Ian Peak

Nasal-associated lymphoid tissue and olfactory epithelium as portals of entry for Burkholderia pseudomallei in murine melioidosis (2009)

Owen, Suzzanne, Batzloff, Michael, Chehrehasa, Fatemeh, Meedeniya, Adrian Cuda Banda, Casart Quintero, Yveth, Logue, Carie-Anne, ...

BACKGROUND: Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is generally considered to be acquired via inhalation of dust or water droplets from the environment. In this study, we show...

Nasal-associated lymphoid tissue and olfactory epithelium as portals of entry for Burkholderia pseudomallei in murine melioidosis (2009)

Owen, Suzzanne, Batzloff, Michael, Chehrehasa, Fatemeh, Meedeniya, Adrian Cuda Banda, Casart Quintero, Yveth, Logue, Carie-Anne, ...

BACKGROUND: Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is generally considered to be acquired via inhalation of dust or water droplets from the environment. In this study, we show...

Evaluation of recombinant antigens for diagnosis of melioidosis. (2008)

Allwood, Elizabeth, Logue, Carie-Anne, Hafner, Gregory J., Ketheesan, Natkunam, Norton, Robert E., Peak, Ian, ...

Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia. Clinical manifestations of the disease are diverse, ranging from chronic localized...

Evaluation of recombinant antigens for diagnosis of melioidosis. (2008)

Allwood, Elizabeth, Logue, Carie-Anne, Hafner, Gregory J., Ketheesan, Natkunam, Norton, Robert E., Peak, Ian, ...

Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia. Clinical manifestations of the disease are diverse, ranging from chronic localized...

Evaluation of recombinant antigens for diagnosis of melioidosis. (2008)

Allwood, Elizabeth, Logue, Carie-Anne, Hafner, Gregory J., Ketheesan, Natkunam, Norton, Robert E., Peak, Ian, ...

Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia. Clinical manifestations of the disease are diverse, ranging from chronic localized...

Additive and synergistic bactericidal activity of antibodies directed against minor outer membrane proteins of Neisseria meningitidis (2007)

Weynants, Vincent E., Feron, Christiane M., Goraj, Karine K., Bos, Martine P., Denoel, Philippe A, Verlant, Vincent G., ...

Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B is a major cause of bacterial meningitis in younger populations. The available vaccines are based on outer membrane vesicles obtained from wild-type strains. In...

Additive and synergistic bactericidal activity of antibodies directed against minor outer membrane proteins of Neisseria meningitidis (2007)

Weynants, Vincent E., Feron, Christiane M., Goraj, Karine K., Bos, Martine P., Denoel, Philippe A, Verlant, Vincent G., ...

Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B is a major cause of bacterial meningitis in younger populations. The available vaccines are based on outer membrane vesicles obtained from wild-type strains. In...

Towards understanding the functional role of the glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of Moraxella catarrhalis lipooligosaccharide (2007)

Peak, Ian, Grice, Darren, Faglin, Isabelle, Klipic, Zoran, Collins, Patrick, Van Schendel, Lucien, ...

The glycosyltransferase enzymes (Lgts) responsible for the biosynthesis of the lipooligosaccharide-derived oligosaccharide structures from Moraxella catarrhalis have been investigated. This upper...

The bacterial gene lfpA influences the potent induction of calcitonin receptor and osteoclast-related genes in Burkholderia pseudomallei-induced TRAP-positive multinucleated giant cells (2007)

Boddey, Justin Andrew, Day, Christopher, Flegg, Cameron, Ulrich, Ricky L., Stephens, Sebastien Robert, Beacham, Ifor Rhys, ...

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a facultative intracellular pathogen and the causative agent of melioidosis, a spectrum of potentially fatal diseases endemic in Northern Australia and South-East Asia....

Additive and synergistic bactericidal activity of antibodies directed against minor outer membrane proteins of Neisseria meningitidis (2007)

Weynants, Vincent E., Feron, Christiane M., Goraj, Karine K., Bos, Martine P., Denoel, Philippe A, Verlant, Vincent G., ...

Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B is a major cause of bacterial meningitis in younger populations. The available vaccines are based on outer membrane vesicles obtained from wild-type strains. In...

Temperature-Regulated Microcolony Formation by Burkholderia pseudomallei Requires pilA and Enhances Association with Cultured Human Cells (2006)

Boddey, Justin Andrew, Flegg, Cameron, Day, Christopher, Beacham, Ifor Rhys, Peak, Ian

Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a potentially fatal disease that is endemic to Northern Australia and Southeast Asia and is acquired from soil or water. Adherence of...

Identification of a novel glycosyltransferase involved in LOS biosynthesis of Moraxella catarrhalis (2006)

Wilson, Jenny, Collins, Patrick, Klipic, Zoran, Grice, Darren, Peak, Ian

Moraxella catarrhalis is an important human mucosal pathogen that contributes to otitis media in infants and exacerbates conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the elderly. This...

A type IV pilin, PilA, contributes to adherence of Burkholderia pseudomallaei and virulence in vivo. (2005)

Essex-Lopresti, Angela E., Boddey, Justin Andrew, Thomas, Richard, Smith, Martin P., Hartley, M. Gill, Atkins, Timothy, ...

