YfbA, a Yersinia pestis Regulator Required for Colonization and Biofilm Formation in the Gut of Cat Fleas

Early-phase Transmission of Yersinia pestis by Cat Fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) and Their Potential Role as Vectors in a Plague-endemic Region of Uganda

(2018) Rebecca J. Eisen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Induction of the Yersinia pestis PhoP-PhoQ Regulatory System in the Flea and Its Role in Producing a Transmissible Infection

(2013) R. Rebeil et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Bacterial Small RNA-based Negative Regulation: Hfq and Its Accomplices

(2013) Nicholas De Lay et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Blood Meal Identification in Off-Host Cat Fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) from a Plague-Endemic Region of Uganda

(2012) Christine B. Graham et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

The Yersinia pestis Rcs Phosphorelay Inhibits Biofilm Formation by Repressing Transcription of the Diguanylate Cyclase Gene hmsT

(2012) Y.-C. Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Hfq Regulates Biofilm Gut Blockage That Facilitates Flea-Borne Transmission of Yersinia pestis

(2012) K. A. Rempe et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Transmission of Flea-Borne Zoonotic Agents

(2011) Rebecca J. Eisen et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Differential Control of Yersinia pestis Biofilm Formation In Vitro and in the Flea Vector by Two c-di-GMP Diguanylate Cyclases

(2011) Yi-Cheng Sun et al.   PLoS One

Transmission Shifts Underlie Variability in Population Responses to Yersinia pestis Infection

(2011) Michael G. Buhnerkempe et al.   PLoS One

Global discovery of small RNAs in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis identifies Yersinia-specific small, noncoding RNAs required for virulence

(2011) J. T. Koo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Predictors for Abundance of Host Flea and Floor Flea in Households of Villages with Endemic Commensal Rodent Plague, Yunnan Province, China

(2011) Jia-Xiang Yin et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Biofilm formation is not required for early-phase transmission of Yersinia pestis

(2010) S. M. Vetter et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Systematic analysis of cyclic di-GMP signalling enzymes and their role in biofilm formation and virulence in Yersinia pestis

(2010) Alexander G. Bobrov et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Yersinia pestis genome sequencing identifies patterns of global phylogenetic diversity

(2010) Giovanna Morelli et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Transit through the Flea Vector Induces a Pretransmission Innate Immunity Resistance Phenotype in Yersinia pestis

(2010) Viveka Vadyvaloo et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Yersinia pestis caf1M1A1 Fimbrial Capsule Operon Promotes Transmission by Flea Bite in a Mouse Model of Bubonic Plague

(2008) F. Sebbane et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Loss of a Biofilm-Inhibiting Glycosyl Hydrolase during the Emergence of Yersinia pestis

(2008) D. L. Erickson et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structure and function of the LysR-type transcriptional regulator (LTTR) family proteins

(2008) S. E. Maddocks et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Experimental evidence for negative selection in the evolution of a Yersinia pestis pseudogene

(2008) Y.-C. Sun et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dog-Associated Risk Factors for Human Plague

(2008) L. Hannah Gould et al.   Zoonoses and Public Health