PUBLICATIONS:

Kouse, A., Righetti, F., Narberhaus, F. and Murphy, E.R. “RNA-mediated Thermoregulation of Iron-acquisition Genes in Shigella dysenteriae and Pathogenic Escherichia coli ”. In Press, PLoSONE. ( DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0063781 [AK1] )

Murphy, E. R. , Broach, W.H. and Kouse, A.B. Prokaryotic Gene Regulation by Small RNAs [AK2] . Encyclopedia of Molecular Life Sciences. In Press.

Oglesby-Sherrouse, A and Murphy, E.R . 2013. Iron-responsive Bacterial Small RNAs: Variations on a Theme. Metallomics. [AK3] 5(4):276-86. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23340911

Broach, W.H., Egan, N., Wing, H.J., Payne, S.M. and E.R. Murphy . 2012. VirF-Independent regulation of Shigella virB transcription is mediated by the small RNA RyhB [AK4] . PloS ONE, Vol 7, No. 6.  http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0038592

Africa, LA*, Murphy, E.R.* , Egan, N.R., Wigley, A.F. and Wing, H.J. The iron responsive Fur/RyhB regulatory cascade modulates the Shigella outer membrane protease IcsP. Infection and Immunity, 2011; 79: 4543-4549. http://iai.asm.org/content/79/11/4543.full * denotes equal contribution first authors

Murphy, E.R. and Payne, S.M. RyhB, an iron-responsive small RNA molecule, regulates Shigella virulence. Infection and Immunity, 2007; 75: 3470-7. http://iai.asm.org/content/75/7/3470.full

Payne, S.M., Wyckoff, E.E., Murphy, E.R. , Oglesby, A.G., Boulette, M.L. and Davies, N.L. Iron and pathogenesis of Shigella : Iron acquisition in the intracellular environment. Biometals, 2006; 19: 173-180. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16718602

Oglesby, A.G., Murphy, E.R. , Iyer, V.R. and Payne, S.M. Fur regulates glutamate-independent acid resistance in Shigella flexneri via RyhB and ydeP. Molecular Microbiology, 2005; 58: 1354-1367. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16313621

Murphy, E.R. , Sacco, R.E., Dickenson, A., Metzger, D.J., Hu, Y., Orndorff, P.E. and Connell, T.D. BhuR, a virulence-associated outer membrane protein of Bordetella avium , is required for the acquisition of iron from heme and hemoproteins. Infection and Immunity, 2002; 70: 5390-5403. http://iai.asm.org/content/70/10/5390.abstract

Kirby, A.E., Metzger, D.J., Murphy, E.R. and Connell, T.D. Heme utilization in Bordetella avium is regulated by RhuI, a heme-responsive extra-cytoplasmic function sigma factor. Infection & Immunity, 2001; 69: 6951-6961. http://iai.asm.org/content/69/11/6951.short

Murphy, E.R. , Dickenson, A., Militello, K. and Connell, T.D. Characterization of wild-type and mutant fur genes in Bordetella avium. Infection and Immunity, 1999; 67: 3165-3165. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10338537