The Burkholderia pseudomallei K96243 genome contains multiple type IV pilin-associated loci, including one encoding a putative pilus structural protein (pilA). A pilA deletion mutant has reduced...

Identification of a capsular polysaccharide from moraxella bovis (2005)

Wilson, Jenny, Hitchen, Paul G, Frank, Martin, Peak, Ian, Collins, Patrick, Morris, Howard R., ...

The bacterium Moraxella bovis is the causative agent of an economically important disease of cattle: Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), otherwise known as pinkeye. Little is known...

A type IV pilin, PilA, contributes to adherence of Burkholderia pseudomallaei and virulence in vivo. (2005)

Essex-Lopresti, Angela E., Boddey, Justin Andrew, Thomas, Richard, Smith, Martin P., Hartley, M. Gill, Atkins, Timothy, ...

The Burkholderia pseudomallei K96243 genome contains multiple type IV pilin-associated loci, including one encoding a putative pilus structural protein (pilA). A pilA deletion mutant has reduced...

Identification of a capsular polysaccharide from moraxella bovis (2005)

Wilson, Jenny, Hitchen, Paul G, Frank, Martin, Peak, Ian, Collins, Patrick, Morris, Howard R., ...

The bacterium Moraxella bovis is the causative agent of an economically important disease of cattle: Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), otherwise known as pinkeye. Little is known...

A type IV pilin, PilA, contributes to adherence of Burkholderia pseudomallaei and virulence in vivo. (2005)

Essex-Lopresti, Angela E., Boddey, Justin Andrew, Thomas, Richard, Smith, Martin P., Hartley, M. Gill, Atkins, Timothy, ...

The Burkholderia pseudomallei K96243 genome contains multiple type IV pilin-associated loci, including one encoding a putative pilus structural protein (pilA). A pilA deletion mutant has reduced...

Identification of a capsular polysaccharide from moraxella bovis (2005)

Wilson, Jenny, Hitchen, Paul G, Frank, Martin, Peak, Ian, Collins, Patrick, Morris, Howard R., ...

The bacterium Moraxella bovis is the causative agent of an economically important disease of cattle: Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), otherwise known as pinkeye. Little is known...

A type IV pilin, PilA, contributes to adherence of Burkholderia pseudomallaei and virulence in vivo. (2005)

Essex-Lopresti, Angela E., Boddey, Justin Andrew, Thomas, Richard, Smith, Martin P., Hartley, M. Gill, Atkins, Timothy, ...

The Burkholderia pseudomallei K96243 genome contains multiple type IV pilin-associated loci, including one encoding a putative pilus structural protein (pilA). A pilA deletion mutant has reduced...

Identification of a capsular polysaccharide from moraxella bovis (2005)

Wilson, Jenny, Hitchen, Paul G, Frank, Martin, Peak, Ian, Collins, Patrick, Morris, Howard R., ...

The bacterium Moraxella bovis is the causative agent of an economically important disease of cattle: Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), otherwise known as pinkeye. Little is known...

Phase variation in meningococcal lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis genes. (2002)

Berrington, A. W., Srikhanta, Y., Kuipers, B., Ley, P. Van Der, Peak, Ian, ...

Neisseria meningitidis expresses a range of lipooligosaccharide (LOS) structures, comprising of at least 13 immunotypes (ITs). Meningococcal LOS is subject to phase variation of its terminal...

Phase variation in meningococcal lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis genes. (2002)

Berrington, A. W., Srikhanta, Y., Kuipers, B., Ley, P. Van Der, Peak, Ian, ...

Neisseria meningitidis expresses a range of lipooligosaccharide (LOS) structures, comprising of at least 13 immunotypes (ITs). Meningococcal LOS is subject to phase variation of its terminal...

Phase variable restriction-modification systems in Moraxella catarrhalis (2002)

Seib, Kate L., Peak, Ian, Jennings, Michael P.

A repetitive DNA motif was used as a marker to identify novel genes in the mucosal pathogen Moraxella catarrhalis. There is a high prevalence of such repetitive motifs in virulence genes that display...

Phase variable restriction-modification systems in Moraxella catarrhalis (2002)

Seib, Kate L., Peak, Ian, Jennings, Michael P.

A repetitive DNA motif was used as a marker to identify novel genes in the mucosal pathogen Moraxella catarrhalis. There is a high prevalence of such repetitive motifs in virulence genes that display...

Phase variation in meningococcal lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis genes. (2002)

Berrington, A. W., Srikhanta, Y., Kuipers, B., Ley, P. Van Der, Peak, Ian, ...

Neisseria meningitidis expresses a range of lipooligosaccharide (LOS) structures, comprising of at least 13 immunotypes (ITs). Meningococcal LOS is subject to phase variation of its terminal...

Phase variable restriction-modification systems in Moraxella catarrhalis (2002)

Seib, Kate L., Peak, Ian, Jennings, Michael P.

A repetitive DNA motif was used as a marker to identify novel genes in the mucosal pathogen Moraxella catarrhalis. There is a high prevalence of such repetitive motifs in virulence genes that display...