Chris Whitfield

Coppin State University — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology(106), Escherichia coli research studies(94), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions(73), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis(63), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research(57)

Publications331 total

Deciphering <i>D</i>-2,3-Butanediol Metabolic Pathways in a Newly Isolated <i>Bacillus velezensis</i> and Rationally Engineering <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> for Efficient Production of Optically Pure <i>D</i>-2,3-Butanediol
ACS Synthetic Biology·2025· 1 cited
Molecular basis for the phosphorylation of bacterial tyrosine kinase Wzc
Nature Communications·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
O-antigen polysaccharides in <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> : structures and molecular basis for antigenic diversity
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews·2025· 9 cited
High‐Efficiency CRISPR‐Cas9 Genome Editing Unveils Biofilm Insights and Enhances Antimicrobial Activity in <i>Bacillus velezensis</i> FZB42
Biotechnology and Bioengineering·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
Complete annotated genome sequence of Microbacterium foliorum phage Delphidian, isolated from soil in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PubMed·2025Open Access
Structure of WzxE the lipid III flippase for Enterobacterial Common Antigen polysaccharide
Open Biology·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Structure of WzxE the lipid III flippase for Enterobacterial Common Antigen polysaccharide"
2024
Structure, biosynthesis and regulation of the T1 antigen, a phase-variable surface polysaccharide conserved in many Salmonella serovars
Nature Communications·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Transition transferases prime bacterial capsule polymerization
Nature Chemical Biology·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Klebsiella pneumoniae O-polysaccharide biosynthesis highlights the diverse organization of catalytic modules in ABC transporter-dependent glycan assembly
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Three-component systems represent a common pathway for extracytoplasmic addition of pentofuranose sugars into bacterial glycans
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Bacterial capsules
Elsevier eBooks·2024· 7 cited
Molecular mechanisms underlying the structural diversity of complex rhamnose-rich cell wall polysaccharides in lactococci
HAL AMU·2023
Identification of a second glycoform of the clinically prevalent O1 antigen from <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2023· 18 citedOpen Access
Hypermucoviscosity Regulator RmpD Interacts with Wzc and Controls Capsular Polysaccharide Chain Length
mBio·2023· 61 citedOpen Access
Inhibiting fatty acid synthesis overcomes colistin resistance
Nature Microbiology·2023· 71 cited
Mechanism and linkage specificities of the dual retaining β-Kdo glycosyltransferase modules of KpsC from bacterial capsule biosynthesis
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2023· 18 citedOpen Access
The lipid linked oligosaccharide polymerase Wzy and its regulating co-polymerase, Wzz, from enterobacterial common antigen biosynthesis form a complex
Open Biology·2023· 26 citedOpen Access
The lipid linked oligosaccharide polymerase Wzy and its regulating co-polymerase Wzz form a complex in vivo and in vitro
EMPIAR dataset·2022Open Access
Author Correction: The retaining β-Kdo glycosyltransferase WbbB uses a double-displacement mechanism with an intermediate adduct rearrangement step
Nature Communications·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

James H. Naismith(7), Bradley R. Clarke(6), David E. Heinrichs(5), Malcolm B. Perry(5), Konstantinos Beis(4), Leslie Cuthbertson(4), Anne Paiment(4), Miguel A. Valvano(3), Jeremy A. Yethon(3), Changjiang Dong(3), Lisa M. Willis(3), Jolyne Drummelsmith(3), Emilisa Frirdich(3), Michael Graninger(3), Paul Messner(3), Christian R.H. Raetz(2), Duncan J. Maskell(2), Jutta Nesper(2), Jennifer C. Hocking(2), Mário A. Monteiro(2)