Xiang Qin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics

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xqin@bcm.edu

Publications

2002
Sifri CD, Mylonakis E, Singh KV, Qin X, Garsin DA, Murray BE, et al.. Virulence effect of Enterococcus faecalis protease genes and the quorum-sensing locus fsr in Caenorhabditis elegans and mice. Infect Immun. 2002;70(10):5647-50.

Mylonakis E, Engelbert M, Qin X, Sifri CD, Murray BE, Ausubel FM, et al.. The Enterococcus faecalis fsrB gene, a key component of the fsr quorum-sensing system, is associated with virulence in the rabbit endophthalmitis model. Infect Immun. 2002;70(8):4678-81.

2001
Garsin DA, Sifri CD, Mylonakis E, Qin X, Singh KV, Murray BE, et al.. A simple model host for identifying Gram-positive virulence factors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001;98(19):10892-7.

Qin X, Singh KV, Weinstock GM, Murray BE. Characterization of fsr, a regulator controlling expression of gelatinase and serine protease in Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF. J Bacteriol. 2001;183(11):3372-82.

2000
Qin X, Singh KV, Weinstock GM, Murray BE. Effects of Enterococcus faecalis fsr genes on production of gelatinase and a serine protease and virulence. Infect Immun. 2000;68(5):2579-86.

Xu Y, Singh KV, Qin X, Murray BE, Weinstock GM. Analysis of a gene cluster of Enterococcus faecalis involved in polysaccharide biosynthesis. Infect Immun. 2000;68(2):815-23.

1998
Qin X, Singh KV, Xu Y, Weinstock GM, Murray BE. Effect of disruption of a gene encoding an autolysin of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1998;42(11):2883-8.

Singh KV, Qin X, Weinstock GM, Murray BE. Generation and testing of mutants of Enterococcus faecalis in a mouse peritonitis model. J Infect Dis. 1998;178(5):1416-20.