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Eveliina Palonen; Mikael Skurnik; Panu Somervuo; Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa; Susanna Kangas; Miia Lindström; Hannu Korkeala
Sequencing of virulence genes shows limited genetic variability in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
Mikael Skurnik; Magdalena Szeliga; Kirsty Williamson; Elina Ahola-Iivarinen; Neeta Datta; Lotta J Happonen; Heidi J Hyytiäinen; Laura Kalin-Mänttäri; Nisse Kalkkinen; Saija Kiljunen; Paula Kristo; Laura Mattinen; Sarah J Butcher
Characterization of the genome, proteome, and structure of yersiniophage ϕR1-37.
Derek K Ho; Rauna Riva; Mikael Skurnik; Seppo Meri
The Yersinia pseudotuberculosis outer membrane protein Ail recruits the human complement regulatory protein factor H.

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2013: Eveliina Palonen; Mikael Skurnik; Panu Somervuo; Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa; Susanna Kangas; Miia Lindström; Hannu Korkeala
Sequencing of virulence genes shows limited genetic variability in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
Foodborne pathogens and disease 2013;10(1):21-7.
2012: Mikael Skurnik; Magdalena Szeliga; Kirsty Williamson; Elina Ahola-Iivarinen; Neeta Datta; Lotta J Happonen; Heidi J Hyytiäinen; Laura Kalin-Mänttäri; Nisse Kalkkinen; Saija Kiljunen; Paula Kristo; Laura Mattinen; Sarah J Butcher
Characterization of the genome, proteome, and structure of yersiniophage ϕR1-37.
Journal of virology 2012;86(23):12625-42.
2012: Derek K Ho; Rauna Riva; Mikael Skurnik; Seppo Meri
The Yersinia pseudotuberculosis outer membrane protein Ail recruits the human complement regulatory protein factor H.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2012;189(7):3593-9.
2012: Agnieszka Beczała; Katarzyna Anna Duda; Mikael Skurnik; Otto Holst
The structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of the lipopolysaccharide from Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:50 strain 3229.
Carbohydrate research 2012;359():97-101.
2012: Nataniel Białas; Katarzyna Kasperkiewicz; Joanna Radziejewska-Lebrecht; Mikael Skurnik
Bacterial cell surface structures in Yersinia enterocolitica.
Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis 2012;60(3):199-209.
2012: Derek K Ho; Hanna Jarva; Vesa Kirjavainen; Anna Blom; Erica Ginström; Rauna Riva; Mikael Skurnik; Seppo Meri
Functional recruitment of the human complement inhibitor C4BP to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis outer membrane protein Ail.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2012;188(9):4450-9.
2012: Anna N Kondakova; Buko Lindner; Alejandro M Sevillano; Rima Z Shaikhutdinova; Alexander S Shashkov; Mikael Skurnik; Andrey Anisimov; Svetlana V. Dentovskaya; Nadezhda A Komandrova; Yuriy A Knirel
Revision of the O-polysaccharide structure of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O:1a; confirmation of the function of WbyM as paratosyltransferase.
Carbohydrate research 2012;350():98-102.
2012: Leila M Sihvonen; Anja Siitonen; Mikael Skurnik; Susanna Toivonen; Jukka Corander; Elisa Huovinen; Kaisa Jalkanen; Markku Kuusi; Kaisa Haukka
Clinical isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1A represent two phylogenetic lineages with differing pathogenicity-related properties.
BMC microbiology 2012;12():208.
2012: Mikael Skurnik
Yersinia surface structures and bacteriophages.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2012;954():293-301.
2012: Elise Pinta; Kamila Rabsztyn; Alexander Rakin; Julia Batzilla; Tiina Kasanen; Zhilin Li; Maria Pajunen; Mikael Skurnik
Identification of three oligo-/polysaccharide-specific ligases in Yersinia enterocolitica.
Molecular microbiology 2012;83(1):125-36.
2011: Marta Biedzka-Sarek; T. Sakari Jokiranta; Andreas Kateifides; Taru Meri; Jari Metso; Joanna Radziejewska-Lebrecht; Mikael Skurnik; Vassilis Zannis; Artur Muszyński; Matti Jauhiainen
Apolipoprotein A-I exerts bactericidal activity against Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2011;286(44):38211-9.
