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Overview

L. Garry Adams is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions focusing on infectious diseases and molecular biology.

The scientist's recent publications cover a variety of topics related to microbial pathogenesis, immune responses, and biochemical mechanisms. Selected recent papers include:

  • Zinc limitation triggers anticipatory adaptations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • Enhancing sensitivity of lateral flow assay with application to SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Applied Physics Letters
  • Regulatory protein HilD stimulates Salmonella Typhimurium invasiveness by promoting smooth swimming via the methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein McpC, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Copper Resistance Promotes Fitness of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus during Urinary Tract Infection, 2021, mBio
  • Genetic background influences survival of infections with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in the Collaborative Cross, 2022, PLoS Genetics

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of study where they have focused contributions are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Food Science
  • Immunology
  • Epidemiology

The notable topics addressed in their research are:

  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Urinary Tract Infections Management
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Trace Elements in Health

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Aravindh Nagarajan
  • David W. Threadgill
  • Helene Andrews-Polymenis
  • Kristin Scoggin
  • Jyotsana Gupta

The venues where the scientist has published most often include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Genetics
  • mBio
  • Infection and Immunity
  • Communications Biology

Best Publications

  • Gut inflammation provides a respiratory electron acceptor for Salmonella

    Sebastian E. Winter;Parameth Thiennimitr;Parameth Thiennimitr;Maria G. Winter;Brian P. Butler

  • Host-Derived Nitrate Boosts Growth of E. coli in the Inflamed Gut

    Sebastian E. Winter;Maria G. Winter;Mariana N. Xavier;Parameth Thiennimitr;Parameth Thiennimitr

  • Animal models of Salmonella infections: enteritis versus typhoid fever

    Renato L. Santos;Shuping Zhang;Renée M. Tsolis;Robert A. Kingsley

  • Evolution of Host Adaptation in Salmonella Enterica

    Andreas J. Bäumler;Renée M. Tsolis;Thomas A. Ficht;L. Garry Adams

  • Pathogenesis and immunobiology of brucellosis: review of Brucella-host interactions.

    Paul de Figueiredo;Paul de Figueiredo;Paul de Figueiredo;Thomas A. Ficht;Allison Rice-Ficht;Carlos A. Rossetti

  • Molecular Pathogenesis of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium-Induced Diarrhea

    Shuping Zhang;Robert A. Kingsley;Renato L. Santos;Helene Andrews-Polymenis

  • Contribution of Salmonella typhimurium virulence factors to diarrheal disease in calves.

    Renée M. Tsolis;L. Garry Adams;Thomas A. Ficht;Andreas J. Bäumler

  • SipA, SopA, SopB, SopD, and SopE2 contribute to Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium invasion of epithelial cells.

    Manuela Raffatellu;R. Paul Wilson;Daniela Chessa;Helene Andrews-Polymenis

  • Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium and Its Host-Adapted Variants

    Wolfgang Rabsch;Helene L. Andrews;Robert A. Kingsley;Rita Prager

  • Salmonella typhimurium leucine-rich repeat proteins are targeted to the SPI1 and SPI2 type III secretion systems.

    Edward A. Miao;Christina A. Scherer;Renée M. Tsolis;Robert A. Kingsley

  • The Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium effector proteins SipA, SopA, SopB, SopD, and SopE2 act in concert to induce diarrhea in calves

    Shuping Zhang;Renato L. Santos;Renee M Tsolis;Silke Stender

  • Life in the inflamed intestine, Salmonella style

    Renato L. Santos;Manuela Raffatellu;Charles L. Bevins;L. Garry Adams

  • Identification of a putative Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium host range factor with homology to IpaH and YopM by signature-tagged mutagenesis.

    Renée M. Tsolis;Stacy M. Townsend;Edward A. Miao;Samuel I. Miller

  • Transposon-derived Brucella abortus rough mutants are attenuated and exhibit reduced intracellular survival.

    Chris A. Allen;L. Garry Adams;Thomas A. Ficht

  • CsgA is a pathogen-associated molecular pattern of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium that is recognized by Toll-like receptor 2.

    Çagla Tükel;Manuela Raffatellu;Manuela Raffatellu;Andrea D. Humphries;R. Paul Wilson;R. Paul Wilson

  • Morphologic and molecular characterization of Salmonella typhimurium infection in neonatal calves.

    R. L. Santos;S. Zhang;Renee M Tsolis;Andreas J Baumler

  • The use of flow cytometry to detect expression of subunits encoded by 11 Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium fimbrial operons

    Andrea D. Humphries;Manuela Raffatellu;Sebastian Winter;Eric H. Weening

  • Of Mice, Calves, and Men

    Renée M. Tsolis;Robert A. Kingsley;Stacy M. Townsend;Thomas A. Ficht

  • The spv genes on the Salmonella dublin virulence plasmid are required for severe enteritis and systemic infection in the natural host.

    S J Libby;L G Adams;T A Ficht;C Allen

  • Salmonella Uses Energy Taxis to Benefit from Intestinal Inflammation

    Fabian Rivera-Chávez;Sebastian E. Winter;Christopher A. Lopez;Mariana N. Xavier

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas J. Bäumler
Andreas J. Bäumler University of California, Davis
Renée M. Tsolis
Renée M. Tsolis University of California, Davis
Thomas A. Ficht
Thomas A. Ficht Texas A&M University
Renato L. Santos
Renato L. Santos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Manuela Raffatellu
Manuela Raffatellu University of California, San Diego
Richard Laughlin
Richard Laughlin King's College London
Robert A. Kingsley
Robert A. Kingsley University of East Anglia
Sebastian E. Winter
Sebastian E. Winter University of California, Davis
Roger Smith
Roger Smith University of Newcastle Australia
Charles L. Bevins
Charles L. Bevins University of California, Davis

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