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James Musser

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Graviss, Edward
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Kapur, Vivek
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DeLeo, Frank
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Pan, Xi
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Kreiswirth, Barry
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Hoe, Nancy
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Teeter, Larry
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Voyich, Jovanka
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Liu, Mengyao
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Porcella, Stephen
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Lei, Benfang
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Sitkiewicz, Izabela
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Sumby, Paul
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Beres, Stephen
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Shelburne, Samuel

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Musser James M; Shelburne Samuel A
A decade of molecular pathogenomic analysis of group A Streptococcus.
Treviño Jeanette; Perez Nataly; Ramirez-Peña Esmeralda; Liu Zhuyun; Shelburne Samuel A; Musser James M; Sumby Paul
CovS simultaneously activates and inhibits the CovR-mediated repression of distinct subsets of group A Streptococcus virulence factor-encoding genes.
Serpa Jose A; Teeter Larry D; Musser James M; Graviss Edward A
Tuberculosis disparity between US-born blacks and whites, Houston, Texas, USA.

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2009: Musser James M; Shelburne Samuel A
A decade of molecular pathogenomic analysis of group A Streptococcus.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2009;119(9):2455-63.
2009: Treviño Jeanette; Perez Nataly; Ramirez-Peña Esmeralda; Liu Zhuyun; Shelburne Samuel A; Musser James M; Sumby Paul
CovS simultaneously activates and inhibits the CovR-mediated repression of distinct subsets of group A Streptococcus virulence factor-encoding genes.
Infection and immunity 2009;77(8):3141-9.
2009: Serpa Jose A; Teeter Larry D; Musser James M; Graviss Edward A
Tuberculosis disparity between US-born blacks and whites, Houston, Texas, USA.
Emerging infectious diseases 2009;15(6):899-904.
2009: Tarrant William P; Gonzalez-Berjon Jose M; Cernoch Patricia L; Olsen Randall J; Musser James M
Spontaneous bacterial pericarditis with tamponade due to Ureaplasma spp.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2009;47(6):1965-8.
2009: Olsen Randall J; Shelburne Samuel A; Musser James M
Molecular mechanisms underlying group A streptococcal pathogenesis.
Cellular microbiology 2009;11(1):1-12.
2009: Mereghetti Laurent; Sitkiewicz Izabela; Green Nicole M; Musser James M
Identification of an unusual pattern of global gene expression in group B Streptococcus grown in human blood.
PloS one 2009;4(9):e7145.
2009: Sitkiewicz Izabela; Green Nicole M; Guo Nina; Bongiovanni Ann Marie; Witkin Steven S; Musser James M
Transcriptome adaptation of group B Streptococcus to growth in human amniotic fluid.
PloS one 2009;4(7):e6114.
2009: Sitkiewicz Izabela; Musser James M
Analysis of growth-phase regulated genes in Streptococcus agalactiae by global transcript profiling.
BMC microbiology 2009;9():32.
2008: Shelburne Samuel A; Davenport Michael T; Keith David B; Musser James M
The role of complex carbohydrate catabolism in the pathogenesis of invasive streptococci.
Trends in microbiology 2008;16(7):318-25.
2008: Shelburne Samuel A; Keith David B; Davenport Michael T; Horstmann Nicola; Brennan Richard G; Musser James M
Molecular characterization of group A Streptococcus maltodextrin catabolism and its role in pharyngitis.
Molecular microbiology 2008;69(2):436-52.
2008: Martins Thomas B; Hoffman James L; Augustine Nancy H; Phansalkar Amit R; Fischetti Vincent A; Zabriskie John B; Cleary Patrick P; Musser James M; Veasy L George; Hill Harry R
Comprehensive analysis of antibody responses to streptococcal and tissue antigens in patients with acute rheumatic fever.
International immunology 2008;20(3):445-52.
2008: Sumby Paul; Zhang Shizhen; Whitney Adeline R; Falugi Fabiana; Grandi Guido; Graviss Edward A; Deleo Frank R; Musser James M
A chemokine-degrading extracellular protease made by group A Streptococcus alters pathogenesis by enhancing evasion of the innate immune response.
Infection and immunity 2008;76(3):978-85.
2008: Shelburne Samuel A; Keith David; Horstmann Nicola; Sumby Paul; Davenport Michael T; Graviss Edward A; Brennan Richard G; Musser James M
A direct link between carbohydrate utilization and virulence in the major human pathogen group A Streptococcus.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008;105(5):1698-703.
2008: Kennedy Adam D; Otto Michael; Braughton Kevin R; Whitney Adeline R; Chen Liang; Mathema Barun; Mediavilla Jose R; Byrne Kelly A; Parkins Larye D; Tenover Fred C; Kreiswirth Barry N; Musser James M; DeLeo Frank R
Epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: recent clonal expansion and diversification.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008;105(4):1327-32.
2008: Mereghetti Laurent; Sitkiewicz Izabela; Green Nicole M; Musser James M
Extensive adaptive changes occur in the transcriptome of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus) in response to incubation with human blood.
PloS one 2008;3(9):e3143.
2008: Beres Stephen B; Sesso Ricardo; Pinto Sergio Wyton L; Hoe Nancy P; Porcella Stephen F; Deleo Frank R; Musser James M
Genome sequence of a Lancefield group C Streptococcus zooepidemicus strain causing epidemic nephritis: new information about an old disease.
PloS one 2008;3(8):e3026.
2008: Mereghetti Laurent; Sitkiewicz Izabela; Green Nicole M; Musser James M
Remodeling of the Streptococcus agalactiae transcriptome in response to growth temperature.
PloS one 2008;3(7):e2785.
2008: Sumby Paul; Tart Anne H; Musser James M
A non-human primate model of acute group a Streptococcus pharyngitis.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2008;431():255-67.
2007: Hoe Nancy P; Lukomska Ewa; Musser James M; Lukomski Slawomir
Characterization of the immune response to collagen-like proteins Scl1 and Scl2 of serotype M1 and M28 group A Streptococcus.
FEMS microbiology letters 2007;277(2):142-9.
2007: El Sahly Hana M; Teeter Larry D; Pan Xi; Musser James M; Graviss Edward A
Mortality associated with central nervous system tuberculosis.
The Journal of infection 2007;55(6):502-9.
2007: Holland Steven M; DeLeo Frank R; Elloumi Houda Z; Hsu Amy P; Uzel Gulbu; Brodsky Nina; Freeman Alexandra F; Demidowich Andrew; Davis Joie; Turner Maria L; Anderson Victoria L; Darnell Dirk N; Welch Pamela A; Kuhns Douglas B; Frucht David M; Malech Harry L; Gallin John I; Kobayashi Scott D; Whitney Adeline R; Voyich Jovanka M; Musser James M; Woellner Cristina; Schäffer Alejandro A; Puck Jennifer M; Grimbacher Bodo
STAT3 mutations in the hyper-IgE syndrome.
The New England journal of medicine 2007;357(16):1608-19.