2011: Saija Kiljunen; Yuriy A Knirel; Andrey Anisimov; José Antonio Bengoechea; Neeta Datta; Svetlana V. Dentovskaya; Otto Holst; Mikael Skurnik
Identification of the lipopolysaccharide core of Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis as the receptor for bacteriophage φA1122.
Journal of bacteriology 2011;193(18):4963-72.
2011: Frank Uliczka; Julia Batzilla; Angelika Fruth; Jürgen Heesemann; Fabio Pisano; Alexander Rakin; Manfred Rohde; Julia Schaake; Mikael Skurnik; Tatjana Stolz; Eckhard Strauch; Petra Dersch
Unique cell adhesion and invasion properties of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3, the most frequent cause of human Yersiniosis.
PLoS pathogens 2011;7(7):e1002117.
2011: Leila Sihvonen; Saija Hallanvuo; Kaisa Haukka; Mikael Skurnik; Anja Siitonen
The ail gene is present in some Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1A strains.
Foodborne pathogens and disease 2011;8(3):455-7.
2011: Jack C Leo; Mikael Skurnik
Adhesins of human pathogens from the genus Yersinia.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2011;715():1-15.
2010: Elise Pinta; Katarzyna Anna Duda; Anna Hanuszkiewicz; Tiina A Salminen; José Antonio Bengoechea; Heidi Hyytiäinen; Buko Lindner; Joanna Radziejewska-Lebrecht; Otto Holst; Mikael Skurnik
Characterization of the six glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3 lipopolysaccharide outer core.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2010;285(36):28333-42.
2010: Jack C Leo; Heli Elovaara; Dominique Bihan; Nicholas Pugh; Sami K Kilpinen; Nicolas Raynal; Mikael Skurnik; Richard W Farndale; Adrian Goldman
First analysis of a bacterial collagen-binding protein with collagen Toolkits: promiscuous binding of YadA to collagens may explain how YadA interferes with host processes.
Infection and immunity 2010;78(7):3226-36.
2009: Elise Pinta; Katarzyna A Duda; Anna Hanuszkiewicz; Zbigniew Kaczyński; Buko Lindner; Wayne L Miller; Heidi Hyytiäinen; Christian Vogel; Sabine Borowski; Katarzyna Kasperkiewicz; Joseph S Lam; Joanna Radziejewska-Lebrecht; Mikael Skurnik; Otto Holst
Identification and role of a 6-deoxy-4-keto-hexosamine in the lipopolysaccharide outer core of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 2009;15(38):9747-54.
2009: Kati Hyvärinen; Saara Laitinen; Susanna Paju; Anne Hakala; Liisa Suominen-Taipale; Mikael Skurnik; Eija Könönen; Pirkko J Pussinen
Detection and quantification of five major periodontal pathogens by single copy gene-based real-time PCR.
Innate immunity 2009;15(4):195-204.
2009: Taina Niskanen; R Laukkanen; A Murros; Johanna Björkroth; Mikael Skurnik; Hannu Korkeala; Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa
Characterisation of non-pathogenic Yersinia pseudotuberculosis-like strains isolated from food and environmental samples.
International journal of food microbiology 2009;129(2):150-6.
2009: Pirjo Matero; Tanja Pasanen; Riikka Laukkanen; Päivi Tissari; Eveliina Tarkka; Martti Vaara; Mikael Skurnik
Real-time multiplex PCR assay for detection of Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica 2009;117(1):34-44.
2008: Shu-sheng Zhang; Chae Gyu Park; Pei Zhang; Sara Schesser Bartra; Gregory V Plano; John D Klena; Mikael Skurnik; B Joseph Hinnebusch; Tie Chen
Plasminogen activator Pla of Yersinia pestis utilizes murine DEC-205 (CD205) as a receptor to promote dissemination.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2008;283(46):31511-21.
2008: Marta Biedzka-Sarek; Saara Salmenlinna; Markus Gruber; Andrei N Lupas; Seppo Meri; Mikael Skurnik
Functional mapping of YadA- and Ail-mediated binding of human factor H to Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3.
Infection and immunity 2008;76(11):5016-27.
2008: Marta Biedzka-Sarek; Hanna Jarva; Heidi Hyytiäinen; Seppo Meri; Mikael Skurnik
Characterization of complement factor H binding to Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3.
Infection and immunity 2008;76(9):4100-9.
2008: Jack C Leo; Heli Elovaara; Barbara Brodsky; Mikael Skurnik; Adrian Goldman
The Yersinia adhesin YadA binds to a collagenous triple-helical conformation but without sequence specificity.
Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS 2008;21(8):475-84.
2008: Pei Zhang; Mikael Skurnik; Shu-Sheng Zhang; Olivier Schwartz; Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram; Silvia Bulgheresi; Johnny J He; John D Klena; B Joseph Hinnebusch; Tie Chen
Human dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-grabbing nonintegrin (CD209) is a receptor for Yersinia pestis that promotes phagocytosis by dendritic cells.
Infection and immunity 2008;76(5):2070-9.
2008: Vesa Kirjavainen; Hanna Jarva; Marta Biedzka-Sarek; Anna Blom; Mikael Skurnik; Seppo Meri
Yersinia enterocolitica serum resistance proteins YadA and ail bind the complement regulator C4b-binding protein.
PLoS pathogens 2008;4(8):e1000140.
2007: Mikael Skurnik; Marta Biedzka-Sarek; Peter S Lübeck; Tea Blom; José Antonio Bengoechea; Camino Pérez-Gutiérrez; Peter Ahrens; Jeffrey Hoorfar
Characterization and biological role of the O-polysaccharide gene cluster of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:9.
Journal of bacteriology 2007;189(20):7244-53.
2007: Pascal Vincent; Eeva Salo; Mikael Skurnik; Hiroshi Fukushima; Michel Simonet
Similarities of Kawasaki disease and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection epidemiology.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2007;26(7):629-31.
2007: Mikael Skurnik; Maria Pajunen; Saija Kiljunen
Biotechnological challenges of phage therapy.
Biotechnology letters 2007;29(7):995-1003.
2007: Tuukka Skottman; H Piiparinen; H Hyytiäinen; V Myllys; Mikael Skurnik; Seppo T Nikkari
Simultaneous real-time PCR detection of Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis and Yersinia pestis.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2007;26(3):207-11.
2007: Camino Pérez-Gutiérrez; Catalina M Llompart; Mikael Skurnik; José Antonio Bengoechea
Expression of the Yersinia enterocolitica pYV-encoded type III secretion system is modulated by lipopolysaccharide O-antigen status.
Infection and immunity 2007;75(3):1512-6.
2007: Mikael Skurnik
My life with Yersinia.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2007;603():44-73.
2006: Hristo Najdenski; Elica N Golkocheva; Vesselin Kussovski; Emilia Ivanova; Vasil Manov; Mihail Iliev; Anna Vesselinova; José Antonio Bengoechea; Mikael Skurnik
Experimental pig yersiniosis to assess attenuation of Yersinia enterocolitica O:8 mutant strains.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology 2006;47(3):425-35.
2006: Mikael Skurnik; Eckhard Strauch
Phage therapy: facts and fiction.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2006;296(1):5-14.
2005: Saija Kiljunen; Kristo Hakala; Elise Pinta; Suvi Huttunen; Patrycja Pluta; Aneta Gador; Harri Lönnberg; Mikael Skurnik
Yersiniophage phiR1-37 is a tailed bacteriophage having a 270 kb DNA genome with thymidine replaced by deoxyuridine.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2005;151(Pt 12):4093-102.
2005: NR Jacobsen; Tatiana M Bogdanovich; Mikael Skurnik; Peter S Lübeck; Peter Ahrens; Jeffrey Hoorfar
A real-time PCR assay for the specific identification of serotype O:9 of Yersinia enterocolitica.
Journal of microbiological methods 2005;63(2):151-6.
2005: Marta Biedzka-Sarek; Reija Venho; Mikael Skurnik
Role of YadA, Ail, and Lipopolysaccharide in Serum Resistance of Yersinia enterocolitica Serotype O:3.
Infection and immunity 2005;73(4):2232-44.
2005: Saija Kiljunen; Heikki Vilen; Maria Pajunen; Harri Savilahti; Mikael Skurnik
Nonessential genes of phage phiYeO3-12 include genes involved in adaptation to growth on Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3.
Journal of bacteriology 2005;187(4):1405-14.
2005: Craig Stolen; Fumiko Marttila-Ichihara; Kaisa Koskinen; Gennady G Yegutkin; Raisa Turja; Petri Bono; Mikael Skurnik; Arno Hänninen; Sirpa Jalkanen; Marko Salmi
Absence of the endothelial oxidase AOC3 leads to abnormal leukocyte traffic in vivo.
