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List of works by Hank Steven Seifert

A bacterial siren song: intimate interactions between Neisseria and neutrophils

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A double strand break does not promote pilin antigenic variation

scientific article published on 10 June 2019

A genetic screen identifies genes and sites involved in pilin antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

scientific article published in July 2005

A mutant form of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilus secretin protein PilQ allows increased entry of heme and antimicrobial compounds

scientific article published on February 2004

Altering the Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilE Guanine Quadruplex Loop Bases Affects Pilin Antigenic Variation

scientific article published on 27 February 2020

Amidase Activity of AmiC Controls Cell Separation and Stem Peptide Release and Is Enhanced by NlpD in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

scientific article published on 16 March 2016

An alternative DNA structure is necessary for pilin antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Analysis of Pilin Antigenic Variation in Neisseria meningitidis by Next-Generation Sequencing

scientific article published on 23 October 2018

Analyzing Neisseria gonorrhoeae Pilin Antigenic Variation Using 454 Sequencing Technology

scientific article published on 5 July 2016

Anti-psychotic drugs block meningococcal virulence

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

DNA uptake sequence-mediated enhancement of transformation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is strain dependent

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Discovery of a New Neisseria gonorrhoeae Type IV Pilus Assembly Factor, TfpC

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Escherichia coli RecX inhibits RecA recombinase and coprotease activities in vitro and in vivo

scientific article published on 9 November 2002

Exposed to Sublethal Levels of Hydrogen Peroxide Mounts a Complex Transcriptional Response

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Genetic characterization of the nucleotide excision repair system of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

scientific article published on 20 November 2009

Genetic transformation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae shows a strand preference

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Gonococci exit apically and basally from polarized epithelial cells and exhibit dynamic changes in type IV pili

scientific article published on September 2006

Loss of both Holliday junction processing pathways is synthetically lethal in the presence of gonococcal pilin antigenic variation

scientific article published on July 2006

Mismatch correction modulates mutation frequency and pilus phase and antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

scientific article published on January 2010

Mutation of the priA gene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae affects DNA transformation and DNA repair

scientific article published on August 2005

Neisseria gonorrhoeae DNA recombination and repair enzymes protect against oxidative damage caused by hydrogen peroxide

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae RecQ helicase HRDC domains are essential for efficient binding and unwinding of the pilE guanine quartet structure required for pilin antigenic variation

scientific article published on 8 March 2013

Neisseria gonorrhoeae metalloprotease NGO1686 is required for full piliation, and piliation is required for resistance to H2O2- and neutrophil-mediated killing

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae suppresses the oxidative burst of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes

scientific article published on 05 August 2008

Neisseria gonorrhoeae virulence factor NG1686 is a bifunctional M23B family metallopeptidase that influences resistance to hydrogen peroxide and colony morphology

scientific article published on 13 February 2012

PacBio Amplicon Sequencing Method To Measure Pilin Antigenic Variation Frequencies of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

scientific article published on 02 October 2019

Purification and characterization of the RecA protein from Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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R-loops modulate Trypanosome antigenic variation

scientific article published on 13 December 2018

Recombination, repair and replication in the pathogenic Neisseriae: the 3 R′s of molecular genetics of two human‐specific bacterial pathogens

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to non-oxidative killing by adherent human polymorphonuclear leucocytes

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Role of the Rep helicase gene in homologous recombination in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

scientific article published on April 2005

Roles of the recJ and recN genes in homologous recombination and DNA repair pathways of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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The DNA-binding activity of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae LexA orthologue NG1427 is modulated by oxidation

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The DinI and RecX proteins are competing modulators of RecA function

scientific article published on 15 October 2004

The Gonococcal NlpD Protein Facilitates Cell Separation by Activating Peptidoglycan Cleavage by AmiC

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The Neisseria gonorrhoeae photolyase orthologue phrB is required for proper DNA supercoiling but does not function in photo-reactivation

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The Pilin N-terminal Domain Maintains Neisseria gonorrhoeae Transformation Competence during Pilus Phase Variation

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The RecF protein antagonizes RecX function via direct interaction

scientific article published on January 2006

The frequency and rate of pilin antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

scientific article published on October 2005

The low-molecular-mass, penicillin-binding proteins DacB and DacC combine to modify peptidoglycan cross-linking and allow stable Type IV pilus expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

scientific article published on 24 March 2018

The penC mutation conferring antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae arises from a mutation in the PilQ secretin that interferes with multimer stability

scientific article published in September 2005

The transcriptome response of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to hydrogen peroxide reveals genes with previously uncharacterized roles in oxidative damage protection

scientific article published on October 2005

Transcriptional initiation of a small RNA, not R-loop stability, dictates the frequency of pilin antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

scientific article published on 08 August 2019

Transposon mutagenesis identifies sites upstream of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilE gene that modulate pilin antigenic variation

scientific article published on 16 February 2007

ksgA mutations confer resistance to kasugamycin in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

scientific article published on 18 December 2008