| Virulence factor regulation and regulatory networks in Streptococcus pyogenes and their impact on pathogen–host interactions B Kreikemeyer, KS McIver, A Podbielski Trends in microbiology 11 (5), 224-232, 2003 | 400 | 2003 |
| A response regulator that represses transcription of several virulence operons in the group A streptococcus MJ Federle, KS McIver, JR Scott Journal of bacteriology 181 (12), 3649-3657, 1999 | 342 | 1999 |
| The Mga virulence regulon: infection where the grass is greener ER Hondorp, KS McIver Molecular microbiology 66 (5), 1056-1065, 2007 | 193 | 2007 |
| Role of mga in growth phase regulation of virulence genes of the group A streptococcus KS McIver, JR Scott Journal of bacteriology 179 (16), 5178-5187, 1997 | 173 | 1997 |
| Specific binding of the activator Mga to promoter sequences of the emm and scpA genes in the group A streptococcus KS McIver, AS Heath, BD Green, JR Scott Journal of bacteriology 177 (22), 6619-6624, 1995 | 139 | 1995 |
| Defining the Mga regulon: comparative transcriptome analysis reveals both direct and indirect regulation by Mga in the group A streptococcus DA Ribardo, KS McIver Molecular microbiology 62 (2), 491-508, 2006 | 136 | 2006 |
| Essential Genes in the Core Genome of the Human Pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes Y Le Breton, AT Belew, KM Valdes, E Islam, P Curry, H Tettelin, ... Scientific reports 5 (1), 9838, 2015 | 131 | 2015 |
| Regulation of virulence by environmental signals in group A streptococci: influence of osmolarity, temperature, gas exchange, and iron limitation on emm transcription KS McIver, AS Heath, JR Scott Infection and immunity 63 (11), 4540-4542, 1995 | 130 | 1995 |
| Skim milk enhances the preservation of thawed− 80 C bacterial stocks WL Cody, JW Wilson, DR Hendrixson, KS McIver, KE Hagman, CM Ott, ... Journal of microbiological methods 75 (1), 135-138, 2008 | 123 | 2008 |
| The elastase propeptide functions as an intramolecular chaperone required for elastase activity and secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa KS McIver, E Kessler, JC Olson, DE Ohman Molecular microbiology 18 (5), 877-889, 1995 | 119 | 1995 |
| Mode of Expression and Functional Characterization of FCT-3 Pilus Region-Encoded Proteins in Streptococcus pyogenes Serotype M49 M Nakata, T Köller, K Moritz, D Ribardo, L Jonas, KS McIver, ... Infection and immunity 77 (1), 32-44, 2009 | 103 | 2009 |
| Genome-wide identification of genes required for fitness of group A Streptococcus in human blood Y Le Breton, P Mistry, KM Valdes, J Quigley, N Kumar, H Tettelin, ... Infection and immunity 81 (3), 862-875, 2013 | 101 | 2013 |
| The Catabolite Control Protein CcpA Binds to Pmga and Influences Expression of the Virulence Regulator Mga in the Group A Streptococcus AC Almengor, TL Kinkel, SJ Day, KS McIver Journal of bacteriology 189 (23), 8405-8416, 2007 | 100 | 2007 |
| Two DNA‐binding domains of Mga are required for virulence gene activation in the group A streptococcus KS McIver, RL Myles Molecular microbiology 43 (6), 1591-1601, 2002 | 97 | 2002 |
| CcpA-mediated repression of streptolysin S expression and virulence in the group A streptococcus TL Kinkel, KS McIver Infection and immunity 76 (8), 3451-3463, 2008 | 96 | 2008 |
| Shr is a broad-spectrum surface receptor that contributes to adherence and virulence in group A streptococcus M Fisher, YS Huang, X Li, KS McIver, C Toukoki, Z Eichenbaum Infection and immunity 76 (11), 5006-5015, 2008 | 95 | 2008 |
| An extracellular bacterial pathogen modulates host metabolism to regulate its own sensing and proliferation M Baruch, I Belotserkovsky, BB Hertzog, M Ravins, E Dov, KS McIver, ... Cell 156 (1), 97-108, 2014 | 94 | 2014 |
| PTS phosphorylation of Mga modulates regulon expression and virulence in the group A streptococcus ER Hondorp, SC Hou, LL Hause, K Gera, CE Lee, KS McIver Molecular microbiology 88 (6), 1176-1193, 2013 | 87 | 2013 |
| Substitution of active-site His-223 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase and expression of the mutated lasB alleles in Escherichia coli show evidence for autoproteolytic … K McIver, E Kessler, DE Ohman Journal of bacteriology 173 (24), 7781-7789, 1991 | 85 | 1991 |
| Stand-alone response regulators controlling global virulence networks in Streptococcus pyogenes KS McIver Bacterial sensing and signaling 16, 103-119, 2009 | 82 | 2009 |
