Douglas D. Risser

Evidence that a modified type <scp>IV</scp> pilus‐like system powers gliding motility and polysaccharide secretion in filamentous cyanobacteria

Behzad Khayatan, John C. Meeks, Douglas D. Risser · Molecular Microbiology · 2015 · 107 citations

Protein Secretion, Filamentous Cyanobacteria, Molecular Biology +17

Genetic and cytological evidence that heterocyst patterning is regulated by inhibitor gradients that promote activator decay

Douglas D. Risser, Sean M. Callahan · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 83 citations · Full text

Heterocyst Patterning, Genetics, Inhibitor Gradients +23

Genetic Analysis Reveals the Identity of the Photoreceptor for Phototaxis in Hormogonium Filaments of Nostoc punctiforme

Elsie L. Campbell, Kari D. Hagen, Rui Chen et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 2014 · 74 citations · Full text

FraG is necessary for filament integrity and heterocyst maturation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Asha S. Nayar, Hiroshi Yamaura, Ramya Rajagopalan et al. · Microbiology · 2007 · 70 citations

Biology, Natural Sciences, Genetics +13

Comparative transcriptomics with a motility‐deficient mutant leads to identification of a novel polysaccharide secretion system in <i><scp>N</scp>ostoc punctiforme</i>

Douglas D. Risser, John C. Meeks · Molecular Microbiology · 2012 · 68 citations

Protein Secretion, Gene Hmpd, Molecular Biology +19