Karen Wassarman

Professor of Bacteriology, Emeritus

karen.wassarman@wisc.edu

Type: Emeriti

Characterization of 6S RNA in the Lyme disease spirochete
November 20, 2019
Dan Drecktrah, Laura S Hall, Amanda J Brinkworth, Jeanette R Comstock, Karen M Wassarman, D Scott Samuels Molecular microbiology
6S RNA, a Global Regulator of Transcription
June 20, 2018
Karen M Wassarman Microbiology spectrum
6S RNA Mimics B-Form DNA to Regulate Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase
October 10, 2017
James Chen, Karen M Wassarman, Shili Feng, Katherine Leon, Andrey Feklistov, Jared T Winkelman, Zongli Li, Thomas Walz, Elizabeth A Campbell, Seth A Darst Molecular cell
Targeted mutagenesis of intergenic regions in the Neisseria gonorrhoeae gonococcal genetic island reveals multiple regulatory mechanisms controlling type IV secretion
June 16, 2015
Meghan E Ramsey, Tobias Bender, Amy K Klimowicz, Kathleen T Hackett, Ami Yamamoto, Adrienne Jolicoeur, Melanie M Callaghan, Karen M Wassarman, Chris van der Does, Joseph P Dillard Molecular microbiology
NilD CRISPR RNA contributes to Xenorhabdus nematophila colonization of symbiotic host nematodes
July 22, 2014
Jeff L Veesenmeyer, Aaron W Andersen, Xiaojun Lu, Elizabeth A Hussa, Kristen E Murfin, John M Chaston, Adler R Dillman, Karen M Wassarman, Paul W Sternberg, Heidi Goodrich-Blair Molecular microbiology
6S RNA, a global regulator of transcription in Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, and beyond
April 19, 2014
Amy T Cavanagh, Karen M Wassarman Annual review of microbiology
Global regulation of transcription by a small RNA: a quantitative view
March 11, 2014
Mor Nitzan, Karen M Wassarman, Ofer Biham, Hanah Margalit Biophysical journal
Initiating nucleotide identity determines efficiency of RNA synthesis from 6S RNA templates in Bacillus subtilis but not Escherichia coli
June 14, 2013
Ignacio J Cabrera-Ostertag, Amy T Cavanagh, Karen M Wassarman Nucleic acids research
6S-1 RNA function leads to a delay in sporulation in Bacillus subtilis
March 5, 2013
Amy T Cavanagh, Karen M Wassarman Journal of bacteriology
Regulation of 6S RNA by pRNA synthesis is required for efficient recovery from stationary phase in E. coli and B. subtilis
November 22, 2011
Amy T Cavanagh, Jamie M Sperger, Karen M Wassarman Nucleic acids research
Regulation by small RNAs in bacteria: expanding frontiers
September 20, 2011
Gisela Storz, Jörg Vogel, Karen M Wassarman Molecular cell
6S RNA regulation of relA alters ppGpp levels in early stationary phase
September 11, 2010
Amy T Cavanagh, Pete Chandrangsu, Karen M Wassarman Microbiology (Reading, England)
Global approaches for finding small RNA and small open reading frame functions
October 27, 2009
Karen M Wassarman, Patricia J Kiley Journal of bacteriology
6S RNA binding to Esigma(70) requires a positively charged surface of sigma(70) region 4.2
June 23, 2009
Andrew D Klocko, Karen M Wassarman Molecular microbiology
Promoter specificity for 6S RNA regulation of transcription is determined by core promoter sequences and competition for region 4.2 of sigma70
January 23, 2008
Amy T Cavanagh, Andrew D Klocko, Xiaochun Liu, Karen M Wassarman Molecular microbiology
6S RNA: a regulator of transcription
August 24, 2007
Karen M Wassarman Molecular microbiology
Regulating bacterial transcription with small RNAs
March 27, 2007
G Storz, J A Opdyke, K M Wassarman Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology
6S RNA: a small RNA regulator of transcription
March 27, 2007
Karen M Wassarman Current opinion in microbiology
Synthesis-mediated release of a small RNA inhibitor of RNA polymerase
December 13, 2006
Karen M Wassarman, Ruth M Saecker Science (New York, N.Y.)
6S RNA regulation of pspF transcription leads to altered cell survival at high pH
May 19, 2006
Amy E Trotochaud, Karen M Wassarman Journal of bacteriology
A highly conserved 6S RNA structure is required for regulation of transcription
March 29, 2005
Amy E Trotochaud, Karen M Wassarman Nature structural & molecular biology
6S RNA function enhances long-term cell survival
July 21, 2004
Amy E Trotochaud, Karen M Wassarman Journal of bacteriology
Global analysis of small RNA and mRNA targets of Hfq
November 19, 2003
Aixia Zhang, Karen M Wassarman, Carsten Rosenow, Brian C Tjaden, Gisela Storz, Susan Gottesman Molecular microbiology
Small RNA regulators of translation: mechanisms of action and approaches for identifying new small RNAs
May 24, 2003
S Gottesman, G Storz, C Rosenow, N Majdalani, F Repoila, K M Wassarman Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology
Small RNAs in bacteria: diverse regulators of gene expression in response to environmental changes
May 15, 2002
Karen M Wassarman Cell
The Sm-like Hfq protein increases OxyS RNA interaction with target mRNAs
January 24, 2002
Aixia Zhang, Karen M Wassarman, Joaquin Ortega, Alasdair C Steven, Gisela Storz Molecular cell
Identification of novel small RNAs using comparative genomics and microarrays
July 11, 2001
K M Wassarman, F Repoila, C Rosenow, G Storz, S Gottesman Genes & development
6S RNA regulates E. coli RNA polymerase activity
July 13, 2000
K M Wassarman, G Storz Cell
Small RNAs in Escherichia coli
March 9, 1999
K M Wassarman, A Zhang, G Storz Trends in microbiology