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Tracy Raivio
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Faculty Member: Microbiology > Microbial Growth & Development [ since 4 July 2001 ]
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Evaluations

Recognition of misfolded proteins by Lon, a AAA(+) protease.
Gur E, Sauer RT
Genes Dev 2008 Aug 15 22(16):2267-77 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 9 Oct 2008

Listeria monocytogenes multidrug resistance transporters activate a cytosolic surveillance pathway of innate immunity.
Crimmins GT, Herskovits AA, …, Dubensky TW, Portnoy DA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Jul 22 105(29):10191-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 22 Aug 2008

Multiple pathways for regulation of sigmaS (RpoS) stability in Escherichia coli via the action of multiple anti-adaptors.
Bougdour A, Cunning C, …, Elliott T, Gottesman S
Mol Microbiol 2008 Apr 68(2):298-313 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 30 May 2008

A direct link between carbohydrate utilization and virulence in the major human pathogen group A Streptococcus.
Shelburne SA, Keith D, …, Brennan RG, Musser JM
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Feb 5 105(5):1698-703 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Victor Nizet / Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 6 Mar 2008

Regulation of expression and secretion of NleH, a new non-LEE-encoded effector in Citrobacter rodentium.
García-Angulo VA, Deng W, …, Finlay BB, Puente JL
J Bacteriol 2008 Jan 25 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 19 Feb 2008

A small non-coding RNA of the invasion gene island (SPI-1) represses outer membrane protein synthesis from the Salmonella core genome.
Pfeiffer V, Sittka A, …, Brinkmann V, Vogel J
Mol Microbiol 2007 Dec 66(5):1174-91 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Charles J. Dorman / Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 29 Jan 2008

B1500, a small membrane protein, connects the two-component systems EvgS/EvgA and PhoQ/PhoP in Escherichia coli.
Eguchi Y, Itou J, …, Kato A, Utsumi R
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Nov 20 104(47):18712-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 13 Dec 2007

Defining the roles of the periplasmic chaperones SurA, Skp, and DegP in Escherichia coli.
Sklar JG, Wu T, Kahne D, Silhavy TJ
Genes Dev 2007 Oct 1 21(19):2473-84 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 9 Oct 2007

The plant signal salicylic acid shuts down expression of the vir regulon and activates quormone-quenching genes in Agrobacterium.
Yuan ZC, Edlind MP, …, Kerr K, Nester EW
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Jul 10 104(28):11790-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio / Vitaly Citovsky
Evaluated 31 Jul 2007

FliK regulates flagellar hook length as an internal ruler.
Shibata S, Takahashi N, …, Hughes KT, Aizawa S
Mol Microbiol 2007 Jun 64(5):1404-15 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 21 Jun 2007

Inhibition of regulated proteolysis by RseB.
Cezairliyan BO, Sauer RT
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Mar 6 104(10):3771-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 10 May 2007

Release of outer membrane vesicles by Gram-negative bacteria is a novel envelope stress response.
McBroom AJ, Kuehn MJ
Mol Microbiol 2007 Jan 63(2):545-58 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio / Terrance Beveridge
Evaluated 10 May 2007

Synthesis-mediated release of a small RNA inhibitor of RNA polymerase.
Wassarman KM, Saecker RM
Science 2006 Dec 8 314(5805):1601-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Craig Pikaard / Hiroji Aiba / Jim Maher / Pamela Geyer / Sabine Müller / Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 7 Mar 2007

A bifunctional O-GlcNAc transferase governs flagellar motility through anti-repression.
Shen A, Kamp HD, Gründling A, Higgins DE
Genes Dev 2006 Dec 1 20(23):3283-95 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 2 Feb 2007

The Vibrio harveyi quorum-sensing system uses shared regulatory components to discriminate between multiple autoinducers.
Waters CM, Bassler BL
Genes Dev 2006 Oct 1 20(19):2754-67 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 12 Dec 2006

The PhoP/PhoQ two-component system stabilizes the alternative sigma factor RpoS in Salmonella enterica.
Tu X, Latifi T, …, Gottesman S, Groisman EA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Sep 5 103(36):13503-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 11 Oct 2006

