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Technical Publications of Florence Y. AN

Publications of Florence Y. AN ----1 (#1---#15):

Author name : An, F. Y. / F. Y. An / F. An / An, Florence

Key words : pAD1 / cAD1 / pAM373 / eep

* Works done in Dr. Don B. Clewell’s lab, University of Michigan : 7 / 1 / 1976-----> 11 / 1 / 2003.

1. An, F. Y., and D. B. Clewell. 2002.
Identification of the cAD1 sex pheromone precursor
in Enterococcus faecalis. J Bacteriol 184:1880-7.

2. Clewell, D. B., M. V. Francia, S. E. Flannagan,
and F. Y. An. 2002. Enterococcal plasmid transfer:
sex pheromones, transfer origins, relaxases, and
the Staphylococcus aureus issue. Plasmid 48:193-
201.

3. Francia, M. V., W. Haas, R. Wirth, E. Samberger,
A. Muscholl-Silberhorn, M. S. Gilmore, Y. Ike, K.
E.Weaver, F. Y. An, and D. B. Clewell. 2001.
Completion of the nucleotide sequence of the
Enterococcus faecalis conjugative virulence
plasmid pAD1 and identification of a second
transfer origin. Plasmid 46:117-27.

4. Clewell, D. B., F. Y. An, S. E. Flannagan, M.
Antiporta, and G. M. Dunny. 2000. Enterococcal sex
pheromone precursors are part of signal sequences
for surface lipoproteins inverted question
markletter.Mol Microbiol 35:246-7.

5. An, F. Y., M. C. Sulavik, and D. B. Clewell.
1999.
Identification and characterization of a
determinant(eep) on the Enterococcus faecalis
chromosome thatis involved in production of the
peptide sex pheromone cAD1. J Bacteriol 181:5915-
21.

6. Wu, K., F. Y. An, and D. B. Clewell. 1999.
Enterococcus faecalis pheromone-responding plasmid
pAD1 gives rise to an aggregation (clumping)
response when cells are exposed to subinhibitory
concentrations of chloramphenicol, erythromycin,
or tetracycline. Plasmid 41:82-8.

7. An, F. Y., and D. B. Clewell. 1997. The origin of
transfer (oriT) of the enterococcal,
pheromone-responding, cytolysin plasmid pAD1 is
located within the repA determinant. Plasmid
37:87-94.

8. Fujimoto, S., M. Bastos, K. Tanimoto, F. An, K.
Wu, and D. B. Clewell. 1997. The pAD1 sex
pheromone response in Enterococcus faecalis. Adv
Exp Med Biol 418:1037-40.

9. Nakayama, J., S. Igarashi, H. Nagasawa, D. B.
Clewell, F. Y. An, and A. Suzuki. 1996.
Isolation and structure of staph-cAM373 produced
by Staphylococcus aureus that induces conjugal
transfer of Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pAM373.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 60:1038-9.

10. Heath, D. G., F. Y. An, K. E. Weaver, and D. B.
Clewell. 1995. Phase variation of Enterococcus
faecalis pAD1 conjugation functions relates to
changes in iteron sequence region. J Bacteriol
177:5453-9.

11. An, F. Y., and D. B. Clewell. 1994.
Characterization of the determinant (traB) encoding
sex pheromone shutdown by the hemolysin/bacteriocin
plasmid pAD1 in Enterococcus faecalis. Plasmid
31:215-21.

12. Tanimoto, K., F. Y. An, and D. B. Clewell. 1993.
Characterization of the traC determinant of the
Enterococcus faecalis hemolysin-bacteriocin
plasmid pAD1: binding of sex pheromone. J
Bacteriol 175:5260-4.

13. Weaver, K. E., D. B. Clewell, and F. An. 1993.
Identification, characterization, and nucleotide
sequence of a region of Enterococcus faecalis
pheromone-responsive plasmid pAD1 capable of
autonomous replication. J Bacteriol 175:1900-9.

14.. An, F. Y., and D. B. Clewell. 1991.
Tn917 transposase. Sequence correction reveals a
single open reading frame corresponding to the
tnpA determinantof Tn3-family elements. Plasmid
25:121-4.

15. Clewell, D. B., L. T. Pontius, F. Y. An, Y. Ike,
A. Suzuki, and J. Nakayama. 1990. Nucleotide
sequence of the sex pheromone inhibitor (iAD1)
determinant of Enterococcus faecalis conjugative
plasmid pAD1. Plasmid 24:156-61.

