Ellison, C.K.*, Fei, C., Dalia, T.N., Wingreen, N., Dalia, A.B.*, Shaevtiz, J.W.*, and Z. Gitai*. Subcellular localization of type IV pili regulates bacterial multicellular development. Nature Communications. 2022. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33564-7 *Corresponding authors
Ellison, C.K.*, Whitfield, G.B., and Y.V. Brun*. Type IV pili: dynamic bacterial nanomachines. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 2021. doi: 10.1093/femsre/fuab053 *Corresponding authors
Ellison, C.K.*, Dalia, T.N., Klancher, C.A., Shaevtiz, J.W.*, Gitai, Z.*, and A.B. Dalia*. Acinetobacter baylyi regulates type IV pilus synthesis by employing two extension motors and a motor protein inhibitor. Nature Communications. 2021. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24124-6 *Corresponding authors
Lam, T., Ellison, C.K., Brun, Y.V., Dalia, A.B., Eddington, D.T., and D.A. Morrison. Competence pili in Streptococcus pneumoniae are highly dynamic structures that retract to promote DNA uptake. Molecular Microbiology. 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14718
Robert J Scheffler, R.J, Sugimoto, Y., Bratton, B.P, Ellison, C.K., Koch, M.D., Donia, M.S., and Z. Gitai. Pseudomonas aeruginosa detachment from surfaces via a self-made small molecule. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100279
Snyder, R.A.*, Ellison, C.K.*, Severin, G.B., Waters, C.M., and Y.V. Brun. Surface sensing stimulates cellular differentiation in Caulobacter crescentus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920291117 *These authors contributed equally
Floyd, K.A., Lee, C.K., Xian, W., Nametalla, M., Valentine, A., Crair, B., Zhu, S., Hughes, H.Q., Chlebek, J.L., Wu, D.C., Park, J.H., Farhat, A.M., Lomba, C.J., Ellison, C.K., Brun, Y.V., Campos-Gomez, J., Dalia, A.B., Liu, J., Biais, N., Wong, G.C.L., and F.H. Yildiz. c-di-GMP modulates type IV MSHA pilus retraction and surface attachment in Vibrio cholerae. Nature Communications. 2020. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15331-8
Ellison, C.K.*, Kan, J., Chlebek, J.L., Hummels, K.R., Panis, G., Viollier, P.H., Biais, N., Dalia, A.B., and Y.V. Brun*. A bifunctional ATPase drives tad pilus extension and retraction. Science Advances. 2019. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aay2591 *Corresponding authors
Ellison, C.K., Dalia, T.N., Dalia, A.B., and Y.V. Brun. Real-time microscopy and physical perturbation of extracellular bacterial nanomachines using maleimide conjugated molecules. Nature Protocols. 2019. 10.1038/s41596-019-0162-6
Ellison, C.K., Rusch, D.B., and Y.V. Brun. Flagellar mutants have reduced pilus synthesis in Caulobacter crescentus. Journal of Bacteriology. 2019. doi: 10.1128/JB.00031-19
Berne, C.*, Ellison, C.K.*, Agarwal, R., Fiebig, A., Morton, R., and Y.V. Brun. Feedback regulation of Caulobacter crescentus holdfast synthesis by flagellum assembly via the nutritional status regulator HfiA. Molecular Microbiology. 2018. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14099 *These authors contributed equally
Berne, C., Ellison, C.K., Ducret, A., and Y.V. Brun. Bacterial adhesion at the single cell level. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 2018. doi: 10.1038/s41579-018-0057-5
Ellison, C.K., Dalia, T.N., Ceballos, A., Wang, J., Biais, N., Brun, Y.V., and A.B. Dalia. Retraction of DNA-bound type IV competence pili initiates DNA uptake during natural transformation in Vibrio cholerae. Nature Microbiology. 2018. doi: 10.1038/s41564-018-0174-y
Ellison, C.K., Kan, J., Dillard, R.S., Kysela, D.T., Ducret, A., Berne, C., Hampton, C.M., Ke, Z., Wright, E.R., Biais, N., Dalia, A.B., and Y.V. Brun. Obstruction of pilus retraction stimulates bacterial surface sensing. Science. Vol. 358, Issue 6362, pp. 535-538. 2017. doi: 10.1126/science.aan5706
Ellison, C.K. and Brun, Y.V. 2015. Mechanosensing: A regulation sensation. Current Biology. vol 25:3. 2015.
Sarmiento, F.S., Ellison, C.K., Whitman, W.B. 2013. Genetic confirmation of the role of sulfopyruvate decarboxylase in coenzyme M biosynthesis. Archaea. vol. 2013, Article ID 185250, 7 pages, 2013. doi: 10.1155/2013/185250
