X. Frank Yang

School of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology

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X. Frank Yang

• School of Medicine
  School of Medicine
  
  Microbiology & Immunology
  
  

  Current Appointments:

  Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

  
  
  

This is a list of publications by this researcher, listed chronologically starting with the most recent first. New publications appear in this list weekly. The source of publications and 'cited by' data for this application is Scopus.

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• 1.

  2012

  Bryan Troxell; Haijun Xu; X. Frank Yang

  Borrelia burgdorferi, a pathogen that lacks iron, encodes manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase essential for resistance to streptonigrin

  Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2012;287(23):19284-19293.
  3

• 2.

  2012

  Chen Zhao; Ying Sun; Yujie Zhao; Si Wang; Tongtong Yu; Feng Du; X. Frank Yang; Enjie Luo

  Immunogenicity of a multi-epitope DNA vaccine against hantavirus

  Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics. 2012;8(2):208-215.
  0

• 3.

  2012

  Gianmarco Raddi; Dustin R. Morado; Jie Yan; David A. Haake; X. Frank Yang; Jun Liu

  Three-dimensional structures of pathogenic and saprophytic leptospira species revealed by cryo-electron tomography

  Journal of Bacteriology. 2012;194(6):1299-1306.
  1

• 4.

  2012

  Chen Zhao; Ying Sun; Yujie Zhao; Si Wang; Tongtong Yu; Feng Du; X. Frank Yang; Enjie Luo

  Immunogenicity of a multi-epitope DNA vaccine against hantavirus

  Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics. 2012;8(2):198-205.
  0

• 5.

  2012

  Ashley M. Groshong; Nora E. Gibbons; X. Frank Yang; Jon S. Blevins

  Rrp2, a prokaryotic enhancer-like binding protein, is essential for viability of Borrelia burgdorferi

  Journal of Bacteriology. 2012;194(13):3336-3342.
  1

• 6.

  2012

  Huan Wang; Yifei Wu; David M. Ojcius; X. Frank Yang; Chenglin Zhang; Shibiao Ding; Xu'ai Lin; Jie Yan

  Leptospiral hemolysins induce proinflammatory cytokines through toll-like receptor 2-and 4-mediated JNK and NF-κB signaling pathways

  PLoS ONE. 2012;7(8).
  1

• 7.

  2012

  Bao-Gui Jiang; Yuan-Chun Zheng; Yi-Gang Tong; Na Jia; Qiu-Bo Huo; Hang Fan; Xue-Bing Ni; Lan Ma; X. Frank Yang; Jia-Fu Jiang; et al.

  Genome sequence of Borrelia afzelii strain HLj01, isolated from a patient in china

  Journal of Bacteriology. 2012;194(24):7014-7015.
  0

• 8.

  2011

  Ming He; Zhiming Ouyang; Bryan Troxell; Haijun Xu; Akira Moh; Joseph Piesman; Michael V. Norgard; Mark Gomelsky; X. Frank Yang

  Cyclic di-gmp is essential for the survival of the lyme disease spirochete in ticks

  PLoS Pathogens. 2011;7(6).
  14

• 9.

  2010

  Haijun Xu; Ming He; Xiujuan Pang; Zao C. Xu; Joseph Piesman; X. Frank Yang

  Characterization of the highly regulated antigen BBA05 in the enzootic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi

  Infection and Immunity. 2010;78(1):100-107.
  5

• 10.

  2010

  Haijun Xu; Ming He; Jane Jingyuan He; X. Frank Yang

  Role of the surface lipoprotein BBA07 in the enzootic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi

  Infection and Immunity. 2010;78(7):2910-2918.
  10

• 11.

  2010

  Wei Zou; Zhenyuan Wang; Ying Liu; Yan Fan; Betty Y. Zhou; X. Frank Yang; Johnny J. He

  Involvement of p300 in constitutive and HIV-1 Tat-activated expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein in astrocytes

  GLIA. 2010;58(13):1640-1648.
  4

• 12.

  2010

  Haijun Xu; Melissa J. Caimano; Tao Lin; Ming He; Justin D. Radolf; Steven J. Norris; Frank Gheradini; Alan J. Wolfe; X. Frank Yang

  Role of acetyl-phosphate in activation of the Rrp2-RpoN-RpoS pathway in borrelia burgdorferi

  PLoS Pathogens. 2010;6(9).
  17

• 13.

