UW-Madison Dept of Bacteriology
Karen M. Wassarman
Associate Professor of Bacteriology
5550 Microbial Sciences Building
1550 Linden Drive
(608) 262-8106
wassarman@bact.wisc.edu
Select Publications
- Klocko AD, Wassarman KM. 6S RNA binding to Eσ70 requires a
positively charged surface of σ70 region 4.2. Mol Microbiol. 2009
73:152-164. - Cavanagh AT, Klocko AD, Liu X, Wassarman KM. Promoter specificity for 6S RNA regulation of transcription is determined by core promoter sequences and competition for region 4.2 of σ70. Mol Microbiol. 2008 67:1242-56.
- Wassarman KM. 6S RNA: a regulator of transcription. Mol Microbiol. 2007 65:1425-31.
- Wassarman KM. 6S RNA: a small RNA regulator of transcription. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2007 10:164-8.
- Wassarman KM, Saecker RM. Synthesis-mediated release of a small RNA inhibitor of RNA polymerase. Science. 2006 314:1601-3.
- Trotochaud AE, Wassarman KM. 6S RNA regulation of pspF transcription leads to altered cell survival at high pH. J Bacteriol. 2006 188:3936-43.
- Trotochaud AE, Wassarman KM. A highly conserved 6S RNA structure is required for regulation of transcription. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2005 12:313-9.
- Trotochaud AE, Wassarman KM. 6S RNA function enhances long-term cell survival. J Bacteriol. 2004 186:4978-85.