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Joseph Aduse-Opoku

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Richard D Waite; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Ahmed Hashim; Minnie Rangarajan; Ruth S Rose; Michael A Curtis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa possesses two putative type I signal peptidases, LepB and PA1303, each with distinct roles in physiology and virulence.
Amrita Singh; Tiana Wyant; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Cecilia Anaya-Bergman; Jorg Brunner; Michael A Curtis; Marja L Laine; Janina P Lewis
The capsule of Porphyromonas gingivalis leads to a reduction in the host inflammatory response, evasion of phagocytosis, and increase in virulence.
M Florencia Haurat; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Minnie Rangarajan; Loredana Dorobantu; Murray R Gray; Michael A Curtis; Mario F Feldman
Selective sorting of cargo proteins into bacterial membrane vesicles.

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2012: Richard D Waite; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Ahmed Hashim; Minnie Rangarajan; Ruth S Rose; Michael A Curtis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa possesses two putative type I signal peptidases, LepB and PA1303, each with distinct roles in physiology and virulence.
Journal of bacteriology 2012;194(17):4521-36.
2011: Amrita Singh; Tiana Wyant; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Cecilia Anaya-Bergman; Jorg Brunner; Michael A Curtis; Marja L Laine; Janina P Lewis
The capsule of Porphyromonas gingivalis leads to a reduction in the host inflammatory response, evasion of phagocytosis, and increase in virulence.
Infection and immunity 2011;79(11):4533-42.
2011: M Florencia Haurat; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Minnie Rangarajan; Loredana Dorobantu; Murray R Gray; Michael A Curtis; Mario F Feldman
Selective sorting of cargo proteins into bacterial membrane vesicles.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2011;286(2):1269-76.
2010: Toshifumi Tomoyasu; Atsushi Tabata; Riki Hiroshima; Hidenori Imaki; Sachiko Masuda; Robert A Whiley; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Ken Kikuchi; Keiichi Hiramatsu; Hideaki Nagamune
Role of catabolite control protein A in the regulation of intermedilysin production by Streptococcus intermedius.
Infection and immunity 2010;78(9):4012-21.
2010: József Sóki; David W Wareham; Csilla Rátkai; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Edit Urbán; Elisabeth Nagy
Prevalence, nucleotide sequence and expression studies of two proteins of a 5.6kb, class III, Bacteroides plasmid frequently found in clinical isolates from European countries.
Plasmid 2010;63(2):86-97.
2009: Nikolay A Paramonov; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Ahmed Hashim; Minnie Rangarajan; Michael A Curtis
Structural analysis of the core region of O-lipopolysaccharide of Porphyromonas gingivalis from mutants defective in O-antigen ligase and O-antigen polymerase.
Journal of bacteriology 2009;191(16):5272-82.
2008: Durga Reddi; Nagihan Bostanci; Ahmed Hashim; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Michael A Curtis; Francis J Hughes; Georgios N Belibasakis
Porphyromonas gingivalis regulates the RANKL-OPG system in bone marrow stromal cells.
Microbes and infection / Institut Pasteur 2008;10(14-15):1459-68.
2008: Minnie Rangarajan; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Nikolay Paramonov; Ahmed Hashim; Nagihan Bostanci; Owen P Fraser; Edward Tarelli; Michael A Curtis
Identification of a second lipopolysaccharide in Porphyromonas gingivalis W50.
Journal of bacteriology 2008;190(8):2920-32.
2007: Georgios N Belibasakis; Nagihan Bostanci; Ahmed Hashim; Anders Johansson; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Michael A Curtis; Francis J Hughes
Regulation of RANKL and OPG gene expression in human gingival fibroblasts and periodontal ligament cells by Porphyromonas gingivalis: a putative role of the Arg-gingipains.
Microbial pathogenesis 2007;43(1):46-53.
2007: Xiaoju Shi; Shirley A Hanley; Marie-Claire Faray-Kele; Stuart C Fawell; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Robert A Whiley; Michael A Curtis; Lucinda M C Hall
The rag locus of Porphyromonas gingivalis contributes to virulence in a murine model of soft tissue destruction.