  2010

  Feng Xue; Haiyan Dong; Jinyu Wu; Zuowei Wu; Weilin Hu; Aihua Sun; Bryan Troxell; X. Frank Yang; Jie Yan

  Transcriptional responses of Leptospira interrogans to host innate immunity: Significant changes in metabolism, oxygen tolerance, and outer membrane

  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2010;4(10).
  13

• 14.

  2009

  Zhiming Ouyang; Ming He; Tara Oman; X. Frank Yang; Michael V. Norgard

  A manganese transporter, BB0219 (BmtA), is required for virulence by the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2009;106(9):3449-3454.
  17

• 15.

  2009

  Jon S. Blevins; Haijun Xu; Ming He; Michael V. Norgard; Larry Reitzer; X. Frank Yang

  Rrp2, a σ ⁵⁴-dependent transcriptional activator of Borrelia burgdorferi, activates rpoS in an enhancer-independent manner

  Journal of Bacteriology. 2009;191(8):2902-2905.
  16

• 16.

  2008

  Bethany K. Boardman; Ming He; Zhiming Ouyang; Haijun Xu; Xiujuan Pang; X. Frank Yang

  Essential role of the response regulator Rrp² in the infectious cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi

  Infection and Immunity. 2008;76(9):3844-3853.
  40

• 17.

  2008

  X. Frank Yang; Martin S. Goldberg; Ming He; Haijun Xu; Jon S. Blevins; Michael V. Norgard

  Differential expression of a putative CarD-like transcriptional regulator, LtpA, in Borrelia burgdorferi

  Infection and Immunity. 2008;76(10):4439-4444.
  7

• 18.

  2008

  Ming He; Tara Oman; Haijun Xu; Jon Blevins; Michael V. Norgard; X. Frank Yang

  Abrogation of ospAB constitutively activates the Rrp2-RpoN-RpoS pathway (sigmaN-sigmaS cascade) in Borrelia burgdorferi

  Molecular Microbiology. 2008;70(6):1453-1464.
  11

• 19.

  2007

  Alexandra H. Smith; Jon S. Blevins; Gulnaz N. Bachlani; Xiaofeng F. Yang; Michael V. Norgard

  Evidence that RpoS (σ^S) in Borrelia burgdorferi is controlled directly by RpoN (σ⁵⁴/σ^N)

  Journal of Bacteriology. 2007;189(5):2139-2144.
  36

• 20.

  2007

  Ming He; Bethany K. Boardman; Dalai Yan; X. Frank Yang

  Regulation of expression of the fibronectin-binding protein BBK32 in Borrelia burgdorferi

  Journal of Bacteriology. 2007;189(22):8377-8380.
  10

• 21.

  2006

  Ranjit K. Deka; Chad A. Brautigam; Xiaofeng F. Yang; Jon S. Blevins; Mischa Machius; Diana R. Tomchick; Michael V. Norgard

  The PnrA (Tp0319; TmpC) lipoprotein represents a new family of bacterial purine nucleoside receptor encoded within an ATP-binding cassette (ABC)-like operon in Treponema pallidum

  Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2006;281(12):8072-8081.
  22

• 22.

  2005

  Xiaofeng F. Yang; Meghan C. Lybecker; Utpal Pal; Sophie M. Alani; Jon Blevins; Andrew T. Revel; D. Scott Samuels; Michael V. Norgard

  Analysis of the ospC regulatory element controlled by the RpoN-RpoS regulatory pathway in Borrelia burgdorferi

  Journal of Bacteriology. 2005;187(14):4822-4829.
  49

• 23.

  2005

  Nandhini Ramamoorthi; Sukanya Narasimhan; Utpal Pal; Fukai Bao; Xiaofeng F. Yang; Durland Fish; Juan Anguita; Michael V. Norgard; Fred S. Kantor; John F. Anderson; et al.

  The Lyme disease agent exploits a tick protein to infect the mammalian host

  Nature. 2005;436(7050):573-577.
  156

• 24.

  2004

  Utpal Pal; Xiaofeng Yang; Manchuan Chen; Linda K. Bockenstedt; John F. Anderson; Richard A. Flavell; Michael V. Norgard; Erol Fikrig

  OspC facilitates Borrelia burgdorferi invasion of Ixodes scapularis salivary glands

  Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2004;113(2):220-230.
  174

• 25.

  2004

  Xiaofeng F. Yang; Utpal Pal; Sophie M. Alani; Erol Fikrig; Michael V. Norgard

  Essential Role for OspA/B in the Life Cycle of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

  Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2004;199(5):641-648.
  153

• 26.

