Publications for Neville Firth
Publications for Neville Firth
2016
Brzoska, A., Jensen, S., Barton, D., Davies, D.,
Overall, R., Skurray, R., Firth, N. (2016).
Dynamic Filament Formation by a Divergent
Bacterial Actin-Like ParM Protein. PloS One,
11(6), e0156944. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.015
6944">[More Information]</a>
Pollet, R., Ingle, J., Hymes, J., Eakes, T.,
Kwong, S., Ramsay, J., Firth, N., Redinbo, M.
(2016). Processing of Nonconjugative Resistance
Plasmids by Conjugation Nicking Enzyme of
Staphylococci. Journal of Bacteriology, 198(6).
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.00832-15">[
More Information]</a>
2015
Baines, S., Holt, K., Schultz, M., Seemann, T.,
Howden, B., Jensen, S., van Hal, S., Coombs, G.,
Firth, N., Powell, D., et al (2015). Convergent
adaptation in the dominant global hospital clone
ST239 of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus. MBIO, 6(2), 1-9. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00080-15"
>[More Information]</a>
Kwong, S., Firth, N. (2015). Structural and
sequence requirements for the antisense RNA
regulating replication of staphylococcal
multiresistance plasmid pSK41. Plasmid, 78,
17-25. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plasmid.2015.0
1.002">[More Information]</a>
2014
Schumacher, M., Tonthat, N., Kwong, S.,
Chinnam, N., Liu, M., Skurray, R., Firth, N.
(2014). Mechanism of staphylococcal
multiresistance plasmid replication origin
assembly by the RepA protein. Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences of the United
States of America (PNAS), 111(25), 9121-9126.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.140606511
1">[More Information]</a>
Abtin, A., Jain, R., Mitchell, A., Roediger, B.,
Brzoska, A., Tikoo, S., Cheng, Q., Ng, L.,
Cavanagh, L., von Andrian, U., Firth, N., et al
(2014). Perivascular macrophages mediate
neutrophil recruitment during bacterial skin
infection. Nature Immunology, 15(1), 45-53. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ni.2769">[More
Information]</a>
Solis, N., Parker, B., Kwong, S., Robinson, G.,
Firth, N., Cordwell, S. (2014). Staphylococcus
aureus Surface Proteins Involved in Adaptation
to Oxacillin Identified Using a Novel Cell
Shaving Approach. Journal of Proteome
Research, 13(6), 2954-2972. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/pr500107p">[M
ore Information]</a>
2013
Liu, M., Kwong, S., Jensen, S., Brzoska, A.,
Firth, N. (2013). Biology of the staphylococcal
conjugative multiresistance plasmid pSK41.
Plasmid, 70(1), 42-51. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plasmid.2013.0
2.001">[More Information]</a>
Edwards, J., Betts, L., Frazier, M., Pollet, R.,
Kwong, S., Walton, W., Ballentine, K., Huang,
J., Habibi, S., Campo, M., Firth, N., et al (2013).
Molecular basis of antibiotic multiresistance
transfer in Staphylococcus aureus. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the
United States of America (PNAS), 110(8),
2804-2809. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.121970111
0">[More Information]</a>
Brzoska, A., Firth, N. (2013). Two-Plasmid
Vector System for Independently Controlled
Expression of Green and Red Fluorescent Fusion
Proteins in Staphylococcus aureus. Applied and
Environmental Microbiology, 79(9), 3133-3136.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00144-13"
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2012
Liu, M., Kwong, S., Pon, C., Skurray, R., Firth,
N. (2012). Genetic requirements for replication
initiation of the staphylococcal multiresistance
plasmid pSK41. Microbiology, 158(6),
1456-1467. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.057620-0"
>[More Information]</a>
2011
Liew, A., Theis, T., Jensen, S., Garcia-Lara, J.,
Foster, S., Firth, N., Lewis, P., Harry, E. (2011).
A simple plasmid-based system that allows rapid
generation of tightly controlled gene expression
in Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology, 157(3),
666-676. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.045146-0"
>[More Information]</a>
Shearer, J., Wireman, J., Hostetler, J., Forberger,
H., Borman, J., Gill, J., Sanchez, S., Mankin, A.,
LaMarre, J., Lindsay, J., Jensen, S., Firth, N.,
Skurray, R., et al (2011). Major families of
multiresistant plasmids from geographically and
epidemiologically diverse staphylococci. G3:
Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 1, 581-591. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/g3.111.000760"
>[More Information]</a>
2010
Publications for Neville Firth
Jensen, S., Apisiridej, S., Kwong, S., Yang, J.,
Skurray, R., Firth, N. (2010). Analysis of the
prototypical Staphylococcus aureus
multiresistance plasmid pSK1. Plasmid, 64(3),
135-142. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plasmid.2010.0
6.001">[More Information]</a>
Howden, B., Seemann, T., Harrison, P., McEvoy,
C., Stanton, J., Rand, C., Mason, C., Jensen, S.,
Firth, N., Davies, J., et al (2010). Complete
Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus
Strain JKD6008, an ST239 Clone of
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
with Intermediate-Level Vancomycin Resistance.
Journal of Bacteriology, 192(21), 5848-5849. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.00951-10">[
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Perez-Roth, E., Kwong, S., Alcoba-Florez, J.,
Firth, N., Mendez-Alvarez, S. (2010). Complete
Nucleotide Sequence and Comparative Analysis
of pPR9, a 41.7-Kilobase Conjugative
Staphylococcal Multiresistance Plasmid
Conferring High-Level Mupirocin Resistance.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 54(5),
2252-2257. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01074-09"
>[More Information]</a>
Kwong, S., Jensen, S., Firth, N. (2010).
