Vondrak CJ, Sit B, Suwanbongkot C, Macaluso K, Lamason RL. A conserved interaction between the effector Sca4 and host endocytic machinery suggests additional roles for Sca4 during rickettsial infection. 2024
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Sanderlin AG, Margolis HK, Meyer AF, Lamason RL. Cell-selective proteomics reveal novel effectors secreted by an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen. 2024. Nature Communications. 15, 6073
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McGinn J, Wen A, Edwards DL, Brinkley DM, Lamason RL. An expanded genetic toolkit for inducible expression and targeted gene silencing in Rickettsia parkeri. 2024. Journal of Bacteriology 206:e00091-24
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Sit B, Lamason RL. Pathogenic Rickettsia spp. as emerging models for bacterial biology. 2024. Journal of Bacteriology 206:e00404-23. **Invited review
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Acevedo-Sanchez Y, Woida PJ, Kraemer S, Lamason RL. An obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen forms a direct, interkingdom membrane contact site. 2023.
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Sanderlin AG, Hanna RE, Lamason RL. The ankyrin repeat protein RARP-1 is a periplasmic factor that supports Rickettsia parkeri growth and host cell invasion. 2022. Journal of Bacteriology 204(7): e0018222
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Scott AT, Vondrak CJ, Sanderlin AG, Lamason RL. Rickettsia parkeri. 2022. Trends in Microbiology 30(5): 511-512 **Invited review
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McGinn J, Lamason RL. The enigmatic biology of rickettsiae: recent advances, open questions, and outlook. 2021. Pathogens and Disease 79(4): ftab019 **Invited review
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Sanderlin AG*, Vondrak C*, Scricco A, Fedrigo I, Ahyong V, Lamason RL. RNAi screen reveals a role for PACSIN2 and caveolins during bacterial cell-to-cell spread. 2019. Molecular Biology of the Cell 30(17): 2124-2133. (*Co-first authors)
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Lamason RL, Kafai NM, Welch MD. A streamlined method for transposon mutagenesis of Rickettsia parkeri yields numerous mutations that impact infection. 2018. PLoS ONE 13(5): e0197012.
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Lamason RL, Welch MD. Actin-based motility and cell-to-cell spread of bacterial pathogens. 2017. Current Opinion in Microbiology 35:48-57. **Invited review
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Lamason RL, Bastounis E, Kafai NM, Serrano R, del Álamo JC, Theriot J, Welch MD. Rickettsia Sca4 reduces vinculin-mediated intercellular tension to promote spread. 2016. Cell 167(3):670-683.
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Reed SC, Lamason RL, Risca VI, Abernathy E, Welch MD. Rickettsia Actin-Based Motility Occurs in Distinct Phases Mediated by Different Actin Nucleators. 2014. Current Biology 24(1):98-103.
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Welch MD, Reed SC, Lamason RL, Serio AW. Expression of an epitope-tagged virulence protein in Rickettsia parkeri using transposon insertion. 2012. PLoS One 7(5):e37310.
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