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  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Genetics and Molecular Biology

Overview

David R. Zusman is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans areas within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional contributions to Medicine.

Their work covers several specialized subfields, including Immunology and Allergy, Cell Biology, and Molecular Biology. Central topics in their research include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Cellular Transport and Secretion, and Biochemical and Structural Characterization.

David R. Zusman has published at least one recent paper titled "Integrin-like adhesin CglD confers traction and stabilizes bacterial focal adhesions involved in myxobacterial gliding motility" in 2023. This paper was published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and has received citations indicating engagement by the scientific community.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Zusman include:

  • Nicolas Y. Jolivet
  • Endao Han
  • Akeisha M. Belgrave
  • Fares Saïdi
  • Newsha Koushki

Zusman has contributed research to the publication venue:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their research has been acknowledged through an award as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2004, recognizing contributions in Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Best Publications

  • Isolation of bacteriophage MX4, a generalized transducing phage for Myxococcus xanthus.

    Joseph M. Campos;Janet Geisselsoder;David R. Zusman

  • The two motility systems of Myxococcus xanthus show different selective advantages on various surfaces.

    Wenyuan Shi;David R. Zusman

  • "Frizzy" genes of Myxococcus xanthus are involved in control of frequency of reversal of gliding motility.

    Brian D. Blackhart;David R. Zusman

  • Type IV pilus of Myxococcus xanthus is a motility apparatus controlled by the frz chemosensory system

    Hong Sun;David R. Zusman;Wenyuan Shi

  • Chemosensory pathways, motility and development in Myxococcus xanthus

    David R. Zusman;Ansley E. Scott;Zhaomin Yang;John R. Kirby

  • Evidence That Focal Adhesion Complexes Power Bacterial Gliding Motility

    Tâm Mignot;Joshua W. Shaevitz;Patricia L. Hartzell;David R. Zusman

  • Extracellular polysaccharides mediate pilus retraction during social motility of Myxococcus xanthus

    Yinuo Li;Hong Sun;Xiaoyuan Ma;Ann Lu

  • Biosynthesis and self-assembly of protein S, a development-specific protein of Myxococcus xanthus

    Masayori Inouye;Sumiko Inouye;David R. Zusman

  • Regulation of development in Myxococcus xanthus: effect of 3':5'-cyclic AMP, ADP, and nutrition

    Joseph M. Campos;David R. Zusman

  • Gene expression during development of Myxococcus xanthus: pattern of protein synthesis.

    Masayori Inouye;Sumiko Inouye;David R. Zusman

  • "Frizzy" aggregation genes of the gliding bacterium Myxococcus xanthus show sequence similarities to the chemotaxis genes of enteric bacteria.

    Mark J. McBride;Robin A. Weinberg;David R. Zusman

  • Regulated pole-to-pole oscillations of a bacterial gliding motility protein.

    Tâm Mignot;John P. Merlie;David R. Zusman

  • Development in Myxococcus xanthus involves differentiation into two cell types, peripheral rods and spores.

    K A O'Connor;D R Zusman

  • Myxobacteria gliding motility requires cytoskeleton rotation powered by proton motive force

    Beiyan Nan;Jing Chen;John C. Neu;Richard M. Berry

  • Chemosensory regulation of developmental gene expression in Myxococcus xanthus

    John R. Kirby;David R. Zusman

  • Bacterial motility complexes require the actin‐like protein, MreB and the Ras homologue, MglA

    Emilia M F Mauriello;Fabrice Mouhamar;Beiyan Nan;Adrien Ducret

  • Gliding Motility Revisited: How Do the Myxobacteria Move without Flagella?

    Emilia M. F. Mauriello;Tâm Mignot;Zhaomin Yang;David R. Zusman

  • Analysis of the Frz signal transduction system of Myxococcus xanthus shows the importance of the conserved C-terminal region of the cytoplasmic chemoreceptor FrzCD in sensing signals.

    Víctor H. Bustamante;Irma Martínez-Flores;Hera C. Vlamakis;David R. Zusman

  • Uncovering the Mystery of Gliding Motility in the Myxobacteria

    Beiyan Nan;David R. Zusman

  • The lethal cargo of Myxococcus xanthus outer membrane vesicles

    James E. Berleman;James E. Berleman;James E. Berleman;Simon Allen;Megan A. Danielewicz;Jonathan P. Remis

Frequent Co-Authors

Wenyuan Shi
Wenyuan Shi ADA Forsyth Institute
Mark J. McBride
Mark J. McBride University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
George Oster
George Oster University of California, Berkeley
Eugene Rosenberg
Eugene Rosenberg Tel Aviv University
Hong Liu
Hong Liu Shandong University
David R. Nelson
David R. Nelson University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Masayori Inouye
Masayori Inouye Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Philip C. Andrews
Philip C. Andrews University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William Dowhan
William Dowhan The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Trent R. Northen
Trent R. Northen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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