User:John Wertz

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• John Wertz
• Director: E. coli Genetic Stock Center
• 830 Kline Biology Tower
• Yale University
• Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
• 266 Whitney Ave., PO box 208103
• New Haven, CT 06520-8103
• Email me through OpenWetWare

Education

• 2000, PhD, Arizona State University

Research interests

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Publications

1. Wertz JE, McGregor KF, and Bessen DE. Detecting key structural features within highly recombined genes. PLoS Comput Biol 2007 Jan 26; 3(1) e14. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030014 pmid:17257051. PubMed HubMed [Paper1]
2. Bessen DE, Manoharan A, Luo F, Wertz JE, and Robinson DA. Evolution of transcription regulatory genes is linked to niche specialization in the bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. J Bacteriol 2005 Jun; 187(12) 4163-72. doi:10.1128/JB.187.12.4163-4172.2005 pmid:15937178. PubMed HubMed [Paper2]
3. Chavan M, Rafi H, Wertz J, Goldstone C, and Riley MA. Phage associated bacteriocins reveal a novel mechanism for bacteriocin diversification in Klebsiella. J Mol Evol 2005 Apr; 60(4) 546-56. doi:10.1007/s00239-004-0263-9 pmid:15883889. PubMed HubMed [Paper3]
4. Wertz JE and Riley MA. Chimeric nature of two plasmids of Hafnia alvei encoding the bacteriocins alveicins A and B. J Bacteriol 2004 Mar; 186(6) 1598-605. pmid:14996789. PubMed HubMed [Paper4]
5. Wertz JE, Goldstone C, Gordon DM, and Riley MA. A molecular phylogeny of enteric bacteria and implications for a bacterial species concept. J Evol Biol 2003 Nov; 16(6) 1236-48. pmid:14640415. PubMed HubMed [Paper5]
6. Riley MA, Goldstone CM, Wertz JE, and Gordon D. A phylogenetic approach to assessing the targets of microbial warfare. J Evol Biol 2003 Jul; 16(4) 690-7. pmid:14632232. PubMed HubMed [Paper6]
7. Riley MA and Wertz JE. Bacteriocin diversity: ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Biochimie 2002 May-Jun; 84(5-6) 357-64. pmid:12423779. PubMed HubMed [Paper7]
8. Riley MA and Wertz JE. Bacteriocins: evolution, ecology, and application. Annu Rev Microbiol 2002; 56 117-37. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.56.012302.161024 pmid:12142491. PubMed HubMed [Paper8]
9. Riley MA, Pinou T, Wertz JE, Tan Y, and Valletta CM. Molecular characterization of the klebicin B plasmid of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Plasmid 2001 May; 45(3) 209-21. doi:10.1006/plas.2001.1519 pmid:11407916. PubMed HubMed [Paper9]

Useful links

• E. coli Genetic Stock Center