Regulon and promoter analysis of the E. coli heat-shock factor, sigma32, reveals a multifaceted cellular response to heat stress.
Nonaka G, Blankschien M, …, Gross CA, Rhodius VA
Genes Dev 2006 Jul 1 20(13):1776-89 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Regine Hengge / Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 6 Sep 2006

Assembly of the inner rod determines needle length in the type III secretion injectisome.
Marlovits TC, Kubori T, …, Unger VM, Galán JE
Nature 2006 Jun 1 441(7093):637-40 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Francisco Garcia-del Portillo / Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 23 Jun 2006

Flk prevents premature secretion of the anti-sigma factor FlgM into the periplasm.
Aldridge P, Karlinsey JE, …, Chevance FF, Hughes KT
Mol Microbiol 2006 May 60(3):630-43 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 12 May 2006

Polar assembly of the type IV pilus secretin in Myxococcus xanthus.
Nudleman E, Wall D, Kaiser D
Mol Microbiol 2006 Apr 60(1):16-29 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 20 Mar 2006

Identification of a conserved bacterial protein secretion system in Vibrio cholerae using the Dictyostelium host model system.
Pukatzki S, Ma AT, …, Heidelberg JF, Mekalanos JJ
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Jan 31 103(5):1528-33 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Virginia Miller / Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 13 Feb 2006

On the mechanism of sensing unfolded protein in the endoplasmic reticulum.
Credle JJ, Finer-Moore JS, …, Stroud RM, Walter P
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Dec 27 102(52):18773-84 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | David Ron / Davis Ng / Tracy Raivio / Frank Sicheri
Evaluated 23 Jan 2006

Small-molecule inhibitor of Vibrio cholerae virulence and intestinal colonization.
Hung DT, Shakhnovich EA, Pierson E, Mekalanos JJ
Science 2005 Oct 28 310(5748):670-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Rino Rappuoli / Ben Lugtenberg / Pascale Cossart / Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 16 Dec 2005

Periplasmic peptidyl prolyl cis-trans isomerases are not essential for viability, but SurA is required for pilus biogenesis in Escherichia coli.
Justice SS, Hunstad DA, …, Silhavy TJ, Hultgren SJ
J Bacteriol 2005 Nov 187(22):7680-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 11 Nov 2005

Regulation of type III secretion hierarchy of translocators and effectors in attaching and effacing bacterial pathogens.
Deng W, Li Y, …, Puente JL, Finlay BB
Infect Immun 2005 Apr 73(4):2135-46 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 31 Oct 2005

Type IV pilus biogenesis in Neisseria meningitidis: PilW is involved in a step occurring after pilus assembly, essential for fibre stability and function.
Carbonnelle E, Hélaine S, …, Nassif X, Pelicic V
Mol Microbiol 2005 Jan 55(1):54-64 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 3 Feb 2005

Global transposon mutagenesis and essential gene analysis of Helicobacter pylori.
Salama NR, Shepherd B, Falkow S
J Bacteriol 2004 Dec 186(23):7926-35 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 20 Dec 2004

Modulating substrate choice: the SspB adaptor delivers a regulator of the extracytoplasmic-stress response to the AAA+ protease ClpXP for degradation.
Flynn JM, Levchenko I, Sauer RT, Baker TA
Genes Dev 2004 Sep 15 18(18):2292-301 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 8 Oct 2004

Connecting two-component regulatory systems by a protein that protects a response regulator from dephosphorylation by its cognate sensor.
Kato A, Groisman EA
Genes Dev 2004 Sep 15 18(18):2302-13 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Seth J Davis / Tracy Raivio / Bonnie Bassler
Evaluated 27 Sep 2004

SOS response induction by beta-lactams and bacterial defense against antibiotic lethality.
Miller C, Thomsen LE, …, Ingmer H, Cohen SN
Science 2004 Sep 10 305(5690):1629-31 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio / Martin Marinus
Evaluated 15 Sep 2004

Hfq is essential for Vibrio cholerae virulence and downregulates sigma expression.
Ding Y, Davis BM, Waldor MK
Mol Microbiol 2004 Jul 53(1):345-54 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 27 Aug 2004

Identification of an outer membrane protein required for the transport of lipopolysaccharide to the bacterial cell surface.
Bos MP, Tefsen B, Geurtsen J, Tommassen J
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 Jun 22 101(25):9417-22 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 4 Aug 2004