2007: Tart Anne H; Walker Mark J; Musser James M
New understanding of the group A Streptococcus pathogenesis cycle.
Trends in microbiology 2007;15(7):318-25.
2007: Shelburne Samuel A; Okorafor Nnaja; Sitkiewicz Izabela; Sumby Paul; Keith David; Patel Payal; Austin Celest; Graviss Edward A; Musser James M
Regulation of polysaccharide utilization contributes to the persistence of group a streptococcus in the oropharynx.
Infection and immunity 2007;75(6):2981-90.
2007: Shelburne Samuel A; Fang Han; Okorafor Nnaja; Sumby Paul; Sitkiewicz Izabela; Keith David; Patel Payal; Austin Celest; Graviss Edward A; Musser James M; Chow Dar-Chone
MalE of group A Streptococcus participates in the rapid transport of maltotriose and longer maltodextrins.
Journal of bacteriology 2007;189(7):2610-7.
2007: Sitkiewicz Izabela; Stockbauer Kathryn E; Musser James M
Secreted bacterial phospholipase A2 enzymes: better living through phospholipolysis.
Trends in microbiology 2007;15(2):63-9.
2007: Moran Ana; Harbour Deborah V; Teeter Larry D; Musser James M; Graviss Edward A
Is alcohol use associated with cavitary disease in tuberculosis?
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2007;31(1):33-8.
2007: Ma Xin; Liu Yuhua; Gowen Brian B; Graviss Edward A; Clark Andrew G; Musser James M
Full-exon resequencing reveals toll-like receptor variants contribute to human susceptibility to tuberculosis disease.
PloS one 2007;2(12):e1318.
2007: Beres Stephen B; Musser James M
Contribution of exogenous genetic elements to the group A Streptococcus metagenome.
PloS one 2007;2(8):e800.
2006: Siljander Tuula; Toropainen Maija; Muotiala Anna; Hoe Nancy P; Musser James M; Vuopio-Varkila Jaana
emm typing of invasive T28 group A streptococci, 1995-2004, Finland.
Journal of medical microbiology 2006;55(Pt 12):1701-6.
2006: Liu Xiaoming; Gutacker Michaela M; Musser James M; Fu Yun-Xin
Evidence for recombination in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Journal of bacteriology 2006;188(23):8169-77.
2006: Qiu Lihua; Teeter Larry D; Liu Zhimin; Ma Xin; Musser James M; Graviss Edward A
Diagnostic associations between pleural and pulmonary tuberculosis.
The Journal of infection 2006;53(6):377-86.
2006: Reid Sean D; Chaussee Michael S; Doern Christopher D; Chaussee Michelle A; Montgomery Alison G; Sturdevant Daniel E; Musser James M
Inactivation of the group A Streptococcus regulator srv results in chromosome wide reduction of transcript levels, and changes in extracellular levels of Sic and SpeB.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology 2006;48(2):283-92.
2006: Sitkiewicz Izabela; Nagiec Michal J; Sumby Paul; Butler Stephanie D; Cywes-Bentley Colette; Musser James M
Emergence of a bacterial clone with enhanced virulence by acquisition of a phage encoding a secreted phospholipase A2.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2006;103(43):16009-14.
2006: Graham Morag R; Virtaneva Kimmo; Porcella Stephen F; Gardner Donald J; Long R Daniel; Welty Diane M; Barry William T; Johnson Claire A; Parkins Larye D; Wright Fred A; Musser James M
Analysis of the transcriptome of group A Streptococcus in mouse soft tissue infection.
The American journal of pathology 2006;169(3):927-42.
2006: Shelburne Samuel A; Sumby Paul; Sitkiewicz Izabela; Okorafor Nnaja; Granville Chanel; Patel Payal; Voyich Jovanka; Hull Richard; DeLeo Frank R; Musser James M
Maltodextrin utilization plays a key role in the ability of group A Streptococcus to colonize the oropharynx.
Infection and immunity 2006;74(8):4605-14.
2006: Zhang Shizhen; Green Nicole M; Sitkiewicz Izabela; Lefebvre Rance B; Musser James M
Identification and characterization of an antigen I/II family protein produced by group A Streptococcus.
Infection and immunity 2006;74(7):4200-13.
2006: El Sahly Hana M; Teeter Larry D; Pawlak Rebecca R; Musser James M; Graviss Edward A
Drug-resistant tuberculosis: a disease of target populations in Houston, Texas.
The Journal of infection 2006;53(1):5-11.
2006: Beres Stephen B; Richter Ellen W; Nagiec Michal J; Sumby Paul; Porcella Stephen F; DeLeo Frank R; Musser James M
Molecular genetic anatomy of inter- and intraserotype variation in the human bacterial pathogen group A Streptococcus.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2006;103(18):7059-64.
2006: Sitkiewicz Izabela; Musser James M
Expression microarray and mouse virulence analysis of four conserved two-component gene regulatory systems in group a streptococcus.
Infection and immunity 2006;74(2):1339-51.
2006: Sumby Paul; Whitney Adeline R; Graviss Edward A; DeLeo Frank R; Musser James M
Genome-wide analysis of group a streptococci reveals a mutation that modulates global phenotype and disease specificity.
PLoS pathogens 2006;2(1):e5.
2006: Gutacker Michaela M; Mathema Barun; Soini Hanna; Shashkina Elena; Kreiswirth Barry N; Graviss Edward A; Musser James M
Single-nucleotide polymorphism-based population genetic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from 4 geographic sites.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2006;193(1):121-8.
2005: Musser James M; DeLeo Frank R
Toward a genome-wide systems biology analysis of host-pathogen interactions in group A Streptococcus.
The American journal of pathology 2005;167(6):1461-72.
2005: Wootton Susan H; Gonzalez Blanca E; Pawlak Rebecca; Teeter Larry D; Smith Kim Connelly; Musser James M; Starke Jeffrey R; Graviss Edward A
Epidemiology of pediatric tuberculosis using traditional and molecular techniques: Houston, Texas.
Pediatrics 2005;116(5):1141-7.
2005: Shelburne Samuel A; Sumby Paul; Sitkiewicz Izabela; Granville Chanel; DeLeo Frank R; Musser James M
Central role of a bacterial two-component gene regulatory system of previously unknown function in pathogen persistence in human saliva.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005;102(44):16037-42.
2005: Voyich Jovanka M; Braughton Kevin R; Sturdevant Daniel E; Whitney Adeline R; Saïd-Salim Battouli; Porcella Stephen F; Long R Daniel; Dorward David W; Gardner Donald J; Kreiswirth Barry N; Musser James M; DeLeo Frank R
Insights into mechanisms used by Staphylococcus aureus to avoid destruction by human neutrophils.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2005;175(6):3907-19.
2005: Sumby Paul; Porcella Steve F; Madrigal Andres G; Barbian Kent D; Virtaneva Kimmo; Ricklefs Stacy M; Sturdevant Daniel E; Graham Morag R; Vuopio-Varkila Jaana; Hoe Nancy P; Musser James M
Evolutionary origin and emergence of a highly successful clone of serotype M1 group a Streptococcus involved multiple horizontal gene transfer events.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2005;192(5):771-82.
