Hersch SJ, Watanabe N, Stietz MS, Manera K, Kamal F, Burkinshaw B, Lam L, Pun A, Li M, Savchenko A, Dong TG. 2020. Envelope stress responses defend against type six secretion system attacks independently of immunity proteins. Nature Microbiology

Pei T-T#, Li H#, Liang X#, Wang Z-H, Liu G, Wu L-L, Kim H, Xie Z, Yu M, Lin S, Xu P, Dong TG. 2020. Intramolecular chaperone-mediated secretion of an Rhs effector toxin by a type VI secretion system. Nature Communications

Stietz, M.S., Liang, X., Li, H., Zhang, X., Dong, T.G. (2020) TssA–TssM–TagA interaction modulates type VI secretion system sheath-tube assembly in Vibrio cholerae. Nature Communications. 11: 5065.

Hersch, S.J., Manera, K., Dong, T.G. (2020) Defending against the Type Six Secretion System: beyond Immunity Genes. Cell Reports. 33: 108259

Kamal, F., Liang, X., Manera, K., Pei, T.T., Kim, H., Lam, L.G., Pun A., Hersch, S., Dong, T.G. (2020) Differential cellular response to translocated toxic effectors and physical penetration by the type VI secretion system. Cell Rep 31: 107766 

Liang X, Kamal F, Pei T.T., Xu P., Mekalanos J.J., Dong T (2019). An on-board checking mechanism ensures effector delivery of the type VI secretion system in Vibrio cholerae.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 116(46):23292-23298. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1914202116. Epub 2019 Oct 28

Burkinshaw B, Liang X, Wong M, Le A, Lam L, Dong T (2018). A Type VI Secretion System effector delivery mechanism dependent on PAAR and a chaperone/co-chaperone complex , Nature Microbiology 3(5):632–640 

Liang X., Moore R., Wilton M., Wong M., Lam L. and Dong T. (2015) Identification of divergent type VI secretion effectors . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 112:9106-11

Dong T*, Dong S#, Catalano C#, Moore R#, Liang X#, Mekalanos J (2015) Generation of reactive oxygen species by lethal attacks from competing microbes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112(7):2181-6 *Co-correspondence author, #trainees in Dong lab.

Dong T, Ho BT, Yoder-Himes DR, and Mekalanos JJ (2013) Identification of T6SS-dependent effector and immunity proteins by Tn-seq in Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110:2623-2628