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  1. High-depth RNA-seq data to investigate gene regulation mediated by phase-variable DNA methyltransferases in serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, June 2026, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  2. Methylome profiles to investigate gene regulation mediated by phase-variable DNA methyltransferases in serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, June 2026, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  3. Oxford Nanopore Technologies RNA sequencing data for investigating epigenetic regulation by phase-variable DNA methyltransferase ModD1 in serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, June 2026, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  4. Characterization of a conserved outer-membrane protein in non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae with an unidentified impact on phenotype

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, March 2026, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  5. Advancing Collision-Induced Affinity Selection Mass Spectrometry for Quantitative Ligand Analysis in Complex Mixtures

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, March 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  6. Discovery of Ionophoroantibiotics as a New Antibiotic Class Targeting Metal Homeostasis in Multidrug-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • ACS Infectious Diseases, December 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  7. Group A Streptococcus interacts with glycosaminoglycans via M proteins to modulate bacterial adherence in vitro

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, July 2025, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  8. Improved breast cancer diagnosis using a CA15-3 capture antibody-lectin sandwich assay

    Article • Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  9. M proteins of group A Streptococcus bind hyaluronic acid via arginine–arginine/serine–arginine motifs

    Article • The FASEB Journal, October 2024, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  10. The phospholipase A of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lyses eukaryotic membranes and is necessary for survival in neutrophils and cervical epithelial cells

    Article • mBio, October 2024, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  11. The essential malaria protein PfCyRPA targets glycans to invade erythrocytes

    Article • Cell Reports, April 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  12. Phasevarions in Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius control expression of multiple proteins

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, January 2024, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  13. High-depth RNA-Seq data sets to investigate the differences in gene expression mediated by phasevarions in non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, December 2023, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  14. Analysis of Bacterial Phosphorylcholine-Related Genes Reveals an Association between Type-Specific Biosynthesis Pathways and Biomolecules Targeted for Phosphorylcholine Modification

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, August 2023, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  15. High-Frequency Changes in Pilin Glycosylation Patterns during Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup a Meningitis Outbreaks in the African Meningitis Belt

    Article • ACS Infectious Diseases, July 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  16. The biosynthesis and role of phosphorylcholine in pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, July 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  17. New Perspectives on Escherichia coli Signal Peptidase I Substrate Specificity: Investigating Why the TasA Cleavage Site Is Incompatible with LepB Cleavage

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, June 2023, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  18. N-glycolylneuraminic acid as a carbohydrate cancer biomarker

    Article • Translational Oncology, May 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  19. Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae encodes multiple phase-variable DNA methyltransferases that control distinct phasevarions

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, February 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  20. Adherence of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae to Cells and Substrates of the Airway Is Differentially Regulated by Individual ModA Phasevarions

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, February 2023, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  21. Repurposing Carbamazepine To Treat Gonococcal Infection in Women: Oral Delivery for Control of Epilepsy Generates Therapeutically Effective Levels in Vaginal Secretions

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, January 2023, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  22. Repurposing drugs to treat antimicrobial resistant infectious diseases

    Article • January 2023, ScienceOpen

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  23. Serum Neu5Gc biomarkers are elevated in primary cutaneous melanoma

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, January 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  24. The role of signal sequence proximal residues in the mature region of bacterial secreted proteins in E. coli

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, October 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  25. Repurposing the Ionophore, PBT2, for Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2022, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  26. Pneumococcal Phasevarions Control Multiple Virulence Traits, Including Vaccine Candidate Expression

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, June 2022, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  27. Ucl fimbriae regulation and glycan receptor specificity contribute to gut colonisation by extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, June 2022, PLOS

    Professor Mark A Schembri, Professor Bostjan Kobe, Professor Michael P Jennings, A/Prof Scott A Beatson

  28. Characterization of the Phase-Variable Autotransporter Lav Reveals a Role in Host Cell Adherence and Biofilm Formation in Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2022, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  29. ModA phasevarions regulate adherence of non-typeableHaemophilus influenzaeto the host airway in a tissue-specific manner

    Article • April 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  30. N-glycolylneuraminic acid serum biomarker levels are elevated in breast cancer patients at all stages of disease

    Article • BMC Cancer, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  31. How bacteria utilize sialic acid during interactions with the host: snip, snatch, dispatch, match and attach

    Article • Microbiology, March 2022, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  32. Complement Receptor 3 Mediates HIV-1 Transcytosis across an Intact Cervical Epithelial Cell Barrier: New Insight into HIV Transmission in Women

    Article • mBio, February 2022, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  33. Host glycocalyx captures HIV proximal to the cell surface via oligomannose-GlcNAc glycan-glycan interactions to support viral entry

    Article • Cell Reports, February 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  34. Calcium Contributes to Polarized Targeting of HIV Assembly Machinery by Regulating Complex Stability

    Article • JACS Au, February 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  35. Expression of the Bacillus subtilis TasA signal peptide leads to cell death in Escherichia coli due to inefficient cleavage by LepB

