Publications
Gao Y, Amon JD, Brogan AP, Artzi L, Ramírez-Guadiana FH, Cofsky JC, Kruse AC, Rudner DZ (2024) SpoVAF and FigP assemble into oligomeric ion channels that enhance spore germination. Genes Dev: 38(1–15). (pdf) (outlook) (supplement)
Mishra A, Hughes AC, Amon JD, Rudner DZ, Wang X, Kearns DB (2024) SwrA-mediated Multimerization of DegU and an upstream activation sequence enhance flagellar gene expression in Bacillus subtilis. J Mol Biol. 436(4):168419. (pdf) (supplement)
Midonet C, Bisset S, Shlosman I, Cava F, Rudner DZ, Bernhardt TG (2023) MacP bypass variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae PBP2a suggest a conserved mechanism for the activation of bifunctional cell wall synthases mBio. 14(6):e0239023. (pdf) (supplement)
Brogan AP, Habib C, Hobbs SJ, Kranzusch PJ, Rudner DZ (2023) Bacterial SEAL domains undergo autoproteolysis and function in regulated intramembrane proteolysis. PNAS 120(40):e2310862120. (pdf) (supplement)
Roney IJ, Rudner DZ (2023) The DedA superfamily member PetA is required for the transbilayer distribution of phosphatidylethanolamine in bacterial membranes. PNAS 120(20):e2301979120. (pdf) (supplement)
Gao* Y, Amon* JD, Artzi* L, Ramírez-Guadiana FH, Brock KP, Cofsky JC, Marks DS, Kruse AC, Rudner DZ (2023) Bacterial spore germination receptors are nutrient-gated ion channels. Science. 380(6643):387-391. (pdf) (supplement) (news) (*co-first authors)
Brogan AP, Rudner DZ (2023) Regulation of peptidoglycan hydrolases: localization, abundance, and activity. Curr Opin Microbiol. 72:102279. (pdf)
Roney IJ, Rudner DZ (2022) Two broadly conserved families of polyprenyl-phosphate transporters. Nature. (pdf) (supplement)
Brunet YR, Habib C, Brogan AP, Artzi L, Rudner DZ (2022) Intrinsically disordered protein regions are required for cell wall homeostasis in Bacillus subtilis. Genes Dev 36:970–984. (pdf) (supplement)
Landajuela A, Braun M, Martinez-Calvo A, Rodrigues CDA, Perez CG, Doan T, Rudner DZ, Wingreen NS, Karatekin E (2022) Membrane fission during bacterial spore development requires cellular inflation driven by DNA translocation. Current Biology 32:4186–4200. (pdf)
Chan H, Taib N, Gilmore MC, Mohamed AMT, Hanna K, Luhur J, Nguyen H, Hafiz E, Cava F, Gribaldo S, Rudner DZ, Rodrigues CDA (2022) Genetic screens identify additional genes implicated in envelope remodeling during the engulfment stage of Bacillus subtilis sporulation. mBio Volume 13 Issue 5. (pdf)
Gao Y, Barajas-Ornelas R, Amon JA, Ramírez-Guadiana F, Alon A, Brock KP, Marks DS, Kruse AC, Rudner DZ (2022) The SpoVA membrane complex is required for dipicolinic acid import during sporulation and export during germination. Genes Dev 36(9-10):634-646. (pdf) (supplement)
Flores-Kim* J, Dobihal* GS, Bernhardt TG, Rudner DZ (2022) WhyD tailors surface polymers to prevent premature bacteriolysis and direct cell elongation in Streptococcus pneumoniae. eLife 2022;11:e76392. (pdf) (*co-first authors)
Dobihal GS, Flores-Kim J, Roney IJ, Wang X, Rudner DZ (2022) The WalR-WalK signaling pathway modulates the activities of both CwlO and LytE through control of the peptidoglycan deacetylase PdaC in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 2022 Feb 15;204(2):e0053321. (pdf) (supplement)
Amon JA, Artzi L, Rudner DZ (2022) Genetic evidence for signal transduction within the Bacillus subtilis GerA germinant receptor. J Bacteriol. 2022 Feb 15;204(2):e0047021. (pdf) (supplement) (commentary)
