^‡Corresponding author, ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4213-4050

Publications at SLU

• Basu, A., Shields, K.E., Eickhoff C., Hoft, D.F., and Yap, M. -N. F.^‡(2018) Thermal and nutritional regulation of ribosome hibernation in Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Bacteriology. 200 (24): e00426-18.
• Gohara, D. W., and Yap, M. -N. F.^‡ (2018) Survival of the drowsiest: the hibernating 100S ribosome in bacterial stress management. Current Genetics. 64(4): 753-760.
• Basu A, and Yap, M. -N. F.^‡ (2017) Disassembly of the Staphylococcus aureus hibernating 100S ribosome by an evolutionarily conserved GTPase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 114(39):E8165-E8173. in the news (1), in the news (2).
• Matzov, D., Aibrara, S., Basu A, Zimmerman, E., Bashan, A., Yap, M. -N. F.^‡, Amunts A.^‡, and Yonath A.^‡(2017) The cryo-EM structure of hibernating 100S ribosome dimer from pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus. Nature Communications. 8: 723. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00753-8. in the news (1).  in the news (2). in the news (3).
• Dzyubak, E., and Yap, M. -N. F.^‡ (2016) The expression of antibiotic resistance methyltransferase correlates with mRNA stability independently of ribosome stalling. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 60: 7178-7888 .
• Basu, A., and Yap, M. -N. F.^‡ (2016) Ribosome hibernation factor promotes Staphylococcal survival and differentially represses translation. Nucleic Acids Research. 44:4881-4893.
• Davis, A.R., Gohara, D.W., and Yap, M. -N. F.^‡ (2014) Sequence selectivity of macrolide-induced translational attenuation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 111: 15379-15384. PMCID: PMC4217412. in the news.
• Yap, M. -N. F.^‡, and Bernstein H.D.^‡ (2013) Mutations in the ribosomal protein L22 selectively suppress the expression of a secreted bacterial virulence factor. Journal of Bacteriology. 195: 2991-2999. PMCID: PMC3697531.
• Yap, M. -N. F.^‡ (2013) The double life of antibiotics. Missouri Medicine. 110: 218-222. PMCID: PMC3856192.

Publications before SLU

• Yap, M. -N., and Bernstein H.D. (2011) The translational regulatory function of SecM requires a precise timing of membrane targeting. Molecular Microbiology. 81:540-553. PMCID: PMC3134173.
• Yap, M. -N., and Bernstein H.D. (2009) The plasticity of a translation arrest motif yields insights into nascent polypeptide recognition inside the ribosome tunnel. Molecular Cell. 34: 201-211. PMCID: PMC2704006.
• Glasner, J. D., Yang, C.-H., Reverchon, S., Hugouvieux-Pattat, N., Condemine G., Bohin, J. P., Van Gijsegem, F., Hibbing, M., Yap, M.-N., Carpentier, M., Dassa, E., Umehara, M., Kim, J., Rusch, M., Blattner, F. R., Keen, N.T., Perna, N.T. (2011) Genome sequence of the plant pathogenic bacterium Dickeya dadantii. Journal of Bacteriology. 193: 2076-2077.
• Kinscherf, T. G., Yap, M.-N., Charkowski, A. O., and Willis, D. K. (2009) CHEF procedures: A rapid high-temperature method for sample preparation, a high voltage HEPES buffer system and the use of NuSieve Agarose. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology. 17: 9-16.
• Yap, M. -N., Yang, C.-H., and Charkowski, A. O. (2008) The response regulator HrpY of Dickeya dadantii 3937 regulates virulence genes not linked to the hrp.  Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 21:304-314.
• Yap, M. -N., Rojas, C. M., Yang, C.-H., and Charkowski, A. O. (2006) Harpin mediates cell aggregation in Erwinia chysanthemi. Journal of Bacteriology. 188: 2280-2284. PMCID: PMC1428125.
• Peng, Q., Yang, S.-H., Charkowski, A. O., Yap, M.-N., Steeber, D. A., Keen, N.T,, and Yang, C.-H. (2006) Population behavior analysis of dspE and pelD regulation in Erwinia chrysanthemi Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions.19: 451-457.
• Yap, M. -N., Yang, C.-H., Barak, J. D., Jahn, C.E., and Charkowski, A. O. (2005) The Erwinia chrysanthemi type III secretion system is required for multicellular behavior. Journal of Bacteriology. 187: 639-648. PMCID: PMC543537.
• Yap, M. -N., Barak, J.D., and Charkowski, A. O. (2004) Genomic diversity of Erwinia carotovora carotovora and its correlation to pathogenecity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70: 3013-3023. PMCID: PMC404413.
• Yap, M. -N., -H. Lee, Y.-J. Huang, C. -J. Liao, and Chen, S.-C. G. (2003) Molecular characterization of a novel senescence-associated gene SPA15 induced during leaf senescence in sweet potato. Plant Molecular Biology. 51:471-481.
• Tseng, M. -J., Yap, M.-N., Ratanakhanokchai, Kyu K.-L, , and Chen, S.-T. (2002) Purification and characterization of two cellulase free xylanases from an alkaliphilic Bacillus firmus. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 30: 590-595.
• Chen, G. -L., Huang, L.-T., Yap, M.-N., Lee, R.-H., Huang, Y.-J., Cheng, M.-C., and Chen, S.-C. G. (2002) Molecular characterization of a senescence-associated gene encoding cysteine proteinase and its gene expression during leaf senescence in sweet potato. Plant and Cell Physiology. 43: 984-991.
• Huang, Y.-H., To, K.-Y., Yap, M.-N., Chiang, W.-J., Suen, D.-F., and Chen, S.-C.G. (2001) Cloning and characterization of leaf senescence up-regulated genes in sweet potato. Physiologia Plantarum. 113: 384-191.
• Chu P. -W., Yap, M.-N., Wu, C.-Y., Pan, F.-M, Tseng, M.-J., and Chen, S.-T. (2000) A proteomic analysis of secreted proteins from xylan-induced Bacillus strain K-1. Electrophoresis. 21: 1740-1745.
• Yu, M. -S., Yap, M.-N., and Lee, C.-Y. (2000) Metal content and biochemical analyses of a recombinant collagenase PrtV. Microbiology and Immunology. 44: 805-813.