John Wesley Little - Publications

Affiliations: 
Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 
Area:
Biochemistry

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Year Citation  Score
2013 Michalowski CB, Little JW. Role of cis-acting sites in stimulation of the phage λ P(RM) promoter by CI-mediated looping. Journal of Bacteriology. 195: 3401-11. PMID 23708136 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.02148-12  0.35
2010 Little JW, Michalowski CB. Stability and instability in the lysogenic state of phage lambda. Journal of Bacteriology. 192: 6064-76. PMID 20870769 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.00726-10  0.352
2010 Little JW. Evolution of complex gene regulatory circuits by addition of refinements. Current Biology : Cb. 20: R724-34. PMID 20833317 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2010.06.028  0.325
2008 Giese KC, Michalowski CB, Little JW. RecA-Dependent Cleavage of LexA Dimers Journal of Molecular Biology. 377: 148-161. PMID 18234215 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jmb.2007.12.025  0.352
2007 Babić AC, Little JW. Cooperative DNA binding by CI repressor is dispensable in a phage λ variant Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104: 17741-17746. PMID 17962420 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0602223104  0.45
2007 Degnan PH, Michalowski CB, Babić AC, Cordes MHJ, Little JW. Conservation and diversity in the immunity regions of wild phages with the immunity specificity of phage λ Molecular Microbiology. 64: 232-244. PMID 17376085 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.2007.05650.X  0.341
2006 Atsumi S, Little JW. A synthetic phage lambda regulatory circuit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 103: 19045-50. PMID 17135356 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0603052103  0.6
2006 Atsumi S, Little JW. Role of the lytic repressor in prophage induction of phage lambda as analyzed by a module-replacement approach. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 103: 4558-63. PMID 16537413 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0511117103  0.592
2005 Michalowski CB, Little JW. Positive autoregulation of cI is a dispensable feature of the phage λ gene regulatory circuitry Journal of Bacteriology. 187: 6430-6442. PMID 16159777 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.187.18.6430-6442.2005  0.388
2005 Okon M, Pfuetzner RA, Vuckovic M, Little JW, Strynadka NC, McIntosh LP. Backbone chemical shift assignments of the LexA catalytic domain in its active conformation. Journal of Biomolecular Nmr. 31: 371-2. PMID 15929009 DOI: 10.1007/S10858-005-0944-8  0.361
2005 Little JW. Threshold effects in gene regulation: When some is not enough Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102: 5310-5311. PMID 15811940 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0501645102  0.388
2004 Michalowski CB, Short MD, Little JW. Sequence tolerance of the phage λ PRM promoter: Implications for evolution of gene regulatory circuitry Journal of Bacteriology. 186: 7988-7999. PMID 15547271 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.186.23.7988-7999.2004  0.401
2004 Atsumi S, Little JW. Regulatory circuit design and evolution using phage lambda. Genes & Development. 18: 2086-94. PMID 15342489 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1226004  0.504
2001 Luo Y, Pfuetzner RA, Mosimann S, Paetzel M, Frey EA, Cherney M, Kim B, Little JW, Strynadka NC. Crystal structure of LexA: a conformational switch for regulation of self-cleavage. Cell. 106: 585-94. PMID 11551506 DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00479-2  0.332
2000 Mustard JA, Little JW. Analysis of Escherichia coli RecA interactions with LexA, λ CI, and UmuD by site-directed mutagenesis of recA Journal of Bacteriology. 182: 1659-1670. PMID 10692372 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.182.6.1659-1670.2000  0.436
1999 Weisberg RA, Gottesmann ME, Hendrix RW, Little JW. Family values in the age of genomics: comparative analyses of temperate bacteriophage HK022. Annual Review of Genetics. 33: 565-602. PMID 10690418 DOI: 10.1146/Annurev.Genet.33.1.565  0.52
1999 Little JW, Shepley DP, Wert DW. Robustness of a gene regulatory circuit Embo Journal. 18: 4299-4307. PMID 10428968 DOI: 10.1093/Emboj/18.15.4299  0.352
1998 Mao C, Little JW. Mutations affecting cooperative DNA binding of phage HK022 CI repressor Journal of Molecular Biology. 279: 31-48. PMID 9636698 DOI: 10.1006/Jmbi.1998.1725  0.449
