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180. Reznikoff WS. (2014) Viewing Francois Jacob (and Jacques Monod) through AGC & T. Res Microbiol. 165(5):357-8. [PDF]

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2005-2008

2008

179. Klenchin VA, Czyz A, Goryshin IY, Gradman R, Lovell S, Rayment I, Reznikoff WS. (2008) Phosphate coordination and movement of DNA in the Tn5 synaptic complex: role of the (R)YREK motif. Nucleic Acids Res. 36(18):5855-62. [PDF]

178. Reznikoff WS. (2008) Transposon Tn5. Annu Rev Genet. 42:269-86. [PDF]

177. Reznikoff WS, Winterberg KM. (2008) Transposon-based strategies for the identification of essential bacterial genes. Methods Mol Biol. 416:13-26. [PDF]

176. Gradman, R. J., J. L. Ptacin, A. Bhasin, W. S. Reznikoff, and I. Y. Goryshin. (2008).  A bifunctional DNA binding region in Tn5 transposase. Mol. Microbiol. 67, 528-540. [PDF]

175. Gradman, R. J. and W. S. Reznikoff. (2008). Tn5 synaptic complex formation: role of transposase residue w450. J. Bact. 190, 1484-1487. [PDF]

2007

174. Kieft, R., V. Brand, D. K. Ekanayake, K. Sweeney, C. DiPaolo, W. S. Reznikoff, and R. Sabatini. (2007). JBP2, a SW12/SNF2-like protein, regulates de novo telomeric DNA glycosylation in bloodstream form Trypanosoma bruccei. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 156, 24-31. [PDF]

173. Czyz, A., K. A. Stillmock, D. J. Hazuda, and W. S. Reznikoff. (2007). Dissecting Tn5 transposition using HIV-1 integrase diketoacid inhibitors. Biochemistry. 46, 10776-10789. [PDF]

172. Vaezeslami, S., R. Sterling, and W. S. Reznikoff. (2007). Site-directed mutagenesis studies of the Tn5 transposase residues involved in synaptic complex formation. J. Bacteriology. 189, 7436-7441. [PDF]

171. Adams, C. D., B. Schnurr, J. F. Marko, and W. S. Reznikoff (2007). Pulling apart catalytically active Tn5 synaptic complexes using magnetic tweezers. J. Mol. Biol. 367, 319-327. [PDF]

170. Winterberg, K. M. and W. S. Reznikoff. (2007). Transposon-based strategies for the identification of essential bacterial genes. In Gene Essentiality at Genome Scale: Protocols and Bioinformatics, (A. Osterman and S. Gerdes, Eds. ) Humana Press, Totowa, NJ.

169. Winterberg, K. M. and W. S. Reznikoff. (2007). Screening Transposon Mutant Libraries Using Full-Genome Oligonucleotide Microarrays. In Advanced Bacterial Genetics: Use of Transposons and Phage for Genomic Engineering, Methods in Enzymology Series, (Kelly T. Hughes and Stanley R. Maloy, Eds. ) Elsevier Inc., San Diego, CA. Vol. 421, pp. 110-125. [PDF]

2006

168. Steiniger, M., J. Metzler, and W. S. Reznikoff. (2006) Mutation of Tn5 transposase β-loop residues affects all steps of Tn5 transposition: the role of conformational changes in tn5 transposition. Biochemistry, 45, 15552-15562. [PDF]

167. Adams, C. D., B. Schnurr, D. Skoko,J. F. Marko, and W. S. Reznikoff. (2006) Tn5 Transposase Loops DNA in the Absence of Tn5 Transposon End Sequences. Molecular Microbiology. 62, 1558-1568. [PDF]

166. Steiniger, M., C. D. Adams, J. F. Marko, and W. S. Reznikoff. (2006) Defining characteristics of Tn5 transposase non-specific DNA binding. Nucleic Acids Res. 34, 2820-2832. [PDF]

165. Reznikoff, W. S. (2006) Tn5 transposition: A molecular tool for studying protein structure-function. Biochemical SocietyTransactions. 34, 320-323. [PDF]

2005

164. Bordenstein, Seth R. and W. S. Reznikoff (2005) Mobile DNA in Obligate Intracellular Bacteria, Nature Reviews Microbiology, 3, 688-699. [PDF]

163. Ason, B., D. J. Knauss, A. M. Balke, G. Merkel, A. M. Skalka and W. S. Reznikoff (2005) Targeting Tn5 transposase identifies Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 inhibitors. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 49, 2035-2043. [PDF]

162. Winterberg, K. M., J. Luecke, A. Bruegl and W. S. Reznikoff (2005) Phenotypic screening of Escherichia coli K-12 Tn5 insertion libraries using whole genome oligonucleotide microarrays, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71, 451-459. [PDF]

2000-2004

2004

161. Reznikoff, W. S., S. R. Bordenstein, and J. Apodaca (2004). Comparative sequence analysis of IS50/Tn5 transposase. J. Bacteriol., 186, 8240-8247. [PDF]

160. Ason, B. and W. S. Reznikoff (2004). A high-throughput assay for Tn5 Tnp induced DNA cleavage. Nucleic Acids Research. 32(10), e83. [PDF]

