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  1. Structure‐function analysis for the development of peptide inhibitors for a Gram‐positive quorum sensing system

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2022, Wiley

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya, Iman Tajer Abdullah

  2. The Rgg1518 transcriptional regulator is a necessary facet of sugar metabolism and virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  3. Pneumococcal 6-Phospho-β-Glucosidase (BglA3) Is Involved in Virulence and Nutrient Metabolism

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  4. Lactate Dehydrogenase Is the Key Enzyme for Pneumococcal Pyruvate Metabolism and Pneumococcal Survival in Blood

    Article • Infection and Immunity, September 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  5. Host stress hormone norepinephrine stimulates pneumococcal growth, biofilm formation and virulence gene expression

    Article • BMC Microbiology, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  6. Development and Characterization of a Long-Term Murine Model of Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection of the Lower Airways

    Article • Infection and Immunity, May 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  7. Streptococcus pneumoniae and reactive oxygen species: an unusual approach to living with radicals

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  8. Thiol Peroxidase Is an Important Component of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Oxygenated Environments

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  9. Invariant natural killer T cells recognize glycolipids from pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria

    Article • Nature Immunology, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  10. Treatment of Tuberculosis in a Region with High Drug Resistance: Outcomes, Drug Resistance Amplification and Re-Infection

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2011, PLOS

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  11. The cop operon is required for copper homeostasis and contributes to virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  12. Characterization of Novel β-Galactosidase Activity That Contributes to Glycoprotein Degradation and Virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  13. The pneumococcal response to oxidative stress includes a role for Rgg

    Article • Microbiology, September 2009, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  14. Pyruvate Formate Lyase Is Required for Pneumococcal Fermentative Metabolism and Virulence

    Article • Infection and Immunity, September 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  15. Characteristics of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Abkhazia (Georgia), a high-prevalence area in Eastern Europe

    Article • Tuberculosis, July 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  16. The ability to utilize mucin affects the regulation of virulence gene expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, January 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  17. Evaluation of Molecular-Beacon, TaqMan, and Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Probes for Detection of Antibiotic Resistance-Conferring Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA Extracts

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  18. The genetic portrait of an outbreak strain

    Article • Tuberculosis, September 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  19. Identification of amino acids essential for catalytic activity of pneumococcal neuraminidase A

    Article • Research in Microbiology, July 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  20. Pneumococcal Neuraminidases A and B Both Have Essential Roles during Infection of the Respiratory Tract and Sepsis

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  21. An extremely rapid and simple DNA-release method for detection of M. tuberculosis from clinical specimens

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, October 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  22. Natural Transposon Mutagenesis of Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: How Many Genes Does a Pathogen Need?

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2005, ASM Journals

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  23. Antibiotic resistance may affect alkali decontamination of specimens containing mycobacteria

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, October 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  24. Locating transposable element polymorphisms in bacterial genomes

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, June 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  25. Evolutionary Relationships among Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with Few Copies of IS6110

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya

  26. Role of Manganese-Containing Superoxide Dismutase in Oxidative Stress and Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, May 2000, ASM Journals

    Dr Hasan Yesilkaya, Janet Alexander