Michael L Vasil

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1 GeneChip expression analysis of the iron starvation response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: identification of novel pyoverdine biosynthesis genes. Mol Microbiol 2002 3.38
2 Identification of tandem duplicate regulatory small RNAs in Pseudomonas aeruginosa involved in iron homeostasis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 3.31
3 Iron and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 3.26
4 Siderophore-mediated signaling regulates virulence factor production in Pseudomonasaeruginosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 2.66
5 Rational design of alpha-helical antimicrobial peptides with enhanced activities and specificity/therapeutic index. J Biol Chem 2005 2.28
6 Architecture of a protein central to iron homeostasis: crystal structure and spectroscopic analysis of the ferric uptake regulator. Mol Microbiol 2003 2.19
7 Effects of the twin-arginine translocase on secretion of virulence factors, stress response, and pathogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 1.88
8 Role of peptide hydrophobicity in the mechanism of action of alpha-helical antimicrobial peptides. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006 1.87
9 Neutrophil enhancement of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development: human F-actin and DNA as targets for therapy. J Med Microbiol 2009 1.80
10 Enhanced Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development mediated by human neutrophils. Infect Immun 2005 1.79
11 Neutrophil extracellular trap (NET)-mediated killing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: evidence of acquired resistance within the CF airway, independent of CFTR. PLoS One 2011 1.58
12 The influence of iron on Pseudomonas aeruginosa physiology: a regulatory link between iron and quorum sensing. J Biol Chem 2008 1.56
13 Effects of net charge and the number of positively charged residues on the biological activity of amphipathic alpha-helical cationic antimicrobial peptides. Biopolymers 2008 1.51
14 A novel class of microbial phosphocholine-specific phospholipases C. Mol Microbiol 2002 1.30
15 FpvB, an alternative type I ferripyoverdine receptor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiology 2004 1.27
16 Molecular Investigations of PenA-mediated β-lactam Resistance in Burkholderia pseudomallei. Front Microbiol 2011 1.25
17 Comparison of biophysical and biologic properties of alpha-helical enantiomeric antimicrobial peptides. Chem Biol Drug Des 2006 1.20
18 Pseudomonas aeruginosa twitching motility-mediated chemotaxis towards phospholipids and fatty acids: specificity and metabolic requirements. J Bacteriol 2008 1.12
19 A novel extracellular phospholipase C of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is required for phospholipid chemotaxis. Mol Microbiol 2004 1.09
20 Hemolytic phospholipase C inhibition protects lung function during Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011 1.08
21 Rational design of α-helical antimicrobial peptides to target Gram-negative pathogens, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: utilization of charge, 'specificity determinants,' total hydrophobicity, hydrophobe type and location as design parameters to improve the therapeutic ratio. Chem Biol Drug Des 2011 1.07
22 Characterization of two distinct phospholipase C enzymes from Burkholderia pseudomallei. Microbiology 2007 1.06
23 Pulmonary inflammation induced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide, phospholipase C, and exotoxin A: role of interferon regulatory factor 1. Infect Immun 2002 1.04
24 Pseudomonas aeruginosa synthesizes phosphatidylcholine by use of the phosphatidylcholine synthase pathway. J Bacteriol 2002 1.04
25 Purification, characterization, and identification of a sphingomyelin synthase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PlcH is a multifunctional enzyme. J Biol Chem 2003 1.02
26 Analysis of a novel prophage-encoded group A Streptococcus extracellular phospholipase A(2). J Biol Chem 2004 1.02
27 Purification and characterization of mycobacterial phospholipase A: an activity associated with mycobacterial cutinase. J Bacteriol 2007 1.02
28 Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv3802c encodes a phospholipase/thioesterase and is inhibited by the antimycobacterial agent tetrahydrolipstatin. PLoS One 2009 0.99
29 Characterization of a heme-regulated non-coding RNA encoded by the prrF locus of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS One 2010 0.99
30 Leakage-free membrane fusion induced by the hydrolytic activity of PlcHR(2), a novel phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biochim Biophys Acta 2007 0.97
31 Ceramide-enriched membrane domains in red blood cells and the mechanism of sphingomyelinase-induced hot-cold hemolysis. Biochemistry 2008 0.94
32 Effects of hydrophobicity on the antifungal activity of alpha-helical antimicrobial peptides. Chem Biol Drug Des 2008 0.91
33 Role of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PlcH Tat signal peptide in protein secretion, transcription, and cross-species Tat secretion system compatibility. J Bacteriol 2006 0.87
34 Iron-regulated expression of alginate production, mucoid phenotype, and biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. MBio 2014 0.86
35 The Metal-Dependent Regulators FurA and FurB from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Int J Mol Sci 2008 0.84
36 End-products diacylglycerol and ceramide modulate membrane fusion induced by a phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biochim Biophys Acta 2009 0.83
37 Imaging the early stages of phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase activity on vesicles containing coexisting ordered-disordered and gel-fluid domains. J Lipid Res 2011 0.82
38 The complex interplay of iron, biofilm formation, and mucoidy affecting antimicrobial resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pathog Dis 2014 0.82
39 Multiple phospholipid substrates of phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase HR2 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Chem Phys Lipids 2010 0.80
40 High-level over-expression, purification, and crystallization of a novel phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Protein Expr Purif 2012 0.78
41 Effects of net charge and the number of positively charged residues on the biological activity of amphipathic alpha-helical cationic antimicrobial peptides. Adv Exp Med Biol 2009 0.78
42 Recruitment of a phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase into non-lamellar lipid droplets during hydrolysis of lipid bilayers. Chem Phys Lipids 2012 0.78
43 The lipase LipA (PA2862) but not LipC (PA4813) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa influences regulation of pyoverdine production and expression of the sigma factor PvdS. J Bacteriol 2011 0.77