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Overview

Peggy A. Cotter is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology.

The scientist's work focuses on various subfields such as Microbiology, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Key research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Burkholderia infections and melioidosis
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Peggy A. Cotter cover a range of microbiology and infectious disease topics. Notable publications include:

  • "Host Adaptation Predisposes Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Type VI Secretion System-Mediated Predation by the Burkholderia cepacia Complex," 2020, published in Cell Host & Microbe
  • "The Burkholderia cenocepacia Type VI Secretion System Effector TecA Is a Virulence Factor in Mouse Models of Lung Infection," 2021, published in mBio
  • "An IS-mediated, RecA-dependent, bet-hedging strategy in Burkholderia thailandensis," 2023, published in eLife
  • "DegP Initiates Regulated Processing of Filamentous Hemagglutinin in Bordetella bronchiseptica," 2021, published in mBio
  • "Bordetella filamentous hemagglutinin and fimbriae: critical adhesins with unrealized vaccine potential," 2020, published by UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peggy A. Cotter include:

  • Richard Johnson
  • Erich V. Scheller
  • Katlyn B. Mote
  • Andrew I. Perault
  • Zachary M. Nash

The most common venues for publication are UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mBio, Cell Host & Microbe, and eLife. Peggy A. Cotter has contributed notably to UNC Libraries with the highest number of publications.

Best Publications

  • Caspase-11 Protects Against Bacteria That Escape the Vacuole

    Youssef Aachoui;Irina A. Leaf;Jon A. Hagar;Mary F. Fontana

  • c-di-GMP-mediated regulation of virulence and biofilm formation.

    Peggy A Cotter;Scott Stibitz

  • Bordetella pertussis pathogenesis: current and future challenges

    Jeffrey A. Melvin;Erich V. Scheller;Jeff F. Miller;Peggy A. Cotter

  • BvgAS-mediated signal transduction: analysis of phase-locked regulatory mutants of Bordetella bronchiseptica in a rabbit model.

    P A Cotter;J F Miller

  • Ectopic expression of the flagellar regulon alters development of the bordetella-host interaction

    Brian J Akerley;Peggy A Cotter;Jeff F Miller

  • Reverse transcriptase-mediated tropism switching in Bordetella bacteriophage

    Minghsun Liu;Rajendar Deora;Sergei R. Doulatov;Mari Gingery

  • A widespread family of polymorphic contact-dependent toxin delivery systems in bacteria

    Stephanie K. Aoki;Elie J. Diner;Claire T.Kint De Roodenbeke;Brandt R. Burgess

  • Cytochrome o (cyoABCDE) and d (cydAB) oxidase gene expression in Escherichia coli is regulated by oxygen, pH, and the fnr gene product.

    P A Cotter;V Chepuri;R B Gennis;Robert P Gunsalus

  • Bacterial Virulence Gene Regulation: An Evolutionary Perspective

    Peggy A. Cotter;Victor J. DiRita

  • Type VI Secretion: not just for pathogenesis anymore

    Andrea J. Jani;Peggy A. Cotter

  • A mutation in the Bordetella bronchiseptica bvgS gene results in reduced virulence and increased resistance to starvation, and identifies a new class of Bvg‐regulated antigens

    Peggy A. Cotter;Jeff F. Miller

  • Phosphorelay control of virulence gene expression in Bordetella

    Peggy A Cotter;Allison M Jones

  • Modulation of host immune responses, induction of apoptosis and inhibition of NF‐κB activation by the Bordetella type III secretion system

    Ming Huam Yuk;Eric T. Harvill;Peggy A. Cotter;Jeff F. Miller

  • Filamentous Hemagglutinin of Bordetella bronchiseptica Is Required for Efficient Establishment of Tracheal Colonization

    Peggy A. Cotter;Ming H. Yuk;Seema Mattoo;Brian J. Akerley

  • Multiple roles for Bordetella lipopolysaccharide molecules during respiratory tract infection.

    Eric T. Harvill;Andrew Preston;Peggy A. Cotter;Andrew G. Allen

  • Contribution of the fnr and arcA gene products in coordinate regulation of cytochrome o and d oxidase (cyoABCDE and cydAB) genes in Escherichia coli

    Peggy Ann Cotter;Robert P. Gunsalus

  • Probing the Function of Bordetella bronchiseptica Adenylate Cyclase Toxin by Manipulating Host Immunity

    Eric T. Harvill;Peggy A. Cotter;Ming Huam Yuk;Jeff F. Miller

  • Aerobic regulation of cytochrome d oxidase (cydAB) operon expression in Escherichia coli: roles of Fnr and ArcA in repression and activation.

    Peggy A. Cotter;Stephen B. Melville;Jeffrey A. Albrecht;Robert P. Gunsalus

  • Mechanisms of Bordetella pathogenesis.

    S Mattoo;A K Foreman-Wykert;P A Cotter;J F Miller

  • Oxygen, nitrate, and molybdenum regulation of dmsABC gene expression in Escherichia coli

    Peggy Ann Cotter;R. P. Gunsalus

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff F. Miller
Jeff F. Miller University of California, Los Angeles
Robert P. Gunsalus
Robert P. Gunsalus University of California, Los Angeles
Eric T. Harvill
Eric T. Harvill University of Georgia
David A. Relman
David A. Relman Stanford University
Erik L. Hewlett
Erik L. Hewlett University of Virginia
Russell E. Vance
Russell E. Vance University of California, Berkeley
Duncan J. Maskell
Duncan J. Maskell University of Melbourne
Ulrich Heininger
Ulrich Heininger University of Basel
David A. Rasko
David A. Rasko University of Maryland, Baltimore
Robert K. Ernst
Robert K. Ernst University of Maryland, Baltimore

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