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Diane E. Taylor

Diane E. Taylor

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
79
Citations
20934
World Ranking
1224
National Ranking
35

Genetics

D-Index
76
Citations
18068
World Ranking
1846
National Ranking
64

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Diane E. Taylor is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and conducts research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work bridges several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Plant Science.

Their research interests focus on plant reproductive biology, genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities, as well as chromosomal and genetic variations.

  • The Silene latifolia genome and its giant Y chromosome (2025, Science)
  • CDS2 expression regulates de novo phosphatidic acid synthesis (2024, Biochemical Journal)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Taylor include Carol Moraga, Catarina Branco, Quentin Rougemont, Pavel Jedlička, and Eddy Mendoza-Galindo.

  • Science
  • Biochemical Journal

  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

Taylor was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007 within the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Genomic-sequence comparison of two unrelated isolates of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori

    Richard A. Alm;Lo-See L. Ling;Donald T. Moir;Benjamin L. King

  • Quinolone and Macrolide Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli: Resistance Mechanisms and Trends in Human Isolates

    Jørgen Engberg;Frank M. Aarestrup;Diane E. Taylor;Peter Gerner-Smidt

  • Ribosomal Protection Proteins and Their Mechanism of Tetracycline Resistance

    Sean R. Connell;Dobryan M. Tracz;Knud H. Nierhaus;Diane E. Taylor

  • Fucosylation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

    Bing Ma;Joanne L. Simala-Grant;Diane E. Taylor

  • Bacterial tellurite resistance

    Diane E. Taylor

  • Natural transformation in Campylobacter species.

    Ying Wang;D. E. Taylor

  • Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the Campylobacter jejuni gyrA gene and characterization of quinolone resistance mutations.

    Ying Wang;Wai Mun Huang;D. E. Taylor

  • Chloramphenicol resistance in Campylobacter coli: nucleotide sequence, expression, and cloning vector construction

    Ying Wang;Diane E. Taylor

  • Specification of surface mating systems among conjugative drug resistance plasmids in Escherichia coli K-12.

    D E Bradley;D E Taylor;D R Cohen

  • Cloning and sequence analysis of two copies of a 23S rRNA gene from Helicobacter pylori and association of clarithromycin resistance with 23S rRNA mutations.

    D E Taylor;Z Ge;D Purych;T Lo

  • Macrolide resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli

    Amera Gibreel;Diane E Taylor

  • Nomenclature for New Tetracycline Resistance Determinants

    Stuart B. Levy;Laura M. McMurry;Teresa M. Barbosa;Vickers Burdett

  • Construction of a Helicobacter pylori genome map and demonstration of diversity at the genome level.

    D E Taylor;M Eaton;N Chang;S M Salama

  • Simultaneous expression of type 1 and type 2 Lewis blood group antigens by Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharides. Molecular mimicry between h. pylori lipopolysaccharides and human gastric epithelial cell surface glycoforms.

    Mario A. Monteiro;Kenneth H.N. Chan;David A. Rasko;Diane E. Taylor

  • Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter species.

    D E Taylor;P Courvalin

  • Diversity of silver resistance genes in IncH incompatibility group plasmids.

    Amit Gupta;Le T. Phung;Diane E. Taylor;Simon Silver

  • Mutations in the 16S rRNA Genes of Helicobacter pylori Mediate Resistance to Tetracycline

    Catharine A. Trieber;Diane E. Taylor

  • Variability of gene order in different Helicobacter pylori strains contributes to genome diversity

    Qin Jiang;Koji Hiratsuka;Diane E. Taylor

  • Spontaneous Mutations That Confer Antibiotic Resistance in Helicobacter pylori

    Ge Wang;Trevor J. M. Wilson;Qin Jiang;Diane E. Taylor

  • Molecular genetic basis for the variable expression of Lewis Y antigen in Helicobacter pylori: analysis of the alpha (1,2) fucosyltransferase gene.

    Ge Wang;David A. Rasko;Richard Sherburne;Diane E. Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Rasko
David A. Rasko University of Maryland, Baltimore
Trevor D. Lawley
Trevor D. Lawley Wellcome Sanger Institute
Monica M. Palcic
Monica M. Palcic Carlsberg Laboratory
Raymond J. Turner
Raymond J. Turner University of Calgary
Joel H. Weiner
Joel H. Weiner University of Alberta
Knud H. Nierhaus
Knud H. Nierhaus Max Planck Society
Joachim Frank
Joachim Frank Columbia University
Ben J. Appelmelk
Ben J. Appelmelk Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Malcolm B. Perry
Malcolm B. Perry National Research Council Canada

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