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Overview

Udo Bläsi is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Plant Science, and Molecular Medicine as subfields of study.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies

Udo Bläsi has published extensively, frequently contributing to venues such as Frontiers in Microbiology, where they have five publications. Other notable journals include Cell Host & Microbe, Nucleic Acids Research, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Environmental Microbiology.

Their recent papers encompass a range of topics relevant to bacterial genetics and molecular mechanisms. These include:

  • "Signatures of antagonistic pleiotropy in a bacterial flagellin epitope" (2021), published in Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Stabilization of Hfq-mediated translational repression by the co-repressor Crc in Pseudomonas aeruginosa" (2021), published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Gene Expression Profiling of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Upon Exposure to Colistin and Tobramycin" (2021), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Specific and Global RNA Regulators in Pseudomonas aeruginosa" (2021), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Distinctive Regulation of Carbapenem Susceptibility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Hfq" (2020), published in Frontiers in Microbiology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research activity. Frequent coauthors include Elisabeth Sonnleitner, Ben F. Luisi, Tom Dendooven, Flavia Bassani, and Armin Resch, with Sonnleitner appearing as a collaborator in twelve publications.

Best Publications

  • RNA chaperones, RNA annealers and RNA helicases.

    Lukas Rajkowitsch;Doris Chen;Sabine Stampfl;Katharina Semrad

  • Coincident Hfq binding and RNase E cleavage sites on mRNA and small regulatory RNAs.

    Isabella Moll;Taras Afonyushkin;Oresta Vytvytska;Vladimir R. Kaberdin

  • Holins: form and function in bacteriophage lysis

    Ry Young;Udo Bläsi

  • Reduced virulence of a hfq mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa O1

    Elisabeth Sonnleitner;Steven Hagens;Frank Rosenau;Susanne Wilhelm

  • Leaderless mRNAs in bacteria: surprises in ribosomal recruitment and translational control.

    Isabella Moll;Sonja Grill;Claudio O Gualerzi;Udo Bläsi

  • Hfq (HF1) stimulates ompA mRNA decay by interfering with ribosome binding

    Oresta Vytvytska;Isabella Moll;Vladimir R. Kaberdin;Alexander von Gabain

  • Therapy of Experimental Pseudomonas Infections with a Nonreplicating Genetically Modified Phage

    Steven Hagens;André Habel;Uwe von Ahsen;Alexander von Gabain

  • Control of Fur synthesis by the non-coding RNA RyhB and iron-responsive decoding

    Branislav Večerek;Isabella Moll;Udo Bläsi

  • Hfq-dependent alterations of the transcriptome profile and effects on quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Elisabeth Sonnleitner;Martin Schuster;Theresa Sorger-Domenigg;Everett Peter Greenberg

  • Both RNase E and RNase III control the stability of sodB mRNA upon translational inhibition by the small regulatory RNA RyhB

    Taras Afonyushkin;Branislav Večerek;Isabella Moll;Udo Bläsi

  • The small RNA PhrS stimulates synthesis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quinolone signal

    Elisabeth Sonnleitner;Nicolas Gonzalez;Theresa Sorger-Domenigg;Stephan Heeb

  • Translation initiation with 70S ribosomes: an alternative pathway for leaderless mRNAs

    Isabella Moll;Go Hirokawa;Michael C. Kiel;Akira Kaji

  • RNA chaperone activity of the Sm-like Hfq protein

    Isabella Moll;David Leitsch;Tanja Steinhauser;Udo Bläsi

  • Endogenous transmembrane tunnel formation mediated by phi X174 lysis protein E.

    A Witte;G Wanner;U Bläsi;G Halfmann

  • Development of giant bacteriophage ϕKZ is independent of the host transcription apparatus

    Pieter Jan Ceyssens;Leonid Minakhin;An van den Bossche;Maria Yakunina

  • Regulation of Hfq by the RNA CrcZ in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Carbon Catabolite Repression

    Elisabeth Sonnleitner;Udo Bläsi

  • Translation initiation and the fate of bacterial mRNAs.

    Vladimir R. Kaberdin;Udo Bläsi

  • The C-terminal domain of Escherichia coli Hfq is required for regulation

    Branislav Večerek;Lukas Rajkowitsch;Elisabeth Sonnleitner;Renée Schroeder

  • Two beginnings for a single purpose: the dual‐start holins in the regulation of phage lysis

    Udo Bläsi;Ry Young

  • Selective stimulation of translation of leaderless mRNA by initiation factor 2: evolutionary implications for translation

    Sonja Grill;Claudio O. Gualerzi;Paola Londei;Paola Londei;Udo Bläsi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ry Young
Ry Young Texas A&M University
Werner Lubitz
Werner Lubitz BIRD-C GmbH
Angelika Gründling
Angelika Gründling Imperial College London
Claudio O. Gualerzi
Claudio O. Gualerzi University of Camerino
Susanne Häussler
Susanne Häussler Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Ben F. Luisi
Ben F. Luisi University of Cambridge
Henning Urlaub
Henning Urlaub University of Göttingen
Alexander Hüttenhofer
Alexander Hüttenhofer Innsbruck Medical University
Peter F. Stadler
Peter F. Stadler Leipzig University

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