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  1. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa PilSR Two-Component System Regulates Both Twitching and Swimming Motilities

    Article • mBio, July 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  2. Cyclic AMP-Independent Control of Twitching Motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2017, ASM Journals

    Lynne Howell, Dr Lori L. Burrows

  3. The Type IVa Pilus Machinery Is Recruited to Sites of Future Cell Division

    Article • mBio, January 2017, ASM Journals

    Lynne Howell, Dr Lori L. Burrows

  4. The Conserved Tetratricopeptide Repeat-Containing C-Terminal Domain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa FimV Is Required for Its Cyclic AMP-Dependent and -Independent Functions

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2016, ASM Journals

    Lynne Howell, Dr Lori L. Burrows

  5. Novel Role for PilNO in Type IV Pilus Retraction Revealed by Alignment Subcomplex Mutations

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2015, ASM Journals

    Lynne Howell, Dr Lori L. Burrows

  6. Truncated minor pilin PilE from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • November 2014, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  7. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Minor Pilins Prime Type IVa Pilus Assembly and Promote Surface Display of the PilY1 Adhesin

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2014, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  8. DNase I and proteinase K impair Listeria monocytogenes biofilm formation and induce dispersal of pre-existing biofilms

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  9. TPR3 of FimV from P. aeruginosa (PAO1)

    Article • August 2014, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  10. TPR3 of FimV from P. aeruginosa (PAO1)

    Article • August 2014, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  11. Role of PBPD1 in Stimulation of Listeria monocytogenes Biofilm Formation by Subminimal Inhibitory β-Lactam Concentrations

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  12. A New Twist in the Assembly of Type IV Pilus-like Fibers

    Article • Structure, May 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  13. Crystal structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (strain: PAO1) type IV minor pilin FimU in space group P21

    Article • January 2014, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  14. Crystal structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (strain: PAO1) type IV minor pilin FimU in space group P65

    Article • January 2014, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  15. The dynamics of peptidoglycan structure and function: Conference report on the 3rd Great Wall Symposium

    Article • Research in Microbiology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Allison Hillary Williams, Dr Lori L. Burrows

  16. A new route for polar navigation

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 2013, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  17. Functional Mapping of PilF and PilQ in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilus System

    Article • Biochemistry, April 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  18. Changes to Its Peptidoglycan-Remodeling Enzyme Repertoire Modulate β-Lactam Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  19. The Efflux Inhibitor Phenylalanine-Arginine Beta-Naphthylamide (PAβN) Permeabilizes the Outer Membrane of Gram-Negative Bacteria

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2013, PLOS

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  20. PilMNOPQ from the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilus System Form a Transenvelope Protein Interaction Network That Interacts with PilA

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2013, ASM Journals

    Lynne Howell, Dr Lori L. Burrows

  21. The Platform Protein Is Essential for Type IV Pilus Biogenesis

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2013, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  22. Type IV Pilin Proteins: Versatile Molecular Modules

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, November 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  23. Pseudomonas aeruginosaTwitching Motility: Type IV Pili in Action

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, October 2012, Annual Reviews

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  24. Prime time for minor subunits of the type II secretion and type IV pilus systems

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  25. Inhibition of Bacterial Biofilm Formation and Swarming Motility by a Small Synthetic Cationic Peptide

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows, Professor Victoria Korolik

  26. Small-Molecule Modulators of Listeria monocytogenes Biofilm Development

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

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  27. Decoding the roles of pilotins and accessory proteins in secretin escort services

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, December 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  28. Characterization of the PilN, PilO and PilP type IVa pilus subcomplex

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  29. Palmitoyl-dl-Carnitine is a Multitarget Inhibitor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Development

    Article • ChemBioChem, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  30. Intravital Microscopy of the Murine Urinary Bladder Microcirculation

    Article • Microcirculation, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  31. Pseudomonas aeruginosa d-Arabinofuranose Biosynthetic Pathway and Its Role in Type IV Pilus Assembly

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, June 2011, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  32. Maintaining network security: how macromolecular structures cross the peptidoglycan layer

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  33. The Peptidoglycan-Binding Protein FimV Promotes Assembly of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilus Secretin

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  34. Evolutionary and functional diversity of thePseudomonastype IVa pilin island

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2010, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  35. Architecture of the type II secretion and type IV pilus machineries

    Article • Future Microbiology, August 2010, Future Medicine

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  36. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Minor Pilins Are Incorporated into Type IV Pili

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, May 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  37. AlgK Is a TPR-Containing Protein and the Periplasmic Component of a Novel Exopolysaccharide Secretin

    Article • Structure, February 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  38. Structural Characterization of Novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilins

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  39. PilM/N/O/P Proteins Form an Inner Membrane Complex That Affects the Stability of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilus Secretin

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  40. Periplasmic Domains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PilN and PilO Form a Stable Heterodimeric Complex

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  41. Single-Residue Changes in the C-Terminal Disulfide-Bonded Loop of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilin Influence Pilus Assembly and Twitching Motility

