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  1. Degradation of the Plant Defense Signal Salicylic Acid ProtectsRalstonia solanacearumfrom Toxicity and Enhances Virulence on Tobacco

    Article • mBio, June 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  2. Ralstonia solanacearum Uses Inorganic Nitrogen Metabolism for Virulence, ATP Production, and Detoxification in the Oxygen-Limited Host Xylem Environment

    Article • mBio, March 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  3. Tropical Strains of Ralstonia solanacearum Outcompete Race 3 Biovar 2 Strains at Lowland Tropical Temperatures

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  4. Hydroxycinnamic Acid Degradation, a Broadly Conserved Trait, Protects Ralstonia solanacearum from Chemical Plant Defenses and Contributes to Root Colonization and Virulence

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, March 2015, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  5. A Volatile Relationship: Profiling an Inter-Kingdom Dialogue Between two Plant Pathogens, Ralstonia Solanacearum and Aspergillus Flavus

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr nancy p keller, Professor Caitilyn Allen

  6. Nitrate Assimilation Contributes to Ralstonia solanacearum Root Attachment, Stem Colonization, and Virulence

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  7. Ralstonia solanacearum Requires PopS, an Ancient AvrE-Family Effector, for Virulence and To Overcome Salicylic Acid-Mediated Defenses during Tomato Pathogenesis

    Article • mBio, November 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  8. Ralfuranone Thioether Production by the Plant PathogenRalstonia solanacearum

    Article • ChemBioChem, September 2013, Wiley

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  9. Disease Resistance Against a Broad-Host-Range Pathogen

    Article • Plant Health Progress, January 2013, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  10. The In Planta Transcriptome of Ralstonia solanacearum: Conserved Physiological and Virulence Strategies during Bacterial Wilt of Tomato

    Article • mBio, July 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  11. Sequencing of K60, Type Strain of the Major Plant Pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  12. Diversity of Brazilian biovar 2 strains of Ralstonia solanacearum

    Article • Journal of General Plant Pathology, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Caitilyn Allen, Dr Cristine C Barreto

  13. Ralstonia syzygii, the Blood Disease Bacterium and Some Asian R. solanacearum Strains Form a Single Genomic Species Despite Divergent Lifestyles

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2011, PLOS

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  14. Necessity of OxyR for the Hydrogen Peroxide Stress Response and Full Virulence in Ralstonia solanacearum

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  15. A MotN Mutant of Ralstonia solanacearum Is Hypermotile and Has Reduced Virulence

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  16. In silico genomic subtraction guides development of highly accurate, DNA-based diagnostics for Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 and blood disease bacterium

    Article • Journal of General Plant Pathology, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  17. Ralfuranone Biosynthesis in Ralstonia solanacearum Suggests Functional Divergence in the Quinone Synthetase Family of Enzymes

    Article • Chemistry & Biology, March 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  18. Ralstonia solanacearum Extracellular Polysaccharide Is a Specific Elicitor of Defense Responses in Wilt-Resistant Tomato Plants

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2011, PLOS

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  19. Ralstonia solanacearum Dps Contributes to Oxidative Stress Tolerance and to Colonization of and Virulence on Tomato Plants

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  20. A cbb 3 -Type Cytochrome C Oxidase Contributes to Ralstonia solanacearum R3bv2 Growth in Microaerobic Environments and to Bacterial Wilt Disease Development in Tomato

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, August 2010, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  21. PopW ofRalstonia solanacearum, a new two-domain harpin targeting the plant cell wall

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, May 2010, Wiley

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  22. Genomes of three tomato pathogens within the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex reveal significant evolutionary divergence

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

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  23. Education in Plant Pathology: Present Status and Future Challenges

    Article • Plant Disease, December 2009, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  24. The Global Virulence Regulators VsrAD and PhcA Control Secondary Metabolism in the Plant PathogenRalstonia solanacearum

    Article • ChemBioChem, November 2009, Wiley

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  25. Broad Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum Strains in Cameroon

    Article • Plant Disease, November 2009, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  26. Interactions with Hosts at Cool Temperatures, Not Cold Tolerance, Explain the Unique Epidemiology of Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 Biovar 2

    Article • Phytopathology, October 2009, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  27. Ralstonia solanacearum Encounters an Oxidative Environment During Tomato Infection

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, July 2009, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  28. A Pectinase-deficientRalstonia solanacearumStrain Induces Reduced and Delayed Structural Defences in Tomato Xylem

