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Stephen C. Winans

Stephen C. Winans

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Genetics

D-Index
61
Citations
19689
World Ranking
3031
National Ranking
1322

Overview

Stephen C. Winans is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans multiple scientific disciplines, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Engineering, and Dentistry. Within these broader fields, their work specifically addresses subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Periodontics.

The scientist's research topics include bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, biosensors and analytical detection, as well as oral microbiology and periodontitis research. These topics highlight an interdisciplinary approach combining microbiology with analytical methods and clinical applications in oral health.

Stephen C. Winans has published in the journal Heliyon. One of their recent papers is titled "Quorum sensing interference by phenolic compounds - A matter of bacterial misunderstanding", published in 2023 in Heliyon, and has accumulated 54 citations. This publication reflects interest in bacterial communication mechanisms and interactions influenced by chemical compounds.

Collaboration features prominently in their work, with frequent co-authors including Emília Maria França Lima and Uelinton Manoel Pinto. The partnerships indicate multidisciplinary research networks contributing to their scientific output.

  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Engineering
  • Dentistry

  • Molecular Biology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Periodontics

  • Quorum sensing interference by phenolic compounds - A matter of bacterial misunderstanding (2023, Heliyon)

  • Emília Maria França Lima
  • Uelinton Manoel Pinto

  • Heliyon

Best Publications

  • Quorum sensing in bacteria: the LuxR-LuxI family of cell density-responsive transcriptional regulators.

    W C Fuqua;S C Winans;E P Greenberg

  • Census and consensus in bacterial ecosystems: the LuxR-LuxI family of quorum-sensing transcriptional regulators.

    C Fuqua;S C Winans;E P Greenberg

  • A LuxR-LuxI type regulatory system activates Agrobacterium Ti plasmid conjugal transfer in the presence of a plant tumor metabolite.

    W C Fuqua;S C Winans

  • Structure of a bacterial quorum-sensing transcription factor complexed with pheromone and DNA

    Rong-guang Zhang;Terina Pappas;Jennifer L. Brace;Paula C. Miller;Paula C. Miller

  • Enzymatic Synthesis of a Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer Through Use of Defined Substrates

    Margret I. Moré;L. David Finger;Joel L. Stryker;Clay Fuqua

  • The bases of crown gall tumorigenesis.

    Jun Zhu;Philippe M. Oger;Barbara Schrammeijer;Paul J. J. Hooykaas

  • Detection of and Response to Signals Involved in Host-Microbe Interactions by Plant-Associated Bacteria

    Anja Brencic;Stephen C. Winans

  • Two-way chemical signaling in Agrobacterium-plant interactions.

    S C Winans

  • The quorum-sensing transcriptional regulator TraR requires its cognate signaling ligand for protein folding, protease resistance, and dimerization.

    Jun Zhu;Stephen C. Winans

  • ANALOGS OF THE AUTOINDUCER 3-OXOOCTANOYL-HOMOSERINE LACTONE STRONGLY INHIBIT ACTIVITY OF THE TRAR PROTEIN OF AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS

    Jun Zhu;John W. Beaber;Margret I. Moré;Clay Fuqua

  • Site-directed insertion and deletion mutagenesis with cloned fragments in Escherichia coli.

    S C Winans;S J Elledge;J H Krueger;G C Walker

  • Cell-cell signaling in bacteria

    Gary M. Dunny;Stephen Carlyle Winans

  • Conserved cis-acting promoter elements are required for density-dependent transcription of Agrobacterium tumefaciens conjugal transfer genes.

    C Fuqua;S C Winans

  • Autoinducer binding by the quorum-sensing regulator TraR increases affinity for target promoters in vitro and decreases TraR turnover rates in whole cells.

    Jun Zhu;Stephen C. Winans

  • The Agrobacterium tumefaciens virE2 gene product is a single-stranded-DNA-binding protein that associates with T-DNA.

    P J Christie;J E Ward;S C Winans;E W Nester

  • A gene essential for Agrobacterium virulence is homologous to a family of positive regulatory loci.

    Stephen C. Winans;Paul R. Ebert;Scott E. Stachel;Milton P. Gordon

  • Transcriptional regulation of the virA and virG genes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

    S C Winans;R A Kerstetter;E W Nester

  • Agrobacterium Bioassay Strain for Ultrasensitive Detection of N-Acylhomoserine Lactone-Type Quorum-Sensing Molecules: Detection of Autoinducers in Mesorhizobium huakuii

    Jun Zhu;Jun Zhu;Yunrong Chai;Zengtao Zhong;Shunpeng Li

  • Suicide plasmids containing promoterless reporter genes can simultaneously disrupt and create fusions to target genes of diverse bacteria.

    Virginia S Kalogeraki;Stephen C Winans

  • Characterization of the virA locus of Agrobacterium tumefaciens: a transcriptional regulator and host range determinant.

    B. Leroux;M.F. Yanofsky;S.C. Winans;J.E. Ward

Frequent Co-Authors

Clay Fuqua
Clay Fuqua Indiana University
Andrzej Joachimiak
Andrzej Joachimiak Argonne National Laboratory
Eugene W. Nester
Eugene W. Nester University of Washington
Nicholas J. Mantis
Nicholas J. Mantis New York State Department of Health
Youngchang Kim
Youngchang Kim Argonne National Laboratory
Eugene L. Madsen
Eugene L. Madsen Cornell University
John D. Helmann
John D. Helmann Cornell University
Stephen J. Elledge
Stephen J. Elledge Harvard University
Harold G. Craighead
Harold G. Craighead Cornell University

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