Research Article
Ashnoor Arora, Ziniu Chen, Kshemaka Gunawardena, Jayden Liu, Jenny Zhang
Ironing Out Anemia: High Inflammation Modulates Microbial Composition and Indicates the Activation of Cellular Stress Responses in Infected Anemic Infants
September 2, 2024
Brian Deng, Sharisse Chan, Renz Po, Nicholas Viegas, Max Yang
Dogs Are a Poor Taxonomic Model for Human Inflammatory Bowel Disease, but Are Potentially Functionally Relevant for Human Ulcerative Colitis
September 2, 2024
David Lin, Tiffany Lok Ting Wai, Alice Wang, Kevin Zhang
Harnessing the BrkA Autotransporter to Surface Display the Zinc-Binding Domain Tetrahymena thermophila Metallothionein MTT5 on Escherichia coli for Zinc Biosorption Evaluation
September 2, 2024
Gurpreet Sidhu, Sana Alayoubi, Alissa Gama, Jamila Huseynova
Mapping Potential Transcription Start Sites of the brka Gene on pDO6935 in Escherichia coli Using the ARF-TSS Method
September 2, 2024
Hayley Emery, Nicole Cormack, Maya Ruehlen, Aiden Simard
Escherichia coli Secretion of a Variant in the Bordetella pertussis Autotransporter Protein BrkA Containing a Dual Polyhistidine-Tagged 112 Amino Acid Insert Between Asp-57 And Ala-58 of its Passenger Domain
September 2, 2024
Rob Cloke, Louise He, Gregory Nikas, Adam Voss, Kevin Zhang
Nutrients May Play a Complex Role in Influencing Microbiota Composition and Function in Parkinson’s Disease Patients
September 2, 2024
Ali Zaidi, John Goh, David Tan, Cayden Yu, Alicia Zhang
Dopaminergic Therapeutics for Treating Parkinson’s Disease Were Associated with a Shift in the Gut Microbiota to Resemble Healthy Individuals
September 2, 2024
Stella Lin, Kevin Le, Risa Fox, Michael Qiu, Dennis Xie
Bacterial Composition and Metabolic Pathways Differ in Six-Month-Old Infants from Peru and California, USA
September 2, 2024
Lina Anwari, Abigail Cho, Betty Hong, Màiri MacAulay, Juliet Malkowski
Individuals in Shared Dormitories who Rarely Wash their Sheets are Associated with Greater Sex-Specific Microbial Changes Compared to Individuals who Wash their Sheets Frequently
September 2, 2024
Ethan Clements, Gabriella Pflederer, Lena Shehayber
RNA-seq Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum Shows Upregulated Genes Involved in Merozoite Egress and Erythrocyte Invasion
September 2, 2024
Jamila Huseynova, Sana Alayoubi, Ives Chau, Alissa Gama, Ethan Wong
Parkinson’s Disease Status but not High Sodium Consumption is Correlated with Alterations in the Gut Microbiome
September 2, 2024
Ally Howard, Jastina Aujla, Anu Chauhan, Fatima Nadeem, Vera Pu
Soil Microbiome Beta, Taxonomic and Functional Diversity in British Columbian Logged Douglas-Fir Stands Differs Across the A and O Horizon
September 2, 2024
Sid Ahuja, Jordan Sanders, Haolin Tian, Amber Xia
Developing an Antisense RNA Vector for Skp Chaperone Knockdown Analysis in Escherichia coli BW25113
September 2, 2024
Trushaan Bundhoo, Adam Abdirahman Hassan, Brandon Wong, Rochelle Guan
The Distance of the lac Regulatory Region to the Translation Start Codon of gfp on Plasmid pEAH23A Does not Change GFP Expression Levels
September 2, 2024
Fares Burwag, Jamie Corbett, Imogen Porter, Kaila Villarey
Chaperone Protein BamB Directly Supports BrkA Translocation and Folding in Escherichia coli
