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K E Wilks

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Articles 7
Citations 208
Followers 0
Related Specialties
Microbiology
Science
Molecular Biology
Top 10 Co-Authors
J S Kroll
P R Langford
E R Moxon
M P Jennings
J L FARRANT
J T Poolman
D J Maskell
P van der Ley
K L Dunn
A R Gorringe
Published In
Microbiology (Reading)
Microb Pathog
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Mol Microbiol
FEMS Microbiol Lett
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Recent Articles
1.
Natural genetic exchange between Haemophilus and Neisseria: intergeneric transfer of chromosomal genes between major human pathogens
Kroll J, Wilks K, FARRANT J, Langford P
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 1998 Oct; 95(21):12381-5. PMID: 9770495
Members of the bacterial families Haemophilus and Neisseria, important human pathogens that commonly colonize the nasopharynx, are naturally competent for DNA uptake from their environment. In each genus this process...
2.
Periplasmic superoxide dismutase in meningococcal pathogenicity
Wilks K, Dunn K, FARRANT J, Reddin K, Gorringe A, Langford P, et al.
Infect Immun . 1998 Jan; 66(1):213-7. PMID: 9423860
Meningococcal sodC encodes periplasmic copper- and zinc-cofactored superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn SOD) which catalyzes the conversion of the superoxide radical anion to hydrogen peroxide, preventing a sequence of reactions leading to...
3.
Identification of sodC encoding periplasmic [Cu,Zn]-superoxide dismutase in Salmonella
Canvin J, Langford P, Wilks K, Kroll J
FEMS Microbiol Lett . 1996 Feb; 136(2):215-20. PMID: 8869506
sodC, encoding [Cu,Zn]-cofactored superoxide dismutase, once thought to be virtually confined to eukaryotes, has now been described in many Gram-negative pathogens that have their primary niche of colonization in the...
4.
Cloning and molecular analysis of the Isi1 (rfaF) gene of Neisseria meningitidis which encodes a heptosyl-2-transferase involved in LPS biosynthesis: evaluation of surface exposed carbohydrates in LPS mediated toxicity for human endothelial cells
Jennings M, Bisercic M, Dunn K, Virji M, Martin A, Wilks K, et al.
Microb Pathog . 1995 Dec; 19(6):391-407. PMID: 8852280
Neisseria meningitidis, but not Haemophilus influenzae, damage cultured human endothelial cells. We have undertaken a study to generate genetically and structurally defined lipopolysaccharide (LPS) mutant strains of meningococci for functional...
5.
Bacterial [Cu,Zn]-superoxide dismutase: phylogenetically distinct from the eukaryotic enzyme, and not so rare after all!
Kroll J, Langford P, Wilks K, Keil A
Microbiology (Reading) . 1995 Sep; 141 ( Pt 9):2271-9. PMID: 7496539
Copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutases ([Cu,Zn]-SODs) are generally considered almost exclusively eukaryotic enzymes, protecting the cytosol and extracellular compartments of higher organisms from damage by oxygen free-radicals. The recent description...
6.
Cloning and molecular analysis of the galE gene of Neisseria meningitidis and its role in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis
Jennings M, van der Ley P, Wilks K, Maskell D, Poolman J, Moxon E
Ann N Y Acad Sci . 1994 Aug; 730:252-4. PMID: 8080177
No abstract available.
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Cloning and molecular analysis of the galE gene of Neisseria meningitidis and its role in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis
Jennings M, van der Ley P, Wilks K, Maskell D, Poolman J, Moxon E
Mol Microbiol . 1993 Oct; 10(2):361-9. PMID: 7934827
The galE gene from Haemophilus influenzae was used as a hybridization probe for the galE gene of Neisseria meningitidis Group B, identifying two different homologous loci. Each of the loci...