REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Iara Rocchi, Charles Ericson, Kyle E Malter, Sahar Zargar, Fabian Eisenstein, Martin Pilhofer, Sinem Beyhan# and Nicholas J Shikuma#. Bacterial Phage Tail-like Structure Kills Eukaryotic Cells by Injecting a Nuclease Effector. Biorxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/543298. #Co-corresponding authors. Shikuma Lab gradstudents.
- A collaborative work between Pilhofer, Beyhan and Shikuma Labs.
- Top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric.
NJ Shikuma*‡, I Antoshechkin*, J Medeiros, M Pilhofer and DK Newman (2016) Stepwise metamorphosis of the tubeworm Hydroides elegans is mediated by a bacterial inducer and MAPK signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1603142113. *co-first authors ‡corresponding author.
NJ Shikuma*, M Pilhofer*, GL Weiss, MG Hadfield‡, GJ Jensen‡ and DK Newman‡ (2014) Marine tubeworm metamorphosis induced by arrays of bacterial phage tail-like structures. Science 343:529-533. *co-first authors ‡co-corresponding authors.
NJ Shikuma, JCN Fong and FH Yildiz (2012) Cellular levels and binding of c-di-GMP control subcellular localization and activity of the Vibrio cholerae transcriptional regulator VpsT. PLoS Pathogens 8(5):e1002719.
PV Krasteva, JCN Fong, NJ Shikuma, S Beyhan, MVAS Navarro, FH Yildiz and H Sondermann (2010) Vibrio cholerae VpsT regulates matrix production and motility by directly sensing cyclic di-GMP. Science 327:866-868.
NJ Shikuma and FH Yildiz (2009) Identification and characterization of OscR, a transcriptional regulator involved in osmolarity adaptation in Vibrio cholerae. Journal of Bacteriology 191:4082-4096.
NJ Shikuma*, JCN Fong*, LS Odell*, BS Perchuk, MT Laub and FH Yildiz (2009) Overexpression of VpsS, a hybrid sensor kinase, enhances biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae. Journal of Bacteriology 191:5147-5158. *co-first authors.
- Editors’ Choice: A. Mushegian (2016) Science Signaling 445(9).
- News Coverage: The Economist "Keeping Ships Clean, Foul Play".
- News Coverage: Popular Science "Bacteria are the probably cause of barnacles sticking to ships".
- News Coverage: SDSU News Center "Fighting Barnacle Buildup with Biology".
NJ Shikuma*, M Pilhofer*, GL Weiss, MG Hadfield‡, GJ Jensen‡ and DK Newman‡ (2014) Marine tubeworm metamorphosis induced by arrays of bacterial phage tail-like structures. Science 343:529-533. *co-first authors ‡co-corresponding authors.
- Editors’ Choice: C. Ash (2014) Science Signaling 311(7).
- News Coverage: AAAS “Bacterial Harpoon Triggers Tubeworm Metamorphosis”.
- News Coverage: The Scientist “Settlement Signal”.
NJ Shikuma, JCN Fong and FH Yildiz (2012) Cellular levels and binding of c-di-GMP control subcellular localization and activity of the Vibrio cholerae transcriptional regulator VpsT. PLoS Pathogens 8(5):e1002719.
PV Krasteva, JCN Fong, NJ Shikuma, S Beyhan, MVAS Navarro, FH Yildiz and H Sondermann (2010) Vibrio cholerae VpsT regulates matrix production and motility by directly sensing cyclic di-GMP. Science 327:866-868.
NJ Shikuma and FH Yildiz (2009) Identification and characterization of OscR, a transcriptional regulator involved in osmolarity adaptation in Vibrio cholerae. Journal of Bacteriology 191:4082-4096.
- Guest commentary: PV Dunlap (2009) J Bacteriol 191:4053-4055.
NJ Shikuma*, JCN Fong*, LS Odell*, BS Perchuk, MT Laub and FH Yildiz (2009) Overexpression of VpsS, a hybrid sensor kinase, enhances biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae. Journal of Bacteriology 191:5147-5158. *co-first authors.