Contact-dependent growth inhibition toxins exploit multiple independent cell-entry pathways JLE Willett, GC Gucinski, JP Fatherree, DA Low, CS Hayes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (36), 11341-11346, 2015 | 112 | 2015 |
Structural basis of toxicity and immunity in contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) systems RP Morse, KC Nikolakakis, JLE Willett, E Gerrick, DA Low, CS Hayes, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (52), 21480-21485, 2012 | 111 | 2012 |
Contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) and CdiB/CdiA two-partner secretion proteins JLE Willett, ZC Ruhe, CW Goulding, DA Low, CS Hayes Journal of molecular biology 427 (23), 3754-3765, 2015 | 100 | 2015 |
Delivery of CdiA nuclease toxins into target cells during contact-dependent growth inhibition JS Webb, KC Nikolakakis, JLE Willett, SK Aoki, CS Hayes, DA Low PloS one 8 (2), e57609, 2013 | 77 | 2013 |
Comprehensive Functional Analysis of the Enterococcus faecalis Core Genome Using an Ordered, Sequence-Defined Collection of Insertional Mutations in Strain OG1RF JL Dale, KB Beckman, JLE Willett, JL Nilson, NP Palani, JA Baller, ... MSystems 3 (5), e00062-18, 2018 | 58 | 2018 |
CdiA Effectors from Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Use Heterotrimeric Osmoporins as Receptors to Recognize Target Bacteria CM Beck, JLE Willett, DA Cunningham, JJ Kim, DA Low, CS Hayes PLoS pathogens 12 (10), e1005925, 2016 | 55 | 2016 |
Phage infection and sub-lethal antibiotic exposure mediate Enterococcus faecalis type VII secretion system dependent inhibition of bystander bacteria A Chatterjee, JLE Willett, GM Dunny, BA Duerkop PLoS genetics 17 (1), e1009204, 2021 | 48 | 2021 |
Parallel genomics uncover novel enterococcal-bacteriophage interactions A Chatterjee, JLE Willett, UT Nguyen, B Monogue, KL Palmer, GM Dunny, ... MBio 11 (2), 10.1128/mbio. 03120-19, 2020 | 43 | 2020 |
Diversification of β-augmentation interactions between CDI toxin/immunity proteins RP Morse, JLE Willett, PM Johnson, J Zheng, A Credali, A Iniguez, ... Journal of molecular biology 427 (23), 3766-3784, 2015 | 36 | 2015 |
Exploiting biofilm phenotypes for functional characterization of hypothetical genes in Enterococcus faecalis JLE Willett, MM Ji, GM Dunny npj Biofilms and Microbiomes 5 (1), 23, 2019 | 31 | 2019 |
Functional plasticity of antibacterial EndoU toxins K Michalska, D Quan Nhan, JLE Willett, LM Stols, WH Eschenfeldt, ... Molecular microbiology 109 (4), 509-527, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
Genome-wide mutagenesis identifies factors involved in Enterococcus faecalis vaginal adherence and persistence N Alhajjar, A Chatterjee, BL Spencer, LR Burcham, JLE Willett, GM Dunny, ... Infection and immunity 88 (10), 10.1128/iai. 00270-20, 2020 | 15 | 2020 |
Comparative biofilm assays using Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF identify new determinants of biofilm formation JLE Willett, JL Dale, LM Kwiatkowski, JL Powers, ML Korir, R Kohli, ... MBio 12 (3), 10.1128/mbio. 01011-21, 2021 | 14 | 2021 |
The phosphatase Bph and peptidyl-prolyl isomerase PrsA are required for gelatinase expression and activity in Enterococcus faecalis JLE Willett, EB Robertson, GM Dunny Journal of bacteriology 204 (7), e00129-22, 2022 | 8 | 2022 |
Parallel genomics uncover novel enterococcal-bacteriophage interactions. mBio 11: e03120-19 A Chatterjee, JLE Willett, UT Nguyen, B Monogue, KL Palmer, GM Dunny, ... | 8 | 2020 |
Comparative biofilm assays using Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF identify new determinants of biofilm formation. mBio 12: e0101121 JLE Willett, JL Dale, LM Kwiatkowski, JL Powers, ML Korir, R Kohli, ... | 7 | 2021 |
Enterococcal PrgU provides additional regulation of pheromone-inducible conjugative plasmids L Lassinantti, MI Camacho, RJB Erickson, JLE Willett, NR De Lay, ... Msphere 6 (3), 10.1128/msphere. 00264-21, 2021 | 3 | 2021 |
Phage infection mediates inhibition of bystander bacteria A Chatterjee, JLE Willett, GM Dunny, BA Duerkop bioRxiv, 2020 | 2 | 2020 |
Delivery and activity of toxic effector domains from contact-dependent growth inhibition systems in Escherichia coli JLE Willett University of California, Santa Barbara, 2016 | 2 | 2016 |
Optimized replication of arrayed bacterial mutant libraries increases access to biological resources JLE Willett, AMT Barnes, DN Brunson, A Lecomte, EB Robertson, ... Microbiology Spectrum 11 (4), e01693-23, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |