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  1. Differential Mechanisms for the Involvement of Polyamines and Hypusinated eIF5A in Ebola Virus Gene Expression

    Article • Journal of Virology, July 2018, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  2. Growth-Adaptive Mutations in the Ebola Virus Makona Glycoprotein Alter Different Steps in the Virus Entry Pathway

    Article • Journal of Virology, July 2018, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  3. Correction for Olsen et al., “Polyamines and Hypusination Are Required for Ebolavirus Gene Expression and Replication”

    Article • mBio, June 2018, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  4. Wolbachia w Stri Blocks Zika Virus Growth at Two Independent Stages of Viral Replication

    Article • mBio, May 2018, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  5. Polyamines and Their Role in Virus Infection

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, September 2017, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  6. Variable Inhibition of Zika Virus Replication by Different Wolbachia Strains in Mosquito Cell Cultures

    Article • Journal of Virology, April 2017, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  7. Polyamines and Hypusination Are Required for Ebolavirus Gene Expression and Replication

    Article • mBio, July 2016, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  8. Transcriptional Profiling of the Immune Response to Marburg Virus Infection

    Article • Journal of Virology, July 2015, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  9. Probing the Virus Host Interaction in High Containment: An Approach Using Pooled Short Hairpin RNA

    Article • Assay and Drug Development Technologies, February 2015, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    John Connor

  10. Discovery of a Novel Compound with Anti-Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Activity That Targets the Nonstructural Protein 2

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, June 2014, PLOS

    John Connor

  11. A single vertebrate DNA virus protein disarms invertebrate immunity to RNA virus infection

    Article • eLife, June 2014, eLife

    John Connor, John Yates

  12. Digital Sensing and Sizing of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Pseudotypes in Complex Media: A Model for Ebola and Marburg Detection

    Article • ACS Nano, June 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Connor

  13. Vaccinia Reporter Viruses for Quantifying Viral Function at All Stages of Gene Expression

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, May 2014, MyJove Corporation

    John Connor

  14. Activation of Stress Response Pathways Promotes Formation of Antiviral Granules and Restricts Virus Replication

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 2014, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  15. The Master Regulator of the Cellular Stress Response (HSF1) Is Critical for Orthopoxvirus Infection

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, February 2014, PLOS

    John Connor

  16. Lassa and Marburg viruses elicit distinct host transcriptional responses early after infection

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Connor

  17. An Interferometric Reflectance Imaging Sensor for Point of Care Viral Diagnostics

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, December 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    John Connor

  18. Approaches for antiviral probe development: new libraries, new mechanisms

    Article • Future Virology, July 2013, Future Medicine

    John Connor

  19. Transcriptional Profiling of the Circulating Immune Response to Lassa Virus in an Aerosol Model of Exposure

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, April 2013, PLOS

    John Connor

  20. Identification of a Broad-Spectrum Inhibitor of Viral RNA Synthesis: Validation of a Prototype Virus-Based Approach

    Article • Chemistry & Biology, March 2013, Elsevier

    John Connor

  21. Myxoma and Vaccinia Viruses Bind Differentially to Human Leukocytes

    Article • Journal of Virology, February 2013, ASM Journals

    John Connor, Professor Grant McFadden

  22. Translational control by negative-strand RNA viruses: Methods for the study of a crucial virus/host interaction

    Article • Methods, February 2013, Elsevier

    John Connor

  23. A Vesiculovirus Showing a Steepened Transcription Gradient and Dominanttrans-Repression of Virus Transcription

    Article • Journal of Virology, June 2012, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  24. Single nanoparticle detectors for biological applications

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Connor

  25. Identification of a Pyridopyrimidinone Inhibitor of Orthopoxviruses from a Diversity-Oriented Synthesis Library

    Article • Journal of Virology, December 2011, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  26. Development of Vaccinia reporter viruses for rapid, high content analysis of viral function at all stages of gene expression

    Article • Antiviral Research, July 2011, Elsevier

    John Connor

  27. Biomolecular Detection employing the Interferometric Reflectance Imaging Sensor (IRIS)

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, May 2011, MyJove Corporation

    John Connor

  28. Label-free multiplexed virus detection using spectral reflectance imaging

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, April 2011, Elsevier

    John Connor

  29. Formation of Antiviral Cytoplasmic Granules during Orthopoxvirus Infection

    Article • Journal of Virology, December 2010, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  30. Dominant Inhibition of Akt/Protein Kinase B Signaling by the Matrix Protein of a Negative-Strand RNA Virus

    Article • Journal of Virology, October 2010, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  31. Akt Inhibitor Akt-IV Blocks Virus Replication through an Akt-Independent Mechanism

    Article • Journal of Virology, September 2009, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  32. Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Matrix Protein Mutations That Affect Association with Host Membranes and Viral Nucleocapsids

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2008, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    John Connor

  33. hnRNPs Relocalize to the Cytoplasm following Infection with Vesicular Stomatitis Virus

    Article • Journal of Virology, November 2008, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  34. New mRNAs Are Preferentially Translated during Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Infection

    Article • Journal of Virology, December 2007, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  35. Antiviral activity and RNA polymerase degradation following Hsp90 inhibition in a range of negative strand viruses

    Article • Virology, May 2007, Elsevier

    John Connor

  36. Preferential Translation of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus mRNAs Is Conferred by Transcription from the Viral Genome

    Article • Journal of Virology, September 2006, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  37. Role of Residues 121 to 124 of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Matrix Protein in Virus Assembly and Virus-Host Interaction

    Article • Journal of Virology, April 2006, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  38. Inhibition of Host and Viral Translation during Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Infection: eIF2 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INHIBITION OF VIRAL BUT NOT HOST TRANSLATION

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2005, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    John Connor

  39. The Disintegrin Echistatin Stabilizes Integrin αIIbβ3's Open Conformation and Promotes Its Oligomerization

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, October 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Mattia Rocco, John Connor

  40. Replication and Cytopathic Effect of Oncolytic Vesicular Stomatitis Virus in Hypoxic Tumor Cells In Vitro and In Vivo

    Article • Journal of Virology, September 2004, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  41. Deactylase Inhibitors Disrupt Cellular Complexes Containing Protein Phosphatases and Deacetylases

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2003, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    John Connor

  42. Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Infection Alters the eIF4F Translation Initiation Complex and Causes Dephosphorylation of the eIF4E Binding Protein 4E-BP1

    Article • Journal of Virology, October 2002, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  43. Regulation of Synaptic Strength by Protein Phosphatase 1

    Article • Neuron, December 2001, Elsevier

    John Connor

  44. Growth Arrest and DNA Damage-Inducible Protein GADD34 Assembles a Novel Signaling Complex Containing Protein Phosphatase 1 and Inhibitor 1

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Biology, October 2001, ASM Journals

    John Connor

  45. Neurofilament-L Is a Protein Phosphatase-1-binding Protein Associated with Neuronal Plasma Membrane and Post-synaptic Density

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2000, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    John Connor

  46. Importance of the  12- 13 Loop in Protein Phosphatase-1 Catalytic Subunit for Inhibition by Toxins and Mammalian Protein Inhibitors

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, August 1999, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    John Connor

  47. Molecular Determinants of Nuclear Protein Phosphatase-1 Regulation by NIPP-1

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 1999, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    John Connor

  48. Inhibitor-1 Interaction Domain That Mediates the Inhibition of Protein Phosphatase-1

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 1998, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    John Connor

  49. Inhibitor-1, a Regulator of Protein Phosphatase 1 Function

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Connor

  50. Conversion of Protein Phosphatase 1 Catalytic Subunit to a Mn 2+ -Dependent Enzyme Impairs Its Regulation by Inhibitor 1 †

    Article • Biochemistry, June 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Connor

  51. Multiple Structural Elements Define the Specificity of Recombinant Human Inhibitor-1 as a Protein Phosphatase-1 Inhibitor † , ‡

    Article • Biochemistry, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Connor