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Overview

Fred Heffron is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research output includes contributions to data projects related to scientific and technical information, reflecting an engagement with data management and dissemination in research contexts.

Their recent publication record includes a paper titled Data for EMSL Project 48684 from January 2021, published in 2021 through the OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) venue.

The research collaborations of Fred Heffron involve several frequent co-authors, including:

  • John Cort
  • Josh Adkins
  • Heather Olson
  • Charles Ansong
  • Ryan Sontag

The main venue where Fred Heffron's work appears is the OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), with the documented publication occurring there.

Best Publications

  • Mutants of Salmonella typhimurium that cannot survive within the macrophage are avirulent

    Patricia I. Fields;Ronald V. Swanson;Constantine G. Haidaris;Fred Heffron

  • A Salmonella locus that controls resistance to microbicidal proteins from phagocytic cells

    Patricia I. Fields;Eduardo A. Groisman;Fred Heffron

  • Ethanolamine utilization in Salmonella typhimurium: nucleotide sequence, protein expression, and mutational analysis of the cchA cchB eutE eutJ eutG eutH gene cluster.

    I. Stojiljkovic;Andreas J Baumler;F. Heffron

  • Salmonella typhimurium phoP virulence gene is a transcriptional regulator.

    Eduardo A. Groisman;Eric Chiao;Craig J. Lipps;Fred Heffron

  • The lpf fimbrial operon mediates adhesion of Salmonella typhimurium to murine Peyer's patches

    Andreas J. Baumler;Renee M. Tsolis;Fred Heffron

  • SdiA of Salmonella enterica Is a LuxR Homolog That Detects Mixed Microbial Communities

    Bindhu Michael;Jenee N. Smith;Simon Swift;Fred Heffron

  • DNA sequence analysis of the transposon Tn3: Three genes and three sites involved in transposition of Tn3

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  • Shuttle mutagenesis: a method of transposon mutagenesis for Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    H. S. Seifert;E. Y. Chen;M. So;F. Heffron

  • Salmonella typhimurium loci involved in survival within macrophages.

    Andreas J Baumler;J. G. Kusters;I. Stojiljkovic;F. Heffron

  • Macrophage killing is an essential virulence mechanism of Salmonella typhimurium

    Susanne W. Lindgren;Igor Stojiljkovic;Fred Heffron

  • Resistance to host antimicrobial peptides is necessary for Salmonella virulence.

    Eduardo A. Groisman;Carlos Parra-Lopez;Margarita Salcedo;Craig J. Lipps

  • Salmonella typhimurium encodes an SdiA homolog, a putative quorum sensor of the LuxR family, that regulates genes on the virulence plasmid.

    Brian M. M. Ahmer;Jeroen van Reeuwijk;Cynthia D. Timmers;Peter J. Valentine

  • Deletions affecting the transposition of an antibiotic resistance gene.

    Fred Heffron;Pat Bedinger;James J. Champoux;Stanley Falkow

  • A cytolysin encoded by Salmonella is required for survival within macrophages.

    S J Libby;W Goebel;A Ludwig;N Buchmeier

  • Salmonella SsrB activates a global regulon of horizontally acquired genes

    Micah J. Worley;Katherine H. L. Ching;Fred Heffron

  • Translocation of a plasmid DNA sequence which mediates ampicillin resistance: molecular nature and specificity of insertion.

    Fred Heffron;Craig Rubens;Stanley Falkow

  • SALMONELLA SIRA IS A GLOBAL REGULATOR OF GENES MEDIATING ENTEROPATHOGENESIS

    Brian M. M. Ahmer;Jeroen Van Reeuwijk;Patricia R. Watson;Tim S. Wallis

  • Recombination‐deficient mutants of Salmonella typhimurium are avirulent and sensitive to the oxidative burst of macrophages

    Nancy A. Buchmeier;Craig J. Lipps;Magdalene "Maggie" So;Fred Heffron

  • Multiple Fimbrial Adhesins Are Required for Full Virulence of Salmonella typhimurium in Mice

    Adrianus W. M. van der Velden;Andreas J. Bäumler;Andreas J. Bäumler;Renée M. Tsolis;Renée M. Tsolis;Fred Heffron

  • The pef fimbrial operon of Salmonella typhimurium mediates adhesion to murine small intestine and is necessary for fluid accumulation in the infant mouse

    Andreas J. Bäumler;Renée M. Tsolis;Frances A. Bowe;Johannes G. Kusters

  • In vitro mutagenesis of a circular DNA molecule by using synthetic restriction sites.

    Fred Heffron;Magdalene So;Brian J. McCarthy

  • Accurate Prediction of Secreted Substrates and Identification of a Conserved Putative Secretion Signal for Type III Secretion Systems

    Ram Samudrala;Fred Heffron;Jason E. McDermott

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua N. Adkins
Joshua N. Adkins Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richard D. Smith
Richard D. Smith Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Andreas J. Bäumler
Andreas J. Bäumler University of California, Davis
Renée M. Tsolis
Renée M. Tsolis University of California, Davis
Magdalene So
Magdalene So University of Arizona
Ernesto S. Nakayasu
Ernesto S. Nakayasu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Thomas O. Metz
Thomas O. Metz Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Igor Stojiljkovic
Igor Stojiljkovic Emory University
Liang Shi
Liang Shi Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Eduardo A. Groisman
Eduardo A. Groisman Yale University

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