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  1. MrpH, a new class of metal-binding adhesin, requires zinc to mediate biofilm formation

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, August 2020, PLOS

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  2. How Proteus mirabilis regulates genes during urinary tract infection

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  3. Comprehensive review of Proteus mirabilis

    Article • EcoSal Plus, February 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  4. From Catheter to Kidney Stone: The Uropathogenic Lifestyle of Proteus mirabilis

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  5. How a gene regulator (AtfJ) regulates itself and other genes

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  6. Proteus mirabilis fimbriae- and urease-dependent clusters assemble in an extracellular niche to initiate bladder stone formation

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  7. Proteus mirabilis and Urinary Tract Infections

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  8. Transcriptional Analysis of the MrpJ Network: Modulation of Diverse Virulence-Associated Genes and Direct Regulation ofmrpFimbrial andflhDCFlagellar Operons in Proteus mirabilis

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  9. Characterization of 17 chaperone-usher fimbriae encoded by Proteus mirabilis reveals strong conservation

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, May 2014, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  10. MP8-17 REGULATION OF PROTEUS MIRABILIS VIRULENCE BY MRPJ

    Article • The Journal of Urology, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  11. 1159 IDENTIFICATION OF THE IN VIVO BINDING TARGET OF PROTEUS MIRABILIS MR/P FIMBRIAE

    Article • The Journal of Urology, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  12. Transcriptome of Proteus mirabilis in the Murine Urinary Tract: Virulence and Nitrogen Assimilation Gene Expression

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  13. Proteobactin and a yersiniabactin-related siderophore mediate iron acquisition in Proteus mirabilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2010, Wiley

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  14. Transcriptome of Swarming Proteus mirabilis

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  15. Oxygen-Limiting Conditions Enrich for Fimbriate Cells of Uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  16. Repression of motility during fimbrial expression: identification of 14mrpJgene paralogues inProteus mirabilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2008, Wiley

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  17. Complete Genome Sequence of Uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis, a Master of both Adherence and Motility

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  18. The type III secretion system of Proteus mirabilis HI4320 does not contribute to virulence in the mouse model of ascending urinary tract infection

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, October 2007, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  19. Metabolic Analysis of Moraxella catarrhalis and the Effect of Selected In Vitro Growth Conditions on Global Gene Expression

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  20. Identification of Gene Products Involved in Biofilm Production by Moraxella catarrhalis ETSU-9 In Vitro

    Article • Infection and Immunity, June 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  21. A UspA2H-Negative Variant of Moraxella catarrhalis Strain O46E Has a Deletion in a Homopolymeric Nucleotide Repeat Common to uspA2H Genes

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  22. Biofilm Formation by Moraxella catarrhalis In Vitro: Roles of the UspA1 Adhesin and the Hag Hemagglutinin

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  23. A hag Mutant of Moraxella catarrhalis Strain O35E Is Deficient in Hemagglutination, Autoagglutination, and Immunoglobulin D-Binding Activities

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2002, ASM Journals

    Dr Melanie M Pearson

  24. Cadmium-regulated gene fusions in Pseudomonas fluorescens

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2000, Wiley

    Dr Melanie M Pearson