Prevalence of Fst-like toxin–antitoxin systems.
Microbiology, 156(4), 975-977. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.038323-0"
>[More Information]</a>
Popp, D., Xu, W., Narita, A., Brzoska, A.,
Skurray, R., Firth, N., Goshdastider, U., Maeda,
Y., Robinson, R., Schumacher, M. (2010).
Structure and Filament Dynamics of the pSK41
Actin-like ParM Protein Implications for Plasmid
DNA Segregation. Journal of Biological
Chemistry, 285(13), 10130-10140. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M109.07161
3">[More Information]</a>
2009
Weaver, K., Kwong, S., Firth, N., Francia, M.
(2009). The RepA_N replicons of Gram-positive
bacteria: a family of broadly distributed but
narrow host range plasmids. Plasmid, 61(2),
94-109. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plasmid.2008.1
1.004">[More Information]</a>
Ni, L., Jensen, S., Tonthat, N., Berg, T., Kwong,
S., Guan, F., Brown, M., Skurray, R., Firth, N.,
Schumacher, M. (2009). The Staphylococcus
aureus pSK41 plasmid-encoded ArtA protein is a
master regulator of plasmid transmission genes
and contains a RHH motif used in alternate
DNA-binding modes. Nucleic Acids Research,
37, 6970-6983. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkp756">[M
ore Information]</a>
2008
LeBard, R., Jensen, S., Arnaiz, I., Skurray, R.,
Firth, N. (2008). A multimer resolution system
contributes to segregational stability of the
prototypical staphylococcal conjugative
multiresistance plasmid pSK41. FEMS
Microbiology Letters, 284(1), 58-67. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.200
8.01190.x">[More Information]</a>
Kwong, S., Lim, R., LeBard, R., Skurray, R.,
Firth, N. (2008). Analysis of the pSK1 replicon,
a prototype from the
staphylococcal multiresistance plasmid family.
Microbiology, 154(10), 3084-3094. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2008/0174
18-0">[More Information]</a>
Jensen, S., Kwong, S., Lyon, B., Firth, N. (2008).
Evolution of multiple drug resistance in
staphylococci. Microbiology Australia, 29(3),
120-124.
2007
Kwong, S., Skurray, R., Firth, N. (2007).
Antisense RNA-mediated replication control of
staphylococcal multiresistance plasmid Psk41.
Plasmid, 57(2), 189-189.
Jensen, S., Guan, T., Kwong, S., Berg, T.,
Brown, M., Skurray, R., Firth, N. (2007). Global
regulation of survival functions in conjugative
Staphylococcal multiresistance plasmids.
Plasmid, 57(2), 197-198.
Schumacher, M., Glover, T., Brzoska, A.,
Jensen, S., Dunham, T., Skurray, R., Firth, N.
(2007). Segrosome structure revealed by a
complex of ParR with centromere DNA. Nature,
450(7173), 1268-1271.
2006
Firth, N., Skurray, R. (2006). Genetics:
Accessory Elements and Genetic Exchange. In
V A Fischetti, R P Novick, J J Ferretti, D A
Portnoy, J I Rood (Eds.), Gram-Positive
Pathogens, (pp. 413-426). Washington DC:
ASM Press.
Kwong, S., Firth, N. (2006). Regulatory RNA
molecules. Microbiology Australia, September,
124-127.
Kwong, S., Skurray, R., Firth, N. (2006).
Replication control of staphylococcal
multiresistance plasmid pSK41: an antisense
RNA mediates dual-level regulation of Rep
expression. Journal of Bacteriology, 188(12),
4404-4412.
2004
Kwong, S., Skurray, R., Firth, N. (2004).
Publications for Neville Firth
Staphylococcus Aureus Multiresistance Plasmid
pSK41: Analysis Of The Replication Region,
Initiator Protein Binding And Antisense RNA
Regulation. Molecular Microbiology, 51(2),
497-509.
2003
Simpson, A., Skurray, R., Firth, N. (2003). A
single gene on the staphylococcal multiresistance
plasmid pSK1 encodes a novel partitioning
system. Journal of Bacteriology, 185(7),
2143-2152.
Firth, N. (2003). Evolution of antimicrobial
multi-resistance in gram-positive bacteria. In
Carlos F. Amabile-Cuevas (Eds.), Multiple Drug
Resistant Bacteria, (pp. 33-60). Wymondham,
UK: Horizon Scientific Press.
Grkovic, S., Brown, M., Hardie, K., Firth, N.,
Skurray, R. (2003). Stable low-copy-number
Staphylococcus aureus shuttle vectors.
Microbiology, 149(2003), 785-794.
Ai, Y., Firth, N., Jermiin, L. (2003). Teaching
Bioinformatics: A student-centered
and problem based approach. CAL-Laborate,
2003 (June), 25-30.
2002
Lu, J., Manchak, J., Klimke, W., Firth, N.,
Davidson, C., Skurray, R., Frost, L. (2002).
Analysis and characterization of the IncFV
plasmid pED208 transfer region. Plasmid, 48(1),
24-37.
Ai, Y., Firth, N., Jermiin, L. (2002). Building
bridges in teaching bioinformatics: The use of
stu-dent-centred teaching and problem-based
learning in cross-discipline courses. The China
Papers: Tertiary Science and Mathematics
Teaching for the 21st Century, (1), 51-56.