Translation elongation factor EF-P drives susceptibility to fluoroquinolone antibiotics in Bacillus subtilis

Ahmed M, Tollerson R, Lang KS.

bioRxiv · 2026 · Preprint

Direct visualization of transcription–replication conflicts reveals post-replicative DNA:RNA hybrids

Stoy H, Zwicky K, Kuster D, Lang KS, Krietsch J, Crossley MP, Schmid JA, Cimprich KA, Merrikh H, Lopes M.

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology · 2023 · 30(3):348–359

Development of fluoroquinolone resistance through antibiotic tolerance in Campylobacter jejuni

Park M, Kim J, Feinstein J, Lang KS, Ryu S, Jeon B.

Microbiology Spectrum · 2022 · 10(5)

Locus-specific analysis of replication dynamics and detection of DNA–RNA hybrids by immuno electron microscopy

Stoy H, Lang KS, Merrikh H, Lopes M.

Methods in Molecular Biology · 2022 · Book chapter, pp. 67–89

Topological stress is responsible for the detrimental outcomes of head-on replication–transcription conflicts

Lang KS, Merrikh H.

Cell Reports · 2021 · 34(9):108797

Antibiotics and host-tailored probiotics similarly modulate effects on the developing avian microbiome, mycobiome, and host gene expression

Ward TL, Weber BP, Mendoza KM, Danzeisen JL, Llop K, Lang K, Clayton JB, Grace E, Brannon J, Radovic I, Beauclaire M, Heisel TJ, Knights D, Cardona C, Kogut M, Johnson C, Noll SL, Arsenault R, Reed KM, Johnson TJ.

mBio · 2019 · 10(5)

Crystal structure of a membrane-bound O-acyltransferase

Ma D, Wang Z, Merrikh CN, Lang KS, Lu P, Li X, Merrikh H, Rao Z, Xu W.

Nature · 2018 · 562(7726):286–290

The clash of macromolecular titans: replication–transcription conflicts in bacteria

Lang KS, Merrikh H.

Annual Review of Microbiology · 2018 · 72:71–88

Replication–transcription conflicts generate R-loops that orchestrate bacterial stress survival and pathogenesis

Lang KS, Hall AN, Merrikh CN, Ragheb M, Tabakh H, Pollock AJ, Woodward JJ, Dreifus JE, Merrikh H.

Cell · 2017 · 170(4):787–799

Characterization of Acr2, an H-NS-like protein encoded on A/C2-type plasmids

Lang KS, Johnson TJ.

Plasmid · 2016 · 87–88:17–27

Multiple discharges of treated municipal wastewater have a small effect on the quantities of numerous antibiotic resistance determinants in the Upper Mississippi River

LaPara TM, Madson M, Borchardt S, Lang KS, Johnson TJ.

Environmental Science & Technology · 2015 · 49(19):11509–11515

Transcriptome modulations due to A/C2 plasmid acquisition

Lang KS, Johnson TJ.

Plasmid · 2015 · 80:83–89

In vivo transmission of an incA/C plasmid in Escherichia coli depends on tetracycline concentration, and acquisition of the plasmid results in a variable cost of fitness

Johnson TJ, Singer RS, Isaacson RE, Danzeisen JL, Lang K, Kobluk K, Rivet B, Borewicz K, Frye JG, Englen M, Anderson J, Davies PR.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2015 · 81(10):3561–3570

Transcriptome mapping of pAR060302, a bla_CMY-2-positive broad-host-range IncA/C plasmid

Lang KS, Danzeisen JL, Xu W, Johnson TJ.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2012 · 78(9):3379–3386

Novel florfenicol and chloramphenicol resistance gene discovered in Alaskan soil by using functional metagenomics

Lang KS, Anderson JM, Schwarz S, Williamson L, Handelsman J, Singer RS.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2010 · 76(15):5321–5326

Evaluating the effects of chlortetracycline on the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a simulated river water ecosystem

Muñoz-Aguayo J, Lang KS, LaPara TM, González G, Singer RS.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2007 · 73(17):5421–5425