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  1. A periplasmic zinc capture protein enhances the resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to nutritional immunity

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Alison Criss

  2. Neisseria gonorrhoeae co-opts C4b-binding protein to enhance complement-independent survival from neutrophils

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, March 2023, PLOS

    Alison Criss

  3. Metal piracy by Neisseria gonorrhoeae to overcome human nutritional immunity

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, February 2023, PLOS

    Alison Criss

  4. An improved method for differentiating cell-bound from internalized particles by imaging flow cytometry

    Article • Journal of Immunological Methods, August 2015, Elsevier

    Alison Criss

  5. The lipooligosaccharide-modifying enzyme LptA enhances gonococcal defence against human neutrophils

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, February 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Alison Criss

  6. A Thermonuclease of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Enhances Bacterial Escape From Killing by Neutrophil Extracellular Traps

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Alison Criss

  7. Insights into the Specificity of Neisserial Opa Protein Interactions with Human Receptors

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2015, Elsevier

    Alison Criss

  8. Opa+Neisseria gonorrhoeaeexhibits reduced survival in human neutrophils via Src family kinase-mediated bacterial trafficking into mature phagolysosomes

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, November 2014, Wiley

    Alison Criss

  9. The Complement Cascade and Bacterial Complement Resistance TBL

    Article • MedEdPORTAL, January 2014, Association of American Medical Colleges

    Alison Criss

  10. Assembly of NADPH Oxidase in Human Neutrophils Is Modulated by the Opacity-Associated Protein Expression State of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2013, ASM Journals

    Alison Criss

  11. Fluorescence Microscopy Methods for Determining the Viability of Bacteria in Association with Mammalian Cells

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, September 2013, MyJove Corporation

    Alison Criss

  12. Neisseria gonorrhoeae Metalloprotease NGO1686 Is Required for Full Piliation, and Piliation Is Required for Resistance to H2O2- and Neutrophil-Mediated Killing

    Article • mBio, July 2013, ASM Journals

    Hank Seifert, Alison Criss

  13. Constitutively Opa-Expressing and Opa-Deficient Neisseria gonorrhoeae Strains Differentially Stimulate and Survive Exposure to Human Neutrophils

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Alison Criss

  14. Neisseria gonorrhoeaephagosomes delay fusion with primary granules to enhance bacterial survival inside human neutrophils

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, February 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Alison Criss

  15. A bacterial siren song: intimate interactions between Neisseria and neutrophils

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alison Criss

  16. Resistance of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae to Neutrophils

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2011, Frontiers

    Alison Criss

  17. The DNA‐binding activity of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae LexA orthologue NG1427 is modulated by oxidation

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2010, Wiley

    Alison Criss

  18. Genetic Characterization of the Nucleotide Excision Repair System of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2009, ASM Journals

    Alison Criss

  19. Mismatch Correction Modulates Mutation Frequency and Pilus Phase and Antigenic Variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2009, ASM Journals

    Alison Criss

  20. Resistance ofNeisseria gonorrhoeaeto non-oxidative killing by adherent human polymorphonuclear leucocytes

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, July 2009, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Alison Criss

  21. Neisseria gonorrhoeae suppresses the oxidative burst of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, November 2008, Wiley

    Alison Criss

  22. Transposon Mutagenesis Identifies Sites Upstream of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilE Gene That Modulate Pilin Antigenic Variation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2007, ASM Journals

    Alison Criss

  23. Gonococci exit apically and basally from polarized epithelial cells and exhibit dynamic changes in type IV pili

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, September 2006, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Alison Criss

  24. The frequency and rate of pilin antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2005, Wiley

    Alison Criss

  25. The transcriptome response of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to hydrogen peroxide reveals genes with previously uncharacterized roles in oxidative damage protection

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2005, Wiley

    Alison Criss

  26. Coordinate Regulation of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Invasion of Epithelial Cells by the Arp2/3 Complex and Rho GTPases

    Article • Infection and Immunity, May 2003, ASM Journals

    Alison Criss

  27. Ceramide Glucosylation in Bean Hypocotyl Microsomes: Evidence That Steryl Glucoside Serves as Glucose Donor

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, April 1997, Elsevier

    Alison Criss