1998 Liu Z, Little JW. The spacing between binding sites controls the mode of cooperative DNA-protein interactions: Implications for evolution of regulatory circuitry Journal of Molecular Biology. 278: 331-338. PMID 9571055 DOI: 10.1006/Jmbi.1998.1695  0.367
1996 Shepley DP, Little JW. Mutant LexA proteins with specific defects in autodigestion Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 93: 11528-11533. PMID 8876169 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.93.21.11528  0.374
1994 Mao C, Carlson NG, Little JW. Cooperative DNA-protein interactions. Effects of changing the spacing between adjacent binding sites. Journal of Molecular Biology. 235: 532-44. PMID 8289280 DOI: 10.1006/Jmbi.1994.1011  0.393
1994 Little JW, Kim B, Roland KL, Smith MH, Lin LL, Slilaty SN. Cleavage of LexA repressor Methods in Enzymology. 244: 266-284. PMID 7845214 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(94)44022-0  0.423
1993 Kim B, Little JW. LexA and λ Cl repressors as enzymes: Specific cleavage in an intermolecular reaction Cell. 73: 1165-1173. PMID 8513500 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(93)90645-7  0.371
1993 Carlson NG, Little JW. Highly cooperative DNA binding by the coliphage HK022 repressor. Journal of Molecular Biology. 230: 1108-30. PMID 8487297 DOI: 10.1006/Jmbi.1993.1229  0.428
1993 Carlson NG, Little JW. A novel antivirulence element in the temperate bacteriophage HK022. Journal of Bacteriology. 175: 7541-9. PMID 8244923 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.175.23.7541-7549.1993  0.398
1993 Ennis DG, Little JW, Mount DW. Novel mechanism for UV sensitivity and apparent UV nonmutability of recA432 mutants: persistent LexA cleavage following SOS induction. Journal of Bacteriology. 175: 7373-82. PMID 8226685 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.175.22.7373-7382.1993  0.364
1992 Kim B, Little JW. Dimerization of a specific DNA-binding protein on the DNA. Science (New York, N.Y.). 255: 203-6. PMID 1553548 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1553548  0.388
1992 Roland KL, Smith MH, Rupley JA, Little JW. In vitro analysis of mutant LexA proteins with an increased rate of specific cleavage. Journal of Molecular Biology. 228: 395-408. PMID 1453451 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(92)90829-9  0.385
1991 Thliveris AT, Little JW, Mount DW. Repression of the E coli recA gene requires at least two LexA protein monomers. Biochimie. 73: 449-56. PMID 1911945 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(91)90112-E  0.438
1991 Little JW. Mechanism of specific LexA cleavage: autodigestion and the role of RecA coprotease. Biochimie. 73: 411-21. PMID 1911941 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(91)90108-D  0.378
1991 Smith MH, Cavenagh MM, Little JW. Mutant LexA proteins with an increased rate of in vivo cleavage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 88: 7356-60. PMID 1908093 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.88.16.7356  0.407
1990 Lin LL, Little JW. Autodigestion and RecA-dependent cleavage of Ind- mutant LexA proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 210: 439-52. PMID 2693734 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(89)90121-6  0.368
1990 Little JW. Saturation mutagenesis of specific codons: elimination of molecules with stop codons from mixed pools of DNA. Gene. 88: 113-5. PMID 2341037 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(90)90067-2  0.328
1989 Hill SA, Little JW. Allele replacement in Escherichia coli by use of a selectable marker for resistance to spectinomycin: replacement of the lexA gene. Journal of Bacteriology. 170: 5913-5. PMID 2848016 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.170.12.5913-5915.1988  0.333
1988 Lin LL, Little JW. Isolation and characterization of noncleavable (Ind-) mutants of the LexA repressor of Escherichia coli K-12. Journal of Bacteriology. 170: 2163-73. PMID 2834329 DOI: 10.1128/Jb.170.5.2163-2173.1988  0.441
1987 Slilaty SN, Little JW. Lysine-156 and serine-119 are required for LexA repressor cleavage: a possible mechanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 84: 3987-91. PMID 3108885 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.84.12.3987  0.395
1986 Slilaty SN, Rupley JA, Little JW. Intramolecular cleavage of LexA and phage lambda repressors: dependence of kinetics on repressor concentration, pH, temperature, and solvent. Biochemistry. 25: 6866-75. PMID 2948553 DOI: 10.1021/Bi00370A020  0.306
1984 West SC, Little JW. P. mirabilis RecA protein catalyses cleavage of E. coli LexA protein and the lambda repressor in vitro. Molecular & General Genetics : Mgg. 194: 111-3. PMID 6374373 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00383505  0.38