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, December 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  36. Assessment of Serum Bactericidal and Opsonophagocytic Activity of Antibodies to Gonococcal Vaccine Targets

    Article • November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  37. Complete Genome Sequences of Seven Neisseria gonorrhoeae Clinical Isolates from Mucosal and Disseminated Gonococcal Infections

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, October 2021, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  38. Complete Genome Sequence of Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis Strain C311

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, October 2021, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  39. Investigation of Mycobacterium ulcerans Glycan Interactions Using Glycan Array and Surface Plasmon Resonance

    Article • October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  40. Drug repurposing: Misconceptions, challenges, and opportunities for academic researchers

    Article • Science Translational Medicine, September 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  41. A drug candidate for Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease, PBT2, can be repurposed to render Neisseria gonorrhoeae susceptible to natural cationic antimicrobial peptides

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, August 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  42. The Acinetobacter baumannii Autotransporter Adhesin Ata Recognizes Host Glycans as High-Affinity Receptors

    Article • ACS Infectious Diseases, August 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  43. Streptococcus suis Encodes Multiple Allelic Variants of a Phase-Variable Type III DNA Methyltransferase, ModS, That Control Distinct Phasevarions

    Article • mSphere, June 2021, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  44. Identification of the Glycan Binding Profile of Human and Rodent Plasmodium Sporozoites

    Article • ACS Infectious Diseases, June 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  45. Multidisciplinary Approaches Identify Compounds that Bind to Human ACE2 or SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein as Candidates to Block SARS-CoV-2–ACE2 Receptor Interactions

    Article • mBio, April 2021, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  46. The Lst Sialyltransferase of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Can Transfer Keto-Deoxyoctanoate as the Terminal Sugar of Lipooligosaccharide: a Glyco-Achilles Heel That Provides a New Strategy for Vaccines to Prevent Gonorrhea

    Article • mBio, April 2021, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  47. The cell surface protein MUL_3720 confers binding of the skin pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans to sulfated glycans and keratin

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, February 2021, PLOS

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  48. Discovery of Bacterial Fimbria–Glycan Interactions Using Whole-Cell Recombinant Escherichia coli Expression

    Article • mBio, February 2021, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  49. Streptococcus suisencodes multiple allelic variants of a phase-variable Type III DNA methyltransferase, ModS, that control distinct phasevarions

    Article • January 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  50. Antibodies to neutralising epitopes synergistically block the interaction of the receptor‐binding domain of SARS‐CoV‐2 to ACE 2

    Article • Clinical & Translational Immunology, January 2021, Wiley

    Ahmed Shalash, Professor Michael P Jennings

  51. Streptococcus suis pathogenesis—A diverse array of virulence factors for a zoonotic lifestyle

    Article • January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  52. The Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Major Adhesin Hia Is a Dual-Function Lectin That Binds to Human-Specific Respiratory Tract Sialic Acid Glycan Receptors

    Article • mBio, December 2020, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  53. Identification of a domain critical for Staphylococcus aureus LukED receptor targeting and lysis of erythrocytes

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  54. Repurposing a neurodegenerative disease drug to treat Gram-negative antibiotic-resistant bacterial sepsis

    Article • Science Translational Medicine, November 2020, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Michael P Jennings, A/Prof Scott A Beatson

  55. Human Plasminogen Exacerbates Clostridioides difficile Enteric Disease and Alters the Spore Surface

    Article • Gastroenterology, October 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Nicholas West, Professor Michael P Jennings

  56. Random Switching of the ModA11 Type III DNA Methyltransferase of Neisseria meningitidis Regulates Entner–Doudoroff Aldolase Expression by a Methylation Change in the eda Promoter Region

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, October 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  57. Shigella flexneri Targets Human Colonic Goblet Cells by O Antigen Binding to Sialyl-Tn and Tn Antigens via Glycan–Glycan Interactions

    Article • ACS Infectious Diseases, September 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  58. Epigenetic Regulation of Virulence and Immunoevasion by Phase-Variable Restriction-Modification Systems in Bacterial Pathogens

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, September 2020, Annual Reviews

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  59. Binding specificity of ostreolysin A6 towards Sf9 insect cell lipids

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, September 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  60. Systematic Analysis of REBASE Identifies Numerous Type I Restriction-Modification Systems with Duplicated, Distinct hsdS Specificity Genes That Can Switch System Specificity by Recombination

    Article • mSystems, August 2020, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  61. Systematic analysis of REBASE identifies numerous Type I restriction-modification systems that contain duplicated, variablehsdSspecificity genes that randomly switch methyltransferase specificity by recombination

    Article • June 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  62. All major cholesterol-dependent cytolysins use glycans as cellular receptors

    Article • Science Advances, May 2020, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Bostjan Kobe, Professor Michael P Jennings

  63. Transcriptomic Data Sets To Determine Gene Expression Changes Mediated by the Presence of PBT2 in Growth Medium of Multidrug-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae WHO Z

