Microbial Pathogenesis – Assigned Articles (February)
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Adherence, biofilms, and intracellular spreading
William Margolin, Ph.D.
Office: MSB 1.167; Phone: 713-500-5452
8. Thursday, February 2, 2006
Assigned article:
Landry RM, An D,
Hupp JT,
Singh PK,
Parsek MR (2006) Mucin-Pseudomonas
aeruginosa interactions promote biofilm formation and antibiotic
resistance. Mol. Microbiol. 59:
142-151. PDF
9. Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Assigned article:
Hoffman LR, D'Argenio DA, MacCoss
MJ, Zhang Z, Jones RA, Miller SI
(2005) Aminoglycoside antibiotics induce bacterial biofilm formation. Nature 436: 1171-1175, + supplemental
material. PDF
10. Thursday, February 9, 2006
Assigned article:
Martinez JJ, Seveau S, Veiga E,
Matsuyama S, Cossart P. (2005) Ku70,
a component of DNA-dependent protein kinase, is a mammalian receptor for Rickettsia conorii. Cell 123: 1013-1023, + supplemental material. PDF
11. Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Assigned Article:
Kirn TJ, Jude BA, Taylor RK (2005) A colonization factor links Vibrio cholerae environmental survival and human infection. Nature 438: 863-866, + supplemental
material. PDF
12. Thursday, February 16, 2006
Assigned Article:
Veiga E, Cossart P (2005) Listeria
hijacks the clathrin-dependent endocytic machinery to invade mammalian
cells. Nat. Cell Biol. 7: 894-900. PDF
Related
review:
Pizarro-Cerda J, Cossart P (2006) Subversion of cellular functions by Listeria monocytogenes. J. Pathol.
208: 215-223.
Toxins
Theresa M. Koehler, Ph.D.
Office: MSB 1.168 Phone: 713-500-5450
13.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 (T. Koehler lecture)
Toxins
Overview plus…
Adenyl Cyclase
and Bacterial Toxins
Reviews:
Blanke,
S.R. (2006) Portals and pathways: Principles of bacterial toxin entry into host
cells. Microbe 1:26-32. PDF
Vojtova J, J. Kamanova J, and P. Sebo. (2006) Bordetella
adenylate cyclase toxin: a swift saboteur of host defense. Curr.
Opin. Microbiol. 9:69-75. PDF
14.
Thursday, February 23, 2006 (Greene presenting)
Assigned Article:
Vojtova J,
Kofronova O, Sebo P, Benada O.
(2006) Bordetella adenylate cyclase toxin induces a cascade of
morphological changes of sheep erythrocytes and localizes into clusters in
erythrocyte membranes. Microsc. Res. Tech. 69:119-29. PDF
15.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 (Tapia presenting)
Assigned Article:
Hewlett EL, Donato
GM, Gray MC. (2006)
Macrophage cytotoxicity produced by adenylate cyclase toxin from Bordetella pertussis: more than just
making cyclic AMP! Mol. Microbiol.
59:447-59. PDF