159. Steiniger-White, M., I. Rayment, and W. S. Reznikoff (2004). Structure/function insights into Tn5 transposition. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 14, 50-57. [PDF]

158. Reznikoff, W. S., I. Y. Goryshin, and J. J. Jendrisak, (2004). Tn5 as a molecular genetic tool: In vitro transposition and coupling in vitro technologies with in vivo transposition. In Mobile Genetic Elements: Protocols and Genomic Applications, Methods in Molecular Biology series. (eBook) (W. J. Miller and P. Capy), Humana Press, Inc. Totowa, NJ, Vol. 260, pp. 83-96. [PDF]

157. Ason, B. and W. S. Reznikoff (2004). DNA sequence bias during Tn5 transposition. J. Mol. Biol. 335, 1213-1225. [PDF]

2003

156. Reznikoff, W. S. (2003) Tn5 as a model for understanding DNA transposition. Molecular Microbiology 47, 1199-1206. [PDF]

155. Goryshin, I. Y., T. A. Naumann, J. Apodaca, and W. S. Reznikoff (2003) Chromosomal deletion formation system based on Tn5 double transposition: Use for making minimal genomes and essential gene analysis. Genome Research. 13, 644-653. [PDF]

154. Peterson, G. and W. S. Reznikoff (2003) Tn5 transposase active site mutations suggest position of donor backbone DNA in synaptic complex. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 1904-1909. [PDF]

2002

153. Reznikoff, W. S. (2002) Molecular basis of Tn5 transposition. In Molecular Genetics Biophysics and Medicine Today, Bresler Memorial Lectures, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg Scientific Center RAS, B. P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute RAS, 292-297. [PDF]

152. Naumann, T. A., I. Y. Goryshin, and W. S. Reznikoff (2002) Production of combinatorial libraries of fused genes by sequential transposition reactions. Nucleic Acids Res, 30, e119. [PDF]

151. Steiniger-White, M., A. Bhasin, S. Lovell, I. Rayment, and W. S. Reznikoff. (2002) Evidence for “unseen” transposase-DNA contacts. J. Mol. Biol, 322, 971-982. [PDF]

150. Naumann, T. A. and W. S. Reznikoff. (2002) Tn5 transposase active site mutants. J. Biol. Chem., 277, 17623-17629. [PDF]

149. Lovell, S., I. Y. Goryshin, W. S. Reznikoff, and I. Rayment. (2002) Two metal active site binding of a Tn5 transposase synaptic complex. Nature Structural Biology. 9, 278-281. [PDF]

148. Ason, B. and W. S. Reznikoff (2002) Mutational analysis of the base flipping event found in Tn5 tranposition. J. Biol. Chem., 277, 11284-11291. [PDF]

147. Naumann, T. A. and W. S. Reznikoff, (2002) Tn5 transposase with an altered specificity to transposon ends. J. Bacteriol. 184, 233-240. [PDF]

146. Reznikoff, W. S. (2002) Tn5 transposition. In Mobile DNA II. (N. Craig, R. Craigie, M. Gellert, A. Lambowitz, eds. ), American Society of Microbiology, Washington, D. C. pp. 403-421. [PDF]

2001

145. Twining, S. S., I. Y. Goryshin, A. Bhasin, and W. S. Reznikoff. (2001)Functional characterization of arginine 30, lysine 40 and arginine 62 in Tn5 transposase. J. Biol. Chem. 276, 23135-23143. [PDF]

2000

144. Hoffman, L. M., J. J. Jendrisak, R. J. Meis, I. Y. Goryshin and W. S. Reznikoff. (2000). Transposome insertional mutagenesis and direct sequencing of microbial genomics. Genetica 108, 19-24.

143. Bhasin, A., I. Y. Goryshin, M. Steiniger-White, D. York, and W. S. Reznikoff. (2000). Characterization of a Tn5 pre-cleavage synaptic complex. J. Mol. Biol. 302, 49-63. [PDF]

142. Naumann, T. A. and W. S. Reznikoff. (2000). Trans catalysis in Tn5 transposition. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 97 8944-8949. [PDF]

141. Davies, D. R., I. Y. Goryshin, W. S. Reznikoff, and I. Rayment. (2000). Three-dimensional structure of the Tn5 synaptic complex transposition intermediate. Science 289, 77-85. [PDF]

140. Steiniger-White, M. and W. S. Reznikoff. (2000). The C-terminal alpha helix of Tn5 transposase is required for synaptic complex formation. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 23127-23133. [PDF]

139. Noel, R. J., Jr. and W. S. Reznikoff. (2000). Structural studies of lacUV5-RNA polymerase interactions in vitro: Ethylation interference and missing nucleoside analysis. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 7708-7712. [PDF]

138. Goryshin, I. Y., J. Jendrisak, L. Hoffman, R. Meis, and W. S. Reznikoff. (2000). Insertional transposon mutagenesis by electroporation of released Tn5 transposition complexes. Nature Biotechnology. 18, 97-100. [PDF]

1996-1999

1999

137. Reznikoff, W. S., A. Bhasin, D. R. Davies, I. Y. Goryshin, T. Naumann, I. Rayment, M. Steiniger-White, and S. S. Twining. (1999). Tn5: A molecular window on transposition. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 266, 729-734. [PDF]