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, May 2020, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  64. Repurposed Drugs That Block the Gonococcus-Complement Receptor 3 Interaction Can Prevent and Cure Gonococcal Infection of Primary Human Cervical Epithelial Cells

    Article • mBio, April 2020, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  65. Evolution for improved secretion and fitness may be the selective pressures leading to the emergence of two NDM alleles

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, April 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  66. Neisseria meningitidis Induces Pathology-Associated Cellular and Molecular Changes in Trigeminal Schwann Cells

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2020, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  67. Exploiting species specificity to understand the tropism of a human-specific toxin

    Article • Science Advances, March 2020, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  68. Panel 3: Genomics, precision medicine and targeted therapies

    Article • International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, March 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  69. The EngCP endo α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase is a virulence factor involved in Clostridium perfringens gas gangrene infections

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, February 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  70. Investigation of Group A Streptococcal Interactions with Host Glycan Structures Using High-Throughput Techniques: Glycan Microarray Analysis Using Recombinant Protein and Whole Cells

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  71. Shear force sensing of epithelial Na + channel (ENaC) relies on N -glycosylated asparagines in the palm and knuckle domains of αENaC

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Associate Professor Rajesh G Katare, Professor Michael P Jennings

  72. DNA sequence repeats identify numerous Type I restriction‐modification systems that are potential epigenetic regulators controlling phase‐variable regulons; phasevarions

    Article • The FASEB Journal, November 2019, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  73. Neisseria gonorrhoeae Becomes Susceptible to Polymyxin B and Colistin in the Presence of PBT2

    Article • ACS Infectious Diseases, November 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  74. Closed Complete Annotated Genome Sequences of Five Haemophilus influenzae Biogroup aegyptius Strains

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, November 2019, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  75. Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease contain new phase-variable modA methyltransferase alleles controlling phasevarions

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  76. Solution structure, glycan specificity and of phenol oxidase inhibitory activity of Anopheles C-type lectins CTL4 and CTLMA2

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  77. Specific blood group antibodies inhibit Shigella flexneri interaction with human cells in the absence of spinoculation

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, October 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  78. Complex Multilevel Control of Hemolysin Production by Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

    Article • mBio, October 2019, ASM Journals

    A/Prof Scott A Beatson, Professor Michael P Jennings

  79. Phasevarions of bacterial pathogens – phase-variable epigenetic regulators evolving from restriction–modification systems

    Article • Microbiology, September 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  80. Transcriptome Sequencing Data Sets for Determining Gene Expression Changes Mediated by Phase-Variable DNA Methyltransferases in Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Strains Isolated from Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, July 2019, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  81. Human glycan expression patterns influence Group A streptococcal colonization of epithelial cells

    Article • The FASEB Journal, June 2019, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  82. MCC950 directly targets the NLRP3 ATP-hydrolysis motif for inflammasome inhibition

    Article • Nature Chemical Biology, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  83. Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Has Evolved Preferential Use of N-Acetylneuraminic Acid as a Host Adaptation

    Article • mBio, May 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Stephen J Barenkamp, Professor Michael P Jennings

  84. Analysis of Invasive Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Isolates Reveals Selection for the Expression State of Particular Phase-Variable Lipooligosaccharide Biosynthetic Genes

    Article • Infection and Immunity, May 2019, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  85. Efficient function of signal peptidase 1 of Escherichia coli is partly determined by residues in the mature N-terminus of exported proteins

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, May 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  86. Lectin activity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa vaccine candidates PSE17-1, PSE41-5 and PSE54

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, April 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  87. The Neisseria gonorrhoeae Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase (MsrA/B) Is a Surface Exposed, Immunogenic, Vaccine Candidate

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, February 2019, Frontiers

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  88. Self-derived structure-disrupting peptides targeting methionine aminopeptidase in pathogenic bacteria: a new strategy to generate antimicrobial peptides

    Article • The FASEB Journal, February 2019, Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)

    Professor Yaoqi Zhou, Professor Michael P Jennings, Dr Sohinee Sarkar, Dr Kate L Seib, Qizhuang Ye

  89. High-Depth RNA-Seq Data Sets for Studying Gene Expression Changes Mediated by Phase-Variable DNA Methyltransferases in Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, January 2019, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  90. Investigation of Whole Cell Meningococcal Glycan Interactions Using High Throughput Glycobiology Techniques: Glycan Array and Surface Plasmon Resonance

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  91. Lectin Activity of the TcdA and TcdB Toxins of Clostridium difficile

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2018, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  92. Detection of N-glycolylneuraminic acid biomarkers in sera from patients with ovarian cancer using an engineered N-glycolylneuraminic acid-specific lectin SubB2M

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  93. Moraxella catarrhalis Restriction-Modification Systems are Associated with Phylogenetic Lineage and Disease

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, October 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  94. Streptococcus suis contains multiple phase-variable methyltransferases that show a discrete lineage distribution

