M. Stephen Trent

Amino acid residues of Escherichia coli acyl carrier protein involved in heterologous protein interactions.

Biosynthesis, transport, and modification of lipid A.

Periplasmic cleavage and modification of the 1-phosphate group of Helicobacter pylori lipid A.

Remodeling of Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide.

Resistance to the antimicrobial peptide polymyxin requires myristoylation of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium lipid A.

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipid A deacylase: selection for expression and loss within the cystic fibrosis airway.

An outer membrane enzyme encoded by Salmonella typhimurium lpxR that removes the 3'-acyloxyacyl moiety of lipid A.

The lipid A 1-phosphatase of Helicobacter pylori is required for resistance to the antimicrobial peptide polymyxin.

Diversity of endotoxin and its impact on pathogenesis.

Lipid A modification systems in gram-negative bacteria.

Periplasmic phosphorylation of lipid A is linked to the synthesis of undecaprenyl phosphate.

The LptA protein of Escherichia coli is a periplasmic lipid A-binding protein involved in the lipopolysaccharide export pathway.

Role of the Campylobacter jejuni Cj1461 DNA methyltransferase in regulating virulence characteristics.

Deciphering the unusual acylation pattern of Helicobacter pylori lipid A.

Active-site architecture and catalytic mechanism of the lipid A deacylase LpxR of Salmonella typhimurium.

Secondary acylation of Vibrio cholerae lipopolysaccharide requires phosphorylation of Kdo.

A link between the assembly of flagella and lipooligosaccharide of the Gram-negative bacterium Campylobacter jejuni.

Activation of PmrA inhibits LpxT-dependent phosphorylation of lipid A promoting resistance to antimicrobial peptides.

Removal of the outer Kdo from Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide and its impact on the bacterial surface.

Remodelling of the Vibrio cholerae membrane by incorporation of exogenous fatty acids from host and aquatic environments.

Development of reagents and assays for the detection of pathogenic Burkholderia species.

IR and UV photodissociation as analytical tools for characterizing lipid A structures.

The pmrCAB operon mediates polymyxin resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978 and clinical isolates through phosphoethanolamine modification of lipid A.

Elucidation of a novel Vibrio cholerae lipid A secondary hydroxy-acyltransferase and its role in innate immune recognition.

Characterization of unique modification of flagellar rod protein FlgG by Campylobacter jejuni lipid A phosphoethanolamine transferase, linking bacterial locomotion and antimicrobial peptide resistance.

Helicobacter pylori versus the host: remodeling of the bacterial outer membrane is required for survival in the gastric mucosa.

Amino acid addition to Vibrio cholerae LPS establishes a link between surface remodeling in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa PhoP-PhoQ two-component regulatory system is induced upon interaction with epithelial cells and controls cytotoxicity and inflammation.

EptC of Campylobacter jejuni mediates phenotypes involved in host interactions and virulence.

The polysaccharide capsule of Campylobacter jejuni modulates the host immune response.

Modulating the innate immune response by combinatorial engineering of endotoxin.

The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria: lipid A isolation and characterization.

Virulence and stress-related periplasmic protein (VisP) in bacterial/host associations.

The origin of 8-amino-3,8-dideoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid (Kdo8N) in the lipopolysaccharide of Shewanella oneidensis.

The outer surface lipoprotein VolA mediates utilization of exogenous lipids by Vibrio cholerae.

High-throughput Database Search and Large-scale Negative Polarity Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry with Ultraviolet Photodissociation for Complex Proteomic Samples.

Fortifying the barrier: the impact of lipid A remodelling on bacterial pathogenesis.

Colonize, evade, flourish: How glyco-conjugates promote virulence of Helicobacter pylori.