2005: Green Nicole M; Zhang Shizhen; Porcella Stephen F; Nagiec Michal J; Barbian Kent D; Beres Stephen B; LeFebvre Rance B; Musser James M
Genome sequence of a serotype M28 strain of group a streptococcus: potential new insights into puerperal sepsis and bacterial disease specificity.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2005;192(5):760-70.
2005: Malik Suneil; Abel Laurent; Tooker Heather; Poon Audrey; Simkin Leah; Girard Manon; Adams Gerald J; Starke Jeffrey R; Smith Kimberly C; Graviss Edward A; Musser James M; Schurr Erwin
Alleles of the NRAMP1 gene are risk factors for pediatric tuberculosis disease.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005;102(34):12183-8.
2005: Green Nicole M; Beres Stephen B; Graviss Edward A; Allison James E; McGeer Allison J; Vuopio-Varkila Jaana; LeFebvre Rance B; Musser James M
Genetic diversity among type emm28 group A Streptococcus strains causing invasive infections and pharyngitis.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2005;43(8):4083-91.
2005: Wright Jesse S; Traber Katrina E; Corrigan Rebecca; Benson Sarah A; Musser James M; Novick Richard P
The agr radiation: an early event in the evolution of staphylococci.
Journal of bacteriology 2005;187(16):5585-94.
2005: Shelburne Samuel A; Granville Chanel; Tokuyama Maria; Sitkiewicz Izabela; Patel Payal; Musser James M
Growth characteristics of and virulence factor production by group A Streptococcus during cultivation in human saliva.
Infection and immunity 2005;73(8):4723-31.
2005: Mixides George; Shende Vasanti; Teeter Larry D; Awe Robert; Musser James M; Graviss Edward A
Number of negative acid-fast smears needed to adequately assess infectivity of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Chest 2005;128(1):108-15.
2005: Virtaneva Kimmo; Porcella Stephen F; Graham Morag R; Ireland Robin M; Johnson Claire A; Ricklefs Stacy M; Babar Imran; Parkins Larye D; Romero Romina A; Corn G Judson; Gardner Don J; Bailey John R; Parnell Michael J; Musser James M
Longitudinal analysis of the group A Streptococcus transcriptome in experimental pharyngitis in cynomolgus macaques.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005;102(25):9014-9.
2005: Graham Morag R; Virtaneva Kimmo; Porcella Stephen F; Barry William T; Gowen Brian B; Johnson Claire R; Wright Fred A; Musser James M
Group A Streptococcus transcriptome dynamics during growth in human blood reveals bacterial adaptive and survival strategies.
The American journal of pathology 2005;166(2):455-65.
2005: Sumby Paul; Barbian Kent D; Gardner Donald J; Whitney Adeline R; Welty Diane M; Long R Daniel; Bailey John R; Parnell Michael J; Hoe Nancy P; Adams Gerald G; Deleo Frank R; Musser James M
Extracellular deoxyribonuclease made by group A Streptococcus assists pathogenesis by enhancing evasion of the innate immune response.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005;102(5):1679-84.
2004: Voyich Jovanka M; Musser James M; DeLeo Frank R
Streptococcus pyogenes and human neutrophils: a paradigm for evasion of innate host defense by bacterial pathogens.
Microbes and infection / Institut Pasteur 2004;6(12):1117-23.
2004: Nagiec Michal J; Lei Benfang; Parker Sarah K; Vasil Michael L; Matsumoto Masakado; Ireland Robin M; Beres Stephen B; Hoe Nancy P; Musser James M
Analysis of a novel prophage-encoded group A Streptococcus extracellular phospholipase A(2).
The Journal of biological chemistry 2004;279(44):45909-18.
2004: Beres Stephen B; Sylva Gail L; Sturdevant Daniel E; Granville Chanel N; Liu Mengyao; Ricklefs Stacy M; Whitney Adeline R; Parkins Larye D; Hoe Nancy P; Adams Gerald J; Low Donald E; DeLeo Frank R; McGeer Allison; Musser James M
Genome-wide molecular dissection of serotype M3 group A Streptococcus strains causing two epidemics of invasive infections.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2004;101(32):11833-8.
2004: Banks David J; Porcella Stephen F; Barbian Kent D; Beres Stephen B; Philips Lauren E; Voyich Jovanka M; DeLeo Frank R; Martin Judith M; Somerville Greg A; Musser James M
Progress toward characterization of the group A Streptococcus metagenome: complete genome sequence of a macrolide-resistant serotype M6 strain.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2004;190(4):727-38.
2004: Voyich Jovanka M; Braughton Kevin R; Sturdevant Daniel E; Vuong Cuong; Kobayashi Scott D; Porcella Stephen F; Otto Michael; Musser James M; DeLeo Frank R
Engagement of the pathogen survival response used by group A Streptococcus to avert destruction by innate host defense.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2004;173(2):1194-201.
2004: Shelburne Samuel A; Musser James M
Virulence gene expression in vivo.
Current opinion in microbiology 2004;7(3):283-9.
2004: El Sahly H M; Wright J A; Soini H; Bui T T; Williams-Bouyer N; Escalante P; Musser J M; Graviss E A
Recurrent tuberculosis in Houston, Texas: a population-based study.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2004;8(3):333-40.
2004: Veasy L George; Tani Lloyd Y; Daly Judy A; Korgenski Kent; Miner Lonnie; Bale James; Kaplan Edward L; Musser James M; Hill Harry R
Temporal association of the appearance of mucoid strains of Streptococcus pyogenes with a continuing high incidence of rheumatic fever in Utah.
Pediatrics 2004;113(3 Pt 1):e168-72.
2004: Reid Sean D; Montgomery Alison G; Musser James M
Identification of srv, a PrfA-like regulator of group A streptococcus that influences virulence.
Infection and immunity 2004;72(3):1799-803.
2004: Lei Benfang; Liu Mengyao; Chesney Gillian L; Musser James M
Identification of new candidate vaccine antigens made by Streptococcus pyogenes: purification and characterization of 16 putative extracellular lipoproteins.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2004;189(1):79-89.
2004: Giordano Thomas P; Soini Hanna; Teeter Larry D; Adams Gerald J; Musser James M; Graviss Edward A
Relating the size of molecularly defined clusters of tuberculosis to the duration of symptoms.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2004;38(1):10-6.
2004: El Sahly Hana M; Reich Robert A; Dou Shu Jun; Musser James M; Graviss Edward A
The effect of mannose binding lectin gene polymorphisms on susceptibility to tuberculosis in different ethnic groups.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 2004;36(2):106-8.
2003: Gonzalez O Y; Adams G; Teeter L D; Bui T T; Musser J M; Graviss E A
Extra-pulmonary manifestations in a large metropolitan area with a low incidence of tuberculosis.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2003;7(12):1178-85.
2003: Banks David J; Porcella Stephen F; Barbian Kent D; Martin Judith M; Musser James M
Structure and distribution of an unusual chimeric genetic element encoding macrolide resistance in phylogenetically diverse clones of group A Streptococcus.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2003;188(12):1898-908.
