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Y. Kwaik

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Y. Kwaik — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 39
Works: 93
Citations: 4,530

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The Francisella tularensis pathogenicity island protein IglC and its regulator MglA are essential for modulating phagosome biogenesis and subsequent bacterial escape into the cytoplasm
M. Šantić, M. Molmeret, K. Klose, Snake C. Jones +1 more
2005Cellular Microbiology268 citations Open access
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The modulation of host cell apoptosis by intracellular bacterial pathogens.
Lian-Yong Gao, Y. Kwaik
2000Trends in Microbiology262 citations
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Utilization of similar mechanisms by Legionella pneumophila to parasitize two evolutionarily distant host cells, mammalian macrophages and protozoa
Lian-Yong Gao, O. Harb, Y. Kwaik
1997Infection and Immunity251 citations Open access
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From protozoa to mammalian cells: a new paradigm in the life cycle of intracellular bacterial pathogens.
O. Harb, Lian-Yong Gao, Y. Kwaik
2000Environmental Microbiology246 citations
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Expression of Multiple Pili by Legionella pneumophila: Identification and Characterization of a Type IV Pilin Gene and Its Role in Adherence to Mammalian and Protozoan Cells
B. Stone, Y. Kwaik
1998Infection and Immunity217 citations Open access
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Natural Competence for DNA Transformation by Legionella pneumophila and Its Association with Expression of Type IV Pili
B. Stone, Y. Kwaik
1999Journal of Bacteriology215 citations Open access
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Phenotypic modulation by Legionella pneumophila upon infection of macrophages
Y. Kwaik, B. Eisenstein, N. Engleberg
1993Infection and Immunity184 citations Open access
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Molecular Mimicry by an F-Box Effector of Legionella pneumophila Hijacks a Conserved Polyubiquitination Machinery within Macrophages and Protozoa
C. Price, S. Al Khodor, Tasneem Al-quadan, M. Šantić +3 more
2009PLoS Pathogens179 citations Open access
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Anti‐apoptotic signalling by the Dot/Icm secretion system of L. pneumophila
Alaeddin Abu‐Zant, Snake C. Jones, Rexford Asare, J. Suttles +3 more
2007Cellular Microbiology142 citations Open access
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The phagosome containing Legionella pneumophila within the protozoan Hartmannella vermiformis is surrounded by the rough endoplasmic reticulum.
Y. Kwaik
1996128 citations Open access
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The phagosome containing Legionella pneumophila within the protozoan Hartmannella vermiformis is surrounded by the rough endoplasmic reticulum
Y. Kwaik
1996Applied and Environmental Microbiology121 citations Open access
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The use of differential display‐PCR to isolate and characterize a Legionella pneumophila locus induced during the intracellular infection of macrophages
Y. Kwaik, Lisa L. Pederson
1996Molecular Microbiology120 citations
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Lipooligosaccharide epitopes shared among gram-negative non-enteric mucosal pathogens.
A. Campagnari, S. Spinola, A. Lesse, Y. Kwaik +2 more
1990Microbial Pathogenesis117 citations
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Role for the Ankyrin eukaryotic-like genes of Legionella pneumophila in parasitism of protozoan hosts and human macrophages.
