Ron Skurray

Monash University — Australia

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology(12), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions(8), DNA Repair Mechanisms(6), RNA modifications and cancer(4), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria(3)

Publications19 total

Characterization of the F plasmid bifunctional conjugation gene, traG
Molecular and General Genetics MGG·1992· 58 cited
Nucleotide sequence of the leading region adjacent to the origin of transfer on plasmid F and its conservation among conjugative plasmids
Molecular and General Genetics MGG·1989· 33 cited
Molecular analysis and nucleotide sequence of finQ, a transcriptional inhibitor of the F plasmid transfer genes
Molecular and General Genetics MGG·1989· 13 cited
Nucleotide sequence of the F plasmid transfer gene, traH: identification of a new gene and a promoter within the transfer operon
Gene·1989· 16 cited
Transcriptional analysis of the F plasmid surface exclusion region: Mapping of traS, traT, and traD transcripts
Plasmid·1989· 19 cited
finO sequences on conjugally repressed and derepressed F-like plasmids
Plasmid·1987· 4 cited
Expression of F plasmid trat: Independence of tray → z promoter and traJ control
Plasmid·1986· 8 cited
An F-derived conjugative cosmid: Analysis of tra polypeptides in cosmid-infected cells
Plasmid·1986· 17 cited
F plasmid pif region: Tn1725 mutagenesis and polypeptide analysis
Gene·1984· 11 cited
Cloning and molecular analysis of the finO region from the antibiotic-resistance plasmid R6-5
Plasmid·1984· 14 cited
Cloning and analysis of pif, replication and leading regions of the F plasmid
Molecular and General Genetics MGG·1984· 10 cited
Molecular analysis of F plasmid pif region specifying abortive infection of T7 phage
Molecular and General Genetics MGG·1984· 21 cited
Transcriptional analysis of the leading region in F plasmid DNA transfer
Plasmid·1984· 21 cited
Stabilization of the cloning vector pACYC184 by insertion of F plasmid leading region sequences
Plasmid·1984· 16 cited
Regulation of the F conjugation genes studied by hybridization and tra-lacZ fusion
Journal of Molecular Biology·1983· 81 cited
Cloning and polypeptide analysis of the leading region in F plasmid DNA transfer
Plasmid·1983· 39 cited
THE CONJUGATION SYSTEM OF F-LIKE PLASMIDS
Annual Review of Genetics·1980· 310 cited
Conjugation proteins encoded by the F sex factor
Nature·1977· 151 cited
A Redefinition of the Mating Phenomenon in Bacteria
1977· 67 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Animesh Ray(8), David S. Cram(6), Keat-Chye Cheah(4), Lindsay M. Ham(3), Neil Willetts(2), Mark Achtman(2), Neville Firth(2), Nicholas A. Kennedy(1), Lothar Beutin(1), U. Rahmsdorf(1), Peter Herrlich(1), Dairena Gaffney(1), Sydney Brenner(1), S.M. Loh(1), Louise O'Gorman(1), Heather K. Cram(1), R. Jackson(1), Dario DiBerardino(1), Robert G. Hirst(1)