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  1. The virulence domain of Shigella IcsA contains a subregion with specific host cell adhesion function

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2020, PLOS

    Dr Matthew Thomas Doyle, Dr Renato Morona

  2. Mutational analysis of the major periplasmic loops of Shigella flexneri Wzy: identification of the residues affecting O antigen modal chain length control, and Wzz-dependent polymerization activity

    Article • Microbiology, April 2015, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Renato Morona

  3. Lipopolysaccharide surface structure does not influence IcsA polarity

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona, Dr Matthew Thomas Doyle

  4. Mutational Analysis of the Shigella flexneri O-Antigen Polymerase Wzy: Identification of Wzz-Dependent Wzy Mutants

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Renato Morona

  5. Topology of Streptococcus pneumoniae CpsC, a Polysaccharide Copolymerase and Bacterial Protein Tyrosine Kinase Adaptor Protein

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2014, ASM Journals

    Alistair Standish, Dr Renato Morona

  6. Tyrosine phosphorylation enhances activity of pneumococcal autolysin LytA

    Article • Microbiology, October 2014, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Renato Morona

  7. Progress in understanding the assembly process of bacterial O-antigen

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, September 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  8. Myosin IIA is essential for Shigella flexneri cell-to-cell spread

    Article • Pathogens and Disease, July 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  9. Dynamin-related protein Drp1 and mitochondria are important for Shigella flexneri infection

    Article • International Journal of Medical Microbiology, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  10. The Role of Bacterial Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases in the Regulation of the Biosynthesis of Secreted Polysaccharides

    Article • Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, May 2014, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Alistair Standish, Dr Renato Morona

  11. Molecular Basis for O-Antigen Biosynthesis in Vibrio cholerae O1: Ogawa-Inaba Switching

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Renato Morona

  12. IcsA Is a Shigella flexneri Adhesin Regulated by the Type III Secretion System and Required for Pathogenesis

    Article • Cell Host & Microbe, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  13. Relationship between O-antigen chain length and resistance to colicin E2 in Shigella flexneri

    Article • Microbiology, January 2014, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Renato Morona

  14. Impact of Dynasore an Inhibitor of Dynamin II on Shigella flexneri Infection

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2013, PLOS

    Dr Renato Morona

  15. Complete Genome Sequence of SfII, a Serotype-Converting Bacteriophage of the Highly Prevalent Shigella flexneri Serotype 2a

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Renato Morona

  16. Asymmetric localisation of IcsP

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2013, PLOS

    Dr Renato Morona, Dr Matthew Thomas Doyle

  17. Encapsulating Bacteria

    Article • Structure, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  18. Residues located inside the Escherichia coli FepE protein oligomer are essential for lipopolysaccharide O-antigen modal chain length regulation

    Article • Microbiology, February 2013, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Renato Morona

  19. Identification of Shigella flexneri IcsA Residues Affecting Interaction with N-WASP, and Evidence for IcsA-IcsA Co-Operative Interaction

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2013, PLOS

    Dr Renato Morona

  20. Dual inhibition of DNA polymerase PolC and protein tyrosine phosphatase CpsB uncovers a novel antibiotic target

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, January 2013, Elsevier

    Alistair Standish, Dr Renato Morona

  21. Absence of O antigen suppresses Shigella flexneri IcsA autochaperone region mutations

    Article • Microbiology, August 2012, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Renato Morona

  22. Escherichia coli 83972 Expressing a P fimbriae Oligosaccharide Receptor Mimic Impairs Adhesion of Uropathogenic E. coli

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  23. Wzy-Dependent Bacterial Capsules as Potential Drug Targets

    Article • Current Drug Targets, August 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Alistair Standish, Dr Renato Morona, Professor Bostjan Kobe

  24. Bioengineered microbes in disease therapy

    Article • Trends in Molecular Medicine, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  25. Chemical Inhibition of Bacterial Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Suppresses Capsule Production

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2012, PLOS

    Alistair Standish, Dr Renato Morona

  26. Self-association of the Shigella flexneri IcsA autotransporter protein

    Article • Microbiology, April 2012, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Renato Morona

