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Alfredo G. Torres

Researcher Next ID · RN-020754

Researcher · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Meharry Medical College

Nashville, Colombia

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Not currently recruitingFunding unknown
Works count
282
Citation count
12,833
H-index
58
i10-index
160

Research interests

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Environmental Science
Escherichia coli research studies
Burkholderia infections and melioidosis
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Publications

  • Melioidosis

    Nature Reviews Disease Primers · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2017.107

  • Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: foe or innocent bystander?

    Clinical Microbiology and Infection · 2015 · 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.01.015

  • Genome sequence of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli and comparative genomic analysis with other E. coli pathotypes

    BMC Genomics · 2010 · 10.1186/1471-2164-11-667

  • Escherichia coli isolated from a Crohn's disease patient adheres, invades, and induces inflammatory responses in polarized intestinal epithelial cells

    International Journal of Medical Microbiology · 2007 · 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.05.011

  • Adherence of DiarrheagenicEscherichia coliStrains to Epithelial Cells

    Infection and Immunity · 2004 · 10.1128/iai.73.1.18-29.2005

  • Bacteria–host communication: The language of hormones

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1537100100

  • Identification and Characterization of lpfABCC ′ DE , a Fimbrial Operon of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

    Infection and Immunity · 2002 · 10.1128/iai.70.10.5416-5427.2002

  • The flagella of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli mediate adherence to epithelial cells

    Molecular Microbiology · 2002 · 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02899.x

  • StcE, a metalloprotease secreted by Escherichia coli O157:H7, specifically cleaves C1 esterase inhibitor

    Molecular Microbiology · 2002 · 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02997.x

  • Quorum sensing Escherichia coli regulators B and C (QseBC): a novel two‐component regulatory system involved in the regulation of flagella and motility by quorum sensing in E. coli

    Molecular Microbiology · 2002 · 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02803.x

  • TonB-Dependent Systems of UropathogenicEscherichia coli: Aerobactin and Heme Transport and TonB Are Required for Virulence in the Mouse

    Infection and Immunity · 2001 · 10.1128/iai.69.10.6179-6185.2001

  • Quorum Sensing Is a Global Regulatory Mechanism in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

    Journal of Bacteriology · 2001 · 10.1128/jb.183.17.5187-5197.2001

  • Haem iron‐transport system in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

    Molecular Microbiology · 1997 · 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2641628.x

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