Immunity 2005;22(1):105-15.
2004: Yvonne Schmid; Guntram A Grassl; Oliver T Bühler; Mikael Skurnik; Ingo B Autenrieth; Erwin Bohn
Yersinia enterocolitica adhesin A induces production of interleukin-8 in epithelial cells.
Infection and immunity 2004;72(12):6780-9.
2004: Tatiana M Bogdanovich; Mikael Skurnik; Peter S Lübeck; Peter Ahrens; Jeffrey Hoorfar
Validated 5' nuclease PCR assay for rapid identification of the genus Brucella.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2004;42(5):2261-3.
2004: José Antonio Bengoechea; Hristo Najdenski; Mikael Skurnik
Lipopolysaccharide O antigen status of Yersinia enterocolitica O:8 is essential for virulence and absence of O antigen affects the expression of other Yersinia virulence factors.
Molecular microbiology 2004;52(2):451-69.
2004: Heli Nummelin; Michael C Merckel; Jack C Leo; Hilkka Lankinen; Mikael Skurnik; Adrian Goldman
The Yersinia adhesin YadA collagen-binding domain structure is a novel left-handed parallel beta-roll.
The EMBO journal 2004;23(4):701-11.
2003: Mikael Skurnik; José Antonio Bengoechea
The biosynthesis and biological role of lipopolysaccharide O-antigens of pathogenic Yersiniae.
Carbohydrate research 2003;338(23):2521-9.
2003: Tatiana M Bogdanovich; Elisabeth Carniel; Hiroshi Fukushima; Mikael Skurnik
Use of O-antigen gene cluster-specific PCRs for the identification and O-genotyping of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia pestis.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2003;41(11):5103-12.
2003: Hristo Najdenski; Elica N Golkocheva; Anna Vesselinova; José Antonio Bengoechea; Mikael Skurnik
Proper expression of the O-antigen of lipopolysaccharide is essential for the virulence of Yersinia enterocolitica O:8 in experimental oral infection of rabbits.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology 2003;38(2):97-106.
2003: Petra C F Oyston; Joann L Prior; Saija Kiljunen; Mikael Skurnik; J Hill; Richard Titball
Expression of heterologous O-antigen in Yersinia pestis KIM does not affect virulence by the intravenous route.
Journal of medical microbiology 2003;52(Pt 4):289-94.
2003: José Antonio Bengoechea; Klaus Brandenburg; M D Arraiza; U Seydel; Mikael Skurnik; Ignacio Moriyón
Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica strains increase the outer membrane permeability in response to environmental stimuli by modulating lipopolysaccharide fluidity and lipid A structure.
Infection and immunity 2003;71(4):2014-21.
2003: Sylwia Labuzek; Katarzyna T Hupert-Kocurek; Mikael Skurnik
Isolation and characterisation of new Planococcus sp. strain able for aromatic hydrocarbons degradation.
Acta microbiologica Polonica 2003;52(4):395-404.
2003: Peter S Lübeck; Mikael Skurnik; Peter Ahrens; Jeffrey Hoorfar
A multiplex PCR-detection assay for Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:9 and Brucella spp. based on the perosamine synthetase gene. Application to Brucella diagnostics.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2003;529():451-3.
2003: Tatiana M Bogdanovich; Elisabeth Carniel; Hiroshi Fukushima; Mikael Skurnik
Genetic (sero) typing of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2003;529():337-40.
2003: Pia Lahtinen; Agnieszka Brzezinska; Mikael Skurnik
Temperature and growth phase regulate the transcription of the O-antigen gene cluster of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2003;529():289-92.
2003: Eckhard Strauch; Heike Kaspar; Christoph Schaudinn; Christina Damasko; Antje Konietzny; Petra Dersch; Mikael Skurnik; Bernd Appel
Analysis of enterocoliticin, a phage tail-like bacteriocin.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2003;529():249-51.
2003: Saija Kiljunen; Heikki Vilen; Harri Savilahti; Mikael Skurnik
Transposon mutagenesis of the phage phi YeO3-12.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2003;529():245-8.
2003: Maria Pajunen; Ian J Molineux; Mikael Skurnik
Yersiniophages. Special reference to phi YeO3-12.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2003;529():233-40.
