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E P Greenberg

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1 Bacterial biofilms: a common cause of persistent infections. Science 1999 40.82
2 The involvement of cell-to-cell signals in the development of a bacterial biofilm. Science 1998 19.92
3 Quorum sensing in bacteria: the LuxR-LuxI family of cell density-responsive transcriptional regulators. J Bacteriol 1994 17.55
4 Structure of the autoinducer required for expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994 11.44
5 Quorum-sensing signals indicate that cystic fibrosis lungs are infected with bacterial biofilms. Nature 2000 10.32
6 Census and consensus in bacterial ecosystems: the LuxR-LuxI family of quorum-sensing transcriptional regulators. Annu Rev Microbiol 1996 10.26
7 Identification, timing, and signal specificity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum-controlled genes: a transcriptome analysis. J Bacteriol 2003 8.11
8 Diffusion of autoinducer is involved in regulation of the Vibrio fischeri luminescence system. J Bacteriol 1985 7.79
9 A second N-acylhomoserine lactone signal produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995 7.66
10 Regulation of gene expression by cell-to-cell communication: acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing. Annu Rev Genet 2001 7.63
11 Cystic fibrosis airway epithelia fail to kill bacteria because of abnormal airway surface fluid. Cell 1996 6.84
12 Gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Nature 2001 6.70
13 Cross-species induction of luminescence in the quorum-sensing bacterium Vibrio harveyi. J Bacteriol 1997 5.93
14 Identification of genes controlled by quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999 5.82
15 Quinolone signaling in the cell-to-cell communication system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999 5.58
16 Sociomicrobiology: the connections between quorum sensing and biofilms. Trends Microbiol 2005 4.12
17 Acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing in gram-negative bacteria: a signaling mechanism involved in associations with higher organisms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000 4.00
18 QscR, a modulator of quorum-sensing signal synthesis and virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 3.96
19 Production of beta-defensins by human airway epithelia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998 3.85
20 Control of Vibrio fischeri luminescence gene expression in Escherichia coli by cyclic AMP and cyclic AMP receptor protein. J Bacteriol 1985 3.58
21 Generation of cell-to-cell signals in quorum sensing: acyl homoserine lactone synthase activity of a purified Vibrio fischeri LuxI protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996 3.35
22 Self perception in bacteria: quorum sensing with acylated homoserine lactones. Curr Opin Microbiol 1998 3.30
23 Planktonic marine luminous bacteria: species distribution in the water column. Appl Environ Microbiol 1980 3.26
24 Interchangeability and specificity of components from the quorum-sensing regulatory systems of Vibrio fischeri and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol 1994 3.24
25 Putative exopolysaccharide synthesis genes influence Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development. J Bacteriol 2004 3.21
26 Acyl homoserine-lactone quorum-sensing signal generation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999 3.07
27 Synergistic binding of the Vibrio fischeri LuxR transcriptional activator domain and RNA polymerase to the lux promoter region. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994 3.05
28 Complete genome sequence of Vibrio fischeri: a symbiotic bacterium with pathogenic congeners. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 3.05
29 Evidence that the N-terminal region of the Vibrio fischeri LuxR protein constitutes an autoinducer-binding domain. J Bacteriol 1995 3.01
30 Control of Vibrio fischeri lux gene transcription by a cyclic AMP receptor protein-luxR protein regulatory circuit. J Bacteriol 1988 3.00
31 Genetic dissection of DNA binding and luminescence gene activation by the Vibrio fischeri LuxR protein. J Bacteriol 1992 2.99
32 Regulation of quorum sensing by RpoS in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol 2000 2.94
33 Quorum sensing in Vibrio fischeri: probing autoinducer-LuxR interactions with autoinducer analogs. J Bacteriol 1996 2.82
34 Quorum sensing in Burkholderia cepacia: identification of the LuxRI homologs CepRI. J Bacteriol 1999 2.81
35 Critical regions of the Vibrio fischeri luxR protein defined by mutational analysis. J Bacteriol 1990 2.78
36 The C-terminal region of the Vibrio fischeri LuxR protein contains an inducer-independent lux gene activating domain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991 2.75
37 Promoter specificity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing revealed by DNA binding of purified LasR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 2.69
38 The Pseudomonas aeruginosa RpoS regulon and its relationship to quorum sensing. Mol Microbiol 2004 2.63
39 Overproduction and purification of the luxR gene product: Transcriptional activator of the Vibrio fischeri luminescence system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1987 2.59
40 Physical and functional maps of the luminescence gene cluster in an autoinducer-deficient Vibrio fischeri strain isolated from a squid light organ. J Bacteriol 1992 2.59
41 Metabolism of acyl-homoserine lactone quorum-sensing signals by Variovorax paradoxus. J Bacteriol 2000 2.50
42 Chemotaxis in Spirochaeta aurantia. J Bacteriol 1977 2.50
43 Cell-to-cell signaling in the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobium leguminosarum: autoinduction of a stationary phase and rhizosphere-expressed genes. J Bacteriol 1996 2.38
44 A quorum-sensing system in the free-living photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Bacteriol 1997 2.27
45 Bactericidal activity of mammalian cathelicidin-derived peptides. Infect Immun 2000 2.24
46 A new class of homoserine lactone quorum-sensing signals. Nature 2008 2.20
47 Quorum sensing in Vibrio fischeri: essential elements for activation of the luminescence genes. J Bacteriol 1997 2.10
48 Reversible acyl-homoserine lactone binding to purified Vibrio fischeri LuxR protein. J Bacteriol 2004 2.06
49 Quorum sensing in Vibrio fischeri: elements of the luxl promoter. Mol Microbiol 1999 2.03
50 Activity of abundant antimicrobials of the human airway. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 1999 1.93
51 Promoter specificity elements in Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum-sensing-controlled genes. J Bacteriol 2001 1.92
52 Relationship between cell coiling and motility of spirochetes in viscous environments. J Bacteriol 1977 1.85
53 Analysis of random and site-directed mutations in rhII, a Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene encoding an acylhomoserine lactone synthase. Mol Microbiol 1997 1.79
54 Biochemical and cytological analysis of the complex periplasmic flagella from Spirochaeta aurantia. J Bacteriol 1988 1.78
55 Spirochete chemotaxis, motility, and the structure of the spirochetal periplasmic flagella. Res Microbiol 1993 1.72
56 Spirochaeta halophila sp. n., a facultative anaerobe from a high-salinity pond. Arch Microbiol 1976 1.70
57 Quorum sensing in Vibrio fischeri: evidence that S-adenosylmethionine is the amino acid substrate for autoinducer synthesis. J Bacteriol 1996 1.67
58 Isolation of the outer membrane and characterization of the major outer membrane protein from Spirochaeta aurantia. J Bacteriol 1987 1.67
59 Inactivation of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum-sensing signal by human airway epithelia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 1.66
60 Quorum sensing: the explanation of a curious phenomenon reveals a common characteristic of bacteria. J Bacteriol 1999 1.63
61 Chemotaxis of Spirochaeta aurantia: involvement of membrane potential in chemosensory signal transduction. J Bacteriol 1981 1.63
62 Evidence that GroEL, not sigma 32, is involved in transcriptional regulation of the Vibrio fischeri luminescence genes in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1992 1.57
