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Benfang Lei
Benfang Lei
Associate Professor of Bacteriology, Montana State University
Verified email at montana.edu
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Genome sequence of a serotype M3 strain of group A Streptococcus: Phage-encoded toxins, the high-virulence phenotype, and clone emergence
SB Beres, GL Sylva, KD Barbian, B Lei, JS Hoff, ND Mammarella, MY Liu, ...
Proceedings of the national academy of sciences 99 (15), 10078-10083, 2002
6182002
Action mechanism of antitubercular isoniazid: activation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis KatG, isolation, and characterization of InhA inhibitor
B Lei, CJ Wei, SC Tu
Journal of Biological Chemistry 275 (4), 2520-2526, 2000
3052000
Novel insight into mechanisms of cholestatic liver injury
BL Woolbright, H Jaeschke
World journal of gastroenterology: WJG 18 (36), 4985, 2012
2312012
Evasion of human innate and acquired immunity by a bacterial homolog of CD11b that inhibits opsonophagocytosis
B Lei, FR DeLeo, NP Hoe, MR Graham, SM Mackie, RL Cole, M Liu, ...
Nature medicine 7 (12), 1298-1305, 2001
2052001
Genome-wide protective response used by group A Streptococcus to evade destruction by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes
JM Voyich, DE Sturdevant, KR Braughton, SD Kobayashi, B Lei, ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100 (4), 1996-2001, 2003
1992003
Identification and Immunogenicity of Group AStreptococcus Culture Supernatant Proteins
B Lei, S Mackie, S Lukomski, JM Musser
Infection and immunity 68 (12), 6807-6818, 2000
1922000
Flavin Reductase P:  Structure of a Dimeric Enzyme That Reduces Flavin,
JJ Tanner, B Lei, SC Tu, KL Krause
Biochemistry 35 (42), 13531-13539, 1996
1411996
Direct hemin transfer from IsdA to IsdC in the iron-regulated surface determinant (Isd) heme acquisition system of Staphylococcus aureus
M Liu, WN Tanaka, H Zhu, G Xie, DM Dooley, B Lei
Journal of biological chemistry 283 (11), 6668-6676, 2008
1392008
Prophage Induction and Expression of Prophage-EncodedVirulence Factors in Group A Streptococcus Serotype M3 StrainMGAS315
DJ Banks, B Lei, JM Musser
Infection and immunity 71 (12), 7079-7086, 2003
1392003
Vibrio harveyi NADPH-flavin oxidoreductase: cloning, sequencing and overexpression of the gene and purification and characterization of the cloned enzyme
B Lei, M Liu, S Huang, SC Tu
Journal of bacteriology 176 (12), 3552-3558, 1994
1391994
Pathway for heme uptake from human methemoglobin by the iron-regulated surface determinants system of Staphylococcus aureus
H Zhu, G Xie, M Liu, JS Olson, M Fabian, DM Dooley, B Lei
Journal of biological chemistry 283 (26), 18450-18460, 2008
1382008
Gene overexpression, purification, and identification of a desulfurization enzyme from Rhodococcus sp. strain IGTS8 as a sulfide/sulfoxide monooxygenase
B Lei, SC Tu
Journal of bacteriology 178 (19), 5699-5705, 1996
1301996
Identification and Characterization of a Novel Heme-Associated Cell Surface Protein Made by Streptococcus pyogenes
B Lei, LM Smoot, HM Menning, JM Voyich, SV Kala, FR Deleo, SD Reid, ...
Infection and immunity 70 (8), 4494-4500, 2002
1252002
Decreased necrotizing fasciitis capacity caused by a single nucleotide mutation that alters a multiple gene virulence axis
RJ Olsen, I Sitkiewicz, AA Ayeras, VE Gonulal, C Cantu, SB Beres, ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (2), 888-893, 2010
1192010
Isoniazid Activation Defects in Recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Catalase-Peroxidase (KatG) Mutants Evident in InhA Inhibitor Production
CJ Wei, B Lei, JM Musser, SC Tu
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 47 (2), 670-675, 2003
1122003
Mechanism of Reduced Flavin Transfer from Vibrio harveyi NADPH−FMN Oxidoreductase to Luciferase
B Lei, SC Tu
Biochemistry 37 (41), 14623-14629, 1998
1091998
The mechanism of direct heme transfer from the streptococcal cell surface protein Shp to HtsA of the HtsABC transporter
TK Nygaard, GC Blouin, M Liu, M Fukumura, JS Olson, M Fabian, ...
Journal of biological chemistry 281 (30), 20761-20771, 2006
1082006
Identification and Characterization of HtsA, a Second Heme-Binding Protein Made by Streptococcus pyogenes
B Lei, M Liu, JM Voyich, CI Prater, SV Kala, FR DeLeo, JM Musser
Infection and immunity 71 (10), 5962-5969, 2003
1072003
Defects in ex vivo and in vivo growth and sensitivity to osmotic stress of group A Streptococcus caused by interruption of response regulator gene vicR
M Liu, TS Hanks, J Zhang, MJ McClure, DW Siemsen, JL Elser, MT Quinn, ...
Microbiology 152 (4), 967-978, 2006
1052006
Insight of host immune evasion mediated by two variants of group A Streptococcus Mac protein
J Agniswamy, B Lei, JM Musser, PD Sun
Journal of Biological Chemistry 279 (50), 52789-52796, 2004
1032004
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