2003: Joanna Radziejewska-Lebrecht; Katarzyna Kasperkiewicz; Mikael Skurnik; Lore Brade; Ivo Steinmetz; Anna S Swierzko; Artur Muszyński
ECA-antibodies in antisera against R mutants of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2003;529():215-8.
2003: Elise Pinta; Reija Venho; José Antonio Bengoechea; Mikael Skurnik
Characterization of the lipopolysaccharide outer core biosynthesis of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2003;529():211-3.
2003: Peter S Lübeck; Jeffrey Hoorfar; Peter Ahrens; Mikael Skurnik
Cloning and characterization of the Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:9 lipopolysaccharide O-antigen gene cluster.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2003;529():207-9.
2003: Mikael Skurnik
Molecular genetics, biochemistry and biological role of Yersinia lipopolysaccharide.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2003;529():187-97.
2003: Heli Nummelin; Michael C Merckel; Yasmin El Tahir; Pauli Ollikka; Mikael Skurnik; Adrian Goldman
Structural studies of Yersinia adhesin YadA.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2003;529():85-8.
2003: D M Sirisena; Mikael Skurnik
Mutations in the genes for synthesis of the outer core region of the lipopolysaccharide of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3.
Journal of applied microbiology 2003;94(4):686-92.
2002: Saija Hallanvuo; Mikael Skurnik; Kristiina Asplund; Anja Siitonen
Detection of a novel repeated sequence useful for epidemiological typing of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2002;292(3-4):215-25.
2002: José Antonio Bengoechea; Elise Pinta; Tiina A Salminen; Clemens Oertelt; Otto Holst; Joanna Radziejewska-Lebrecht; Zofia Piotrowska-Seget; Reija Venho; Mikael Skurnik
Functional characterization of Gne (UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-4-epimerase), Wzz (chain length determinant), and Wzy (O-antigen polymerase) of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:8.
Journal of bacteriology 2002;184(15):4277-87.
2002: Maria Pajunen; Michael R Elizondo; Mikael Skurnik; Jan Kieleczawa; Ian J Molineux
Complete nucleotide sequence and likely recombinatorial origin of bacteriophage T3.
Journal of molecular biology 2002;319(5):1115-32.
2002: Heli Nummelin; Yasmin El Tahir; Pauli Ollikka; Mikael Skurnik; Adrian Goldman
Expression, purification and crystallization of a collagen-binding fragment of Yersinia adhesin YadA.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography 2002;58(Pt 6 Pt 2):1042-4.
2002: José Antonio Bengoechea; Lijuan Zhang; Paavo Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik
Regulatory network of lipopolysaccharide O-antigen biosynthesis in Yersinia enterocolitica includes cell envelope-dependent signals.
Molecular microbiology 2002;44(4):1045-62.
2001: Yasmin El Tahir; Mikael Skurnik
YadA, the multifaceted Yersinia adhesin.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2001;291(3):209-18.
2001: Maria Pajunen; Saija Kiljunen; M E Söderholm; Mikael Skurnik
Complete genomic sequence of the lytic bacteriophage phiYeO3-12 of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3.
Journal of bacteriology 2001;183(6):1928-37.
2001: Jari Jalava; Mikael Skurnik; Auli Toivanen; Paavo Toivanen; Erkki Eerola
Bacterial PCR in the diagnosis of joint infection.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases 2001;60(3):287-9.
2001: Clemens Oertelt; B Lindner; Mikael Skurnik; Otto Holst
Isolation and structural characterization of an R-form lipopolysaccharide from Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:8.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 2001;268(3):554-64.
2001: Sabine Gronow; Clemens Oertelt; E Ervelä; Alla Zamyatina; kosma paul; Mikael Skurnik; Otto Holst
Characterization of the physiological substrate for lipopolysaccharide heptosyltransferases I and II.
Journal of endotoxin research 2001;7(4):263-70.
2000: Maria Pajunen; Saija Kiljunen; Mikael Skurnik
Bacteriophage phiYeO3-12, specific for Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3, is related to coliphages T3 and T7.
Journal of bacteriology 2000;182(18):5114-20.
2000: Mikael Skurnik; A Peippo; E Ervelä
Characterization of the O-antigen gene clusters of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and the cryptic O-antigen gene cluster of Yersinia pestis shows that the plague bacillus is most closely related to and has evolved from Y. pseudotuberculosis serotype O:1b.
Molecular microbiology 2000;37(2):316-30.