136. Bhasin, A., I. Y. Goryshin, and W. Reznikoff. (1999). Hairpin Formation in Tn5 transposition. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 37021-37029. [PDF]

135. Yigit, H. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1999). Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I copurifies with Tn5 transposase, and Tn5 transposase inhibits topoisomerase I. J. Bacteriol. 181, 3185-3192. [PDF]

134. Davies, D. R., L. M. Braam, W. S. Reznikoff, and I. Rayment. (1999). The three-dimensional structure of a Tn5 transposase-related protein determined to 2. 9Å resolution. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 11904-11913. [PDF]

133. Braam, L. M., I. Y. Goryshin, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1999). The mechanism of Tn5 inhibition Carboxyl-terminal dimerization. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 86-92. [PDF]

132. Braam, L. M. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1999). DNA transposition: Classes and mechanisms. In Embryonic Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Nature Publishing Group, London. www. els. net.

1998

131. Yigit, H. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1998). Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I and suppression of killing by Tn5 transposase overproduction: topoisomerase I modulates Tn5 transposition. J Bact. 180, 5866-5874. [PDF]

130. Goryshin, I. Y., J. A. Miller, Y. V. Kil, V. A. Lanzov, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1998). Tn5/IS50 target recognition. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 95, 10716-10721. [PDF]

129. Noel, R. J., Jr. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1998). CAP, the -45 region, and RNA polymerase: Three partners in transcription initiation at lacP1 in Escherichia coli. J. Mol. Biol. 282, 495-504. [PDF]

128. Braam, L. M. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1998). Functional characterization of the Tn5 transposase by limited proteolysis. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 10908-10913. [PDF]

127. York, D., K. Welch, I. Y. Goryshin, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1998). Simple and efficient generation in vitro of nested deletions and inversions: Tn5 intramolecular transposition. Nucleic Acids Res. 26, 1927-1933. [PDF]

126. Goryshin, I. Y. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1998). Tn5 in vitro transposition. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 7367-7374. [PDF]

125. Zhou, M., A. Bhasin, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1998). Molecular genetic analysis of transposase-end sequence recognition: Cooperation of three adjacent base pairs in specific interaction with a mutant Tn5 transposase. J. Mol. Biol. 276, 913-925. [PDF]

1997

124. Zhou, M. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1997). Tn5 transposase mutants that alter DNA binding specificity. J. Mol. Biol. 271, 362-373. [PDF]

123. York, D. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1997). DNA-binding and phasing analyses of Tn5 transposase and a monomeric variant. Nucleic Acids Res. 25, 2153-2160. [PDF]

122. Yigit, H. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1997). Examination of the Tn5 transposase overproduction phenotype in Escherichia coli and localization of a suppressor of transposase overproduction killing that is an allele of rpoH. J. Bacteriol. 179, 1704-1713. [PDF]

121. Czarniecki, D., R. J. Noel, Jr., and W. S. Reznikoff. (1997). The -45 region of the Escherichia coli lac promoter: CAP-dependent and CAP-independent transcription. J. Bacteriol. 179, 423-429. [PDF]

1996

120. York, D. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1996). Purification and biochemical analysis of a monomeric form of Tn5 transposase. Nucleic Acids Res. 24, 3790-3796. [PDF]

119. Schaechter, M., R. Curtiss, III, J. L. Ingraham, E. C. C. Lin, K. B. Low, Jr., B. Magasanik, F. C, Neidhardt, W. Reznikoff, M. Riley, and H. E, Umbarger. (1996). The view from here. In Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium: Cellular and Molecular Biology,2nd ed., (Neidhardt, Curtiss, Ingraham, Lin, Low, Magasanik, Reznikoff, Riley, Schaechter and Umbarger, eds.), American Society for Microbiology, pp. 2817-2822.

118. Record, M. T., Jr., W. S. Reznikoff, and P. J, Schlax. (1996). Escherichia coli RNA polymerase (Esigma70), promoters, and the kinetics of the steps of transcription initiation. In Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium: Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2nd ed., (Neidhardt, Curtiss, Ingraham, Lin, Low, Magasanik, Reznikoff, Riley, Schaechter and Umbarger, eds.), American Society for Microbiology, pp. 792-820.

117. Jilk, R. A., D. York. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1996). The organization of the outside end of the transposon Tn5. J. Bacterol. 178, 1671-1679. [PDF]

116. Tavormina, P., W. Reznikoff, and C. A. Gross. (1996). Identifying interacting regions in the β subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. J. Mol. Biol. 258, 213-223. [PDF]

1990-1994

1994

115. Weinreich, M. D., A. Gasch, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1994). Evidence that the cis preference of the Tn5 transposase is caused by non-productive multimerization. Genes & Develop. 8, 2363-2374. [PDF]

114. Goryshin, I. Y., Y. V, Kil, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1994). DNA length, bending and twisting constraints on IS50 transposition. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 10834-10838. [PDF]

113. Weinreich, M. D., H. Yigit, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1994). Overexpression of the Tn5 transposase in E. coli results in filamentation, aberrant nucleoid segregation and cell death: Analysis of E. coli and transposase suppressor mutations. J. Bacteriol. 176, 5494-5504.[PDF]