Infection and immunity 2007;75(4):2071-4.
2006: Jennifer M Slaney; Alexandra Gallagher; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Keith Pell; Michael A Curtis
Mechanisms of resistance of Porphyromonas gingivalis to killing by serum complement.
Infection and immunity 2006;74(9):5352-61.
2006: Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Jennifer M Slaney; Ahmed Hashim; Alexandra Gallagher; Robert P Gallagher; Minnie Rangarajan; Khalil Boutaga; Marja L Laine; Arie Jan van Winkelhoff; Michael A Curtis
Identification and characterization of the capsular polysaccharide (K-antigen) locus of Porphyromonas gingivalis.
Infection and immunity 2006;74(1):449-60.
2005: Nikolay Paramonov; Minnie Rangarajan; Ahmed Hashim; Alexandra Gallagher; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Jennifer M Slaney; Elizabeth F Hounsell; Michael A Curtis
Structural analysis of a novel anionic polysaccharide from Porphyromonas gingivalis strain W50 related to Arg-gingipain glycans.
Molecular microbiology 2005;58(3):847-63.
2005: Minnie Rangarajan; Ahmed Hashim; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Nikolay Paramonov; Elizabeth F Hounsell; Michael A Curtis
Expression of Arg-Gingipain RgpB is required for correct glycosylation and stability of monomeric Arg-gingipain RgpA from Porphyromonas gingivalis W50.
Infection and immunity 2005;73(8):4864-78.
2005: Lucinda M C Hall; Stuart C Fawell; Xiaoju Shi; Marie-Claire Faray-Kele; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Robert A Whiley; Michael A Curtis
Sequence diversity and antigenic variation at the rag locus of Porphyromonas gingivalis.
Infection and immunity 2005;73(7):4253-62.
2005: Michael A Curtis; Jennifer M Slaney; Joseph Aduse-Opoku
Critical pathways in microbial virulence.
Journal of clinical periodontology 2005;32 Suppl 6():28-38.
2005: Akiko Sukeno; Hideaki Nagamune; Robert A Whiley; Syed I Jafar; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Kazuto Ohkura; Takuya Maeda; Katsuhiko Hirota; Yoichiro Miyake; Hiroki Kourai
Intermedilysin is essential for the invasion of hepatoma HepG2 cells by Streptococcus intermedius.
Microbiology and immunology 2005;49(7):681-94.
2003: Alexandra Gallagher; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Minnie Rangarajan; Jennifer M Slaney; Michael A Curtis
Glycosylation of the Arg-gingipains of Porphyromonas gingivalis and comparison with glycoconjugate structure and synthesis in other bacteria.
Current protein & peptide science 2003;4(6):427-41.
2002: Michael A Curtis; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Minnie Rangarajan; Alexandra Gallagher; Jonathan A C Sterne; C R Reid; H E A Evans; B Samuelsson
Attenuation of the virulence of Porphyromonas gingivalis by using a specific synthetic Kgp protease inhibitor.
Infection and immunity 2002;70(12):6968-75.
2002: David Taylor-Robinson; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; P Sayed; Jennifer M Slaney; BJ Thomas; Michael A Curtis
Oro-dental bacteria in various atherosclerotic arteries.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2002;21(10):755-7.
2002: J I Harris; Roy Russell; Michael A Curtis; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; John J Taylor
Molecular mediators of Porphyromonas gingivalis-induced T-cell apoptosis.
Oral microbiology and immunology 2002;17(4):224-30.
2002: Jennifer M Slaney; Minnie Rangarajan; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Stuart C Fawell; Ivan Darby; Denis Kinane; Michael A Curtis
Recognition of the carbohydrate modifications to the RgpA protease of Porphyromonas gingivalis by periodontal patient serum IgG.
Journal of periodontal research 2002;37(3):215-22.
2002: Nicola A Burgess; David F Kirke; Paul Williams; Klaus Winzer; Kim Hardie; Nicholas L Meyers; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Michael A Curtis; Miguel Cámara
LuxS-dependent quorum sensing in Porphyromonas gingivalis modulates protease and haemagglutinin activities but is not essential for virulence.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2002;148(Pt 3):763-72.