2000: Y E Tahir; P Kuusela; Mikael Skurnik
Functional mapping of the Yersinia enterocolitica adhesin YadA. Identification Of eight NSVAIG - S motifs in the amino-terminal half of the protein involved in collagen binding.
Molecular microbiology 2000;37(1):192-206.
2000: José Antonio Bengoechea; Mikael Skurnik
Temperature-regulated efflux pump/potassium antiporter system mediates resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides in Yersinia.
Molecular microbiology 2000;37(1):67-80.
2000: Kaisu Rantakokko-Jalava; Seppo T Nikkari; Jari Jalava; Erkki Eerola; Mikael Skurnik; Olli Meurman; Olli Ruuskanen; Anna Alanen; Esa Kotilainen; Paavo Toivanen; Pirkko Kotilainen
Direct amplification of rRNA genes in diagnosis of bacterial infections.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2000;38(1):32-9.
1999: Sven Müller-Loennies; S Rund; E Ervelä; Mikael Skurnik; Otto Holst
The structure of the carbohydrate backbone of the core-lipid A region of the lipopolysaccharide from a clinical isolate of Yersinia enterocolitica O:9.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1999;261(1):19-24.
1999: Mikael Skurnik; Reija Venho; José Antonio Bengoechea; Ignacio Moriyón
The lipopolysaccharide outer core of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3 is required for virulence and plays a role in outer membrane integrity.
Molecular microbiology 1999;31(5):1443-62.
1998: Joanna Radziejewska-Lebrecht; Mikael Skurnik; Alexander S Shashkov; L Brade; Antoni Rózalski; Beata Bartodziejska; H Mayer
Immunochemical studies on R mutants of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3.
Acta biochimica Polonica 1998;45(4):1011-9.
1997: Benita Westerlund-Wikström; Jarna Tanskanen; Ritva Virkola; Jörg Hacker; M Lindberg; Mikael Skurnik; Timo K Korhonen
Functional expression of adhesive peptides as fusions to Escherichia coli flagellin.
Protein engineering 1997;10(11):1319-26.
1997: Sirke Torkkell; Kristiina Ylihonko; Juha Hakala; Mikael Skurnik; Pekka Mäntsälä
Characterization of Streptomyces nogalater genes encoding enzymes involved in glycosylation steps in nogalamycin biosynthesis.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG 1997;256(2):203-9.
1997: Yasmin El Tahir; P Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik
Application of an enzyme immunoassay to monitor bacterial binding and to measure inhibition of binding to different types of solid surfaces.
Journal of immunoassay 1997;18(2):165-83.
1997: L Zhang; Joanna Radziejewska-Lebrecht; D Krajewska-Pietrasik; Paavo Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik
Molecular and chemical characterization of the lipopolysaccharide O-antigen and its role in the virulence of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:8.
Molecular microbiology 1997;23(1):63-76.
1996: Mikael Skurnik; L Zhang
Molecular genetics and biochemistry of Yersinia lipopolysaccharide.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica 1996;104(12):849-72.
1996: Mikael Skurnik; P Mikkola; Paavo Toivanen; R Tertti
Passive immunization with monoclonal antibodies specific for lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O-side chain protects mice against intravenous Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3 infection.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica 1996;104(7-8):598-602.
1996: Jari Jalava; M L Mäntymaa; Ulla Ekblad; Paavo Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik; O Lassila; Anna Alanen
Bacterial 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction in the detection of intra-amniotic infection.
British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 1996;103(7):664-9.
1996: L Zhang; Paavo Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik
The gene cluster directing O-antigen biosynthesis in Yersinia enterocolitica serotype 0:8: identification of the genes for mannose and galactose biosynthesis and the gene for the O-antigen polymerase.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 1996;142 ( Pt 2)():277-88.
1995: Jari Jalava; Pirkko Kotilainen; Seppo T Nikkari; Mikael Skurnik; E Vänttinen; Olli-Pekka Lehtonen; Erkki Eerola; Paavo Toivanen
Use of the polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing for detection of Bartonella quintana in the aortic valve of a patient with culture-negative infective endocarditis.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1995;21(4):891-6.
1995: Mikael Skurnik; R Venho; Paavo Toivanen; Ayman Al-Hendy
A novel locus of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3 involved in lipopolysaccharide outer core biosynthesis.
Molecular microbiology 1995;17(3):575-94.
