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  1. Genetic heterogeneity of the Spy1336/R28—Spy1337 virulence axis in Streptococcus pyogenes and effect on gene transcript levels and pathogenesis

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2020, PLOS

    James Musser

  2. Novel Genes Required for the Fitness of Streptococcus pyogenes in Human Saliva

    Article • mSphere, November 2017, ASM Journals

    James Musser

  3. Population Genomic Analysis of 1,777 Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates, Houston, Texas: Unexpected Abundance of Clonal Group 307

    Article • mBio, May 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Scott W Long, James Musser

  4. Opacification Domain of Serum Opacity Factor Inhibits Beta-Hemolysis and Contributes to Virulence ofStreptococcus pyogenes

    Article • mSphere, April 2017, ASM Journals

    James Musser

  5. Deletion of atoR from Streptococcus pyogenes Results in Hypervirulence in a Mouse Model of Sepsis and is LuxS Independent

    Article • Polish Journal of Microbiology, April 2017, Index Copernicus

    James Musser, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  6. Genomic Landscape of Intrahost Variation in Group A Streptococcus: Repeated and Abundant Mutational Inactivation of thefabTGene Encoding a Regulator of Fatty Acid Synthesis

    Article • Infection and Immunity, September 2016, ASM Journals

    James Musser

  7. Transcriptome Remodeling Contributes to Epidemic Disease Caused by the Human Pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes

    Article • mBio, May 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Luchang Zhu, James Musser

  8. Intergenic Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Polymorphism Upstream ofrocAAlters Toxin Production and Enhances Virulence in Streptococcus pyogenes

    Article • Infection and Immunity, May 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Luchang Zhu, James Musser

  9. Musser et al. Reply to “Emergence of the Same Successful Clade among Distinct Populations of emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes in Multiple Geographic Regions”

    Article • mBio, December 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Luchang Zhu, James Musser

  10. Trading Capsule for Increased Cytotoxin Production: Contribution to Virulence of a Newly Emerged Clade of emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes

    Article • mBio, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Luchang Zhu, James Musser

  11. Absence of Patient-to-Patient Intrahospital Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus as Determined by Whole-Genome Sequencing

    Article • mBio, October 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Scott W Long, James Musser

  12. PBP2a Mutations Causing High-Level Ceftaroline Resistance in Clinical Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Scott W Long, James Musser

  13. Contribution of Phages to Group A Streptococcus Genetic Diversity and Pathogenesis

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    James Musser

  14. Identification of Point Mutations in Clinical Staphylococcus aureus Strains That Produce Small-Colony Variants Auxotrophic for Menadione

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Scott W Long, James Musser

  15. Natural Variation in the Promoter of the Gene Encoding the Mga Regulator Alters Host-Pathogen Interactions in Group A Streptococcus Carrier Strains

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Anthony R Flores, James Musser

  16. Pediatric Tuberculosis

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, November 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    James Musser

  17. Genomic Analysis ofemm59Group AStreptococcusInvasive Strains, United States

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2012, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    James Musser

  18. In Reply

    Article • Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, March 2012, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

    James Musser

  19. Including the third dimension: A spatial analysis of TB cases in Houston Harris County

    Article • Tuberculosis, December 2011, Elsevier

    James Musser

  20. Giving TB wheels: Public transportation as a risk factor for tuberculosis transmission

    Article • Tuberculosis, December 2011, Elsevier

    James Musser

  21. From transcription to activation: how group A streptococcus, the flesh-eating pathogen, regulates SpeB cysteine protease production

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2011, Wiley

    James Musser

  22. Pediatric Tuberculosis: The Litmus Test For Program Evaluation

    Article • May 2011, American Thoracic Society

    James Musser

  23. Who's Getting Cultured For TB: Previously Unreported Disparities In Children

    Article • May 2011, American Thoracic Society

    James Musser

  24. How to approach genome wars in sepsis?

    Article • Critical Care, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    James Musser

  25. Geographic Time-Series Analysis Of HarrisCounty/Houston Tuberculosis Cases

    Article • May 2010, American Thoracic Society

    James Musser

  26. Adaptation of Group A Streptococcus to Human Amniotic Fluid

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2010, PLOS

    James Musser, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  27. Axis of Coinfection Evil

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, February 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    James Musser, Frank DeLeo

  28. Molecular Pathogenesis of Necrotizing Fasciitis

    Article • Annual Review of Pathology Mechanisms of Disease, January 2010, Annual Reviews

    James Musser

  29. Identification of an Unusual Pattern of Global Gene Expression in Group B Streptococcus Grown in Human Blood

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2009, PLOS

    James Musser, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  30. A decade of molecular pathogenomic analysis of group A Streptococcus

    Article • Journal of Clinical Investigation, September 2009, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    James Musser

