Publications

  • Ducote, M.J., and G.S. Pettis. 2006. An in vivo assay for conjugation-mediated recombination yields novel results for Streptomyces plasmid pIJ101. Plasmid: In press.
  • Grau, B.L., M.C. Henk, and G.S. Pettis. 2005. High frequency phase variation of Vibrio vulnificus 1003: isolation and characterization of a rugose phenotypic variant. J. Bacteriol. 187: 2519-2525.
  • Schully, K.L., and G.S. Pettis. 2003. Separate and coordinate transcriptional control mechanisms link expression of the potentially lethal kilB spread locus to the upstream transmission operon on Streptomyces plasmid pIJ101. J. Mol. Biol. 334: 875-884.
  • Ducote, M.J., and G.S. Pettis. 2003. Common and distinguishing regulatory and expression characteristics of the highly related KorB proteins of streptomycete plasmids pIJ101 and pSB24.2. J. Bacteriol. 185: 3780-3785.
  • Zhang, X., C.A. Clark, and G.S. Pettis. 2003. Interstrain inhibition in the sweet potato pathogenStreptomyces ipomoeae: purification and characterization of a highly specific bacteriocin and cloning of its structural gene. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69: 2201-2208.
  • Pettis, G.S., N. Ward, and K.L. Schully. 2001. Expression characteristics of the transfer-related kilB gene product of Streptomyces plasmid pIJ101: implications for the plasmid spread function. J. Bacteriol. 183: 1339-1345.
  • Pettis, G.S., and S.N. Cohen. 2001. Understanding the essential role in conjugation of the Tra protein ofStreptomyces lividans plasmid pIJ101. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 79: 247-250.
  • Ducote, M.J., S. Prakash, and G.S. Pettis. 2000. Minimal and contributing sequences determinants of thecis-acting locus of transfer (clt) of streptomycete plasmid pIJ101 occur within an intrinsically curved plasmid region. J. Bacteriol. 182: 6834-6841.
  • Pettis, G.S., and S.N. Cohen. 2000. Mutational analysis of the tra locus of the broad-host-rangeStreptomyces plasmid pIJ101. J. Bacteriol. 182: 4500-4504.
  • Pettis, G.S., and S. Prakash. 1999. Complementation of conjugation functions of Streptomyces lividansplasmid pIJ101 by the related Streptomyces plasmid pSB24.2. J. Bacteriol. 181: 4680-4685.
  • Clark, C.A., C. Chen, N. Ward-Rainey, and G.S. Pettis. 1998. Diversity within Streptomyces ipomoeaebased on inhibitory interactions, rep-PCR, and plasmid profiles. Phytopathology 88: 1179-1186.