Publications

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2021

Kuzmich, S., Skotnicka, D., Szadkowski, D., Klos, P., Pérez‐Burgos, M., Schander, E., Schumacher, D. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2021)
Three PilZ domain proteins, PlpA, PixA and PixB, have distinct functions in regulation of motility and development in Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol. 2021 Apr 19:JB.00126-21. doi: 10.1128/JB.00126-21

Schumacher, D., Harms, A., Bergeler, S., Frey, E. & Søgaard-Andersen, L (2021)
PomX, a ParA/MinD ATPase activating protein, is a triple regulator of cell division in Myxococcus xanthus. eLife 2021;10:e66160, doi: 10.7554/eLife.66160

Tostevin, F., Wigbers, M., Søgaard-Andersen, L., & Gerland, U. (2021) 
Four different mechanisms for switching cell polarity. PLOS Comp. Biology. Published: January 19, 2021 doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008587

2020

Treuner-Lange A., Chang Y.-W., Glatter T., Herfurth M., Lindow S., Chreifi G., Jensen G.J. & Søgaard-Andersen L. (2020)
PilY1 and minor pilins form a complex priming the type IVa pilus in Myxococcus xanthus. Nat Commun 11, 5054 (2020). doi: /10.1038/s41467-020-18803-z

Pérez-Burgos M, Søgaard-Andersen L. (2020)
Biosynthesis and function of cell-surface polysaccharides in the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. [published online ahead of print, 2020 Aug 1]. Biol Chem. 2020;/j/bchm.just-accepted/hsz-2020-0217/hsz-2020-0217.xml. doi:10.1515/hsz-2020-0217

Carreira, L.A.M., Tostevin, F., Gerland, U. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2020) 
Protein-protein interaction network controlling establishment and maintenance of switchable cell polarity. PLoS Genet. 2020 Jun 22;16(6):e1008877. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008877 

Skotnicka, D., Steinchen, W., Szadkowski, D., Cadby, I. T., Lovering, A. L., Bange, G. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2020)
CdbA is a DNA-binding protein and c-di-GMP receptor important for nucleoid organization and segregation in Myxococcus xanthus. Nat Commun 11, 1791  doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15628-8

Pérez-Burgos, M. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2020)
Regulation by c-di-GMP in Myxococcus xanthus. In “Microbial cyclic di-nucleotide signaling” eds. S.-H. Chou, N. Giuliani, V. T. Lee, U. Römling; Springer. pp. 293-310

Treuner-Lange, A., Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2020)
Überlebenskünstler mit sozialen und kommunikativen Fähigkeiten. Biospektrum 26, 28–31 (2020). doi:10.1007/s12268-020-1320-7

Pérez-Burgos, M., García-Romero, I., Valvano, M.A. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2020) 
Identification of the Wzx flippase, Wzy polymerase and sugar-modifying enzymes for spore coat polysaccharide biosynthesis in Myxococcus xanthus. Mol Microbiol. 2020 Jun;113(6):1189-1208. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14486. [Epub 2020 Feb 25]

2019

Pérez-Burgos, M., García-Romero, I., Jung, J., Valvano, M.A. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2019)
Identification of the lipopolysaccharide O-antigen biosynthesis priming enzyme and the O-antigen ligase in Myxococcus xanthus: Critical role of LPS O-antigen in motility and development. Mol. Microbiol., July 23. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14354

Szadkowski, D., Harms, A., Carreira, L.A.M., Wigbers, M., Potapova, A., Wuichet, K., Keilberg, D., Gerland, U. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2019). 
Spatial control of the GTPase MglA by localized RomR-RomX GEF and MglB GAP activities enables Myxococcus xanthus motility. Nature Microbiology May 2019, doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0451-4

Gómez-Santos, N., Glatter, T., Koebnik, R., Świątek-Połatyńska, M.A. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2019)
A TonB-dependent transporter is required for secretion of protease PopC across the bacterial outer membrane. Nature Communications vol. 10, Article number: 1360;  doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09366-9

2018

Schäper, S., Yau, H., Krol, E., Skotnicka, D., Heimerl, T., Gray, J., Kaever, V., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Vollmer, W., Becker, A. (2018)
Seven-transmembrane receptor protein RgsP and cell wall-binding protein RgsM promote unipolar growth in Rhizobiales. PLoS Genet 14(8): e1007594. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007594

