Published work

First author manuscripts (# denotes equal contribution): 

Ren Z#, Takacs CN#, Brandão HB, Jacobs-Wagner C, and Wang X. 2023. Organization and replicon interactions within the highly segmented genome of Borrelia burgdorferi. PLoS Genetics. 19(7):e1010857. Click here to redirect.

Takacs CN, Wachter J#, Xiang Y#, Ren Z#, Karaboja X, Scott M, Stoner MR, Irnov I, Jannetty N, Rosa PA, Wang X, and Jacobs-Wagner C. 2022. Polyploidy, regular patterning of genome copies, and unusual control of DNA partitioning in the Lyme disease spirochete. Nature Communications. 13(1):7173. Click here to redirect.

Takacs CN, Nakajima Y, Haber JE, and Jacobs-Wagner C. 2022. Cas9-mediated endogenous plasmid loss in Borrelia burgdorferi. PLoS One. 17(11):e0278151. Click here to redirect.

Takacs CN, Scott M, Chang Y, Kloos ZA, Irnov I, Rosa PA, Liu J, and Jacobs-Wagner C. 2021. A CRISPR interference platform for selective downregulation of gene expression in Borrelia burgdorferi. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(4):e02519-20. Click here to redirect.

Takacs CN, Scott M, Chang Y, Kloos ZA, Irnov I, Rosa PA, Liu J, and Jacobs-Wagner C. 2021. A CRISPR interference platform for selective downregulation of gene expression in Borrelia burgdorferi. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(4):e02519-20. Click here to redirect.

Takacs CN, Kloos ZA, Scott M, Rosa PA, and Jacobs-Wagner C. 2018. Fluorescent proteins, promoters, and selectable markers for applications in the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(24):e01824-18. (Featured on the cover.) Click here to redirect.

Takacs CN, Andreo U, Dao Thi VL, Wu X, Gleason CE, Itano MS, Spitz-Becker GS, Belote RL, Hedin BR, Scull MA, Rice CM, and Simon SM. 2017. Differential regulation of lipoprotein and hepatitis C virus secretion by Rab1b. Cell Reports. 21(2):431-441. Click here to redirect.

Takacs CN, Andreo U, Belote RL, Pulupa J, Scull MA, Gleason CE, Rice CM, and Simon SM. 2017. Green fluorescent protein-tagged apolipoprotein E: a useful marker for the study of hepatic lipoprotein egress. Traffic. 18(3):192-204.  (Featured on the cover.) Click here to redirect.

Takacs CN, Hocking J, Cabeen MT, Bui NK, Poggio S, Vollmer W and Jacobs-Wagner C. 2013. Growth medium-dependent glycine incorporation into the peptidoglycan of Caulobacter crescentus. PLoS One. 8(2):e57579. Click here to redirect.

Takacs CN, Poggio S, Charbon G, Puchault M, Vollmer W and Jacobs-Wagner C. 2010. MreB controls de novo rod morphogenesis in Caulobacter crescentus via remodeling of the cell wall. Journal of Bacteriology. 192(6):1671-84. (Featured on the cover.) Click here to redirect.

Co-author manuscripts (* denotes co-first authors):  

Dao Thi VL, Wu X, Belote RL, Andreo U, Takacs CN, Fernandez JP, Vale-Silva LA, Prallet S, Decker CC, Fu RM, Qu B, Uryu K, Molina H, Saeed M, Steinmann E, Urban S, Singaraja RR, Schneider WM, Simon SM, and Rice CM. 2020. Stem cell-derived polarized hepatocytes. Nature Communications. 11(1):1677. Click here to redirect.

Wu X*, Dao Thi VL*, Liu P, Takacs CN, Xiang K, Andrus L, Gouttenoire J, Moradpour D, and Rice CM. 2018. Pan-genotype hepatitis E virus replication in stem cell-derived hepatocellular systems. Gastroenterology. 154(3):663-74.e7. Click here to redirect.

Luna JM, Scheel TK, Danino T, Shaw KS, Mele A, Fak JJ, Nishiuchi E, Takacs CN, Catanese MT, de Jong YP, Jacobson IM, Rice CM, and Darnell RB. 2015. Hepatitis C virus functionally sequesters miR-122. Cell. 160(6):1099-110. Click here to redirect.

Honeyman JN*, Simon EP*, Robine N*, Chiaroni-Clarke R, Darcy DG, Lim IIP, Gleason CE, Murphy JM, Rosenberg BR, Teegan L, Takacs CN, Botero S, Belote R, Germer S, Emde, A-K, Vacic V, Bhanot U, LaQuaglia MP, and Simon SM. 2014. Detection of a recurrent DNAJB1-PRKACA chimeric transcript in fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. Science. 343(6174):1010-4. Click here to redirect.

Guermonprez P, Helft J, Claser C, Deroubaix S, Karanje H, Gazumyan A, Darasse-Jèze G, Telerman SB, Breton G, Schreiber HA, Frias-Staheli N, Billerbeck E, Dorner M, Rice CM, Ploss A, Klein F, Swiecki M, Colonna M, Kamphorst AO, Meredith M, Niec R, Takacs C, Mikhail F, Hari A, Bosque D, Eisenreich T, Merad M, Shi Y, Ginhoux F, Rénia L, Urban BC, Nussenzweig MC. 2013. Inflammatory Flt3l is essential to mobilize dendritic cells and for T cell responses during Plasmodium infection. Nature Medicine. 19(6):730-8. Click here to redirect.

Hocking J, Priyadarshini R, Takacs CN, Costa T, Dye NA, Shapiro L, Vollmer W, and Jacobs-Wagner C. 2012. Osmolality-dependent relocation of penicillin-binding protein PBP2 to the division site in Caulobacter crescentus. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(12):3116-27. Click here to redirect.

Poggio S, Takacs CN, Vollmer W and Jacobs-Wagner C. 2010. A protein critical for cell constriction in the Gram-negative bacterium Caulobacter crescentus localizes at the division site through its peptidoglycan-binding LysM domains. Molecular Microbiology. 77(1):74-89. Click here to redirect.

Lam H*, Oh D-C*, Cava F*, Takacs CN, Clardy J, de Pedro MA and Waldor MK. 2009. D-amino acids govern stationary phase cell wall re-modeling in bacteria. Science. 325(5947):1552-5. Click here to redirect.

Rorive S, Berton A, D’haene N, Takacs CN, Debeir O, Decaestecker C and Salmon I. 2008. Matrix metallo-proteinase-9 interplays with the IGFII-IGFBP2 complex to promote cell growth and motility in astrocytomas. Glia. 56:1679–90. Click here to redirect.

Google Scholar Link

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=4FdcBn8AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate