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Publications and Presentations
Peer-reviewed publications (* denotes Trinity student)
L-A Agiato Foster. 2002. Utilization and cell-surface binding of hemin by Histoplasma capsulatum. Canadian J. of Microbiology 48: 437-442.
H.M. Guardiola-Diaz, L-A. Foster, D. Mushrush * and A.Vaz. 2001. Azole-Antifungal binding to
a novel cytochrome P450 from M. tuberculosis; implications for treatment of
tuberculosis. Biochem. Pharm. 61: 1463-1470.
P.C. Giardina, L-A. Foster, S.L. Toth, B.A. Roe and D.W. Dyer. 1997. Analysis of the alcABC operon encoding alcaligin biosynthesis enzymes in Bordetella bronchiseptica. Gene 194: 19-24.
P.C. Giardina, L-A. Foster, S.L. Toth, B.A. Roe and D.W. Dyer. 1995. Identification of alcA, a Bordetella bronchiseptica gene necessary for alcaligin production. Gene 167: 133- 138.
P.C. Giardina, L-A. Foster, J.M. Musser, B.J. Akerley, J.F. Miller and D.W. Dyer. 1995. bvg-repression of alcaligin synthesis in Bordetella bronchiseptica is associated with phylogenetic lineage. Journal of Bacteriology 177: 6058-6063.
C. Moore, L-A. Foster, D. Gerbig, D.W. Dyer, and B. Gibson. 1995. Identification of alcaligin as the siderophore produced by the Bordetella pertussis and B. bronchiseptica. Journal of Bacteriology 177: 1116-1119.
L-A. Agiato Foster and David W. Dyer. 1993. A siderophore production mutant of Bordetella bronchiseptica cannot use lactoferrin as an iron source. Infection and Immunity 61: 2698-2671.
L-A. Agiato and David W. Dyer. 1992. Siderophore production and membrane alterations by Bordetella pertussis in response to iron starvation. Infection and Immunity 60: 117-123.
Professional Presentations (* denotes Trinity student)
L-A. Foster and E.L. Veysey*. Cloning and characterization of the hemA gene from Bordetella bronchiseptica. Presented at the 100th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Los Angeles, CA, May 2000.
H. M. Guardiola-Diaz, L-A. Foster, D. Mushrush* and A. Vaz. Anti-mycobacterial activity of azol-antifungals; Implications for potential new therapeutic targets in M. tuberculosis. Presented at the 11th International Conference on Cytochrome P450, Sendai Japan, August, 1999.
S.B. Murray*, S. Czak* and L-A. Foster. Identification and characterization of a hemin-binding protein from Bordetella bronchiseptica. Presented at the Connecticut Valley and Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Sturbridge, MA. April 1999.
E.L. Veysey* and L-A. Foster. Cloning and characterization of the hemA gene from Bordetella bronchiseptica. Presented at the Connecticut Valley and Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Sturbridge, MA. April 1999.
J. Kim* and L-A. Foster. Hemin utilization by Histoplasma capsulatum. Presented at the Connecticut Valley and Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Sturbridge, MA. April 1999.
David L. Hava* and Lisa-Anne Foster. 1997. Identification of Histoplasma capsulatum mutants lacking a potential virulence factor. 51 st Annual Eastern College Science Conference. Central Connecticut State University.