Schumacher, D. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2018)
Fluorescence Live-cell Imaging of the Complete Vegetative Cell Cycle of the Slow-growing Social Bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. J Vis Exp. 2018 Jun 20 (136) doi: 10.3791/57860

Troselj, V., Treuner-Lange, A., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Wall, D. (2018). 
Physiological heterogeneity triggers sibling conflict mediated by type VI secretion system in an aggregative multicellular bacterium. MBio. 2018 Feb 6;9(1). pii: e01645-17 doi 10.1128/mBio.01645-17

Treuner-Lange, A., Bruckskotten, M., Rupp, O., Goesmann, A. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2017)
The complete genome sequence of the fruiting myxobacterium Melittangium boletus DSM 14713. Genome Announc. November 2017 vol. 5 no. 45 e01262-17 doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01262-17

Treuner-Lange, A., Bruckskotten, M., Rupp, O., Goesmann, A. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2017)
Draft genome sequence of the fruiting myxobacterium Nannocystis excedens DSM 71. Genome Announc. October 2017 5:e01227-17 doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01227-17

Treuner-Lange, A., Bruckskotten, M., Rupp, O., Goesmann, A. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2017)
Whole genome sequence of the fruiting myxobacterium Cystobacter fuscus DSM 52655. Genome Announc. October 2017 5:e01196-17 doi:10.1128/genomeA.01196-17

Treuner-Lange, A., Bruckskotten, M., Rupp, O., Goesmann, A. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2017) 
The complete genome sequence of the fruiting myxobacterium Myxococcus macrosporus strain DSM 14697 by PacBio sequencing. Genome Announc. Oct 5;5(40). doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01127-17

Lin, L., Valeriano, M.O., Harms, A., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Thanbichler, M. (2017)
Bactofilin-mediated organization of the ParABS chromosome segregation system in Myxococcus xanthus. Nat Commun. 2017 Nov 28;8(1):1817 doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02015-z

Schäper, S., Steinchen, W., Krol, E., Altegoer, F., Skotnicka, D., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Bange, G. & Becker, A. (2017) AraC-like transcriptional activator CuxR binds c-di-GMP by a PilZ-like mechanism to regulate extracellular polysaccharide production. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 13, E4822-E4831. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1702435114

Schumacher, D. & Søgaard-Andersen, L (2017) 
Regulation of cell polarity in motility and cell division in Myxococcus xanthus. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 71, 61-78. doi: 10.1146/annurev-micro-102215-095415

Schumacher, D., Bergeler, S., Harms, A., Vonck, J., Huneke-Voigt, S., Frey, E. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2017)
The PomXYZ proteins self-organize on the bacterial nucleoid to stimulatecell division. Dev. Cell. 41 (3):299-314.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.04.011

Treuner-Lange, A. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2017)
Typ-IVa-Pilus-Motilität - Bislang stärkster molekularer Motor zieht Bakterien über Oberflächen. BIOspektrum 23, 130-134. doi.org/10.1007/s12268-017-0775-7

Skotnicka, D. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2017)
Type IV pili-dependent motility as a tool to determine the activity of c-di-GMP modulating enzymes in Myxococcus xanthus. Meth. Mol. Biol. 1657: 157-165. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7240-1_13

2016

Skotnicka, D., Smaldone, G.T., Petters, T., Trampari, E., Liang, J., Kaever, V., Malone, J.G., Singer, M. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2016)
A minimal threshold of c-di-GMP is essential for fruiting body formation and sporulation in Myxococcus xanthus. PLoS Genet 12, e1006080. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006080

Bischof, L.F., Friedrich, C., Harms, A., Sogaard-Andersen, L. & Chris van der Does (2016)
The type IV pilus assembly ATPase PilB of Myxococcus xanthus interacts with the inner membrane platform protein PilC and the nucleotide binding protein PilM. J. Biol. Chem. 291, 6946-6957. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.701284