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, October 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  95. Epigenetic Regulation Alters Biofilm Architecture and Composition in Multiple Clinical Isolates of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • mBio, September 2018, ASM Journals

    Kenneth Brockman, Professor Michael P Jennings

  96. Publisher Correction: Human CD45 is an F-component-specific receptor for the staphylococcal toxin Panton–Valentine leukocidin

    Article • Nature Microbiology, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  97. Phasevarions of Bacterial Pathogens: Methylomics Sheds New Light on Old Enemies

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, August 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  98. Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Lipooligosaccharide Expresses a Terminal Ketodeoxyoctanate In Vivo, Which Can Be Used as a Target for Bactericidal Antibody

    Article • mBio, July 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Michael A Apicella, Professor Michael P Jennings

  99. Closed Complete Genome Sequences of Two Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Strains Containing Novel modA Alleles from the Sputum of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, July 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Kate L Seib, Professor Michael P Jennings

  100. The HMW2 adhesin of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae is a human-adapted lectin that mediates high-affinity binding to 2–6 linked N -acetylneuraminic acid glycans

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, June 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings, Dr Stephen J Barenkamp

  101. Neisseria gonorrhoeae vaccine development: hope on the horizon?

    Article • Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, June 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  102. Human CD45 is an F-component-specific receptor for the staphylococcal toxin Panton–Valentine leukocidin

    Article • Nature Microbiology, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  103. The Bexsero Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B vaccine antigen NHBA is a high-affinity chondroitin sulfate binding protein

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  104. Glycointeractions in bacterial pathogenesis

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  105. Specificity and utility of SubB2M, a new N -glycolylneuraminic acid lectin

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, April 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  106. A survey of Type III restriction-modification systems reveals numerous, novel epigenetic regulators controlling phase-variable regulons; phasevarions

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, March 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  107. Characterizing the meningococcal glycointeractome: what is new?

    Article • Future Microbiology, February 2018, Future Medicine

    Dr Kate L Seib, Professor Michael P Jennings

  108. Lectin activity of the pneumococcal pilin proteins

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  109. Methylomic and phenotypic analysis of the ModH5 phasevarion of Helicobacter pylori

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2017, Nature

    Dr Rebecca Gorrell, Professor Michael P Jennings

  110. Refinement of immunizing antigens to produce functional blocking antibodies against the AniA nitrite reductase of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • PLOS One, August 2017, PLOS

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  111. The glycointeractome of serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis strain MC58

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  112. Phase variation of DNA methyltransferases and the regulation of virulence and immune evasion in the pathogenic Neisseria

    Article • Pathogens and Disease, July 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  113. The sweet side of the pathogenic Neisseria: the role of glycan interactions in colonisation and disease

    Article • Pathogens and Disease, June 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  114. The ModA2 Phasevarion of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Regulates Resistance to Oxidative Stress and Killing by Human Neutrophils

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  115. Complete Genome Sequence of Moraxella catarrhalis Strain CCRI-195ME, Isolated from the Middle Ear

    Article • Genome Announcements, May 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Kate L Seib, Professor Michael P Jennings

  116. Structure aided design of a Neu5Gc specific lectin

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  117. Effect of GPR84 deletion on obesity and diabetes development in mice fed long chain or medium chain fatty acid rich diets

    Article • Zeitschrift für Ernährungswissenschaft, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  118. The Pneumococcal Alpha-Glycerophosphate Oxidase Enhances Nasopharyngeal Colonization through Binding to Host Glycoconjugates

    Article • EBioMedicine, April 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  119. Signal peptidase I processed secretory signal sequences: Selection for and against specific amino acids at the second position of mature protein

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, February 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  120. Blood Group Antigen Recognition via the Group A Streptococcal M Protein Mediates Host Colonization

    Article • mBio, January 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Martina Sanderson-Smith, Professor Bostjan Kobe, Professor Michael P Jennings

  121. The Capricious Nature of Bacterial Pathogens: Phasevarions and Vaccine Development

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, December 2016, Frontiers

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  122. Neisserial Heparin Binding Antigen (NHBA) Contributes to the Adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis to Human Epithelial Cells

    Article • PLOS One, October 2016, PLOS

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  123. Neisseria meningitidis Lacking the Major Porins PorA and PorB Is Viable and Modulates Apoptosis and the Oxidative Burst of Neutrophils

    Article • Journal of Proteome Research, July 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  124. ModA2 Phasevarion Switching in NontypeableHaemophilus influenzaeIncreases the Severity of Experimental Otitis Media

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, June 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  125. The modA10 phasevarion of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae R2866 regulates multiple virulence-associated traits

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, March 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  126. Distribution of the type III DNA methyltransferases modA, modB and modD among Neisseria meningitidis genotypes: implications for gene regulation and virulence

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  127. Is gonococcal disease preventable? The importance of understanding immunity and pathogenesis in vaccine development

