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  1. An extracellular Leptospira interrogans leucine-rich repeat protein binds human E- and VE-cadherins

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, September 2018, Wiley

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  2. Identification of Tp0751 (Pallilysin) as a Syphilis Pathogen Vascular Adhesin

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2017, Nature

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  3. Plasma fibronectin stabilizes Lyme disease pathogen endothelial interactions by catch-bond mechanism

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  4. Diet-Induced Obesity Does Not Alter Tigecycline Treatment Efficacy in Murine Lyme Disease

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2017, Frontiers

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  5. Lyme Disease Pathogen Infects Murine Bone and Induces Trabecular Bone Loss

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  6. Infection with Lyme disease pathogen suppresses innate immunity in mice with diet-induced obesity

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, November 2016, Wiley

    Professor Tara J Moriarty, Michael Glogauer

  7. Non-canonical Lipocalin Fold in Syphilis Adhesin Mediates Host Cell & Extracellular Matrix Adhesion

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, September 2016, PLOS

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  8. Biomechanics of Vascular Interactions of Lyme Disease Pathogen

    Article • Cell Reports, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  9. Impaired Neutrophil-Mediated Clearance of Lyme Disease Bacteria in Hyperglycemic Mice

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2016, PLOS

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  10. Flow-Tolerant Adhesion of a Bacterial Pathogen to Human Endothelial Cells Through Interaction With Biglycan

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

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  11. Evolutionary Aspects of Emerging Lyme Disease in Canada

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  12. Role of discoidin domain receptor 1 in dysregulation of collagen remodeling by cyclosporin A

    Article • The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  13. iNKT cells act as an extravascular cytotoxic barrier for joint-invading Lyme Borrelia

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

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  14. Interactions between the discoidin domain receptor 1 and 1 integrin regulate attachment to collagen

    Article • Biology Open, September 2013, The Company of Biologists

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  15. Vascular binding of Lyme disease bacteria through sequential, mechanistically distinct interactions

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 2012, Wiley

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  16. Intravascular immune response to Lyme disease bacteria involves Kupffer cells and iNKT cells

    Article • Nature Immunology, March 2010, Nature

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  17. Identification of Determinant of Permissive Substrate Usage in Lyme Disease Telomere Resolvase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, June 2009, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  18. Characterization and in Vitro Reaction Properties of 19 Unique Hairpin Telomeres from the Linear Plasmids of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2009, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  19. Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Vascular Interactions of the Lyme Disease Pathogen in a Living Host

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, October 2008, PLOS

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  20. Real-Time 3D Imaging of Lyme Disease Bacterium's Vascular Interactions in a Living Host

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, June 2008, PLOS

    Dr Troy Bankhead, Professor Tara J Moriarty

  21. Regulation of 5' template usage and incorporation of noncognate nucleotides by human telomerase

    Article • RNA, July 2005, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  22. Telomerase can act as a template- and RNA-independent terminal transferase

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

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  23. An Anchor Site-Type Defect in Human Telomerase That Disrupts Telomere Length Maintenance and Cellular Immortalization

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, April 2005, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  24. Repeat Addition Processivity & DNA Synthesis Determinants in Human Telomerase

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Biology, May 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  25. The C terminus of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase is a determinant of enzyme processivity

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, July 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  26. Rapid upregulation of telomerase activity in human leukemia HL-60 cells treated with clinical doses of the DNA-damaging drug etoposide

    Article • Leukemia, June 2002, Nature

    Professor Tara J Moriarty

  27. Functional Multimerization of Human Telomerase Requires RNA Interaction Domain in Catalytic Subunit

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Biology, February 2002, ASM Journals

    Professor Tara J Moriarty