Y. X. Zhang

Publication List Details

Period

1998 - 2008

Number

39

Co-Authors

The influence of cluster emission and the symmetry energy on neutron-proton spectral double ratios (2007)

Zhang, Y. X., Danielewicz, P., Famiano, M., Li, Z., Lynch, W. G., Tsang, M. B.

Emissions of free neutrons and protons from the central collisions of 124Sn+124Sn and 112Sn+112Sn reactions are simulated using the Improved Quantum Molecular Dynamics model with two different...

Kernel Regression For Determining Photometric Redshifts From Sloan Broadband Photometry (2007)

Wang, D., Zhang, Y. X., Liu, C., Zhao, Y. H.

We present a new approach, kernel regression, to determine photometric redshifts for 399,929 galaxies in the Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). In our case, kernel regression...

Semiconductor Nanowire-Based FETs as Electronically Tunable Catalysts (1998)

Moskovits, M., Zhang, Y. X., Lilach, Y., Kolmakov, A.

Nanowires and nanotubes have shown remarkable electronic properties when configured either as simple current/voltage impedance elements or as field-effect transistors. Their very high...

Protective efficacy of major outer membrane protein-specific immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG monoclonal antibodies in a murine model of Chlamydia trachomatis genital tract infection.

Cotter, T W, Meng, Q, Shen, Z L, Zhang, Y X, Su, H, Caldwell, H D

The protective efficacy of immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific for the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis MoPn was evaluated in a murine genital...

Cloning and characterization of a gene (msdA) encoding methylmalonic acid semialdehyde dehydrogenase from Streptomyces coelicolor.

Zhang, Y X, Tang, L, Hutchinson, C R

A homolog of the mmsA gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which encodes methylmalonic acid semialdehyde dehydrogenase (MSDH) and is involved in valine catabolism in pseudomonads and mammals, was cloned...

Amino acid catabolism and antibiotic synthesis: valine is a source of precursors for macrolide biosynthesis in Streptomyces ambofaciens and Streptomyces fradiae.

Tang, L, Zhang, Y X, Hutchinson, C R

Targeted inactivation of the valine (branched-chain amino acid) dehydrogenase gene (vdh) was used to study the role of valine catabolism in the production of tylosin in Streptomyces fradiae and...

Cloning, sequencing, and expression in Escherichia coli of the gene encoding a 45-kilodalton protein, elongation factor Tu, from Chlamydia trachomatis serovar F.

Zhang, Y X, Shi, Y, Zhou, M, Petsko, G A

The gene encoding a 45-kDa protein (45K) of Chlamydia trachomatis serovar F was cloned, sequenced, and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Alignment of the deduced peptide sequence with E. coli...

In vitro activity of sparfloxacin.

Chin, N X, Gu, J W, Yu, K W, Zhang, Y X, Neu, H C

Sparfloxacin, a new fluoroquinolone, inhibited the majority of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae at less than or equal to 1 microgram/ml. It was less active than ciprofloxacin but more active...

Monoclonal antibodies define genus-specific, species-specific, and cross-reactive epitopes of the chlamydial 60-kilodalton heat shock protein (hsp60): specific immunodetection and purification of chlamydial hsp60.

Yuan, Y, Lyng, K, Zhang, Y X, Rockey, D D, Morrison, R P

Ocular and urogenital tract infections with Chlamydia trachomatis can progress to chronic inflammatory diseases that produce blindness and tubal infertility. The pathophysiology of these chronic...

Characterization of murine monoclonal and murine, rabbit, and human polyclonal antibodies against chlamydial lipopolysaccharide.

Brade, L, Holst, O, Kosma, P, Zhang, Y X, Paulsen, H, Krausse, R, ...

Murine monoclonal and rabbit, murine, and human polyclonal antibodies against chlamydial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were characterized by the passive hemolysis and passive hemolysis inhibition assays...

Chlamydia trachomatis-host cell interactions: role of the chlamydial major outer membrane protein as an adhesin.

Su, H, Watkins, N G, Zhang, Y X, Caldwell, H D

The major outer membrane protein (MOMP) of Chlamydia trachomatis is characterized by four symmetrically spaced variable domains (VDs I to IV) whose sequences vary among serotypes. The surface-exposed...

Differential effect of trypsin on infectivity of Chlamydia trachomatis: loss of infectivity requires cleavage of major outer membrane protein variable domains II and IV.

