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  1. The Neisseria gonorrhoeae type IV pilus promotes resistance to hydrogen peroxide- and LL-37-mediated killing by modulating the availability of intracellular, labile iron

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, June 2022, PLOS

    Hank Seifert

  2. Transcriptional initiation of a small RNA, not R‐loop stability, dictates the frequency of pilin antigenic variation inNeisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2019, Wiley

    Hank Seifert

  3. Neisseria gonorrhoeae Exposed to Sublethal Levels of Hydrogen Peroxide Mounts a Complex Transcriptional Response

    Article • mSystems, October 2018, ASM Journals

    Hank Seifert

  4. Analysis of Pilin Antigenic Variation in Neisseria meningitidis by Next-Generation Sequencing

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2018, ASM Journals

    Hank Seifert

  5. The low-molecular-mass, penicillin-binding proteins DacB and DacC combine to modify peptidoglycan cross-linking and allow stable Type IV pilus expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2018, Wiley

    Hank Seifert

  6. Analyzing Neisseria gonorrhoeae Pilin Antigenic Variation Using 454 Sequencing Technology

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2016, ASM Journals

    Hank Seifert

  7. Seminal Plasma Promotes Neisseria gonorrhoeae Aggregation and Biofilm Formation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2016, ASM Journals

    Hank Seifert

  8. The Gonococcal NlpD Protein Facilitates Cell Separation by Activating Peptidoglycan Cleavage by AmiC

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2015, ASM Journals

    Hank Seifert

  9. Neisseria gonorrhoeae MutS Affects Pilin Antigenic Variation through Mismatch Correction and Not bypilEGuanine Quartet Binding

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2015, ASM Journals

    Hank Seifert

  10. Neisseria gonorrhoeae Elicits Extracellular Traps in Primary Neutrophil Culture While Suppressing the Oxidative Burst

    Article • mBio, February 2015, ASM Journals

    Hank Seifert

  11. Seminal Plasma Initiates a Neisseria gonorrhoeae Transmission State

    Article • mBio, March 2014, ASM Journals

    Hank Seifert

  12. Saturating Mutagenesis of an Essential Gene: a Majority of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae Major Outer Membrane Porin (PorB) Is Mutable

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2013, ASM Journals

    Hank Seifert

  13. Structure-Function Studies of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae Major Outer Membrane Porin

    Article • Infection and Immunity, September 2013, ASM Journals

    Hank Seifert

  14. Neisseria gonorrhoeae Metalloprotease NGO1686 Is Required for Full Piliation, and Piliation Is Required for Resistance to H2O2- and Neutrophil-Mediated Killing

    Article • mBio, July 2013, ASM Journals

    Hank Seifert, Alison Criss

  15. Neisseria gonorrhoeae RecQ Helicase HRDC Domains Are Essential for Efficient Binding and Unwinding of the pilE Guanine Quartet Structure Required for Pilin Antigenic Variation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2013, ASM Journals

    Hank Seifert