A Putative Regulatory Genetic Locus Modulates Virulence in the Pathogen Leptospira interrogans

Leptospiral LruA Is Required for Virulence and Modulates an Interaction with Mammalian Apolipoprotein AI

(2013) Kunkun Zhang et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Leptospiral Outer Membrane Protein LipL41 Is Not Essential for Acute Leptospirosis but Requires a Small Chaperone Protein, Lep, for Stable Expression

(2013) Amy M. King et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

High-Temperature Protein G Is an Essential Virulence Factor of Leptospira interrogans

(2013) Amy M. King et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Identification of Collagenase as a Critical Virulence Factor for Invasiveness and Transmission of Pathogenic Leptospira Species

(2013) Kokouvi Kassegne et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

DifferentialIn VivoGene Expression of Major Leptospira Proteins in Resistant or Susceptible Animal Models

(2012) Mariko Matsui et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Establishment of a leptospirosis model in guinea pigs using an epicutaneous inoculations route

(2012) Yan Zhang et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Leptospira interrogans Catalase Is Required for Resistance to H2O2and for Virulence

(2012) Azad Eshghi et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

FlaA Proteins in Leptospira interrogans Are Essential for Motility and Virulence but Are Not Required for Formation of the Flagellum Sheath

(2012) Ambroise Lambert et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Leptospiral Outer Membrane Protein Microarray, a Novel Approach to Identification of Host Ligand-Binding Proteins

(2012) M. Pinne et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Detection and Quantification of Leptospira interrogans in Hamster and Rat Kidney Samples: Immunofluorescent Imprints versus Real-time PCR

(2012) Adenizar D. Chagas-Junior et al.   PLoS One

Heterologous expression of pathogen-specific genes ligA and ligB in the saprophyte Leptospira biflexa confers enhanced adhesion to cultured cells and fibronectin

(2011) Cláudio Figueira et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Inactivation ofclpBin the Pathogen Leptospira interrogans Reduces Virulence and Resistance to Stress Conditions

(2011) Kristel Lourdault et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Global transcriptomic response of Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni upon exposure to serum

(2010) Kanitha Patarakul et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Spatial organization in bacterial chemotaxis

(2010) Victor Sourjik et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Transcriptional Response of Leptospira interrogans to Iron Limitation and Characterization of a PerR Homolog

(2010) M. Lo et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Mutations affecting Leptospira interrogans lipopolysaccharide attenuate virulence

(2010) Gerald L. Murray et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Transcriptional Responses of Leptospira interrogans to Host Innate Immunity: Significant Changes in Metabolism, Oxygen Tolerance, and Outer Membrane

(2010) Feng Xue et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Differential expression analysis for sequence count data

(2010) Simon Anders et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Inactivation of the fliY gene encoding a flagellar motor switch protein attenuates mobility and virulence of Leptospira interrogans strain Lai

(2009) Sumei Liao et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Use of quantitative real-time PCR for studying the dissemination of Leptospira interrogans in the guinea pig infection model of leptospirosis

(2009) K. Lourdault et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Leptospira: the dawn of the molecular genetics era for an emerging zoonotic pathogen

(2009) Albert I. Ko et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome

(2009) Ben Langmead et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Genome-wide subcellular localization of putative outer membrane and extracellular proteins in Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai genome using bioinformatics approaches

(2008) Wasna Viratyosin et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Genome-Wide Transposon Mutagenesis in Pathogenic Leptospira Species

(2008) G. L. Murray et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Targeted Mutagenesis in Pathogenic Leptospira Species: Disruption of the LigB Gene Does Not Affect Virulence in Animal Models of Leptospirosis

(2008) J. Croda et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Major Surface Protein LipL32 Is Not Required for Either Acute or Chronic Infection with Leptospira interrogans

(2008) G. L. Murray et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Leptospira interrogans requires heme oxygenase for disease pathogenesis

(2008) Gerald L. Murray et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION