Microbial Pathogenesis – Assigned Articles (April)
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Secretion and Pathogenesis, ctd. (Dr. Christie)
20. Thursday, April
1, 2004. Secretion and Pathogenesis
IV (Christie presenting)
Assigned
Article:
Cascales, E. and P.J. Christie. 2004.
Definition of a bacterial type IV secretion pathway for a DNA substrate. Science, in press. (Hard copy will be provided.)
Useful Review:
Cascales, E. and P. J. Christie. 2003.
The versatile bacterial type IV secretion systems. Nature Reviews
Microbiology 1:137-149. PDF (354 KB)
21. Tuesday, April
6, 2004. Quorum Sensing and
Pathogenesis (Barbu presenting)
Assigned Article:
Duan, K. et al. 2003. Modulation of Pseudomonas gene expression by host microflora through interspecies communication. Mol. Microbiol. 50:1477-1491. PDF (425 KB)
Useful
Review:
Taga, M.E.
and B.L. Bassler. Chemical
communication among bacteria. PNAS 100:14549-14554. PDF (430 KB)
22. Thursday, April
8, 2004. Biofilms and
Pathogenesis (Estrella presenting)
Assigned Article:
Thein-Fahmah and G. O’Toole. 2003.
A genetic basis for Pseudomonas
aeruginosa biofilm antibiotic resistance.
Nature 426:306-310. PDF (275 KB)
Useful
Review:
O’Toole,
G. 2003. To build a biofilm. J. Bacteriol. 185:2687-2689. PDF (609 KB)
Sarah K. Highlander, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Dept. of Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Baylor College of Medicine
BCM 280
713-798-6311; sarahh@bcm.tmc.edu
23. Tuesday, April 13, 2004. Polymicrobic Interactions I (Highlander presenting)
Assigned
Article:
Brogden,
K. A. 2002. Polymicrobial diseases of animals and
humans. pp. 3-20 In K. A. Brogden and J. M. Guthmiller
(eds.), Polymicrobial Diseases, ASM Press, Washington, D. C. PDF 18.2 Mb
(LARGE!)
24. Thursday, April 15, 2004. Polymicrobic Interactions II (Meaux
presenting)
Assigned
Article:
Leite, F.,
M. J. Sylte, S. O’Brien, R. Schultz, S. Peck, K. van Reeth, and C. J.
Czuprynski. 2002. Effect of experimental infection of cattle
with bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) on the ex vivo interaction of bovine
leucocytes with Mannheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica
exotoxin. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 84:97-110. PDF 14.4 MB
(LARGE!)
Useful
Review:
Hodkins,
D. C., J. A. Conlon, and P. A. Shewen.
2002. Respiratory viruses and
bacteria in cattle. pp. 213-229 In
K. A. Brogden and J. M. Guthmiller (eds.), Polymicrobial Diseases, ASM Press,
Washington, D. C. PDF 17.5 MB (LARGE!)
Antigenic Variation and Host Responses (Dr. Norris)
25. Tuesday, April 20, 2004. Antigenic Variation I – an overview (Norris
presenting)
Assigned
Review (no written assignment required)
McCulloch,
R. 2004. Antigenic variation in African trypanosomes:
monitoring progress. Trends Parasitol. 20:117-21. PDF 364
KB
Additional (more detailed) Review
Donelson, J. E. 2003. Antigenic variation
and the African trypanosome genome. Acta Trop. 85:391-404. PDF 347
KB
26. Thursday, April 22, 2004. Antigenic Variation II (Wilson presenting)
Assigned Article
Amiguet-Vercher,
A., D. Perez-Morga, A. Pays, P. Poelvoorde, H. Van Xong, P. Tebabi, L.
Vanhamme, and E. Pays. 2004. Loss of the mono-allelic control of the VSG
expression sites during the development of Trypanosoma brucei in the
bloodstream. Mol Microbiol 51:1577-88.
PDF 705 KB
27. Tuesday, April 27, 2004. Host Responses (Norris or volunteer
presenting)
Assigned Article
Bellocchio,
S., C. Montagnoli, S. Bozza, R. Gaziano, G. Rossi, S. S. Mambula, A. Vecchi, A.
Mantovani, S. M. Levitz, and L. Romani. 2004. The contribution of the
toll-like/IL-1 receptor superfamily to innate and adaptive immunity to fungal
pathogens in vivo. J Immunol 172:3059-69. PDF 431 KB
Useful Review
Roeder,
A., C. J. Kirschning, R. A. Rupec, M. Schaller, and H. C. Korting. 2004.
Toll-like receptors and innate antifungal responses. Trends Microbiol 12:44-9. PDF 5034 KB