Dr. Guy D. Plunkett

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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Laboratory of Genetics & Genome Center
Senior Scientist
University of Wisconsin-Madison
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Senior Scientist
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Mailing Address

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

Contact Information

Phone: (608) 890-0189
Fax: (608) 262-2976
guy@genome.wisc.edu
http://magpie.genome.wisc.edu/~guy/

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Bacteriology, 1988.
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Bacteriology, 1977.
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Life Science, 1975.

Expertise and Research Interests

Prokaryotic genomics and molecular genetics, bacteriophage-host interactions, genome organization and evolution

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Bacteriology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Genetics, Molecular Microbiology.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
German: (Basic, None, None)

Memberships

American Society for Microbiology

Previous Positions

Assistant Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Genetics

Patents

Sequences of E. coli O157, Patent Number: 6365723, 2002, Institution-owned, United States.

Publications

  • Durfee T, Nelson R, Baldwin S, Plunkett G, Burland V, Mau B, Petrosino JF, Qin X, Muzny DM, Ayele M, Gibbs RA, Csörgo B, Pósfai G, Weinstock GM, Blattner FR (Apr 2008) The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli DH10B: insights into the biology of a laboratory workhorse., Journal of bacteriology, 190 (7), 2597-606 Abstract
  • Glasner JD, Plunkett G, Anderson BD, Baumler DJ, Biehl BS, Burland V, Cabot EL, Darling AE, Mau B, Neeno-Eckwall EC, Pot D, Qiu Y, Rissman AI, Worzella S, Zaremba S, Fedorko J, Hampton T, Liss P, Rusch M, Shaker M, Shaull L, Shetty P, Thotakura S, Whitmore J, Blattner FR, Greene JM, Perna NT (Jan 2008) Enteropathogen Resource Integration Center (ERIC): bioinformatics support for research on biodefense-relevant enterobacteria., Nucleic acids research, 36 (Database issue), D519-23 Abstract
  • King MR, Vimr RP, Steenbergen SM, Spanjaard L, Plunkett G, Blattner FR, Vimr ER (Sep 2007) Escherichia coli K1-specific bacteriophage CUS-3 distribution and function in phase-variable capsular polysialic acid O acetylation., Journal of bacteriology, 189 (17), 6447-56 Abstract
  • Greene JM, Plunkett G, Burland V, Glasner J, Cabot E, Anderson B, Neeno-Eckwall E, Qiu Y, Mau B, Rusch M, Liss P, Hampton T, Pot D, Shaker M, Shaull L, Shetty P, Shi C, Whitmore J, Wong M, Zaremba S, Blattner FR, Perna NT (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., Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 603, 28-42 Abstract
  • Xie Y, Kolisnychenko V, Paul-Satyaseela M, Elliott S, Parthasarathy G, Yao Y, Plunkett G, Blattner FR, Kim KS (Aug 2006) Identification and characterization of Escherichia coli RS218-derived islands in the pathogenesis of E. coli meningitis., The Journal of infectious diseases, 194 (3), 358-64 Abstract
  • Pósfai G, Plunkett G, Fehér T, Frisch D, Keil GM, Umenhoffer K, Kolisnychenko V, Stahl B, Sharma SS, de Arruda M, Burland V, Harcum SW, Blattner FR (May 2006) Emergent properties of reduced-genome Escherichia coli., Science (New York, N.Y.), 312 (5776), 1044-6 Abstract
  • Glasner JD, Rusch M, Liss P, Plunkett G, Cabot EL, Darling A, Anderson BD, Infield-Harm P, Gilson MC, Perna NT (Jan 2006) ASAP: a resource for annotating, curating, comparing, and disseminating genomic data., Nucleic acids research, 34 (Database issue), D41-5 Abstract
  • Riley M, Abe T, Arnaud MB, Berlyn MK, Blattner FR, Chaudhuri RR, Glasner JD, Horiuchi T, Keseler IM, Kosuge T, Mori H, Perna NT, Plunkett G, Rudd KE, Serres MH, Thomas GH, Thomson NR, Wishart D, Wanner BL (2006) Escherichia coli K-12: a cooperatively developed annotation snapshot--2005., Nucleic acids research, 34 (1), 1-9 Abstract
  • Lobocka MB, Rose DJ, Plunkett G 3rd, Rusin M, Samojedny A, Lehnherr H, Yarmolinsky MB, Blattner FR, Genome of bacteriophage P1, Journal of Bacteriology, 186(21), 7032-68, Nov 2004 Abstract
  • Rose DJ, Plunkett G, Rusin M, Samojedny A, Lehnherr H, Yarmolinsky MB, Blattner FR (Nov 2004) Genome of bacteriophage P1., Journal of bacteriology, 186 (21), 7032-68 Abstract
