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Guy Plunkett III

ERIC Senior Curator
(Enteropathogen Resource Integration Center)
ASAP Annotator & Annotation Curator
Senior Scientist, E. coli Genome Project

Contact Information:

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Laboratory of Genetics
425G Henry Mall, Rm 5428
Madison, WI 53706-1580

voice: (608) 890-0189
fax: (608) 262-2976
e-mail: guy@genome.wisc.edu

“Life is too short, and DNA too long.”
- Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

Degrees and Training

Research Interests

Prokaryotic molecular genetics, phage-host interactions, recombination, genome organization and evolution.

Publications

  1. J. D. Glasner, G. Plunkett III, B. D. Anderson, D. J. Baumler, B. S. Biehl, V. Burland, E. L. Cabot, A. E. Darling, B. Mau, E. C. Neeno-Eckwall, D. Pot, Y. Qiu, A. I. Rissman, S. Worzella, S. Zaremba, J. Fedorko, T. Hampton, P. Liss, M. Rusch, M. Shaker, L. Shaull, P. Shetty, S. Thotakura, J. Whitmore, F. R. Blattner, J. M. Greene, & N. T. Perna (2007) Enteropathogen Resource Integration Center (ERIC): bioinformatics support for research on biodefense-relevant enterobacteria. Nucleic Acids Res. in press. Advance Access published 2007 Nov 13. [PubMed] [full text] [abstract] [print PDF] [screen PDF]
  2. J. M. Greene, G. Plunkett III, V. Burland, J. Glasner, E. Cabot, B. Anderson, E. Neeno-Eckwall, Y. Qiu, B. Mau, M. Rusch, P. Liss, T. Hampton, D. Pot, M. Shaker, L. Shaull, P. Shetty, C. Shi, J. Whitmore, M. Wong, S. Zaremba, F. R. Blattner, & N. T. Perna (2007) A new asset for pathogen informatics — the Enteropathogen Resource Integration Center (ERIC), an NIAID Bioinformatics Resource Center for Biodefense and Emerging/Re-emerging Infectious Disease. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 603:28-42. (The Genus Yersinia: From Genomics to Function, R. D. Perry & J. D. Fetherston, eds.; based on selected presentations from the 9th International Symposium on Yersinia, held in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A., in October 2006) [PubMed] [publisher's description]
  3. M. R. King, R. P. Vimr, S. M. Steenbergen, L. Spanjaard, G. Plunkett III, F. R. Blattner, & E. R. Vimr (2007) Escherichia coli K1-specific bacteriophage CUS-3 distribution and function in phase-variable capsular polysialic acid O acetylation. J. Bacteriol. 189(17):6447-6456. Epub 2007 Jun 29. [PubMed] [full text] [abstract] [Supplemental material]
  4. Y. Xie, V. Kolisnychenko, M. Paul-Satyaseela, S. Elliott, G. Parthasarathy, Y. Yao, G. Plunkett III, F. R. Blattner, & K. S. Kim (2006) Identification and characterization of Escherichia coli RS218-derived islands in the pathogenesis of E. coli meningitis. J. Infect. Dis. 194(3):358-364. Epub 2006 Jun 30. [PubMed] [abstract]
  5. G. Posfai, G. Plunkett III, T. Feher, D. Frisch, G. M. Keil, K. Umenhoffer, V. Kolisnychenko, B. Stahl, S. S. Sharma, M. de Arruda, V. Burland, S. W. Harcum, & F. R. Blattner (2006) Emergent properties of reduced-genome Escherichia coli. Science 312(5776):1044-1046. Epub 2006 Apr 27. [PubMed] [full text] [abstract]