112. Weinreich, M. D., L. Mahnke-Braam, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1994). A functional analysis of the Tn5 transposase: Identification of domains required for DNA binding and multimerization. J. Mol. Biol. 241, 166-177.[PDF]

111. Wiegand, T. W. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1994). Interaction of Tn5 transposase with the transposon termini. J. Mol. Biol. 235, 486-495. [PDF]

1993

110. de la Cruz, N. B., M. D. Weinreich, T. W. Wiegand, M. P. Krebs, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1993). Characterization of the Tn5 transposase and inhibitor proteins: A model for the inhibition of transposition. J. Bacteriol. 175, 6932-6938. [PDF]

109. Reznikoff, W. S. (1993). The Tn5 transposon. Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 47, 945-963. [PDF]

108. Kao, C., S. Q. Wu, S. DeVries, W. S. Reznikoff, F. M. Waldman, and C. A. Reznikoff. (1993). Carcinogen-induced amplification of SV40 DNA inserted at 9ql2-21. 1 associated with chromosome breaks, deletions, and translocations in human uroepithelial cell transformation in vitro. Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer 8, 155-166.

107. Xiong, X. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1993). Transcriptional slippage during the transcription initiation process at a mutant lac promoter in vivo. J. Mol. Biol. 231, 569-580. [PDF]

106. Kao, C., P. Hauser, W. S. Reznikoff, and C. A. Reznikoff. (1993). Simian Virus 40 (SV40) T-antigen mutations in tumorigenic transformation of SV40-immortalized human uroepithelial cells. J. Virol. 67, 1987-1995. [PDF]

105. Jilk, R. A., J. C. Makris, L. Borchardt, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1993). Implications of Tn5 associated adjacent deletions. J. Bacteriol. 175, 1264-1271. [PDF]

104. Choe, M. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1993). Identification of the regulatory sequence of anaerobically expressed locus aeg-46. 5. J. Bacteriol. 175, 1165-1172. [PDF]

103. Reznikoff, W. S., R. Jilk, M. P. Krebs, J. C. Makris, P. L. Nordmann, M. Weinreich, and T. Wiegand. (1993). Tn5 lacZ translation fusion elements: Isolation and analysis of transposition mutants. In Recombinant DNA: Methods in Enzymology, (Wu, ed. ), Academic Press 217, pp. 312-322.

1992

102. Reznikoff, W. S. (1992). The lactose operon controlling elements: a complex paradigm. Mol. Microbiol. 6, 2419-2422. [PDF]

101. Weinreich, M. D. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1992). Fis plays a role in Tn5 and IS50 transposition. J. Bacteriol. 174, 4530-4537. [PDF]

100. Wiegand, T. W. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1992). Characterization of two hypertransposing Tn5 mutants. J. Bacteriol. 174, 1229-1239. [PDF]

99. Reznikoff, W. S. (1992). Catabolite gene activator protein activation of lac transcription. J. Bacteriol. 174, 655-658. [PDF]

1991

98. Reznikoff, W. S. (1991). Prospectives and challenges in genetic engineering. In Recombinant DNA Technology I, (Prokop and Bajpai, eds. ), Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 646, 1-4.

97. Weinreich, M. D., J. C. Makris, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1991). Induction of the SOS response in Escherichia coli inhibits Tn5 and IS50 transposition. J. Bacteriol. 173, 6910-6918. [PDF]

96. Choe, M. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1991). Anaerobically expressed Escherichia coli genes identified by operon fusion techniques. J. Bacteriol. 173, 6139-6146. [PDF]

95. Schulz, V. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1991). Translation initiation of IS50R read-through transcripts. J. Mol. Biol. 221, 65-80. [PDF]

94. Eschenlauer, A. C. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1991). Escherichia coli catabolite gene activator protein mutants defective in positive control of lac operon transcription. J. Bacteriol. 173, 5024-5029. [PDF]

93. Xiong, X., N. de la Cruz, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1991). Downstream deletion analysis of the lac promoter. J. Bacteriol. 173, 4570-4577. [PDF]

92. Kiley, P. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1991). fnr mutants that activate gene expression in the presence of oxygen. J. Bacteriol. 173, 16-22. [PDF]

1990

91. Makris, J. C., P. L. Nordmann. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1990). Integration host factor plays a role in IS50 and Tn5 transposition. J. Bacteriol. 172, 1368-1373. [PDF]

90. Schulz, V. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1990). In vitro secondary structure analysis of mRNA from lacZ translation initiation mutants. J. Mol. Biol. 211, 427-445. [PDF]

1985-1989

1989

89. Reznikoff, W. S. (1989). Regulation of bacterial gene expression. In “Bacteria in Nature, Vol. 3″(J. S. Poindexter and E. R. Leadbetter, eds. ), Plenum, New York, pp. 337-358.