  31. Tuberculosis Disparity between US-born Blacks and Whites, Houston, Texas, USA1

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    James Musser

  32. Molecular mechanisms underlying group A streptococcal pathogenesis

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, January 2009, Wiley

    James Musser

  33. Analysis of growth-phase regulated genes in Streptococcus agalactiae by global transcript profiling

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    James Musser, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  34. Remodeling of the Streptococcus agalactiae Transcriptome in Response to Growth Temperature

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2008, PLOS

    James Musser, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  35. The role of complex carbohydrate catabolism in the pathogenesis of invasive streptococci

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, July 2008, Elsevier

    James Musser

  36. Molecular characterization of group AStreptococcusmaltodextrin catabolism and its role in pharyngitis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2008, Wiley

    James Musser

  37. A Non-Human Primate Model of Acute Group A Streptococcus Pharyngitis

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    James Musser

  38. Mortality associated with central nervous system tuberculosis

    Article • Journal of Infection, December 2007, Elsevier

    James Musser

  39. Molecular Correlates of Host Specialization in Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2007, PLOS

    James Musser

  40. Contribution of Exogenous Genetic Elements to the Group A Streptococcus Metagenome

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2007, PLOS

    James Musser

  41. Secreted bacterial phospholipase A2 enzymes: better living through phospholipolysis

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, February 2007, Elsevier

    James Musser, Izabela Sitkiewicz

  42. The next chapter in reverse vaccinology

    Article • Nature Biotechnology, February 2006, Nature

    James Musser

  43. Toward a Genome-Wide Systems Biology Analysis of Host-Pathogen Interactions in Group A Streptococcus

    Article • American Journal Of Pathology, December 2005, Elsevier

    James Musser, Frank DeLeo

  44. Genome-wide analysis of group AStreptococcus

    Article • April 2005, Wiley

    James Musser

  45. Streptococcus pyogenes and human neutrophils: a paradigm for evasion of innate host defense by bacterial pathogens

    Article • Microbes and Infection, October 2004, Elsevier

    James Musser, Frank DeLeo

  46. Group A Streptococcus Vaccine Research

    Article • January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    James Musser

  47. The fundamental contribution of phages to GAS evolution, genome diversification and strain emergence

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, November 2002, Elsevier

    James Musser

  48. Erratum: Reply to “Streptococcus pyogenes and phagocytic killing”

    Article • Nature Reports Stem Cells, October 2002, Nature

    James Musser, Frank DeLeo

  49. Evolutionary genomics of pathogenic bacteria

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, November 2001, Elsevier

    James Musser

  50. Pneumococcal Research Transformed

    Article • New England Journal of Medicine, October 2001, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    James Musser

  51. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms inMycobacterium tuberculosisStructural Genes

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2001, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    James Musser

  52. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms inMycobacterium tuberculosisStructural Genes

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2001, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    James Musser

  53. Treatment of Isoniazid-Resistant Tuberculosis in Southeastern Texas

    Article • CHEST Journal, June 2001, Elsevier

    James Musser

  54. Bacterial polymorphisms and disease in humans

    Article • Journal of Clinical Investigation, February 2001, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    James Musser

  55. Group A Streptococcus: allelic variation, population genetics, and host-pathogen interactions

    Article • Journal of Clinical Investigation, February 2001, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    James Musser

  56. Toward a genome-scale understanding of group A Streptococcus pathogenesis

    Article • Current Opinion in Microbiology, February 2001, Elsevier

    James Musser

  57. Mutations in Genes Associated with Drug Resistance inMycobacterium tuberculosisIsolates from Italy

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, November 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    James Musser

  58. Epidemiology of Invasive Streptococcal Infections

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, June 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    James Musser

  59. Molecular population genetic analysis of aStreptococcus pyogenesbacteriophage-encoded hyaluronidase gene: recombination contributes to allelic variation

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, April 1997, Elsevier

    James Musser

  60. Structure-Function and Pathogenesis Studies of Streptococcus pyogenes Extracellular Cysteine Protease

    Article • January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    James Musser

  61. Molecular Population Genetic Analysis of Emerged Bacterial Pathogens: Selected Insights

    Article • March 1996, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    James Musser

  62. Clinical Relevance of Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxins in Streptococcal Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome and Other Severe Invasive Infections

    Article • Pediatric Annals, December 1992, SLACK, Inc.

    James Musser

  63. Microbiology

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, September 1991, Elsevier

    James Musser

  64. Population Genetics of Bacterial Pathogenesis

    Article • January 1990, Elsevier

    James Musser

  65. Population Genetics of Bacterial Pathogenesis

    Article • January 1990, Elsevier

    James Musser

  66. Population genetics of pathogenic bacteria

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, July 1987, Elsevier

    James Musser

  67. Immunoreactivity of the two common allozymes of murine glucosephosphate isomerase

    Article • Biochemical Genetics, June 1981, Springer Science + Business Media

    James Musser

  68. Infectious disease control: combining molecular biological and network methods

    Article • Emerald

    James Musser