  6. M. Riley, T. Abe, M. B. Arnaud, M. K. Berlyn, F. R. Blattner, R. R. Chaudhuri, J. D. Glasner, T. Horiuchi, I. M. Keseler, T. Kosuge, H. Mori, N. T. Perna, G. Plunkett III, K. E. Rudd, M. H. Serres, G. H. Thomas, N. R. Thomson, D. Wishart, & B. L. Wanner (2006) Escherichia coli K-12: a cooperatively developed annotation snapshot--2005. Nucleic Acids Res. 34(1):1-9. [PubMed] [full text] [abstract]
  7. J. D. Glasner, M. Rusch, P. Liss, G. Plunkett III, E. L. Cabot, A. Darling, B. D. Anderson, P. Infield-Harm, M. C. Gilson, & N. T. Perna (2006) ASAP: a resource for annotating, curating, comparing, and disseminating genomic data. Nucleic Acids Res. 34(Database issue):D41-D45. [PubMed] [full text] [abstract]
  8. M. B. Lobocka, D. J. Rose, G. Plunkett III, M. Rusin, A. Samojedny, H. Lehnherr, M. B. Yarmolinsky, & F. R. Blattner (2004) Genome of bacteriophage P1. J. Bacteriol. 186(21):7032-7068. [PubMed] [full text] [abstract] [Supplemental material]
  9. J. Wei, M. B. Goldberg, V. Burland, M. M. Venkatesan, W. Deng, G. Fournier, G. F. Mayhew, G. Plunkett III, D. J. Rose, A. Darling, B. Mau, N. T. Perna, S. M. Payne, L. J. Runyen-Janecky, S. Zhou, D. C. Schwartz, & F. R. Blattner (2003) Complete genome sequence and comparative genomics of Shigella flexneri serotype 2a strain 2457T. Infect. Immun. 71(5):2775-2786. [PubMed] [full text] [abstract]
  10. W. Deng, S.-R. Liou, G. Plunkett III, G. F. Mayhew, D. J. Rose, V. Burland, V. Kodoyianni, D. C. Schwartz, & F. R. Blattner (2003) Comparative genomics of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strains Ty2 and CT18. J. Bacteriol. 185(7):2330-2337. [PubMed] [full text] [abstract]
  11. J. D. Glasner, P. Liss, G. Plunkett III, A. Darling, T. Prasad, M. Rusch, A. Byrnes, M. Gilson, B. Biehl, F. R. Blattner, & N. T. Perna (2003) ASAP, a systematic annotation package for community analysis of genomes. Nucleic Acids Res. 31(1):147-151. [PubMed] [full text] [abstract]
  12. R. A. Welch, V. Burland, G. Plunkett III, P. Redford, P. Roesch, D. Rasko, E. L. Buckles, S.-R. Liou, A. Boutin, J. Hackett, D. Stroud, G. F. Mayhew, D. J. Rose, S. Zhou, D. C. Schwartz, N. T. Perna, H. L. T. Mobley, M. S. Donnenberg & F. R. Blattner (2002) Extensive mosiac structure revealed by the complete genome sequence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99(26):17020-17024. [PubMed] [PDF] [abstract]
  13. N. T. Perna, J. D. Glasner, V. Burland, & G. Plunkett III (2002) Chapter 1. The Genomes of Escherichia coli K-12 and Pathogenic E. coli. pp. 3-53, in: Escherichia coli: Virulence Mechanisms of a Versatile Pathogen, M. S. Donnenberg, ed. Academic Press, San Diego. [publisher's description]
  14. W. Deng, V. Burland, G. Plunkett III, A. Boutin, G. F. Mayhew, P. Liss, N. T. Perna, D. J. Rose, B. Mau, S. Zhou, D. C. Schwartz, J. D. Fetherston, L. E. Lindler, R. R. Brubaker, G. V. Plano, S. C. Straley, K. A. McDonough, M. L. Nilles, J. S. Matson, F. R. Blattner & R. D. Perry (2002) Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis KIM. J. Bacteriol. 184(16):4601-4611. [PubMed] [full text] [abstract]
  15. N. T. Perna, G. Plunkett III, V. Burland, B. Mau, J. D. Glasner, J. Kim & F. R. Blattner (2002) Comparative Analyses of Enterobacterial Genomes. pp. 296-301 in: Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Volume 3, S. A. Leong, C. Allen, & E. W. Triplett, eds. International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. (Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A., July 10-14, 2001) [publisher's description]