  • Wei J, Goldberg MB, Burland V, Venkatesan MM, Deng W, Fournier G, Mayhew GF, Plunkett G 3rd, Rose DJ, Darling A, Mau B, Perna NT, Payne SM, Runyen-Janecky LJ, Zhou S, Schwartz DC, Blattner FR, Complete genome sequence and comparative genomics of Shigella flexneri serotype 2a strain 2457T, Infection and Immunity, 71(5), 2775-86, May 2003 Abstract
  • Wei J, Goldberg MB, Burland V, Venkatesan MM, Deng W, Fournier G, Mayhew GF, Plunkett G, Rose DJ, Darling A, Mau B, Perna NT, Payne SM, Runyen-Janecky LJ, Zhou S, Schwartz DC, Blattner FR (May 2003) Complete genome sequence and comparative genomics of Shigella flexneri serotype 2a strain 2457T., Infection and immunity, 71 (5), 2775-86 Abstract
  • Deng W, Liou SR, Plunkett G 3rd, Mayhew GF, Rose DJ, Burland V, Kodoyianni V, Schwartz DC, Blattner FR, Comparative genomics of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strains Ty2 and CT18, Journal of Bacteriology, 185(7), 2330-7, April 2003 Abstract
  • Deng W, Liou SR, Plunkett G, Mayhew GF, Rose DJ, Burland V, Kodoyianni V, Schwartz DC, Blattner FR (Apr 2003) Comparative genomics of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strains Ty2 and CT18., Journal of bacteriology, 185 (7), 2330-7 Abstract
  • Glasner JD, Liss P, Plunkett G 3rd, Darling A, Prasad T, Rusch M, Byrnes A, Gilson M, Biehl B, Blattner FR, Perna NT, ASAP, a systematic annotation package for community analysis of genomes, Nucleic Acids Research, 31(1), 147-51, January 2003 Abstract
  • Glasner JD, Liss P, Plunkett G, Darling A, Prasad T, Rusch M, Byrnes A, Gilson M, Biehl B, Blattner FR, Perna NT (Jan 2003) ASAP, a systematic annotation package for community analysis of genomes., Nucleic acids research, 31 (1), 147-51 Abstract
  • Welch RA, Burland V, Plunkett G 3rd, Redford P, Roesch P, Rasko D, Buckles EL, Liou SR, Boutin A, Hackett J, Stroud D, Mayhew GF, Rose DJ, Zhou S, Schwartz DC, Perna NT, Mobley HL, Donnenberg MS, Blattner FR, Extensive mosaic structure revealed by the complete genome sequence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 99(26), 17020-4, December 2002 Abstract
  • Welch RA, Burland V, Plunkett G, Redford P, Roesch P, Rasko D, Buckles EL, Liou SR, Boutin A, Hackett J, Stroud D, Mayhew GF, Rose DJ, Zhou S, Schwartz DC, Perna NT, Mobley HL, Donnenberg MS, Blattner FR (Dec 2002) Extensive mosaic structure revealed by the complete genome sequence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99 (26), 17020-4 Abstract
  • Deng W, Burland V, Plunkett G 3rd, Boutin A, Mayhew GF, Liss P, Perna NT, Rose DJ, Mau B, Zhou S, Schwartz DC, Fetherston JD, Lindler LE, Brubaker RR, Plano GV, Straley SC, McDonough KA, Nilles ML, Matson JS, Blattner FR, Perry RD, Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis KIM, Journal of Bacteriology, 184(16), 4601-11, Aug 2002 Abstract
  • Deng W, Burland V, Plunkett G, Boutin A, Mayhew GF, Liss P, Perna NT, Rose DJ, Mau B, Zhou S, Schwartz DC, Fetherston JD, Lindler LE, Brubaker RR, Plano GV, Straley SC, McDonough KA, Nilles ML, Matson JS, Blattner FR, Perry RD (Aug 2002) Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis KIM., Journal of bacteriology, 184 (16), 4601-11 Abstract
  • Kolisnychenko V, Plunkett G 3rd, Herring CD, Feher T, Posfai J, Blattner FR, Posfai G, Engineering a reduced Escherichia coli genome, Genome Research, 12(4), 640-7, April 2002 Abstract
  • Kolisnychenko V, Plunkett G, Herring CD, Fehér T, Pósfai J, Blattner FR, Pósfai G (Apr 2002) Engineering a reduced Escherichia coli genome., Genome research, 12 (4), 640-7 Abstract
  • Lim A, Dimalanta ET, Potamousis KD, Yen G, Apodoca J, Tao C, Lin J, Qi R, Skiadas J, Ramanathan A, Perna NT, Plunkett G 3rd, Burland V, Mau B, Hackett J, Blattner FR, Anantharaman TS, Mishra B, Schwartz DC, Shotgun optical maps of the whole Escherichia coli O157:H7 genome, Genome Research, 11(9), 1584-93, September 2001 Abstract
  • Lim A, Dimalanta ET, Potamousis KD, Yen G, Apodoca J, Tao C, Lin J, Qi R, Skiadas J, Ramanathan A, Perna NT, Plunkett G, Burland V, Mau B, Hackett J, Blattner FR, Anantharaman TS, Mishra B, Schwartz DC (Sep 2001) Shotgun optical maps of the whole Escherichia coli O157:H7 genome., Genome research, 11 (9), 1584-93 Abstract
  • Perna NT, Plunkett G 3rd, Burland V, et al., Genome sequence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7, Nature, 409(6819), 529-33, Jan 2001 Abstract