63 The influence of iron on Pseudomonas aeruginosa physiology: a regulatory link between iron and quorum sensing. J Biol Chem 2008 1.56
64 Quorum sensing signals in development of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Methods Enzymol 1999 1.55
65 Detection, purification, and structural elucidation of the acylhomoserine lactone inducer of Vibrio fischeri luminescence and other related molecules. Methods Enzymol 2000 1.50
66 Acylated homoserine lactone detection in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by radiolabel assay. Methods Enzymol 2001 1.48
67 Intergeneric coaggregation of oral Treponema spp. with Fusobacterium spp. and intrageneric coaggregation among Fusobacterium spp. Infect Immun 1995 1.45
68 Timing and localization of rhamnolipid synthesis gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. J Bacteriol 2005 1.42
69 Motility and chemotaxis of Spirochaeta aurantia: computer-assisted motion analysis. J Bacteriol 1988 1.41
70 Long-chain acyl-homoserine lactone quorum-sensing regulation of Rhodobacter capsulatus gene transfer agent production. J Bacteriol 2002 1.41
71 Conversion of the Vibrio fischeri transcriptional activator, LuxR, to a repressor. J Bacteriol 2000 1.41
72 Relationship between proton motive force and motility in Spirochaeta aurantia. J Bacteriol 1980 1.35
73 The Vibrio fischeri luminescence gene activator LuxR is a membrane-associated protein. J Bacteriol 1993 1.33
74 Motility of flagellated bacteria in viscous environments. J Bacteriol 1977 1.32
75 Nitrous oxide as end product of denitrification by strains of fluorescent pseudomonads. Can J Microbiol 1977 1.32
76 A voltage clamp inhibits chemotaxis of Spirochaeta aurantia. J Bacteriol 1983 1.26
77 Acylhomoserine lactone synthase activity of the Vibrio fischeri AinS protein. J Bacteriol 1999 1.26
78 Cloning and sequence analysis of flaA, a gene encoding a Spirochaeta aurantia flagellar filament surface antigen. J Bacteriol 1989 1.25
79 Mutational analysis of the Vibrio fischeri LuxI polypeptide: critical regions of an autoinducer synthase. J Bacteriol 1997 1.22
80 Quorum sensing in Vibrio fischeri: analysis of the LuxR DNA binding region by alanine-scanning mutagenesis. J Bacteriol 2001 1.20
81 Involvement of the RNA polymerase alpha-subunit C-terminal domain in LuxR-dependent activation of the Vibrio fischeri luminescence genes. J Bacteriol 1999 1.12
82 Quorum-sensing signals and quorum-sensing genes in Burkholderia vietnamiensis. J Bacteriol 2002 1.11
83 The influence of human respiratory epithelia on Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene expression. Microb Pathog 2006 1.11
84 Chemoattractants elicit methylation of specific polypeptides in Spirochaeta aurantia. J Bacteriol 1983 1.10
85 Sodium-coupled motility in a swimming cyanobacterium. J Bacteriol 1987 1.08
86 N-terminal amino acid sequences and amino acid compositions of the Spirochaeta aurantia flagellar filament polypeptides. J Bacteriol 1991 1.05
87 Chemotaxis mutants of Spirochaeta aurantia. J Bacteriol 1989 0.95
88 Bacterial genomics. Pump up the versatility. Nature 2000 0.94
89 Complementation of a trpE deletion in Escherichia coli by Spirochaeta aurantia DNA encoding anthranilate synthetase component I activity. J Bacteriol 1987 0.94
90 A rapid method for extraction and purification of DNA from dental plaque. Appl Environ Microbiol 1995 0.93
91 Cell-to-cell communication in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium: they may be talking, but who's listening? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998 0.93
92 Intragenic suppression of a luxR mutation: characterization of an autoinducer-independent LuxR. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1995 0.92
93 Analysis of the Spirochaeta aurantia flaA gene and transcript. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1993 0.87
94 Nucleotide sequence and analysis of a gene encoding anthranilate synthase component I in Spirochaeta aurantia. J Bacteriol 1991 0.87
95 Inhibition of Spirochaeta aurantia chemotaxis by neurotoxins. J Bacteriol 1983 0.84
96 Uptake of D-xylose and D-glucose by Spirochaeta aurantia. J Bacteriol 1984 0.84
97 Carotenoid pigments of facultatively anaerobic spirochetes. J Bacteriol 1975 0.81