    Article • Journal of Phytopathology, April 2009, Wiley

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  29. Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 Biovar 2 Causes Tropical Losses and Temperate Anxieties

    Article • Plant Health Progress, January 2009, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  30. Engineering a Real-Time Disposable Platform for Discrimination of Sub-Populations of Ralstonia solanacearum

    Article • January 2009, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  31. Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum in Irrigation Ponds and Aquatic Weeds Associated with the Ponds in North Florida

    Article • Plant Disease, December 2008, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  32. Diversity and distribution of Ralstonia solanacearum strains in Guatemala and rare occurrence of tomato fruit infection

    Article • Plant Pathology, April 2008, Wiley

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  33. It's a Boy! Gender Expectations Intrude on the Study of Sex Determination

    Article • DNA and Cell Biology, October 2007, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  34. Detection of Latent Infections of Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 Biovar 2 in Geranium

    Article • Plant Disease, July 2007, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  35. The Plant Pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum Needs Aerotaxis for Normal Biofilm Formation and Interactions with Its Tomato Host

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2007, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  36. Using the Ralstonia solanacearum Tat Secretome To Identify Bacterial Wilt Virulence Factors

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2007, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  37. Two Host-Induced Ralstonia solanacearum Genes, acrA and dinF, Encode Multidrug Efflux Pumps and Contribute to Bacterial Wilt Virulence

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2007, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  38. New Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum Strains Associated with Vegetable and Ornamental Crops in Florida

    Article • Plant Disease, February 2007, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  39. Chemotaxis Is Required for Virulence and Competitive Fitness of the Bacterial Wilt Pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2006, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  40. Identification of Open Reading Frames Unique to a Select Agent: Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 Biovar 2

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, January 2006, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  41. Behavior of Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 Biovar 2 During Latent and Active Infection of Geranium

    Article • Phytopathology, February 2005, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  42. Ralstonia solanacearum genes induced during growth in tomato: an inside view of bacterial wilt

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2004, Wiley

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  43. Flagellin Is Not a Major Defense Elicitor in Ralstonia solanacearum Cells or Extracts Applied to Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, June 2004, Scientific Societies

    Dr Joseph R Ecker, Professor Caitilyn Allen

  44. Swimming Motility, a Virulence Trait of Ralstonia solanacearum , Is Regulated by FlhDC and the Plant Host Environment

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, June 2004, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  45. Characterization of a Ralstonia solanacearum Operon Required for Polygalacturonate Degradation and Uptake of Galacturonic Acid

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, June 2003, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  46. Residential Learning Communities Positively Affect College Binge Drinking

    Article • Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, March 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  47. Residential Learning Communities Positively Affect College Binge Drinking

    Article • NASPA Journal, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  48. Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3, Biovar 2 Strains Isolated from Geranium Are Pathogenic on Potato

    Article • Plant Disease, September 2002, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  49. Ralstonia solanacearum Needs Motility for Invasive Virulence on Tomato

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2001, ASM Journals

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  50. Polygalacturonases are required for rapid colonization and full virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum on tomato plants

    Article • Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, August 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  51. Ralstonia solanacearum AmpD is required for wild-type bacterial wilt virulence

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, May 2000, Wiley

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  52. WISER WOMEN: FOSTERING UNDERGRADUATE SUCCESS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WITH A RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIC PROGRAM

    Article • Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, January 1999, Begell House

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  53. Bacterial Wilt Disease

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  54. Solanum tuberosum — S. commersonii Somatic Hybrids are Resistant to Brown Rot Caused by Ralstonia solanacearum

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  55. A Regulatory Locus, pehSR , Controls Polygalacturonase Production and Other Virulence Functions in Ralstonia solanacearum

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, December 1997, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  56. Inextricably Entwined: Politics, Biology, and Gender-Dimorphic Behavior

    Article • January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  57. Exo-Polygalacturonase and Virulence in Pseudomonas solanacearum

    Article • January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  58. Cloning of Genes Affecting Polygalacturonase Production in Pseudomonas solanacearum

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, January 1991, Scientific Societies

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  59. Nucleotide sequence of the Erwinia chrysanthemi gene encoding 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate permease

    Article • Gene, November 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  60. Erwinia Carotovora: Molecular Cloning of a 3.4 Kilobase DNA Fragment Mediating Production of Pectate Lyases

    Article • Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, March 1986, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Caitilyn Allen

  61. Complementation of an Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora protease mutant with a protease-encoding cosmid

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, February 1986, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Caitilyn Allen