B J Wilkinson

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1 A new type of penicillin resistance of Staphylococcus aureus. Lancet 1977 9.15
2 Influence of encapsulation on staphylococcal opsonization and phagocytosis by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Infect Immun 1978 3.23
3 Genome-wide transcriptional profiling of the response of Staphylococcus aureus to cell-wall-active antibiotics reveals a cell-wall-stress stimulon. Microbiology 2003 3.22
4 The key role of peptidoglycan in the opsonization of Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Invest 1978 2.83
5 Characterization of passage-selected vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains of diverse parental backgrounds. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2000 2.32
6 Staphylococcus aureus osmoregulation: roles for choline, glycine betaine, proline, and taurine. J Bacteriol 1992 2.20
7 Effects of temperature, NaCl, and methicillin on penicillin-binding proteins, growth, peptidoglycan synthesis, and autolysis in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1987 2.20
8 Cryptic peptidoglycan and the antiphagocytic effect of the Staphylococcus aureus capsule: model for the antiphagocytic effect of bacterial cell surface polymers. Infect Immun 1979 2.17
9 Effects of growth of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in the presence of beta-lactams on peptidoglycan structure and susceptibility to lytic enzymes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1986 2.16
10 Critical role of anteiso-C15:0 fatty acid in the growth of Listeria monocytogenes at low temperatures. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997 2.09
11 Localization of the third component of complement on the cell wall of encapsulated Staphylococcus aureus M: implications for the mechanism of resistance to phagocytosis. Infect Immun 1979 2.07
12 Activation of complement by cell surface components of Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Immun 1978 2.03
13 Inhibition of alternative complement pathway opsonization by group A streptococcal M protein. J Infect Dis 1979 1.97
14 Human fibronectin binding to staphylococcal surface protein and its relative inefficiency in promoting phagocytosis by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes, monocytes, and alveolar macrophages. Infect Immun 1981 1.97
15 Cloning and expression of a Staphylococcus aureus gene encoding a peptidoglycan hydrolase activity. J Bacteriol 1990 1.89
16 Classification and characteristics of coagulase-negative, methicillin-resistant staphylococci. J Clin Microbiol 1980 1.86
17 A numerical taxonomic survey of Listeria and related bacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1977 1.85
18 Characterization and identification of coagulase-negative, heat-stable deoxyribonuclease-positive staphylococci. J Gen Microbiol 1978 1.75
19 Proline transport in Staphylococcus aureus: a high-affinity system and a low-affinity system involved in osmoregulation. J Bacteriol 1992 1.75
20 Autolysis of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1992 1.69
21 Transdermal nicotine and haloperidol in Tourette's disorder: a double-blind placebo-controlled study. J Clin Psychiatry 2001 1.63
22 Dichotomy between opsonization and serum complement activation by encapsulated staphylococci. Infect Immun 1978 1.56
23 Cell wall composition and associated properties of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains. J Bacteriol 1978 1.51
24 Differential methicillin susceptibilities of peptidoglycan syntheses in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol 1981 1.42
25 Biochemical evidence for the reversed polarity of the outer membrane of the bacterial forespore. Biochem J 1975 1.41
26 The escalating challenge of vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Curr Drug Targets Infect Disord 2004 1.40
27 Cold stress proteins induced in Listeria monocytogenes in response to temperature downshock and growth at low temperatures. Appl Environ Microbiol 1996 1.39
28 Rapid, chloramphenicol-resistant, activation of membrane electron transport on germination of Bacillus spores. Nature 1977 1.37
29 Osmoprotectants and cryoprotectants for Listeria monocytogenes. Lett Appl Microbiol 2000 1.36
30 Cell wall-active antibiotic induced proteins of Staphylococcus aureus identified using a proteomic approach. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2001 1.27
31 Sequence analysis of a Staphylococcus aureus gene encoding a peptidoglycan hydrolase activity. Gene 1991 1.26
32 A microdilution plating method for population analysis of antibiotic-resistant staphylococci. Microb Drug Resist 2001 1.26
33 Staphylococcus aureus cell surface: capsule as a barrier to bacteriophage adsorption. Infect Immun 1979 1.24
34 Factors affecting complement activation by Staphylococcus aureus cell walls, their components, and mutants altered in teichoic acid. Infect Immun 1981 1.22
35 Staphylococcal slime: a cautionary tale. J Clin Microbiol 1990 1.19
36 Increased cell size and shortened peptidoglycan interpeptide bridge of NaCl-stressed Staphylococcus aureus and their reversal by glycine betaine. J Bacteriol 1995 1.19
37 Chemotaxigenesis by cell surface components of Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Immun 1979 1.17
38 Molecular characterization of a chromosomal locus in Staphylococcus aureus that contributes to oxidative defence and is highly induced by the cell-wall-active antibiotic oxacillin. Microbiology 2001 1.17
39 Binding of human immunoglobulin G to protein A in encapsulated Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Immun 1981 1.16
40 Choline transport activity in Staphylococcus aureus induced by osmotic stress and low phosphate concentrations. J Bacteriol 1993 1.14
41 Evidence for feedback (trans) regulation of, and two systems for, glycine betaine transport by Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology 1994 1.13
42 Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of the membrane fluidity of the foodborne pathogenic psychrotroph Listeria monocytogenes. Biochim Biophys Acta 2000 1.12