    Article • Critical Reviews in Microbiology, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  128. Glycan:glycan interactions: High affinity biomolecular interactions that can mediate binding of pathogenic bacteria to host cells

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  129. Staphylococcus aureus Targets the Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines (DARC) to Lyse Erythrocytes

    Article • Cell Host & Microbe, September 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  130. The potential impact of vaccination on the prevalence of gonorrhea

    Article • Vaccine, August 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  131. A biphasic epigenetic switch controls immunoevasion, virulence and niche adaptation in non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2015, Nature

    Dr Stephen J Barenkamp, Professor Michael P Jennings

  132. Protection against Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli by Non-Genetically Modified Organism Receptor Mimic Bacterial Ghosts

    Article • Infection and Immunity, June 2015, ASM Journals

    James Paton, Professor Michael P Jennings

  133. A genetic screen reveals a periplasmic copper chaperone required for nitrite reductase activity in pathogenic Neisseria

    Article • The FASEB Journal, June 2015, Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  134. Specificity of the ModA11, ModA12 and ModD1 epigenetic regulator N6-adenine DNA methyltransferases of Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  135. Selection and Counterselection of Hia Expression Reveals a Key Role for Phase-Variable Expression of Hia in Infection Caused by NontypeableHaemophilus influenzae

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

    Dr Stephen J Barenkamp, Professor Michael P Jennings

  136. Ferrets exclusively synthesize Neu5Ac and express naturally humanized influenza A virus receptors

    Article • Nature Communications, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  137. The cholesterol-dependent cytolysins pneumolysin and streptolysin O require binding to red blood cell glycans for hemolytic activity

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  138. The staphylococcal toxins γ-haemolysin AB and CB differentially target phagocytes by employing specific chemokine receptors

    Article • Nature Communications, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  139. A random six-phase switch regulates pneumococcal virulence via global epigenetic changes

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  140. ModM DNA methyltransferase methylome analysis reveals a potential role for Moraxella catarrhalis phasevarions in otitis media

    Article • The FASEB Journal, September 2014, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  141. Phasevarions Mediate Epigenetic Regulation of Antimicrobial Susceptibility in Neisseria meningitidis

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

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  142. A Role for Lactate Dehydrogenases in the Survival of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Human Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes and Cervical Epithelial Cells

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  143. A Drug Delivery Strategy: Binding Enkephalin to Asialoglycoprotein Receptor by Enzymatic Galactosylation

    Article • PLOS One, April 2014, PLOS

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  144. F9 Fimbriae of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Are Expressed at Low Temperature and Recognise Galβ1-3GlcNAc-Containing Glycans

    Article • PLOS One, March 2014, PLOS

    Professor Mark A Schembri, Professor Michael P Jennings

  145. Selection against glycosylation sites in potential target proteins of the general HMWC N-glycosyltransferase in Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  146. Selection for Phase Variation of LOS Biosynthetic Genes Frequently Occurs in Progression of Non-Typeable Haemophilus influenzae Infection from the Nasopharynx to the Middle Ear of Human Patients

    Article • PLOS One, February 2014, PLOS

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  147. Identification of a Crucial Residue Required for Staphylococcus aureus LukAB Cytotoxicity and Receptor Recognition

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  148. α-1,4-Galactosyltransferase-catalyzed glycosylation of sugar and lipid modified Leu-enkephalins

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic, December 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  149. Role of Neisseria meningitidis PorA and PorB Expression in Antimicrobial Susceptibility

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  150. Enantioselective synthesis of a potential 1,5-syn-polyol C1–C24 subunit of (−)-caylobolide A

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, October 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  151. Evaluation of Truncated NhhA Protein as a Candidate Meningococcal Vaccine Antigen

    Article • PLOS One, September 2013, PLOS

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  152. TiCl4 mediated preparation of (E)-non-conjugated homoallylic alcohols with α-substituted allylsilanes

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, August 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  153. Distinct physiological roles for the two l-asparaginase isozymes of Escherichia coli

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  154. Convergent synthesis of (+)-xestodecalactone A via a Pd-catalyzed α-arylation reaction

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  155. Liposomes for Improved Enzymatic Glycosylation of Lipid-Modified Lactose Enkephalin

    Article • ChemPlusChem, June 2013, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  156. Staphylococcus aureusLukAB cytotoxin kills human neutrophils by targeting the CD11b subunit of the integrin Mac-1

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  157. Analysis of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Phase-Variable Genes During Experimental Human Nasopharyngeal Colonization

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  158. Dual Pili Post-translational Modifications Synergize to Mediate Meningococcal Adherence to Platelet Activating Factor Receptor on Human Airway Cells

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, May 2013, PLOS

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  159. Identification of Bacterial Protein O-Oligosaccharyltransferases and Their Glycoprotein Substrates

    Article • PLOS One, May 2013, PLOS

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  160. Characterization of an ntrX Mutant of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Reveals a Response Regulator That Controls Expression of Respiratory Enzymes in Oxidase-Positive Proteobacteria