Chang, Y.-W., Rettberg, L., Treuner-Lange, A., Iwasa, J., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Jensen, G.J. (2016)
Architecture of the type IVa pilus machine. Science 351, aad2001. doi: 10.1126/science.aad2001

Schäper, S., Krol, E., Skotnicka, D., Kaever, V., Hilker, R., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Becker, A. (2016)
cyclic di-GMP regulates multiple cellular functions in the symbiotic α-proteobacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti. J. Bacteriol. 198, 521-535. doi: 10.1128/JB.00795-15

McLoon, A.L., Wuichet, K., Häsler, M., Keilberg,D., Szadkowski, D. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2016)
MglC, a paralog of Myxococcus xanthus GTPase activating protein MglB, plays a divergent role in motility regulation. J. Bacteriol. 198, 510-520. doi: 10.1128/JB.00548-15

Skotnicka, D., Petters, T., Heering, J., Hoppert, M., Kaever, V. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2016)
c-di-GMP regulates type IV pili-dependent-motility in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol. 198, 77-90. doi: 10.1128/JB.00281-15

2015

Jakobczak, B., Keilberg, D., Wuichet, K. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2015)
Contact- and protein transfer-dependent stimulation of assembly of the gliding motility machinery in Myxococcus xanthus. PLOS Genetics 11, e1005341. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005341

Treuner-Lange, A., Macia, E., Guzzo, M., Hot, E., Faure, L., Jakobczak, B., Espinosa, L., Alcor, D., Ducret, A., Keilberg, D., Castaing, J.P., Gervais, S.L., Franco, M., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Mignot, T. (2015)
The small G-protein MglA connects to the MreB actin cytoskeleton at bacterial focal adhesions. J. Cell Biol. 210, 243-256. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201412047

Lassak, J., Keilhauer, E.C., Fürst, M., Wuichet, K., Gödeke_, J. Starosta, A.L., Chen, J.-M., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Rohr, J., Wilson, D.N., Häussler, S., Mann, M. & Jung, K. (2015)
Arginine-rhamnosylation as new strategy to activate translation elongation factor P. Nat. Chem. Biol. 11, 266-270. doi:10.1038/nchembio.1751

2014

Wuichet, K. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2014)
Evolution and diversity of the Ras superfamily of small GTPases in prokaryotes.Genome Biol. Evol. 7, 57-70.

Rashkov, P., Schmitt, B.A., Keilberg, D., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Dahlke, S. (2014)
A model for spatio-temporal dynamics in a regulatory network for cell polarity. Math. Biosci. 258, 189-200.

Jia, S., Keilberg, D., Hot, E., Thanbichler, M., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Peter Lenz, P. (2014)
Effect of the Min system on timing of cell division in Escherichia coli. PLoSOne, e10

Treuner-Lange, A. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2014)
Regulation of cell polarity in bacteria. J. Cell Biol. 206, 7-17.

Chang, Y.-W., Chen, S., Tocheva, E.I., Treuner-Lange, A., Löbach, S., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Jensen, G.J. (2014)
Correlated cryogenic photoactivated localization microscopy and electron cryotomography. Nat. Methods. 11, 737-739.

Keilberg, D. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2014)
Regulation of bacterial cell polarity by small GTPases. Biochemistry. 53, 1899-1907.

Siewering, K., Jain, S., Friedrich, C., Webber-Birungi, M.T., Semchonok, D.A., Binzen, I., Wagner, A., Huntley, S., Kahnt, J., Klingl, A., Boekema, E.J., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & van der Does, C. (2014)
Peptidoglycan-binding protein TsaP functions in surface assembly of type IV pili. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 111, E953-E961.

Claessen, D., Rozen, D.E., Kuipers, O.P., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & van Wezel, G.P (2014)
Bacterial solutions to multicellularity: A tale of biofilms, filaments and fruiting bodies. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 2, 115-124.

Friedrich, C., Bulyha, I. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2014)
Outside-in assembly pathway of the type IV pili system in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol. 196, 378-390.

Konovalova, A, Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Lee Kroos (2014)
Regulated proteolysis in bacterial development. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 38, 493-522.

