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  • Molecular and genetic assessment of selected antiporters and methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins in Vibrio cholerae

    Creator:
    Quinn, Matthew J.
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    The pathogen Vibrio cholerae uses cations as a primary currency of virulence and environmental persistence, using gradients of those cations to move, acquire nutrients, and control virulence gene expression. An understanding of the overlapping roles of bioenergetics and chemotaxis in the virulence and environmental survival of V. cholerae issues from...
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    : Gitali Indra, Malcolm Lowry, Walt Ream, and Mahfuz Sarker. Pavel Dibrov has patiently, but

  • Cooperation and conflict in Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing

    Creator:
    Wilder, Cara N.
    Abstract:
    Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an environmental bacterium as well as an opportunistic pathogen that primarily infects immunocompromised individuals, including those suffering from cystic fibrosis. The density-dependent regulation of gene expression via cell-to-cell communication, also termed quorum sensing (QS), is an important virulence determinant in this organism. Generally, P. aeruginosa uses three...
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    . Walt Ream, Jeff Chang, Susan Tornquist, and Mahfuz Sarker, who have generously given their time and

  • Characterization of the genomic islands from tetracycline-resistant Chlamydia suis

    Creator:
    Dugan, Jae
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    Tetracycline (Tet)-resistant strains of Chlamydia suis were isolated from swine farms in the Midwest. The isolation of the resistant strains was significant because Tet is an antibiotic used to treat infections by veterinarians and doctors. One of the tetracycline (Tet)-resistant strains, R19, was able to survive in Tet up to...
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    Dissertation

  • Analysis of chlamydial and host proteins associated with infection

    Creator:
    Chu, Hencelyn
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    Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that infect a variety of eukaryotic hosts and affect normal host processes. Within host cells, their developmental cycle takes place inside non-acidified vacuoles termed inclusions. An inclusion membrane composed primarily of secreted chlamydial synthesized proteins called Incs encloses the inclusion. At this location, Incs have...
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    “open-door” whenever I needed to stop by and ask questions. I thank our collaborators, Dr. Walt