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Dailey, H.A., A.N. Septer, L. Daugherty, D. Thames, S. Gerdes, E. V. Stabb, A. K. Dunn, J. D. Phillips, and T. A. Dailey .  2011.  The Escherichia coli protein YfeX functions as a peroxidase and is not a heme dechelatase.  mBio 2(6):e00248-11. doi:10.1128/mBio.00248-11.

Septer, A.N., Y. Wang, E.G. Ruby, E.V. Stabb, and A.K. Dunn*.     2011.  The heme-uptake gene cluster in Vibrio fischeri is regulated by Fur and contributes to symbiotic colonization.  Environ. Microbiol.  13:2855-2864.

Bose, J.L.,  M. S. Wollenberg, D. Colton, M. J. Mandel, A.N. Septer, A. K. Dunn, and E. V. Stabb  2011.  Rapid evolution of the luxR-luxI intergenic region has contributed to the diverse bioluminescence output of Vibrio fischeri strains isolated from different environments  Appl. Envrion. Microbiol.  77:2445-2457

Wang, Y., A.K. Dunn, J. Wilneff, M.J. McFall-Ngai, S. Spiro, and E.G. Ruby.  2010.  Vibrio fischeri Flavohemoglobin is the Key NO-Detoxification System during Initiation of the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis.  Mol. Microbiol.  78:903-915.

Lyell, N.L., A.K. Dunn,  J.L. Bose, and E.V. Stabb.  2010.  Bright mutants of Vibrio fischeri ES114 reveal conditions and regulators that control bioluminescence and expression of the lux operon.  J. Bact. 192:5103-5114.

Dunn, A.K.*, E.A. Karr, Y. Wang, A.R. Batton, E.G. Ruby, and E.V. Stabb.  2010.  The alternative oxidase (AOX) gene in Vibrio fischeri is controlled by NsrR and upregulated in response to nitric oxide.  Mol. Microbiol. 77:44-55.

Septer, A.N., Bose, J.L., Dunn, A.K., Stabb, E.V. 2010.   FNR-mediated regulation of bioluminescence and anaerobic respiration in the light-organ symbiont Vibrio fischeri.  FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 306:72-81.

Lyell, N., A.K. Dunn, J.L. Bose, S.L. Vescovi, and E.V. Stabb. 2008. Effective mutagenesis of Vibrio fischeri using a hyperactive mini-Tn5 derivative. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. In press.

Dunn, A.K.*,and E.V. Stabb. 2008. Genetic analysis of trimethylamine N-oxide reductases in the light organ symbiont Vibrio fischeri ES114. J. Bact. 190:5814-23.

Dunn, A.K.*, and E.V. Stabb. 2008. The twin arginine translocation system contributes to symbiotic colonization of Euprymna scolopes by Vibrio fischeri. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 279:251--258.

Dunn, A.K.* and E.V. Stabb. 2007. Beyond quorum sensing: the complexities of prokaryotic parliamentary procedures. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 387:391-398.

Peterson, S.B., A.K. Dunn, A.K. Klimowicz, and J. Handelsman. 2006. Peptidoglycan from Bacillus cereus mediates commensalism with rhizosphere bacteria from the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium group. Appl. Environ. Microbio. 72:5421-5427.

Dunn, A.K., D. S. Millikan, D.S. Adin, J.L. Bose, and E.V. Stabb. 2006. New rfp- and pES213-derived tools for analyzing symbiotic Vibrio fischeri reveal patterns of infection and lux expression in situ. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:802-810.

Dunn, A.K.* and E.V. Stabb. 2005. Culture-independent characterization of the microbiota of the antlion Myrmeleon mobilis (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71(12):8784-8794.

Dunn, A.K., M.O. Martin, and E.V. Stabb. 2005. Characterization of pES213, a small mobilizable plasmid from Vibrio fischeri. Plasmid. 54:114-134.

Ruby, E.G, M. Urbanowski, J. Campbell, A. Dunn, M. Faini, R. Gunsalus, P. Lostroh, C. Lupp, J. McCann, D. Millikan, A. Schaefer, E. Stabb, A. Stevens, K. Visick, C. Whistler, and E.P. Greenberg. 2005. Complete genome sequence of Vibrio fischeri: a symbiotic bacterium with pathogenic congeners. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 102(8):3004-3009.

Dunn, A.K., A.K. Klimowicz, and Jo Handelsman. 2003. Use of a promoter trap to identify Bacillus cereus genes regulated by tomato seed exudate and a rhizosphere resident, Pseudomonas aureofaciens. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69(2):1197-1205.

Dunn, A.K., and Jo Handelsman. 2002. Toward an understanding of microbial communities through analysis of communication networks. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 81(1-4):565-574.

Dunn, A.K., and Jo Handelsman. 1999. A vector for promoter trapping in Bacillus cereus. Gene. 226:297-305.

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