Docking of cytosolic chaperone-substrate complexes at the membrane ATPase during flagellar type III protein export.
Thomas J, Stafford GP, Hughes C
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 Mar 16 101(11):3945-50 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 9 Jun 2004

The inner membrane subassembly of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli bundle-forming pilus machine.
Crowther LJ, Anantha RP, Donnenberg MS
Mol Microbiol 2004 Apr 52(1):67-79 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 1 Apr 2004

Dissecting virulence: systematic and functional analyses of a pathogenicity island.
Deng W, Puente JL, …, Pawson T, Finlay BB
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 Mar 9 101(10):3597-602 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Gadi Frankel / Tracy Raivio / Mark Pallen
Evaluated 10 Mar 2004

Snapshots of DsbA in action: detection of proteins in the process of oxidative folding.
Kadokura H, Tian H, …, Bardwell JC, Beckwith J
Science 2004 Jan 23 303(5657):534-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Palmer / Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 10 Feb 2004

Evolutionary conservation of biogenesis of beta-barrel membrane proteins.
Paschen SA, Waizenegger T, …, Rapaport D, Neupert W
Nature 2003 Dec 18 426(6968):862-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Palmer / Tracy Raivio / Suresh Subramani
Evaluated 15 Jan 2004

A genetic basis for Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm antibiotic resistance.
Mah TF, Pitts B, …, Stewart PS, O'Toole GA
Nature 2003 Nov 20 426(6964):306-10 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Robert Palmer / Terrance Beveridge / Tracy Raivio / Anna-Louise Reysenbach
Evaluated 16 Dec 2003

SecA-dependent quality control of intracellular protein localization.
Eser M, Ehrmann M
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 Nov 11 100(23):13231-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Koreaki Ito / Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 21 Nov 2003

The structure of the periplasmic ligand-binding domain of the sensor kinase CitA reveals the first extracellular PAS domain.
Reinelt S, Hofmann E, …, Bott M, Madden DR
J Biol Chem 2003 Oct 3 278(40):39189-96 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Simon Andrews / Tracy Raivio / Ann Stock
Evaluated 24 Oct 2003

TPR-mediated interaction of RapC with ComA inhibits response regulator-DNA binding for competence development in Bacillus subtilis.
Core L, Perego M
Mol Microbiol 2003 Sep 49(6):1509-22 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 19 Sep 2003

A subset of bacterial inner membrane proteins integrated by the twin-arginine translocase.
Hatzixanthis K, Palmer T, Sargent F
Mol Microbiol 2003 Sep 49(5):1377-90 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 2 Sep 2003

Bacteria-host communication: the language of hormones.
Sperandio V, Torres AG, …, Nataro JP, Kaper JB
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 Jul 22 100(15):8951-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Gadi Frankel / Victor DiRita / Dehua Pei / Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 18 Aug 2003

Secretin of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli type III secretion system requires components of the type III apparatus for assembly and localization.
Gauthier A, Puente JL, Finlay BB
Infect Immun 2003 Jun 71(6):3310-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 25 Jun 2003

Folding quality control in the export of proteins by the bacterial twin-arginine translocation pathway.
DeLisa MP, Tullman D, Georgiou G
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 May 13 100(10):6115-20 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Koreaki Ito / Tracy Palmer / Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 2 Jun 2003

Extracellular polysaccharides mediate pilus retraction during social motility of Myxococcus xanthus.
Li Y, Sun H, …, Zusman D, Shi W
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 Apr 29 100(9):5443-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 9 May 2003

Shigella flexneri DegP facilitates IcsA surface expression and is required for efficient intercellular spread.
Purdy GE, Hong M, Payne SM
Infect Immun 2002 Nov 70(11):6355-64 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 28 Nov 2002

The phage lambda CII transcriptional activator carries a C-terminal domain signaling for rapid proteolysis.
Kobiler O, Koby S, …, Court D, Oppenheim AB
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 Nov 12 99(23):14964-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 28 Nov 2002

A conserved mechanism for extracellular signaling in eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
Gallio M, Sturgill G, Rather P, Kylsten P
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 Sep 17 99(19):12208-13 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Matthew Freeman / Beth Lazazzera / Ralph Isberg / Tracy Raivio / Bonnie Bassler
Evaluated 30 Oct 2002