Artzi L, Alon A, Brock KP, Green AG, Tam A, Ramírez-Guadiana F, Marks DS, Kruse AC, Rudner DZ (2021) Dormant spores sense amino acids through the B subunits of their germination receptors. Nat Commun. 2021 Nov 25;12(1):6842. (pdf) (supplement)
Landajuela A, Braun M, Rodrigues CDA, Martínez-Calvo A, Doan T, Horenkamp F, Andronicos A, Shteyn V, Williams ND, Lin C, Wingreen NS, Rudner DZ, Karatekin E. (2021) FisB relies on homo-oligomerization and lipid binding to catalyze membrane fission in bacteria. PLoS Biol. 2021 Jun 29;19(6):e3001314. (pdf) (supplement)
Karaboja X, Ren Z, Brandão HB, Paul P, Rudner DZ, Wang X (2021) XerD unloads bacterial SMC complexes at the replication terminus. Molecular Cell. 81, 1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.12.027 (pdf)
Mohamed A, Chan H, Luhur J, Bauda E, Gallet B, Morlot C, Cole L, Awad M, Crawford S, Lyras D, Rudner DZ, Rodrigues CDA. (2021) Chromosome Segregation and Peptidoglycan Remodeling Are Coordinated at a Highly Stabilized Septal Pore to Maintain Bacterial Spore Development. Dev Cell. 2021 Jan 11;56(1):36-51.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.12.006 (pdf)
Yang CK, Kashyap DR, Kowalczyk DA, Rudner DZ, Wang X, Gupta D, Dziarski R. (2021) Respiratory chain components are required for peptidoglycan recognition protein-induced thiol depletion and killing in Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 8;11(1):64. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79811-z. (pdf)
Luhur J, Chan H, Kachappilly B, Mohamed A, Morlot C, Awad M, Lyras D, Taib N, Gribaldo S, Rudner DZ, Rodrigues CDA. (2020) A dynamic, ring-forming MucB / RseB-like protein influences spore shape in Bacillus subtilis. PLoS Genet. 2020 Dec 14;16(12):e1009246. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009246. (pdf)
Qian J, Lu ZX, Mancuso CP, Jhuang HY, Del Carmen Barajas-Ornelas R, Boswell SA, Ramírez-Guadiana FH, Jones V, Sonti A, Sedlack K, Artzi L, Jung G, Arammash M, Pettit ME, Melfi M, Lyon L, Owen SV, Baym M, Khalil AS, Silver PA, Rudner DZ, Springer M. (2020) Barcoded microbial system for high-resolution object provenance. Science. 2020 Jun 5;368(6495):1135-1140. (pdf) (supplement)
Amon JD, Yadav AK, Ramirez-Guadiana FH, Meeske AJ, Cava F, Rudner DZ. (2020) SwsB and SafA Are Required for CwlJ-Dependent Spore Germination in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 2020 Feb 25;202(6):e00668-19. (pdf) (supplement)
Sjodt M, Rohs PDA, Gilman MSA, Erlandson SC, Zheng S, Green AG, Brock KP, Taguchi A, Kahne D, Walker S, Marks DS, Rudner DZ, Bernhardt TG, Kruse AC. (2020) Structural coordination of polymerization and crosslinking by a SEDS-bPBP peptidoglycan synthase complex. Nat Microbiol. 2020 Jun;5(6):813-820. (pdf)
Dobihal* G.S., Brunet* Y.R., Flores-Kim J., Rudner D.Z. (2019) Homeostatic control of cell wall hydrolysis by the WalRK two-component signaling pathway in Bacillus subtilis. Elife. 2019 Dec 6;8. (pdf) (insight) (*co-first authors)
Brandão H.B., Paul P., van den Berg A.A., Rudner D.Z., Wang X., Mirny L.A. (2019) RNA polymerases as moving barriers to condensin loop extrusion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Oct 8;116(41):20489-20499. (pdf)
Brunet Y.R., Wang X., Rudner D.Z. (2019) SweC and SweD are essential co-factors of the FtsEX-CwlO cell wall hydrolase complex in Bacillus subtilis. PLoS Genet. 2019 Aug 22;15(8):e1008296. (pdf)
Flores-Kim J., Dobihal G.S., Fenton A., Rudner D.Z., Bernhardt T.G. (2019) A switch in surface polymer biogenesis triggers growth-phase-dependent and antibiotic-induced bacteriolysis. Elife. 2019 Apr 9;8. (pdf)
