Publications
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The mutA mistranslator tRNA-induced mutator phenotype requires recA and recB genes, but not the derepression of lexA-regulated functions. Mol Microbiol. 1999 ;32(3):607-15.
. Effects of Enterococcus faecalis fsr genes on production of gelatinase and a serine protease and virulence. Infect Immun. 2000 ;68(5):2579-86.
. The Escherichia coli UVM response is accompanied by an SOS-independent error-prone DNA replication activity demonstrable in vitro. Mol Microbiol. 2000 ;38(2):368-80.
. . Characterization of fsr, a regulator controlling expression of gelatinase and serine protease in Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF. J Bacteriol. 2001 ;183(11):3372-82.
. A simple model host for identifying Gram-positive virulence factors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 ;98(19):10892-7.
. The Enterococcus faecalis fsrB gene, a key component of the fsr quorum-sensing system, is associated with virulence in the rabbit endophthalmitis model. Infect Immun. 2002 ;70(8):4678-81.
. Virulence effect of Enterococcus faecalis protease genes and the quorum-sensing locus fsr in Caenorhabditis elegans and mice. Infect Immun. 2002 ;70(10):5647-50.
. An Enterococcus faecium secreted antigen, SagA, exhibits broad-spectrum binding to extracellular matrix proteins and appears essential for E. faecium growth. Infect Immun. 2003 ;71(9):5033-41.
. Systematic cloning of Treponema pallidum open reading frames for protein expression and antigen discovery. Genome Res. 2003 ;13(7):1665-74.
. Comparison of the genome of the oral pathogen Treponema denticola with other spirochete genomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 ;101(15):5646-51.
. Molecular characterization of a widespread, pathogenic, and antibiotic resistance-receptive Enterococcus faecalis lineage and dissemination of its putative pathogenicity island. J Bacteriol. 2005 ;187(16):5709-18.
. Trp modification signals a quorum. Nat Chem Biol. 2005 ;1(1):7-8.
. Reactivity of antibodies from syphilis patients to a protein array representing the Treponema pallidum proteome. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 ;44(3):888-91.
. Recognition of pore-forming colicin Y by its cognate immunity protein. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2006 ;258(1):108-13.
. High-precision, whole-genome sequencing of laboratory strains facilitates genetic studies. PLoS Genet. 2008 ;4(8):e1000139.
. Large scale variation in Enterococcus faecalis illustrated by the genome analysis of strain OG1RF. Genome Biol. 2008 ;9(7):R110.
. Complete genome sequence of citrus huanglongbing bacterium, 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' obtained through metagenomics. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2009 ;22(8):1011-20.
. A catalog of reference genomes from the human microbiome. Science. 2010 ;328(5981):994-9.
. . Diversity of the fsr-gelE region of the Enterococcus faecalis genome but conservation in strains with partial deletions of the fsr operon. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 ;77(2):442-51.
. Identity and function of a large gene network underlying mutagenic repair of DNA breaks. Science. 2012 ;338(6112):1344-8.
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Comparative Genomics of a Parthenogenesis-Inducing Wolbachia Symbiont. G3 (Bethesda). 2016 ;6(7):2113-23.
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