Yossef Av-Gay

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1 The Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein serine/threonine kinase PknG is linked to cellular glutamate/glutamine levels and is important for growth in vivo. Mol Microbiol 2004 1.89
2 Mycothiol-deficient Mycobacterium smegmatis mutants are hypersensitive to alkylating agents, free radicals, and antibiotics. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002 1.85
3 Evidence that plant-like genes in Chlamydia species reflect an ancestral relationship between Chlamydiaceae, cyanobacteria, and the chloroplast. Genome Res 2002 1.72
4 Mycothiol biosynthesis is essential for ethionamide susceptibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mol Microbiol 2008 1.52
5 Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence is mediated by PtpA dephosphorylation of human vacuolar protein sorting 33B. Cell Host Microbe 2008 1.48
6 Comparative efficacy of commercially available and emerging antimicrobial urinary catheters against bacteriuria caused by E. coli in vitro. Urology 2011 1.45
7 Mycobacterial manipulation of the host cell. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2005 1.37
8 Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein tyrosine phosphatase (PtpA) excludes host vacuolar-H+-ATPase to inhibit phagosome acidification. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.35
9 Mycothiol-dependent proteins in actinomycetes. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2007 1.35
10 The Mycobacterium tuberculosis ino1 gene is essential for growth and virulence. Mol Microbiol 2004 1.34
11 Deletion of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pknH gene confers a higher bacillary load during the chronic phase of infection in BALB/c mice. J Bacteriol 2005 1.31
12 The glycosyltransferase gene encoding the enzyme catalyzing the first step of mycothiol biosynthesis (mshA). J Bacteriol 2003 1.29
13 Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of antimicrobial and cytotoxic effect of silver and titanium nanoparticles. Nanomedicine 2010 1.26
14 Protein kinase and phosphatase signaling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis physiology and pathogenesis. Biochim Biophys Acta 2009 1.18
15 Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin secreting active cathepsin S stimulates expression of mature MHC class II molecules and antigen presentation in human macrophages. J Immunol 2007 1.16
16 Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis mycothiol S-conjugate amidase. Biochemistry 2003 1.15
17 Lipoamide dehydrogenase mediates retention of coronin-1 on BCG vacuoles, leading to arrest in phagosome maturation. J Cell Sci 2007 1.11
18 Thiol specific oxidative stress response in Mycobacteria. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005 1.11
19 The crystal structure of 1-D-myo-inosityl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranoside deacetylase (MshB) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals a zinc hydrolase with a lactate dehydrogenase fold. J Biol Chem 2003 1.09
20 Inactivation of mshB, a key gene in the mycothiol biosynthesis pathway in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Microbiology 2003 1.09
21 Antibacterial activity, inflammatory response, coagulation and cytotoxicity effects of silver nanoparticles. Nanomedicine 2011 1.08
22 The mycobacterial transcriptional regulator whiB7 gene links redox homeostasis and intrinsic antibiotic resistance. J Biol Chem 2011 1.06
23 Slow release of nitric oxide from charged catheters and its effect on biofilm formation by Escherichia coli. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009 1.06
24 Targeted mutagenesis of the Mycobacterium smegmatis mca gene, encoding a mycothiol-dependent detoxification protein. J Bacteriol 2004 1.06
25 Nitazoxanide stimulates autophagy and inhibits mTORC1 signaling and intracellular proliferation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PLoS Pathog 2012 1.05
26 Mycobacterium tuberculosis transporter MmpL7 is a potential substrate for kinase PknD. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006 1.04
27 Mycobacterium bovis BCG attenuates surface expression of mature class II molecules through IL-10-dependent inhibition of cathepsin S. J Immunol 2005 1.03
28 Comparative analysis of mutants in the mycothiol biosynthesis pathway in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007 1.03
29 MmpS4 promotes glycopeptidolipids biosynthesis and export in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Mol Microbiol 2010 1.03
30 Immunoevasion and immunosuppression of the macrophage by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Immunol Rev 2015 1.03
31 Mycothiol-dependent mycobacterial response to oxidative stress. FEBS Lett 2006 1.01
32 Synergistic drug combinations for tuberculosis therapy identified by a novel high-throughput screen. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011 1.00
33 Convergence of Ser/Thr and two-component signaling to coordinate expression of the dormancy regulon in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Biol Chem 2010 0.99