2013

Huntley, S., Wuichet, K. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2013)
Genome evolution and content in the myxobacteria. In “Myxobacteria: Genomics, Cellular and Molecular Biology” ed. Higgs, P.I. & Yang, Z. Horizon Press. pp. 31-50.

Treuner-Lange, A., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Singer., M. (2013)
Cell cycle regulation in Myxoccocus xanthus during vegetative growth and development: Regulatory links between DNA replication and cell division. In “Myxobacteria: Genomics, Cellular and Molecular Biology” ed. Higgs, P.I. & Yang, Z. Horizon Press. pp. 79-90.

Yang, Z., Li, C., Friedrich, C. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2013)
Type IV pili and exopolysaccharide dependent motility in Myxococcus xanthus. In “Myxobacteria: Genomics, Cellular and Molecular Biology” ed. Higgs, P.I. & Yang, Z. Horizon Press. pp. 183-198.

Harms, A., Treuner-Lange, A., Schumacher, D. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2013)
Tracking of chromosome and replisome dynamics in Myxococcus xanthus reveals a novel chromosome arrangement. PLoS Genetics. 9, e1003802.

Rashkov, P., Schmitt, B.A., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Lenz, P. & Dahlke, S. (2013)
A model for “antagonistic” protein dynamics. Int. J. Biomath. Biostat. In press.

Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2013)
Stably bridging a great divide: Localization of the SpoIIQ landmark protein in Bacillus subtilis. Mol. Microbiol. 89, 1019–1024.

Bulyha, I., Lindow, S., Lin, L., Bolte, K., Wuichet, K., Kahnt, J., van der Does, C., Thanbichler, M., & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2013)
Two small GTPases act in concert with the bactofilin cytoskeleton to regulate dynamic bacterial cell polarity. Dev. Cell. 25: 119-131.

Huntley, S., Kneip, S., Treuner-Lange, A. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2013)
Complete genome sequence of Myxococcus stipitatus DSM 14675, a fruiting myxobacterium. Genome Announc. 1 e00100-13.

Treuner-Lange, A., Aguiluz, K., van der Does, C., Gómez-Santos, N., Lenz, P., Harms, A., Schumacher, D., Hoppert, M., Kahnt, J., Muñoz-Dorado, J & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2013)
PomZ, a ParA-like protein, regulates Z-ring formation and cell division in Myxococcus xanthus. Mol. Microbiol. 87, 235-253.

2012

Herzog, A.G., Voss, B.M., Keilberg, D., Hot, E., Søgaard-Andersen, L. Garbe, C.S. & Kostina, E.A. (2012)
A strategy for identifying fluorescence intensity profiles of single rod-shaped cells. J. Bioinfo. Comp. Biol. 11, 1250024-1-1250024-17

Peruani, F., Starruß, J., Jakovljevic', V., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Deutsch, A. & Bär, M., (2012)
Pattern formation mechanisms in motility mutants of Myxococcus xanthus. R. Soc. Interface Focus.2,774-785.

Keilberg, D., Wuichet, K., Drescher, F. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2012)
A response regulator interfaces between the Frz chemosensory system and the MglA/MglB GTPase/GAP module to regulate polarity in Myxococcus xanthus. PLoS Genetics. 9, e1002951.

Konovalova, A., Wegener-Feldbrügge, S. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2012)
Two intercellular signals required for fruiting body formation in Myxococcus xanthus act sequentially but non-hierarchically. Mol. Microbiol. 86, 65-81.

Rashkov, P., Schmitt, B.A., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Lenz, P. & Dahlke, S. (2012).
A model of oscillatory protein dynamics in bacteria. Bull. Math. Biol. 74, 2183-2203.

Huntley, S., Zhang, Y., Treuner-Lange, A., Kneip, S., Sensen, C.W. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2012)
Complete genome sequence of the fruiting myxobacterium Corallococcus coralloides DSM 2259. J. Bacteriol. 194, 3012-3013.

Petters, T., Zhang, X., Nesper, J., Treuner-Lange, A., Gomez-Santos, N., Hoppert, M., Jenal, U. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2012)
The orphan histidine protein kinase SgmT is a c-di-GMP receptor and regulates composition of the extracellular matrix together with the orphan DNA binding response regulator DigR in Myxococcus xanthus. Mol. Microbiol. 84, 147-165.

