• Near-infrared fluorescence imaging as an alternative to bioluminescent bacteria to monitor biomaterial-associated infections 

      Dinjaski, Nina; Shalu, Suri; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Lehman, Susan M.; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid; Prieto, María Auxiliadora; García, Andrés J. (Elsevier, 2014)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Biomaterial-associated infection is one of the most common complications related with the implantation of any biomedical device. Several in vivo imaging platforms have emerged as powerful diagnostic tools to longitudinally ...
    • Noncontiguous operon is a genetic organization for coordinating bacterial gene expression 

      Sáenz Lahoya, S.; Bitarte, Nerea Upna; García, Beñat; Burgui Erice, Saioa Upna Orcid; Vergara Irigaray, Marta Upna; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (National Academy of Sciences, 2019)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Bacterial genes are typically grouped into operons defined as clusters of adjacent genes encoding for proteins that fill related roles and are transcribed into a single polycistronic mRNA molecule. This simple organization ...
    • Protein A-mediated multicellular behavior in Staphylococcus aureus 

      Merino, Nekane Upna; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Vergara Irigaray, Marta Upna; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Calvo, Enrique; Lopez, Juan Antonio; Foster, Timothy J.; Penadés, José R.; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (American Society for Microbiology, 2008)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The capacity of Staphylococcus aureus to form biofilms on host tissues and implanted medical devices is one of the major virulence traits underlying persistent and chronic infections. The matrix in which S. aureus cells ...
    • Regulation of heterogenous lexA expression in staphylococcus aureus by an antisense RNA originating from transcriptional read-through upon natural mispairings in the sbrB intrinsic terminator 

      Bastet, Laurène; Bustos-Sanmamed, Pilar; Catalán Moreno, Arancha; Caballero Sánchez, Carlos Upna; Cuesta Ferre, Sergio; Matilla Cuenca, Leticia Upna Orcid; Villanueva San Martín, Maite Upna Orcid; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo; Toledo Arana, Alejandro (MDPI, 2022)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Bacterial genomes are pervasively transcribed, generating a wide variety of antisense RNAs (asRNAs). Many of them originate from transcriptional read-through events (TREs) during the transcription termination process. ...
    • Relative contribution of P5 and hap surface proteins to nontypable haemophilus influenzae interplay with the host upper and lower airways 

      Euba, Begoña; Moleres Apilluelo, Javier Upna Orcid; Viadas Martínez, Cristina Upna; Ruiz de los Mozos Aliaga, Igor Upna; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Bengoechea Alonso, José Antonio; Garmendia García, Juncal (Public Library of Science, 2015)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a major cause of opportunistic respiratory tract disease, and initiates infection by colonizing the nasopharynx. Bacterial surface proteins play determining roles in the ...
    • Relevant role of fibronectin-binding proteins in Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-associated foreign-body infections 

      Vergara Irigaray, Marta Upna; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Merino, Nekane Upna; Latasa Osta, Cristina Upna; García Martínez, Begoña Upna Orcid; Ruiz de los Mozos Aliaga, Igor Upna; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Penadés, José R.; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (American Society for Microbiology, 2009)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Staphylococcus aureus can establish chronic infections on implanted medical devices due to its capacity to form biofilms. Analysis of the factors that assemble cells into a biofilm has revealed the occurrence of strains ...
    • Salmonella biofilm development depends on the phosphorylation status of RcsB 

      Latasa Osta, Cristina Upna; García Martínez, Begoña Upna Orcid; Echeverz Sarasúa, Maite Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Campoy Sánchez, Susana; García del Portillo, Francisco; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (American Society for Microbiology, 2012)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The Rcs phosphorelay pathway is a complex signaling pathway involved in the regulation of many cell surface structures in enteric bacteria. In response to environmental stimuli, the sensor histidine kinase (RcsC) ...
    • SarA is an essential positive regulator of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm development 

      Tormo Más, María Ángeles; Martí, Miguel; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Manna, Adhar C.; Cheung, Ambrose L.; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid; Penadés, José R. (American Society for Microbiology, 2005)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation is associated with the production of the polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA)--poly-N-acetylglucosamine polysaccharide (PNAG) by the products of the icaADBC operon. ...
    • Sensory deprivation in Staphylococcus aureus 

      Villanueva San Martín, Maite Upna Orcid; García Martínez, Begoña Upna Orcid; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Rapún Araiz, Beatriz Upna Orcid; Ruiz de los Mozos Aliaga, Igor Upna; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Martí, Miguel; Penadés, José R.; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (Springer Nature, 2018)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Bacteria use two-component systems (TCSs) to sense and respond to environmental changes. The core genome of the major human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus encodes 16 TCSs, one of which (WalRK) is essential. Here we show ...
    • Staphylococcal Bap proteins build amyloid scaffold biofilm matrices in response to environmental signals 

      Taglialegna, Agustina Upna; Navarro, Susanna; Ventura, Salvador; Garnett, James A.; Matthews, Steve; Penadés, José R.; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid (Public Library of Science, 2016)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Major components of the biofilm matrix scaffold are proteins that assemble to create a unified structure that maintain bacteria attached to each other and to surfaces. We provide evidence that a surface protein present in ...
    • Structural mechanism for modulation of functional amyloid and biofilm formation by Staphylococcal Bap protein switch 

      Ma, Junfeng; Cheng, Xiang; Xu, Zhonghe; Zhang, Yikan; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Fan, Xianyang; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (EMBO Press, 2021)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The Staphylococcal Bap proteins sense environmental signals (such as pH, [Ca2+]) to build amyloid scaffold biofilm matrices via unknown mechanisms. We here report the crystal structure of the aggregation-prone region of ...
    • Study of the molecular mechanisms underlying Bap-mediated cell-cell interactions in Staphylococcus aureus 

      Taglialegna, Agustina Upna (2016)   Tesis doctoral / Doktoretza tesia  OpenAccess
      La mayoría de los microorganismos son capaces de vivir en comunidades sésiles, siendo esta forma de crecimiento bastante más frecuente que la forma de vida planctónica. En estas comunidades microbianas, conocidas como ...
    • A systematic evaluation of the two-component systems network reveals that ArlRS is a key regulator of catheter colonization by Staphylococcus aureus 

      Burgui Erice, Saioa Upna Orcid; Gil Puig, Carmen Upna Orcid; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid (Frontiers Media, 2018)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Two-component systems (TCS) are modular signal transduction pathways that allow cells to adapt to prevailing environmental conditions by modifying cellular physiology. Staphylococcus aureus has 16 TCSs to adapt to the ...

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