Tao Cai
cai_t@tib.cas.cn
Chinese, English
Tianjin
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Life Sciences
  • 2014-05 to 2015-01 - University of Minnesota - Visiting Scholar
  • 2012-05 to Present - Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology - Associate Researcher
Microbial Physiology
Molecular Microbiology
  • Engineered short branched-chain acyl-CoA synthesis in E. coli and acylation of chloramphenicol to branched-chain derivatives, Third Author, 2013
  • The VarS/VarA two-component system modulates the activity of the Vibrio cholerae quorum-sensing transcriptional regulator HapR, Third Author, 2011
  • Regulatory targets of quorum sensing in Vibrio cholerae: evidence for two distinct HapR-binding motifs, Second Author, 2009
  • Host legume-exuded antimetabolites optimize the symbiotic rhizosphere (cover image), First Author, 2009
  • The LuxR Family Quorum-Sensing Activator MrtR Requires Its Cognate Autoinducer for Dimerization and Activation but Not for Protein Folding, Third Author, 2009
  • Exopolysaccharide biosynthesis is important for Mesorhizobium tianshanense: plant host interaction, Fourth Author, 2008
  • Conditional production of acyl-homoserine lactone-type quorum-sensing signals in clinical isolates of enterobacteria (co-first author), First Author, 2006
  • Heterologous overexpression of quorum-sensing regulators to study cell-density-dependent phenotypes in a symbiotic plant bacterium Mesorhizobium huakuii, Not mentioned, 2004
Microbial Physiology Molecular Microbiology Quorum Sensing Symbiotic Rhizosphere Acyl-Coa Synthesis Chloramphenicol Vibrio Cholerae Hapr Luxr Mesorhizobium

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