Literature

Selected Publications

2026 Open Access Accepted in NAR

Modulation of rob expression accelerates development of antibiotic resistance in Yersinia enterocolitica

Xinyu H. Wang, Taichi Chen, Martijs J. Jonker, Alphonse de Koster, Wim C. De Leeuw, Gaurav Dugar#, Benno H. Ter Kuile

Nucleic Acids Research, 2026. In Press.

NAR / bioRxiv Link
2025 Open Access Preprint

Comprehensive architecture of the bacterial RNA interactome

Gaurav Dugar#

bioRxiv, 2025. preprint.

bioRxiv Link
2025 Open Access

Genetic adaptation to amoxicillin in Escherichia coli: The limited role of dinB and katE

Lisa Teichmann, Marcus Wenne, Sam Luitwieler, Gaurav Dugar, Johan Bengtsson-Palme, Benno Ter Kuile

PLoS ONE, 2025.

DOI Link
2025 Open Access

Ribosome pausing in amylase producing Bacillus subtilis during long fermentation

Yaozu Han, Biwen Wang, Alberto Agnolin, Gaurav Dugar, Frans van der Kloet, Christopher Sauer, Paul Igor Costea, Max Fabian Felle, Mathis Appelbaum, Leendert W Hamoen

Microbial Cell Factories, 2025.

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2024 Open Access

Inactivation of the conserved protease LonA increases production of xylanase and amylase in Bacillus subtilis

Biwen Wang, Mariah B M J Kes, Anna C H van den Berg van Saparoea, Gaurav Dugar, Joen Luirink, Leendert W Hamoen

Microbial Cell Factories, 2024.

DOI Link
2023

Metabolic and chromosomal changes in a Bacillus subtilis whiA mutant

Laura C Bohorquez, Joana de Sousa, Transito Garcia-Garcia, Gaurav Dugar, Biwen Wang, Martijs J Jonker, Marie-Françoise Noirot-Gros, Michael Lalk, Leendert W Hamoen

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023.

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2022 Featured

A Chromosomal Loop Anchor Mediates Bacterial Genome Organization

Gaurav Dugar#, Andreas Hofmann, Dieter W Heermann, Leendert W Hamoen#

Nature Genetics, 54(2): 194–201, 2022.

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2021 Open Access

Noncanonical CrRNAs Derived from Host Transcripts Enable Multiplexable RNA Detection by Cas9

Chunlei Jiao, Sahil Sharma*, Gaurav Dugar*, Natalia L. Peeck, Thorsten Bischler, Franziska Wimmer, Yanying Yu, et al.

Science, 372(6545), 2021.

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2020 Open Access

Guide-Free Cas9 from Pathogenic Campylobacter Jejuni Bacteria Causes Severe Damage to DNA

Chinmoy Saha, Prarthana Mohanraju, Andrew Stubbs, Gaurav Dugar, Youri Hoogstrate, Gert Jan Kremers, Wiggert A. van Cappellen, et al.

Science Advances, 6(25), 2020.

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2019 Open Access

Extreme Slow Growth as Alternative Strategy to Survive Deep Starvation in Bacteria

Declan A. Gray, Gaurav Dugar, Pamela Gamba, Henrik Strahl, Martijs J. Jonker, Leendert W. Hamoen

Nature Communications, 10(1), 2019.

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2018 Open Access

CRISPR RNA-Dependent Binding and Cleavage of Endogenous RNAs by the Campylobacter Jejuni Cas9

Gaurav Dugar, Ryan T. Leenay*, Sara K. Eisenbart*, Thorsten Bischler, Belinda U. Aul, Chase L. Beisel, Cynthia M. Sharma

Molecular Cell, 69(5), 2018.

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2016 Open Access

The CsrA-FliW Network Controls Polar Localization of the Dual-Function Flagellin mRNA in Campylobacter Jejuni

Gaurav Dugar, Sarah L. Svensson, Thorsten Bischler, Sina Wäldchen, Richard Reinhardt, Markus Sauer, Cynthia M. Sharma

Nature Communications, 7, 2016.

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2015

Investigating CRISPR RNA Biogenesis and Function Using RNA-Seq

Nadja Heidrich, Gaurav Dugar, Jörg Vogel, Cynthia M. Sharma

Methods in Molecular Biology, 1311, 2015.

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2013 Open Access

High-Resolution Transcriptome Maps Reveal Strain-Specific Regulatory Features of Multiple Campylobacter Jejuni Isolates

Gaurav Dugar*, Alexander Herbig*, Konrad U. Förstner, Nadja Heidrich, Richard Reinhardt, Kay Nieselt, Cynthia M. Sharma

PLoS Genetics, 2013.

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