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  1. Promiscuous and Adaptable Enzymes Fill “Holes” in the Tetrahydrofolate Pathway in Chlamydia Species

    Article • mBio, July 2014, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  2. Early MicroRNA Expression Profile as a Prognostic Biomarker for the Development of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in a Mouse Model of Chlamydial Genital Infection

    Article • mBio, June 2014, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  3. Chlamydia trachomatis Transports NAD via the Npt1 ATP/ADP Translocase

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2014, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  4. Chlamydial Genetics: Decades of Effort, Very Recent Successes

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  5. Black Holes and Antivirulence Genes: Selection for Gene Loss as Part of the Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  6. Potential novel antibiotics from HTS targeting the virulence-regulating transcription factor, VirF, from Shigella flexneri

    Article • The Journal of Antibiotics, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  7. A new metabolic cell-wall labelling method reveals peptidoglycan in Chlamydia trachomatis

    Article • Nature, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    ANTHONY MAURELLI, Dr George Liechti

  8. Chlamydia trachomatis Transports NAD via the Npt1 ATP/ADP Translocase

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2013, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  9. Shigella and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  10. Characterization of the activity and expression of arginine decarboxylase in human and animal Chlamydia pathogens

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, October 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  11. Antivirulence Genes: Insights into Pathogen Evolution through Gene Loss

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2012, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  12. Uptake of Biotin by Chlamydia Spp. through the Use of a Bacterial Transporter (BioY) and a Host-Cell Transporter (SMVT)

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2012, PLOS

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  13. Effect of Inflammatory Response onIn VivoCompetition between Two Chlamydial Variants in the Guinea Pig Model of Inclusion Conjunctivitis

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2011, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  14. Identification and Characterization of the Chlamydia trachomatis L2 S-Adenosylmethionine Transporter

    Article • mBio, May 2011, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  15. Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar L2 Can Utilize Exogenous Lipoic Acid through the Action of the Lipoic Acid Ligase LplA1

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2010, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  16. Microarray analysis of Shigella flexneri-infected epithelial cells identifies host factors important for apoptosis inhibition

    Article • BMC Genomics, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    ANTHONY MAURELLI, Dr. Christina S. Faherty

  17. Impact of Azithromycin Resistance Mutations on the Virulence and Fitness of Chlamydia caviae in Guinea Pigs

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, January 2010, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  18. Spa15 of Shigella flexneri Is Secreted through the Type III Secretion System and Prevents Staurosporine-Induced Apoptosis

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2009, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI, Dr. Christina S. Faherty

  19. Transformation and isolation of allelic exchange mutants of Chlamydia psittaci using recombinant DNA introduced by electroporation

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  20. The chlamydial functional homolog of KsgA confers kasugamycin sensitivity to Chlamydia trachomatis and impacts bacterial fitness

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  21. Shigella flexneri type III secretion system effectors OspB and OspF target the nucleus to downregulate the host inflammatory response via interactions with retinoblastoma protein

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2009, Wiley

    ANTHONY MAURELLI, Dr. Christina S. Faherty

  22. Staying alive: bacterial inhibition of apoptosis during infection

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, April 2008, Elsevier

    ANTHONY MAURELLI, Dr. Christina S. Faherty

  23. The NleE/OspZ Family of Effector Proteins Is Required for Polymorphonuclear Transepithelial Migration, a Characteristic Shared by Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Shigella flexneri Infections

    Article • Infection and Immunity, November 2007, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  24. Frequency of Development and Associated Physiological Cost of Azithromycin Resistance in Chlamydia psittaci 6BC and C. trachomatis L2

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2007, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  25. nadA and nadB of Shigella flexneri 5a are antivirulence loci responsible for the synthesis of quinolinate, a small molecule inhibitor of Shigella pathogenicity

    Article • Microbiology, July 2007, Society for General Microbiology

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  26. Genetic Structure of the nadA and nadB Antivirulence Loci in Shigella spp.

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2007, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  27. Shigella flexneri Inhibits Staurosporine-Induced Apoptosis in Epithelial Cells

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2007, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI, Dr. Christina S. Faherty

  28. Black holes, antivirulence genes, and gene inactivation in the evolution of bacterial pathogens

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, February 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  29. Shigella Species

    Article • January 2007, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  30. l , l -diaminopimelate aminotransferase, a trans-kingdom enzyme shared by Chlamydia and plants for synthesis of diaminopimelate/lysine

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

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  31. OspF and OspC1 Are Shigella flexneri Type III Secretion System Effectors That Are Required for Postinvasion Aspects of Virulence

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2006, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  32. Evolution of bacterial pathogens

    Article • September 2006, Cambridge University Press

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  33. Building the invisible wall: updating the chlamydial peptidoglycan anomaly

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, February 2006, Elsevier

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  34. Fitness Cost Due to Mutations in the 16S rRNA Associated with Spectinomycin Resistance in Chlamydia psittaci 6BC

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2005, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  35. Frequency of Spontaneous Mutations That Confer Antibiotic Resistance in Chlamydia spp

