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  1. The Transcriptional Regulator CpsY Is Important for Innate Immune Evasion in Streptococcus pyogenes

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Yoann Le Breton, Professor Kevin S. McIver

  2. A PTS EII mutant library in Group A Streptococcus identifies a promiscuous man‐family PTS transporter influencing SLS ‐mediated hemolysis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, November 2016, Wiley

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  3. ThefruRBAOperon Is Necessary for Group A Streptococcal Growth in Fructose and for Resistance to Neutrophil Killing during Growth in Whole Human Blood

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Kevin S. McIver, Dr Yoann Le Breton

  4. The crimson conundrum: heme toxicity and tolerance in GAS

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, November 2014, Frontiers

    Professor Kevin S. McIver, Dr Yoann Le Breton

  5. An Extracellular Bacterial Pathogen Modulates Host Metabolism to Regulate Its Own Sensing and Proliferation

    Article • Cell, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Kevin S. McIver, Dr Yoann Le Breton, Yi Ting Zhou

  6. The Phosphoenolpyruvate Phosphotransferase System in Group A Streptococcus Acts To Reduce Streptolysin S Activity and Lesion Severity during Soft Tissue Infection

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  7. Genetic Manipulation of Streptococcus pyogenes (The Group A Streptococcus, GAS)

    Article • Current Protocols in Microbiology, October 2013, Wiley

    Professor Kevin S. McIver, Dr Yoann Le Breton

  8. Laboratory Growth and Maintenance of Streptococcus pyogenes (The Group A Streptococcus, GAS)

    Article • Current Protocols in Microbiology, October 2013, Wiley

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  9. PTS phosphorylation of Mga modulates regulon expression and virulence in the group A streptococcus

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2013, Wiley

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  10. Genome-Wide Identification of Genes Required for Fitness of Group A Streptococcus in Human Blood

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  11. Characterization of the Group A Streptococcus Mga virulence regulator reveals a role for the C-terminal region in oligomerization and transcriptional activation

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2012, Wiley

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  12. Investigating How Streptococcus Responds to Their Environment: Bringing Together Current Research, a Case Study and Laboratory Investigation †

    Article • Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, December 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  13. MtsR is a dual regulator that controls virulence genes and metabolic functions in addition to metal homeostasis in the group A streptococcus

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2010, Wiley

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  14. Assessing Student Understanding of Host Pathogen Interactions Using a Concept Inventory

    Article • Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, May 2009, ASM Journals

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  15. Stand-Alone Response Regulators Controlling Global Virulence Networks in Streptococcus pyogenes

    Article • January 2009, Karger Publishers

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  16. Skim milk enhances the preservation of thawed −80 °C bacterial stocks

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Michael J Schurr, Professor Kevin S. McIver

  17. The Mga virulence regulon: infection where the grass is greener

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2007, Wiley

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  18. Identification of pyruvate kinase as an antigen associated with Tourette syndrome

    Article • Journal of Neuroimmunology, December 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  19. Defining the Mga regulon: comparative transcriptome analysis reveals both direct and indirect regulation by Mga in the group A streptococcus

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2006, Wiley

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  20. amrA encodes a putative membrane protein necessary for maximal exponential phase expression of the Mga virulence regulon in Streptococcus pyogenes

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 2003, Wiley

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  21. Virulence factor regulation and regulatory networks in Streptococcus pyogenes and their impact on pathogen–host interactions

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, May 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  22. Two DNA-binding domains of Mga are required for virulence gene activation in the group A streptococcus

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2002, Wiley

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  23. Complementation of divergent mga genes in group A Streptococcus

    Article • Gene, October 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Kevin S. McIver

  24. The elastase propeptide functions as an intramolecular chaperone required for elastase activity and secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 1995, Wiley

    Professor Kevin S. McIver