Section: Publications

Christopher Sassetti, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Assistant Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Other Affiliation(s):
   Center for AIDS Research

Publications

Sassetti, C.M. and  Rubin, E.J.^.   The open book of infectious diseases.  Nature Medicine. 13: 279-280. (2007)

Joshi, S. M., Pandey, A.K., Capite, N., Fortune, S.M., Rubin, E.J., and Sassetti, C.M.  Characterization of mycobacterial virulence genes through genetic interaction mapping. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.  103:11760-11765. (2006).

Fortune S.M, Jaeger A., Chase M.R, Sarracino, D.A, Sassetti C.M, Sherman D.R., Bloom B.R. and Rubin E.J. Mutually-dependent secretion of proteins required for mycobacterial virulence. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.  102:10676-81. (2005).

Rengarajan,J., Sassetti, C. M., Naroditskaya^, V., Sloutsky^, A., Bloom^, B.R. and Rubin, E. J.^.   The folate pathway is a target for resistance to the drug para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) in mycobacteria. Molecular Microbiology 53:275-282 (2004)

Sassetti, C. M. and Rubin, E. J.  Genetic requirements for mycobacterial survival during infection.  Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 100:12989-12994 (2003)

Sassetti, C. M., Boyd, D. H. and Rubin, E. J. Genes required for mycobacterial growth defined by high density mutagenesis.  Molecular Microbiology. 48: 77-84.  (2003)

Sassetti, C. M., Boyd, D. H. and Rubin, E. J. Comprehensive identification of conditionally essential genes in mycobacteria. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 98: 12712-12717. (2001)

Office: S6 141
Phone: 508 856 3678
E-mail: Christopher.Sassetti@umassmed.edu
Keywords: Microbial Pathogenesis, Genomics, Tuberculosis, Infectious Disease, Genetics

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