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Bernt Eric Uhlin

Bernt Eric Uhlin

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Genetics

D-Index
63
Citations
11410
World Ranking
2917
National Ranking
37

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Bernt Eric Uhlin is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a total of 79 publications in these areas. Subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Molecular Medicine, Genetics, and Epidemiology. Their work covers various topics such as Vibrio bacteria research studies, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Escherichia coli research studies, and autophagy in disease and therapy.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Uhlin include:

  • The gut microbiota prime systemic antiviral immunity via the cGAS-STING-IFN-I axis, 2022, Immunity
  • Guideline for Urine Culture and Biochemical Identification of Bacterial Urinary Pathogens in Low-Resource Settings, 2020, Diagnostics
  • A Cyclic-di-GMP signalling network regulates biofilm formation and surface associated motility of Acinetobacter baumannii 17978, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Csu pili dependent biofilm formation and virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii, 2023, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
  • Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance features of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Pakistan, 2020, Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Uhlin include:

  • Sun Nyunt Wai
  • Aftab Nadeem
  • Nikola Zlatkov
  • Nabil Karah
  • Si Lhyam Myint

Publication venues where Uhlin has contributed multiple works include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Infection Genetics and Evolution
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Uhlin's research themes focus on understanding bacterial behavior and genetics, with special attention to biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance mechanisms. Studies on Vibrio bacteria and Escherichia coli feature prominently, along with investigations into RNA and protein synthesis processes.

Recognition of Uhlin's scientific contributions includes membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Vesicle-mediated export and assembly of pore-forming oligomers of the enterobacterial ClyA cytotoxin.

    Sun Nyunt Wai;Barbro Lindmark;Tomas Söderblom;Akemi Takade

  • Transcriptional silencing and thermoregulation of gene expression in Escherichia coli

    Mikael Göransson;Berit Sondén;Peter Nilsson;Björn Dagberg

  • R plasmid gene dosage effects in Escherichia coli K-12: Copy mutants of the R plasmid R1drd-19 ☆

    Bernt Eric Uhlin;Kurt Nordström

  • Proteomic Characterization of the Whole Secretome of Legionella pneumophila and Functional Analysis of Outer Membrane Vesicles

    Frank Galka;Sun Nyunt Wai;Harald Kusch;Susanne Engelmann

  • Processed mRNA with differential stability in the regulation of E. coli pilin gene expression

    Monica Båga;Mikael Göransson;Staffan Normark;Bernt Eric Uhlin

  • Plasmids with temperature-dependent copy number for amplification of cloned genes and their products.

    Bernt Eric Uhlin;Søren Molin;Petter Gustafsson;Kurt Nordström

  • Transcriptional activation of a pap pilus virulence operon from uropathogenic Escherichia coli.

    M. Båga;M. Göransson;S. Normark;B.E. Uhlin

  • Microbial biofilm formation: a need to act.

    U. Römling;S. Kjelleberg;S. Normark;S. Normark;L. Nyman

  • Outer membrane vesicle-mediated release of cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) from Campylobacter jejuni

    Barbro Lindmark;Pramod Kumar Rompikuntal;Karolis Vaitkevicius;Tianyan Song

  • Release of the type I secreted α‐haemolysin via outer membrane vesicles from Escherichia coli

    Carlos Balsalobre;Jose Manuel Silván;Stina Berglund;Yoshimitsu Mizunoe

  • Plasmid incompatibility and control of replication: copy mutants of the R-factor R1 in Escherichia coli K-12.

    B E Uhlin;K Nordström

  • Transfer RNA modification, temperature and DNA superhelicity have a common target in the regulatory network of the virulence of Shigella flexneri: the expression of the virF gene.

    Jérôme M. B. Durand;Björn Dagberg;Bernt Eric Uhlin;Glenn R. Björk

  • Type 1 fimbriae, a colonization factor of uropathogenic Escherichia coli, are controlled by the metabolic sensor CRP-cAMP

    Claudia M Müller;Anna Åberg;Jurate Straseviçiene;Levente Emody

  • Membrane vesicle-mediated release of bacterial RNA.

    Annika E. Sjöström;Linda Sandblad;Bernt Eric Uhlin;Sun Nyunt Wai

  • Optical tweezers based force measurement system for quantitating binding interactions: system design and application for the study of bacterial adhesion.

    Erik Fällman;Staffan Schedin;Jana Jass;Magnus Andersson

  • Enhanced biofilm formation by Escherichia coli LPS mutants defective in Hep biosynthesis.

    Ryoma Nakao;Ryoma Nakao;Madeleine Ramstedt;Sun Nyunt Wai;Bernt Eric Uhlin

  • Molecular analysis of the cytolytic protein ClyA (SheA) from Escherichia coli.

    Jan Oscarsson;Yoshimitsu Mizunoe;Lu Li;Xin‐He Lai

  • Mutations in E coli cistrons affecting adhesion to human cells do not abolish Pap pili fiber formation.

    M. Norgren;S. Normark;D. Lark;P. O'Hanley

  • Regulatory cross-talk between adhesin operons in Escherichia coli: inhibition of type 1 fimbriae expression by the PapB protein

    Yan Xia;David Gally;Kristina Forsman-Semb;Kristina Forsman-Semb;Bernt Eric Uhlin

  • Induction of haemolytic activity in Escherichia coli by the slyA gene product

    Jan Oscarsson;Yoshimitsu Mizunoe;Bernt Eric Uhlin;David J. Haydon

Frequent Co-Authors

Sun Nyunt Wai
Sun Nyunt Wai Umeå University
Jörg Hacker
Jörg Hacker University of Würzburg
Staffan Normark
Staffan Normark Karolinska Institute
Ulrich Dobrindt
Ulrich Dobrindt University of Münster
Ulf J. Nilsson
Ulf J. Nilsson Lund University
David L. Gally
David L. Gally University of Edinburgh
Scott J. Hultgren
Scott J. Hultgren Washington University in St. Louis
Kurt Nordström
Kurt Nordström Uppsala University
Joachim Morschhäuser
Joachim Morschhäuser University of Würzburg

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