2001: Michael A Curtis; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Minnie Rangarajan
Cysteine proteases of Porphyromonas gingivalis.
Critical reviews in oral biology and medicine : an official publication of the American Association of Oral Biologists 2001;12(3):192-216.
2000: Joseph Aduse-Opoku; N N Davies; Alexandra Gallagher; Ahmed Hashim; H E Evans; Minnie Rangarajan; Jennifer M Slaney; Michael A Curtis
Generation of lys-gingipain protease activity in Porphyromonas gingivalis W50 is independent of Arg-gingipain protease activities.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2000;146 ( Pt 8)():1933-40.
2000: William A Bonass; Philip D Marsh; Rimondia S Percival; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Shirley A Hanley; Deirdre A Devine; Michael A Curtis
Identification of ragAB as a temperature-regulated operon of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50 using differential display of randomly primed RNA.
Infection and immunity 2000;68(7):4012-7.
1999: Michael A Curtis; Howard Kuramitsu; M Lantz; F L Macrina; K Nakayama; Jan Potempa; E C Reynolds; Joseph Aduse-Opoku
Molecular genetics and nomenclature of proteases of Porphyromonas gingivalis.
Journal of periodontal research 1999;34(8):464-72.
1999: Michael A Curtis; Shirley A Hanley; Joseph Aduse-Opoku
The rag locus of Porphyromonas gingivalis: a novel pathogenicity island.
Journal of periodontal research 1999;34(7):400-5.
1999: Michael A Curtis; A Thickett; Jennifer M Slaney; Minnie Rangarajan; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; philip shepherd; Nikolay Paramonov; Elizabeth F Hounsell
Variable carbohydrate modifications to the catalytic chains of the RgpA and RgpB proteases of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50.
Infection and immunity 1999;67(8):3816-23.
1999: Rimondia S Percival; Philip D Marsh; Deirdre A Devine; Minnie Rangarajan; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; philip shepherd; Michael A Curtis
Effect of temperature on growth, hemagglutination, and protease activity of Porphyromonas gingivalis.
Infection and immunity 1999;67(4):1917-21.
1999: Shirley A Hanley; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Michael A Curtis
A 55-kilodalton immunodominant antigen of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50 has arisen via horizontal gene transfer.
Infection and immunity 1999;67(3):1157-71.
1998: Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Minnie Rangarajan; KA Young; Michael A Curtis
Maturation of the arginine-specific proteases of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50 is dependent on a functional prR2 protease gene.
Infection and immunity 1998;66(4):1594-600.
1997: Robert Allaker; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; J E Batten; Michael A Curtis
Natural variation within the principal arginine-specific protease gene, prpR1, of Porphyromonas gingivalis.
Oral microbiology and immunology 1997;12(5):298-302.
1997: Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Jennifer M Slaney; Minnie Rangarajan; J Muir; KA Young; Michael A Curtis
The Tla protein of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50: a homolog of the RI protease precursor (PrpRI) is an outer membrane receptor required for growth on low levels of hemin.
Journal of bacteriology 1997;179(15):4778-88.
1997: Minnie Rangarajan; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Jennifer M Slaney; KA Young; Michael A Curtis
The prpR1 and prR2 arginine-specific protease genes of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50 produce five biochemically distinct enzymes.
Molecular microbiology 1997;23(5):955-65.
1996: Michael A Curtis; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Jennifer M Slaney; Minnie Rangarajan; V Booth; J Cridland; philip shepherd
Characterization of an adherence and antigenic determinant of the ArgI protease of Porphyromonas gingivalis which is present on multiple gene products.
Infection and immunity 1996;64(7):2532-9.
1995: Joseph Aduse-Opoku; J Muir; Jennifer M Slaney; Minnie Rangarajan; Michael A Curtis
Characterization, genetic analysis, and expression of a protease antigen (PrpRI) of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50.
Infection and immunity 1995;63(12):4744-54.