Publications of Florence Y. AN ----2 (#16---#29):

16. Makinen, P. L., D. B. Clewell, F. An, and K. K.
Makinen. 1989. Purification and substrate
specificity of a strongly hydrophobic
extracellular metalloendopeptidase ("gelatinase")
from Streptococcus faecalis (strain 0G1-10). J
Biol Chem 264:3325-34.

17. Murray, B. E., F. Y. An, and D. B. Clewell.
1988.
Plasmids and pheromone response of the
beta-lactamase producer Streptococcus
(Enterococcus) faecalis HH22. Antimicrob Agents
Chemother 32:547-51.

18. Clewell, D. B., F. Y. An, M. Mori, Y. Ike, and A.
Suzuki. 1987. Streptococcus faecalis sex pheromone
(cAD1) response: evidence that the peptide inhibitor
excreted by pAD1-containing cells may be plasmid
determined. Plasmid 17:65-8.

19. Wirth, R., F. Y. An, and D. B. Clewell. 1986.
Highly efficient protoplast transformation system
for Streptococcus faecalis and a new Escherichia
coli-S.faecalis shuttle vector. J Bacteriol
165:831-6.

20. Mori, M., H. Tanaka, Y. Sakagami, A. Isogai, M.
Fujino, C. Kitada, B. A. White, F. Y. An, D. B.
Clewell, and A. Suzuki. 1986. Isolation and
structure of the Streptococcus faecalis sex
pheromone, cAM373. FEBS Lett 206:69-72.

21. Clewell, D. B., F. Y. An, B. A. White, and C.
Gawron-Burke. 1985. Sex pheromones and plasmid
transfer in Streptococcus faecalis: a pheromone,
cAM373, which is also excreted by Staphylococcus
aureus. Basic Life Sci 30:489-503.

22. Clewell, D. B., F. Y. An, B. A. White, and C.
Gawron-Burke. 1985. Streptococcus faecalis sex
pheromone (cAM373) also produced by Staphylococcus
aureus and identification of a conjugative
transposon(Tn918). J Bacteriol 162:1212-20.

23. Yagi, Y., R. E. Kessler, J. H. Shaw, D. E.
Lopatin, F. An, and D. B. Clewell. 1983. Plasmid
content of Streptococcus faecalis strain 39-5 and
identification of a pheromone (cPD1)-induced
surface antigen. J Gen Microbiol 129 (Pt 4):1207-
15

24. Clewell, D. B., P. K. Tomich, M. C. Gawron-
Burke,A. E. Franke, Y. Yagi, and F. Y. An.1982.
Mapping of Streptococcus faecalis plasmids
pAD1 and pAD2 and studies relating to
transposition of Tn917. J. Bacteriol 152:1220-30.

25. Tomich, P. K., F. Y. An, and D. B. Clewell.
1980.
Properties of erythromycin-inducible transposon
Tn917 in Streptococcus faecalis. J Bacteriol
141:1366-74.

26. Tomich, P. K., F. Y. An, and D. B. Clewell.
1979.
A transposon (Tn917) in Streptococcus faecalis
that exhibits enhanced transposition during
induction of drug resistance. Cold Spring Harb
Symp Quant Biol 43 Pt 2:1217-21.

27. Tomich, P. K., F. Y. An, S. P. Damle, and D. B.
Clewell. 1979. Plasmid-related transmissibility
and multiple drug resistance in Streptococcus
faecalis subsp. zymogenes strain DS16.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 15:828-30.
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** Works done in Dr. Dennis Lopatin ‘s lab, University of Michigan : 11 / 1 / 2004-----> 8 / 1 / 2007.

28. Shelburne, Charles; An, Florence; Dhople,
Vishnu; Ramamoorthy, Assalusamy; Lopatin,
Dennis; Lantz, Marilyn 2007.
The spectrum of anti-microbial activity of the
bacteriocin Subtilosin A. J. of Anti.Chemo
59: 297-300

29. Ramamoorthy, A., C. E. Shelburne and F. Y.
An. 2004
A cysteine-deleted-analog of tachyplesin I
shows antimicrobial activity and anionic lipid
selective binding . FEB (submitted 10.10.04)


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