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From Catheter to Kidney Stone: The Uropathogenic Lifestyle of Proteus mirabilis by Norsworthy, Allison N, Pearson, Melanie M

“…Proteus mirabilis is a model organism for urease-producing uropathogens. These diverse bacteria cause infection stones in the urinary tract and form…”
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Proteus mirabilis and Urinary Tract Infections by Schaffer, Jessica N, Pearson, Melanie M

“…Proteus mirabilis is a Gram-negative bacterium and is well known for its ability to robustly swarm across surfaces in a striking bulls'-eye pattern…”
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Neurovascular coupling in normal aging: A combined optical, ERP and fMRI study by Fabiani, Monica, Gordon, Brian A., Maclin, Edward L., Pearson, Melanie A., Brumback-Peltz, Carrie R., Low, Kathy A., McAuley, Edward, Sutton, Bradley P., Kramer, Arthur F., Gratton, Gabriele

“…Brain aging is characterized by changes in both hemodynamic and neuronal responses, which may be influenced by the cardiorespiratory fitness of the individual…”
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Culture Methods for Proteus mirabilis by Pearson, Melanie M

“…Proteus mirabilis is generally easy to culture, but its tendency to swarm on a wide variety of media can interfere with isolation of single colonies or…”
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Phase Variation of the mrp Fimbrial Promoter by Pearson, Melanie M

“…Mannose-resistant Proteus-like (MR/P) fimbriae, produced by the uropathogen Proteus mirabilis, are major contributors to urinary tract infection. Expression of…”
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Methods for Studying Swarming and Swimming Motility by Pearson, Melanie M

“…Proteus mirabilis is well known for using its flagella to swim through liquids or swarm across solid surfaces. Both phenomena are easy to observe. Described…”
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MrpH, a new class of metal-binding adhesin, requires zinc to mediate biofilm formation by Jiang, Wangshu, Ubhayasekera, Wimal, Breed, Michael C, Norsworthy, Allison N, Serr, Nina, Mobley, Harry L. T, Pearson, Melanie M, Knight, Stefan D

“…Proteus mirabilis, a Gram-negative uropathogen, is a major causative agent in catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). Mannose-resistant…”
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Pathogenesis of Proteus mirabilis Infection by Armbruster, Chelsie E, Mobley, Harry L T, Pearson, Melanie M

“…, a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium most noted for its swarming motility and urease activity, frequently causes catheter-associated urinary tract infections…”
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Proteus mirabilis fimbriae- and urease-dependent clusters assemble in an extracellular niche to initiate bladder stone formation by Schaffer, Jessica N., Norsworthy, Allison N., Sun, Tung-Tien, Pearson, Melanie M.

“…The catheter-associated uropathogen Proteus mirabilis frequently causes urinary stones, but little has been known about the initial stages of bladder…”
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Proteus mirabilis UreR coordinates cellular functions required for urease activity by Fitzgerald, Madison J, Pearson, Melanie M, Mobley, Harry L T

“…A hallmark of infection of the urinary tract is the formation of stones. The ability to induce urinary stone formation requires urease, a nickel metalloenzyme…”
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Dietary Intake and Its Contribution to Longitudinal Organophosphorus Pesticide Exposure in Urban/Suburban Children by Lu, Chensheng, Barr, Dana B., Pearson, Melanie A., Waller, Lance A.

“…Background: The widespread use of organophosphorus (OP) pesticides has led to frequent exposure in adults and children. Because such exposure may cause adverse…”
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Organ agar serves as physiologically relevant alternative for in vivo bacterial colonization by Pearson, Melanie M, Shea, Allyson E, Pahil, Sapna, Smith, Sara N, Forsyth, Valerie S, Mobley, Harry L T

“…Animal models for host-microbial interactions have proven valuable, yielding physiologically relevant data that may be otherwise difficult to obtain…”
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Serum concentrations of polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the Michigan PBB Registry 40 years after the PBB contamination incident by Chang, Che-Jung, Terrell, Metrecia L., Marcus, Michele, Marder, M. Elizabeth, Panuwet, Parinya, Ryan, P. Barry, Pearson, Melanie, Barton, Hillary, Barr, Dana Boyd

“…[Display omitted] •PBB-153 is higher in the registry than US population 40 years after the incident.•Those born after have higher PBB-153 compared to the…”
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Structures of two fimbrial adhesins, AtfE and UcaD, from the uropathogen Proteus mirabilis by Jiang, Wangshu, Ubhayasekera, Wimal, Pearson, Melanie M., Knight, Stefan D.

“…The important uropathogen Proteus mirabilis encodes a record number of chaperone/usher‐pathway adhesive fimbriae. Such fimbriae, which are used for adhesion to…”
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Identifying Issues and Priorities in Reporting Back Environmental Health Data by Lebow-Skelley, Erin, Yelton, Sarah, Janssen, Brandi, Erdei, Esther, Pearson, Melanie A

“…Experts recommend reporting environmental exposure results back to research participants and communities, yet environmental health researchers need further…”
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A Collaborative Approach to Address Racism in a Community-Academic Partnership by Lebow-Skelley, Erin, Scott Tomlinson, Martha, Charles, Simone, Fuller, Christina, Ames, Bren, Pearson, Melanie A

“…The HERCULES Exposome Research Center at Emory University uses an exposome approach to study the environment's effect on health and community well-being…”
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Assessing Metabolic Differences Associated with Exposure to Polybrominated Biphenyl and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Michigan PBB Registry by Hoffman, Susan S, Liang, Donghai, Hood, Robert B, Tan, Youran, Terrell, Metrecia L, Marder, M Elizabeth, Barton, Hillary, Pearson, Melanie A, Walker, Douglas I, Barr, Dana Boyd, Jones, Dean P, Marcus, Michele

“…Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) are persistent organic pollutants with potential endocrine-disrupting effects linked to…”
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Birth outcomes associated with paternal polybrominated and polychlorinated biphenyl exposure by Redmond, Lawrence S., Kaufman, John A., Terrell, Metrecia L., Pearson, Melanie A., Barton, Hillary, Tomlinson, Martha Scott, Marcus, Michele

“…In 1973–74, a polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) flame retardant mixture was shipped to Michigan livestock feed mills in place of a nutritional supplement and…”
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Transcriptional analysis of the MrpJ network: modulation of diverse virulence-associated genes and direct regulation of mrp fimbrial and flhDC flagellar operons in Proteus mirabilis by Bode, Nadine J, Debnath, Irina, Kuan, Lisa, Schulfer, Anjelique, Ty, Maureen, Pearson, Melanie M

“…The enteric bacterium Proteus mirabilis is associated with a significant number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs). Strict regulation of…”
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Characterization of 17 chaperone-usher fimbriae encoded by Proteus mirabilis reveals strong conservation by KUAN, Lisa, SCHAFFER, Jessica N, ZOUZIAS, Christos D, PEARSON, Melanie M

“…Proteus mirabilis is a Gram-negative enteric bacterium that causes complicated urinary tract infections, particularly in patients with indwelling catheters…”
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