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  42. Mechanical Properties of Type IV Pili in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  43. Hypertonic saline resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock does not impair the neutrophil response to intraabdominal infection

    Article • Surgery, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  44. Modification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pa5196 Type IV Pilins at Multiple Sites with d-Araf by a Novel GT-C Family Arabinosyltransferase, TfpW

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  45. Novel Proteins That Modulate Type IV Pilus Retraction Dynamics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  46. PilF Is an Outer Membrane Lipoprotein Required for Multimerization and Localization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilus Secretin

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  47. A Nice Return on the “Stalk” Exchange

    Article • Structure, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  48. Membrane interactions of designed cationic antimicrobial peptides: The two thresholds

    Article • Biopolymers, January 2008, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  49. Functional role of conserved residues in the characteristic secretion NTPase motifs of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilus motor proteins PilB, PilT and PilU

    Article • Microbiology, January 2008, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  50. Hydrophobic Interactions in Complexes of Antimicrobial Peptides with Bacterial Polysaccharides

    Article • Chemical Biology & Drug Design, June 2007, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  51. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis ofPseudomonas fluorescensAlgK

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, April 2007, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  52. Glycosylation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain Pa5196 Type IV Pilins with Mycobacterium-Like α-1,5-Linked d-Araf Oligosaccharides

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  53. Abnormalities in the Pulmonary Innate Immune System in Cystic Fibrosis

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, March 2006, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  54. Common β-lactamases inhibit bacterial biofilm formation

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2005, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  55. Mycobacterium neoaurum Contamination

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2005, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  56. Basis for Selectivity of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides for Bacterial Versus Mammalian Membranes

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

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  57. Weapons of mass retraction

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2005, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  58. Alginate as an auxiliary bacterial membrane: binding of membrane-active peptides by polysaccharides*

    Article • Journal of Peptide Research, March 2005, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  59. Disparate Subcellular Localization Patterns of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilus ATPases Involved in Twitching Motility

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2005, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  60. Helix Induction in Antimicrobial Peptides by Alginate in Biofilms

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2004, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  61. Rapidly Progressive Dementia Due to Mycobacterium neoaurum Meningoencephalitis

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2004, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  62. Three-component-mediated serotype conversion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by bacteriophage D3

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2004, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  63. Tropheryma whippelii as a cause of afebrile culture-negative endocarditis: the evolving spectrum of Whipple's disease

    Article • Journal of Infection, August 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  64. Contamination of Bone Marrow Products with an Actinomycete Resembling Microbacterium Species and Reinfusion into Autologous Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  65. Use of In-Biofilm Expression Technology To Identify Genes Involved in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Development

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  66. Biofilm Formation by Hyperpiliated Mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  67. Invited Commentary

    Article • January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  68. Is Surveillance for Multidrug‐Resistant Enterobacteriaceae an Effective Infection Control Strategy in the Absence of an Outbreak?

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, December 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  69. Molecular mechanisms of cefoxitin resistance in Escherichia coli from the Toronto area hospitals

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, September 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Lori L. Burrows, Dr Allison McGeer

  70. Three-component-mediated serotype conversion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by bacteriophage D3

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2001, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  71. Pseudomonas aeruginosa B-band lipopolysaccharide genes wbpA and wbpI and their Escherichia coli homologues wecC and wecB are not functionally interchangeable

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  72. Pseudomonas aeruginosa B-band lipopolysaccharide genes wbpA and wbpI and their Escherichia coli homologues wecC and wecB are not functionally interchangeable

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  73. Functional Conservation of the Polysaccharide Biosynthetic Protein WbpM and Its Homologues in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Other Medically Significant Bacteria

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2000, ASM Journals

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  74. Lipopolysaccharide core phosphates are required for viability and intrinsic drug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2000, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  75. Issues surrounding the prevention and management of device-related infections

    Article • World Journal of Urology, December 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  76. Genetic and biochemical characterization of an operon involved in the biosynthesis of 3-deoxy-d- manno -octulosonic acid in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  77. Glycosyltransferases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa that assemble the O antigens of A band and B band lipopolysaccharide

    Article • Journal of Endotoxin Research, February 1999, SAGE Publications

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  78. Three rhamnosyltransferases responsible for assembly of the A-band D-rhamnan polysaccharide in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a fourth transferase, WbpL, is required for the initiation of both A-band and B-band lipopolysaccharide synthesis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 1998, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  79. Three rhamnosyltransferases responsible for assembly of the A-band D-rhamnan polysaccharide in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a fourth transferase, WbpL, is required for the initiation of both A-band and B-band lipopolysaccharide synthesis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 1998, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  80. Molecular characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotype O5 (PAO1) B-band lipopolysaccharide gene cluster

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, November 1996, Wiley

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  81. Assembly Pathways for Biosynthesis of A-Band and B-Band Lipopolysaccharide in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lori L. Burrows

  82. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilus assembly system in three dimensions.

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Dr Lori L. Burrows