Glenn F. Browning

Differential expression of lipoprotein genes in Mycoplasma pneumoniaeafter contact with human lung epithelial cells, and under oxidative and acidic stress (2008)

Hallamaa, Katri M, Tang, Sen-Lin, Ficorilli, Nino, Browning, Glenn F

Abstract Background Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a human pathogen that is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia. It harbours a large number of lipoprotein genes, most of which are of unknown...

Detection of Antibodies to Mycoplasma gallisepticum Vaccine ts-11 by an Autologous pMGA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (2002)

Amir H. Noormohammadi, Glenn F. Browning, Peter J. Cowling, Denise O'Rourke, Kevin G. Whithear, Philip F. Markham

SUMMARY. Mycoplasma gallisepticum is a poultry pathogen that causes respiratory disease and loss of egg production worldwide. A live attenuated vaccine, ts-11, has been used for control of M....

Molecular Epidemiology of Streptococcus uberis Isolates from Dairy Cows with Mastitis

Phuektes, Patchara, Mansell, Peter D., Dyson, Rodney S., Hooper, Narelle D., Dick, Jennifer S., Browning, Glenn F.

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and antimicrobial sensitivity testing were used as tools to investigate the epidemiology of Streptococcus uberis mastitis in dairy cows. A total of 62 different...

Indirect Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Immunoglobulin G Reactive with a Recombinant Protein Expressed from the Gene Encoding the 116-Kilodalton Protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Duffy, Michael F., Whithear, Kevin G., Noormohammadi, Amir H., Markham, Philip F., Catton, Michael, Leydon, Jennie, ...

Serology remains the method of choice for laboratory diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Currently available serological tests employ complex cellular fractions of M. pneumoniae as antigen....

Epidemiology of Rhodococcus equi Strains on Thoroughbred Horse Farms

Morton, Anna C., Begg, Angela P., Anderson, Garry A., Takai, Shinji, Lämmler, Christoph, Browning, Glenn F.

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of restriction endonuclease-digested genomic DNA from a large collection of clinical isolates of Rhodococcus equi, an important pathogen of foals, was used to compare...

pMGA Phenotypic Variation in Mycoplasma gallisepticum Occurs In Vivo and Is Mediated by Trinucleotide Repeat Length Variation

Glew, M. D., Browning, Glenn F., Markham, Philip F., Walker, Ian D.

Chickens were infected with a pathogenic strain of Mycoplasma gallisepticum, and the expression of pMGA, the major surface protein, was inferred by examination of colonies from ex vivo cells. Within...

Expression of Two Members of the pMGA Gene Family of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Oscillates and Is Influenced by pMGA-Specific Antibodies

Markham, Philip F., Glew, Michelle D., Browning, Glenn F., Whithear, Kevin G., Walker, Ian D.

Certain monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal antisera directed to pMGA, the major protein of Mycoplasma gallisepticum, were tested for the ability to influence the surface phenotype of the cell...

Expression of the pMGA Genes of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Is Controlled by Variation in the GAA Trinucleotide Repeat Lengths within the 5′ Noncoding Regions

Glew, Michelle D., Baseggio, Nina, Markham, Philip F., Browning, Glenn F., Walker, Ian D.

We analyzed the segment of DNA which contains the expressed pMGA gene from one strain of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in normal (strain S6) cells and in cells in which pMGA1.1 gene expression had ceased...

Transcription in Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Weiner, January, Herrmann, Richard, Browning, Glenn F.

Very little is understood of the structure of mycoplasma promoters, and this limits interpretation of genomic sequence data in these species. In this study the transcriptional start points of 22...

Homologue of Macrophage-Activating Lipoprotein in Mycoplasma gallisepticum Is Not Essential for Growth and Pathogenicity in Tracheal Organ Cultures

Markham, Philip F., Kanci, Anna, Czifra, György, Sundquist, Bo, Hains, Peter, Browning, Glenn F.

While the genomes of a number of Mycoplasma species have been fully determined, there has been limited characterization of which genes are essential. The surface protein (p47) identified by...

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae p65 Surface Lipoprotein Is a Lipolytic Enzyme with a Preference for Shorter-Chain Fatty Acids

Schmidt, Jono A., Browning, Glenn F., Markham, Philip F.

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the most significant bacterial pathogen of the respiratory tract of swine. p65 is an immunodominant surface lipoprotein of M. hyopneumoniae that is specifically recognized...

Association of iss and iucA, but Not tsh, with Plasmid-Mediated Virulence of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli

Tivendale, Kelly A., Allen, Joanne L., Ginns, Carol A., Crabb, Brendan S., Browning, Glenn F.

Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) is an economically important respiratory pathogen of chickens worldwide. Factors previously associated with the virulence of APEC include adhesins,...

