2014
A Conservative Amino Acid Mutation in the Master Regulator FleQ Renders Pseudomonas aeruginosa Aflagellate
Jain R, Kazmierczak BI. A Conservative Amino Acid Mutation in the Master Regulator FleQ Renders Pseudomonas aeruginosa Aflagellate. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e97439. PMID: 24827992, PMCID: PMC4020848, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097439.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMurine pulmonary infectionIL-1 signalPresence of mutationsPulmonary infectionAcute infectionBacterial clearanceHost responseBacterial infectionsClinical strainsInfectionSystem expressionAmino acid changesAmino acid mutationsSingle amino acid changeStrain PA103ClearanceAmino acid substitutionsPseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesisPathogen recognitionAcid changesPA103Negative correlationMotilityAcid mutationsConservative amino acid substitutions
2002
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoT Acts In Vivo as a GTPase-Activating Protein for RhoA, Rac1, and Cdc42
Kazmierczak B, Engel J. Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoT Acts In Vivo as a GTPase-Activating Protein for RhoA, Rac1, and Cdc42. Infection And Immunity 2002, 70: 2198-2205. PMID: 11895987, PMCID: PMC127837, DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.4.2198-2205.2002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2000
The Arginine Finger Domain of ExoT Contributes to Actin Cytoskeleton Disruption and Inhibition of Internalization ofPseudomonas aeruginosa by Epithelial Cells and Macrophages
Garrity-Ryan L, Kazmierczak B, Kowal R, Comolli J, Hauser A, Engel J. The Arginine Finger Domain of ExoT Contributes to Actin Cytoskeleton Disruption and Inhibition of Internalization ofPseudomonas aeruginosa by Epithelial Cells and Macrophages. Infection And Immunity 2000, 68: 7100-7113. PMID: 11083836, PMCID: PMC97821, DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.12.7100-7113.2000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial cellsImportant nosocomial pathogenType III secretion systemHost cellsMacrophage-like cellsAcute pneumoniaMouse modelNosocomial pathogenOfPseudomonas aeruginosaType IIIJ774.1 macrophage-like cellsSecretion systemStrain PA103ExoTPseudomonas aeruginosaCellsCytoskeleton disruptionNegative regulatorPA103Reduced colonizationActin cytoskeleton disruptionPrevious studiesAeruginosaPneumoniaVirulence