34 Expression and localization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein tyrosine phosphatase PtpA. Res Microbiol 2002 0.99
35 Microbial protein-tyrosine kinases. J Biol Chem 2014 0.98
36 Purification and characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 1D-myo-inosityl-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranoside deacetylase, MshB, a mycothiol biosynthetic enzyme. Protein Expr Purif 2006 0.94
37 Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antiparasitic, and cytotoxic activities of Galium mexicanum. J Ethnopharmacol 2011 0.93
38 Mycobacterium tuberculosis PtkA is a novel protein tyrosine kinase whose substrate is PtpA. Biochem J 2009 0.93
39 Mycobacterium tuberculosis nucleoside diphosphate kinase inactivates small GTPases leading to evasion of innate immunity. PLoS Pathog 2013 0.92
40 The serine/threonine protein kinase PknI controls the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis upon infection. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2009 0.92
41 Novel substrates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PknH Ser/Thr kinase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007 0.91
42 Gaseous nitric oxide bactericidal activity retained during intermittent high-dose short duration exposure. Nitric Oxide 2008 0.90
43 Mycobacterium tuberculosis-secreted phosphatases: from pathogenesis to targets for TB drug development. Trends Microbiol 2012 0.89
44 Mycobacterium smegmatis biofilm formation and sliding motility are affected by the serine/threonine protein kinase PknF. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2007 0.88
45 Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis PtpA is an endogenous tyrosine phosphatase secreted during infection. Infect Immun 2006 0.87
46 Innate protection of Mycobacterium smegmatis against the antimicrobial activity of nitric oxide is provided by mycothiol. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007 0.87
47 In vitro properties of antimicrobial bromotyrosine alkaloids. J Med Microbiol 2006 0.86
48 Antimycobacterial activity of UDP-galactopyranose mutase inhibitors. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2010 0.85
49 Precise null deletion mutations of the mycothiol synthesis genes reveal their role in isoniazid and ethionamide resistance in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011 0.85
50 Inositol monophosphate phosphatase genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. BMC Microbiol 2010 0.84
51 Coresistance to isoniazid and ethionamide maps to mycothiol biosynthetic genes in Mycobacterium bovis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011 0.84
52 Kinome analysis of host response to mycobacterial infection: a novel technique in proteomics. Infect Immun 2003 0.84
53 Mycobacterium tuberculosis modulators of the macrophage's cellular events. Microbes Infect 2012 0.83
54 Antimicrobial activity, cytotoxicity and inflammatory response of novel plastics embedded with silver nanoparticles. Future Microbiol 2013 0.82
55 Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of a serine threonine protein kinase, PknL, from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Protein Expr Purif 2008 0.82
56 Screening of Compounds Toxicity against Human Monocytic cell line-THP-1 by Flow Cytometry. Biol Proced Online 2004 0.81
57 Disruption of the serine/threonine protein kinase H affects phthiocerol dimycocerosates synthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Microbiology 2013 0.81
58 Glutathione disulfide and S-nitrosoglutathione detoxification by Mycobacterium tuberculosis thioredoxin system. FEBS Lett 2009 0.81
59 Inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis tyrosine phosphatase PtpA by synthetic chalcones: kinetics, molecular modeling, toxicity and effect on growth. Bioorg Med Chem 2010 0.80
60 Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antiparasitic, and cytotoxic activities of Laennecia confusa. ScientificWorldJournal 2012 0.79
61 Identification and characterization of a diamide sensitive mutant of Mycobacterium smegmatis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2003 0.78
62 Antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of the sesquiterpene lactones cnicin and onopordopicrin. Nat Prod Commun 2011 0.78
63 Gaseous nitric oxide reduces influenza infectivity in vitro. Nitric Oxide 2013 0.77
64 A phase I clinical study of inhaled nitric oxide in healthy adults. J Cyst Fibros 2012 0.77
65 Development of a liposome formulation of ethambutol. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004 0.76
66 Chemical constituents, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of bark extracts from Prunus tucumanensis Lillo. Nat Prod Res 2012 0.76
67 Antimicrobial activities of sesquiterpene lactones and inositol derivatives from Hymenoxys robusta. Phytochemistry 2011 0.75
68 Intracellular Growth of Bacterial Pathogens: The Role of Secreted Effector Proteins in the Control of Phagocytosed Microorganisms. Microbiol Spectr 2015 0.75