Publications
Diversity of the fsr-gelE region of the Enterococcus faecalis genome but conservation in strains with partial deletions of the fsr operon. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 ;77(2):442-51.
. Genetic basis for in vivo daptomycin resistance in enterococci. N Engl J Med. 2011 ;365(10):892-900.
. Large scale variation in Enterococcus faecalis illustrated by the genome analysis of strain OG1RF. Genome Biol. 2008 ;9(7):R110.
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Translocation of Enterococcus faecalis strains across a monolayer of polarized human enterocyte-like T84 cells. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 ;42(3):1149-54.
. The Enterococcus faecalis fsrB gene, a key component of the fsr quorum-sensing system, is associated with virulence in the rabbit endophthalmitis model. Infect Immun. 2002 ;70(8):4678-81.
. Virulence effect of Enterococcus faecalis protease genes and the quorum-sensing locus fsr in Caenorhabditis elegans and mice. Infect Immun. 2002 ;70(10):5647-50.
. Characterization of fsr, a regulator controlling expression of gelatinase and serine protease in Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF. J Bacteriol. 2001 ;183(11):3372-82.
. A simple model host for identifying Gram-positive virulence factors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 ;98(19):10892-7.
. Analysis of a gene cluster of Enterococcus faecalis involved in polysaccharide biosynthesis. Infect Immun. 2000 ;68(2):815-23.
. Effects of Enterococcus faecalis fsr genes on production of gelatinase and a serine protease and virulence. Infect Immun. 2000 ;68(5):2579-86.
. Effect of disruption of a gene encoding an autolysin of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1998 ;42(11):2883-8.
. Generation and testing of mutants of Enterococcus faecalis in a mouse peritonitis model. J Infect Dis. 1998 ;178(5):1416-20.
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