Center for RNA Biology Publications

Publications by Robert Munson Jr. since 2000

• Keith E Banks, Kate R Fortney, Beth Baker, Steven D Billings, Barry P Katz, Robert S Munson, and Stanley M Spinola
  "The enterobacterial common antigen-like gene cluster of Haemophilus ducreyi contributes to virulence in humans."
  J. Infect. Dis. 197, 1531-6 (2008).

• Margaret E Bauer, Kate R Fortney, Alistair Harrison, Diane M Janowicz, Robert S Munson, and Stanley M Spinola
  "Identification of Haemophilus ducreyi genes expressed during human infection."
  Microbiology Reading, Engl. 154, 1152-60 (2008).

• Laura A Novotny, Santiago Partida-Sánchez, Robert S Munson, and Lauren O Bakaletz
  "Differential uptake and processing of a Haemophilus influenzae P5-derived immunogen by chinchilla dendritic cells."
  Infect. Immun. 76, 967-77 (2008).

• Erin Tracy, Fang Ye, Beth D Baker, and Robert S Munson
  "Construction of non-polar mutants in Haemophilus influenzae using FLP recombinase technology."
  BMC Mol. Biol. 9, 101 (2008).

• Jason W Johnston, Anthony Zaleski, Simon Allen, Joe M Mootz, David Armbruster, Bradford W Gibson, Michael A Apicella, and Robert S Munson
  "Regulation of sialic acid transport and catabolism in Haemophilus influenzae."
  Mol. Microbiol. 66, 26-39 (2007).

• Joseph A Jurcisek, James E Bookwalter, Beth D Baker, Soledad Fernandez, Laura A Novotny, Robert S Munson, and Lauren O Bakaletz
  "The PilA protein of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae plays a role in biofilm formation, adherence to epithelial cells and colonization of the mammalian upper respiratory tract."
  Mol. Microbiol. 65, 1288-99 (2007).

• Glen McGillivary, William C Ray, Charles L Bevins, Robert S Munson, and Lauren O Bakaletz
  "A member of the cathelicidin family of antimicrobial peptides is produced in the upper airway of the chinchilla and its mRNA expression is altered by common viral and bacterial co-pathogens of otitis media."
  Mol. Immunol. 44, 2446-58 (2007).

• Alistair Harrison, William C Ray, Beth D Baker, David W Armbruster, Lauren O Bakaletz, and Robert S Munson
  "The OxyR regulon in nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae."
  J. Bacteriol. 189, 1004-12 (2007).

• Deborah M B Post, Robert S Munson, Beth Baker, Huachun Zhong, Joel A Bozue, and Bradford W Gibson
  "Identification of genes involved in the expression of atypical lipooligosaccharide structures from a second class of Haemophilus ducreyi."
  Infect. Immun. 75, 113-21 (2007).

• Deborah M B Post, Rachna Mungur, Bradford W Gibson, and Robert S Munson
  "Identification of a novel sialic acid transporter in Haemophilus ducreyi."
  Infect. Immun. 73, 6727-35 (2005).

• Alistair Harrison, David W Dyer, Allison Gillaspy, William C Ray, Rachna Mungur, Matthew B Carson, Huachun Zhong, Jenny Gipson, Mandy Gipson, Linda S Johnson, Lisa Lewis, Lauren O Bakaletz, and Robert S Munson
  "Genomic sequence of an otitis media isolate of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae: comparative study with H. influenzae serotype d, strain KW20."
  J. Bacteriol. 187, 4627-36 (2005).

• Lauren O Bakaletz, Beth D Baker, Joseph A Jurcisek, Alistair Harrison, Laura A Novotny, James E Bookwalter, Rachna Mungur, and Robert S Munson
  "Demonstration of Type IV pilus expression and a twitching phenotype by Haemophilus influenzae."
  Infect. Immun. 73, 1635-43 (2005).

• Kevin M Mason, Robert S Munson, and Lauren O Bakaletz
  "A mutation in the sap operon attenuates survival of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in a chinchilla model of otitis media."
  Infect. Immun. 73, 599-608 (2005).

• Randall H Harris, Dennis Wilk, Charles L Bevins, Robert S Munson, and Lauren O Bakaletz
  "Identification and characterization of a mucosal antimicrobial peptide expressed by the chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera airway."
  J. Biol. Chem. 279, 20250-6 (2004).

• Robert S Munson, Alistair Harrison, Allison Gillaspy, William C Ray, Matt Carson, David Armbruster, Jenny Gipson, Mandy Gipson, Linda Johnson, Lisa Lewis, David W Dyer, and Lauren O Bakaletz
  "Partial analysis of the genomes of two nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae otitis media isolates."
  Infect. Immun. 72, 3002-10 (2004).

