individual publications

• academic article

  • FSL J1-208, a virulent uncommon phylogenetic lineage IV Listeria monocytogenes strain with a small chromosome size and a putative virulence plasmid carrying internalin-like genes.  Applied Environmental Microbiology.  78:1876-1889. 2012
  • Growth temperature-dependent contributions of response regulators, sigma B, PrfA, and motility factors to Listeria monocytogenes invasion of Caco-2 cells.  Foodborne Pathogens and Disease.  7:1337-1349. 2010
  • Homopolymeric tracts represent a general regulatory mechanism in prokaryotes.  BMC Genomics.  11. 2010
  • Contributions of two-component regulatory systems, alternative sigma factors, and negative regulators to L. monocytogenes growth at low temperature.  Journal of Food Protection.  71:420-425. 2008
  • Sigma B contributes to PrfA-mediated virulence in Listeria monocytogenes.  Infect. Immun..  70:3948-3952. 2002