Varalakshmi Vissa

Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University

Affiliated withColorado State University

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JoVE Journal Publications

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Article	Year
Characterization of the epitope of anti-lipoarabinomannan antibodies as the terminal hexaarabinofuranosyl motif of mycobacterial arabinans. Microbiology (Reading, England)\| PubMed ID: 12368438	2002
Identification of a novel class of omega,E,E-farnesyl diphosphate synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of lipid research\| PubMed ID: 15060088	2004
Multiple polymorphic loci for molecular typing of strains of Mycobacterium leprae. Journal of clinical microbiology\| PubMed ID: 15071023	2004
Comparative analysis of B- and T-cell epitopes of Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture filtrate protein 10. Infection and immunity\| PubMed ID: 15155617	2004
Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen 85A and 85C structures confirm binding orientation and conserved substrate specificity. The Journal of biological chemistry\| PubMed ID: 15192106	2004
Inactivation of the mycobacterial rhamnosyltransferase, which is needed for the formation of the arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan linker, leads to irreversible loss of viability. The Journal of biological chemistry\| PubMed ID: 15294902	2004
Roles of conserved proline and glycosyltransferase motifs of EmbC in biosynthesis of lipoarabinomannan. The Journal of biological chemistry\| PubMed ID: 15546869	2005
The carboxy terminus of EmbC from Mycobacterium smegmatis mediates chain length extension of the arabinan in lipoarabinomannan. The Journal of biological chemistry\| PubMed ID: 16687411	2006
Genetic basis for the synthesis of the immunomodulatory mannose caps of lipoarabinomannan in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The Journal of biological chemistry\| PubMed ID: 16704981	2006
Biosynthesis of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan: role of a branching mannosyltransferase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 16945913	2006
New frontiers in tuberculosis research. Expert review of anti-infective therapy\| PubMed ID: 17402832	2007
Identification and distribution of Mycobacterium leprae genotypes in a region of high leprosy prevalence in China: a 3-year molecular epidemiological study. Journal of clinical microbiology\| PubMed ID: 17428944	2007
[Study of rifampin and dapsone resistance in three patients with recurring leprosy]. Revista panamericana de salud pÃºblica = Pan American journal of public health\| PubMed ID: 18371276	2008
Genotyping North American animal Mycobacterium bovis isolates using multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis. Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc\| PubMed ID: 18987219	2008
Rapid variable-number tandem-repeat genotyping for Mycobacterium leprae clinical specimens. Journal of clinical microbiology\| PubMed ID: 19386839	2009
Initiation of methylglucose lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in mycobacteria. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 19421329	2009
Population-based molecular epidemiology of leprosy in Cebu, Philippines. Journal of clinical microbiology\| PubMed ID: 19571027	2009
VNTR typing studies of Mycobacterium leprae in China: assessment of methods and stability of markers during treatment. Leprosy review\| PubMed ID: 19961099	2009
A continuation: study and characterisation of Mycobacterium leprae short tandem repeat genotypes and transmission of leprosy in Cebu, Philippines. Leprosy review\| PubMed ID: 19961100	2009
Molecular epidemiology of leprosy based on VNTR typing in Thailand. Leprosy review\| PubMed ID: 19961101	2009
VNTR typing of Mycobacterium leprae in South Indian leprosy patients. Leprosy review\| PubMed ID: 19961102	2009
Genetic diversity of mycobacterium leprae isolates from Brazilian leprosy patients. Leprosy review\| PubMed ID: 19961103	2009
Identification and comparison of Mycobacterium leprae genotypes in two geographical regions of Colombia. Leprosy review\| PubMed ID: 19961104	2009
Characterisation of short tandem repeats for genotyping Mycobacterium leprae. Leprosy review\| PubMed ID: 19994470	2009
Transmission of leprosy in Qiubei County, Yunnan, China: insights from an 8-year molecular epidemiology investigation. Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases\| PubMed ID: 21129505	2011
[Study on the factors influencing steady transmission of leprosy in Qiubei county, China]. Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi\| PubMed ID: 21781471	2011
Transmission of dapsone-resistant leprosy detected by molecular epidemiological approaches. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy\| PubMed ID: 21859943	2011
Serum metabolomics reveals higher levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids in lepromatous leprosy: potential markers for susceptibility and pathogenesis. PLoS neglected tropical diseases\| PubMed ID: 21909445	2011
Real-time PCR and high resolution melt analysis for rapid detection of Mycobacterium leprae drug resistance mutations and strain types. Journal of clinical microbiology\| PubMed ID: 22170923	2011
A study of the distribution of Mycobacterium leprae strains among cases in a rural and urban population of Maharashtra, India. Journal of clinical microbiology\| PubMed ID: 22205800	2012
SNP Genotypes of Mycobacterium leprae Isolates in Thailand and Their Combination with rpoT and TTC Genotyping for Analysis of Leprosy Distribution and Transmission. Japanese journal of infectious diseases\| PubMed ID: 22274158	2012