Tiffany L Leighton
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Buensuceso R, Daniel-Ivad M, Kilmury S, Leighton T, Harvey H, Howell P, et al.
J Bacteriol
. 2017 Jun;
199(16).
PMID: 28583947
FimV is a inner membrane hub protein that modulates levels of the second messenger, cyclic AMP (cAMP), through the activation of adenylate cyclase CyaB. Although type IVa pilus (T4aP)-dependent twitching...
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Leighton T, Yong D, Howell P, Burrows L
J Biol Chem
. 2016 Jul;
291(38):19923-38.
PMID: 27474743
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections and is resistant to many antibiotics. Type IV pili (T4P) are among the key virulence factors used by P. aeruginosa for...
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Leighton T, Dayalani N, Sampaleanu L, Howell P, Burrows L
J Bacteriol
. 2015 Apr;
197(13):2229-2238.
PMID: 25917913
Unlabelled: Type IV pili (T4P) are dynamic protein filaments that mediate bacterial adhesion, biofilm formation, and twitching motility. The highly conserved PilMNOP proteins form an inner membrane alignment subcomplex required...
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Leighton T, Buensuceso R, Howell P, Burrows L
Environ Microbiol
. 2015 Mar;
17(11):4148-63.
PMID: 25808785
Type IV pili (T4P) are bacterial virulence factors involved in a wide variety of functions including deoxyribonucleic acid uptake, surface attachment, biofilm formation and twitching motility. While T4P are common...
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Stone C, Sugiman-Marangos S, Bulir D, Clayden R, Leighton T, Slootstra J, et al.
PLoS One
. 2012 Jan;
7(1):e30220.
PMID: 22272312
Type III secretion (T3S) is an essential virulence factor used by gram-negative pathogenic bacteria to deliver effector proteins into the host cell to establish and maintain an intracellular infection. Chlamydia...