Synthesis of staphylococcal virulence factors is controlled by a regulatory RNA molecule.

RP Novick, HF Ross, SJ Projan, J Kornblum… - The EMBO …, 1993 - embopress.org
The production of most toxins and other exoproteins in Staphylococcus aureus is controlled
globally by a complex polycistronic regulatory locus, agr. Secretory proteins are up …

Theagr P2 operon: An autocatalytic sensory transduction system inStaphylococcus aureus

RP Novick, SJ Projan, J Kornblum, HF Ross… - Molecular and General …, 1995 - Springer
The synthesis of virulence factors and other exoproteins in Staphylococcus aureus is
controlled by the global regulator, agr. Expression of secreted proteins is up-regulated in the …

The gene for toxic shock toxin is carried by a family of mobile pathogenicity islands in Staphylococcus aureus

JA Lindsay, A Ruzin, HF Ross, N Kurepina… - Molecular …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Tst, the gene for toxic shock syndrome toxin‐1 (TSST‐1), is part of a 15.2 kb genetic element
in Staphylococcus aureus that is absent in TSST‐1‐negative strains. The prototype, in …

A 10-year study of the incidence of and factors predicting dementia in Parkinson's disease

TA Hughes, HF Ross, S Musa, S Bhattacherjee… - Neurology, 2000 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To compare the incidence of dementia in PD with that of a control group without
PD, and to assess the relationship between dementia and other features of PD. Methods …

Inhibition of rot translation by RNAIII, a key feature of agr function

E Geisinger, RP Adhikari, R Jin, HF Ross… - Molecular …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
RNAIII is a 514 nt regulatory RNA that is the effector molecule of the staphylococcal agr
quorum‐sensing system, regulating a large set of virulence and other accessory genes at …

Mortality in Parkinson's disease and its association with dementia and depression

TA Hughes, HF Ross, RHS Mindham… - Acta Neurologica …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objective–To compare the mortality rate in Parkinson's disease (PD) with a control group
without PD, and to assess the relationship between mortality and features of PD. Material …

Biomechanical changes at the ankle joint after stroke.

AF Thilmann, SJ Fellows, HF Ross - Journal of Neurology …, 1991 - jnnp.bmj.com
The resistance of the relaxed ankle to slow displacement over the joint movement range was
measured on both sides of a group of hemiparetic stroke patients, in whom spasticity had …

Staphylococcal pathogenicity island interference with helper phage reproduction is a paradigm of molecular parasitism

G Ram, J Chen, K Kumar, HF Ross… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Staphylococcal pathogenicity islands (SaPIs) carry superantigen and resistance genes and
are extremely widespread in Staphylococcus aureus and in other Gram-positive bacteria …

Nitric oxide and cardiac autonomic control in humans

S Chowdhary, JC Vaile, J Fletcher, HF Ross… - …, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac autonomic control is of prognostic significance in cardiac disease, yet the control
mechanisms of this system remain poorly defined. Animal data suggest that nitric oxide (NO) …

Tooth slice organ culture for cytotoxicity assessment of dental materials

PE Murray, PJ Lumley, HF Ross, AJ Smith - Biomaterials, 2000 - Elsevier
The purpose of this work was to develop a tooth slice organ culture method to assess the
response of the cells of the dental pulp to commonly used dental materials and products …