Shelley M. Payne

This study shows that Aer in E. coli functions as a bidirectional redox sensor mediating negative chemotaxis to antibiotic-induced ROS and enables bacterial movement away from ROS-generating antibiotics.

This study shows the VapBC toxin-antitoxin system in Shigella flexneri enhances bacterial fitness by coordinating metabolic stress adaptation, virulence, and immune evasion during infection.

This paper shows that CsrA directly increases ToxR levels in Vibrio cholerae by stabilizing and enhancing translation of toxR mRNA through binding to its 5 UTR.

This study identifies structural determinants of FeoB nucleotide promiscuity in Vibrio cholerae by analyzing crystal structures and thermodynamics.