SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Inter-species lateral gene transfer focused on the Chlamydia plasticity zone identifies loci associated with immediate cytotoxicity and inclusion stability. Dimond ZE, Suchland RJ, Baid S, LaBrie SD, Soules KR, Stanley J, Carrell S, Kwong F, Wang Y, Rockey DD, Hybiske K, Hefty PS. Mol Microbiology 2021 Dec 116(6) Mol Micro / PDF
Structural and ligand binding analyses of the periplasmic sensor domain of RsbU in Chlamydia trachomatis support a role in TCA cycle regulation. Soules KR, Dmitriev A, LaBrie SD, Dimond ZE, May BH, Johnson DK, Zhang Y, Battaile KP, Lovell S, Hefty PS. Mol Microbiology 2020 Jan 113(1) Mol Micro / PDF
Sigma 54-Regulated Transcription Is Associated with Membrane Reorganization and Type III Secretion Effectors during Conversion to Infectious Forms of Chlamydia trachomatis. Katelyn R Soules, Scott D LaBrie, Benjamin H May, and P.S. Hefty mBio 2020 Sep 8 11(5) mBio / PDF
Transposon Mutagenesis in Chlamydia trachomatis Identifies CT339 as a ComEC Homolog Important for DNA Uptake and Lateral Gene Transfer. LaBrie SD, Dimond ZE, Harrison KS, Baid S, Wickstrum J, Suchland RJ, Hefty PS. mBio 2019 Aug 6 10(4) mBio / PDF
Hypothetical protein CT398 (CdsZ) interacts with σ(54) (RpoN)-holoenzyme and the type III secretion export apparatus in Chlamydia trachomatis
Barta ML, Battaile KP, Lovell S, and P.S. Hefty
2015 Oct;24(10):1617-32. doi: 10.1002/pro.2746. Epub 2015 Aug 6.
Protein Sci | PDF
Lipopolysaccharide-binding alkylpolyamine DS-96 inhibits Chlamydia trachomatis infection by blocking attachment and entry
I Osaka, PS Hefty
American Society for Microbiology, 58(6):3245-3254 (2014)
ASM | PDF
Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Chlamydia trachomatis Hypothetical Protein CT263 Supports that Menaquinone Synthesis Occurs through the Futalosine Pathway
Michael L. Barta, Keisha Thomas, Hongling Yuan, Scott Lovell, Kevin P. Battaile, Vern L. Schramm and P. Scott Hefty
J. Biol. Chem. , 10.1074/jbc.M114.594325 (2014)
JBC | PDF
Conditional gene expression in Chlamydia trachomatis using the tet system
Jason Wickstrum, Lindsay R. Sammons, Keasha N. Restivo, P. Scott Hefty*
PLoS ONE, 8(10): e76743 (2013)
Pubmed | PDF