Konovalova, A., Löbach. S. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2012)
A RelA-dependent two-tiered regulated proteolysis cascade controls synthesis of a contact-dependent intercellular signal in Myxococcus xanthus. Mol. Microbiol. 84, 260-275.

Keilberg, D., Huntley, S & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2012)
Two-component systems involved in regulation of motility and development in Myxococcus xanthus. In "Two component systems in bacteria" ed. Gross, R. & Beier, D.. Horizon Scientific press and Caister Academic Press. In press.

Peruani, F., Starruß, J., Jakovljevic, V., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Bär, M. & Deutsch, A. (2012)
Collective motion and nonequilibrium cluster formation in colonies of gliding bacteria. Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 098102.

Gómez-Santos, N., Treuner-Lange, A., Moraleda-Muñoz, A., García-Bravo, E., García-Hernández, R., Martínez-Cayuela, M., Pérez, J., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Muñoz-Dorado, J. (2012)
A comprehensive set of integrative plasmid vectors for copper inducible gene expression in Myxococcus xanthus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78, 2515-2521.

2011

Bulyha, I., Hot, E., Huntley, S. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2011)
GTPases in bacterial cell polarity and signalling. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 14, 726-733.

Miertzschke M., Koerner C., Vetter I.R., Keilberg D., Hot E., Leonardy S., Søgaard-Andersen L. & Wittinghofer A. (2011)
Mechanistic insights into bacterial polarity from structural analysis of the Ras-like G protein MglA and its cognate GAP MglB. EMBO J. 30, 4185-4197.

Konovalova, A. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2011)
Close encounters: Contact-dependent interactions in bacteria. Mol. Microbiol. 91, 297-301.

Lenz, P.& Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2011)
Temporal and spatial oscillations in bacteria. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 9,565-577.

Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2011)
Directional intracellular trafficking in bacteria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 108, 7283-7284.

Huntley, S., Hamann, N., Wegener-Feldbrugge, S., Treuner-Lange, A., Kube, M., Reinhardt, R., Klages, S. Muller, R., Ronning, C. M., Nierman, W. C., Sogaard-Andersen, L. (2011)
Comparative genomic analysis of fruiting body formation in myxococcales. Mol Biol Evol.Feb;28(2):1083-97

2010-2005

Leonardy, S., Miertzschke, M., Bulyha, I., Sperling, E., Wittinghofer, A. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2010)
Regulation of dynamic polarity switching in bacteria by a Ras-like G-protein and its cognate GAP. EMBO J. 29, 2276-2289.

Kahnt, J., Aguiluz, K., Koch, J., Treuner-Lange, A., Konovalova, A., Huntley, S., Hoppert, M., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Hedderich, R. (2010)
Profiling the outer membrane proteome during growth and development of the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus by selective biotinylation and analyses of outer membrane vesicles. J Proteome Res. 9(10):5197-208.

Konovalova, A., Petters, T. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2010)
Extracellular biology of Myxococcus xanthus. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 34, 89-106.

Clausen, M., Jakovljevic, V., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Maier, B. (2009)
High force generation is a conserved property of type IV pilus systems. J. Bacteriol. 191, 4633–4638.

Bulyha, I., Schmidt, C., Lenz, P., Jakovljevic, V., Höne, A., Maier, B., Hoppert, M., & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2009)
Regulation of the type IV pili molecular machine by dynamic localization of two motor proteins. Mol. Microbiol. 74, 691–706.

Wegener-Feldbrügge, S. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2009)
The atypical hybrid histidine protein kinase RodK in Myxococcus xanthus: Spatial proximity supersedes kinetic preference in phosphotransfer reactions. J. Bacteriol. 191, 1765-1776.

Rolbetzki, A., Ammon, M., Jakovljevic, V., Konovalova, A. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2008)
Regulated secretion of a protease activates intercellular signaling during fruiting body formation in M. xanthus. Dev. Cell. 15, 627-634.

Leonardy, S., Bulyha, I. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2008)
Reversing cells and oscillating proteins. Mol. BioSystems 4, 1009 – 1014.

