Joshua Mell
Assistant Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
Drexel University College of Medicine
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Mell is an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Research Interest
Using genomics to investigate the mechanism, consequences and evolution of genetic recombination, especially in pathogenic bacteria.
Publications
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Sinha S, Mell J, Redfield R. The availability of purine nucleotides regulates natural competence by controlling translation of the competence activator Sxy. Molecular microbiology. 2013 Jun 1;88(6):1106-19.
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Mell JC, Redfield RJ. Natural competence and the evolution of DNA uptake specificity. Journal of bacteriology. 2014 Apr 15;196(8):1471-83.
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Mell JC, Lee JY, Firme M, Sinha S, Redfield RJ. Extensive cotransformation of natural variation into chromosomes of naturally competent Haemophilus influenzae. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 2014 Apr 1;4(4):717-31.