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings, Ulrike Kappler

  161. A Glutathione-Dependent Detoxification System Is Required for Formaldehyde Resistance and Optimal Survival of Neisseria meningitidis in Biofilms

    Article • Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, March 2013, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Michael P Jennings, Professor Bostjan Kobe

  162. Substrate recognition of a structure motif for phosphorylcholine post-translational modification in Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, February 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  163. Recombinant truncated AniA of pathogenic Neisseria elicits a non-native immune response and functional blocking antibodies

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, February 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  164. Interplay between Manganese and Iron in Pneumococcal Pathogenesis: Role of the Orphan Response Regulator RitR

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  165. Origin of the Diversity in DNA Recognition Domains in Phasevarion Associated modA Genes of Pathogenic Neisseria and Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • PLOS One, March 2012, PLOS

    Professor Michael P Jennings, A/Prof Scott A Beatson

  166. A glutathione-based system for defense against carbonyl stress in Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  167. Phenotypic Characterization of acopAMutant of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Identifies a Link between Copper and Nitrosative Stress

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  168. Phasevarion Mediated Epigenetic Gene Regulation in Helicobacter pylori

    Article • PLOS One, December 2011, PLOS

    Professor Michael P Jennings, Dr Rebecca Gorrell

  169. Directed evolution of efficient secretion in the SRP-dependent export of TolB

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  170. A novel epigenetic regulator associated with the hypervirulent Neisseria meningitidis clonal complex 41/44

    Article • The FASEB Journal, June 2011, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  171. Coupling between codon usage, translation and protein export in Escherichia coli

    Article • Biotechnology Journal, May 2011, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  172. Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilin glycan contributes to CR3 activation during challenge of primary cervical epithelial cells

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, March 2011, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings, Dr Louise Frances Roddam

  173. A novel nickel responsive MerR-like regulator, NimR, from Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • Metallomics, January 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  174. Novel Bacterial MerR-Like Regulators

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  175. The Composition and Metabolic Phenotype of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Biofilms

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2011, Frontiers

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  176. Identification, Characterization and Immunogenicity of an O-Antigen Capsular Polysaccharide of Francisella tularensis

    Article • PLOS One, July 2010, PLOS

    Dr Thomas J Inzana, Professor Michael P Jennings

  177. Central Role of Manganese in Regulation of Stress Responses, Physiology, and Metabolism in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  178. Signal sequence non-optimal codons are required for the correct folding of mature maltose binding protein

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, June 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  179. The Multi-Copper-Ion Oxidase CueO of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Is Required for Systemic Virulence

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  180. Anaerobic Metabolism Occurs in the Substratum of Gonococcal Biofilms and May Be Sustained in Part by Nitric Oxide

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  181. Manganese regulation of virulence factors and oxidative stress resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • Journal of Proteomics, March 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  182. The phasevarion: phase variation of type III DNA methyltransferases controls coordinated switching in multiple genes

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  183. Phase variation of bacterial surface glycosylated molecules in immune evasion

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  184. A Periplasmic Thioredoxin-Like Protein Plays a Role in Defense against Oxidative Stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2009, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  185. Esterase D Is Essential for Protection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae against Nitrosative Stress and for Bacterial Growth during Interaction with Cervical Epithelial Cells

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, July 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  186. Transcriptional Profiling Identifies the Metabolic Phenotype of Gonococcal Biofilms

    Article • Infection and Immunity, June 2009, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  187. Phasevarions Mediate Random Switching of Gene Expression in Pathogenic Neisseria

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, April 2009, PLOS

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  188. Biased codon usage in signal peptides: a role in protein export

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  189. Development of Non-Antibiotic-Resistant, Chromosomally Based, Constitutive and Inducible Expression Systems for aroA-Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2009, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings, Professor Steven P Djordjevic

  190. Thioredoxin Reductase Is Essential for Protection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae against Killing by Nitric Oxide and for Bacterial Growth during Interaction with Cervical Epithelial Cells

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  191. The pilin O-glycosylation pathway of pathogenic Neisseria is a general system that glycosylates AniA, an outer membrane nitrite reductase

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  192. Receptor-mediated endocytosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae into primary human urethral epithelial cells: the role of the asialoglycoprotein receptor

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2008, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  193. Metal Binding Specificity of the MntABC Permease of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Its Influence on Bacterial Growth and Interaction with Cervical Epithelial Cells

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2008, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  194. Functional analysis of the multi-copper oxidase from Legionella pneumophila

    Article • Microbes and Infection, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  195. Secretory signal sequence non-optimal codons are required for expression and export of β-lactamase

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, February 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  196. Discovery of virulence factors of pathogenic bacteria

    Article • Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, February 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  197. A Pneumococcal MerR‐Like Regulator and S ‐nitrosoglutathione Reductase Are Required for Systemic Virulence

