminosarum.. Journal of Bacteriology. 154:1403-1413. 1983
- Succinate transport in Rhizobium leguminosarum.. Journal of Bacteriology. 148:193-202. 1981
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conference paper
- PHOSPHATE-DEPENDENT GENE EXPRESSION IN FREE-LIVING AND SYMBIOTIC SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI. BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION: TOWARDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. 259-259. 2008
- Functional analysis of genes of unknown functions in Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021. Biological Nitrogen Fixation, Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment. 115-118. 2005
- Phosphate assimilation and regulation in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Biological Nitrogen Fixation, Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment. 249-249. 2005
- The roles of arg-tRNA and minCDE on megaplasmid pSymB in Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021. Biological Nitrogen Fixation, Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment. 242-242. 2005
- SUCCINATE METABOLISM IN RHIZOBIUM-MELILOTI. NEW HORIZONS IN NITROGEN FIXATION. 517-522. 1993
- PRIMARY ENTERIC NEURAL CULTURE OF NEONATAL HAMSTER - SELECTION AND GROWTH OF VIP-CONTAINING NEURONS. Gastroenterology. A236-A236. 1988
- NEUROENDOCRINE CELL-CULTURE OF HAMSTER INTESTINE - MORPHOLOGY AND PEPTIDE-HORMONE CONTENT. Gastroenterology. 1479-1479. 1987
- ANALYSIS OF ALFALFA NODULES INDUCED BY CELL SURFACE MUTANTS OF RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI. Plant Physiology. 7-7. 1984