F. Habyarimana, S. Al Khodor, A. Kalia, J. Graham +3 more
2008Environmental Microbiology112 citations
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Identification of a Gal/GalNAc Lectin in the Protozoan Hartmannella vermiformis as a Potential Receptor for Attachment and Invasion by the Legionnaires' Disease Bacterium
Chandrasekar Venkataraman, Bradley J. Haack, S. Bondada, Y. Kwaik
1997Journal of Experimental Medicine107 citations Open access
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Transcriptional regulation of the macrophage‐induced gene (gspA) of Legionella pneumophila and phenotypic characterization of a null mutant
Y. Kwaik, Lian-Yong Gao, O. Harb, B. Stone
1997Molecular Microbiology101 citations Open access
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Identification of Macrophage-Specific Infectivity Loci (mil) of Legionella pneumophila That Are Not Required for Infectivity of Protozoa
Lian-Yong Gao, O. Harb, Y. Kwaik
1998Infection and Immunity97 citations Open access
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icmT Is Essential for Pore Formation-Mediated Egress of Legionella pneumophila from Mammalian and Protozoan Cells
M. Molmeret, O. A. Terry Alli, S. Zink, A. Flieger +2 more
2002Infection and Immunity93 citations Open access
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Disruption of the Phagosomal Membrane and Egress of Legionella pneumophila into the Cytoplasm during the Last Stages of Intracellular Infection of Macrophages and Acanthamoeba polyphaga
M. Molmeret, D. M. Bitar, Li-Hui Han, Y. Kwaik
2004Infection and Immunity85 citations Open access
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Protein expression by the protozoan Hartmannella vermiformis upon contact with its bacterial parasite Legionella pneumophila
Y. Kwaik, Barry S. Fields, N. Engleberg
1994Infection and Immunity84 citations Open access
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Heterogeneity in the Attachment and Uptake Mechanisms of the Legionnaires’ Disease Bacterium, Legionella pneumophila, by Protozoan Hosts
O. Harb, Chandrasekar Venkataraman, Bradley J. Haack, Lian-Yong Gao +1 more
1998Applied and Environmental Microbiology83 citations Open access
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Cell biology of the intracellular infection by Legionella pneumophila.
M. Molmeret, D. M. Bitar, Li-Hui Han, Y. Kwaik
2004Microbes and infection79 citations Open access
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Code blue: Acinetobacter baumannii, a nosocomial pathogen with a role in the oral cavity
A. M. Richards, Y. Kwaik, Richard J. Lamont
2014Molecular Oral Microbiology67 citations Open access
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Induced Expression of the Legionella pneumophila Gene Encoding a 20-Kilodalton Protein during Intracellular Infection
Y. Kwaik
1998Infection and Immunity67 citations Open access
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Identification of the Aspartate-β-Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Gene of Legionella pneumophila and Characterization of a Null Mutant
O. Harb, Y. Kwaik
1998Infection and Immunity64 citations Open access
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Heterogeneity in intracellular replication and cytopathogenicity of Legionella pneumophila and Legionella micdadei in mammalian and protozoan cells.
Lian-Yong Gao, Milorad Šuša, Brigita Tićac, Y. Kwaik
1999Microbial Pathogenesis63 citations
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Exploitation of Host Polyubiquitination Machinery through Molecular Mimicry by Eukaryotic-Like Bacterial F-Box Effectors
C. Price, Y. Kwaik
2010Front. Microbio.57 citations Open access
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Different fates ofLegionella pneumophila pmiandmilmutants within macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells
Lian-Yong Gao, B. Stone, J. K. Brieland, Y. Kwaik
199856 citations
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Cloning and molecular characterization of a Legionella pneumophila gene induced by intracellular infection and by various in vitro stress conditions
Y. Kwaik, N. Engleberg
1994Molecular Microbiology51 citations
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The Cytochrome c Maturation Locus of Legionella pneumophila Promotes Iron Assimilation and Intracellular Infection and Contains a Strain-Specific Insertion Sequence Element
V. Viswanathan, S. Kurtz, Lisa L. Pedersen, Y. Kwaik +3 more
2002Infection and Immunity50 citations Open access
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Host-Mediated Post-Translational Prenylation of Novel Dot/Icm-Translocated Effectors of Legionella Pneumophila
C. Price, Snake C. Jones, K. Amundson, Y. Kwaik
2010Front. Microbio.49 citations Open access
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Intracellular fate of Francisella tularensis within arthropod-derived cells.