  27. 5-Benzylidenerhodanine and 5-benzylidene-2-4-thiazolidinedione based antibacterials

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  28. IcsA autotransporter passenger promotes increased fusion protein expression on the cell surface

    Article • Microbial Cell Factories, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Renato Morona

  29. Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae Cps2C Residues That Affect Capsular Polysaccharide Polymerization, Cell Wall Ligation, and Cps2D Phosphorylation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Renato Morona

  30. Designer Probiotics and Enteric Cytoprotection

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Renato Morona

  31. Receptor-mimic probiotics: potential therapeutics for bacterial toxin-mediated enteric diseases

    Article • Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, June 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Renato Morona

  32. Mutagenesis and Chemical Cross-Linking Suggest that Wzz Dimer Stability and Oligomerization Affect Lipopolysaccharide O-Antigen Modal Chain Length Control

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Renato Morona

  33. Bioengineered bugs expressing oligosaccharide receptor mimics: Toxin-binding probiotics for treatment and prevention of enteric infections

    Article • Bioengineered Bugs, May 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Renato Morona

  34. Differential immunogenicity of Vibrio cholerae O139 variants expressing different combinations of naturally occurring and atypical forms of the serogroup polysaccharide

    Article • Vaccine, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  35. Sequence-structure relationships in polysaccharide co-polymerase (PCP) proteins

    Article • Trends in Biochemical Sciences, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  36. Mutagenesis of the Shigella flexneri Autotransporter IcsA Reveals Novel Functional Regions Involved in IcsA Biogenesis and Recruitment of Host Neural Wiscott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Renato Morona

  37. Coiled-coil regions play a role in the function of the Shigella flexneri O-antigen chain length regulator WzzpHS2

    Article • Microbiology, April 2008, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Renato Morona

  38. Bacterial polysaccharide co-polymerases share a common framework for control of polymer length

    Article • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Renato Morona

  39. Attachment of capsular polysaccharide to the cell wall of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 2 is required for invasive disease

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Renato Morona

  40. A Recombinant Probiotic for Treatment and Prevention of Cholera

    Article • Gastroenterology, May 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  41. Altering the Length of the Lipopolysaccharide O Antigen Has an Impact on the Interaction of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium with Macrophages and Complement

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Renato Morona

  42. Role of oxyR in the Oral Anaerobe Porphyromonas gingivalis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Renato Morona

  43. Designer probiotics for prevention of enteric infections

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, February 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Renato Morona

  44. Inducible serum resistance in Salmonella typhimurium is dependent on wzzfepE-regulated very long O antigen chains

    Article • Microbes and Infection, October 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  45. Recombinant Probiotics for Treatment and Prevention of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Diarrhea

    Article • Gastroenterology, May 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Michael P Jennings, Dr Renato Morona, Dr Louise Frances Roddam

  46. Topological analysis of GtrA and GtrB proteins encoded by the serotype-converting cassette of Shigella flexneri

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, March 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  47. The Effect That Mutations in the Conserved Capsular Polysaccharide Biosynthesis Genes cpsA, cpsB, and cpsD Have on Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  48. The Chromosome of Shigella flexneri Bacteriophage Sf6: Complete Nucleotide Sequence, Genetic Mosaicism, and DNA Packaging

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, May 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  49. Refinement of a Therapeutic Shiga Toxin–Binding Probiotic for Human Trials

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  50. The actin-based motility defect of a Shigella flexneri rmlD rough LPS mutant is not due to loss of IcsA polarity

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, July 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  51. Mutational Analysis of the Carboxy-Terminal (YGX)4 Repeat Domain of CpsD, an Autophosphorylating Tyrosine Kinase Required for Capsule Biosynthesis in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Renato Morona

  52. Lipopolysaccharide O antigen chains mask IcsA (VirG) in Shigella flexneri

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  53. Multicopy icsA is able to suppress the virulence defect caused by the wzz SF mutation in Shigella flexneri

