2016
Generalized selection to overcome innate immunity selects for host breadth in an RNA virus
Wasik BR, Muñoz‐Rojas A, Okamoto KW, Miller‐Jensen K, Turner PE. Generalized selection to overcome innate immunity selects for host breadth in an RNA virus. Evolution 2016, 70: 270-281. PMID: 26882316, DOI: 10.1111/evo.12845.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVesicular stomatitis virus populationsInnate immunityRNA virusesHost cell levelVirus-host coevolutionDifferent species originViral fitnessCompetent cellsVSV populationsHost breadthHuman cancer cellsEvolutionary historyFitness differencesHost speciesDisparate hostsSpecies originInfection successInnate immune capacityPrimate cellsInnate immune functionVirus populationsImmune deficient cellsEmergence potentialImmune competent cellsNonhuman primate cells
2011
High-throughput analysis of growth differences among phage strains
Turner PE, Draghi JA, Wilpiszeski R. High-throughput analysis of growth differences among phage strains. Journal Of Microbiological Methods 2011, 88: 117-121. PMID: 22101310, DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.10.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFitness differencesHigh-throughput analysisGrowth differencesPhage strainsAbsolute fitnessHigh-throughput methodBacterial hostsPhage growthGenotype rankingsPhi 6Phage phi 6Bacterial strainsThroughput methodViral growthVirus strainsBacterial growth curveHostBacteriophage strainsStrainsGrowthVitro methodGrowth curvesTraitsPhagesThroughput analysis