Su, H, Zhang, Y X, Barrera, O, Watkins, N G, Caldwell, H D

The initial interaction of chlamydiae with host cells is not well understood. Chlamydial cell surface components that function in attachment are key virulence factors, and their identification is...

The low-molecular-mass, cysteine-rich outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis possesses both biovar- and species-specific epitopes.

Zhang, Y X, Watkins, N G, Stewart, S, Caldwell, H D

We isolated, by hydroxylapatite high-performance liquid chromatography, 14- and 15-kilodalton (kDa), cysteine-rich outer membrane proteins from Chlamydia trachomatis TW-5/OT (serovar B) and LGV-434...

Mapping antigenic domains expressed by Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein genes.

Baehr, W, Zhang, Y X, Joseph, T, Su, H, Nano, F E, Everett, K D, ...

Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate prokaryotic intracellular pathogen of humans that infects mucosal epithelial cells. Exposed domains of its major outer membrane protein (MOMP) are both serotyping...

Protective monoclonal antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis serovar- and serogroup-specific major outer membrane protein determinants.

Zhang, Y X, Stewart, S J, Caldwell, H D

Monoclonal antibodies exhibiting Chlamydia trachomatis serovar specificity (serovar A, B-Ba, or C) and serogroup specificity (B, intermediate, or C serogroup) were produced and characterized. These...

Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences for the four variable domains of the major outer membrane proteins of the 15 Chlamydia trachomatis serovars.

Yuan, Y, Zhang, Y X, Watkins, N G, Caldwell, H D

The amino acid sequences of major outer membrane proteins (MOMPs) from Chlamydia trachomatis serovars A, B, C, L1, and L2 are predominantly conserved but have four variable domains (VDs) in which...

Cloning and sequence analysis of the major outer membrane protein genes of two Chlamydia psittaci strains.

Zhang, Y X, Morrison, S G, Caldwell, H D, Baehr, W

We cloned and sequenced the gene encoding the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) of two Chlamydia psittaci strains, guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis (GPIC) strain 1, and meningopneumonitis (Mn)...

Multiple tandem promoters of the major outer membrane protein gene (omp1) of Chlamydia psittaci.

Yuan, Y, Zhang, Y X, Manning, D S, Caldwell, H D

The transcription of omp1, the gene encoding the major outer membrane protein, was studied for two strains of Chlamydia psittaci, guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis (GPIC) and mouse pneumonitis...

Secretion of proinflammatory cytokines by epithelial cells in response to Chlamydia infection suggests a central role for epithelial cells in chlamydial pathogenesis.

Rasmussen, S J, Eckmann, L, Quayle, A J, Shen, L, Zhang, Y X, Anderson, D J, ...

Chlamydia species infect epithelial cells at mucosal surfaces, and are major causes of sexually transmitted diseases. Infection is characterized by inflammation which is exacerbated upon reinfection,...

Protective efficacy of major outer membrane protein-specific immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG monoclonal antibodies in a murine model of Chlamydia trachomatis genital tract infection.

Cotter, T W, Meng, Q, Shen, Z L, Zhang, Y X, Su, H, Caldwell, H D

The protective efficacy of immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific for the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis MoPn was evaluated in a murine genital...

Cloning and characterization of a gene (msdA) encoding methylmalonic acid semialdehyde dehydrogenase from Streptomyces coelicolor.

Zhang, Y X, Tang, L, Hutchinson, C R

A homolog of the mmsA gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which encodes methylmalonic acid semialdehyde dehydrogenase (MSDH) and is involved in valine catabolism in pseudomonads and mammals, was cloned...

Amino acid catabolism and antibiotic synthesis: valine is a source of precursors for macrolide biosynthesis in Streptomyces ambofaciens and Streptomyces fradiae.

Tang, L, Zhang, Y X, Hutchinson, C R

Targeted inactivation of the valine (branched-chain amino acid) dehydrogenase gene (vdh) was used to study the role of valine catabolism in the production of tylosin in Streptomyces fradiae and...

Cloning, sequencing, and expression in Escherichia coli of the gene encoding a 45-kilodalton protein, elongation factor Tu, from Chlamydia trachomatis serovar F.

Zhang, Y X, Shi, Y, Zhou, M, Petsko, G A

The gene encoding a 45-kDa protein (45K) of Chlamydia trachomatis serovar F was cloned, sequenced, and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Alignment of the deduced peptide sequence with E. coli...

In vitro activity of sparfloxacin.