  2004

  Albert Carson Harrod; Xiaofeng Yang; Matthew Junker; Larry Reitzer

  Evidence for a Second Interaction between the Regulatory Amino-terminal and Central Output Domains of the Response Regulator NtrC (Nitrogen Regulator I) in Escherichia coli

  Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2004;279(4):2350-2359.
  4

• 27.

  2004

  Jon S. Blevins; Andrew T. Revel; Melissa J. Caimano; Xiaofeng F. Yang; James A. Richardson; Kayla E. Hagman; Michael V. Norgard

  The luxS gene is not required for Borrelia burgdorferi tick colonization, transmission to a mammalian host, or induction of disease

  Infection and Immunity. 2004;72(8):4864-4867.
  18

• 28.

  2004

  Xiaofeng F. Yang; Youngran Ji; Barbara L. Schneider; Larry Reitzer

  Phosphorylation-independent dimer-dimer interactions by the enhancer-binding activator NtrC of Escherichia coli: A third function for the C-terminal domain

  Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2004;279(35):36708-36714.
  13

• 29.

  2004

  Utpal Pal; Xin Li; Tian Wang; Ruth R. Montgomery; Nandhini Ramamoorthi; Aravinda M. DeSilva; Fukai Bao; Xiaofeng Yang; Marc Pypaert; Deepti Pradhan; et al.

  TROSPA, an Ixodes scapularis receptor for Borrelia burgdorferi

  Cell. 2004;119(4):457-468.
  137

• 30.

  2003

  Xiaofeng F. Yang; Anette Hübner; Taissia G. Popova; Kayla E. Hagman; Michael V. Norgard

  Regulation of expression of the paralogous Mlp family in Borrelia burgdorferi

  Infection and Immunity. 2003;71(9):5012-5020.
  28

• 31.

  2003

  Xiaofeng F. Yang; Sophie M. Alani; Michael V. Norgard

  The response regulator Rrp2 is essential for the expression of major membrane lipoproteins in Borrelia burgdorferi

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2003;100(19):11001-11006.
  90

• 32.

  2001

  X. Yang; T.G. Popova; M.S. Goldberg; M.V. Norgard

  Influence of cultivation media on genetic regulatory patterns in Borrelia burgdorferi

  Infection and Immunity. 2001;69(6):4159-4163.
  28

• 33.

  2001

  Anette Hübner; Xiaofeng Yang; Dena M. Nolen; Taissia G. Popova; Felipe C. Cabello; Michael V. Norgard

  Expression of Borrelia burgdorferi OspC and DbpA is controlled by a RpoN-RpoS regulatory pathway

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2001;98(22):12724-12729.
  155

• 34.

  2000

  Xiaofeng Yang; Martin S. Goldberg; Taissia G. Popova; George B. Schoeler; Stephen K. Wikel; Kayla E. Hagman; Michael V. Norgard

  Interdependence of environmental factors influencing reciprocal patterns of gene expression in virulent Borrelia burgdorferi

  Molecular Microbiology. 2000;37(6):1470-1479.
  131

• 35.

  2000

  Kayla E. Hagman; Xiaofeng Yang; Stephen K. Wikel; George B. Schoeler; Melissa J. Caimano; Justin D. Radolf; Michael V. Norgard

  Decorin-binding protein A (DbpA) of Borrelia burgdorferi is not protective when immunized mice are challenged via tick infestation and correlates with the lack of DbpA expression by B. burgdorferi in ticks

  Infection and Immunity. 2000;68(8):4759-4764.
  60

• 36.

  2000

  Melissa J. Caimano; Xiaofeng Yang; Taissia G. Popova; Michael L. Clawson; Darrin R. Akins; Michael V. Norgard; Justin D. Radolf

  Molecular and evolutionary characterization of the cp32/18 family of supercoiled plasmids in Borrelia burgdorferi 297

  Infection and Immunity. 2000;68(3):1574-1586.
  36

• 37.

  1999

  Xiaofeng Yang; Taissia G. Popova; Kayla E. Hagman; Stephen K. Wikel; George B. Schoeler; Melissa J. Caimano; Justin D. Radolf; Michael V. Norgard

  Identification, characterization, and expression of three new members of the Borrelia burgdorferi Mlp (2.9) lipoprotein gene family

  Infection and Immunity. 1999;67(11):6008-6018.
  66