2012
The Carbon Monoxide Releasing Molecule CORM-2 Attenuates Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation
Murray TS, Okegbe C, Gao Y, Kazmierczak BI, Motterlini R, Dietrich LE, Bruscia EM. The Carbon Monoxide Releasing Molecule CORM-2 Attenuates Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e35499. PMID: 22563385, PMCID: PMC3338523, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCORM-2 treatmentP. aeruginosa lung infectionP. aeruginosaAeruginosa lung infectionCORM-2Clinical P. aeruginosaMolecule CORM-2Current antimicrobial agentsChronic infectionLung infectionNew therapiesRelated infectionsNon-mucoid strainsReactive oxygen speciesInfectionNovel therapeutic propertiesTherapeutic propertiesAntimicrobial agentsAdditive effectPseudomonas aeruginosaBiofilm formationOxygen speciesTreatmentAeruginosa
2010
Swarming motility, secretion of type 3 effectors and biofilm formation phenotypes exhibited within a large cohort of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates
Murray TS, Ledizet M, Kazmierczak BI. Swarming motility, secretion of type 3 effectors and biofilm formation phenotypes exhibited within a large cohort of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates. Journal Of Medical Microbiology 2010, 59: 511-520. PMID: 20093376, PMCID: PMC2855384, DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.017715-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Analysis of FimX, a phosphodiesterase that governs twitching motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Kazmierczak BI, Lebron MB, Murray TS. Analysis of FimX, a phosphodiesterase that governs twitching motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecular Microbiology 2006, 60: 1026-1043. PMID: 16677312, PMCID: PMC3609419, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05156.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBacterial ProteinsCell MovementCyclic GMPEscherichia coli ProteinsFemaleFimbriae, BacterialHeLa CellsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPhosphoric Diester HydrolasesPhosphorus-Oxygen LyasesPneumonia, BacterialPoint MutationProtein Structure, TertiaryPseudomonas aeruginosaSequence DeletionVirulenceConceptsEAL domainBacterial poleGGDEF-EAL proteinsCyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphateDiguanylate cyclase activityPolar surface structuresType IV piliWild-type strainGGDEF domainDiguanylate cyclasesREC domainLocalization signalPilus assemblyGGDEFNon-polar sitesFimXSurface piliPseudomonas aeruginosaPhosphodiesterase activityBiofilm formationProteinMutantsPiliMotilityDomain