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Quax Group Publications

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2023

Schwarzer, S., Hackl, T., Oksanen, H. M., & Quax, T. E. F. (2023). Archaeal host cell recognition and viral binding of HFTV1 to its Haloferax host. Mbio, 14(1), [e0183322]. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01833-22

2022

Patro, M., van Wolferen, M., Ye, X., Albers, S-V., & Quax, T. E. F. (2022). Methods to Analyze Motility in Eury- and Crenarchaea. In S. Ferreira-Cerca (Ed.), Archaea: Methods and Protocols (pp. 373-385). (Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.); Vol. 2522). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2445-6_25
Altegoer, F., Quax, T. E. F., Weiland, P., Nußbaum, P., Giammarinaro, P. I., Patro, M., Li, Z., Oesterhelt, D., Grininger, M., Albers, S-V., & Bange, G. (2022). Structural insights into the mechanism of archaellar rotational switching. Nature Communications, 13(1), [2857]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30358-9
Sourrouille, Z. A., Schwarzer, S., Lequime, S., Oksanen, H. M., & Quax, T. E. F. (2022). The viral susceptibility of the Haloferax species. Viruses, 14(6), [1344]. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14061344

2021

Tittes, C., Schwarzer, S., Pfeiffer, F., Dyall-Smith, M., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Oksanen, H. M., & Quax, T. E. F. (2021). Cellular and Genomic Properties of Haloferax gibbonsii LR2-5, the Host of Euryarchaeal Virus HFTV1. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, [625599]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.625599
Schwarzer, S., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Oksanen, H. M., & Quax, T. E. F. (2021). Growth Phase Dependent Cell Shape of Haloarcula. Microorganisms, 9(2), [231]. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9020231
Knüppel, R., Trahan, C., Kern, M., Wagner, A., Grünberger, F., Hausner, W., Quax, T. E. F., Albers, S. V., Oeffinger, M., & Ferreira-Cerca, S. (2021). Insights into synthesis and function of KsgA/Dim1-dependent rRNA modifications in archaea. Nucleic Acids Research, 49(3), 1662-1687. [gkaa1268]. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa1268
Lewis, A. M., Recalde, A., Bräsen, C., Counts, J. A., Nussbaum, P., Bost, J., Schocke, L., Shen, L., Willard, D. J., Quax, T. E. F., Peeters, E., Siebers, B., Albers, S-V., & Kelly, R. M. (2021). The biology of thermoacidophilic archaea from the order Sulfolobales. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 45(4), [fuaa063]. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuaa063
Tittes, C., Schwarzer, S., & Quax, T. E. F. (2021). Viral Hijack of Filamentous Surface Structures in Archaea and Bacteria. Viruses, 13(2), [164]. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13020164
Quax, T. E. F., De Paepe, M., & Holmfeldt, K. (2021). Viruses of Microbes 2020: The Latest Conquest on Viruses of Microbes. Viruses, 13(5), [v13050802]. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050802

2020

Nußbaum, P., Ithurbide, S., Walsh, J. C., Patro, M., Delpech, F., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Curmi, P. M. G., Duggin, I. G., Quax, T. E. F., & Albers, S. V. (2020). An Oscillating MinD Protein Determines the Cellular Positioning of the Motility Machinery in Archaea. Current Biology, 30(24), 4956-4972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.073
Li, Z., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Albers, S., & Quax, T. E. F. (2020). ArlCDE form the archaeal switch complex. Manuscript submitted for publication. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.09.033365
Pyatibratov, M. G., Syutkin, A. S., Quax, T. E. F., Melnik, T. N., Papke, R. T., Gogarten, J. P., Kireev, I. I., Surin, A. K., Beznosov, S. N., Galeva, A. V., & Fedorov, O. V. (2020). Interaction of two strongly divergent archaellins stabilizes the structure of the Halorubrum archaellum. MicrobiologyOpen, 9(7), [e1047]. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1047
Kinosita, Y., Mikami, N., Li, Z., Braun, F., Quax, T. E. F., van der Does, C., Ishmukhametov, R., Albers, S. V., & Berry, R. M. (2020). Motile ghosts of the halophilic archaeon, Haloferax volcanii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(43), 26766-26772. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2009814117
Li, Z., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Albers, S. V., & Quax, T. E. F. (2020). The switch complex ArlCDE connects the chemotaxis system and the archaellum. Molecular Microbiology, 114(3), 468-479. [14527 ]. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14527

2019

Gambelli, L., Meyer, B. H., McLaren, M., Sanders, K., Quax, T. E. F., Gold, V. A. M., Albers, S. V., & Daum, B. (2019). Architecture and modular assembly of Sulfolobus S-layers revealed by electron cryotomography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(50), 25278-25286. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1911262116
Braun, F., Thomalla, L., van der Does, C., Quax, T. E. F., Allers, T., Kaever, V., & Albers, S. V. (2019). Cyclic nucleotides in archaea: Cyclic di-AMP in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii and its putative role. MicrobiologyOpen, 8(9), [e00829]. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.829
Li, Z., Kinosita, Y., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Nußbaum, P., Braun, F., Delpech, F., Quax, T. E. F., & Albers, S. V. (2019). Positioning of the motility machinery in halophilic archaea. Mbio, 10(3), [e00377-19]. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00377-19
Syutkin, A. S., van Wolferen, M., Surin, A. K., Albers, S. V., Pyatibratov, M. G., Fedorov, O. V., & Quax, T. E. F. (2019). Salt-dependent regulation of archaellins in Haloarcula marismortui. MicrobiologyOpen, 8(5), [e00718]. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.718

