Jorge A. Girón

Best Publications

• An inducible bundle-forming pilus of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.

  Jorge A. Girón;Alice Suk Yue Ho;Gary K. Schoolnik

  896
  Citations

• Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli contains a putative type III secretion system necessary for the export of proteins involved in attaching and effacing lesion formation

  Karen G. Jarvis;Jorge A. Giron;Ann E. Jerse;Timothy K. McDaniel

  773
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• Quorum Sensing Is a Global Regulatory Mechanism in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

  Vanessa Sperandio;Alfredo G. Torres;Jorge A. Girón;James B. Kaper

  550
  Citations

• The flagella of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli mediate adherence to epithelial cells

  Jorge A. Girón;Alfredo G. Torres;Enrique Freer;James B. Kaper

  513
  Citations

• The locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE)-encoded regulator controls expression of both LEE- and non-LEE-encoded virulence factors in enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.

  Simon J. Elliott;Vanessa Sperandio;Jorge A. Girón;Jorge A. Girón;Sooan Shin

  503
  Citations

• A plasmid-encoded type IV fimbrial gene of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli associated with localized adherence.

  M. S. Donnenberg;J. A. Girón;J. P. Nataro;J. B. Kaper

  423
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• Commensal and pathogenic Escherichia coli use a common pilus adherence factor for epithelial cell colonization

  María A. Rendón;Zeus Saldaña;Ayşen L. Erdem;Valério Monteiro-Neto

  363
  Citations

• Synergistic role of curli and cellulose in cell adherence and biofilm formation of attaching and effacing Escherichia coli and identification of Fis as a negative regulator of curli

  Zeus Saldaña;Juan Xicohtencatl-Cortes;Fabiola Avelino;Alan D. Phillips

  294
  Citations

• Mycobacterium tuberculosis produces pili during human infection

  Christopher J. Alteri;Juan Xicohténcatl-Cortes;Sonja Hess;Guillermo Caballero-Olín

  274
  Citations

• The OmpU outer membrane protein, a potential adherence factor of Vibrio cholerae

  Vanessa Sperandio;J. A. Giron;W. D. Silveira;J. B. Kaper

  244
  Citations

• Identification and Characterization of lpfABCC′DE, a Fimbrial Operon of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

  Alfredo G. Torres;Jorge A. Giron;Jorge A. Giron;Nicole T. Perna;Valerie Burland

  237
  Citations

• Flagellin of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli stimulates interleukin-8 production in T84 cells

  Xin Zhou;Jorge A. Girón;Jorge A. Girón;Alfredo G. Torres;J. Adam Crawford

  175
  Citations

• Host Protein Binding and Adhesive Properties of H6 and H7 Flagella of Attaching and Effacing <i>Escherichia coli</i>

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  173
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• Multi-functional analysis of<i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>fimbrial types in adherence and biofilm formation

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  168
  Citations

• Multi-gene amplification: simultaneous detection of three virulence genes in diarrhoeal stool.

  G. Frankel;J. A. Giron;J. Valmassoi;G. K. Schoolnik

  164
  Citations

• Distribution of the Bundle-Forming Pilus Structural Gene (bfpA) among Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

  Jorge A. Girón;Michael S. Donnenberg;Wendy C. Martin;Karen G. Jarvis

  162
  Citations

• Intestinal adherence associated with type IV pili of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

  Juan Xicohtencatl-Cortes;Valério Monteiro-Neto;Maria A. Ledesma;Dianna M. Jordan

  157
  Citations

• Aggregative adherence fimbria I expression in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli requires two unlinked plasmid regions.

  J. P. Nataro;Deng Yikang;J. A. Giron;S. J. Savarino

  154
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• Adherence, fibronectin binding, and induction of cytoskeleton reorganization in cultured human cells by Mycoplasma penetrans.

  Jorge A. Girón;Monika Lange;Joel B. Baseman

  150
  Citations

• Fimbriae and adherence of<i>Stenotrophomonas maltophilia</i>to epithelial cells and to abiotic surfaces

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  144
  Citations