Alejandro Walker,
Research Assistant Professor
Research Profile
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0002-5839-6584
Publications
2023
Glucose Phosphotransferase System Modulates Pyruvate Metabolism, Bacterial Fitness, and Microbial Ecology in Oral Streptococci
Journal of Bacteriology.
205(1)
[DOI] 10.1128/jb.00352-22.
[PMID] 36468868.
2023
Growth of Porphyromonas gingivalis on human serum albumin triggers programmed cell death.
Journal of oral microbiology.
15(1)
[DOI] 10.1080/20002297.2022.2161182.
[PMID] 36570975.
2022
Activation of TnSmu1, an integrative and conjugative element, by an ImmR-like transcriptional regulator in Streptococcus mutans.
Microbiology (Reading, England).
168(10)
[DOI] 10.1099/mic.0.001254.
[PMID] 36201342.
2022
Characterization of a Bacterial Kinase That Phosphorylates Dihydrosphingosine to Form dhS1P
Microbiology Spectrum.
10(2)
[DOI] 10.1128/spectrum.00002-22.
[PMID] 35286133.
2022
Identification and Analysis of Essential Genes in Streptococcus mutans with Transposon Sequencing.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.).
2377:237-258
[DOI] 10.1007/978-1-0716-1720-5_13.
[PMID] 34709620.
2022
Investigating CRISPR spacer targets and their impact on genomic diversification of Streptococcus mutans.
Frontiers in genetics.
13
[DOI] 10.3389/fgene.2022.997341.
[PMID] 36186424.
2022
The Effect of Amino Sugars on the Composition and Metabolism of a Microcosm Biofilm and the Cariogenic Potential against Teeth and Dental Materials
Journal of Functional Biomaterials.
13(4)
[DOI] 10.3390/jfb13040223.
[PMID] 36412864.
2021
A Novel Regulation of K-antigen Capsule Synthesis in Porphyromonas gingivalis Is Driven by the Response Regulator PG0720-Directed Antisense RNA.
Frontiers in oral health.
2
[DOI] 10.3389/froh.2021.701659.
[PMID] 35048039.
2021
A single system detects and protects the beneficial oral bacterium Streptococcus sp. A12 from a spectrum of antimicrobial peptides.
Molecular microbiology.
116(1):211-230
[DOI] 10.1111/mmi.14703.
[PMID] 33590560.
2021
Direct interactions with commensal streptococci modify intercellular communication behaviors of Streptococcus mutans
The ISME Journal.
15(2):473-488
[DOI] 10.1038/s41396-020-00789-7.
[PMID] 32999420.
2021
Spontaneous Mutants of Streptococcus sanguinis with Defects in the Glucose-Phosphotransferase System Show Enhanced Post-Exponential-Phase Fitness
Journal of Bacteriology.
203(22)
[DOI] 10.1128/jb.00375-21.
2021
Unraveling City-Specific Microbial Signatures and Identifying Sample Origins for the Data From CAMDA 2020 Metagenomic Geolocation Challenge.
Frontiers in genetics.
12
[DOI] 10.3389/fgene.2021.659650.
[PMID] 34421984.
2021
Unraveling city-specific signature and identifying sample origin locations for the data from CAMDA MetaSUB challenge.
Biology direct.
16(1)
[DOI] 10.1186/s13062-020-00284-1.
[PMID] 33397406.
2020
Amino Sugars Reshape Interactions between Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus gordonii.
Applied and environmental microbiology.
87(1)
[DOI] 10.1128/AEM.01459-20.
[PMID] 33097515.
2020
Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Streptococcus mutans Strains Isolated from Endodontic Infections.
Journal of endodontics.
46(12):1876-1883
[DOI] 10.1016/j.joen.2020.09.002.
[PMID] 32919986.
2020
Repurposing the Streptococcus mutans CRISPR-Cas9 System to Understand Essential Gene Function
PLOS Pathogens.
16(3)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008344.
[PMID] 32150575.
2019
Expanding the Vocabulary of Peptide Signals in Streptococcus mutans.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology.
9
[DOI] 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00194.
[PMID] 31245303.
2019
Identification of city specific important bacterial signature for the MetaSUB CAMDA challenge microbiome data.
Biology direct.
14(1)
[DOI] 10.1186/s13062-019-0243-z.
[PMID] 31340852.
2019
Membrane proteomic analysis reveals overlapping and independent functions of Streptococcus mutans Ffh, YidC1, and YidC2.
Molecular oral microbiology.
34(4):131-152
[DOI] 10.1111/omi.12261.
[PMID] 31034136.
2018
Predicting survival times for neuroblastoma patients using RNA-seq expression profiles.
Biology direct.
13(1)
[DOI] 10.1186/s13062-018-0213-x.
[PMID] 29848365.
2018
Unraveling bacterial fingerprints of city subways from microbiome 16S gene profiles.
Biology direct.
13(1)
[DOI] 10.1186/s13062-018-0215-8.
[PMID] 29789016.
2016
Enhanced Single Seed Trait Predictions in Soybean (Glycine max) and Robust Calibration Model Transfer with Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry.
64(5):1079-86
[DOI] 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05508.
[PMID] 26771201.
2015
Discovering candidate genes that regulate resin canal number in Pinus taeda stems by integrating genetic analysis across environments, ages, and populations.
The New phytologist.
205(2):627-41
[DOI] 10.1111/nph.13074.
[PMID] 25266813.
2013
Association genetics of oleoresin flow in loblolly pine: discovering genes and predicting phenotype for improved resistance to bark beetles and bioenergy potential.
The New phytologist.
199(1):89-100
[DOI] 10.1111/nph.12240.
[PMID] 23534834.
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