Medical Microbiology & Immunology : Iwona Mruk, Ph.D.

Published Research:     

Mruk I., Blumenthal R.M.:  Real-time kinetics of restriction-modification gene expression after entry into a new host cell. Nucleic Acids Res. (2008) May, 36(8):2581-93.  Epub 08 Mar 11    

Mruk  I., Rajesh P., Blumenthal R.M.:  Regulatory circuit based on autogenous activation-repression: roles of C boxes and spacer sequences in control of the PvuII restriction-modification system. Nucleic Acids Res. (2007) 35(20): 6935-52.  Epub 07 Oct 11

Mruk I., Kaczorowski T.:  A rapid and efficient method for cloning genes of type II restriction-modification systems by use of a killer plasmid. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73 (2007) 4286-93.

Mruk I., Cichowicz M., Kaczorowski T.: Characterization of the LlaCI methyltransferase from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris W15 provides new insights into the biology of type II restriction-modification systems. Microbiology 149 (2003) 3331-3341.

Mruk I., Kaczorowski T.: Genetic organization and molecular analysis of the EcoVIII restriction-modification system of Escherichia coli E1585-68 and its comparison with isospecific homologs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69 (2003) 2638-2650.

Mruk I., Sektas M., Kaczorowski T.: Characterization of pEC156, a ColE1-type plasmid from Escherichia coli E1585-68 that carries genes of the EcoVIII restriction-modification system. Plasmid 46 (2001) 128-39.

Piechula S., Waleron K., Świątek W., Biedrzycka I., Podhajska A.J.:  Mesophilic cyanobacteria producing thermophilic restriction endonucleases. FEMS Microbiol Lett 198 (2001) 135-40.

Education:

2004  Ph.D. - Department of Microbiology, University of Gdansk, Poland

1998  M.Sc.–Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical School of Gdansk, Poland