2003: Banks David J; Lei Benfang; Musser James M
Prophage induction and expression of prophage-encoded virulence factors in group A Streptococcus serotype M3 strain MGAS315.
Infection and immunity 2003;71(12):7079-86.
2003: Reid Sean D; Montgomery Alison G; Voyich Jovanka M; DeLeo Frank R; Lei Benfang; Ireland Robin M; Green Nicole M; Liu Mengyao; Lukomski Slawomir; Musser James M
Characterization of an extracellular virulence factor made by group A Streptococcus with homology to the Listeria monocytogenes internalin family of proteins.
Infection and immunity 2003;71(12):7043-52.
2003: Somerville Greg A; Cockayne Alan; Dürr Manuela; Peschel Andreas; Otto Michael; Musser James M
Synthesis and deformylation of Staphylococcus aureus delta-toxin are linked to tricarboxylic acid cycle activity.
Journal of bacteriology 2003;185(22):6686-94.
2003: Gonzalez O Y; Teeter L D; Thanh B T; Musser J M; Graviss E A
Extrathoracic tuberculosis lymphadenitis in adult HIV seronegative patients: a population-based analysis in Houston, Texas, USA.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2003;7(10):987-93.
2003: Ma Xin; Reich Robert A; Gonzalez Omar; Pan Xi; Fothergill Amanda K; Starke Jeffery R; Teeter Larry D; Musser James M; Graviss Edward A
No evidence for association between the polymorphism in the 3' untranslated region of interleukin-12B and human susceptibility to tuberculosis.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2003;188(8):1116-8.
2003: Chaussee Michael S; Somerville Greg A; Reitzer Larry; Musser James M
Rgg coordinates virulence factor synthesis and metabolism in Streptococcus pyogenes.
Journal of bacteriology 2003;185(20):6016-24.
2003: Lei Benfang; Liu Mengyao; Voyich Jovanka M; Prater Christopher I; Kala Subbarao V; DeLeo Frank R; Musser James M
Identification and characterization of HtsA, a second heme-binding protein made by Streptococcus pyogenes.
Infection and immunity 2003;71(10):5962-9.
2003: Hoe Nancy P; Fullerton Kathleen E; Liu Mengyao; Peters John E; Gackstetter Gary D; Adams Gerald J; Musser James M
Molecular genetic analysis of 675 group A streptococcus isolates collected in a carrier study at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2003;188(6):818-27.
2003: Kobayashi Scott D; Braughton Kevin R; Whitney Adeline R; Voyich Jovanka M; Schwan Tom G; Musser James M; DeLeo Frank R
Bacterial pathogens modulate an apoptosis differentiation program in human neutrophils.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2003;100(19):10948-53.
2003: Somerville Greg A; Saïd-Salim Battouli; Wickman Jaala M; Raffel Sandra J; Kreiswirth Barry N; Musser James M
Correlation of acetate catabolism and growth yield in Staphylococcus aureus: implications for host-pathogen interactions.
Infection and immunity 2003;71(8):4724-32.
2003: Ma Xin; Reich Robert A; Wright John A; Tooker Heather R; Teeter Larry D; Musser James M; Graviss Edward A
Association between interleukin-8 gene alleles and human susceptibility to tuberculosis disease.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2003;188(3):349-55.
2003: Lei Benfang; Liu Mengyao; Meyers Elishia G; Manning Heather M; Nagiec Michael J; Musser James M
Histidine and aspartic acid residues important for immunoglobulin G endopeptidase activity of the group A Streptococcus opsonophagocytosis-inhibiting Mac protein.
Infection and immunity 2003;71(5):2881-4.
2003: Fitzgerald J Ross; Reid Sean D; Ruotsalainen Eeva; Tripp Timothy J; Liu MengYao; Cole Robert; Kuusela Pentti; Schlievert Patrick M; Järvinen Asko; Musser James M
Genome diversification in Staphylococcus aureus: Molecular evolution of a highly variable chromosomal region encoding the Staphylococcal exotoxin-like family of proteins.
Infection and immunity 2003;71(5):2827-38.
2003: Virtaneva Kimmo; Graham Morag R; Porcella Stephen F; Hoe Nancy P; Su Hua; Graviss Edward A; Gardner Tracie J; Allison James E; Lemon William J; Bailey John R; Parnell Michael J; Musser James M
Group A Streptococcus gene expression in humans and cynomolgus macaques with acute pharyngitis.
Infection and immunity 2003;71(4):2199-207.
2003: Matsumoto Masakado; Hoe Nancy P; Liu Mengyao; Beres Stephen B; Sylva Gail L; Brandt Claudia M; Haase Gerhard; Musser James M
Intrahost sequence variation in the streptococcal inhibitor of complement gene in patients with human pharyngitis.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2003;187(4):604-12.
2003: Voyich Jovanka M; Sturdevant Daniel E; Braughton Kevin R; Kobayashi Scott D; Lei Benfang; Virtaneva Kimmo; Dorward David W; Musser James M; DeLeo Frank R
Genome-wide protective response used by group A Streptococcus to evade destruction by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2003;100(4):1996-2001.
2003: Kobayashi Scott D; Voyich Jovanka M; Somerville Greg A; Braughton Kevin R; Malech Harry L; Musser James M; DeLeo Frank R
An apoptosis-differentiation program in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes facilitates resolution of inflammation.
Journal of leukocyte biology 2003;73(2):315-22.
2002: Gutacker Michaela M; Smoot James C; Migliaccio Cristi A Lux; Ricklefs Stacy M; Hua Su; Cousins Debby V; Graviss Edward A; Shashkina Elena; Kreiswirth Barry N; Musser James M
Genome-wide analysis of synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms: resolution of genetic relationships among closely related microbial strains.
Genetics 2002;162(4):1533-43.
2002: Smoot Laura M; McCormick John K; Smoot James C; Hoe Nancy P; Strickland Ian; Cole Robert L; Barbian Kent D; Earhart Cathleen A; Ohlendorf Douglas H; Veasy L George; Hill Harry R; Leung Donald Y M; Schlievert Patrick M; Musser James M
Characterization of two novel pyrogenic toxin superantigens made by an acute rheumatic fever clone of Streptococcus pyogenes associated with multiple disease outbreaks.
Infection and immunity 2002;70(12):7095-104.
2002: Lei Benfang; DeLeo Frank R; Reid Sean D; Voyich Jovanka M; Magoun Loranne; Liu Mengyao; Braughton Kevin R; Ricklefs Stacy; Hoe Nancy P; Cole Robert L; Leong John M; Musser James M
Opsonophagocytosis-inhibiting mac protein of group a streptococcus: identification and characteristics of two genetic complexes.
Infection and immunity 2002;70(12):6880-90.
2002: Banks David J; Beres Stephen B; Musser James M
The fundamental contribution of phages to GAS evolution, genome diversification and strain emergence.
Trends in microbiology 2002;10(11):515-21.