Søgaard-Andersen, L. &Yang, Z. (2008)
Programmed cell death: Role for MazF and MrpC in Myxococcus multicellular development. Curr. Biol. 18, R337-R339.

Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2008)
Growth &development – prokaryotes: Editorial overview. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 11, 532-534.

Kadam, S. V., Wegener-Feldbrügge, S., Søgaard-Andersen, L. and Velicer, G. J. (2008)
Novel transcriptome patterns accompany evolutionary restoration of defective social development in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Mol. Biol. Evol. 25, 1274-1281.

Jakovljevic, V., Leonardy, S., Hoppert, M. and Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2008)
PilB and PilT are ATPases acting antagonistically in type IV pili function in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol. 190, 2411-2421.

Shi, X., Wegener-Feldbrügge, S., Huntley, S., Hamann, N., Hedderich, R. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2008)
A bioinformatics and experimental analysis of proteins of two-component systems in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol., 190, 613 - 624.

Starruß, J., Bley, T., Søgaard­Andersen, L. &Deutsch; A. (2007)
A new mechanism for collective migration of Myxococcus xanthus. J. Stat. Phys. 128, 269-286.

Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2007)
Contact-dependent signaling in Myxococcus xanthus: The function of the C-signal in fruiting body morphogenesis. In "Myxobacteria: Multicellularity and Differentiation" ed. Whitworth, D. ASM Press.

Leonardy, S., Freymark, G., Hebener, S., Ellehauge, E., &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2007)
Coupling of protein localization &cell movements by a dynamically localized response regulator in Myxococcus xanthus. EMBO J. 26, 4433-4444.

Shi, X., Wegener-Feldbrügge, S., Huntley, S., Hamann, N., Hedderich, R. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2007)
A bioinformatics and experimental analysis of proteins of two-component systems in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol. In press.

Overgaard; M, Wegener-Feldbrügge, S. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2006)
The orphan response regulator DigR is required for synthesis of extracellular matrix fibrils in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol. 188, 4384-4394.

Christiansen, J.K., Nielsen, J.S., Ebersbach, T., Valentin-Hansen, P., Søgaard-Andersen, L. &Kallipolitis, B.H. (2006)
Identification of small Hfq binding RNA molecules in Listeria monocytogenes. RNA 12(7):1383-96.

Rasmussen, A. Aa., Wegener-Feldbrügge, S., Porter S., Armitage, J.P. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2006)
Four signalling domains in the hybrid histidine protein kinase RodK of Myxococcus xanthus are required for activity. Mol. Microbiol. 60, 525-534.

Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2005)
Signalling by a cell surface-associated signal during fruiting body morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus. In "Quorum Sensing and Bacterial Cell-to-Cell Communication" ed. Demuth, D.R. Cambridge University Press. pp. 269-299.

Jenal, U., Silversmith, R., Søgaard-Andersen, L. &Sockett, L. (2005)
Sense and sensibility in bacteria. VIIIth International Conference on Bacterial Locomotion and Sensory Transduction. EMBO Rep. 6, 615-619.

Stevens, A. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2005)
Making waves: Pattern formation by a cell surface-associated signal. Trends Microbiol. 13, 249-252

Rasmussen, A. Aa., Porter S., Armitage, J.P. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2005)
Coupling of multicellular morphogenesis and cellular differentiation by an unusual hybrid histidine protein kinase in Myxococcus xanthus. Mol. Microbiol. 56, 1358-1372.

2004-1996

Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2004)
Cell polarity, intercellular signalling and morphogenetic cell movements in Myxococcus xanthus Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 7, 587-593.

Nielsen, M., Rasmussen A. Aa., Ellehauge, E., Treuner-Lange, A. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2004)
HthA, a putative DNA binding protein, and HthB are important for fruiting body morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus. Microbiology 150, 2171-2183.
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Christiansen, J.K., Larsen, M.H., Ingmer, H., Søgaard-Andersen, L. &Kallipolitis, B. H. (2004)
The RNA-binding Hfq protein of Listeria monocytogenes: Role in stress tolerance and virulence. J. Bacteriol. 186, 3355-2262.
(online access)