Ramírez-Guadiana F.H., Rodrigues C.D.A., Marquis K.A., Campo N., Barajas-Ornelas R.D.C., Brock K., Marks D.S., Kruse A.C., Rudner D.Z. (2018) Evidence that regulation of intramembrane proteolysis is mediated by substrate gating during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. PLoS Genet. 2018 Nov 7;14(11):e1007753. (pdf) (supplement)
Trouve J., Mohamed A., Leisico F., Contreras-Martel C., Liu B., Mas C., Rudner D.Z., Rodrigues C.D.A., Morlot C. (2018) Structural characterization of the sporulation protein GerM from Bacillus subtilis. J Struct Biol. 2018 Dec;204(3):481-490. (pdf) (supplement)
Wang, X., Hughes, A.C., Brandão, H.B., Walker, B., Lierz, C., Cochran, J.C., Oakley, M.G., Kruse, A.C., Rudner, D.Z. (2018) In vivo evidence for ATPase-dependent DNA translocation by the Bacillus subtilis SMC condensin complex. Mol Cell. 71, 1-7. (pdf)
Sjodt, M., Brock, K., Dobihal, G., Rohs, P.D.A., Green, A.G., Hopf, T.A., Meeske, A.J., Srisuknimit, V., Kahne, D., Walker, S., Marks, D.S., Bernhardt, T.G., Rudner, D.Z., Kruse, A.C. (2018) Structure of the peptidoglycan polymerase RodA resolved by evolutionary coupling analysis. Nature. 2018 Apr 5;556(7699):118-121. (pdf)
Fenton, A.K., Manuse, S., Flores-Kim, J., Garcia, P.S., Mercy, C., Grangeasse, C., Bernhardt, T.G., Rudner, D.Z. (2018) Phosphorylation-dependent activation of the cell wall synthase PBP2a in Streptococcus pneumoniae by MacP. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Mar 13;115(11):2812-2817. (pdf) (supplement)
Ramírez-Guadiana, F.H., Meeske, A.J., Rodrigues, C.D.A., Barajas-Ornelas, R.D.C., Kruse, A.C., Rudner D.Z. A two-step transport pathway allows the mother cell to nurture the developing spore in Bacillus subtilis. PLoS Genet. 2017 Sep 25;13(9):e1007015. (pdf) (supplement)
Ramírez-Guadiana, F.H., Meeske, A.J., Wang, X., Rodrigues, C.D.A., Rudner, D.Z. (2017) The Bacillus subtilis germinant receptor GerA triggers premature germination in response to morphological defects during sporulation. Mol Microbiol. 105(5):689-704. (pdf) (supplement)
Pang, T., Wang, X., Lim, H.C., Bernhardt, T.G., Rudner, D.Z. (2017) The nucleoid occlusion factor Noc controls DNA replication initiation in Staphylococcus aureus. PLOS Genetics. 13(7): e1006908. (pdf) (supplement) (highlight)
Koo, B.M., Kritikos, G., Farelli, J.D., Todor, H., Tong, K., Kimsey, H., Wapinski, I., Galardini, M., Cabal, A., Peters, J.M., Hachmann, A.B., Rudner, D.Z., Allen, K.N., Typas, A., Gross, C.A. (2017) Construction and Analysis of Two Genome-Scale Deletion Libraries for Bacillus subtilis. Cell Syst. 2017 Mar 22;4(3):291-305.e7. (pdf)
Wang, X., Brandão H.B., Le, T.B., Laub, M.T., Rudner, D.Z. (2017) Bacillus subtilis SMC complexes juxtapose chromosome arms as they travel from origin to terminus. Science 03 Feb 2017: Vol. 355, Issue 6324, pp. 524-527. (pdf) (supplement) (perspective)
Fenton, A.K., Mortaji, L.E., Lau, D.T., Rudner, D.Z., Bernhardt, T.G. (2016) CozE is a member of the MreCD complex that directs cell elongation in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Nat Microbiol. 2016 Dec 12;2:16237. (pdf) (supplement) (news and views)
Rodrigues, C.D., Henry, X., Neumann, E., Kurauskas, V., Bellard, L., Fichou, Y., Schanda, P., Schoehn, G., Rudner, D.Z., Morlot, C. (2016) A ring-shaped conduit connects the mother cell and forespore during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Oct 11;113(41):11585-11590. (pdf) (supplement)
