Guy Townsend
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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H171 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hershey, PA - gxt191@psu.edu
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Bacteroides Thetaiotaomicron Bacteria Genes Polysaccharides Nutrients Proteins Growth Food Glucose Phosphotransferases Chondroitin Sulfates Carbohydrates Dietary Fiber Gastrointestinal Microbiome Fructose Dietary Sucrose Dietary Sugars Mesorhizobium Araban Diet Bacteroides Arabinose Phosphorylation Peptides LoteaeMost Recent Papers
A master regulator of bacteroides thetaiotaomicron gut colonization controls carbohydrate utilization and an alternative protein synthesis factor
Guy E. Townsend, Weiwei Han, Nathan D. Schwalm, Xinyu Hong, Natasha A. Bencivenga-Barry, Andrew L. Goodman, Eduardo A. Groisman, 2020, mBio
Dietary sugar silences a colonization factor in a mammalian gut symbiont
Guy E. Townsend, Weiwei Han, Nathan D. Schwalm, Varsha Raghavan, Natasha A. Barry, Andrew L. Goodman, Eduardo A. Groisman, 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 233-238
Prioritization of polysaccharide utilization and control of regulator activation in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Nathan D. Schwalm, Guy E. Townsend, Eduardo A. Groisman, 2017, Molecular Microbiology on p. 32-45
Multiple signals govern utilization of a polysaccharide in the gut bacterium bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Nathan D. Schwalm, Guy E. Townsend, Eduardo A. Groisman, 2016, mBio
Tuning transcription of nutrient utilization genes to catabolic rate promotes growth in a gut bacterium
Varsha Raghavan, Elisabeth C. Lowe, Guy Edmund Townsend, David N. Bolam, Eduardo A. Groisman, 2014, Molecular Microbiology on p. 1010-1025
Intramolecular arrangement of sensor and regulator overcomes relaxed specificity in hybrid two-component systems
Guy E. Townsend, Varsha Raghavan, Igor Zwir, Eduardo A. Groisman, 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. E161-E169
Identification and characterization of KpsS, a novel polysaccharide sulphotransferase in Mesorhizobium loti
Guy E. Townsend, David H. Keating, 2008, Molecular Microbiology on p. 1149-1164
Mesorhizobium loti produces nodPQ-dependent sulfated cell surface polysaccharides
Guy E. Townsend, Lennart S. Forsberg, David H. Keating, 2006, Journal of Bacteriology on p. 8560-8572
Most-Cited Papers
Tuning transcription of nutrient utilization genes to catabolic rate promotes growth in a gut bacterium
Varsha Raghavan, Elisabeth C. Lowe, Guy Edmund Townsend, David N. Bolam, Eduardo A. Groisman, 2014, Molecular Microbiology on p. 1010-1025
Multiple signals govern utilization of a polysaccharide in the gut bacterium bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Nathan D. Schwalm, Guy E. Townsend, Eduardo A. Groisman, 2016, mBio
Intramolecular arrangement of sensor and regulator overcomes relaxed specificity in hybrid two-component systems
Guy E. Townsend, Varsha Raghavan, Igor Zwir, Eduardo A. Groisman, 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. E161-E169
Dietary sugar silences a colonization factor in a mammalian gut symbiont
Guy E. Townsend, Weiwei Han, Nathan D. Schwalm, Varsha Raghavan, Natasha A. Barry, Andrew L. Goodman, Eduardo A. Groisman, 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 233-238
Prioritization of polysaccharide utilization and control of regulator activation in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Nathan D. Schwalm, Guy E. Townsend, Eduardo A. Groisman, 2017, Molecular Microbiology on p. 32-45
A master regulator of bacteroides thetaiotaomicron gut colonization controls carbohydrate utilization and an alternative protein synthesis factor
Guy E. Townsend, Weiwei Han, Nathan D. Schwalm, Xinyu Hong, Natasha A. Bencivenga-Barry, Andrew L. Goodman, Eduardo A. Groisman, 2020, mBio