Kallipolitis, B. H., Ingmer, H., Gahan, C., Hill, C. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2003)
CesRK, a two-component signal transduction system in Listeria monocytogenes, responds to the presence of cell wall-acting antibiotics and affects beta-lactam resistance. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 47, 3421-3429.
(online access)

Lobedanz, S. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2003)
Identification of the C-signal, a contact-dependent morphogen coordinating multiple developmental responses in Myxococcus xanthus. Genes Dev. 17, 2151-2161.
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Rasmussen, A. Aa. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2003)
TodK, a putative histidine protease homologue, regulates timing of fruiting body morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol. 185, 5452-5464.
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Jelsbak, L. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2003)
Cell behavior and cell-cell communication during fruiting body morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Methods Microbiol. 55, 829-839.
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Søgaard-Andersen, L., Overgaard, M., Lobedanz, S., Ellehauge, E., Jelsbak, L. &Rasmussen, A. Aa. (2003)
Coupling gene expression and multicellular morphogenesis during fruiting body formation in Myxococcus xanthus. Mol. Microbiol. 48, 1-8..
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Jelsbak, L. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2002)
Pattern formation by a cell surface-associated morphogen in M. xanthus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 99, 2032-2037.
(online access)

Boysen, A., Ellehauge, E., Julien, B. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2002)
The DevT protein stimulates synthesis of FruA, a signal transduction protein required for fruiting body morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol. 184, 1540-1546.
(online access)

Kruse, T., Lobedanz, S., Berthelsen, N.M.S. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (2001)
C-signal: A cell surface-associated morphogen that induces and coordinates multicellular fruiting body morphogenesis and sporulation in M. xanthus. Mol. Microbiol. 40, 156-168.
(online access)

Jelsbak, L. &Søgaard-Andersen, L.(2000)
Pattern formation: fruiting body morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 6, 637-642.
(online access)

Jelsbak, L. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (1999)
The cell-surface associated, intercellular C-signal induces behavioral changes in individual Myxococcus xanthus cells during fruiting body morphogenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 96, 5031-5036.
(online access)

Meibom, K. L., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Mironov, A. S. &Valentin-Hansen, P. (1999)
Dissection of a surface exposed portion of the cAMP-CRP complex that mediates transcription activation and repression. Mol. Microbiol. 32, 497-504.
(online access)

Karamanos, Y., Singer, M. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (1999)
Meeting review. The 25th international conference on the biology of myxobacteria. Mol. Microbiol. 31, 1863-1870.
(online access)

Ellehauge, E., Nørregaard-Madsen, M. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (1998)
The FruA signal transduction protein provides a checkpoint for the temporal coordination of intercellular signals in M. xanthus development. Mol. Microbiol. 30, 807-818.
(online access)

Givskov, M. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (1998)
Kommunikation hos bakterier. Naturens Verden 5, 207-216.

Kristensen, H.H., Valentin-Hansen, P. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (1997)
Design of CytR regulated, cAMP-CRP dependent class II promoters in E. coli: RNA polymerase-promoter interactions modulate the efficiency of CytR repression. J. Mol. Biol. 266, 866-876.
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Valentin-Hansen, P., Søgaard-Andersen, L. &Pedersen, H. (1996)
Microreview. A flexible partnership: the CytR anti-activator and the cAMP-CRP activator protein, comrades in transcription control. Mol. Microbiol. 20, 461-466.
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Kristensen, H.H., Valentin-Hansen, P. &Søgaard-Andersen, L. (1996)
The CytR repressor in E. coli binds to its operator as a dimer alone as well as in a ternary complex with cAMP-CRP. J. Mol. Biol. 260, 113-119.
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Søgaard-Andersen, L. &Kaiser, D. (1996)
C-factor, a cell-surface associated intercellular signaling protein, stimulates the cytoplasmic Frz signal transduction system in M. xanthus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 93, 2675-2679.
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Søgaard-Andersen, L., Slack, F.J., Kimsey, H. &Kaiser, D. (1996)
Intercellular C-signaling in Myxococcus xanthus involves a branched signal transduction pathway. Genes Dev. 10, 740-754.
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1995-1984

Nørregaard-Madsen, M., Mygind, B., Pedersen R., Valentin-Hansen, P. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (1994)
The gene encoding the periplasmic cyclophilin homolog, PPIase A, in E. coli, is expressed from four promoters, three of which are activated by the cAMP-CRP complex and negatively regulated by the CytR repressor protein. Mol. Microbiol. 14, 989-998.