  • Perna NT, Plunkett G, Burland V, Mau B, Glasner JD, Rose DJ, Mayhew GF, Evans PS, Gregor J, Kirkpatrick HA, Pósfai G, Hackett J, Klink S, Boutin A, Shao Y, Miller L, Grotbeck EJ, Davis NW, Lim A, Dimalanta ET, Potamousis KD, Apodaca J, Anantharaman TS, Lin J, Yen G, Schwartz DC, Welch RA, Blattner FR (Jan 2001) Genome sequence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7., Nature, 409 (6819), 529-33 Abstract
  • Plunkett G 3rd, Rose DJ, Durfee TJ, Blattner FR, Sequence of Shiga toxin 2 phage 933W from Escherichia coli O157:H7: Shiga toxin as a phage late-gene product, Journal of Bacteriology, 181(6), 1767-78, March 1999 Abstract
  • Plunkett G, Rose DJ, Durfee TJ, Blattner FR (Mar 1999) Sequence of Shiga toxin 2 phage 933W from Escherichia coli O157:H7: Shiga toxin as a phage late-gene product., Journal of bacteriology, 181 (6), 1767-78 Abstract
  • Mahillon J, Kirkpatrick HA, Kijenski HL, Bloch CA, Rode CK, Mayhew GF, Rose DJ, Plunkett G 3rd, Burland V, Blattner FR, 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, November 1998 Abstract
  • Burland V, Shao Y, Perna NT, Plunkett G, Sofia HJ, Blattner FR, The complete DNA sequence and analysis of the large virulence plasmid of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Nucleic Acids Research, 26(18), 4196-204, September 1998 Abstract
  • Blattner FR, Plunkett G 3rd, Bloch CA, Perna NT, Burland V, Riley M, Collado-Vides J, Glasner JD, Rode CK, Mayhew GF, Gregor J, Davis NW, Kirkpatrick HA, Goeden MA, Rose DJ, Mau B, Shao Y, The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12, Science, 277(5331), 1453-74, September 1997 Abstract
  • Reizer J, Reizer A, Merrick MJ, Plunkett G 3rd, Rose DJ, Saier MH Jr, 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 d, Gene, 181(1-2), 103-8, November 1996 Abstract
  • Burland V, Plunkett G 3rd, Sofia HJ, Daniels DL, Blattner FR, Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome VI: DNA sequence of the region from 92.8 through 100 minutes, Nucleic Acids Research, 23(12), 2105-19, June 1995 Abstract
  • Rudd KE, Sofia HJ, Koonin EV, Plunkett G 3rd, Lazar S, Rouviere PE, A new family of peptidyl-prolyl isomerases, Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 20(1), 12-4, January 1995 Abstract
  • Sofia HJ, Burland V, Daniels DL, Plunkett G 3rd, Blattner FR, Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. V. DNA sequence of the region from 76.0 to 81.5 minutes, Nucleic Acids Research, 22(13), 2576-86, July 1994 Abstract
  • Chuang SE, Burland V, Plunkett G 3rd, Daniels DL, Blattner FR, Sequence analysis of four new heat-shock genes constituting the hslTS/ibpAB and hslVU operons in Escherichia coli, Gene, 134(1), 1-6, November 1993 Abstract
  • Blattner FR, Burland V, Plunkett G 3rd, Sofia HJ, Daniels DL, Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. IV. DNA sequence of the region from 89.2 to 92.8 minutes, Nucleic Acids Research, 21(23), 5408-17, November 1993 Abstract
  • Burland V, Daniels DL, Plunkett G 3rd, Blattner FR, Genome sequencing on both strands: the Janus strategy, Nucleic Acids Research, 21(15), 3385-90, July 1993 Abstract
  • Plunkett G 3rd, Burland V, Daniels DL, Blattner FR, Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. III. DNA sequence of the region from 87.2 to 89.2 minutes, Nucleic Acids Research, 21(15), 3391-8, July 1993 Abstract
  • Burland V, Plunkett G 3rd, Daniels DL, Blattner FR, DNA sequence and analysis of 136 kilobases of the Escherichia coli genome: organizational symmetry around the origin of replication, Genomics, 16(3), 551-61, June 1993 Abstract
  • Daniels DL, Plunkett G 3rd, Burland V, Blattner FR, Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome: DNA sequence of the region from 84.5 to 86.5 minutes, Science, 257(5071), 771-8, August 1992 Abstract
  • Plunkett G 3rd, Echols H, Retroregulation of the bacteriophage lambda int gene: limited secondary degradation of the RNase III-processed transcript, Journal of Bacteriology, 171(1), 588-92, January 1989 Abstract
  • Plunkett G, Mazzara GP, McClain WH, Characterization of bacteriophage T4 and D RNA, a low-molecular-weight RNA of unknown function, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 210(1), 298-306, August 1981 Abstract
  • Mazzara GP, Plunkett G 3rd, McClain WH, DNA sequence of the transfer RNA region of bacteriophage T4: implications for transfer RNA synthesis, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 78(2), 889-92, February 1981 Abstract

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