43 Hydrophobicity-hydrophilicity of staphylococci. J Med Microbiol 1987 1.12
44 Methicillin-resistant septal peptidoglycan synthesis in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1983 1.12
45 Analysis of a peptidoglycan hydrolase gene from Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 8325. J Bacteriol 1992 1.11
46 Slime production by bovine milk Staphylococcus aureus and identification of coagulase-negative staphylococcal isolates. J Clin Microbiol 1986 1.10
47 Immunoglobulin E antibodies against Staphylococcus aureus cell walls in the sera of patients with hyperimmunoglobulinemia E and recurrent staphylococcal infection. Infect Immun 1980 1.10
48 Attachment of staphylococci to silicone catheters in vitro. APMIS 1990 1.08
49 Antimicrobial effect and mode of action of terpeneless cold-pressed Valencia orange essential oil on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Appl Microbiol 2012 1.08
50 Characterization of an NaCl-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus mutant and rescue of the NaCl-sensitive phenotype by glycine betaine but not by other compatible solutes. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997 1.06
51 Lower autolytic activity in a homogeneous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain compared to derived heterogeneous-resistant and susceptible strains. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1989 1.06
52 Basic features of the staphylococcal heat shock response. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1990 1.05
53 Endogenous pyrogen production by human blood monocytes stimulated by staphylococcal cell wall components. Infect Immun 1981 1.04
54 Phospholipid composition and metabolism of Micrococcus denitrificans. J Bacteriol 1972 1.03
55 Morphogenesis of the membrane-bound electron-transport system in sporulating Bacillus megaterium KM. Eur J Biochem 1975 0.99
56 Role of peptidoglycan from Staphylococcus aureus in leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and complement activation associated with bacteremia. J Infect Dis 1982 0.98
57 Enhanced levels of Staphylococcus aureus stress protein GroEL and DnaK homologs early in infection of human epithelial cells. Infect Immun 1998 0.97
58 Serology of Staphylococcus aureus infections using multiple antigens and serial serum samples. J Infect Dis 1983 0.97
59 Sodium-dependent uptake of taurine in encapsulated Staphylococcus aureus strain M. Biochim Biophys Acta 1984 0.97
60 Autolytic properties of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Mu50. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006 0.96
61 Survey of taurine uptake and metabolism in Staphylococcus aureus. J Gen Microbiol 1983 0.95
62 Transport, nutritional and metabolic studies of taurine in staphylococci. J Gen Microbiol 1987 0.95
63 The effect of antibiotics on synthesis of mucopeptide and teichoic acid by Pediococcus cerevisiae and by a substrain that requires methicillin for growth. J Gen Microbiol 1973 0.94
64 Antibody response to peptidoglycan during staphylococcal infections. J Infect Dis 1983 0.93
65 Proline betaine is a highly effective osmoprotectant for Staphylococcus aureus. Arch Microbiol 1995 0.93
66 Cyanide-resistant electron transport in sporulating Bacillus megaterium KM. Biochim Biophys Acta 1977 0.92
67 Increased outer membrane ornithine-containing lipid and lysozyme penetrability of Paracoccus denitrificans grown in a complex medium deficient in divalent cations. J Bacteriol 1988 0.92
68 Conditions that induce Staphylococcus aureus heat shock proteins also inhibit autolysis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998 0.88
69 Proline is biosynthesized from arginine in Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology 1996 0.87
70 Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus mutants expressing reduced susceptibility to common house-cleaners. J Appl Microbiol 2005 0.87
71 Facile penetration of the Staphylococcus aureus capsule by lysostaphin. Infect Immun 1980 0.86
72 IgM and IgG antibody response to teichoic acid in infections due to Staphylococcus aureus. J Infect Dis 1983 0.84
73 Antibodies to a range of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli heat shock proteins in sera from patients with S. aureus endocarditis. Infect Immun 1993 0.84
74 Biology and clinical significance of peptidoglycan antibody response in staphylococcal infections. Scand J Infect Dis Suppl 1983 0.83
75 Genetic changes that correlate with the pine-oil disinfectant-reduced susceptibility mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus. J Appl Microbiol 2008 0.81
76 Iron-dependent production of a heat-modifiable, 23,000-Mr outer membrane protein in Paracoccus denitrificans. J Bacteriol 1986 0.79
77 Wall synthesis by Pediococcus cerevisiae and by a substrain that requires methicillin for growth. J Bacteriol 1973 0.78
78 Removal of Paracoccus denitrificans outer membrane material by sodium chloride. Arch Microbiol 1981 0.78
79 Neutrophil chemotactic activity of peptidoglycan. A comparison between Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. APMIS 1990 0.77
80 Recognition of Staphylococcus aureus by human phagocytes. Signals and disguises of the bacterial surface. Scand J Infect Dis Suppl 1983 0.76
81 Antibacterial activity and penicillin-binding protein affinity of new cephalosporin derivatives in Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. J Antimicrob Chemother 1991 0.75
82 Lipids of Pediococcus cerevisiae and some methicillin-resistant substrains. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1974 0.75
83 Biosynthesis of mucopeptide by Pediococcus cerevisiae and by a substrain requiring methicillin for growth. J Gen Microbiol 1969 0.75
84 Characterization of cell surface material removed by water and NaCl washing of Paracoccus denitrificans grown under conditions of divalent cation deficiency and sufficiency. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1994 0.75