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  54. Genetic modulation of Shigella flexneri 2a lipopolysaccharide O antigen modal chain length reveals that it has been optimized for virulence

    Article • Microbiology, April 2003, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Renato Morona

  55. Regulation of Salmonella typhimurium lipopolysaccharide O antigen chain length is required for virulence; identification of FepE as a second Wzz

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2003, Wiley

    Dr Renato Morona

  56. The Tailspike Protein of Shigella Phage Sf6: A STRUCTURAL HOMOLOG OF SALMONELLA PHAGE P22 TAILSPIKE PROTEIN WITHOUT SEQUENCE SIMILARITY IN THE  -HELIX DOMAIN

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2002, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Renato Morona

  57. Epitope analysis of the FanC subunit protein of the K99 (F5) fimbriae of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli using a recombinant fusion technique

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, September 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  58. Tyrosine phosphorylation of CpsD negatively regulates capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2002, Wiley

    Dr Renato Morona

  59. Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsule Biosynthesis Protein CpsB Is a Novel Manganese-Dependent Phosphotyrosine-Protein Phosphatase

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2002, ASM Journals

    Dr Renato Morona

  60. Neutralization of Shiga Toxins Stx1, Stx2c, and Stx2e by Recombinant Bacteria Expressing Mimics of Globotriose and Globotetraose

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2001, ASM Journals

    Dr Renato Morona

  61. Oral Administration of Formaldehyde-Killed Recombinant Bacteria Expressing a Mimic of the Shiga Toxin Receptor Protects Mice from Fatal Challenge with Shiga-ToxigenicEscherichia coli

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2001, ASM Journals

    Dr Renato Morona

  62. Analysis of Shigella flexneri Wzz (Rol) function by mutagenesis and cross-linking: Wzz is able to oligomerize

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 1999, Wiley

    Dr Renato Morona

  63. The Shigella flexneri bacteriophage Sf6 tailspike protein (TSP)/endorhamnosidase is related to the bacteriophage P22 TSP and has a motif common to exo- and endoglycanases, and C-5 epimerases

    Article • Microbiology, July 1999, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Renato Morona

  64. Molecular and genetic characterization of the capsule biosynthesis locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 23F

    Article • Microbiology, April 1999, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Renato Morona

  65. The Salmonella typhi melittin resistance gene pqaB affects intracellular growth in PMA-differentiated U937 cells, polymyxin B resistance and lipopolysaccharide

    Article • Microbiology, February 1999, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Renato Morona

  66. Overexpression and topology of the Shigella flexneri O-antigen polymerase (Rfc/Wzy)

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 1998, Wiley

    Dr Renato Morona

  67. Recombinational exchanges at the capsular polysaccharide biosynthetic locus lead to frequent serotype changes among natural isolates ofStreptococcus pneumoniae

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 1998, Wiley

    Dr Renato Morona

  68. Mechanism of bacteriophage SfII‐mediated serotype conversion in Shigella flexneri

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 1997, Wiley

    Dr Renato Morona

  69. PhoP/Q regulated genes inSalmonella typhi: identification of melittin sensitive mutants

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, March 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  70. Characterization of the locus encoding the Streptococcus pneumoniae type 19F capsular polysaccharide biosynthetic pathway

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 1997, Wiley

    Dr Renato Morona

  71. Regulation of O‐antigen chain length is required for Shigella flexneri virulence

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 1997, Wiley

    Dr Renato Morona

  72. Characterization of the Capsular Polysaccharide Biosynthesis Locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae Type 19F

    Article • Microbial Drug Resistance, January 1997, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Renato Morona

  73. A putative pathway for perosamine biosynthesis is the first function encoded within the rfb region of Vibrio cholerae O1

    Article • Gene, December 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  74. A putative pathway for biosynthesis of the O-antigen component, 3-deoxy-L-glycero-tetronic acid, based on the sequence of the Vibrio cholerae 01 rfb region

    Article • Gene, December 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  75. Genetic rearrangements in the rfb regions of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 1995, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Renato Morona