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, December 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  198. Duplicate Copies of lic1 Direct the Addition of Multiple Phosphocholine Residues in the Lipopolysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2007, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  199. PrrC, a Sco homologue from Rhodobacter sphaeroides , possesses thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase activity

    Article • FEBS Letters, September 2007, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings, Ulrike Kappler

  200. Phase variable type III restriction-modification systems of host-adapted bacterial pathogens

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2007, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  201. Selection for efficient translation initiation biases codon usage at second amino acid position in secretory proteins

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, August 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  202. The multicopper oxidase (CueO) and cell aggregation in Escherichia coli

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2007, Wiley

    Professor Mark A Schembri, Professor Michael P Jennings

  203. Additive and Synergistic Bactericidal Activity of Antibodies Directed against Minor Outer Membrane Proteins of Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2007, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  204. Haemophilus influenzae phasevarions have evolved from type III DNA restriction systems into epigenetic regulators of gene expression

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, July 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  205. Asymmetric hydroboration and Matteson homologation for the preparation of fluorinated α-phenethanols

    Article • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, July 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  206. Glutathione-Dependent Alcohol Dehydrogenase AdhC Is Required for Defense against Nitrosative Stress in Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, June 2007, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  207. Experimental confirmation of a key role for non-optimal codons in protein export

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, March 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  208. The Phase-Variable Allele of the Pilus Glycosylation Gene pglA Is Not Strongly Associated with Strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolated from Patients with Disseminated Gonococcal Infection

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2007, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  209. Rapid and efficient screening of a Representational Difference Analysis library using reverse Southern hybridisation: Identification of genetic differences between Haemophilus parasuis isolates

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, February 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  210. Evidence for Distinctive Mechanisms of S-Nitrosoglutathione Metabolism by AdhC in Two Closely Related Species, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2007, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  211. Characterization of the OxyR regulon of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  212. Pilin glycosylation in Neisseria meningitidis occurs by a similar pathway to wzy-dependent O-antigen biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, September 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  213. Defenses against Oxidative Stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a System Tailored for a Challenging Environment

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, June 2006, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  214. PerR controls Mn-dependent resistance to oxidative stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2006, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  215. Azurin of Pathogenic Neisseria spp. Is Involved in Defense against Hydrogen Peroxide and Survival within Cervical Epithelial Cells

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2005, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  216. Differences in Macrophage Activation by Bacterial DNA and CpG-Containing Oligonucleotides

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, September 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  217. NmlR ofNeisseria gonorrhoeae: a novel redox responsive transcription factor from the MerR family

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2005, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  218. Investigation of ansB and sspA derived promoters for multi- and single-copy antigen expression in attenuated Salmonella enterica var. typhimurium

    Article • Vaccine, August 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  219. Investigation of Oxidative Stress Defenses of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Using a Human Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Survival Assay

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2005, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  220. Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of a Trisaccharide-Linked Peptide Aimed at Improved Drug-Delivery

    Article • Current Drug Delivery, July 2005, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  221. Plasmid-Encoded Tet B Tetracycline Resistance in Haemophilus parasuis

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2005, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  222. Recombinant Probiotics for Treatment and Prevention of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Diarrhea

    Article • Gastroenterology, May 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings, Dr Renato Morona, Dr Louise Frances Roddam

  223. The phasevarion: A genetic system controlling coordinated, random switching of expression of multiple genes

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2005, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  224. Copper sensitivity of cueO mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 and the biochemical suppression of this phenotype

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, March 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  225. Whole genome analysis reveals a high incidence of non-optimal codons in secretory signal sequences of Escherichia coli

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, September 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  226. Defenses against Oxidative Stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis: Distinctive Systems for Different Lifestyles

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, July 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  227. Molecular analysis of the psa permease complex of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2004, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  228. Survey of Ferroxidase Expression and Siderophore Production in Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  229. Analysis of the role of pglI in pilin glycosylation of Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, May 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings, Dr Louise Frances Roddam

  230. Genetic characterization of pilin glycosylation and phase variation in Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2004, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings, Dr Louise Frances Roddam

  231. Identification and Characterization ofpptA: a Gene Involved in the Phase-Variable Expression ofPhosphorylcholine on Pili of Neisseriameningitidis

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2003, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  232. Genetic analysis of a plasmid encoding haemocin production in Haemophilus paragallinarum

    Article • Microbiology, November 2003, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  233. Purification of post-translationally modified proteins from bacteria: homologous expression and purification of histidine-tagged pilin from Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • Protein Expression and Purification, July 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings, Dr Louise Frances Roddam

  234. A Sco homologue plays a role in defence against oxidative stress in pathogenicNeisseria

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 2003, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  235. The genetics of glycosylation in Gram-negative bacteria

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, January 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  236. OxyR Acts as a Repressor of Catalase Expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2003, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  237. The genetics of glycosylation in Gram-negative bacteria

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, January 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  238. Phase variation in meningococcal lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis genes

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, December 2002, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  239. Phase variation in meningococcal lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis genes

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, December 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  240. The multicopper oxidase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ferroxidase with a central role in iron acquisition

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2002, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  241. Molecular analysis of a haemagglutinin of Haemophilus paragallinarum a aThe GenBank accession numbers for the sequences determined in this work are AF491817–AF491827.

