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  Actin cross-linking domain of Aeromonas hydrophila repeat in toxin A (RtxA) induces host cell rounding and apoptosis

  Suarez, G., Khajanchi, B. K., Sierra, J. C., Erova, T. E., Sha, J. & Chopra, A. K., Sep 15 2012, In: Gene. 506, 2, p. 369-376 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aeromonas hydrophila
  • Actins
  • Apoptosis
  • Vibrio
  • Operon
  23 Scopus citations

• A non-invasive in vivo imaging system to study dissemination of bioluminescent Yersinia pestis CO92 in a mouse model of pneumonic plague

  Sha, J., Rosenzweig, J. A., Kirtley, M. L., van Lier, C. J., Fitts, E. C., Kozlova, E. V., Erova, T. E., Tiner, B. L. & Chopra, A. K., Feb 2013, In: Microbial Pathogenesis. 55, 1, p. 39-50 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Yersinia pestis
  • Plague
  • Bacteria
  • Animals
  • Lethal Dose 50
  25 Scopus citations

• A prokaryotic-eukaryotic hybrid viral vector for delivery of large cargos of genes and proteins into human cells

  Zhu, J., Tao, P., Mahalingam, M., Sha, J., Kilgore, P., Chopra, A. K. & Rao, V., Aug 21 2019, In: Science Advances. 5, 8, eaax0064.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • viruses
  • genes
  • delivery
  • proteins
  • biotin
  2 Scopus citations

• Characterization of Aeromonas hydrophila wound pathotypes by comparative genomic and functional analyses of virulence genes

  Grim, C. J., Kozlov, E. V., Sha, J., Fitts, E. C., van Lier, C. J., Kirtley, M. L., Joseph, S. J., Read, T. D., Burd, E. M., Tall, B. D., Joseph, S. W., Horneman, A. J., Chopra, A. K. & Shak, J. R., Mar 2013, In: mBio. 4, 2, e00064-13.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aeromonas hydrophila
  • Genomics
  • Virulence
  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Genes
  44 Scopus citations

• Combinational deletion of three membrane protein-encoding genes highly attenuates Yersinia pestis while retaining immunogenicity in a mouse model of pneumonic plague

  Tiner, B. L., Sha, J., Kirtley, M. L., Erova, T. E., Popov, V. L., Baze, W. B., van Lier, C. J., Ponnusamy, D., Andersson, J. A., Motin, V. L., Chauhan, S. & Chopra, A. K., Jan 1 2015, In: Infection and immunity. 83, 4, p. 1318-1338 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Yersinia pestis
  • Plague
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Genes
  • Lethal Dose 50
  13 Scopus citations

• Deletion of braun lipoprotein and plasminogen-activating protease-encoding genes attenuates Yersinia pestis in mouse models of bubonic and pneumonic plague

  Van Lier, C. J., Sha, J., Kirtley, M. L., Cao, A., Tiner, B. L., Erova, T. E., Cong, Y., Kozlova, E. V., Popov, V. L., Baze, W. B. & Chopra, A. K., 2014, In: Infection and immunity. 82, 6, p. 2485-2503 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Yersinia pestis
  • Plague
  • Plasminogen
  • Lipoproteins
  • Peptide Hydrolases
  19 Scopus citations

• Deletion of the braun lipoprotein-encoding gene and altering the function of lipopolysaccharide attenuate the plague bacterium

  Sha, J., Kirtley, M. L., van Lier, C. J., Wang, S., Erova, T. E., Kozlova, E. V., Cao, A., Cong, Y., Fitts, E. C., Rosenzweig, J. A. & Chopra, A. K., Mar 2013, In: Infection and immunity. 81, 3, p. 815-828 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Plague
  • Lipoproteins
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Yersinia pestis
  • Bacteria
  20 Scopus citations

• DNA adenine methyltransferase (Dam) controls the expression of the cytotoxic enterotoxin (act) gene of Aeromonas hydrophila via tRNA modifying enzyme-glucose-inhibited division protein (GidA)

  Erova, T. E., Kosykh, V. G., Sha, J. & Chopra, A. K., May 1 2012, In: Gene. 498, 2, p. 280-287 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aeromonas hydrophila
  • Enterotoxins
  • Adenine
  • Methyltransferases
  • Transfer RNA
  11 Scopus citations

• Evaluation of protective potential of Yersinia pestis outer membrane protein antigens as possible candidates for a new-generation recombinant plague vaccine

  Erova, T. E., Rosenzweig, J. A., Sha, J., Suarez, G., Sierra, J. C., Kirtley, M. L., Van Lier, C. J., Telepnev, M. V., Motin, V. L. & Chopra, A. K., Feb 2013, In: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 20, 2, p. 227-238 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Synthetic Vaccines
  • Plague Vaccine
  • Yersinia pestis
  • Plague
  • Rats
  20 Scopus citations

• Evaluation of the roles played by Hcp and VgrG type 6 secretion system effectors in aeromonas hydrophila SSU pathogenesis

  Sha, J., Rosenzweig, J. A., Kozlova, E. V., Wang, S., Erova, T. E., Kirtley, M. L., van Lier, C. J. & Chopra, A. K., Jun 1 2013, In: Microbiology (United Kingdom). 159, PART 6, p. 1120-1135 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Type VI Secretion Systems
  • Aeromonas hydrophila
  • Peptide Hydrolases
  • Biofilms
  • Virulence
  28 Scopus citations