88. Makris, J. C. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1989). Orientation of IS50 transposase gene and transposition. J. Bacteriol. 171, 5212-5214. [PDF]

87. Karls, R., V. Schulz, S. B. Jovanovich, S. Flynn, A. Pak, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1989). Pseudorevertants of a lac promoter mutation reveal overlapping nascent promoters. Nucleic Acids Res. 17, 3927-3949. [PDF]

86. Field, T. L., W. S. Reznikoff, and P. A. Frey. (1989). Galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase: Identification of His-164 and His-166 as critical residues by site-directed mutagenesis. Biochemistry 28, 2094-2099. [PDF]

1988

85. Makris, J. C., P. L. Nordmann, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1988). Saturation mutagenesis using double-stranded oligonucleotides containing complementary mixed-sequence single strands. DNA and Protein Engineering Techniques 1, 36-38.

84. Nordmann, P. L., J. C. Makris, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1988). Inosine induced mutations. Mol. Gen. Genet. 214, 62-67. [PDF]

83. Yin, J. C. -P. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1988). p2 and the inhibition of Tn5 transposition. J. Bacteriol. 170, 3008-3015. [PDF]

82. Krebs, M. P. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1988). Use of a Tn5 derivative that creates lacZ translational fusions to obtain a transposition mutant. Gene 63, 277-285. [PDF]

81. Makris, J. C., P. L. Nordmann. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1988). Mutational analysis of IS50 and Tn5 ends. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85, 2224-2228. [PDF]

80. Kendrick, K. E. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1988). Transposition of IS50L activates downstream genes. J. Bacteriol. 170, 1965-1968. [PDF]

79. Yin, J. C. -P., M. P. Krebs, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1988). The effect of dam methylation on Tn5 transposition. J. Mol. Biol. 199, 35-46. [PDF]

1987

78. Reznikoff, W. S., K. Bertrand, C. Donnelly, M. Krebs, L. E, Maquat, M. Peterson, L. Wray, J. Yin, and X. -M. Yu. (1987). Complex promoters. In “RNA Polymerase and the Regulation of Transcription”(W. S. Reznikoff, R. R. Burgess, J. E. Dahlberg, C. A. Gross, M. T. Record, Jr. and M. P. Wickens, eds. ), Elsevier, New York, pp. 105-113.

77. Cornwell, T. L., S. L. Adhya, W. S. Reznikoff, and P. A. Frey. (1987). The nucleotide sequence of the gal T gene of Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res. 15, 8116.  [PDF]

76. Crowell, D. N., W. S. Reznikoff, and C. R. H. Raetz. (1987). The biosynthesis of gram-negative endotoxin: Nucleotide sequence of the Escherichia coli gene for lipid A disaccharide synthase. J. Bacteriol. 169, 5727-5734. [PDF]

75. Yin, J. C. -P. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1987). dnaA, an essential host gene, and Tn5 transposition. J. Bacteriol. 169, 4637-4645. [PDF]

74. Donnelly, C. E. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1987). Mutations in the lac P2 promoter. J. Bacteriol. 169, 1812-1817.

73. Lambert, P. F., E. Kawashima, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1987). Secondary structure at the bacteriophage G4 origin of complementary strand DNA synthesis: in vivo requirement. Gene 53, 257-264. [PDF]

1986

72. Krebs, M. P. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1986). Transcriptional and translational sites of IS50. Control of transposase and inhibitor expression. J. Mol. Biol. 192, 781-791. [PDF]

71. Yu, X. -M. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1986). Deletion analysis of RNA polymerase interaction sites in the Escherichia coli lactose operon regulatory region. J. Mol. Biol. 188, 545-553. [PDF]

70. Lambert, P. F., D. A. Waring, R. D. Wells, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1986). DNA requirements at the bacteriophage G4 origin of complementary-strand DNA synthesis. J. Virol. 58, 450-458. [PDF]

69. Reznikoff, W. S. and W. R. McClure. (1986). E. coli promoters. In “Maximizing Gene Expression”(W. S. Reznikoff and L. Gold, eds.), Butterworth, Boston, MA, pp. 1-33.

1985

68. Reznikoff, W. S., D. A. Siegele, D. W. Cowing, and C. A. Gross. (1985). The regulation of transcription initiation in bacteria. Ann. Rev. Genet. 19, 355-387. [PDF]

67. Peterson, M. L. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1985). Lactose promoter mutation Pr115 activates an overlapping promoter within the lactose control region. J. Mol. Biol. 185, 525-533. [PDF]

66. Peterson, M. L. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1985). Properties of lac in vivo and in vitro. An overlapping RNA polymerase binding site within the lactose promoter. J. Mol. Biol. 185, 535-543. [PDF]67. Peterson, M. L. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1985). Lactose promoter mutation Pr115 activates an overlapping promoter within the lactose control region. J. Mol. Biol. 185, 525-533. [PDF]

65. Yu, X. -M. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1985). Deletion analysis of the Escherichia coli lactose promoter P2. Nucleic Acids Res. 13, 2457-2468. [PDF]

64. Lambert, P. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1985). Use of transcriptional repressors to stabilize the plasmid copy number of transcription fusion vectors. J. Bacteriol. 162, 441-444. [PDF]

1980-1984

1984

63. Munson, L. M., W. Mandecki, M. H. Caruthers, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1984). Oligonucleotide mutagenesis of the lacPUV5 promoter. Nucleic Acids Res. 12, 4011-4017. [PDF]