2018

Quax, T. E. F., Altegoer, F., Rossi, F., Li, Z., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Kraus, F., Bange, G., & Albers, S. V. (2018). Structure and function of the archaeal response regulator CheY. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(6), 1259-1268. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716661115
Quax, T. E. F., Albers, S. V., & Pfeiffer, F. (2018). Taxis in archaea. Emerging topics in life sciences, 2(4), 535-546. https://doi.org/10.1042/ETLS20180089

2017

Albers, S-V., & Quax, T. E. F. (2017). Archaeal Surface Structures and Their Role in Communication with the Extracellular Environment. In G. Witzany (Ed.), Biocommunication of Archaea (pp. 67-84). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65536-9_5
Peeters, E., Boon, M., Rollie, C., Willaert, R. G., Voet, M., White, M. F., Prangishvilli, D., Lavigne, R., & Quax, T. (2017). DNA-Interacting Characteristics of the Archaeal Rudiviral Protein SIRV2_Gp1. Viruses, 9(7), [190]. https://doi.org/10.3390/v9070190
Claassens, N. J., Siliakus, M. F., Spaans, S. K., Creutzburg, S. C. A., Nijsse, B., Schaap, P. J., Quax, T., & van der Oost, J. (2017). Improving heterologous membrane protein production in Escherichia coli by combining transcriptional tuning and codon usage algorithms. PLoS ONE, 12(9), [e0184355]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184355
Quax, T. E. F., & Daum, B. (2017). Structure and assembly mechanism of virus-associated pyramids. Biophysical reviews, 10, 551-557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-017-0357-4
Chaudhury, P., Quax, T., & Albers, S. (2017). Versatile cell surface structures of archaea. Molecular Microbiology, 107(3), 298-311. [mmi.13889]. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.13889
Debarbieux, L., Fischer, M., & Quax, T. (2017). Viruses of Microbes. Viruses, 9, [263]. https://doi.org/10.3390/v9090263

2015

Quemin, E. R. J., & Quax, T. (2015). Archaeal viruses at the cell envelope: Entry and egress. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, [552]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00552
Quax, T., Claassens, N. J., Soell, D., & van der Oost, J. (2015). Codon Bias as a Means to Fine-Tune Gene Expression. Molecular Cell, 59, 149-161. [j.molcel.2015.05.035]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2015.05.035

2014

Daum, B., Quax, T., Sachse, M., Mills, D. J., Yildiz, O., Haeder, S., Saveanu, C., Forterre, P., Albers, S., Kuehlbrandt, W., & Prangishvili, D. (2014). Self-assembly of the general membrane-remodeling protein PVAP into sevenfold virus-associated pyramids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(10), 3829-3834. [1319245111]. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1319245111
Pina, M., Basta, T., Quax, T., Joubert, A., Baconnais, S., Cortez, D., Lambert, S., Le Cam, E., Bell, S. D., Forterre, P., & Prangishvili, D. (2014). Unique genome replication mechanism of the archaeal virus AFV1. Molecular Microbiology, 92(6), 1313-1325. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.12630

2013

Quax, T., Wolf, Y. I., Koehorst, J. J., Wurtzel, O., van der Oost, R., Ran, W., Blombach, F., Makarova, K. S., Brouns, S. J. J., Forster, A. C., Wagner, E. G. H., Sorek, R., Koonin, E. V., & Oost, J. V. D. (2013). Differential Translation Tunes Uneven Production of Operon-Encoded Proteins. Cell reports, 4(5), 938-944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2013.07.049
Quemin, E. R. J., Lucas, S., Daum, B., Quax, T., Kuehlbrandt, W., Forterre, P., Albers, S., Prangishvilli, D., & Krupovic, M. (2013). First Insights into the Entry Process of Hyperthermophilic Archaeal Viruses. Journal of Virology, 87(24), 13379-13385. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.02742-13
Snyder, J. C., Brumfield, S. K., Kerchner, K. M., Quax, T., Prangishvili, D., & Young, M. J. (2013). Insights into a Viral Lytic Pathway from an Archaeal Virus-Host System. Journal of Virology, 87(4), 2186-2192. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.02956-12
Quax, T., Voet, M., Sismeiro, O., Dillies, M-A., Jagla, B., Coppee, J-Y., Sezonov, G., Forterre, P., van der Oost, J., Lavigne, R., & Prangishvili, D. (2013). Massive Activation of Archaeal Defense Genes during Viral Infection. Journal of Virology, 87(15), 8419-8428. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01020-13

2012

Quax, T. E. F., Soizick, L., Forterre, P., & Prangishvili, D. (2012). Homomultimeric structure by assembly of sirv2 p98 proteins or p98 variants, conjugate and uses thereof. (Patent No. WO2012098243).

2011

Prangishvili, D., & Quax, T. (2011). Exceptional virion release mechanism: One more surprise from archaeal viruses. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 14(3), 315-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2011.04.006
Quax, T., Lucas, S., Reimann, J., Pehau-Arnaudet, G., Prevost, M-C., Forterre, P., Albers, S., & Prangishvili, D. (2011). Simple and elegant design of a virion egress structure in Archaea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(8), 3354-3359. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1018052108

2010

Quax, T., Krupovic, M., Lucas, S., Forterre, P., & Prangishvili, D. (2010). The Sulfolobus rod-shaped virus 2 encodes a prominent structural component of the unique virion release system in Archaea. Virology, 404(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2010.04.020

2009

Bize, A., Karlsson, E. A., Ekefjaerd, K., Quax, T., Pina, M., Prevost, M-C., Forterre, P., Tenaillon, O., Bernader, R., & Prangishvili, D. (2009). A unique virus release mechanism in the Archaea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(27), 11306-11311. [0901238106]. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0901238106
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