Scholar: Emily P Balskus

Emily P Balskus

Extracellular vesicles of the Gram-positive gut symbiont Bifidobacterium longum induce immune-modulatory, anti-inflammatory effects

  • Noa Mandelbaum, Lihan Zhang, Shaqed Carasso, …, Yeshayahu Talmon, Emily P Balskus, Naama Geva-Zatorsky
  • NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes, 10.1038/s41522-023-00400-9
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Gut microbial metabolism of 5-ASA diminishes its clinical efficacy in inflammatory bowel disease

  • Raaj S Mehta, Jared R Mayers, Yancong Zhang, …, Emily P Balskus, Andrew T Chan, Curtis Huttenhower
  • Nat Med, 10.1038/s41591-023-02217-7
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Elucidating the Chemistry and Biology of the Human Microbiome

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Genetic manipulation of the human gut bacterium Eggerthella lenta reveals a widespread family of transcriptional regulators

  • Xueyang Dong, Ben G H Guthrie, Margaret Alexander, …, Nathaniel R Glasser, Peter J Turnbaugh, Emily P Balskus
  • Nat Commun, 10.1038/s41467-022-33576-3
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A small molecule inhibitor prevents gut bacterial genotoxin production

  • Matthew R Volpe, José A Velilla, Martin Daniel-Ivad, …, Silvia Balbo, Rachelle Gaudet, Emily P Balskus
  • Nat Chem Biol, 10.1038/s41589-022-01147-8
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Structural basis of colibactin activation by the ClbP peptidase

  • José A Velilla, Matthew R Volpe, Grace E Kenney, …, Richard M Walsh, Emily P Balskus, Rachelle Gaudet
  • Nat Chem Biol, 10.1038/s41589-022-01142-z
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Biosynthesis of the Unusual Carbon Skeleton of Nocuolin A

  • Teresa P Martins, Nathaniel R Glasser, Duncan J Kountz, Paulo Oliveira, Emily P Balskus, Pedro N Leão
  • ACS Chem Biol, 10.1021/acschembio.2c00464
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Mechanistic Studies of a Skatole-Forming Glycyl Radical Enzyme Suggest Reaction Initiation via Hydrogen Atom Transfer

  • Beverly Fu, Azadeh Nazemi, Benjamin J Levin, Zhongyue Yang, Heather J Kulik, Emily P Balskus
  • J Am Chem Soc, 10.1021/jacs.1c13580
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Emerging Chemical Diversity and Potential Applications of Enzymes in the DMSO Reductase Superfamily

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