Molecular Epidemiology of Streptococcus uberis Isolates from Dairy Cows with Mastitis

Phuektes, Patchara, Mansell, Peter D., Dyson, Rodney S., Hooper, Narelle D., Dick, Jennifer S., Browning, Glenn F.

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and antimicrobial sensitivity testing were used as tools to investigate the epidemiology of Streptococcus uberis mastitis in dairy cows. A total of 62 different...

Indirect Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Immunoglobulin G Reactive with a Recombinant Protein Expressed from the Gene Encoding the 116-Kilodalton Protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Duffy, Michael F., Whithear, Kevin G., Noormohammadi, Amir H., Markham, Philip F., Catton, Michael, Leydon, Jennie, ...

Serology remains the method of choice for laboratory diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Currently available serological tests employ complex cellular fractions of M. pneumoniae as antigen....

Epidemiology of Rhodococcus equi Strains on Thoroughbred Horse Farms

Morton, Anna C., Begg, Angela P., Anderson, Garry A., Takai, Shinji, Lämmler, Christoph, Browning, Glenn F.

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of restriction endonuclease-digested genomic DNA from a large collection of clinical isolates of Rhodococcus equi, an important pathogen of foals, was used to compare...

pMGA Phenotypic Variation in Mycoplasma gallisepticum Occurs In Vivo and Is Mediated by Trinucleotide Repeat Length Variation

Glew, M. D., Browning, Glenn F., Markham, Philip F., Walker, Ian D.

Chickens were infected with a pathogenic strain of Mycoplasma gallisepticum, and the expression of pMGA, the major surface protein, was inferred by examination of colonies from ex vivo cells. Within...

Expression of Two Members of the pMGA Gene Family of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Oscillates and Is Influenced by pMGA-Specific Antibodies

Markham, Philip F., Glew, Michelle D., Browning, Glenn F., Whithear, Kevin G., Walker, Ian D.

Certain monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal antisera directed to pMGA, the major protein of Mycoplasma gallisepticum, were tested for the ability to influence the surface phenotype of the cell...

Expression of the pMGA Genes of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Is Controlled by Variation in the GAA Trinucleotide Repeat Lengths within the 5′ Noncoding Regions

Glew, Michelle D., Baseggio, Nina, Markham, Philip F., Browning, Glenn F., Walker, Ian D.

We analyzed the segment of DNA which contains the expressed pMGA gene from one strain of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in normal (strain S6) cells and in cells in which pMGA1.1 gene expression had ceased...

Transcription in Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Weiner, January, Herrmann, Richard, Browning, Glenn F.

Very little is understood of the structure of mycoplasma promoters, and this limits interpretation of genomic sequence data in these species. In this study the transcriptional start points of 22...

Homologue of Macrophage-Activating Lipoprotein in Mycoplasma gallisepticum Is Not Essential for Growth and Pathogenicity in Tracheal Organ Cultures

Markham, Philip F., Kanci, Anna, Czifra, György, Sundquist, Bo, Hains, Peter, Browning, Glenn F.

While the genomes of a number of Mycoplasma species have been fully determined, there has been limited characterization of which genes are essential. The surface protein (p47) identified by...

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae p65 Surface Lipoprotein Is a Lipolytic Enzyme with a Preference for Shorter-Chain Fatty Acids

Schmidt, Jono A., Browning, Glenn F., Markham, Philip F.

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the most significant bacterial pathogen of the respiratory tract of swine. p65 is an immunodominant surface lipoprotein of M. hyopneumoniae that is specifically recognized...

Association of iss and iucA, but Not tsh, with Plasmid-Mediated Virulence of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli

Tivendale, Kelly A., Allen, Joanne L., Ginns, Carol A., Crabb, Brendan S., Browning, Glenn F.

Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) is an economically important respiratory pathogen of chickens worldwide. Factors previously associated with the virulence of APEC include adhesins,...

Embryonic age influences the capacity for cytokine induction in chicken thymocytes

Peters, Michelle A, Browning, Glenn F, Washington, Elizabeth A, Crabb, Brendan S, Kaiser, Pete

Thymocyte responses to functional activation are of relevance to the evaluation of the efficacy of in ovo immunotherapies and vaccines in chickens. In this study we have demonstrated differences in...

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae mhp379 Is a Ca2+-Dependent, Sugar-Nonspecific Exonuclease Exposed on the Cell Surface▿

Schmidt, Jonathan A., Browning, Glenn F., Markham, Philip F.

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae mhp379 is a putative lipoprotein that shares significant amino acid sequence similarity with a family of bacterial thermostable nucleases. To examine the nuclease activity of...

Infectious Bronchitis Viruses with a Novel Genomic Organization▿

Mardani, Karim, Noormohammadi, Amir H., Hooper, Peter, Ignjatovic, Jagoda, Browning, Glenn F.

A number of novel infectious bronchitis viruses (IBVs) were previously identified in commercial poultry in Australia, where they caused significant economic losses. Since there has been only limited...