Kevin S. Lang and H. Merrikh. (2021) Topological stress is responsible for the detrimental outcomes of head-on replication-transcription conflicts. Cell Reports 34(9), 108797.
D. Ma, Z. Wang, C.N. Merrikh, Kevin S. Lang, P. Lu, X. Li, H. Merrikh, Z. Rao, and W. Xu. (2018) Crystal structure of a membrane-bound O-acyltransferase. Nature 562(7726):286-290
Kevin S. Lang and H. Merrikh. (2018) The clash of macromolecular titans: replication-transcription conflicts in bacteria. Annual Reviews Microbiology 72: 71-88.
Kevin S. Lang*, A.N. Hall*, C.N. Merrikh, M. Ragheb H. Tabakh, A.J. Pollack, J.J. Woodward, J.E. Dreifus and H. Merrikh. (2017) Replication-transcription conflicts generate R-loops that orchestrate bacterial stress survival and pathogenesis. Cell 170(4): 787-799.e18. *Equal contribution. F1000 recommended.
Kevin S. Lang and T. J. Johnson. (2016) Characterization of Acr2, an H-NS-like protein encoded on A/C2-type plasmids. Plasmid 87-88:17-27.
T. J. Johnson, R. S. Singer, R. E. Isaacson, J. L. Danzeisen, Kevin S. Lang, K. Kobluk, B. Rivet, K. Borewicz, J. G. Frye, M. Englen, J. M. Anderson and P. R. Davies. (2015) In vivo transmission of an IncA/C plasmid in Escherichia coli depends on tetracycline concentration and acquisition of the plasmid results in a variable cost of fitness. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81(10):3561-3570.
T. M. LaPara, M. Madson, S. Borchardt, Kevin S. Lang, and T. J. Johnson. (2015) Multiple discharges of treated municipal wastewater have a small effect on the quantities of numerous antibiotic resistance determinants in the upper Mississippi River. Environmental Science and Technology 49(19): 11509-15.
Kevin S. Lang and T. J. Johnson. (2015) Transcriptome modulation due to A/C2 plasmid acquisition. Plasmid 80:83-89.
T. J. Johnson and Kevin S. Lang. (2012) IncA/C plasmids: An emerging threat? Mobile Genetic Elements 2: 55-58.
Kevin S. Lang, J. L. Danzeisen, W. Xu, and T. J. Johnson. (2012) Transcriptome mapping of pAR060302, a blaCMY-2 positive IncA/C plasmid. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78: 3379-3386.
Kevin S. Lang, J. M. Anderson, S. Schwarz, L. Williamson, J. Handelsman, and R. S. Singer. (2010) Novel florfenicol and chloramphenicol resistance gene discovered in Alaskan soil by using functional metagenomics. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76: 5321-5326.
Muñoz-Aguayo J., K. S. Lang, T. M. LaPara, G. Gonzalez, and R. S. Singer. (2007) Evaluating the Effects of Chlortetracycline on the Proliferation of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in a Simulated River Water Ecosystem. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73:5421-5425.