Patricia Johnson, Ph.D.

Carlton, J.M., Hirt, R.P., Silva, J.C. – 60 other – J.C., Tachezy, J., Fraser-Liggett, C.M., and Johnson, P.J.   Draft genome sequence of the sexually transmitted pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis, Science, 2007; 315: 207-212.

Vanacova, S., Yan, W., Carlton, J.M. and Johnson, P.J.   Spliceosomal introns in the deep-branching eukaryote Trichomonas vaginalis, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2005; 102: 4430-4435.

Dyall, SD Yan, W Delgadillo-Correa, MG Lunceford, A Loo, JA Clarke, CF Johnson, PJ   Non-mitochondrial complex I proteins in a hydrogenosomal oxidoreductase complex Nature. , 2004; 431(7012): 1103-7.

Dyall, SD Brown, MT Johnson, PJ   Ancient invasions: from endosymbionts to organelles Science. , 2004; 304(5668): 253-7.

Schumacher, MA Lau, AO Johnson, PJ   Structural basis of core promoter recognition in a primitive eukaryote Cell. , 2003; 115(4): 413-24.

Simoes-Barbosa Augusto, Hirt Robert P, Johnson Patricia J   A metazoan/plant-like capping enzyme and cap modified nucleotides in the unicellular eukaryote Trichomonas vaginalis PLoS pathogens, 2010; 6(7): e1000999.

de Miguel Natalia, Lustig Gil, Twu Olivia, Chattopadhyay Arnab, Wohlschlegel James A, Johnson Patricia J   Proteome analysis of the surface of Trichomonas vaginalis reveals novel proteins and strain-dependent differential expression Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP, 2010; 9(7): 1554-66.

Twu Olivia, de Miguel Natalia, Lustig Gila, Stevens Grant C, Vashisht Ajay A, Wohlschlegel James A, Johnson Patricia J   Trichomonas vaginalis exosomes deliver cargo to host cells and mediate host∶parasite interactions PLoS pathogens, 2013; 9(7): e1003482.

Shiflett April M, Johnson Patricia J   Mitochondrion-related organelles in eukaryotic protists Annual review of microbiology, 2010; 64(7): 409-29.

Lustig Gila, Ryan Christopher M, Secor W Evan, Johnson Patricia J   Trichomonas vaginalis contact-dependent cytolysis of epithelial cells Infection and immunity, 2013; 81(5): 1411-9.

Simoes-Barbosa Augusto, Louly Camila, Franco Octávio L, Rubio Mary A, Alfonzo Juan D, Johnson Patricia J   The divergent eukaryote Trichomonas vaginalis has an m7G cap methyltransferase capable of a single N2 methylation Nucleic acids research, 2008; 36(21): 6848-58.

de Miguel Natalia, Riestra Angelica, Johnson Patricia J   Reversible association of tetraspanin with Trichomonas vaginalis flagella upon adherence to host cells Cellular microbiology, 2012; 14(12): 1797-807.

Simoes-Barbosa Augusto, Chakrabarti Kausik, Pearson Michael, Benarroch Delphine, Shuman Stewart, Johnson Patricia J   Box H/ACA snoRNAs are preferred substrates for the trimethylguanosine synthase in the divergent unicellular eukaryote Trichomonas vaginalis RNA (New York, N.Y.), 2012; 18(9): 1656-65.

Ryan Christopher M, Mehlert Angela, Richardson Julia M, Ferguson Michael A J, Johnson Patricia J   Chemical structure of Trichomonas vaginalis surface lipoglycan: a role for short galactose (β1-4/3) N-acetylglucosamine repeats in host cell interaction The Journal of biological chemistry, 2011; 286(47): 40494-508.

Schneider Rachel E, Brown Mark T, Shiflett April M, Dyall Sabrina D, Hayes Richard D, Xie Yongming, Loo Joseph A, Johnson Patricia J   The Trichomonas vaginalis hydrogenosome proteome is highly reduced relative to mitochondria, yet complex compared with mitosomes International journal for parasitology, 2011; 41(13-14): 1421-34.

Smith Alias J, Chudnovsky Lorissa, Simoes-Barbosa Augusto, Delgadillo-Correa Maria G, Jonsson Zophonias O, Wohlschlegel James A, Johnson Patricia J   Novel core promoter elements and a cognate transcription factor in the divergent unicellular eukaryote Trichomonas vaginalis Molecular and cellular biology, 2011; 31(7): 1444-58.

Ryan Christopher M, de Miguel Natalia, Johnson Patricia J   Trichomonas vaginalis: current understanding of host-parasite interactions Essays in biochemistry, 2011; 51(7): 161-75.

Twu Olivia, Dessí Daniele, Vu Anh, Mercer Frances, Stevens Grant C, de Miguel Natalia, Rappelli Paola, Cocco Anna Rita, Clubb Robert T, Fiori Pier Luigi, Johnson Patricia J   Trichomonas vaginalis homolog of macrophage migration inhibitory factor induces prostate cell growth, invasiveness, and inflammatory responses Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014; .

Wexler-Cohen Yael, Stevens Grant C, Barnoy Eran, van der Bliek Alexander M, Johnson Patricia J   A dynamin-related protein contributes to Trichomonas vaginalis hydrogenosomal fission FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2014; 28(3): 1113-21.

Leitsch David, Janssen Brian D, Kolarich Daniel, Johnson Patricia J, Duchêne Michael   Trichomonas vaginalis flavin reductase 1 and its role in metronidazole resistance Molecular microbiology, 2014; 91(1): 198-208.