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Surface attachment induces Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence by Siryaporn, Albert, Kuchma, Sherry L., O'Toole, George A., Gitai, Zemer, Ausubel, Frederick M.

“…Significance Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a pathogen that kills a remarkably wide range of hosts. The environmental cues that regulate P. aeruginosa virulence…”
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Flagellar Stators Stimulate c-di-GMP Production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Baker, Amy E, Webster, Shanice S, Diepold, Andreas, Kuchma, Sherry L, Bordeleau, Eric, Armitage, Judith P, O'Toole, George A

“…Flagellar motility is critical for surface attachment and biofilm formation in many bacteria. A key regulator of flagellar motility in and other microbes is…”
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PilZ Domain Protein FlgZ Mediates Cyclic Di-GMP-Dependent Swarming Motility Control in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Baker, Amy E, Diepold, Andreas, Kuchma, Sherry L, Scott, Jessie E, Ha, Dae Gon, Orazi, Giulia, Armitage, Judith P, O'Toole, George A

“…The second messenger cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP) is an important regulator of motility in many bacterial species. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, elevated levels…”
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A hierarchical cascade of second messengers regulates Pseudomonas aeruginosa surface behaviors by Luo, Yun, Zhao, Kun, Baker, Amy E, Kuchma, Sherry L, Coggan, Kimberly A, Wolfgang, Matthew C, Wong, Gerard C L, O'Toole, George A

“…Biofilms are surface-attached multicellular communities. Using single-cell tracking microscopy, we showed that a pilY1 mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is…”
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SadC Reciprocally Influences Biofilm Formation and Swarming Motility via Modulation of Exopolysaccharide Production and Flagellar Function by Merritt, Judith H, Brothers, Kimberly M, Kuchma, Sherry L, O'Toole, George A

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BifA, a Cyclic-Di-GMP Phosphodiesterase, Inversely Regulates Biofilm Formation and Swarming Motility by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 by Kuchma, Sherry L, Brothers, Kimberly M, Merritt, Judith H, Liberati, Nicole T, Ausubel, Frederick M, O'Toole, George A

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How P. aeruginosa cells with diverse stator composition collectively swarm by de Anda, Jaime, Kuchma, Sherry L, Webster, Shanice S, Boromand, Arman, Lewis, Kimberley A, Lee, Calvin K, Contreras, Maria, Medeiros Pereira, Victor F, Schmidt, William, Hogan, Deborah A, O'Hern, Corey S, O'Toole, George A, Wong, Gerard C L

“…Swarming is a macroscopic phenomenon in which surface bacteria organize into a motile population. The flagellar motor that drives swarming in is powered by…”
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A Three-Component Regulatory System Regulates Biofilm Maturation and Type III Secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Kuchma, Sherry L, Connolly, John P, O'Toole, George A

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Caenorhabditis elegans SMG-2 Selectively Marks mRNAs Containing Premature Translation Termination Codons by Johns, Lisa, Grimson, Andrew, Kuchma, Sherry L., Newman, Carrie Loushin, Anderson, Philip

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Surface-Induced cAMP Signaling Requires Multiple Features of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pili by Kuchma, Sherry L, O'Toole, George A

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pili (TFP) are important for twitching motility and biofilm formation. TFP have been implicated in surface sensing, a process…”
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Surface-induced and biofilm-induced changes in gene expression by Kuchma, Sherry L, O'Toole, George A

“…A biofilm is a community of microorganisms attached to a surface. Based on studies of single-species communities, biofilm formation follows a progression from…”
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Nanoscale Adhesion Forces of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pili by Beaussart, Audrey, Baker, Amy E, Kuchma, Sherry L, El-Kirat-Chatel, Sofiane, O’Toole, George A, Dufrêne, Yves F

“…A variety of bacterial pathogens use nanoscale protein fibers called type IV pili to mediate cell adhesion, a primary step leading to infection. Currently, how…”
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Plate-based assay for swimming motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Ha, Dae-Gon, Kuchma, Sherry L, O'Toole, George A

“…Swimming motility is a flagellum-dependent form of movement observed in the Gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Swimming motility is defined as the…”
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Plate-based assay for swarming motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Ha, Dae-Gon, Kuchma, Sherry L, O'Toole, George A

“…Swarming motility is one of three distinct modes of motility observed in the gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Swarming motility is defined as…”
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Can Inhibit Growth of Streptococcal Species via Siderophore Production by Scott, Jessie E, Li, Kewei, Filkins, Laura M, Zhu, Bin, Kuchma, Sherry L, Schwartzman, Joseph D, O'Toole, George A

“…Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease that causes patients to accumulate thick, dehydrated mucus in the lung and develop chronic, polymicrobial infections…”
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Ethanol Decreases Pseudomonas aeruginosa Flagellar Motility through the Regulation of Flagellar Stators by Lewis, Kimberley A, Baker, Amy E, Chen, Annie I, Harty, Colleen E, Kuchma, Sherry L, O'Toole, George A, Hogan, Deborah A

“…frequently encounters microbes that produce ethanol. Low concentrations of ethanol reduced swim zone area by up to 45% in soft agar. The reduction of swimming…”
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smg-7 Is Required for mRNA Surveillance in Caenorhabditis elegans by Cali, Brian M, Kuchma, Sherry L, Latham, Jonathan, Anderson, Philip

“…Eukaryotic mRNAs that contain premature stop codons are degraded more rapidly than their wild-type counterparts, a phenomenon termed "nonsense-mediated mRNA…”
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Aminoglycoside resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms modulated by extracellular polysaccharide by Khan, Wajiha, Bernier, Steve P, Kuchma, Sherry L, Hammond, John H, Hasan, Fariha, O'Toole, George A

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that produces sessile communities known as biofilms that are highly resistant to antibiotic treatment…”
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Investigating the Link Between Imipenem Resistance and Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Musafer, Hadeel K, Kuchma, Sherry L, Naimie, Amanda A, Schwartzman, Joseph D, AL-Mathkhury, Harith J. Fahad, O’Toole, George A

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a ubiquitous environmental organism, is a difficult-to-treat opportunistic pathogen due to its broad-spectrum antibiotic resistance and…”
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Sadc reciprocally influences biofilm formation and swarming motility via modulation of exopolysaccharide production and flagellar function : Biofilms 2007: broadened horizon and new emphases by MERRITT, Judith H, BROTHERS, Kimberly M, KUCHMA, Sherry L, O'TOOLE, George A

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