Associate Professor of Microbiology
Education: Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Expertise
Bacterial protein toxins, their interaction with host cells, their effects on intracellular signal transduction, and development of novel alternative anti-toxin therapeutics.
Selected Publications
Articles or Book Chapters:
Sabri A; Wilson BA; Steinberg SF “Dual actions of the G_q agonist Pasteurella multocida toxin to promote cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and enhance apoptosis susceptibility,” Circ Res (2002) 90:850-857
Wilson BA; Salyers AA “Ecology and physiology of infectious bacteria – Implications for biotechnology,” Curr Opinion Biotech (2002) 13:267-274
Sleight SB; Wilson BA; Heimark DB; Larner J "Gq/11 is involved in insulin-stimulated inositol phosphoglycan putative mediator generation in rat liver membranes. Co-localization of Gq/11 with the insulin receptor in membrane vesicles," Biochem Biophys Res Comm (2002) 295:561-569
Wilson BA “Changing paradigms in combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria” BIOforum International (2002) 6:312-314
Wilson BA; Salyers AA “Is the evolution of bacterial pathogens an out-of-body experience?” Trends Microbiol (2003) 11:347-
Wilson BA; Ho M “Pasteurella multocida toxin as a tool for studying Gq signal transduction” Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol (2004) 152:93-109
Wilson BA; Ho M “Evolutionary Aspects of Toxin-Producing Bacteria” In: The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins, Third Edition, Editors: J.E. Alouf and M. Popoff, Chapter 2, Academic Press (2005) pp 23-43.
Wilson BA; Ho M “Pasteurella multocida Toxin” In: The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins, Third Edition, Editors: J.E. Alouf and M. Popoff, Chapter 22, Academic Press (2005) pp 430-447.
Baldwin MR; Tepp WH; Pier CL; Bradshaw M; Ho M; Wilson BA; Fritz RB; Johnson EA; Barbieri JT “Characterization of the antibody response to the receptor binding domain of botulinum neurotoxin serotypes A and E” Infect. Immun. (2005)
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