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Overview

Igor B. Zhulin is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States, with a research focus primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within this broad discipline, Zhulin's work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Ecology, and Endocrinology.

Zhulin's research encompasses various topics, among which the following stand out:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Gut microbiota and health

The scientist has contributed to multiple papers in notable publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers attributed to Zhulin include:

  • How Bacterial Chemoreceptors Evolve Novel Ligand Specificities, 2020, mBio
  • TREND: a platform for exploring protein function in prokaryotes based on phylogenetic, domain architecture and gene neighborhood analyses, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Amino acid sensor conserved from bacteria to humans, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • MiST 4.0: a new release of the microbial signal transduction database, now with a metagenomic component, 2023, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Diversity of bacterial chemosensory systems, 2021, Current Opinion in Microbiology

Zhulin collaborates frequently with several co-authors, notably including:

  • Vadim M. Gumerov
  • Ekaterina P. Andrianova
  • Tino Krell
  • Miguel A. Matilla
  • Jiawei Xing

Best Publications

  • PAS Domains: Internal Sensors of Oxygen, Redox Potential, and Light

    Barry L. Taylor;Igor B. Zhulin

  • Towards environmental systems biology of Shewanella

    James K. Fredrickson;Margaret F. Romine;Alexander S. Beliaev;Jennifer M. Auchtung

  • One-component systems dominate signal transduction in prokaryotes.

    Luke E. Ulrich;Eugene V. Koonin;Igor B. Zhulin

  • PAS domain S-boxes in archaea, bacteria and sensors for oxygen and redox

    Igor B. Zhulin;Barry L. Taylor;Ray Dixon

  • Laccases are widespread in bacteria

    Gladys Alexandre;Igor B. Zhulin

  • Origins and Diversification of a Complex Signal Transduction System in Prokaryotes

    Kristin Wuichet;Igor B. Zhulin;Igor B. Zhulin

  • Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 harbors a multi-replicon, 9.73-Mbp genome shaped for versatility

    Patrick S. G. Chain;Vincent J. Denef;Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis;Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis;Lisa M. Vergez;Lisa M. Vergez

  • Universal architecture of bacterial chemoreceptor arrays

    Ariane Briegel;Davi R. Ortega;Elitza I. Tocheva;Kristin Wuichet

  • Aerotaxis and other energy-sensing behavior in bacteria.

    Barry L. Taylor;Igor B. Zhulin;Mark S. Johnson

  • The Aer protein and the serine chemoreceptor Tsr independently sense intracellular energy levels and transduce oxygen, redox, and energy signals for Escherichia coli behavior

    Anuradha Rebbapragada;Mark S. Johnson;Gordon P. Harding;Anthony J. Zuccarelli

  • Positional cloning of the murine flavivirus resistance gene.

    Andrey A. Perelygin;Svetlana V. Scherbik;Igor B. Zhulin;Bronislava M. Stockman

  • The MiST2 database: a comprehensive genomics resource on microbial signal transduction

    Luke E. Ulrich;Igor B. Zhulin

  • Evolutionary genomics reveals conserved structural determinants of signaling and adaptation in microbial chemoreceptors.

    Roger P. Alexander;Igor B. Zhulin

  • Evolution and phyletic distribution of two-component signal transduction systems.

    Kristin Wuichet;Brian J Cantwell;Igor B Zhulin;Igor B Zhulin

  • Life in Hot Carbon Monoxide: The Complete Genome Sequence of Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901

    Martin Wu;Qinghu Ren;A. Scott Durkin;Sean C Daugherty

  • Predicted structure and phyletic distribution of the RNA‐binding protein Hfq

    Xueguang Sun;Igor Zhulin;Roger M. Wartell

  • Azospirillum genomes reveal transition of bacteria from aquatic to terrestrial environments.

    Florence Wisniewski-Dyé;Kirill Borziak;Gurusahai Khalsa-Moyers;Gladys Alexandre

  • Ecological role of energy taxis in microorganisms

    Gladys Alexandre;Suzanne Greer-Phillips;Igor B Zhulin;Igor B Zhulin

  • Sensory Repertoire of Bacterial Chemoreceptors.

    Álvaro Ortega;Igor B. Zhulin;Tino Krell

  • Cache Domains That are Homologous to, but Different from PAS Domains Comprise the Largest Superfamily of Extracellular Sensors in Prokaryotes

    Amit A. Upadhyay;Amit A. Upadhyay;Aaron D. Fleetwood;Aaron D. Fleetwood;Ogun Adebali;Ogun Adebali;Robert D. Finn

  • The superfamily of chemotaxis transducers: from physiology to genomics and back.

    Igor B. Zhulin

Frequent Co-Authors

Tino Krell
Tino Krell Spanish National Research Council
Judith P. Armitage
Judith P. Armitage University of Oxford
Miriam Land
Miriam Land Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Mircea Podar
Mircea Podar Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ann M. Stock
Ann M. Stock Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Eugene V. Koonin
Eugene V. Koonin National Institutes of Health
Katherine S. Pollard
Katherine S. Pollard University of California, San Francisco
Alla Lapidus
Alla Lapidus Saint Petersburg State University
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute

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