• Robert S Munson, Huachun Zhong, Rachna Mungur, William C Ray, Robin J Shea, Gregory G Mahairas, and Martha H Mulks
  "Haemophilus ducreyi strain ATCC 27722 contains a genetic element with homology to the vibrio RS1 element that can replicate as a plasmid and confer NAD independence on haemophilus influenzae."
  Infect. Immun. 72, 1143-6 (2004).

• Eugene Kolker, Kira S Makarova, Svetlana Shabalina, Alex F Picone, Samuel Purvine, Ted Holzman, Tim Cherny, David Armbruster, Robert S Munson, Grigory Kolesov, Dmitrij Frishman, and Michael Y Galperin
  "Identification and functional analysis of hypothetical genes expressed in Haemophilus influenzae."
  Nucleic Acids Res. 32, 2353-61 (2004).

• Kevin M Mason, Robert S Munson, and Lauren O Bakaletz
  "Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae gene expression induced in vivo in a chinchilla model of otitis media."
  Infect. Immun. 71, 3454-62 (2003).

• N Karoline Scheffler, Arnold M Falick, Steven C Hall, William C Ray, Deborah M Post, Robert S Munson, and Bradford W Gibson
  "Proteome of Haemophilus ducreyi by 2-D SDS-PAGE and mass spectrometry: strain variation, virulence, and carbohydrate expression."
  J. Proteome Res. 2, 523-33 (2003).

• Shuhua Sun, N Karoline Scheffler, Bradford W Gibson, Jing Wang, and Robert S Munson
  "Identification and characterization of the N-acetylglucosamine glycosyltransferase gene of Haemophilus ducreyi."
  Infect. Immun. 70, 5887-92 (2002).

• Joseph R Nika, Jo L Latimer, Christine K Ward, Robert J Blick, Nikki J Wagner, Leslie D Cope, Gregory G Mahairas, Robert S Munson, and Eric J Hansen
  "Haemophilus ducreyi requires the flp gene cluster for microcolony formation in vitro."
  Infect. Immun. 70, 2965-75 (2002).

• Paul A Jones, Nicole M Samuels, Nancy J Phillips, Robert S Munson, Joel A Bozue, Julie A Arseneau, Wade A Nichols, Anthony Zaleski, Bradford W Gibson, and Michael A Apicella
  "Haemophilus influenzae type b strain A2 has multiple sialyltransferases involved in lipooligosaccharide sialylation."
  J. Biol. Chem. 277, 14598-611 (2002).

• Stanley M Spinola, Margaret E Bauer, and Robert S Munson
  "Immunopathogenesis of Haemophilus ducreyi infection chancroid."
  Infect. Immun. 70, 1667-76 (2002).

• Eugene Kolker, Samuel Purvine, Alex Picone, Tim Cherny, Brian J Akerley, Robert S Munson, Bernhard O Palsson, Dayle A Daines, and Arnold L Smith
  "H. influenzae Consortium: integrative study of H. influenzae-human interactions."
  OMICS 6, 341-8 (2002).

• M J Filiatrault, R S Munson, and A A Campagnari
  "Genetic analysis of a pyocin-resistant lipooligosaccharide LOS mutant of Haemophilus ducreyi: restoration of full-length LOS restores pyocin sensitivity."
  J. Bacteriol. 183, 5756-61 (2001).

• R S Young, M J Filiatrault, K R Fortney, A F Hood, B P Katz, R S Munson, A A Campagnari, and S M Spinola
  "Haemophilus ducreyi lipooligosaccharide mutant defective in expression of beta-1,4-glucosyltransferase is virulent in humans."
  Infect. Immun. 69, 4180-4 (2001).

• R S Young, K R Fortney, V Gelfanova, C L Phillips, B P Katz, A F Hood, J L Latimer, R S Munson, E J Hansen, and S M Spinola
  "Expression of cytolethal distending toxin and hemolysin is not required for pustule formation by Haemophilus ducreyi in human volunteers."
  Infect. Immun. 69, 1938-42 (2001).

• K R Fortney, R S Young, M E Bauer, B P Katz, A F Hood, R S Munson, and S M Spinola
  "Expression of peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein is required for virulence in the human model of Haemophilus ducreyi infection."
  Infect. Immun. 68, 6441-8 (2000).

• M J Filiatrault, B W Gibson, B Schilling, S Sun, R S Munson, and A A Campagnari
  "Construction and characterization of Haemophilus ducreyi lipooligosaccharide LOS mutants defective in expression of heptosyltransferase III and beta1,4-glucosyltransferase: identification of LOS glycoforms containing lactosamine repeats."
  Infect. Immun. 68, 3352-61 (2000).

• S Sun, B Schilling, L Tarantino, M V Tullius, B W Gibson, and R S Munson
  "Cloning and characterization of the lipooligosaccharide galactosyltransferase II gene of Haemophilus ducreyi."
  J. Bacteriol. 182, 2292-8 (2000).