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Victoria Shingler

Victoria Shingler

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
7116
World Ranking
18473
National Ranking
290

Overview

Victoria Shingler is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and specializes in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, enzyme structure and function, antimicrobial peptides and activities, Vibrio bacteria research studies, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

The scientist's work spans various subfields including molecular biology, genetics, materials chemistry, microbiology, and endocrinology.

Shingler has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, with recent papers including:

  • Tetrameric architecture of an active phenol-bound form of the AAA+ transcriptional regulator DmpR, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Hfq-Assisted RsmA Regulation Is Central to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Polysaccharide PEL Expression, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Elevated levels of VCA0117 ( VasH ) in response to external signals activate the type VI secretion system of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor A1552, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • High-resolution mapping of sigma factor DNA-binding sequences using artificial promoters, RNA aptamers, and deep sequencing, 2025, Nucleic Acids Research
  • High-resolution mapping of Sigma Factor DNA Binding Sequences using Artificial Promoters, RNA Aptamers and Deep Sequencing, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors in Shingler's work include Essa Ahsan Khan, Christian Rückert, Gurvinder Singh Dahiya, Lisa Tietze, and Maxime Fages-Lartaud.

Shingler's publications are found in a variety of scientific venues, notably:

  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Shingler's research contributions are situated in the intersection of molecular biology and microbiology, addressing mechanisms related to bacterial behavior, genetic regulation, enzyme functions, and interactions with antimicrobial agents.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of σ factor competition by the alarmone ppGpp

    Miki Jishage;Kristian Kvint;Victoria Shingler;Thomas Nyström

  • Nucleotide sequence and functional analysis of the complete phenol/3,4-dimethylphenol catabolic pathway of Pseudomonas sp. strain CF600.

    V Shingler;J Powlowski;U Marklund

  • Genetics and biochemistry of phenol degradation by Pseudomonas sp. CF600

    Justin Powlowski;Victoria Shingler

  • Complete nucleotide sequence and polypeptide analysis of multicomponent phenol hydroxylase from Pseudomonas sp. strain CF600.

    I Nordlund;J Powlowski;V Shingler

  • Signal sensing by sigma 54-dependent regulators: derepression as a control mechanism.

    Victoria Shingler

  • Regulation of Alternative Sigma Factor Use

    Sofia Österberg;Teresa del Peso-Santos;Victoria Shingler

  • Sensing of aromatic compounds by the DmpR transcriptional activator of phenol-catabolizing Pseudomonas sp. strain CF600.

    V Shingler;T Moore

  • Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding the positive regulator (DmpR) of the phenol catabolic pathway encoded by pVI150 and identification of DmpR as a member of the NtrC family of transcriptional activators.

    V Shingler;M Bartilson;T Moore

  • Serine 25 of oncoprotein 18 is a major cytosolic target for the mitogen-activated protein kinase.

    U Marklund;G Brattsand;V Shingler;M Gullberg

  • The role of the alarmone (p)ppGpp in sigma N competition for core RNA polymerase.

    Andrew D. Laurie;Lisandro M D Bernardo;Chun Chau Sze;Eleonore Skärfstad

  • Integrated regulation in response to aromatic compounds: from signal sensing to attractive behaviour

    Victoria Shingler

  • Molecular analysis of a plasmid-encoded phenol hydroxylase from Pseudomonas CF600.

    V. Shingler;F. C. H. Franklin;M. Tsuda;D. Holroyd

  • The alarmone (p)ppGpp mediates physiological-responsive control at the sigma 54-dependent Po promoter.

    Chun Chau Sze;Victoria Shingler

  • (p)ppGpp regulates type 1 fimbriation of Escherichia coli by modulating the expression of the site-specific recombinase FimB.

    Anna Åberg;Victoria Shingler;Carlos Balsalobre

  • Analysis of the trfA region of broad host-range plasmid RK2 by transposon mutagenesis and identification of polypeptide products.

    Victoria Shingler;Christopher M. Thomas

  • Purification and properties of the physically associated meta-cleavage pathway enzymes 4-hydroxy-2-ketovalerate aldolase and aldehyde dehydrogenase (acylating) from Pseudomonas sp. strain CF600.

    J Powlowski;L Sahlman;V Shingler

  • An aromatic effector specificity mutant of the transcriptional regulator DmpR overcomes the growth constraints of Pseudomonas sp. strain CF600 on para-substituted methylphenols.

    H Pavel;M Forsman;V Shingler

  • Nucleotide sequences of the meta-cleavage pathway enzymes 2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde dehydrogenase and 2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde hydrolase from Pseudomonas CF600

    Ingrid Nordlund;Victoria Shingler

  • Regulation of the fimB promoter: a case of differential regulation by ppGpp and DksA in vivo.

    Anna Åberg;Victoria Shingler;Carlos Balsalobre

  • Direct regulation of the ATPase activity of the transcriptional activator DmpR by aromatic compounds

    V. Shingler;H. Pavel

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher M. Thomas
Christopher M. Thomas University of Birmingham
Eduardo Díaz
Eduardo Díaz Spanish National Research Council
Tanel Tenson
Tanel Tenson University of Tartu
Thomas Nyström
Thomas Nyström University of Gothenburg
Uwe Sauer
Uwe Sauer ETH Zurich
Fernando Rojo
Fernando Rojo Spanish National Research Council
Martin Romantschuk
Martin Romantschuk University of Helsinki
Mats Forsman
Mats Forsman Swedish Defence Research Agency
Estrella Duque
Estrella Duque Spanish National Research Council
Sun Nyunt Wai
Sun Nyunt Wai Umeå University

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