2002: Reid Sean D; Green Nicole M; Sylva Gail L; Voyich Jovanka M; Stenseth Elisha T; DeLeo Frank R; Palzkill Timothy; Low Donald E; Hill Harry R; Musser James M
Postgenomic analysis of four novel antigens of group a streptococcus: growth phase-dependent gene transcription and human serologic response.
Journal of bacteriology 2002;184(22):6316-24.
2002: Somerville Greg A; Chaussee Michael S; Morgan Carrie I; Fitzgerald J Ross; Dorward David W; Reitzer Lawrence J; Musser James M
Staphylococcus aureus aconitase inactivation unexpectedly inhibits post-exponential-phase growth and enhances stationary-phase survival.
Infection and immunity 2002;70(11):6373-82.
2002: Graham Morag R; Smoot Laura M; Migliaccio Cristi A Lux; Virtaneva Kimmo; Sturdevant Daniel E; Porcella Stephen F; Federle Michael J; Adams Gerald J; Scott June R; Musser James M
Virulence control in group A Streptococcus by a two-component gene regulatory system: global expression profiling and in vivo infection modeling.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002;99(21):13855-60.
2002: El Sahly Hana M; Septimus Edward; Soini Hanna; Septimus Joshua; Wallace Richard J; Pan Xi; Williams-Bouyer Natalie; Musser James M; Graviss Edward A
Mycobacterium simiae pseudo-outbreak resulting from a contaminated hospital water supply in Houston, Texas.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2002;35(7):802-7.
2002: Ma X; Dou S; Wright J A; Reich R A; Teeter L D; El Sahly H M; Awe R J; Musser J M; Graviss E A
5' dinucleotide repeat polymorphism of NRAMP1 and susceptibility to tuberculosis among Caucasian patients in Houston, Texas.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2002;6(9):818-23.
2002: Lei Benfang; Smoot Laura M; Menning Heather M; Voyich Jovanka M; Kala Subbarao V; Deleo Frank R; Reid Sean D; Musser James M
Identification and characterization of a novel heme-associated cell surface protein made by Streptococcus pyogenes.
Infection and immunity 2002;70(8):4494-500.
2002: Beres Stephen B; Sylva Gail L; Barbian Kent D; Lei Benfang; Hoff Jessica S; Mammarella Nicole D; Liu Meng-Yao; Smoot James C; Porcella Stephen F; Parkins Larye D; Campbell David S; Smith Todd M; McCormick John K; Leung Donald Y M; Schlievert Patrick M; Musser James M
Genome sequence of a serotype M3 strain of group A Streptococcus: phage-encoded toxins, the high-virulence phenotype, and clone emergence.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002;99(15):10078-83.
2002: Hoe Nancy P; Ireland Robin M; DeLeo Frank R; Gowen Brian B; Dorward David W; Voyich Jovanka M; Liu Mengyao; Burns Eugene H; Culnan Derek M; Bretscher Anthony; Musser James M
Insight into the molecular basis of pathogen abundance: group A Streptococcus inhibitor of complement inhibits bacterial adherence and internalization into human cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002;99(11):7646-51.
2002: Smoot James C; Korgenski E Kent; Daly Judy A; Veasy L George; Musser James M
Molecular analysis of group A Streptococcus type emm18 isolates temporally associated with acute rheumatic fever outbreaks in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2002;40(5):1805-10.
2002: Smoot James C; Barbian Kent D; Van Gompel Jamie J; Smoot Laura M; Chaussee Michael S; Sylva Gail L; Sturdevant Daniel E; Ricklefs Stacy M; Porcella Stephen F; Parkins Larye D; Beres Stephen B; Campbell David S; Smith Todd M; Zhang Qing; Kapur Vivek; Daly Judy A; Veasy L George; Musser James M
Genome sequence and comparative microarray analysis of serotype M18 group A Streptococcus strains associated with acute rheumatic fever outbreaks.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002;99(7):4668-73.
2002: Somerville Greg A; Beres Stephen B; Fitzgerald J Ross; DeLeo Frank R; Cole Robert L; Hoff Jessica S; Musser James M
In vitro serial passage of Staphylococcus aureus: changes in physiology, virulence factor production, and agr nucleotide sequence.
Journal of bacteriology 2002;184(5):1430-7.
2002: Chaussee Michael S; Sylva Gail L; Sturdevant Daniel E; Smoot Laura M; Graham Morag R; Watson Robert O; Musser James M
Rgg influences the expression of multiple regulatory loci to coregulate virulence factor expression in Streptococcus pyogenes.
Infection and immunity 2002;70(2):762-70.
2001: Lei B; DeLeo F R; Hoe N P; Graham M R; Mackie S M; Cole R L; Liu M; Hill H R; Low D E; Federle M J; Scott J R; Musser J M
Evasion of human innate and acquired immunity by a bacterial homolog of CD11b that inhibits opsonophagocytosis.
Nature medicine 2001;7(12):1298-305.
2001: Zhang Z; Yu Y; Musser J M; Palzkill T
Amino acid sequence determinants of extended spectrum cephalosporin hydrolysis by the class C P99 beta-lactamase.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2001;276(49):46568-74.
2001: Fitzgerald J R; Musser J M
Evolutionary genomics of pathogenic bacteria.
Trends in microbiology 2001;9(11):547-53.
2001: Musser J M; Kaplan S L
Pneumococcal research transformed.
The New England journal of medicine 2001;345(16):1206-7.
2001: Smoot L M; Smoot J C; Graham M R; Somerville G A; Sturdevant D E; Migliaccio C A; Sylva G L; Musser J M
Global differential gene expression in response to growth temperature alteration in group A Streptococcus.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2001;98(18):10416-21.
2001: De Bruyn G; Adams G J; Teeter L D; Soini H; Musser J M; Graviss E A
The contribution of ethnicity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain clustering.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2001;5(7):633-41.
2001: Fitzgerald J R; Sturdevant D E; Mackie S M; Gill S R; Musser J M
Evolutionary genomics of Staphylococcus aureus: insights into the origin of methicillin-resistant strains and the toxic shock syndrome epidemic.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2001;98(15):8821-6.
2001: Reid S D; Green N M; Buss J K; Lei B; Musser J M
Multilocus analysis of extracellular putative virulence proteins made by group A Streptococcus: population genetics, human serologic response, and gene transcription.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2001;98(13):7552-7.
2001: Escalante P; Graviss E A; Griffith D E; Musser J M; Awe R J
Treatment of isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis in southeastern Texas.
Chest 2001;119(6):1730-6.
2001: Klovdahl A S; Graviss E A; Yaganehdoost A; Ross M W; Wanger A; Adams G J; Musser J M
Networks and tuberculosis: an undetected community outbreak involving public places.
Social science & medicine (1982) 2001;52(5):681-94.
2001: Lukomski S; Nakashima K; Abdi I; Cipriano V J; Shelvin B J; Graviss E A; Musser J M
Identification and characterization of a second extracellular collagen-like protein made by group A Streptococcus: control of production at the level of translation.