Chin, N X, Gu, J W, Yu, K W, Zhang, Y X, Neu, H C

Sparfloxacin, a new fluoroquinolone, inhibited the majority of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae at less than or equal to 1 microgram/ml. It was less active than ciprofloxacin but more active...

Monoclonal antibodies define genus-specific, species-specific, and cross-reactive epitopes of the chlamydial 60-kilodalton heat shock protein (hsp60): specific immunodetection and purification of chlamydial hsp60.

Yuan, Y, Lyng, K, Zhang, Y X, Rockey, D D, Morrison, R P

Ocular and urogenital tract infections with Chlamydia trachomatis can progress to chronic inflammatory diseases that produce blindness and tubal infertility. The pathophysiology of these chronic...

Characterization of murine monoclonal and murine, rabbit, and human polyclonal antibodies against chlamydial lipopolysaccharide.

Brade, L, Holst, O, Kosma, P, Zhang, Y X, Paulsen, H, Krausse, R, ...

Murine monoclonal and rabbit, murine, and human polyclonal antibodies against chlamydial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were characterized by the passive hemolysis and passive hemolysis inhibition assays...

Chlamydia trachomatis-host cell interactions: role of the chlamydial major outer membrane protein as an adhesin.

Su, H, Watkins, N G, Zhang, Y X, Caldwell, H D

The major outer membrane protein (MOMP) of Chlamydia trachomatis is characterized by four symmetrically spaced variable domains (VDs I to IV) whose sequences vary among serotypes. The surface-exposed...

Differential effect of trypsin on infectivity of Chlamydia trachomatis: loss of infectivity requires cleavage of major outer membrane protein variable domains II and IV.

Su, H, Zhang, Y X, Barrera, O, Watkins, N G, Caldwell, H D

The initial interaction of chlamydiae with host cells is not well understood. Chlamydial cell surface components that function in attachment are key virulence factors, and their identification is...

The low-molecular-mass, cysteine-rich outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis possesses both biovar- and species-specific epitopes.

Zhang, Y X, Watkins, N G, Stewart, S, Caldwell, H D

We isolated, by hydroxylapatite high-performance liquid chromatography, 14- and 15-kilodalton (kDa), cysteine-rich outer membrane proteins from Chlamydia trachomatis TW-5/OT (serovar B) and LGV-434...

Mapping antigenic domains expressed by Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein genes.

Baehr, W, Zhang, Y X, Joseph, T, Su, H, Nano, F E, Everett, K D, ...

Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate prokaryotic intracellular pathogen of humans that infects mucosal epithelial cells. Exposed domains of its major outer membrane protein (MOMP) are both serotyping...

Protective monoclonal antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis serovar- and serogroup-specific major outer membrane protein determinants.

Zhang, Y X, Stewart, S J, Caldwell, H D

Monoclonal antibodies exhibiting Chlamydia trachomatis serovar specificity (serovar A, B-Ba, or C) and serogroup specificity (B, intermediate, or C serogroup) were produced and characterized. These...

Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences for the four variable domains of the major outer membrane proteins of the 15 Chlamydia trachomatis serovars.

Yuan, Y, Zhang, Y X, Watkins, N G, Caldwell, H D

The amino acid sequences of major outer membrane proteins (MOMPs) from Chlamydia trachomatis serovars A, B, C, L1, and L2 are predominantly conserved but have four variable domains (VDs) in which...

Cloning and sequence analysis of the major outer membrane protein genes of two Chlamydia psittaci strains.

Zhang, Y X, Morrison, S G, Caldwell, H D, Baehr, W

We cloned and sequenced the gene encoding the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) of two Chlamydia psittaci strains, guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis (GPIC) strain 1, and meningopneumonitis (Mn)...

Multiple tandem promoters of the major outer membrane protein gene (omp1) of Chlamydia psittaci.

Yuan, Y, Zhang, Y X, Manning, D S, Caldwell, H D

The transcription of omp1, the gene encoding the major outer membrane protein, was studied for two strains of Chlamydia psittaci, guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis (GPIC) and mouse pneumonitis...

Secretion of proinflammatory cytokines by epithelial cells in response to Chlamydia infection suggests a central role for epithelial cells in chlamydial pathogenesis.

Rasmussen, S J, Eckmann, L, Quayle, A J, Shen, L, Zhang, Y X, Anderson, D J, ...

Chlamydia species infect epithelial cells at mucosal surfaces, and are major causes of sexually transmitted diseases. Infection is characterized by inflammation which is exacerbated upon reinfection,...