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  1. OxyR2 Modulates OxyR1 Activity and Vibrio cholerae Oxidative Stress Response

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  2. Calcium Enhances Bile Salt-Dependent Virulence Activation in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  3. Thiol-based switch mechanism of virulence regulator AphB modulates oxidative stress response inVibrio cholerae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jay Zhu

  4. Dual Zinc Transporter Systems in Vibrio cholerae Promote Competitive Advantages over Gut Microbiome

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  5. “Quorum Non-Sensing”: Social Cheating and Deception in Vibrio cholerae

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

    Dr Jay Zhu

  6. The Quorum Sensing Regulator CinR Hierarchically Regulates Two Other Quorum Sensing Pathways in Ligand-Dependent and -Independent Fashions in Rhizobium etli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  7. Vibrio cholerae Represses Polysaccharide Synthesis To Promote Motility in Mucosa

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  8. Host Intestinal Signal-Promoted Biofilm Dispersal Induces Vibrio cholerae Colonization

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  9. Enhanced Interaction of Vibrio cholerae Virulence Regulators TcpP and ToxR under Oxygen-Limiting Conditions

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  10. Identification of Genetic Bases ofVibrio fluvialisSpecies-Specific Biochemical Pathways and Potential Virulence Factors by Comparative Genomic Analysis

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  11. Efficient responses to host and bacterial signals duringVibrio choleraecolonization

    Article • Gut Microbes, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Jay Zhu

  12. A Novel Protein Protects Bacterial Iron-Dependent Metabolism from Nitric Oxide

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  13. Applying Reversible Mutations of Nodulation and Nitrogen-Fixation Genes to Study Social Cheating in Rhizobium etli-Legume Interaction

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2013, PLOS

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  14. Quorum Sensing Regulatory Cascades Control Vibrio fluvialis Pathogenesis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  15. Catalases Promote Resistance of Oxidative Stress in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2012, PLOS

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  16. The VarS/VarA two-component system modulates the activity of the Vibrio cholerae quorum-sensing transcriptional regulator HapR

    Article • Microbiology, March 2011, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Jay Zhu

  17. Virulence regulator AphB enhances toxR transcription in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jay Zhu

  18. Quorum Sensing Negatively Regulates Hemolysin Transcriptionally and Posttranslationally in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  19. Regulatory targets of quorum sensing in Vibrio cholerae: evidence for two distinct HapR-binding motifs

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, March 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jay Zhu

  20. Functional analysis of three AHL autoinducer synthase genes in Mesorhizobium loti reveals the important role of quorum sensing in symbiotic nodulation

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, February 2009, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  21. Direct Regulation by the Vibrio cholerae Regulator ToxT To Modulate Colonization and Anticolonization Pilus Expression

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  22. Complex quorum-sensing regulatory systems regulate bacterial growth and symbiotic nodulation in Mesorhizobium tianshanense

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  23. Red bayberry extract inhibits growth and virulence gene expression of the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, January 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  24. Exopolysaccharide biosynthesis is important for Mesorhizobium tianshanense: plant host interaction

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  25. Post-transcriptional cross-talk between pro- and anti-colonization pili biosynthesis systems in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2007, Wiley

    Dr Jay Zhu

  26. Quorum Sensing Enhances the Stress Response in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  27. Temporal Quorum-Sensing Induction Regulates Vibrio cholerae Biofilm Architecture

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  28. Vibrio choleraevirulence regulator-coordinated evasion of host immunity

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Jay Zhu

  29. The quorum-sensing system in a plant bacterium Mesorhizobium huakuii affects growth rate and symbiotic nodulation

    Article • Plant and Soil, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  30. The Transcriptional Regulator VqmA Increases Expression of the Quorum-Sensing Activator HapR in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  31. A LuxR/LuxI-Type Quorum-Sensing System in a Plant Bacterium, Mesorhizobium tianshanense, Controls Symbiotic Nodulation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  32. Genetic and Phenotypic Diversity of Quorum-Sensing Systems in Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  33. Bile acids stimulate biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2006, Wiley

    Dr Jay Zhu

  34. CsrA and three redundant small RNAs regulate quorum sensing inVibrio cholerae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 2005, Wiley

    Dr Jay Zhu

  35. Heterologous overexpression of quorum-sensing regulators to study cell-density-dependent phenotypes in a symbiotic plant bacterium Mesorhizobium huakuii

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  36. Agrobacterium Bioassay Strain for Ultrasensitive Detection of N-Acylhomoserine Lactone-Type Quorum-Sensing Molecules: Detection of Autoinducers in Mesorhizobium huakuii

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  37. Quorum Sensing-Dependent Biofilms Enhance Colonization in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Developmental Cell, October 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Jay Zhu

  38. A Constitutively Active Variant of the Quorum-Sensing Regulator LuxO Affects Protease Production and Biofilm Formation in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Infection and Immunity, May 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu

  39. Quorum Sensing in Vibrio cholerae Pathogenesis

    Article • ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu