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A multilayered repair system protects the mycobacterial chromosome from endogenous and antibiotic-induced oxidative damage.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
2020
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Bacterial immunotherapy for cancer induces CD4-dependent tumor-specific immunity through tumor-intrinsic interferon-γ signaling.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
2020
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Times cited: 41 -
Determinants of COVID-19 disease severity in patients with cancer.
Nature medicine.
2020
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Times cited: 395 -
TOX is a critical regulator of tumour-specific T cell differentiation.
Nature.
2019
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Times cited: 495 -
Antibiotic treatment for Tuberculosis induces a profound dysbiosis of the microbiome that persists long after therapy is completed.
Scientific reports.
2017
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Times cited: 105 -
Structure and function of the mycobacterial transcription initiation complex with the essential regulator RbpA.
eLife.
2017
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Times cited: 79 -
Mycobacterium tuberculosis protease MarP activates a peptidoglycan hydrolase during acid stress.
The EMBO journal.
2017
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Times cited: 32 -
Homologous recombination mediated by the mycobacterial AdnAB helicase without end resection by the AdnAB nucleases.
Nucleic acids research.
2016
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Times cited: 13 -
Division of labor among Mycobacterium smegmatis RNase H enzymes: RNase H1 activity of RnhA or RnhC is essential for growth whereas RnhB and RnhA guard against killing by hydrogen peroxide in stationary phase.
Nucleic acids research.
2016
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Reconstitution of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteostasis network highlights essential cofactor interactions with chaperone DnaK.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
2016
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Times cited: 32 -
Control of T cell antigen reactivity via programmed TCR downregulation.
Nature immunology.
2016
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Times cited: 56 -
Clinical and radiographic differentiation of lung nodules caused by mycobacteria and lung cancer: a case-control study.
BMC infectious diseases.
2015
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RecF and RecR Play Critical Roles in the Homologous Recombination and Single-Strand Annealing Pathways of Mycobacteria.
Journal of bacteriology.
2015
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Times cited: 13 -
Genome-Wide Mapping of the Distribution of CarD, RNAP σA, and RNAP β on the Mycobacterium smegmatis Chromosome using Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Sequencing.
Genomics data.
2014
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Times cited: 13 -
Double-Strand DNA Break Repair in Mycobacteria.
Microbiology spectrum.
2014
Review
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Times cited: 11 -
Novel imidazoline antimicrobial scaffold that inhibits DNA replication with activity against mycobacteria and drug resistant Gram-positive cocci.
ACS chemical biology.
2014
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Times cited: 17 -
RecO protein initiates DNA recombination and strand annealing through two alternative DNA binding mechanisms.
The Journal of biological chemistry.
2014
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An essential nonredundant role for mycobacterial DnaK in native protein folding.
PLoS genetics.
2014
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Times cited: 47 -
DNA ligase C1 mediates the LigD-independent nonhomologous end-joining pathway of Mycobacterium smegmatis.
Journal of bacteriology.
2014
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Times cited: 14 -
Deficiency of double-strand DNA break repair does not impair Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence in multiple animal models of infection.
Infection and immunity.
2014
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Times cited: 15 -
The Rip1 protease of Mycobacterium tuberculosis controls the SigD regulon.
Journal of bacteriology.
2014
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Times cited: 17 -
The mechanism of action of BCG therapy for bladder cancer--a current perspective.
Nature reviews. Urology.
2014
Review
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Times cited: 453 -
Function of site-2 proteases in bacteria and bacterial pathogens.
Biochimica et biophysica acta.
2013
Review
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Times cited: 33 -
Essential yet limited role for CCR2⁺ inflammatory monocytes during Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T cell priming.
eLife.
2013
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Times cited: 101 -
Site-2 protease substrate specificity and coupling in trans by a PDZ-substrate adapter protein.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
2013
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Times cited: 12 -
M.tuberculosis mutants lacking oxygenated mycolates show increased immunogenicity and protective efficacy as compared to M. bovis BCG vaccine in an experimental mouse model.
PloS one.
2013
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Times cited: 5 -
Structure and function of CarD, an essential mycobacterial transcription factor.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
2013
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Times cited: 69 -
Oncogenic activation of Pak1-dependent pathway of macropinocytosis determines BCG entry into bladder cancer cells.
Cancer research.
2013
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Times cited: 71 -
A dual role for mycobacterial RecO in RecA-dependent homologous recombination and RecA-independent single-strand annealing.
Nucleic acids research.
2013
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Times cited: 25 -
Characterization of Mycobacterium smegmatis PolD2 and PolD1 as RNA/DNA polymerases homologous to the POL domain of bacterial DNA ligase D.
Biochemistry.
2012
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Times cited: 22 -
Interaction of CarD with RNA polymerase mediates Mycobacterium tuberculosis viability, rifampin resistance, and pathogenesis.
Journal of bacteriology.
2012
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Times cited: 53 -
Inhibition of mycobacterial infection by the tumor suppressor PTEN.
The Journal of biological chemistry.
2012
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Times cited: 31 -
Mycobacterium tuberculosis lacking all mycolic acid cyclopropanation is viable but highly attenuated and hyperinflammatory in mice.
Infection and immunity.
2012
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Times cited: 66 -
Converting cancer therapies into cures: lessons from infectious diseases.
Cell.
2012
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Times cited: 140 -
Legionella jordanis in hematopoietic SCT patients radiographically mimicking invasive mold infection.
2011
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Catalytic and non-catalytic roles for the mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase Arr in the mycobacterial DNA damage response.
PloS one.