  16. V. Kolisnychenko, G. Plunkett III, C. D. Herring, T. Feher, J. Pósfai, F. R. Blattner & G. Pósfai (2002) Engineering a reduced Escherichia coli genome. Genome Res. 12(4):640-647. [PubMed] [full text] [abstract]
  17. A. Lim, E. T. Dimalanta, K. D. Potamousis, G. Yen, J. Apodoca, C. Tao, J. Lin, R. Qi, J. Skiadas, A. Ramanathan, N. T. Perna, G. Plunkett III, V. Burland, B. Mau, J. Hackett, F. R. Blattner, T. S. Anantharaman, B. Mishra & D. C. Schwartz (2001) Shotgun optical maps of the whole Escherichia coli O157:H7 genome. Genome Res. 11(9):1584-1593. [PubMed] [full text] [abstract]
  18. N. T. Perna, G. Plunkett III, V. Burland, B. Mau, J. D. Glasner, D. J. Rose, G. F. Mayhew, P. S. Evans, J. Gregor, H. A. Kirkpatrick, G. Pósfai, J. Hackett, S. Klink, A. Boutin, Y. Shao, L. Miller, E. J. Grotbeck, N. W. Davis, A. Lim, E. Dimalanta, K. D. Potamousis, J. Apodaca, T. S. Anantharaman, J. Lin, G. Yen, D. C. Schwartz, R. A. Welch, & F. R. Blattner (2001) Genome sequence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7. Nature 409(6819):529-533. [PubMed] [Nature online]
  19. G. Plunkett III, D. J. Rose, T. J. Durfee, & F. R. Blattner (1999) Sequence of Shiga toxin 2 phage 933W from Escherichia coli O157:H7: Shiga toxin as a phage late-gene product. J. Bacteriol. 181(6):1767-1778. [PubMed]
  20. J. Mahillon, H. A. Kirkpatick, H. L. Kijenski, C. A. Bloch, C. K. Rode, G. F. Mayhew, D. J. Rose, G. Plunkett III, V. Burland, & F. R. Blattner (1998) Subdivision of the Escherichia coli K-12 genome for sequencing: manipulation and DNA sequence of transposable elements introducing unique restriction sites. Gene 223(1-2):47-54. [PubMed]
  21. V. Burland, Y. Shao, N. T. Perna, G. Plunkett III, H. J. Sofia, & F. R. Blattner (1998) The complete DNA sequence and analysis of the large virulence plasmid of Escherichia coli O157:H7. Nucleic Acids Res. 26(18):4196-4204. [PubMed]
  22. M. Masters & G. Plunkett III (1997) Bacterial genomes: the Escherichia coli model. pp. 715-744, in: ICRF Handbook of Genome Analysis, N. K. Spurr, B. D. Young, & S. P. Bryant, eds. Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, UK. [publisher's description]
  23. F. R. Blattner, G. Plunkett III, C. A. Bloch, N. T. Perna, V. Burland, M. Riley, J. Collado-Vides, J. D. Glasner, C. K. Rode, G. F. Mayhew, J. Gregor, N. W. Davis, H. A. Kirkpatrick, M. A. Goeden, D. J. Rose, B. Mau, & Y. Shao (1997) The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12. Science 277(5331):1453-1462. [PubMed] [Science online]
  24. F. R. Blattner, G. Plunkett III, G. F. Mayhew, J. Gregor, W. Davis, M. Goeden, N. Perna, D. Rose, Y. Shao, H. Kirkpatrick, C. Bloch, G. Pósfai, & C. Rode (1996) E. coli Genome Project. Microb Comp Genomics 1(4):357. [not indexed in PubMed]
  25. J. Reizer, A. Reizer, M. J. Merrick, G. Plunkett III, D. J. Rose, & M. H. Saier, Jr (1996) Novel phosphotransferase-encoding genes revealed by analysis of the Escherichia coli genome: a chimeric gene encoding an Enzyme I homologue that possesses a putative sensory transduction domain. Gene 181(1-2):103-108. [PubMed]