Meeske, A.J., Riley, E.P., Robins, W.P., Uehara, T., Mekalanos, J.J., Kahne, D., Walker, S., Kruse, A.C., Bernhardt, T.G., Rudner, D.Z. (2016) SEDS proteins are a widespread family of bacterial cell wall polymerases. Nature. 2016 Sep 29;537(7622):634-638. (pdf) (highlight) (highlight) (highlight)
Rodrigues, C.D., Ramírez-Guadiana, F.H., Meeske, A.J., Wang, X., Rudner, D.Z. (2016) GerM is required to assemble the basal platform of the SpoIIIA-SpoIIQ transenvelope complex during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 2016 Oct;102(2):260-273. (pdf) (supplement)
Meeske*, A.J., Rodrigues*, C.D., Brady, J., Lim, H.C., Bernhardt, T.G., Rudner, D.Z. (2016) High-Throughput Genetic Screens Identify a Large and Diverse Collection of New Sporulation Genes in Bacillus subtilis. PLoS Biol. 14(1): e1002341. (*co-first authors) (pdf) (supplement) (supplement)
Widderich, N., Rodrigues, C.D., Commichau, F.M., Fischer, K.E., Ramirez-Guadiana, F.H., Rudner, D.Z., Bremer, E. (2016) Salt-sensitivity of σH and Spo0A prevents sporulation of Bacillus subtilis at high osmolarity avoiding death during cellular differentiation. Mol Micro. 100(1):108-24. (pdf) (supplement)
Arrieta-Ortiz, M.L., Hafemeister, C., Batem A,R, Chu, T., Greenfield, A., Shuster, B., Barry, S.M., Gallitto, M., Liu, B., Kacmarczy, T., Santoriello, F., Chen, J. Rodrigues, C.D., Sato, T., Rudner, D.Z., Driks, A., Bonneau, R., Eichenberger, P. (2015) An experimentally supported model of the Bacillus subtilis global transcriptional regulatory network. Mol Sys. Bio. 11: 839. (pdf)
Wang, X., Le, T.B., Lajoie, B.R., Dekker, J., Laub, M.T., Rudner, D.Z. (2015) Condensin promotes the juxtaposition of DNA flanking its loading site in Bacillus subtilis. Genes Dev. 29(15):1661-1675. (pdf) (supplement) (news and views)
Meeske, A.J., Sham, L.T., Kimsey, H., Koo, B.M., Gross, C.A., Bernhardt, T.G., Rudner, D.Z. (2015) MurJ and a novel lipid II flippase are required for cell wall biogenesis in Bacillus subtilis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 112(20):6437-6442. (pdf) (supplement) (highlight)
Wang, X., Rudner, D.Z. (2014) Spatial organization of bacterial chromosomes. Curr Opin Microbiol. 22, 66-72. Review. (pdf)
Wang, X., Montero Llopis, P., Rudner, D.Z. (2014) Bacillus subtilis chromosome organization oscillates between two distinct patterns. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 111 (35) 12877-12882. (pdf) (commentary)
Lebar, M.D., May, J.M., Meeske, A.J., Leiman, S.A., Lupoli, T.J., Tsukamoto, H., Losick, R., Rudner, D.Z., Walker, S., Kahne, D. (2014) Reconstitution of Peptidoglycan Cross-Linking Leads to Improved Fluorescent Probes of Cell Wall Synthesis. J Am Chem Soc. 136(31):10874-7. (pdf) (supplement)
Broedersz, C.P., Wang, X., Meir, Y., Loparo, J.J., Rudner, D.Z., Wingreen, N.S. (2014) Condensation and localization of the partitioning protein ParB on the bacterial chromosome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 111 (24), 8809-14. (pdf) (supplement)
Graham*, T.G., Wang*, X., Song, D., Etson, C.M., van Oijen, A.M., Rudner, D.Z., Loparo, J.J. (2014) ParB spreading requires DNA bridging. Genes Dev. 28(11), 1228-38. (pdf) (supplement) (cover) (perspective) (*co-first authors)
Wang, X., Tang, O.W., Riley, E.P., Rudner, D.Z. (2014) The SMC condensin complex is required for origin segregation in Bacillus subtilis. Curr Biol. 24(3), 287-92. (pdf) (supplement) (dispatch)