2011
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A gamma interferon independent mechanism of CD4 T cell mediated control of M. tuberculosis infection in vivo.
PLoS pathogens.
2011
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Times cited: 158 -
CarD: a new RNA polymerase modulator in mycobacteria.
Transcription.
2011
Review
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Mycobacteria exploit three genetically distinct DNA double-strand break repair pathways.
Molecular microbiology.
2010
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Times cited: 81 -
An improved counterselectable marker system for mycobacterial recombination using galK and 2-deoxy-galactose.
Gene.
2010
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Times cited: 36 -
Is Mycobacterium tuberculosis stressed out? A critical assessment of the genetic evidence.
Microbes and infection.
2010
Review
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Times cited: 47 -
M. tuberculosis intramembrane protease Rip1 controls transcription through three anti-sigma factor substrates.
Molecular microbiology.
2010
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Times cited: 46 -
Redundant function of cmaA2 and mmaA2 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis cis cyclopropanation of oxygenated mycolates.
Journal of bacteriology.
2010
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Times cited: 41 -
CarD is an essential regulator of rRNA transcription required for Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence.
Cell.
2009
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Times cited: 174 -
Mycolic acid cyclopropanation is essential for viability, drug resistance, and cell wall integrity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Chemistry & biology.
2009
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Times cited: 95 -
AdnAB: a new DSB-resecting motor-nuclease from mycobacteria.
Genes & development.
2009
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Times cited: 68 -
Mutational analysis of Mycobacterium UvrD1 identifies functional groups required for ATP hydrolysis, DNA unwinding, and chemomechanical coupling.
Biochemistry.
2009
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Times cited: 28 -
Use of sloppy molecular beacon probes for identification of mycobacterial species.
Journal of clinical microbiology.
2009
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Times cited: 38 -
Mycobacterium haemophilum infection after alemtuzumab treatment.
Emerging infectious diseases.
2008
Letter
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Times cited: 19 -
Delayed protection by ESAT-6-specific effector CD4+ T cells after airborne M. tuberculosis infection.
The Journal of experimental medicine.
2008
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Times cited: 152 -
Domain requirements for DNA unwinding by mycobacterial UvrD2, an essential DNA helicase.
Biochemistry.
2008
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Times cited: 42 -
The pathways and outcomes of mycobacterial NHEJ depend on the structure of the broken DNA ends.
Genes & development.
2008
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Times cited: 94 -
Bacterial DNA repair by non-homologous end joining.
Nature reviews. Microbiology.
2007
Review
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Times cited: 215 -
Leprosy as immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-positive persons.
Emerging infectious diseases.
2007
Letter
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Times cited: 22 -
Mycobacterium tuberculosis nuoG is a virulence gene that inhibits apoptosis of infected host cells.
PLoS pathogens.
2007
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Times cited: 241 -
Mycobacterial nonhomologous end joining mediates mutagenic repair of chromosomal double-strand DNA breaks.
Journal of bacteriology.
2007
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Times cited: 76 -
Mycobacterial UvrD1 is a Ku-dependent DNA helicase that plays a role in multiple DNA repair events, including double-strand break repair.
The Journal of biological chemistry.
2007
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Times cited: 60 -
Trans-cyclopropanation of mycolic acids on trehalose dimycolate suppresses Mycobacterium tuberculosis -induced inflammation and virulence.
The Journal of clinical investigation.
2006
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Times cited: 160 -
Site-2 proteases in prokaryotes: regulated intramembrane proteolysis expands to microbial pathogenesis.
Microbes and infection.
2006
Review
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Times cited: 45 -
Crystal structure and nonhomologous end-joining function of the ligase component of Mycobacterium DNA ligase D.
The Journal of biological chemistry.
2006
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Times cited: 57 -
Atomic structure and nonhomologous end-joining function of the polymerase component of bacterial DNA ligase D.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
2006
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Times cited: 59 -
Regulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell envelope composition and virulence by intramembrane proteolysis.
Nature.
2005
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Times cited: 89 -
Mechanism of nonhomologous end-joining in mycobacteria: a low-fidelity repair system driven by Ku, ligase D and ligase C.
Nature structural & molecular biology.
2005
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Times cited: 167 -
Mycobacterium tuberculosis controls host innate immune activation through cyclopropane modification of a glycolipid effector molecule.
The Journal of experimental medicine.
2005
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Times cited: 199 -
Biochemical and genetic analysis of the four DNA ligases of mycobacteria.
The Journal of biological chemistry.
2004
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Times cited: 125 -
Efficient allelic exchange and transposon mutagenesis in Mycobacterium avium by specialized transduction.
Applied and environmental microbiology.
2003
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Times cited: 15 -
The mmaA2 gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis encodes the distal cyclopropane synthase of the alpha-mycolic acid.
The Journal of biological chemistry.
2002
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Times cited: 70 -
Crystal structures of mycolic acid cyclopropane synthases from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The Journal of biological chemistry.
2001
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Times cited: 166 -
Microbial pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: dawn of a discipline.
Cell.
2001
Review
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Times cited: 243 -
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis cmaA2 gene encodes a mycolic acid trans-cyclopropane synthetase.
The Journal of biological chemistry.
2000
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Times cited: 114 -
A novel mycolic acid cyclopropane synthetase is required for cording, persistence, and virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Molecular cell.
2000
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Times cited: 551 -
Acute epiglottitis due to Pasteurella multocida in an adult without animal exposure.
Emerging infectious diseases.
1997
Letter
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Times cited: 19 -
Antibody-catalyzed degradation of cocaine.
Science (New York, N.Y.).
1993
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Times cited: 248