September 2, 2024
May Jang, Olivia Kwon, Alisa Li, Zhuohui Lin, Karen Yeung
Sex Influences Gut Microbial Composition in Mice with Familial Dysautonomia but is not the Primary Determinant of Microbial Functional Diversity
September 2, 2024
Samantha Allum, Sean Dang, Imogen Porter, Tiffany Lok Ting Wai, Alice Wang
Smoking in the Context of Westernized Diets is Associated with a More Volatile Microbiome and Predicted Gut Function
September 2, 2024
Emilie Haniak, Annie Tsoromocos, Hari Arneja
Mapping the brkA Promoter Region on pDO6935 in Escherichia coli Using pLISA, A Novel Promoterless GFP Reporter Plasmid
September 2, 2024
Alisa Li, Tiffany Wu, Karen Yeung, Alicia Zhang
Engineering Bordetella pertussis BrkA Autotransporter for Chitin-Binding Domain Surface Expression: Exploring its Potential for Whole-Cell Immobilization
September 2, 2024
Adam Hassan, Farbod Nematifar, Timothy Bernas, Trushaan Bundhoo, Young Ha Jin
The Diet of the Hadza Tribe is Higher in Gut Microbial Diversity, but Lower in Functional Diversity when Compared to a Westernized Diet
September 2, 2024
Dana Lao, Faith Liu, Ava Tiefenbach, Nicholas Viegas
Developing a BrkA-based Protein Expression System in Escherichia coli Using the Mini-Tn7 Vector System
August 28, 2024
Nicole Cormack, Madeleine Dunsmore, Hayley Emery, Emily Moffat
Maternal BMI with Respect to Infant Feeding Mode is Associated with Differential Composition and Functional Phenotypes of the Gut Microbiome of 4-month-old Infants
August 28, 2024
Vincent Hsiung, Nicholas Kucera, Kishor Sivanesan, Ali Tavakoli Hedayatpour
Steps Towards Understanding the Role Of DegP in Secretion of the Bordetella pertussis Autotransporter Protein BrkA
August 28, 2024
Ashnoor Arora, Ziniu Chen, Kshemaka Gunawardena, Jayden Liu
Preliminary Steps Towards the Construction of a Customizable BrkA Protein Secretion System
August 28, 2024
Shini Chen, Haohua Li, Zhuohui Lin
A 6xHistidine tag insertion at the N-terminal signal peptide A42 and G43 may interfere with BrkA secretion and expression in Escherichia coli DH5α
August 28, 2024
Yasmine Gouin, Tim Chen, Jacob Wong, Iqbal Aujla, Hari Arneja
Low Trophic Level Mixed Carnivore Diets Increase Taxonomic Diversity but may Reduce Functional Diversity in the Fish Midgut Microbiome
August 28, 2024
Kaila Villarey, Jamie Corbett, Nicholas Kucera, Haolin Tian, Amber Xia
Cardiovascular Disease is a Potential Contraindication for Resistant Starch Type 2 Diet Intervention
August 28, 2024
Loujain Bilal, Ayesha Lalani, Parvin Malhi, Maya Ruehlen, Aiden Simard
Colombian Prediabetic Patients Classified Using Glycosylated Hemoglobin or Fasting Plasma Glucose Present Distinct Microbiome Compositions
August 28, 2024
Soll Chi, Qingyue Guo, Michael Qiu, Ruofan Zhang
Determining the Relationship Between the lac Operon and the Expression of brkA on pDO6935 in Escherichia coli Using a Promoterless Green Fluorescent Protein Reporter Gene
August 28, 2024
Jason Bie, Nidhin Biju, Shini Chen, Haohua Li, Sina Safaeian
Smoking Traditional Cigarettes and Vaping May Not Affect the Diversity Metrics of the Oral Microbiota but Significantly and Distinctively Alters the Taxonomic Composition Relative to Non-Smokers
August 28, 2024