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  1. Efficacious Analogs of the Lantibiotic Mutacin 1140 against a Systemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2018, ASM Journals

    Professor James Leif Smith

  2. Modifying the Lantibiotic Mutacin 1140 for Increased Yield, Activity, and Stability

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2018, ASM Journals

    Professor James Leif Smith

  3. Covalent Structure and Bioactivity of the Type AII Lantibiotic Salivaricin A2

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2017, ASM Journals

    Professor James Leif Smith

  4. Carboxyl Analogue of Mutacin 1140, a Scaffold for Lead Antibacterial Discovery

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2017, ASM Journals

    Professor James Leif Smith

  5. The Siderophore Product Ornibactin Is Required for the Bactericidal Activity of Burkholderia contaminans MS14

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2017, ASM Journals

    Professor James Leif Smith

  6. Draft Genome Sequence of Oral BacteriumStreptococcus mutansJH1140

    Article • Genome Announcements, June 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor James Leif Smith

  7. Biosynthesis and Transport of the Lantibiotic Mutacin 1140 Produced by Streptococcus mutans

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor James Leif Smith

  8. The leader peptide of mutacin 1140 has distinct structural components compared to related class I lantibiotics

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, November 2014, Wiley

    Professor James Leif Smith

  9. Site-Directed Mutations in the Lanthipeptide Mutacin 1140

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor James Leif Smith

  10. The Burkholderia contaminans MS14ocfCGene Encodes a Xylosyltransferase for Production of the Antifungal Occidiofungin

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor James Leif Smith