62. Ventosa, A., F. Rodriguez-Valera, J. S. Poindexter, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1984). Selection for moderately halophilic bacteria by gradual salinity increases. Can. J. Microbiol. 30, 1279-1282. [PDF]

61. de la Torre, G. C., J. Ortin, E. Domingo, J. Delamarter, B. Allet., J. Davies, K. P. Bertrand, L. V. Wray, Jr., and W. S. Reznikoff. (1984). Plasmid vectors based on Tnl0 DNA: Gene expression regulated by tetracycline. Plasmid 12, 103-110. [PDF]

60. Munson, L. M., G. D. Stormo, R. L. Niece, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1984). lacZ translation initiation mutations. J. Mol. Biol. 177, 663-683. [PDF]

59. Johnson, R. C. and W. S, Reznikoff. (1984). The role of the IS50R proteins in the promotion and control of Tn5 transposition. J. Mol. Biol. 177, 645-661. [PDF]

58. Yu, X. -M. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1984). Deletion analysis of the CAP-cAMP binding site of the Escherichia coli lactose promoter. Nucleic Acids Res. 12, 5449-5464. [PDF]

57. Bertrand, K. P., K. Postle, L. V. Wray, Jr., and W. S. Reznikoff. (1984). Construction of a single-copy promoter vector and its use in analysis of regulation of the transposon Tnl0 tetracycline resistance determinant. J. Bacteriol. 158, 910-919. [PDF]

56. Johnson, R. C. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1984). Copy number control of Tn5 transposition. Genetics 107, 9-18. [PDF]

55. Yu, X. -M., L. Munson, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1984). Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of trp-lac fusion deletions. J. Mol. Biol. 172, 355-362. [PDF]

54. Reznikoff, W. S. (1984). Gene expression in microbes: The lactose operon model system. In The Microbe 1984, part II, (D. P. Kelly and N. G. Carr, eds. ), Cambridge University Press, pp. 195-218.

1983

53. Reznikoff, W. S. (1983). Some bacterial transposable elements: Their organizations, mechanisms of transposition, and roles in genome evolution. In Gene Function in Prokaryotes, (J. Beckwith, J. Davies and J. Gallant, eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, pp. 229-252.

52. Wray, L. V., Jr. and Reznikoff, W. S. (1983). Identification of the repressor binding sites controlling the expression of tetracycline resistance encoded by Tn10. J. Bacteriol. 156, 1188-1191. [PDF]

51. Johnson, R. C. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1983). DNA sequences at the ends of transposon Tn5 required for transposition. Nature 304, 280-282. [PDF]

50. Bertrand, K. P., K. Postle, L. V. Wray, Jr., and W. S. Reznikoff. (1983). Overlapping divergent promoters control expression of Tn10 tetracycline resistance. Gene 23, 149-156. [PDF]

1982

49. Reznikoff, W S. (1982). Tn5 transposition and its regulation. Cell 31, 307-308. [PDF]

48. Johnson, R. C., J. C. -P. Yin, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1982). The control of Tn5 transposition in Escherichia coli is mediated by protein from the right repeat. Cell 30, 873-882. [PDF]

47. Lynn, S. L., J. F. Gardner, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1982). Attenuation regulation in the threonine operon of Escherichia coli K-12: Molecular cloning and transcription of the controlling region. J. Bacteriol. 152, 363-371. [PDF]

46. Hillen, W., G. Klock, I. Kaffenberger, L. V. Wray, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1982). Purification of the TET repressor and TET operator from the transposon Tn10 and characterization of their interaction. J. Biol. Chem. 257, 6605-6613. [PDF]

45. Mandecki, W. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1982). A lac promoter with a changed distance between -10 and -35 regions. Nucleic Acids Res. 10, 903-912. [PDF]

44. Reznikoff, W. S., L. E. Maquat, L. M. Munson, R. C. Johnson, and W. Mandecki. (1982). The lac promoter: Analysis of structural signals for transcription initiation and identification of a new sequence specific event. In Promoters: Structure and Function, (Rodriguez and Chamberlin, eds. ), Praeger, New York, pp. 80-95.

1981

43. Reznikoff, W. S., S. J. Rothstein, R. A. Jorgensen, R. C. Johnson, and J. C. -P. Yin. (1981). The structure of Tn5. In Molecular Biology, Pathogenicity, and Ecology of Bacterial Plasmids, (Levy, Clowes and Koenig, eds. ), Plenum Press, New York, pp. 371-380.

42. Wray, L. V., R. A. Jorgensen, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1981). Identification of the tetracycline resistance promoter and repressor in transposonTn10. J. Bacteriol. 147, 297-304. [PDF]

41. Johnson, R. C. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1981). Localization of the Tn5 transposase promoter using the cycling reaction of RNA polymerase. Nucleic Acids Res. 9, 1873-1882. [PDF]

40. Munson, L. M. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1981). Abortive initiation and long RNA acid synthesis. Biochemistry 20, 2081-2085. [PDF]

39. Rothstein, S. J. and W. S, Reznikoff. (1981). The functional differences in the inverted repeats of Tn5 are caused by a single base pair nonhomology. Cell 23, 191-199. [PDF]

1980

38. Rothstein, S. J., R. A. Jorgensen, J. C. -P. Yin, Z. Yong-di, R. C. Johnson, and W. S. Reznikoff, W. S. (1980). Genetic organization of Tn5. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 45, 99-105.