Infection and immunity 2001;69(3):1729-38.
2001: Reid S D; Hoe N P; Smoot L M; Musser J M
Group A Streptococcus: allelic variation, population genetics, and host-pathogen interactions.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2001;107(4):393-9.
2001: Blaser M J; Musser J M
Bacterial polymorphisms and disease in humans.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2001;107(4):391-2.
2001: Graham M R; Smoot L M; Lei B; Musser J M
Toward a genome-scale understanding of group A Streptococcus pathogenesis.
Current opinion in microbiology 2001;4(1):65-70.
2001: Hoe N P; Vuopio-Varkila J; Vaara M; Grigsby D; De Lorenzo D; Fu Y X; Dou S J; Pan X; Nakashima K; Musser J M
Distribution of streptococcal inhibitor of complement variants in pharyngitis and invasive isolates in an epidemic of serotype M1 group A Streptococcus infection.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2001;183(4):633-9.
2001: Chaussee M S; Watson R O; Smoot J C; Musser J M
Identification of Rgg-regulated exoproteins of Streptococcus pyogenes.
Infection and immunity 2001;69(2):822-31.
2001: El Sahly H M; Adams G J; Soini H; Teeter L; Musser J M; Graviss E A
Epidemiologic differences between United States- and foreign-born tuberculosis patients in Houston, Texas.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2001;183(3):461-8.
2001: Soini H; Pan X; Teeter L; Musser J M; Graviss E A
Transmission dynamics and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with low copy numbers of IS6110.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2001;39(1):217-21.
2000: Lei B; Mackie S; Lukomski S; Musser J M
Identification and immunogenicity of group A Streptococcus culture supernatant proteins.
Infection and immunity 2000;68(12):6807-18.
2000: Lukomski S; Nakashima K; Abdi I; Cipriano V J; Ireland R M; Reid S D; Adams G G; Musser J M
Identification and characterization of the scl gene encoding a group A Streptococcus extracellular protein virulence factor with similarity to human collagen.
Infection and immunity 2000;68(12):6542-53.
2000: Hoe N P; Kordari P; Cole R; Liu M; Palzkill T; Huang W; McLellan D; Adams G J; Hu M; Vuopio-Varkila J; Cate T R; Pichichero M E; Edwards K M; Eskola J; Low D E; Musser J M
Human immune response to streptococcal inhibitor of complement, a serotype M1 group A Streptococcus extracellular protein involved in epidemics.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2000;182(5):1425-36.
2000: Gubba S; Cipriano V; Musser J M
Replacement of histidine 340 with alanine inactivates the group A Streptococcus extracellular cysteine protease virulence factor.
Infection and immunity 2000;68(6):3716-9.
2000: Musser J M; Amin A; Ramaswamy S
Negligible genetic diversity of mycobacterium tuberculosis host immune system protein targets: evidence of limited selective pressure.
Genetics 2000;155(1):7-16.
2000: Soini H; Pan X; Amin A; Graviss E A; Siddiqui A; Musser J M
Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients in Houston, Texas, by spoligotyping.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2000;38(2):669-76.
2000: Lukomski S; Hoe N P; Abdi I; Rurangirwa J; Kordari P; Liu M; Dou S J; Adams G G; Musser J M
Nonpolar inactivation of the hypervariable streptococcal inhibitor of complement gene (sic) in serotype M1 Streptococcus pyogenes significantly decreases mouse mucosal colonization.
Infection and immunity 2000;68(2):535-42.
2000: Ramaswamy S V; Amin A G; Göksel S; Stager C E; Dou S J; El Sahly H; Moghazeh S L; Kreiswirth B N; Musser J M
Molecular genetic analysis of nucleotide polymorphisms associated with ethambutol resistance in human isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2000;44(2):326-36.
1999: Bifani P J; Mathema B; Liu Z; Moghazeh S L; Shopsin B; Tempalski B; Driscol J; Frothingham R; Musser J M; Alcabes P; Kreiswirth B N
Identification of a W variant outbreak of Mycobacterium tuberculosis via population-based molecular epidemiology.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 1999;282(24):2321-7.
1999: Yaganehdoost A; Graviss E A; Ross M W; Adams G J; Ramaswamy S; Wanger A; Frothingham R; Soini H; Musser J M
Complex transmission dynamics of clonally related virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated with barhopping by predominantly human immunodeficiency virus-positive gay men.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1999;180(4):1245-51.
1999: Hoe N P; Nakashima K; Lukomski S; Grigsby D; Liu M; Kordari P; Dou S J; Pan X; Vuopio-Varkila J; Salmelinna S; McGeer A; Low D E; Schwartz B; Schuchat A; Naidich S; De Lorenzo D; Fu Y X; Musser J M
Rapid selection of complement-inhibiting protein variants in group A Streptococcus epidemic waves.
Nature medicine 1999;5(8):924-9.
1999: Frothingham R; Strickland P L; Bretzel G; Ramaswamy S; Musser J M; Williams D L
Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Mycobacterium africanum isolates from West Africa.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1999;37(6):1921-6.
1999: Lukomski S; Montgomery C A; Rurangirwa J; Geske R S; Barrish J P; Adams G J; Musser J M
Extracellular cysteine protease produced by Streptococcus pyogenes participates in the pathogenesis of invasive skin infection and dissemination in mice.
Infection and immunity 1999;67(4):1779-88.
1999: Hoe N; Nakashima K; Grigsby D; Pan X; Dou S J; Naidich S; Garcia M; Kahn E; Bergmire-Sweat D; Musser J M
Rapid molecular genetic subtyping of serotype M1 group A Streptococcus strains.
Emerging infectious diseases 1999;5(2):254-63.
1999: Stockbauer K E; Magoun L; Liu M; Burns E H; Gubba S; Renish S; Pan X; Bodary S C; Baker E; Coburn J; Leong J M; Musser J M
A natural variant of the cysteine protease virulence factor of group A Streptococcus with an arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) motif preferentially binds human integrins alphavbeta3 and alphaIIbbeta3.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1999;96(1):242-7.
1998: Swanson D S; Pan X; Kline M W; McKinney R E; Yogev R; Lewis L L; Brady M T; McSherry G D; Dankner W M; Musser J M
Genetic diversity among Mycobacterium avium complex strains recovered from children with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1998;178(3):776-82.
1998: Burns E H; Lukomski S; Rurangirwa J; Podbielski A; Musser J M
Genetic inactivation of the extracellular cysteine protease enhances in vitro internalization of group A streptococci by human epithelial and endothelial cells.
Microbial pathogenesis 1998;24(6):333-9.
1998: Mdluli K; Slayden R A; Zhu Y; Ramaswamy S; Pan X; Mead D; Crane D D; Musser J M; Barry C E
Inhibition of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis beta-ketoacyl ACP synthase by isoniazid.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 1998;280(5369):1607-10.
1998: Stockbauer K E; Grigsby D; Pan X; Fu Y X; Mejia L M; Cravioto A; Musser J M
Hypervariability generated by natural selection in an extracellular complement-inhibiting protein of serotype M1 strains of group A Streptococcus.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1998;95(6):3128-33.