1995: C Gripenberg-Lerche; Mikael Skurnik; Paavo Toivanen
Role of YadA-mediated collagen binding in arthritogenicity of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:8: experimental studies with rats.
Infection and immunity 1995;63(8):3222-6.
1995: L Zhang; Paavo Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik
Genetic characterization of a novel locus of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:8 for down-regulation of the lipopolysaccharide O side chain at 37 degrees C.
Contributions to microbiology and immunology 1995;13():310-3.
1995: C Gripenberg-Lerche; Mikael Skurnik; Paavo Toivanen
Relation of YadA to arthritogenicity of Yersinia enterocolitica: experimental studies in the rat.
Contributions to microbiology and immunology 1995;13():188-90.
1994: Seppo T Nikkari; Reijo Luukkainen; L Nikkari; Mikael Skurnik; Paavo Toivanen
No evidence of adenoviral hexon regions in rheumatoid synovial cells and tissue.
The Journal of rheumatology 1994;21(12):2179-83.
1994: C Gripenberg-Lerche; Mikael Skurnik; L Zhang; K O Söderström; Paavo Toivanen
Role of YadA in arthritogenicity of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:8: experimental studies with rats.
Infection and immunity 1994;62(12):5568-75.
1994: AK Mertz; A Daser; Mikael Skurnik; K H Wiesmüller; Jürgen Braun; Heiner Appel; Stephen Batsford; P Wu; Armin Distler; Joachim Sieper
The evolutionarily conserved ribosomal protein L23 and the cationic urease beta-subunit of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 belong to the immunodominant antigens in Yersinia-triggered reactive arthritis: implications for autoimmunity.
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) 1994;1(1):44-55.
1994: Mikael Skurnik; Y el Tahir; M Saarinen; S Jalkanen; P Toivanen
YadA mediates specific binding of enteropathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica to human intestinal submucosa.
Infection and immunity 1994;62(4):1252-61.
1994: L Zhang; Mikael Skurnik
Isolation of an R- M+ mutant of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:8 and its application in construction of rough mutants utilizing mini-Tn5 derivatives and lipopolysaccharide-specific phage.
Journal of bacteriology 1994;176(6):1756-60.
1994: Seppo T Nikkari; Reijo Luukkainen; Timo Möttönen; Olli Meurman; Pekka Hannonen; Mikael Skurnik; Paavo Toivanen
Does parvovirus B19 have a role in rheumatoid arthritis?
Annals of the rheumatic diseases 1994;53(2):106-11.
1993: A Tamm; A M Tarkkanen; T K Korhonen; P Kuusela; Paavo Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik
Hydrophobic domains affect the collagen-binding specificity and surface polymerization as well as the virulence potential of the YadA protein of Yersinia enterocolitica.
Molecular microbiology 1993;10(5):995-1011.
1993: A Tamm; T Ziegler; I Lautenschlager; Seppo T Nikkari; Timo Möttönen; Reijo Luukkainen; Mikael Skurnik; Paavo Toivanen
Detection of cytomegalovirus DNA in cells from synovial fluid and peripheral blood of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology 1993;20(9):1489-93.
1993: L Zhang; Seppo T Nikkari; Mikael Skurnik; T Ziegler; Reijo Luukkainen; Timo Möttönen; Paavo Toivanen
Detection of herpesviruses by polymerase chain reaction in lymphocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism 1993;36(8):1080-6.
1993: L Zhang; Ayman Al-Hendy; Paavo Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik
Genetic organization and sequence of the rfb gene cluster of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3: similarities to the dTDP-L-rhamnose biosynthesis pathway of Salmonella and to the bacterial polysaccharide transport systems.
Molecular microbiology 1993;9(2):309-21.
1993: Mikael Skurnik; Stephen Batsford; AK Mertz; E Schiltz; Paavo Toivanen
The putative arthritogenic cationic 19-kilodalton antigen of Yersinia enterocolitica is a urease beta-subunit.
Infection and immunity 1993;61(6):2498-504.
1993: R Lahesmaa; Mikael Skurnik; Paavo Toivanen
Molecular mimicry: any role in the pathogenesis of spondyloarthropathies?
Immunologic research 1993;12(2):193-208.
1992: R Tertti; Mikael Skurnik; T Vartio; P Kuusela
Adhesion protein YadA of Yersinia species mediates binding of bacteria to fibronectin.
Infection and immunity 1992;60(7):3021-4.
