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Melissa R Cruz
Melissa R Cruz
Senior Research Associate, UTHealth @ Houston
Verified email at uth.tmc.edu
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Ce-Duox1/BLI-3 Generated Reactive Oxygen Species Trigger Protective SKN-1 Activity via p38 MAPK Signaling during Infection in C. elegans
R van der Hoeven, KC McCallum, MR Cruz, DA Garsin
PLoS pathogens 7 (12), e1002453, 2011
2312011
Enterococcus faecalis bacteriocin EntV inhibits hyphal morphogenesis, biofilm formation, and virulence of Candida albicans
CE Graham, MR Cruz, DA Garsin, MC Lorenz
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (17), 4507-4512, 2017
2192017
Enterococcus faecalis inhibits hyphal morphogenesis and virulence of Candida albicans
MR Cruz, CE Graham, BC Gagliano, MC Lorenz, DA Garsin
Infection and immunity 81 (1), 189-200, 2013
1832013
A riboswitch-containing sRNA controls gene expression by sequestration of a response regulator
S DebRoy, M Gebbie, A Ramesh, JR Goodson, MR Cruz, A Van Hoof, ...
Science 345 (6199), 937-940, 2014
1472014
A liaR Deletion Restores Susceptibility to Daptomycin and Antimicrobial Peptides in Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis
J Reyes, D Panesso, TT Tran, NN Mishra, MR Cruz, JM Munita, KV Singh, ...
The Journal of infectious diseases 211 (8), 1317-1325, 2015
1052015
Enterococcus faecalis pCF10‐encoded surface proteins PrgA, PrgB (aggregation substance) and PrgC contribute to plasmid transfer, biofilm formation and …
M Bhatty, MR Cruz, KL Frank, JA Laverde Gomez, F Andrade, DA Garsin, ...
Molecular microbiology 95 (4), 660-677, 2015
932015
Antimicrobial sensing coupled with cell membrane remodeling mediates antibiotic resistance and virulence in Enterococcus faecalis
A Khan, M Davlieva, D Panesso, S Rincon, WR Miller, L Diaz, J Reyes, ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (52), 26925-26932, 2019
792019
Localization of the dual oxidase BLI-3 and characterization of its NADPH oxidase domain during infection of Caenorhabditis elegans
R van der Hoeven, MR Cruz, V Chávez, DA Garsin
PloS one 10 (4), e0124091, 2015
392015
Amplex red assay for measuring hydrogen peroxide production from Caenorhabditis elegans
O Karakuzu, MR Cruz, Y Liu, DA Garsin
Bio-protocol 9 (21), e3409-e3409, 2019
382019
Indomethacin injury to the rat small intestine is dependent upon biliary secretion and is associated with overgrowth of enterococci
SA Mayo, YK Song, MR Cruz, TM Phan, KV Singh, DA Garsin, BE Murray, ...
Physiological reports 4 (6), e12725, 2016
352016
Library screen identifies Enterococcus faecalis CcpA, the catabolite control protein A, as an effector of Ace, a collagen adhesion protein linked to virulence
P Gao, KL Pinkston, A Bourgogne, MR Cruz, DA Garsin, BE Murray, ...
Journal of bacteriology 195 (20), 4761-4768, 2013
332013
Antifungal activity of the Enterococcus faecalis peptide EntV requires protease cleavage and disulfide bond formation
AO Brown, CE Graham, MR Cruz, KV Singh, BE Murray, MC Lorenz, ...
Mbio 10 (4), 10.1128/mbio. 01334-19, 2019
302019
Cardiac Microlesions Form During Severe Bacteremic Enterococcus faecalis Infection
AO Brown, KV Singh, MR Cruz, KG Kaval, LE Francisco, BE Murray, ...
The Journal of Infectious Diseases 223 (3), 508-516, 2021
182021
Ethanolamine utilization and bacterial microcompartment formation are subject to carbon catabolite repression
KG Kaval, M Gebbie, JR Goodson, MR Cruz, WC Winkler, DA Garsin
Journal of bacteriology 201 (10), 10.1128/jb. 00703-18, 2019
172019
Loss of ethanolamine utilization in Enterococcus faecalis increases gastrointestinal tract colonization
KG Kaval, KV Singh, MR Cruz, S DebRoy, WC Winkler, BE Murray, ...
MBio 9 (3), 10.1128/mbio. 00790-18, 2018
162018
Structural and functional analysis of EntV reveals a 12 amino acid fragment protective against fungal infections
MR Cruz, S Cristy, S Guha, GB De Cesare, E Evdokimova, H Sanchez, ...
Nature communications 13 (1), 6047, 2022
152022
Disrupting membrane adaptation restores in vivo efficacy of antibiotics against multidrug-resistant enterococci and potentiates killing by human neutrophils
S Rincon, D Panesso, WR Miller, KV Singh, MR Cruz, A Khan, AQ Dinh, ...
The Journal of Infectious Diseases 220 (3), 494-504, 2019
82019
Ribonuclease J-Mediated mRNA Turnover Modulates Cell Shape, Metabolism and Virulence in Corynebacterium diphtheriae
TT Luong, MT Nguyen, YW Chen, C Chang, JH Lee, M Wittchen, ...
Microorganisms 9 (2), 389, 2021
72021
Transcriptome analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans lacking heme peroxidase SKPO-1 reveals an altered response to Enterococcus faecalis
Y Liu, D Martinez-Martinez, CL Essmann, MR Cruz, F Cabreiro, DA Garsin
G3 11 (2), jkaa055, 2021
42021
Membrane Lipids Augment Cell Envelope Stress Signaling and Resistance to Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Peptides in Enterococcus faecalis
WR Miller, A Nguyen, KV Singh, S Rizvi, A Khan, SG Erickson, SL Egge, ...
bioRxiv, 2023
12023
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