1998: Lukomski S; Burns E H; Wyde P R; Podbielski A; Rurangirwa J; Moore-Poveda D K; Musser J M
Genetic inactivation of an extracellular cysteine protease (SpeB) expressed by Streptococcus pyogenes decreases resistance to phagocytosis and dissemination to organs.
Infection and immunity 1998;66(2):771-6.
1998: Gubba S; Low D E; Musser J M
Expression and characterization of group A Streptococcus extracellular cysteine protease recombinant mutant proteins and documentation of seroconversion during human invasive disease episodes.
Infection and immunity 1998;66(2):765-70.
1998: Escalante P; Ramaswamy S; Sanabria H; Soini H; Pan X; Valiente-Castillo O; Musser J M
Genotypic characterization of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Peru.
Tubercle and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 1998;79(2):111-8.
1998: Kurepina N E; Sreevatsan S; Plikaytis B B; Bifani P J; Connell N D; Donnelly R J; van Sooligen D; Musser J M; Kreiswirth B N
Characterization of the phylogenetic distribution and chromosomal insertion sites of five IS6110 elements in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: non-random integration in the dnaA-dnaN region.
Tubercle and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 1998;79(1):31-42.
1998: Ramaswamy S; Musser J M
Molecular genetic basis of antimicrobial agent resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: 1998 update.
Tubercle and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 1998;79(1):3-29.
1997: Mejia L M; Stockbauer K E; Pan X; Cravioto A; Musser J M
Characterization of group A Streptococcus strains recovered from Mexican children with pharyngitis by automated DNA sequencing of virulence-related genes: unexpectedly large variation in the gene (sic) encoding a complement-inhibiting protein.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1997;35(12):3220-4.
1997: Sreevatsan S; Pan X; Stockbauer K E; Connell N D; Kreiswirth B N; Whittam T S; Musser J M
Restricted structural gene polymorphism in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex indicates evolutionarily recent global dissemination.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1997;94(18):9869-74.
1997: Sreevatsan S; Stockbauer K E; Pan X; Kreiswirth B N; Moghazeh S L; Jacobs W R; Telenti A; Musser J M
Ethambutol resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: critical role of embB mutations.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1997;41(8):1677-81.
1997: Lukomski S; Sreevatsan S; Amberg C; Reichardt W; Woischnik M; Podbielski A; Musser J M
Inactivation of Streptococcus pyogenes extracellular cysteine protease significantly decreases mouse lethality of serotype M3 and M49 strains.
The Journal of clinical investigation 1997;99(11):2574-80.
1997: Musser J M
Streptococcal superantigen, mitogenic factor, and pyrogenic exotoxin B expressed by Streptococcus pyogenes. Structure and function.
Preparative biochemistry & biotechnology 1997;27(2-3):143-72.
1997: Telenti A; Philipp W J; Sreevatsan S; Bernasconi C; Stockbauer K E; Wieles B; Musser J M; Jacobs W R
The emb operon, a gene cluster of Mycobacterium tuberculosis involved in resistance to ethambutol.
Nature medicine 1997;3(5):567-70.
1997: Marciel A M; Kapur V; Musser J M
Molecular population genetic analysis of a Streptococcus pyogenes bacteriophage-encoded hyaluronidase gene: recombination contributes to allelic variation.
Microbial pathogenesis 1997;22(4):209-17.
1997: Swanson D S; Kapur V; Stockbauer K; Pan X; Frothingham R; Musser J M
Subspecific differentiation of Mycobacterium avium complex strains by automated sequencing of a region of the gene (hsp65) encoding a 65-kilodalton heat shock protein.
International journal of systematic bacteriology 1997;47(2):414-9.
1997: Yuan Y; Crane D C; Musser J M; Sreevatsan S; Barry C E
MMAS-1, the branch point between cis- and trans-cyclopropane-containing oxygenated mycolates in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1997;272(15):10041-9.
1997: Sreevatsan S; Pan X; Zhang Y; Kreiswirth B N; Musser J M
Mutations associated with pyrazinamide resistance in pncA of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1997;41(3):636-40.
1997: Sreevatsan S; Pan X; Zhang Y; Deretic V; Musser J M
Analysis of the oxyR-ahpC region in isoniazid-resistant and -susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms recovered from diseased humans and animals in diverse localities.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1997;41(3):600-6.
1997: Burns E H; Marciel A M; Musser J M
Structure-function and pathogenesis studies of Streptococcus pyogenes extracellular cysteine protease.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 1997;418():589-92.
1996: Swanson D S; Pan X; Musser J M
Identification and subspecific differentiation of Mycobacterium scrofulaceum by automated sequencing of a region of the gene (hsp65) encoding a 65-kilodalton heat shock protein.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1996;34(12):3151-9.
1996: Moghazeh S L; Pan X; Arain T; Stover C K; Musser J M; Kreiswirth B N
Comparative antimycobacterial activities of rifampin, rifapentine, and KRM-1648 against a collection of rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with known rpoB mutations.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1996;40(11):2655-7.
1996: Xu C; Kreiswirth B N; Sreevatsan S; Musser J M; Drlica K
Fluoroquinolone resistance associated with specific gyrase mutations in clinical isolates of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1996;174(5):1127-30.
1996: Burns E H; Marciel A M; Musser J M
Activation of a 66-kilodalton human endothelial cell matrix metalloprotease by Streptococcus pyogenes extracellular cysteine protease.
Infection and immunity 1996;64(11):4744-50.
1996: Sreevatsan S; Escalante P; Pan X; Gillies D A; Siddiqui S; Khalaf C N; Kreiswirth B N; Bifani P; Adams L G; Ficht T; Perumaalla V S; Cave M D; van Embden J D; Musser J M
Identification of a polymorphic nucleotide in oxyR specific for Mycobacterium bovis.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1996;34(8):2007-10.
1996: Musser J M; Stockbauer K; Kapur V; Rudgers G W
Substitution of cysteine 192 in a highly conserved Streptococcus pyogenes extracellular cysteine protease (interleukin 1beta convertase) alters proteolytic activity and ablates zymogen processing.
Infection and immunity 1996;64(6):1913-7.
1996: Sreevatsan S; Pan X; Stockbauer K E; Williams D L; Kreiswirth B N; Musser J M
Characterization of rpsL and rrs mutations in streptomycin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from diverse geographic localities.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 1996;40(4):1024-6.
1996: Reda K B; Kapur V; Goela D; Lamphear J G; Musser J M; Rich R R
Phylogenetic distribution of streptococcal superantigen SSA allelic variants provides evidence for horizontal transfer of ssa within Streptococcus pyogenes.
Infection and immunity 1996;64(4):1161-5.
1996: Bifani P J; Plikaytis B B; Kapur V; Stockbauer K; Pan X; Lutfey M L; Moghazeh S L; Eisner W; Daniel T M; Kaplan M H; Crawford J T; Musser J M; Kreiswirth B N
Origin and interstate spread of a New York City multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clone family.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 1996;275(6):452-7.