1992: Seppo T Nikkari; R Merilahti-Palo; R Saario; K O Söderström; Kaisa Granfors; Mikael Skurnik; Paavo Toivanen
Yersinia-triggered reactive arthritis. Use of polymerase chain reaction and immunocytochemical staining in the detection of bacterial components from synovial specimens.
Arthritis and rheumatism 1992;35(6):682-7.
1992: R Lahesmaa; Mikael Skurnik; Kaisa Granfors; Timo Möttönen; R Saario; Auli Toivanen; Paavo Toivanen
Molecular mimicry in the pathogenesis of spondyloarthropathies. A critical appraisal of cross-reactivity between microbial antigens and HLA-B27.
British journal of rheumatology 1992;31(4):221-9.
1992: Mikael Skurnik; Paavo Toivanen
LcrF is the temperature-regulated activator of the yadA gene of Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
Journal of bacteriology 1992;174(6):2047-51.
1992: Ayman Al-Hendy; Paavo Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik
Lipopolysaccharide O side chain of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 is an essential virulence factor in an orally infected murine model.
Infection and immunity 1992;60(3):870-5.
1991: R Lahesmaa; Mikael Skurnik; Martti Vaara; Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo; Martti Nissilä; Kaisa Granfors; Paavo Toivanen
Molecular mimickry between HLA B27 and Yersinia, Salmonella, Shigella and Klebsiella within the same region of HLA alpha 1-helix.
Clinical and experimental immunology 1991;86(3):399-404.
1991: A Forsberg; A M Viitanen; Mikael Skurnik; Hans Wolf-Watz
The surface-located YopN protein is involved in calcium signal transduction in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
Molecular microbiology 1991;5(4):977-86.
1991: Mikael Skurnik; Paavo Toivanen
Intervening sequences (IVSs) in the 23S ribosomal RNA genes of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica strains. The IVSs in Y. enterocolitica and Salmonella typhimurium have a common origin.
Molecular microbiology 1991;5(3):585-93.
1991: A M Viitanen; T P Arstila; R Lahesmaa; Kaisa Granfors; Mikael Skurnik; Paavo Toivanen
Application of the polymerase chain reaction and immunofluorescence techniques to the detection of bacteria in Yersinia-triggered reactive arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism 1991;34(1):89-96.
1991: Ayman Al-Hendy; Paavo Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik
Molecular cloning of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 rfb region: evidence that temperature regulates the rfb region at the transcriptional level.
Contributions to microbiology and immunology 1991;12():203-9.
1991: Ayman Al-Hendy; Paavo Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik
The effect of growth temperature on the biosynthesis of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 lipopolysaccharide: temperature regulates the transcription of the rfb but not of the rfa region.
Microbial pathogenesis 1991;10(1):81-6.
1991: Ayman Al-Hendy; Paavo Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik
Expression cloning of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 rfb gene cluster in Escherichia coli K12.
Microbial pathogenesis 1991;10(1):47-59.
1991: Ayman Al-Hendy; Paavo Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik
Rapid method for isolation and staining of bacterial lipopolysaccharide.
Microbiology and immunology 1991;35(4):331-3.
1990: A M Viitanen; Paavo Toivanen; Mikael Skurnik
The lcrE gene is part of an operon in the lcr region of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3.
Journal of bacteriology 1990;172(6):3152-62.
1990: R Lahesmaa; Mikael Skurnik; Kaisa Granfors; Timo Möttönen; R Saario; Auli Toivanen; Paavo Toivanen
A tetrapeptide shared by Yersinia outer membrane protein Yop1 and HLA-B27. Antibody response in patients with Yersinia-triggered reactive arthritis.
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology. Supplement 1990;87():70-1.
1989: Mikael Skurnik; H Wolf-Watz
Analysis of the yopA gene encoding the Yop1 virulence determinants of Yersinia spp.
Molecular microbiology 1989;3(4):517-29.
1988: I Bölin; Ake Forsberg; L Norlander; Mikael Skurnik; Hans Wolf-Watz
Identification and mapping of the temperature-inducible, plasmid-encoded proteins of Yersinia spp.
Infection and immunity 1988;56(2):343-8.
1984: Mikael Skurnik; I Bölin; H Heikkinen; S Piha; Hans Wolf-Watz
Virulence plasmid-associated autoagglutination in Yersinia spp.
Journal of bacteriology 1984;158(3):1033-6.