The Brucella suis genome reveals fundamental similarities between animal and plant pathogens and symbionts.
Paulsen IT, Seshadri R, …, Boyle SM, Fraser CM
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 Oct 1 99(20):13148-53 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 9 Oct 2002

Requirement for two copies of RNA polymerase alpha subunit C-terminal domain for synergistic transcription activation at complex bacterial promoters.
Lloyd GS, Niu W, …, Ebright RH, Busby SJ
Genes Dev 2002 Oct 1 16(19):2557-65 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 9 Oct 2002

YaeL (EcfE) activates the sigma(E) pathway of stress response through a site-2 cleavage of anti-sigma(E), RseA.
Kanehara K, Ito K, Akiyama Y
Genes Dev 2002 Aug 15 16(16):2147-55 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Hiroji Aiba / Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 24 Sep 2002

DegS and YaeL participate sequentially in the cleavage of RseA to activate the sigma(E)-dependent extracytoplasmic stress response.
Alba BM, Leeds JA, …, Lu CZ, Gross CA
Genes Dev 2002 Aug 15 16(16):2156-68 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Hiroji Aiba / Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 24 Sep 2002

A dynamically localized histidine kinase controls the asymmetric distribution of polar pili proteins.
Viollier PH, Sternheim N, Shapiro L
EMBO J 2002 Sep 2 21(17):4420-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 2 Sep 2002

The baeSR two-component regulatory system activates transcription of the yegMNOB (mdtABCD) transporter gene cluster in Escherichia coli and increases its resistance to novobiocin and deoxycholate.
Baranova N, Nikaido H
J Bacteriol 2002 Aug 184(15):4168-76 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 21 Aug 2002

Polynucleotide phosphorylase is a global regulator of virulence and persistency in Salmonella enterica.
Clements MO, Eriksson S, …, Normark S, Rhen M
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 Jun 25 99(13):8784-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 8 Jul 2002

Induction of natural competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae triggers lysis and DNA release from a subfraction of the cell population.
Steinmoen H, Knutsen E, Håvarstein LS
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 May 28 99(11):7681-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio / Beth Lazazzera
Evaluated 11 Jun 2002

Siderophore-mediated signaling regulates virulence factor production in Pseudomonasaeruginosa.
Lamont IL, Beare PA, …, Vasil AI, Vasil ML
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 May 14 99(10):7072-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio / Joe Heitman
Evaluated 29 May 2002

A polytopic membrane protein displays a reversible topology dependent on membrane lipid composition.
Bogdanov M, Heacock PN, Dowhan W
EMBO J 2002 May 1 21(9):2107-16 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio / Howard Riezman / Andreas Engel / Tracy Palmer
Evaluated 21 May 2002

OxyR: a molecular code for redox-related signaling.
Kim SO, Merchant K, …, Hausladen A, Stamler JS
Cell 2002 May 3 109(3):383-96 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio / David Barford / Hagan Bayley / Phil Mullineaux / Douglas Freymann
Evaluated 13 May 2002

A genome-scale analysis for identification of genes required for growth or survival of Haemophilus influenzae.
Akerley BJ, Rubin EJ, …, Judson N, Mekalanos JJ
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 Jan 22 99(2):966-71 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 26 Mar 2002

A functional screen for the type III (Hrp) secretome of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae.
Guttman DS, Vinatzer BA, …, Kettler G, Greenberg JT
Science 2002 Mar 1 295(5560):1722-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 12 Mar 2002

Surface sensing and adhesion of Escherichia coli controlled by the Cpx-signaling pathway.
Otto K, Silhavy TJ
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 Feb 19 99(4):2287-92 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio / Tracy Palmer
Evaluated 12 Feb 2002

Structural identification of a bacterial quorum-sensing signal containing boron.
Chen X, Schauder S, …, Bassler BL, Hughson FM
Nature 2002 Jan 31 415(6871):545-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio / Christoph Dehio / Wolfgang Buckel / Everett Greenberg / David Matthews / Mark Nelson / Tina Henkin / Charles Brenner / David Lambright
Evaluated 4 Feb 2002

Analysis of ftsQ mutant alleles in Escherichia coli: complementation, septal localization, and recruitment of downstream cell division proteins.
Chen JC, Minev M, Beckwith J
J Bacteriol 2002 Feb 184(3):695-705 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Tracy Raivio
Evaluated 25 Jan 2002