37. Maquat, L. E. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1980). The lac promoter mutation Pr 115 generates a new transcription initiation point. J. Mol. Biol. 139, 551. [PDF]

36. Maquat, L. E., K. Thorton, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1980). Lac promoter mutations located downstream from the transcription start site. J. Mol. Biol. 139, 537. [PDF]

35. Wartell, R. M. and W. S. Reznikoff. ( 1980). Cloning DNA restriction endonuclease fragments with protruding single stranded ends. Gene 9, 307. [PDF]

34. Rothstein, S. J., R. A. Jorgensen, K. Postle, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1980). The inverted repeats of Tn5 are functionally different. Cell 19, 795. [PDF]

1975-1979

1979

33. Jorgensen, R. A., S. J. Rothstein, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1979). A restriction enzyme cleavage map of Tn5 and location of a region encoding neomycin resistance. Mol. Gen. Genet. 177, 65. [PDF]

32. Hardies , S. C., R. K. Patient, R. D. Klein, F. Ho, W. S. Reznikoff, and R. Wells. D. (1979). Construction and mapping of the recombinant plasmids used for the preparation of DNA fragments containing the Escherichia coli lactose operator and promoter. J. Biol. Chem. 254, 5527. [PDF]

31. Postle, K. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1979). Identification of the Escherichia coli tonB gene product in minicells containing tonB hybrid plasmids. J. Mol. Biol. 131, 619. [PDF]

30. Jorgensen, R. A. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1979). Organization of structural and regulatory genes that mediate tetracycline resistance in transposon Tn10. J. Bacteriol. 138, 705. [PDF]

29. Jorgensen, R. A., D. E. Berg, B. Allet, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1979). Restriction enzyme cleavage map of Tn10, a transposon which encodes tetracycline resistance. J. Bacteriol. 137, 681. [PDF]

1978

28. Gardner, J. F. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1978). Identification and restriction endonuclease mapping of the threonine operon regulatory region. J. Mol. Biol. 126, 241. [PDF]

27. Maquat, L. E. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1978). In vitro analysis of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase interaction with wild-type and mutant lactose promoters. J. Mol. Biol. 125, 467. [PDF]

26. Postle, K. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1978). HindII and HindIII restriction maps of the attphi80-tonB-trp region of the Escherichia coli genome, and location of the tonB gene. J. Bacteriol. 136, 1165. [PDF]

25. Reznikoff, W. S. and J. N. Abelson. (1978). The lac promoter. In The Operon, (Miller & Reznikoff, eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, pp. 221-243.

24. Jorgensen, R., D. Berg, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1978). Genetic organization in the transposable tetracycline resistance determinant Tnl0. In Microbiology 1978, (D. Schlessinger, ed.), Am. Soc. for Microbiol., Washington, D. C.

1977

23. Jones, B. B. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1977). Tryptophan-transducing bacteriophages: In vitro studies with restriction endonucleases HindII + III and Escherichia coli ribonucleic acid polymerase. J. Bacteriol. 132, 270. [PDF]

22. Jones, B. B., H. Chan, S. Rothstein, R. D. Wells, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1977). RNA polymerase binding sites in lambda plac5 DNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74, 4914. [PDF]

21. Dickson, R. C., J. Abelson, P. Johnson, W. S. Reznikoff, and W. M. Barnes. (1977). Nucleotide sequence changes produced by mutations in the lac promoter of Escherichia coli. J. Mol. Biol. 111, 65. [PDF]

1976

20. Jones, B. B. and Reznikoff, W. S. (1976). Isolation of specialized transducing bacteriophages carrying deletions of the regulatory region of the Escherichia coli K-12 tryptophan operon. J. Bacteriol. 128, 283. [PDF]

19. Reznikoff, W. S. (1976). Formation of the RNA polymerase-lac promoter open complex. In RNA Polymerase, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, pp. 441-454.

18. Mitchell, D. H., W. S. Reznikoff, and J. Beckwith. (1976). Genetic fusions that help define a transcription termination region in Escherichia coli. J. Mol. Biol. 101, 441. [PDF]

1975

17. Aline, R. F., Jr. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1975). Bacteriophage Mu-1-induced permeability mutants in Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 124, 578. [PDF]

16. Barnes, W. M., W. S. Reznikoff, F. R. Blattner, R. C. Dickson, and J. Abelson. (1975). The isolation of RNA homologous to the genetic control elements of the lactose operon. J. Biol. Chem. 250, 8184. [PDF]

15. Vinopal, R. T., J. D. Hillman, H. Schulman, W. S. Reznikoff, and D. G, Fraenkel. (1975). New phosphoglucose isomerase mutants of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 122, 1172. [PDF]

14. Mitchell, D., W. Reznikoff, and J. Beckwith. (1975). Genetic fusions defining trp and lac operon regulatory elements. J. Mol. Biol. 93, 331. [PDF]

13. Dickson, R. C., J. Abelson, W. M. Barnes, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1975). Genetic regulation: The lac control region. Science 187, 27. [PDF]