  76. Lipopolysaccharide with an altered O-antigen produced inEscherichia coliK-12 harbouring mutated, clonedShigella flexneri rfbgenes

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 1995, Wiley

    Dr Renato Morona

  77. Release of chloramphenicol acetyl transferase from recombinant Escherichia coli by sonication and the French press

    Article • Biotechnology Techniques, July 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Renato Morona

  78. Genetic analysis of the rfbX gene of shigella flexneri

    Article • Gene, March 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  79. In vibrio cholerae serogroup O 1, rfaD is closely linked to the rfb operon

    Article • Gene, March 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  80. Putative O-antigen transport genes within the rfb region of Vibrio cholerae O1 are homologous to those for capsule transport

    Article • Gene, January 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  81. Construction of K88- and K99-expressing clones of Salmonella typhimurium G30: immunogenicity following oral administration to pigs

    Article • Vaccine, May 1994, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  82. Characterization of the dTDP-rhamnose biosynthetic genes encoded in the rfb iocus of Shigella flexneri

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 1994, Wiley

    Dr Renato Morona

  83. Immunization of mice with Salmonella typhimurium C5 aroA expressing a genetically toxoided derivative of the pneumococcal toxin pneumolysin

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, February 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  84. 5110588 Composite salmonella E. coli, vibrio cholerae vaccine strainsRenato Morona, Stephen R Attridge, Aberfoyle Park, Australia assigned to Enterovax Limited

    Article • Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, January 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  85. Serotype conversion in Vibrio cholerae O1.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 1992, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Renato Morona

  86. Biosynthesis of the lipopolysaccharides of Vibrio cholerae 01 and generation of O-antigen serotype specificity

    Article • Vaccine, January 1992, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  87. Construction of plasmid vectors with a non-antibiotic selection system based on the Escherichia coli thyA+ gene: application to cholera vaccine development

    Article • Gene, October 1991, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  88. Effect of lipopolysaccharide core synthesis mutations on the production of Vibrio cholerae O-antigen in Escherixhia coli K-12

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 1991, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  89. Effect of lipopolysaccharide core synthesis mutations on the production of Vibrio cholerae O-antigen in Escherixhia coli K-12

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 1991, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  90. Genetic analysis of the rfb region of Shigella flexneri encoding the Y serotype O-antigen specificity

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 1991, Wiley

    Dr Renato Morona

  91. Regions of the cloned Vibrio cholerae rfb genes needed to determine the Ogawa form of the O-antigen

    Article • December 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Renato Morona

  92. Surface co-expression of Vibrio cholerae and Salmonella typhi O-antigens on Ty21a clone EX210

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, March 1990, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  93. Immunogenicity of a Candidate Live Oral Typhoid/Cholera Hybrid Vaccine in Humans

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 1989, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  94. Towards a live oral vaccine against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli of swine

    Article • Vaccine, October 1988, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  95. Contruction of Defined galE Mutants of Salmonella for Use as Vaccines

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, July 1987, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  96. A physical map of the chromosomal region determining O-antigen biosynthesis in Vibrio cholerae 01

    Article • Gene, January 1987, Elsevier

    Dr Renato Morona

  97. Detection of an OmpA-like protein in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, October 1986, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  98. The nature of ompA mutants of Escherichia coli K12 exhibiting temperature-sensitive bacteriophage resistance

    Article • MGG Molecular & General Genetics, November 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Renato Morona

  99. Demonstration of a bacteriophage receptor site on the Escherichia coli K12 outer-membrane protein OmpC by the use of a protease

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, July 1985, Wiley

    Dr Renato Morona

  100. Detection of several diisopropylfluorophosphate-binding proteins in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K-12

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 1984, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  101. Detection of several diisopropylfluorophosphate-binding proteins in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli K-12

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, July 1984, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Renato Morona

  102. A new locus, stc, which affects the phenotype of tolC mutants of Escherichia coli K-12

    Article • January 1982, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Renato Morona

  103. Molecular cloning of the tolC locus of Escherichia coli K-12 with the use of transposon Tn10

    Article • January 1981, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Renato Morona