McGinn J, Wen A, Edwards DL, Brinkley DM, Lamason RL (2024) An expanded genetic toolkit for inducible expression and targeted gene silencing in Rickettsia parkeri. bioRxiv
Sit B, Lamason RL (2024) Pathogenic Rickettsia spp. as emerging models for bacterial biology. Journal of Bacteriology 206:e00404-23. Article
Sanderlin AG, Margolis HK, Meyer AF, Lamason RL (2023) Cell-selective proteomics reveal novel effectors secreted by an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen. bioRxiv
Acevedo-Sanchez Y, Woida PJ, Kraemer S, Lamason RL (2023) An obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen forms a direct, interkingdom membrane contact site. bioRxiv
Sanderlin AG, Hanna RE, Lamason RL (2022) The ankyrin repeat protein RARP-1 is a periplasmic factor that supports Rickettsia parkeri growth and host cell invasion. Journal of Bacteriology 204(7): e0018222 bioRxiv | PubMed
Scott AT, Vondrak CJ, Sanderlin AG, Lamason RL (2022) Rickettsia parkeri. Trends in Microbiology 30(5): 511-512 Article | PubMed
McGinn J, Lamason RL (2021) The enigmatic biology of rickettsiae: recent advances, open questions, and outlook. Pathogens and Disease 79(4): ftab019 Article | Pubmed
Sanderlin AG*, Vondrak C*, Scricco A, Fedrigo I, Ahyong V, Lamason RL (2019) RNAi screen reveals a role for PACSIN2 and caveolins during bacterial cell-to-cell spread. Molecular Biology of the Cell 30(17): 2124-2133. bioRxiv | PubMed | MIT News Brief (*Co-first authors)
Lamason RL, Kafai NM, Welch MD (2018) A streamlined method for transposon mutagenesis of Rickettsia parkeri yields numerous mutations that impact infection. PLoS ONE 13(5): e0197012. bioRxiv | PubMed
Lamason RL, Welch MD (2017) Actin-based motility and cell-to-cell spread of bacterial pathogens. Current Opinion in Microbiology 35:48-57. PubMed
Lamason RL, Bastounis E, Kafai NM, Serrano R, del Álamo JC, Theriot J, Welch MD (2016) Rickettsia Sca4 reduces vinculin-mediated intercellular tension to promote spread. Cell 167(3):670-683. PubMed
Reed SC, Lamason RL, Risca VI, Abernathy E, Welch MD (2014) Rickettsia Actin-Based Motility Occurs in Distinct Phases Mediated by Different Actin Nucleators. Current Biology 24(1):98-103. PubMed
Welch MD, Reed SC, Lamason RL, Serio AW (2012) Expression of an epitope-tagged virulence protein in Rickettsia parkeri using transposon insertion. PLoS One 7(5):e37310. PubMed
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Lamason RL, Kupfer A, Pomerantz JL (2010) The dynamic distribution of CARD11 at the immunological synapse is regulated by the inhibitory kinesin GAKIN. Molecular Cell 40(5):798-809. PubMed Cover article
Lamason RL, McCully RR, Lew S, Pomerantz JL (2010) Oncogenic CARD11 mutations induce hyperactive signaling by disrupting autoinhibition by the PKC-responsive inhibitory domain. Biochemistry 49(38):8240-50. PubMed
Lamason RL, Lew SM, Pomerantz JL (2010) Transcriptional target-based expression cloning of immunoregulatory molecules. Immunol Res 47(1-3):172-8. PubMed
Lamason R, Zhao P, Rawat R, Davis A, Hall JC, Chae JJ, Agarwal R, Cohen P, Rosen A, Hoffman EP, Nagaraju K (2006) Sexual dimorphism in immune response genes as a function of puberty. BMC Immunol 7:2. PubMed
Lamason RL, Mohideen MA, Mest JR, Wong AC, Norton HL, Aros MC, Jurynec MJ, Mao X, Humphreville VR, Humbert JE, Sinha S, Moore JL, Jagadeeswaran P, Zhao W, Ning G, Makalowska I, McKeigue PM, O'donnell D, Kittles R, Parra EJ, Mangini NJ, Grunwald DJ, Shriver MD, Canfield VA, and Cheng KC (2005) SLC24A5, a putative cation exchanger, affects pigmentation in zebrafish and humans. Science 310(5755):1782-6. PubMed Cover article