• Functional genomic characterization of virulence factors from necrotizing fasciitis-causing strains of Aeromonas hydrophila

  Grim, C. J., Kozlova, E. V., Ponnusamy, D., Fitts, E. C., Sha, J., Kirtley, M. L., van Lier, C. J., Tiner, B. L., Erova, T. E., Joseph, S. J., Read, T. D., Shak, J. R., Joseph, S. W., Singletary, E., Felland, T., Baze, W. B., Horneman, A. J. & Chopra, A. K., 2014, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80, 14, p. 4162-4183 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aeromonas hydrophila
  • virulence
  • Necrotizing Fasciitis
  • Aeromonas
  • virulent strains
  37 Scopus citations

• Further characterization of a highly attenuated Yersinia pestis CO92 mutant deleted for the genes encoding Braun lipoprotein and plasminogen activator protease in murine alveolar and primary human macrophages

  van Lier, C. J., Tiner, B. L., Chauhan, S., Motin, V. L., Fitts, E. C., Huante, M. B., Endsley, J. J., Ponnusamy, D., Sha, J. & Chopra, A. K., Mar 1 2015, In: Microbial Pathogenesis. 80, p. 27-38 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Yersinia pestis
  • Plasminogen Activators
  • Lipoproteins
  • Peptide Hydrolases
  • Macrophages
  6 Scopus citations

• High-throughput, signature-tagged mutagenic approach to identify novel virulence factors of Yersinia pestis CO92 in a mouse model of infection

  Ponnusamy, D., Fitts, E. C., Sha, J., Erova, T. E., Kozlova, E. V., Kirtley, M. L., Tiner, B. L., Andersson, J. A. & Chopra, A. K., 2015, In: Infection and immunity. 83, 5, p. 2065-2081 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Yersinia pestis
  • Lethal Dose 50
  • Virulence Factors
  • Plague
  • Infection
  10 Scopus citations

• Intramuscular immunization of mice with a live-Attenuated triple mutant of yersinia pestis co92 induces robust humoral and cell-mediated immunity to completely protect animals against pneumonic plague

  Tiner, B. L., Sha, J., Ponnusamy, D., Baze, W. B., Fitts, E. C., Popov, V. L., Van Lier, C. J., Erova, T. E. & Chopra, A. K., Dec 2015, In: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 22, 12, p. 1255-1268 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Immunization
  • Yersinia pestis
  • Plague
  • Animals
  • Cellular Immunity
  9 Scopus citations

• Mutated and Bacteriophage T4 Nanoparticle Arrayed F1-V Immunogens from Yersinia pestis as Next Generation Plague Vaccines

  Tao, P., Mahalingam, M., Kirtley, M. L., van Lier, C. J., Sha, J., Yeager, L. A., Chopra, A. K. & Rao, V. B., Jul 2013, In: PLoS pathogens. 9, 7, e1003495.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Plague Vaccine
  • Yersinia pestis
  • Bacteriophage T4
  • Plague
  • Nanoparticles
  29 Scopus citations

• New host-directed therapeutics for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection

  Andersson, J. A., Peniche, A. G., Galindo, C. L., Boonma, P., Sha, J., Luna, R. A., Savidge, T. C., Chopra, A. K. & Dann, S. M., Mar 1 2020, In: mBio. 11, 2, e00053-20.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Amoxapine
  • Infection
  • Interleukin-33
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Doxapram

• T6SS and ExoA of flesh-eating Aeromonas hydrophila in peritonitis and necrotizing fasciitis during mono- And polymicrobial infections

  Fernández-Bravo, A., Kilgore, P. B., Andersson, J. A., Blears, E., Figueras, M. J., Hasan, N. A., Colwell, R. R., Sha, J. & Chopra, A. K., Nov 26 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 48, p. 24084-24092 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Type VI Secretion Systems
  • Aeromonas hydrophila
  • Exotoxins
  • Necrotizing Fasciitis
  • Peritonitis
  5 Scopus citations

• The effects of modeled microgravity on growth kinetics, antibiotic susceptibility, cold growth, and the virulence potential of a yersinia pestis ymoa-deficient mutant and its isogenic parental strain

  Lawal, A., Kirtley, M. L., Van Lier, C. J., Erova, T. E., Kozlova, E. V., Sha, J., Chopra, A. K. & Rosenzweig, J. A., Sep 1 2013, In: Astrobiology. 13, 9, p. 821-832 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • clinorotation
  • virulence
  • Yersinia pestis
  • antibiotics
  • Weightlessness
  12 Scopus citations

• The two-component QseBC signalling system regulates in vitro and in vivo virulence of Aeromonas hydrophila

  Khajanchi, B. K., Kozlova, E. V., Sha, J., Popov, V. L. & Chopra, A. K., Jan 2012, In: Microbiology. 158, 1, p. 259-271 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aeromonas hydrophila
  • Quorum Sensing
  • Virulence
  • N-(3-oxohexanoyl)-3-aminodihydro-2(3H)-furanone
  • N-octanoylhomoserine lactone
  44 Scopus citations