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2005, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  36. Characterization of Chlamydia MurC‐Ddl, a fusion protein exhibiting D‐alanyl‐D‐alanine ligase activity involved in peptidoglycan synthesis and D‐cycloserine sensitivity

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2005, Wiley

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  37. Structure and biochemical analysis of a secretin pilot protein

    Article • The EMBO Journal, March 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  38. Identification of Two Eukaryote-Like Serine/Threonine Kinases Encoded by Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar L2 and Characterization of Interacting Partners of Pkn1

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2003, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  39. Shigella Species

    Article • March 2003, Taylor & Francis

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  40. In Vitro and In Vivo Functional Activity of Chlamydia MurA, a UDP-N-Acetylglucosamine Enolpyruvyl Transferase Involved in Peptidoglycan Synthesis and Fosfomycin Resistance

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2003, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  41. Inhibition of Salmonella typhimurium Enteropathogenicity by Piperidine, a Metabolite of the Polyamine Cadaverine

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, October 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  42. MxiE Regulates Intracellular Expression of Factors Secreted by the Shigella flexneri 2a Type III Secretion System

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2002, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  43. Shigella and Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli: Paradigms for Pathogen Evolution and Host-Parasite Interactions  The opinions and assertions contained herein are the private ones of A.T.M. and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views o...

    Article • January 2002, Elsevier

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  44. MxiM and MxiJ, Base Elements of the Mxi-Spa Type III Secretion System of Shigella, Interact with and Stabilize the MxiD Secretin in the Cell Envelope

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2001, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  45. Pathoadaptive Mutations That Enhance Virulence: Genetic Organization of the cadA Regions ofShigella spp

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2001, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  46. Cadaverine Prevents the Escape of Shigella flexneri from the Phagolysosome: A Connection between Bacterial Dissemination and Neutrophil Transepithelial Signaling

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, September 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  47. Spa33, a Cell Surface-Associated Subunit of the Mxi-Spa Type III Secretory Pathway of Shigella flexneri, Regulates Ipa Protein Traffic

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2001, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  48. Invasion of Shigella Flexneri into model human intestinal epithelia is dependent on a specific lipopolysaccharide interaction with the host cell

    Article • Gastroenterology, April 2001, Elsevier

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  49. Invasion of Shigella Flexneri into model human intestinal epithelia is dependent on a specific lipopolysaccharide interaction with the host cell

    Article • Gastroenterology, April 2001, Elsevier

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  50. Shigella flexneri LuxS Quorum-Sensing System Modulates virB Expression but Is Not Essential for Virulence

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2001, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  51. The Type III Secretion Pathway: Dictating the Outcome of Bacterial-Host Interactions

    Article • January 2000, ASM Journals

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  52. A system for identifying post‐invasion functions of invasion genes: requirements for the Mxi–Spa type III secretion pathway of Shigella flexneri in intercellular dissemination

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, November 1999, Wiley

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  53. Inhibition of Shigella flexneri-induced transepithelial migration of polymorphonuclear leucocytes by cadaverine

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, September 1999, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  54. Shigellainfection as observed in the experimentally inoculated domestic pig,Sus scrofa domestica

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, October 1998, Elsevier

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  55. “Black holes” and bacterial pathogenicity: A large genomic deletion that enhances the virulence of Shigella spp. and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 1998, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  56. Effect of O side‐chain length and composition on the virulence of Shigella flexneri 2a

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 1996, Wiley

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  57. Signal Transduction and Virulence Gene Regulation in Shigella spp.: Temperature and (maybe) a Whole Lot More

    Article • January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  58. Virulence protein export systems in Salmonella and Shigella: a new family or lost relatives?

    Article • Trends in Cell Biology, July 1994, Elsevier

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  59. Temperature regulation of Shigella virulence: identification of the repressor gene virR, an analogue of hns, and partial complementation by tyrosyl transfer RNA (tRNA1Tyr)

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 1992, Wiley

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  60. Temperature regulation of virulence genes in pathogenic bacteria: a general strategy for human pathogens?

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, July 1989, Elsevier

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  61. Genetic Determinants of Shigella Pathogenicity

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, October 1988, Annual Reviews

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  62. Identification of a chromosomal gene controlling temperature-regulated expression of Shigella virulence.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 1988, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  63. Genetic-Determinants Of Shigella Pathogenicity

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, January 1988, Annual Reviews

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  64. Localization of Plasmid Loci Necessary for the Entry of Shigella flexneri into HeLa Cells, and Characterization of One Locus Encoding Four Immunogenic Polypeptides

    Article • Microbiology, December 1987, Society for General Microbiology

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  65. Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenicity in Shigella flexneri

    Article • January 1987, Springer Science + Business Media

    ANTHONY MAURELLI

  66. Use of UV-irradiated bacteriophage T6 to kill extracellular bacteria in tissue culture infectivity assays

    Article • Journal of Immunological Methods, January 1983, Elsevier

    ANTHONY MAURELLI