J Davies

Summary

Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi The renaissance of microbiology
    J Davies
    TerraGen Diversity, Inc, Vancouver, B C, Canada
    Int Microbiol 1:255-8. 1998
  2. ncbi Origins and evolution of antibiotic resistance
    J Davies
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Microbiologia 12:9-16. 1996
  3. ncbi Bacterial resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics
    J Davies
    Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Trends Microbiol 5:234-40. 1997
  4. ncbi Apramycin resistance as a selective marker for gene transfer in mycobacteria
    E Paget
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    J Bacteriol 178:6357-60. 1996
  5. ncbi Millennium bugs
    J Davies
    TerraGen Discovery Inc and Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Trends Cell Biol 9:M2-5. 1999
  6. ncbi Characterization of the protocatechuic acid catabolic gene cluster from Streptomyces sp. strain 2065
    S G Iwagami
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Appl Environ Microbiol 66:1499-508. 2000
  7. ncbi A distinctive class of integron in the Vibrio cholerae genome
    D Mazel
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 6174 University Boulevard, Vancouver, B C, V6T 1Z3, Canada
    Science 280:605-8. 1998
  8. ncbi Probing the active site of mitogillin, a fungal ribotoxin
    R Kao
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Mol Microbiol 29:1019-27. 1998
  9. ncbi Everything depends on everything else
    J Davies
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Clin Microbiol Infect 15:1-4. 2009

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Publications9

  1. ncbi The renaissance of microbiology
    J Davies
    TerraGen Diversity, Inc, Vancouver, B C, Canada
    Int Microbiol 1:255-8. 1998
    ..More emphasis on studies of microbial diversity will increase its value in both fundamental microbiology and its industrial applications...
  2. ncbi Origins and evolution of antibiotic resistance
    J Davies
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Microbiologia 12:9-16. 1996
    ..The control of antibiotic usage is essential to prevent the development of resistance to new antibiotics...
  3. ncbi Bacterial resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics
    J Davies
    Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Trends Microbiol 5:234-40. 1997
    ....
  4. ncbi Apramycin resistance as a selective marker for gene transfer in mycobacteria
    E Paget
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    J Bacteriol 178:6357-60. 1996
    ..bovis BCG, and M. tuberculosis...
  5. ncbi Millennium bugs
    J Davies
    TerraGen Discovery Inc and Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Trends Cell Biol 9:M2-5. 1999
    ..Elucidating the roles of microbes, the oldest and most vital inhabitants of the biosphere, in the evolutionary process and in the maintenance of other life forms will be the major thrust in the years to come...
  6. ncbi Characterization of the protocatechuic acid catabolic gene cluster from Streptomyces sp. strain 2065
    S G Iwagami
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Appl Environ Microbiol 66:1499-508. 2000
    ..The pcaIJ genes encoded proteins with a striking similarity to succinyl-coenzyme A (CoA):3-oxoacid CoA transferases of eukaryotes and contained an indel which is strikingly similar between high-G+C gram-positive bacteria and eukaryotes...
  7. ncbi A distinctive class of integron in the Vibrio cholerae genome
    D Mazel
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 6174 University Boulevard, Vancouver, B C, V6T 1Z3, Canada
    Science 280:605-8. 1998
    ..VCR cassettes are found in a number of Vibrio species including a strain of V. metschnikovii isolated in 1888, suggesting that this mechanism of heterologous gene acquisition predated the antibiotic era...
  8. ncbi Probing the active site of mitogillin, a fungal ribotoxin
    R Kao
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Mol Microbiol 29:1019-27. 1998
    ..We conclude that these residues are key components of the active site contributing to the catalytic activities of mitogillin...
  9. ncbi Everything depends on everything else
    J Davies
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Clin Microbiol Infect 15:1-4. 2009
    ....