1969-1974

1974

12. Reznikoff, W. S., R. B. Winter, and C. K. Hurley. (1974). The location of the repressor binding sites in the lac operon. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 71, 2314. [PDF]

11. Reznikoff, W. S., C. A. Michels, T. G. Cooper, A. E. Silverstone, and B. Magasanik. (1974). Inhibition of lacZ gene translation initiation in trp-lac fusion strains. J. Bacteriol. 117, 1231. [PDF]

10. Barnes, W. M., R. B. Siegel, and W. S. Reznikoff. (1974). The construction of lambda transducing phages containing deletions defining regulatory elements of the lac and trp operons in E. coli. Mol. Gen. Genet. 129, 201-215. [PDF]

1972

9. Reznikoff, W. S. (1972). The operon revisited. Annu. Rev. Genet 6, 132. [PDF]

8. Reznikoff, W. S. and K. P. Thornton. (1972). Isolating tryptophan regulatory mutants in Escherichia coli by using a trp-lac fusion strain. J. Bacteriol. 109, 526. [PDF]

1971

7. Eron, L., D. Morse, W. Reznikoff, and J. Beckwith. (1971). Fusions of the lac and trp regions of Escherichia coli: Covalently fused messenger RNA. J. Mol. Biol. 60, 203. [PDF]

6. Michels, C. A. and W. S. Reznikoff. (1971). The gradient of polarity of Z gene nonsense mutations in trp-lac fusion strains of Escherichia coli. J. Mol. Biol. 55, 119. [PDF]

1970

5. Miller, J. H., W. S. Reznikoff, A. E. Silverstone, D. Ippen, E. R. Signer, and J. R. Beckwith. (1970). Transposition of the lac region of E. coli. V. Fusions of the lac and trp regions of the Escherichia coli chromosome. J. Bacteriol. 104, 1273. [PDF]

1969

4. Reznikoff, W. S. and J. R. Beckwith. (1969). Genetic evidence that the operator locus is distinct from the Z gene in the lac operon of Escherichia coli. J. Mol. Biol. 43, 215. [PDF]

3. Reznikoff, W. S., J. H. Miller, J. G. Scaife, and J. R. Beckwith. (1969).  A mechanism for repressor action. J. Mol. Biol. 43, 201. [PDF]

2. Silverstone, A. E., B. Magasanik, W. S. Reznikoff, J. H. Miller, and J. R. Beckwith. (1969). Catabolite sensitive site of the lac operon. Nature 221, 1012. [PDF]

1. Reznikoff, W. S. and C. A. Thomas, Jr. (1969). The anatomy of the SP50 bacteriophage DNA molecule. Virology 37, 309. [PDF]

Books

  • J. H. Miller and W. S. Reznikoff, eds. “The Operon” (1978 and 1980). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • W. S. Reznikoff and L. Gold, eds. “From Gene to Protein: Steps Dictating the Maximal Level of Gene Expression” (1986). Butterworth.
  • W. S. Reznikoff, R. R. Burgess, J. E. Dahlberg, C. A. Gross, M. T. Record, Jr. and M. P. Wickens, eds. “RNA Polymerase and the Regulation of Transcription” (1987). Elsevier.
  • J. E. Davies, D. Davies and W. S. Reznikoff, eds. “Milestones in Biotechnology” (1992). Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • F. C. Neidhardt, R. Curtiss, III, J. L. Ingraham, E. C. C. Lin, K. B. Low, Jr., B. Magasanik, W. Reznikoff, M. Riley, M. Schaechter and H. E. Umbarger, eds. “Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium: Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2nd ed. (1996). American Society for Microbiology.

Patents

  • W. S. Reznikoff and I. Y. Goryshin. System for in vitro transposition. U. S. Patent No. 5,965,443.
  • W. S. Reznikoff, D. York, I. Y. Goryshin, and H. Zhou. System for in vitro transposition . Patent No. 5,948,622. (CIP)
  • W. S. Reznikoff, I. Y. Goryshin and H. Zhou. System for in vitro transposition. U. S. Patent No. 5,925,545. (CIP)
  • W. S. Reznikoff, I. Y. Goryshin, and Hong Zhou, System for in vitro transposition. U. S. Patent No. 6,437,109
  • W. S. Reznikoff and I. Y. Goryshin. Method for making insertional mutations. U. S. Patent No. 6,159,736
  • W. S. Reznikoff and T. A. Naumann. Transposase enzyme and method for use. U. S. Patent No. 6,406,896
  • I. Y. Goryshin and W. S. Reznikoff. Method for making insertional mutations using a Tn5 synaptic complex. U. S. Patent No. 6,294,385. (CIP)

Patents Pending

  • I. Y. Goryshin, T. A. Naumann and W. S. Reznikoff. Double transposition methods for manipulating nucleic acids. WARF P00359US.
  • W. S. Reznikoff, M. M. Steiniger-White and J. Metzler. Tn5 transposase mutants and the use thereof. WARF P02358US.
  • W. S. Reznikoff and R. J. Gradman. Mutated Tn5 transposase proteins and the use thereof. WARF P03381US.
  • B. L. Ason, W. S. Reznikoff, A. M. Skalka and D. J. Knauss. Modulators of enzymatic nucleic acid transposition. WARF P0409US.