Bacillus subtilis & Clostridium difficile

Kai Zhao
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S., Peking University Medical School
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thesis Topic
Genome-wide studies of multiple sigma factors in regulons in E. coli

Current Research
Characterize gene regulation in Listeria monocytogenes and determine their roles in pathogenicity.

Publications

1. Zhao K, Liu M and Burgess RR. (2007) Adaptation in bacterial flagellar and
   motility systems: from regulon members to “foraging”-like behavior in
   E. coli. Nucl. Acids Res. 35:4441-52.
2. Zhao K, Liu M and Burgess RR. (2005) The global transcriptional response of
   Escherichia coli to induced sigma32 protein involves sigma32 regulon
   activation followed by inactivation and degradation of sigma32 in vivo.
   J Biol Chem. 280: 17758-68.
3. Liu M, Durfee T, Cabrera JE, Zhao K, Jin DJ, Blattner FR. (2005) Global
   transcriptional programs reveal a carbon source foraging strategy by
   Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 280: 15921-7.