Richet, E. & Søgaard-Andersen, L. (1994)
CRP induces the repositioning of MalT at the E. coli malKp promoter primarily through DNA bending. EMBO J. 13, 4558-4567.

Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Valentin-Hansen, P. (1993)
Protein-protein interactions in gene regulation: The cAMP-CRP complex sets the specificity of a second DNA binding protein, the CytR repressor. Cell 75, 557-566.

Rasmussen, P.B., Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Valentin-Hansen, P. (1993)
Identification of the nucleotide sequence recognized by the cAMP-CRP dependent CytR repressor protein in the deoP2 promoter in E. coli. Nucl. Acids Res. 21, 879-885.

Holst, B., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Pedersen, H. & Valentin-Hansen, P. (1992)
The cAMP-CRP/CytR nucleoprotein complex in E. coli: Two pairs of closely linked sites for cAMP-CRP are involved in combinatorial regulation of the cdd promoter. EMBO J. 11, 3635-3643.

Pedersen, H., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Holst, B., Gerlach, P., Bremer, E. & Valentin-Hansen, P. (1992)
The cAMP-CRP activator complex and the CytR repressor bind cooperatively to the cytRP promoter in E. coli and CytR antagonizes the cAMP-CRP induced DNA bend. J. Mol. Biol. 227, 396-406.

Søgaard-Andersen, L. & Valentin-Hansen, P. (1991)
Restored DNA binding of the cAMP-CRP activator complex reestablishes negative regulation by the CytR repressor in the deoP2 promoter in Escherichia coli. Mol. Gen. Genet. 231, 76-80.

Gerlach, P., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Pedersen, H., Martinussen, J., Valentin-Hansen, P. & Bremer, E. (1991)
The cAMP-CRP complex functions both as an activator and a co-repressor at the tsxP2 promoter of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 173, 5419-5430.

Pedersen, H., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Holst, B. & Valentin-Hansen, P. (1991)
Heterologous co-operativity in Escherichia coli: The CytR repressor both contacts DNA and the cAMP receptor protein (CRP) in the CytR/cAMP-CRP/deoP2 complex. J. Biol. Chem. 266, 17804-17808.

Søgaard-Andersen, L., Mironov, A.A., Pedersen, H., Sukhodelets, V.V. & Valentin-Hansen, P. (1991)
Single amino acid substitutions in the cyclic-AMP receptor protein specifically abolish regulation by the CytR repressor in Escherichia coli. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88, 4921-4925.

Søgaard-Andersen, L., Pedersen, H., Holst, B. & Valentin-Hansen, L. (1991)
A novel function of the cAMP-CRP complex in Escherichia coli: cAMP-CRP functions as an adaptor for the CytR repressor in the deo operon. Mol. Microbiol. 5, 969-975.

Valentin-Hansen, P., Holst, B., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Martinussen, J., Nesvera, J. & Douthwaite, S.R. (1991)
Design of cAMP-CRP activated promoters in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 5, 433-437.

Søgaard-Andersen, L., Møllegaard, N.E., Douthwaite, S.R. & Valentin-Hansen, P. (1990)
Tandem DNA-bound cAMP-CRP complexes are required for transcriptional repression of the deoP2 promoter by the CytR repressor in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 4, 1595-1601.

Søgaard-Andersen, L., Martinussen, J., Møllegaard, N.E., Douthwaite, S.R., & Valentin-Hansen, P. (1990)
The CytR repressor antagonizes cAMP-CRP activation in the deoP2 promoter of Escherichia coli-K12. J. Bacteriol. 172, 5706-5713.

Rokeach, L.A., Søgaard-Andersen, L., & Molin, S. (1985)
Two functions of the E protein are key elements in the plasmid F replication control system. J. Bacteriol. 164, 1262-1270.

Søgaard-Andersen, L., Rokeach, L.A. & Molin, S. (1984)
Regulation of expression of a gene important for replication of plasmid F in E. coli. EMBO J. 3, 257-262.