Mastny, M., Heuck, A., Kurzbauer, R., Heiduk, A., Boisguerin, P., Volkmer, R., Ehrmann, M., Rodrigues, C.D., Rudner, D.Z., Clausen, T. (2013) CtpB assembles a gated protease tunnel regulating cell-cell signaling during spore formation in Bacillus subtilis. Cell. 155, 647-58. (pdf) (supplement)
Meisner, J., Montero Llopis, P., Sham, L.T., Garner, E., Bernhardt, T.G., Rudner, D.Z. (2013) FtsEX is required for CwlO peptidoglycan hydrolase activity during cell wall elongation in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 89,1069-83. (pdf) (supplement)
Rodrigues, C.D., Marquis, K.A., Meisner, J., Rudner, D.Z. (2013) Peptidoglycan hydrolysis is required for assembly and activity of the transenvelope secretion complex during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 89, 1039-52. (pdf) (supplement) (dispatch)
Wang*, X., Montero* Llopis, P., Rudner, D.Z. (2013) Organization and segregation of bacterial chromosomes. Nat Rev Genet. 14, 191-203. Review. (pdf) (cover) (*co-first authors)
Doan, T., Coleman, J., Marquis, K.A., Meeske, A.J., Burton, B.M., Karatekin, E., Rudner, D.Z. (2013) FisB mediates membrane fission during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Genes Dev. 27, 322-34. (pdf) (supplement) (dispatch)
Yardimci, H., Wang, X., Loveland, A.B., Tappin, I., Rudner, D.Z., Hurwitz, J., van Oijen, A.M., Walter, J.C. (2012) Bypass of a protein barrier by a replicative DNA helicase. Nature. 492, 205-9. (pdf) (supplement)
Jackson, D., Wang, X., Rudner, D.Z. (2012) Spatio-temporal organization of replication in bacteria and eukaryotes (nucleoids and nuclei). Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 4, a010389. (pdf)
Wagner-Herman, J.K., Bernard, R., Dunne, R., Bisson-Filho, A.W., Kumar, K., Nguyen, T., Mulcahy, L., Koullias, J., Gueiros-Filho, F.J., Rudner, D.Z. (2012) RefZ facilitates the switch from medial to polar division during spore formation in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 194, 4608-18. (pdf) (supplement)
Garner, E.C., Bernard, R., Wang, W., Zhuang, X., Rudner, D.Z., Mitchison, T. (2011) Coupled, circumferential motions of the cell wall synthesis machinery and MreB filaments in B. subtilis. Science. 333, 222-5. (pdf) (supplement)
Bernard, R., Marquis, K.A., Rudner, D.Z. (2010) Nucleoid occlusion prevents cell division during replication fork arrest in Bacillus subtilis Mol. Micro. 78, 866-82. (pdf) (supplement)
Morlot*, C., Uehara*, T., Marquis, K.A., Bernhardt, T.G., Rudner, D.Z. (2010) A highly coordinated cell wall degradation machine governs spore morphogenesis in Bacillus subtilis Genes Dev 24:411-422. (pdf) (supplement) (cover) (*co-first authors)
Rudner, D.Z., Losick, R. (2009) Protein subcellular localization in bacteria. Shapiro and Losick (eds), CSHL press. (pdf)
Wagner, J.K., Marquis, K.A., Rudner, D.Z. (2009) SirA enforces diploidy by inhibiting the replication initiator DnaA during spore formation in Bacillus subtilis Mol. Micro. 73, 963-74. (pdf) (supplement)
Doan*, T., Morlot*, C., Meisner, J., Serrano, M, Henriques, A.O., Moran, C.P., Rudner, D.Z. (2009) Novel secretion apparatus maintains spore integrity and developmental gene expression in Bacillus subtilis PLoS Genetics 5. (pdf) (supplement) (*co-first authors)
Sullivan*, N.L., Marquis*, K.A., Rudner, D.Z. (2009) Recruitment of SMC to the origin by ParB-parS organizes the origin and promotes efficient chromosome segregation Cell 137, 697-707. (pdf) (supplement) (cover) (highlight) (*co-first authors)