    Article • Microbiology, July 2002, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  242. Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae: PsaA Mutants Are Hypersensitive to Oxidative Stress

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2002, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  243. Phase variable restriction–modification systems in Moraxella catarrhalis

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, January 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  244. Accumulation of manganese in Neisseria gonorrhoeae correlates with resistance to oxidative killing by superoxide anion and is independent of superoxide dismutase activity

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2001, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  245. Identification and characterisation of a novel conserved outer membrane protein from Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, August 2000, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  246. Gonococcal lipooligosaccharide is a ligand for the asialoglycoprotein receptor on human sperm

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2000, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  247. Genetic characterization of pilin glycosylation in Neisseria meningitidis The GenBank accession number for the sequence determined in this work is AF014804.

    Article • Microbiology, April 2000, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  248. The genetic basis of the phase variation repertoire of lipopolysaccharide immunotypes in Neisseria meningitidis The GenBank accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is U65788.

    Article • Microbiology, November 1999, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  249. Conservation and Accessibility of an Inner Core Lipopolysaccharide Epitope ofNeisseria meningitidis

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 1999, ASM Journals

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  250. Tetranucleotide repeats identify novel virulence determinant homologues inNeisseria meningitidis

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, January 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  251. Identification of a novel gene involved in pilin glycosylation inNeisseria meningitidis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 1998, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  252. Isolation and characterization of the Neisseria meningitidis lpxD-fabZ-lpxA gene cluster involved in lipid A biosynthesis

    Article • Gene, May 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  253. Cloning of the Lipooligosaccharide α-2,3-Sialyltransferase from the Bacterial PathogensNeisseria meningitidisandNeisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 1996, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Warren Wakarchuk, Professor Michael P Jennings

  254. DNA repeats identify novel virulence genes in Haemophilus influenzae.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 1996, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  255. Functional Relationships of the Genetic Locus Encoding the Glycosyltransferase Enzymes Involved in Expression of the Lacto-N-neotetraose Terminal Lipopolysaccharide Structure inNeisseria meningitidis

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, August 1996, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Warren Wakarchuk, Professor Michael P Jennings

  256. Tandem repeats of the tetramer 5'-CAAT-3'present in lic2A are required for phase variation but not lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 1996, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  257. Tetrameric repeat units associated with virulence factor phase variation in Haemophilus also occur in Netsseria spp. and Moraxella catarrhalis

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 1996, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  258. Tetrameric repeat units associated with virulence factor phase variation in Haemophilus also occur in Netsseria spp. and Moraxella catarrhalis

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 1996, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  259. Phenotypic switching of Haemophilus influenzae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 1996, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  260. Identification of a locus involved in meningococcal lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis by deletion mutagenesis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 1996, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  261. Cloning and molecular analysis of theIsi1(rfaF) gene ofNeisseria meningitidiswhich encodes a heptosyl-2-transferase involved in LPS biosynthesis: evaluation of surface exposed carbohydrates in LPS mediated toxicity for human endothelial cells

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, December 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  262. Opc- and pilus-dependent interactions of meningococci with human endothelial cells: molecular mechanisms and modulation by surface polysaccharides

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, November 1995, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  263. Molecular analysis of a locus for the biosynthesis and phase-variable expression of the lacto-N -neotetraose terminal lipopolysaccharide structure in Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, November 1995, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  264. Meningococcal pilin: a glycoprotein substituted with digalactosyl 2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxyhexose

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 1995, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  265. Cloning and molecular analysis of the Salmonella enterica ansP gene, encoding an L-asparagine permease

    Article • Microbiology, January 1995, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  266. Cloning and Molecular Analysis of the galE Gene of Neisseria meningitidis and Its Role in Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, September 1994, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  267. Cloning and molecular analysis of thegalEgene ofNeisseria meningitidlsand its role in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 1993, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  268. Regulation of the ansB gene of Salmonella enterica

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 1993, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  269. Co-dependent positive regulation of the ansBF promoter of Escherichia coli by CRP and the FNR protein: a molecular analysis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 1993, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  270. Site-specific mutagenesis of Escherichia coli asparaginase II. None of the three histidine residues is required for catalysis

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, September 1992, Wiley

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  271. Molecular analysis of an esterase-encoding gene from a lipolytic psychrotrophic pseudomonad

    Article • Journal of General Microbiology, April 1992, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  272. Construction of expression systems for Escherichia cofi asparaginase II and two-step purification of the recombinant enzyme from periplasmic extracts

    Article • Protein Expression and Purification, April 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings

  273. Structure and expression in Escherichia coli K-12 of the L-asparaginase I-encoding ansA gene and its flanking regions

    Article • Gene, May 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings