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Overview

Randall K. Holmes is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Neuroscience.

The scientist's work encompasses several subfields including Endocrinology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Immunology, Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases. This multidisciplinary expertise allows them to engage with complex biological and neurological phenomena.

Their recent published papers reflect a focus on infectious agents and neural structures, detailing a range of studies with varying emphases. These papers include:

  • Evaluation of the Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of an Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli CFA/I Adhesin-Heat-Labile Toxin Chimera (2020, Infection and Immunity)
  • Biochemical and immunological characterization of an ETEC CFA/I adhesin cholera toxin B subunit chimera (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Neuromorphological Analysis of the Primate Claustrum (2023, Microscopy and Microanalysis)
  • The Claustrum: Barrier Or Portal? (2025, Acta Medica Bulgarica)

Across their works, the scientist has contributed to the understanding of topics such as Escherichia coli research studies, Immune Response and Inflammation, Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Vibrio bacteria research studies, Neural dynamics and brain function, and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Randall K. Holmes include Aisling O'Dowd, S. Poole, Michael G. Jobling, Stephanie A. Sincock, and Annette L. McVeigh. These collaborations have resulted in publications across various scientific journals.

Their research outputs have appeared in several publication venues including Infection and Immunity, PLoS ONE, Microscopy and Microanalysis, and Acta Medica Bulgarica, illustrating a diverse engagement with scientific communities across microbiology, immunology, and microscopy domains.

Best Publications

  • Shiga and Shiga-like toxins.

    Alison D. O'Brien;Randall K. Holmes

  • Two toxin-converting phages from Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain 933 encode antigenically distinct toxins with similar biologic activities.

    N A Strockbine;L R Marques;J W Newland;H W Smith

  • Nucleotide sequence analysis and comparison of the structural genes for Shiga-like toxin I and Shiga-like toxin II encoded by bacteriophages from Escherichia coli 933

    Matthew P. Jackson;Roger J. Neill;Alison D. O'Brien;Randall K. Holmes

  • Cloning and sequencing of the genes for Shiga toxin from Shigella dysenteriae type 1.

    Nancy A. Strockbine;Matthew Jackson;Lawrence Sung;Randall Holmes

  • Cloning and sequencing of a Shiga-like toxin type II variant from Escherichia coli strain responsible for edema disease of swine.

    D L Weinstein;M P Jackson;J E Samuel;R K Holmes

  • Characterization of hapR, a positive regulator of the Vibrio cholerae HA/protease gene hap, and its identification as a functional homologue of the Vibrio harveyi luxR gene.

    Michael G. Jobling;Randall K. Holmes

  • Membrane traffic and the cellular uptake of cholera toxin.

    Wayne I. Lencer;Timothy R. Hirst;Randall K. Holmes

  • Nucleotide sequence analysis of the structural genes for Shiga-like toxin I encoded by bacteriophage 933J from Escherichia coli.

    Matthew P. Jackson;John W. Newland;Randall K. Holmes;Alison D. O'Brien

  • Characterization of monoclonal antibodies against Shiga-like toxin from Escherichia coli.

    Nancy A. Strockbine;Lilian R. M. Marques;Randall K. Holmes;Alison D. O'brien

  • Gangliosides That Associate with Lipid Rafts Mediate Transport of Cholera and Related Toxins from the Plasma Membrane to Endoplasmic Reticulm

    Yukako Fujinaga;Anne A. Wolf;Chiara Rodighiero;Heidi Wheeler

  • Ganglioside Structure Dictates Signal Transduction by Cholera Toxin and Association with Caveolae-like Membrane Domains in Polarized Epithelia

    Anne A. Wolf;Michael G. Jobling;Susan Wimer-Mackin;Margaret Ferguson-Maltzman

  • Targeting of cholera toxin and Escherichia coli heat labile toxin in polarized epithelia: role of COOH-terminal KDEL.

    W.I. Lencer;C. Constable;S. Moe;M.G. Jobling

  • Biology and Molecular Epidemiology of Diphtheria Toxin and the tox Gene

    Randall K. Holmes

  • Structural Characterization of the SARS-Coronavirus Spike S Fusion Protein Core

    Brian Tripet;Megan W. Howard;Michael Jobling;Randall K. Holmes

  • Cloning of Shiga-like toxin structural genes from a toxin converting phage of Escherichia coli

    John W. Newland;Nancy A. Strockbine;Steven F. Miller;Alison D. O'Brien

  • Analysis of structure and function of the B subunit of cholera toxin by the use of site-directed mutagenesis.

    M. G. Jobling;R. K. Holmes

  • The 1.25 A resolution refinement of the cholera toxin B-pentamer: evidence of peptide backbone strain at the receptor-binding site.

    Ethan A Merritt;Peter Kuhn;Steve Sarfaty;Jarrod L Erbe

  • Iron-dependent regulation of diphtheria toxin and siderophore expression by the cloned Corynebacterium diphtheriae repressor gene dtxR in C. diphtheriae C7 strains.

    M P Schmitt;R K Holmes

  • Characterization of an iron-dependent regulatory protein (IdeR) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a functional homolog of the diphtheria toxin repressor (DtxR) from Corynebacterium diphtheriae

    M P Schmitt;M Predich;L Doukhan;I Smith

  • Structural basis for the activation of cholera toxin by human ARF6-GTP.

    Claire J. O'Neal;Michael G. Jobling;Randall K. Holmes;Wim G. J. Hol

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim G. J. Hol
Wim G. J. Hol University of Washington
Alison D. O'Brien
Alison D. O'Brien Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Wayne I. Lencer
Wayne I. Lencer Harvard University
John H. Eldridge
John H. Eldridge University of Alabama at Birmingham
Timothy R. Hirst
Timothy R. Hirst University of Adelaide
Richard S. Blumberg
Richard S. Blumberg Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ethan A. Merritt
Ethan A. Merritt University of Washington
Robert S. Hodges
Robert S. Hodges University of Colorado Denver
James E. Samuel
James E. Samuel Texas A&M University
Michael L. Vasil
Michael L. Vasil University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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