Marquis, K.A., Burton, B.M., Nollmann, M., Ptacin, J.L., Bustamante, C., Ben-Yehuda, S., Rudner, D.Z. (2008) SpoIIIE strips proteins off the DNA during chromosome translocation Genes Dev 22:1786-1795. (pdf) (supplement) (cover) (highlight)
Campo, N., Marquis, K.A., Rudner, D.Z. (2008) SpoIIQ anchors membrane proteins on both sides of the sporulation septum in Bacillus subtilis JBC 283, 4975-82. (pdf) (supplement)
Rudner, D.Z. and Doan T., (2008) Intercompartmental signal transduction during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis Book Chapter in Chemical Communication among Bacteria. Winans and Bassler (eds), ASM press (pdf)
Burton, B.M., Marquis, K.A., Sullivan, N.L., Rapoport, T.A., Rudner, D. Z. (2007) The ATPase SpoIIIE transports DNA across fused septal membranes during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis Cell 131, 1301-12. (pdf) (supplement) (highlight)
Campo, N., Rudner, D.Z. (2007) SpoIVB and CtpB are both forespore signals in the activation of the sporulation transcription factor σK in Bacillus subtilis J. Bacteriol. 189, 6021-7. (pdf) (supplement)
Doan, T., Rudner, D.Z. (2007) Perturbations to engulfment trigger a degradative response that prevents cell-cell signaling during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis Mol. Micro. 64, 500-11 (pdf) (supplement)
Straight, P.D., Fischbach, M.A., Walsh, C.T., Rudner, D.Z., Kolter, R. (2007) A singular enzymatic megacomplex from Bacillus subtilis Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104, 305-10. (pdf)
Tiyanont, P., Doan, T., Lazarus, M.B., Fang, X., Rudner, D.Z., Walker, S. (2006) Imaging peptidoglycan biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis with fluorescent antibiotics. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 103, 11033-8. (pdf)
Campo, N. and Rudner, D.Z. (2006) A branched pathway governing the activation of a developmental transcription factor by Regulated Intramembrane Proteolysis. Mol. Cell 23, 23-35. (pdf) (supplement)
Ben-Yehuda, S., Fujita, M., Liu, X.S., Gorbatyuk, B., Skoko, D., Yan, J., Eichenberger, P., Rudner, D.Z., Marko, J.F., Liu, J., Losick, R. (2005) Defining a centromere-like element in Bacillus subtilis by identifying the binding sites for the chromosome-anchoring protein RacA. Mol Cell 17, 773-82. (pdf)
Doan, T., Marquis, K. A., Rudner, D.Z. (2005) Subcellular localization of a sporulation membrane protein is achieved through a network of interactions along and across the septum. Mol. Micro 55, 1767-81. (pdf) (supplement)
Eichenberger, P., Fujita, M., Jensen, S. T., Conlon, E. M., Rudner, D.Z., Wang, S., Ferguson, C., Sato, T., Liu, J., Losick, R. (2004) The entire program of gene expression for a single differentiating cell type and its regulation by a linked series of feed-forward loops. PLoS Biol. 2, e328. (pdf)
Ben-Yehuda, S., Rudner, D.Z., and Losick R. (2003) Assembly of the SpoIIIE DNA translocase depends on chromosome trapping in Bacillus subtilis. Cur. Biol. 13, 2196-200. (pdf)
Pan, Q., Losick, R., and Rudner, D.Z. (2003) A second PDZ-containing serine protease contributes to the activation of the sporulation transcription factor σK in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 185, 6051-6. (pdf)
Ben-Yehuda, S., Rudner, D.Z., and Losick, R. (2003) RacA, a bacterial protein that anchors chromosomes to the cell poles. Science 299, 532-6. (pdf)
