Publications
Anti-CRISPR proteins trigger a burst of CRISPR-Cas9 expression that enhances phage defense
Workman RE, Stoltzfus MJ, Keith NC, Euler CW, Bondy-Denomy J, Modell JW. bioRxiv. 2023 Oct 22.
doi:10.1101/2023.10.22.562561
Viral recombination systems limit CRISPR-Cas targeting through the generation of escape mutations
Hossain AA, McGinn J, Meeske AJ, Modell JW*, Marraffini LA*. Cell Host Microbe. 2021 Sept 27. doi:10.1016/j.chom.2021.09.001
*Co-corresponding authors
A natural single-guide RNA repurposes Cas9 to autoregulate CRISPR-Cas expression
Workman RE, Pammi T, Nguyen BTK, Graeff LW, Smith E, Sebald SM, Stoltzfus MJ, Euler CW, Modell JW. Cell. 2021 Jan 8. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2020.12.017
CRISPR-Cas systems exploit viral DNA injection to establish and maintain adaptive immunity
Modell JW, Jiang W, Marraffini LA. Nature. 2017 Apr 6.
doi:10.1038/nature21719
Cas9 specifies functional viral targets during CRISPR–Cas adaptation
Heler R, Samai P, Modell JW, Weiner C, Goldberg GW, Bikard D, Marraffini LA. Nature. 2015 Mar 12. doi:10.1038/nature14245pbio.1001977
A DNA damage-induced, SOS-independent checkpoint regulates cell division in Caulobacter crescentus
Modell JW, Kambara TK, Perchuk BS, Laub MT. PLoS Biology. 2014 Oct 28.
doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001977
A DNA damage checkpoint in Caulobacter crescentus inhibits cell division through a direct interaction with FtsW
Modell JW, Hopkins AC, Laub MT. Genes and Development. 2011 Jun 15.