1996: Lutfey M; Della-Latta P; Kapur V; Palumbo L A; Gurner D; Stotzky G; Brudney K; Dobkin J; Moss A; Musser J M; Kreiswirth B N
Independent origin of mono-rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with AIDS.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 1996;153(2):837-40.
1996: Musser J M
Molecular population genetic analysis of emerged bacterial pathogens: selected insights.
Emerging infectious diseases 1996;2(1):1-17.
1996: Musser J M; Kapur V; Williams D L; Kreiswirth B N; van Soolingen D; van Embden J D
Characterization of the catalase-peroxidase gene (katG) and inhA locus in isoniazid-resistant and -susceptible strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by automated DNA sequencing: restricted array of mutations associated with drug resistance.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1996;173(1):196-202.
1995: Musser J M
Antimicrobial agent resistance in mycobacteria: molecular genetic insights.
Clinical microbiology reviews 1995;8(4):496-514.
1995: Sullivan E A; Kreiswirth B N; Palumbo L; Kapur V; Musser J M; Ebrahimzadeh A; Frieden T R
Emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant tuberculosis in New York City.
Lancet 1995;345(8958):1148-50.
1995: Kapur V; Kanjilal S; Hamrick M R; Li L L; Whittam T S; Sawyer S A; Musser J M
Molecular population genetic analysis of the streptokinase gene of Streptococcus pyogenes: mosaic alleles generated by recombination.
Molecular microbiology 1995;16(3):509-19.
1995: Musser J M; Kapur V; Szeto J; Pan X; Swanson D S; Martin D R
Genetic diversity and relationships among Streptococcus pyogenes strains expressing serotype M1 protein: recent intercontinental spread of a subclone causing episodes of invasive disease.
Infection and immunity 1995;63(3):994-1003.
1995: Kapur V; Sischo W M; Greer R S; Whittam T S; Musser J M
Molecular population genetic analysis of Staphylococcus aureus recovered from cows.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1995;33(2):376-80.
1995: Versalovic J; Kapur V; Koeuth T; Mazurek G H; Whittam T S; Musser J M; Lupski J R
DNA fingerprinting of pathogenic bacteria by fluorophore-enhanced repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine 1995;119(1):23-9.
1995: Musser J M; Kapur V; Szeto J; Pan X; Swanson D S; Martin D R
Genetic diversity and relationships among serotype M1 strains of Streptococcus pyogenes.
Developments in biological standardization 1995;85():209-13.
1994: Kapur V; Reda K B; Li L L; Ho L J; Rich R R; Musser J M
Characterization and distribution of insertion sequence IS1239 in Streptococcus pyogenes.
Gene 1994;150(1):135-40.
1994: Tan T Q; Musser J M; Shulman R J; Mason E O; Mahoney D H; Kaplan S L
Molecular epidemiology of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus blood isolates from neonates with persistent bacteremia and children with central venous catheter infections.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1994;169(6):1393-7.
1994: Kapur V; Maffei J T; Greer R S; Li L L; Adams G J; Musser J M
Vaccination with streptococcal extracellular cysteine protease (interleukin-1 beta convertase) protects mice against challenge with heterologous group A streptococci.
Microbial pathogenesis 1994;16(6):443-50.
1994: Reda K B; Kapur V; Mollick J A; Lamphear J G; Musser J M; Rich R R
Molecular characterization and phylogenetic distribution of the streptococcal superantigen gene (ssa) from Streptococcus pyogenes.
Infection and immunity 1994;62(5):1867-74.
1994: Kapur V; Li L L; Iordanescu S; Hamrick M R; Wanger A; Kreiswirth B N; Musser J M
Characterization by automated DNA sequencing of mutations in the gene (rpoB) encoding the RNA polymerase beta subunit in rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from New York City and Texas.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1994;32(4):1095-8.
1994: Musser J M; Kapur V; Peters J E; Hendrix C W; Drehner D; Gackstetter G D; Skalka D R; Fort P L; Maffei J T; Li L L
Real-time molecular epidemiologic analysis of an outbreak of Streptococcus pyogenes invasive disease in US Air Force trainees.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine 1994;118(2):128-33.
1993: Kapur V; Topouzis S; Majesky M W; Li L L; Hamrick M R; Hamill R J; Patti J M; Musser J M
A conserved Streptococcus pyogenes extracellular cysteine protease cleaves human fibronectin and degrades vitronectin.
Microbial pathogenesis 1993;15(5):327-46.
1993: Mollick J A; Miller G G; Musser J M; Cook R G; Grossman D; Rich R R
A novel superantigen isolated from pathogenic strains of Streptococcus pyogenes with aminoterminal homology to staphylococcal enterotoxins B and C.
The Journal of clinical investigation 1993;92(2):710-9.
1993: Kapur V; Majesky M W; Li L L; Black R A; Musser J M
Cleavage of interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta) precursor to produce active IL-1 beta by a conserved extracellular cysteine protease from Streptococcus pyogenes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1993;90(16):7676-80.
1993: Versalovic J; Kapur V; Mason E O; Shah U; Koeuth T; Lupski J R; Musser J M
Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains recovered in Houston: identification and molecular characterization of multiple clones.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1993;167(4):850-6.
1993: Musser J M; Nelson K; Selander R K; Gerlach D; Huang J C; Kapur V; Kanjilal S
Temporal variation in bacterial disease frequency: molecular population genetic analysis of scarlet fever epidemics in Ottawa and in eastern Germany.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1993;167(3):759-62.
1993: Musser J M; Kapur V; Kanjilal S; Shah U; Musher D M; Barg N L; Johnston K H; Schlievert P M; Henrichsen J; Gerlach D
Geographic and temporal distribution and molecular characterization of two highly pathogenic clones of Streptococcus pyogenes expressing allelic variants of pyrogenic exotoxin A (Scarlet fever toxin).
The Journal of infectious diseases 1993;167(2):337-46.
1992: Musser J M
Clinical relevance of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins in streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome and other severe invasive infections.
Pediatric annals 1992;21(12):821-2, 825-8.
1992: Kapur V; Nelson K; Schlievert P M; Selander R K; Musser J M
Molecular population genetic evidence of horizontal spread of two alleles of the pyrogenic exotoxin C gene (speC) among pathogenic clones of Streptococcus pyogenes.
Infection and immunity 1992;60(9):3513-7.
1992: Musser J M; Kapur V
Clonal analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from intercontinental sources: association of the mec gene with divergent phylogenetic lineages implies dissemination by horizontal transfer and recombination.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1992;30(8):2058-63.
1992: Musser J M; Gray B M; Schlievert P M; Pichichero M E
Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis: characterization of strains by multilocus enzyme genotype, M and T protein serotype, and pyrogenic exotoxin gene probing.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1992;30(3):600-3.
1992: Mollick J A; Miller G G; Musser J M; Cook R G; Rich R R
Isolation and characterization of a novel streptococcal superantigen.
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