Saldana-Ahuactzi,Z. Rodea,G.E. Cruz-Cordova,A. Rodriguez-Ramirez,V. Espinosa-Mazariego,K. Gonzalez-Montalvo,M.A. Ochoa,S.A. Gonzalez-Pedrajo,B. Eslava-Campos,C.A. Lopez-Villegas,E.O. Hernandez-Castro,R. Arellano-Galindo,J. Patino-Lopez,G. Xicohtencatl-Cortes,J. 2016. Effects of lng Mutations on LngA Expression, Processing, and CS21 Assembly in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli E9034A Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 1201 [Correction 8, 26 ] * .

Luna-Pineda,V.M. Reyes-Grajeda,J.P. Cruz-Cordova,A. Saldana-Ahuactzi,Z. Ochoa,S.A. Maldonado-Bernal,C. Cazares-Dominguez,V. Moreno-Fierros,L. Arellano-Galindo,J. Hernandez-Castro,R. Xicohtencatl-Cortes,J. 2016. Dimeric and Trimeric Fusion Proteins Generated with Fimbrial Adhesins of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 6, 135 * .

Cruz-Cordova,A. Espinosa-Mazariego,K. Ochoa,S.A. Saldana,Z. Rodea,G.E. Cazares-Dominguez,V. Rodriguez-Ramirez,V. Eslava-Campos,C.A. Navarro-Ocana,A. Arrellano-Galindo,J. Hernandez-Castro,R. Gomez-Duarte,O.G. Qadri,F. Xicohtencatl-Cortes,J. 2014. CS21 positive multidrug-resistant ETEC clinical isolates from children with diarrhea are associated with self-aggregation, and adherence Frontiers in Microbiology, 5, 709 * .

Saldana,Z. De la Cruz,M.A. Carrillo-Casas,E.M. Duran,L. Zhang,Y. Hernandez-Castro,R. Puente,J.L. Daaka,Y. Giron,J.A. 2014. Production of the Escherichia coli Common Pilus by Uropathogenic E. coli Is Associated with Adherence to HeLa and HTB-4 Cells and Invasion of Mouse Bladder Urothelium PLoS ONE, 9, e101200.

Alcantar-Curiel,M.D. Blackburn,D. Saldana,Z. Gayosso-Vazquez,C. Iovine,N.M. De la Cruz,M.A. Giron,J.A. 2013. Multi-functional analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae fimbrial types in adherence and biofilm formation Virulence, 4, 129-138 * .

Ochoa,S.A. Escalona,G. Cruz-Cordova,A. Davila,L.B. Saldana,Z. Cazares-Dominguez,V. Eslava,C.A. Lopez-Martinez,B. Hernandez-Castro,R. Aquino-Jarquin,G. Xicohtencatl-Cortes,J. 2013. Molecular analysis and distribution of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates belonging to clonal complex 17 in a tertiary care center in Mexico City BMC Microbiology, 13, 291 * .

Martinez-Santos,V.I. Medrano-Lopez,A. Saldana,Z. Giron,J.A. Puente,J.L. 2012. Transcriptional regulation of the ecp operon by EcpR, IHF and H-NS in attaching and effacing Escherichia coli Journal of Bacteriology, 194, 5020-5033.

Garnett,J.A. Martinez-Santos,V.I. Saldana,Z. Pape,T. Hawthorne,W. Chan,J. Simpson,P.J. Cota,E. Puente,J.L. Giron,J.A. Matthews,S. 2012. Structural insights into the biogenesis and biofilm formation by the Escherichia coli common pilus Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109, 3950-3955.

Saldana,Z. Sanchez,E. Xicohtencatl-Cortes,J. Puente,J.L. Giron,J.A. 2011. Surface structures involved in plant stomata and leaf colonization by shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli o157:h7 Frontiers in Microbiology, 2, 119.

Avelino,F. Saldana,Z. Islam,S. Monteiro-Neto,V. Dall'Agnol,M. Eslava,C.A. Giron,J.A. 2010. The majority of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains produce the E. coli common pilus when adhering to cultured epithelial cells International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 300, 440-448 * .

Xicohtencatl-Cortes,J. Saldana,Z. Deng,W. Castaneda,E. Freer,E. Tarr,P.I. Finlay,B.B. Puente,J.L. Giron,J.A. 2010. Bacterial macroscopic rope-like fibers with cytopathic and adhesive properties Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285, 32336-32342.

Blackburn,D. Husband,A. Saldana,Z. Nada,R.A. Klena,J. Qadri,F. Giron,J.A. 2009. Distribution of the Escherichia coli common pilus among diverse strains of human enterotoxigenic E. coli Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 47, 1781-1784 * .

Samadder,P. Xicohtencatl-Cortes,J. Saldana,Z. Jordan,D. Tarr,P.I. Kaper,J.B. Giron,J.A. 2009. The Escherichia coli ycbQRST operon encodes fimbriae with laminin-binding and epithelial cell adherence properties in Shiga-toxigenic E. coli O157:H7 Environmental Microbiology, 11, 1815-1826 * .

Xicohtencatl-Cortes,J. Sanchez-Chacon E. Saldana,Z. Freer,E. Giron,J.A. 2009. Interaction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 with leafy green produce Journal of Food Protection, 72, 1531-1537 * .

Saldana,Z. Erdem,A.L. Schuller,S. Okeke,I.N. Lucas,M. Sivananthan,A. Phillips,A.D. Kaper,J.B. Puente,J.L. Giron,J.A. 2009. The Escherichia coli common pilus and the bundle-forming pilus act in concert during the formation of localized adherence by enteropathogenic E. coli Journal of Bacteriology, 191, 3451-3461.

Saldana,Z. Xicohtencatl-Cortes,J. Avelino,F. Phillips,A.D. Kaper,J.B. Puente,J.L. Giron,J.A. 2009. Synergistic role of curli and cellulose in cell adherence and biofilm formation of attaching and effacing Escherichia coli and identification of Fis as a negative regulator of curli Environmental Microbiology, 11, 992-1006.

Xicohtencatl-Cortes,J. Monteiro-Neto,V. Saldana,Z. Ledesma,M.A. Puente,J.L. Giron,J.A. 2009. The type 4 pili of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 are multi-purpose structures with pathogenic attributes Journal of Bacteriology, 191, 411-421.

Rendon,M.A. Saldana,Z. Erdem,A.L. Monteiro-Neto,V. Vazquez,A. Kaper,J.B. Puente,J.L. Giron,J.A. 2007. Commensal and pathogenic Escherichia coli use a common pilus adherence factor for epithelial cell colonization Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104, 10637-10642.

Castaneda-Roldan,E.I. Ouahrani-Bettache,S. Saldana,Z. Avelino,F. Rendon,M.A. Dornand,J. Giron,J.A. 2006. Characterization of SP41, a surface protein of Brucella associated with adherence and invasion of host epithelial cells Cellular Microbiology, 8, 1877-1887 * .

Xicohtencatl-Cortes,J. Lyons,S. Chaparro,A.P. Hernandez,D.R. Saldana,Z. Ledesma,M.A. Rendon,M.A. Gewirtz,A.T. Klose,K.E. Giron,J.A. 2006. Identification of proinflammatory flagellin proteins in supernatants of Vibrio cholerae O1 by proteomics analysis Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 5, 2374-2383 * .