Rudner, D.Z., Pan, Q., and Losick, R. (2002) Evidence that subcellular localization of a bacterial membrane protein is achieved by diffusion and capture. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 99, 8701-6. (pdf)
Rudner, D.Z. and Losick, R. A (2002) Sporulation membrane protein tethers the pro-σK processing enzyme to its inhibitor and dictates its subcellular localization. Genes Dev. 16, 1007-18. (pdf)
Rudner, D.Z. and Losick, R. (2001) Morphological coupling in development: lessons from prokaryotes. Dev. Cell 1, 733-42. (pdf)
Rudner, D.Z., Fawcett, P., Losick, R (1999) A family of membrane-embedded metalloproteases involved in regulated proteolysis of membrane-associated transcription factors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 96, 14765-70. (pdf)
Cline, T.W., Rudner, D.Z., Barbash, D.A., Bell, M., Vutien, R. (1999) Functioning of the Drosophila integral U1/U2 protein Snf independent of U1 and U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles is revealed by snf+ gene dose effects. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 96, 14451-8.
Rudner, D.Z., Breger, K.S., Rio, D.C. (1998) Molecular genetic analysis of the heterodimeric splicing factor U2AF: the RS domain on either the large or small Drosophila subunit is dispensable in vivo. Genes Dev. 12, 1010-21.
Rudner, D.Z., Breger, K.S., Kanaar, R., Adams, M.A., Rio, D.C. (1998) RNA binding activity of heterodimeric splicing factor U2AF: at least one RS domain is required for high-affinity binding. Mol. Cell. Biol. 18, 4004-11.
Rudner, D.Z., Kanaar, R., Breger, K.S., Rio, D.C. (1998) Interaction between subunits of heterodimeric splicing factor U2AF is essential in vivo. Mol. Cell. Biol. 18, 1765-73.
Hamond, L., Rudner, D.Z., Kanaar, R., Rio, D.C. (1997) Mutations in the hrp48 gene, which encodes a Drosophila heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle protein, cause lethality and developmental defects and affect P-element third-intron splicing in vivo. Mol. Cell. Biol. 17, 7260-7267.
Lee, A.L., Volkman, B.F., Robertson, S.A., Rudner, D.Z., Barbash, D.A., Cline, T.W., Kanaar, R., Rio, D.C., Wemmer, D.E. (1997) Chemical shift mapping of the RNA-binding interface of the multiple-RBD protein Sex-lethal. Biochemistry 36, 14306-14317.
Adams, M.D., Rudner, D.Z., Rio, D.C. (1996) Biochemistry and regulation of pre-mRNA splicing. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 8, 331-339.
Rudner, D.Z., Kanaar, R., Breger, K.S., Rio, D.C. (1996) Mutations in the small subunit of the Drosophila U2AF splicing factor cause lethality and developmental defects. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93, 10333-10337.
Kanaar, R., Lee, A.L., Rudner, D.Z., Wemmer, D.E., Rio, D.C. (1995) Interaction of the Sex-lethal RNA binding domains with RNA. EMBO J. 14, 4530-4539.
Ireton, K., Rudner, D.Z., Siranosian, K.J., Grossman, A.D. (1993) Integration of multiple developmental signals in Bacillus subtilis through the Spo0A transcription factor. Genes Dev. 7, 283-294. (pdf)
Lowell, J.E., Rudner, D.Z., Sachs, A.B. (1992) 3’-UTR-dependent deadenylation by the yeast poly(A) nuclease. Genes Dev. 6, 2088-2099.
Rudner, D.Z., LeDeaux, J.R., Ireton, K., Grossman, A.D. (1991) The spo0K locus of Bacillus subtilis is homologous to the oligopeptide permease locus and is required for sporulation and competence. J. Bacteriol. 173, 1388-1398. (pdf)
Rudner, D.Z. and McDuffie, M. (1988) Period refinement for AP Canum Venaticorum. American Association of Variable Star Observers 17-19. (pdf)