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  1. Listeria monocytogenes two component system PieRS regulates secretion chaperones PrsA1 and PrsA2 and enhances bacterial translocation across the intestine

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2022, Wiley

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  2. Bacillus subtilis Biofilms: a Matter of Individual Choice

    Article • mBio, November 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  3. Propofol Sedation Exacerbates Kidney Pathology and Dissemination of Bacteria during Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections

    Article • Infection and Immunity, May 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  4. When being alone is enough: noncanonical functions of canonical bacterial quorum-sensing systems

    Article • Future Microbiology, October 2016, Future Medicine

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  5. Secretion Chaperones PrsA2 and HtrA Are Required for Listeria monocytogenes Replication following Intracellular Induction of Virulence Factor Secretion

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  6. Identification of Conserved and Species-Specific Functions of the Listeria monocytogenes PrsA2 Secretion Chaperone

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  7. Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  8. Listeria monocytogenes virulence factor secretion: don't leave the cell without a chaperone

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, January 2014, Frontiers

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  9. Roles of a Novel Crp/Fnr Family Transcription Factor Lmo0753 in Soil Survival, Biofilm Production and Surface Attachment to Fresh Produce of Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2013, PLOS

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  10. γδ T Cells Exhibit Multifunctional and Protective Memory in Intestinal Tissues

    Article • Immunity, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  11. The Listeria monocytogenes ChiA Chitinase Enhances Virulence through Suppression of Host Innate Immunity

    Article • mBio, March 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  12. Optimizing the balance between host and environmental survival skills: lessons learned fromListeria monocytogenes

    Article • Future Microbiology, July 2012, Future Medicine

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  13. Cell regulation

    Article • Current Opinion in Microbiology, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  14. Probing the Role of Protein Surface Charge in the Activation of PrfA, the Central Regulator of Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenesis

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2011, PLOS

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  15. Functional analysis of the Listeria monocytogenes secretion chaperone PrsA2 and its multiple contributions to bacterial virulence

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2011, Wiley

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  16. Constitutive Activation of PrfA Tilts the Balance of Listeria monocytogenes Fitness Towards Life within the Host versus Environmental Survival

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2010, PLOS

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  17. Listeria monocytogenes CtaP is a multifunctional cysteine transport‐associated protein required for bacterial pathogenesis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, November 2009, Wiley

    Dr Helene Marquis, Dr Nancy E Freitag

  18. A Bacterial Pathogen Flips the Riboswitch

    Article • Cell Host & Microbe, November 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  19. Complete transcriptional profile of an environmental pathogen

    Article • Future Microbiology, September 2009, Future Medicine

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  20. Listeria monocytogenes — from saprophyte to intracellular pathogen

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, August 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  21. A novel prfA mutation that promotes Listeria monocytogenes cytosol entry but reduces bacterial spread and cytotoxicity

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, October 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  22. From hot dogs to host cells: how the bacterial pathogenListeria monocytogenesregulates virulence gene expression

    Article • Future Microbiology, June 2006, Future Medicine

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  23. How the Bacterial Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes Mediates the Switch from Environmental Dr. Jekyll to Pathogenic Mr. Hyde

    Article • Infection and Immunity, May 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  24. Listeria monocytogenes invasion and intracellular growth

    Article • March 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  25. Characterization of flagellin expression and its role in Listeria monocytogenes infection and immunity

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, March 2004, Wiley

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  26. Evidence implicating the 5′ untranslated region of Listeria monocytogenes actA in the regulation of bacterial actin-based motility

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, February 2004, Wiley

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  27. Exploration of host-pathogen interactions using Listeria monocytogenes and Drosophila melanogaster

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, December 2003, Wiley

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  28. Isolation of Listeria monocytogenes mutants with high-level in vitro expression of host cytosol-induced gene products

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2003, Wiley

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  29. Characterization of the pilF?pilD pilus-assembly locus of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 1995, Wiley

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  30. Identification and characterization of pilG, a highly conserved pilus-assembly gene in pathogenic Neisseria

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 1995, Wiley

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  31. Dual promoters of the Listeria monocytogenes prfA transcriptional activator appear essential in vitro but are redundant in vivo

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 1994, Wiley

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  32. Regulation of the Entry into Host Cytoplasm and Cell-to-Cell Spread of Listeria Monocytogenes

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  33. Genetic Tools for Use with Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • ASM Journals

    Dr Nancy E Freitag

  34. Regulation of Listeria monocytogenes Virulence Genes

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nancy E Freitag