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Carl Bauer |
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Professor Program Affiliation: Molecular Biology & Genetics | Microbiology | Plant Biology Research Groups Affiliation: Biochemistry | Genetics | Microbiology | Plant Biology NIH Research Career Development Award |
Phone: 812/855-6595 | |||
Oxygen and light regulation of gene expression; Biosynthesis of heme and chlorophyll; Prokaryotic development.![]() The laboratory interests fall into two categories:
Regulation of photosynthesis gene expression by oxygen and light: Photo Behavior of Rhodospirillum centenum: Using transposon mutagenesis , we have isolated mutants that constitutively form cyst cells. Several of these disruptions map to a large and intriguing set of potential regulatory genes. Two genetically isolated histidine kinase genes and two distinct clusters of che -like genes have been identified through this screen. A previously identified operon, che1 , has been shown to control chemotaxis (see below). We are currently studying che2 and che3 to determine what affect these genes have on chemotaxis and development.
Gene Expression Wu, J., & C. E. Bauer. 2008. RegB/RegA, A Global Redox-Responding Two-Component Regulatory System. In, Bacterial Signal Transduction: network and drug targets. Ryutaro Utsumi edt. pp 131-148, Landes Bioscience Eurekah, Georgetown, TX. Yuan, H., & C. E. Bauer. 2008. PixE promotes Dark Oligomerization of the BLUF Photoreceptor PixD. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA. In Press. Willett, J., J. L. Smart & C. E. Bauer 2007. RegA in Controls Bacteriochlorophyll and Carotenoid Synthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Bacteriol. 189, 7765-7773. Prokaryotic Differentiation Berelman, J. & C. E. Bauer. 2004.Characterization of the cyst cell formation in the purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum centenum . Microbiology150, 383-390 (Featured on cover) Berleman, J., B. Hasselbring, & C. E. Bauer. 2004. Hypercyst Mutants in Rhodospirillum centenum Identify Regulatory Loci Involved in Cyst Cell Differentiation. J. Bacteriol. 186, 5834-5841 (Featured on cover). | ||||