M. Šantić, Christine Akimana, Rexford Asare, J. Kouokam +2 more
2009Environmental Microbiology49 citations
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Exploitation of Host Cell Biology and Evasion of Immunity by Francisella Tularensis
Rexford Asare, Y. Kwaik
2011Front. Microbio.48 citations Open access
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Regulation of apoptosis and anti-apoptosis signalling by Francisella tularensis
M. Šantić, Gordana Pavoković, Snake C. Jones, Rexford Asare +1 more
2009Microbes and infection46 citations Open access
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Identification of Putative Cytoskeletal Protein Homologues in the Protozoan Host Hartmannella vermiformis as Substrates for Induced Tyrosine Phosphatase Activity upon Attachment to the Legionnaires' Disease Bacterium, Legionella pneumophila
Chandrasekar Venkataraman, Lian-Yong Gao, S. Bondada, Y. Kwaik
1998Journal of Experimental Medicine46 citations Open access
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Francisella–Arthropod Vector Interaction and its Role in Patho-Adaptation to Infect Mammals
Christine Akimana, Y. Kwaik
2011Front. Microbio.45 citations Open access
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Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of a Haemophilus influenzae type b lipooligosaccharide synthesis gene(s) that encodes a 2-keto-3-deoxyoctulosonic acid epitope
S. Spinola, Y. Kwaik, A. Lesse, A. Campagnari +1 more
1990Infection and Immunity45 citations Open access
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Intra-Vacuolar Proliferation of F. Novicida within H. Vermiformis
M. Šantić, Mateja Ožanič, Vildana Semić, Gordana Pavoković +2 more
2011Front. Microbio.42 citations Open access
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The Legionella pneumophila prp locus; required during infection of macrophages and amoebae.
B. Stone, Adam Brier, Y. Kwaik
1999Microbial Pathogenesis39 citations
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The C‐terminus of IcmT is essential for pore formation and for intracellular trafficking of Legionella pneumophila within Acanthamoeba polyphaga
M. Molmeret, O. A. Terry Alli, M. Radulic, M. Šuša +2 more
2002Molecular Microbiology38 citations Open access
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Molecular Characterization of the Dot/Icm-Translocated AnkH and AnkJ Eukaryotic-Like Effectors of Legionella pneumophila
F. Habyarimana, C. Price, M. Šantić, S. Al Khodor +1 more
2009Infection and Immunity36 citations Open access
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Molecular Characterization of Exploitation of the Polyubiquitination and Farnesylation Machineries of Dictyostelium Discoideum by the AnkB F-Box Effector of Legionella Pneumophila
Tasneem Al-quadan, Y. Kwaik
2011Front. Microbio.32 citations Open access
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Temporal and spatial trigger of post-exponential virulence-associated regulatory cascades by Legionella pneumophila after bacterial escape into the host cell cytosol
M. Molmeret, Snake C. Jones, M. Šantić, F. Habyarimana +2 more
2009Environmental Microbiology30 citations Open access
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Different fates of Legionella pneumophila pmi and mil mutants within macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells.
L.-Y. Gao, B. Stone, J. K. Brieland, Y. Kwaik
1998Microbial Pathogenesis29 citations
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Analysis of Haemophilus influenzae type b lipooligosaccharide‐synthesis genes that assemble or expose a 2‐keto‐3‐deoxyoctulosonic acid epitope
Y. Kwaik, B. E. McLaughlin, M. Apicella, S. Spinola
1991Molecular Microbiology27 citations
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Invasion of mammalian and protozoan cells by Legionella pneumophila.
Y. Kwaik
2000Sub-cellular biochemistry25 citations
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Structure-function analysis of the C-terminus of IcmT of Legionella pneumophila in pore formation-mediated egress from macrophages.
D. M. Bitar, M. Molmeret, Y. Kwaik
2005FEMS Microbiology Letters18 citations
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Invasion of mammalian and protozoan cells by Legionella pneumophila
Y. Kwaik, Lian-Yong Gao, B. Stone, O. Harb
199817 citations
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Induced expression of the Legionella pneumophila gene encoding a 20-kilodalton protein during intracellular infection.
Y. Kwaik
1998Infection and Immunity17 citations
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Cloning and molecular characterization of a Legionella pneumophila gene induced by intracellular infection and by various in vitro stress conditions.
Y. Kwaik, N. Engleberg
1994Molecular Microbiology17 citations
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