  26. K. E. Rudd, H. J. Sofia, E. V. Koonin, G. Plunkett III, S. Lazar, & P. E. Rouviere (1995) A new family of peptidyl-prolyl isomerases. Trends Biochem Sci. 20(1):12-14. [PubMed]
  27. V. Burland, G. Plunkett III, H. J. Sofia, D. L. Daniels, & F. R. Blattner (1995) Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome VI: DNA sequence of the region from 92.8 through 100 minutes. Nucleic Acids Res. 23(12):2105-2119. [PubMed]
  28. H. J. Sofia, V. Burland, D. L. Daniels, G. Plunkett III, & F. R. Blattner (1994) Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. V. DNA sequence of the region from 76.0 to 81.5 minutes. Nucleic Acids Res. 22(13):2576-2586. [PubMed]
  29. F. R. Blattner, V. Burland, G. Plunkett III, H. J. Sofia, & D. L. Daniels (1993) Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. IV. DNA sequence of the region from 89.2 to 92.8 minutes. Nucleic Acids Res. 21(23):5408-5417. [PubMed]
  30. S.-E. Chuang, V. Burland, G. Plunkett III, D. L. Daniels, & F. R. Blattner (1993) Sequence analysis of four new heat-shock genes constituting the hslTS/ibpAB and hslVU operons in Escherichia coli. Gene 134(1):1-6. [PubMed]
  31. G. Plunkett III, V. Burland, D. L. Daniels, & F. R. Blattner (1993) Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. III. DNA sequence of the region from 87.2 to 89.2 minutes. Nucleic Acids Res. 21(15):3391-3398. [PubMed]
  32. V. Burland, D. L. Daniels, G. Plunkett III, & F. R. Blattner (1993) Genome sequencing on both strands: the Janus strategy. Nucleic Acids Res. 21(15):3385-3390. [PubMed]
  33. V. Burland, G. Plunkett III, D. L. Daniels, & F. R. Blattner (1993) DNA sequence and analysis of 136 kilobases of the Escherichia coli genome: organizational symmetry around the origin of replication. Genomics 16(3):551-561. [PubMed]
  34. F. R. Blattner, D. L. Daniels, V. D. Burland, G. Plunkett III, & S.-E. Chuang (1992) The E. coli genome project: towards the first megabase. pp. 43-59, in: The Chromosome (John Innes Symposium, Norwich, England), J.S. Heslop-Harrison & R.B. Flavell, eds. Bios Scientific Publishers, Oxford, UK. [publisher's description]
  35. D. L. Daniels, G. Plunkett III, V. Burland, & F. R. Blattner (1992) Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome: DNA sequence of the region from 84.5 to 86.5 minutes. Science 257(5071):771-778. [PubMed]
  36. G. Plunkett III & H. Echols (1989) Retroregulation of the bacteriophage lambda int gene: limited secondary degradation of the RNase III-processed transcript. J. Bacteriol. 171(1):588-592. [PubMed]
  37. G. Plunkett III, G. P. Mazzara, & W. H. McClain (1981) Characterization of bacteriophage T4 band D RNA, a low-molecular-weight RNA of unknown function. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 210(1):298-306. [PubMed]
  38. G. P. Mazzara, G. Plunkett III, & W. H. McClain (1981) DNA sequence of the transfer RNA region of bacteriophage T4: implications for transfer RNA synthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78(2):889-892. [PubMed]
  39. G. P. Mazzara, G. Plunkett III, & W. H. McClain (1980) Maturation events leading to transfer RNA and ribosomal RNA. pp. 439-545, in: Cell Biology: A Comprehensive Treatise, Vol. 3 (Gene Expression: The Production of RNAs), L. Goldstein & D. Prescott, eds. Academic Press, New York.
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