1984 Little JW. Autodigestion of lexA and phage lambda repressors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 81: 1375-9. PMID 6231641 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.81.5.1375  0.387
1984 Little JW, Mount DW. Creating new restriction sites by silent changes in coding sequences. Gene. 32: 67-73. PMID 6099315 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(84)90033-7  0.337
1983 Little JW. Control of the SOS regulatory system by the level of RecA protease. Biochimie. 64: 585-9. PMID 6814506 DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(82)80092-8  0.374
1983 Little JW. The SOS regulatory system: control of its state by the level of RecA protease. Journal of Molecular Biology. 167: 791-808. PMID 6410076 DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(83)80111-9  0.36
1982 Little JW, Mount DW. The SOS regulatory system of Escherichia coli. Cell. 29: 11-22. PMID 7049397 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(82)90085-X  0.316
1982 Sancar A, Sancar GB, Rupp WD, Little JW, Mount DW. LexA protein inhibits transcription of the E. coli uvrA gene in vitro. Nature. 298: 96-8. PMID 6283374 DOI: 10.1038/298096A0  0.303
1982 Sancar GB, Sancar A, Little JW, Rupp WD. The uvrB gene of Escherichia coli has both lexA-repressed and lexA-independent promoters. Cell. 28: 523-30. PMID 6280873 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(82)90207-0  0.315
1981 Little JW, Mount DW, Yanisch-Perron CR. Purified lexA protein is a repressor of the recA and lexA genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 78: 4199-203. PMID 7027255 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.78.7.4199  0.44
1981 Cohen S, Knoll BJ, Little JW, Mount DW. Preferential cleavage of phage lambda repressor monomers by recA protease. Nature. 294: 182-4. PMID 6457991 DOI: 10.1038/294182A0  0.43
1981 Markham BE, Little JW, Mount DW. Nucleotide sequence of the lexA gene of Escherichia coli K-12. Nucleic Acids Research. 9: 4149-61. PMID 6272195 DOI: 10.1093/Nar/9.16.4149  0.385
1980 Mount DW, Little JW, Edmiston SH. Influence of plasmids carrying the lexA gene on DNA repair and related processes in Escherichia coli K-12. Molecular & General Genetics : Mgg. 177: 477-83. PMID 6990203 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00271487  0.396
1980 Little JW, Edmiston SH, Pacelli LZ, Mount DW. Cleavage of the Escherichia coli lexA protein by the recA protease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 77: 3225-9. PMID 6447873 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.77.6.3225  0.423
1980 Little JW. Isolation of recombinant plasmids and phage carrying the lexA gene of Escherichia coli K-12. Gene. 10: 237-47. PMID 6254842 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(80)90053-0  0.362
1979 Little JW. Construction and characterization of a plasmid coding for a fragment of the Escherichia coli recA protein. Molecular & General Genetics : Mgg. 177: 13-22. PMID 395410 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00267248  0.379
1979 Little JW, Harper JE. Identification of the lexA gene product of Escherichia coli K-12. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 76: 6147-51. PMID 160562 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.76.12.6147  0.395
1969 Gellert M, Little JW, Oshinsky CK, Zimmerman SB. Joining of DNA strands by DNA ligase of E. coli. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia On Quantitative Biology. 33: 21-6. PMID 4306814 DOI: 10.1101/Sqb.1968.033.01.007  0.313
1968 Little JW, Zimmerman SB, Oshinsky CK, Gellert M. Enzymatic joining of DNA strands, II. An enzyme-adenylate intermediate in the dpn-dependent DNA ligase reaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 58: 2004-11. PMID 4295585 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.58.5.2004  0.347
1967 Little JW, Lehman IR, Kaiser AD. An exonuclease induced by bacteriophage lambda. I. Preparation of the crystalline enzyme. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 242: 672-8. PMID 6017736  0.446
1967 Zimmerman SB, Little JW, Oshinsky CK, Gellert M. Enzymatic joining of DNA strands: a novel reaction of diphosphopyridine nucleotide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 57: 1841-8. PMID 4291949 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.57.6.1841  0.327
1967 Little JW. [34a] An exonuclease induced by bacteriophage lambda Methods in Enzymology. 12: 263-269. DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(67)12041-7  0.344
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