Browsing by Author "Xu, Yi"
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Xue, Qiong; Jenkins, Sarah A.; Gu, Chunfang; Smeds, Emanuel; Liu, Qing; Vasan, Ranga; Russell, Brooke H.; Xu, Yi; Lau, Andy T. Y. (PloS One, 2010)
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Wang, Yanyu; Jenkins, Sarah; Gu, Chunfang; Shree, Ankita; Martinez-Moczygemba, Margarita; Herold, Jennifer; Botto, Marina; Wetsel, Rick; Xu, Yi (PLoS Pathogens, 2016)
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Hook, Magnus; Xu, Yi; Sillanpaa, Jouko V.; Sthanam, Narayana; Ponnuraj, Karthe; Patti, Joseph M.; Hutchins, Jeff T.; Hall, Andrea; Bowden, Maria G. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2009-11-10)A bioinformatic method is provided for identifying and isolating proteins with MSCRAMM®—like characteristics from Gram positive bacteria, such as Enterococcus, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Bacillus bacteria, which can ...
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Hook, Magnus; Xu, Yi; Sillanpaa, Jouko V.; Sthanam, Narayana; Ponnuraj, Karthe; Patti, Joseph M.; Hutchins, Jeff T.; Hall, Andrea; Bowden, Maria G. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2010-12-14)A bioinformatic method is provided for identifying and isolating proteins with MSCRAMM®—like characteristics from Gram positive bacteria, such as Enterococcus, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Bacillus bacteria, which can ...
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Jenkins, Sarah A.; Xu, Yi; Driks, Adam (PloS One, 2013)
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Kang, Mingsong (2014-08-28)The complement system, a major component of the innate immunity, is critical for combating microbial infections. It can be activated by three distinct pathways: the classical pathway, the lectin pathway and the alternative ...
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Hook, Magnus; Xu, Yi; Speziale, Pietro; Visal, Livia; Casolini, Fabrizia; Patti, Joseph M.; Patel, Pratiksha; Domanski, Paul (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2007-07-10)Antibodies to the CNA protein and to other regions from the collagen binding domain, including domain CNA19, are provided, and antibodies produced in this manner have been shown to be cross reactive to both Staphylococcus ...
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Felix, Jamie Suzanne Benn (2019-11-08)Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) is a zoonotic disease endemic to environments worldwide. Spores, the dormant form of the bacteria, can survive for decades in nature’s harshest environments and maintain their viability to cause ...
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Tan, Peng (2018-05-07)The innate immune system has the ability to tune the inflammatory environment by modulating pathogen-recognition receptors (PRRs) signaling, which can either induce oncogenic changes or generate antitumor immunity through ...
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Thomas, Sheila Esther (2019-07-18)The opportunistic pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) can create a number of infections. The bacterium can assemble a two-layered structure composed of fibrinogen (Fg)/fibrin around itself, called the Fg shield to ...
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Deshpande, Aditi (2020-08-20)At the turn of the 20th century, Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) escalated both in incidence and severity. CDI is the leading cause of hospital-acquired antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). Traditionally, ...
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Zeng, Li (2014-12-11)Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) comprise a huge family protein with almost 800 members. GPCRs sense molecules or other stimuli outside the cell, ...
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Liang, Xiaowen (2017-12-07)Fibronectin-binding protein A (FnBPA) plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus by binding to the host proteins fibronectin (Fn) and fibrinogen (Fg) found in the extracellular matrix and blood plasma, ...
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Hook, Magnus; Lukomski, Slawomir; Xu, Yi (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2009-06-09)The present invention provides recombinant triple helical proteins or collagen-like proteins comprising a prokaryotic protein or one or more domains of a prokaryotic protein comprising a collagen-like peptide sequence of ...
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Hook, Magnus; Lukomski, Slawomir; Xu, Yi (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2005-10-11)The present invention provides recombinant triple helical proteins or collagen-like proteins comprising a prokaryotic protein or one or more domains of a prokaryotic protein comprising a collagen-like peptide sequence of ...
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Hook, Magnus; Lukomski, Slawomir; Xu, Yi (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2007-07-03)The present invention provides recombinant triple helical proteins or collagen-like proteins comprising a prokaryotic protein or one or more domains of a prokaryotic protein comprising a collagen-like peptide sequence of ...
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Hook, Magnus; Lukomski, Slawomir; Xu, Yi (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2010-04-20)The present invention provides recombinant triple helical proteins or collagen-like proteins comprising a prokaryotic protein or one or more domains of a prokaryotic protein comprising a collagen-like peptide sequence of ...
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Arora, Srishtee (2017-12-01)Pathogenic bacteria improve their fitness, pathogenicity and virulence by acquisition of mobile genetic elements (MGE). These MGE carry genes for antibiotic resistance, toxins, virulence factors, etc. Staphylococcus ...
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Xu, Yi; Hook, Magnus A. O. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2004-09-14)Isolated peptide sequences and proteins containing these sequences are provided which are useful in the prevention and treatment of infection caused by Gram-positive bacteria. The peptide sequences have been shown to be ...
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Xu, Yi; Hook, Magnus A. O. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2007-03-27)Isolated peptide sequences and proteins containing these sequences are provided which are useful in the prevention and treatment of infection caused by Gram-positive bacteria. The peptide sequences have been shown to be ...