OSU:pro

Current OSU Appointments

Professor, Pediatrics

Professor, Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics

Professor, Microbiology Administration

Degrees

1968	B.A., University Of Connecticut

1976	Ph.D., University Of Connecticut

1976	Postdoctoral, Washington University in St. Louis, Biological Chemistry

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Harrison A, Ray WC, Baker BD, Armbruster DW, Bakaletz LO, Munson RS Jr. 2007. The OxyR regulon in nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae. The Journal of Bacteriology. Vol. 189, no. 3: 1004-1012.

Johnston JW, Zaleski A, Allen S, Mootz JM, Armbruster D, Gibson BW, Apicella MA, Munson RS Jr. 2007. Regulation of sialic acid transport and catabolism in Haemophilus influenzae. Molecular Microbiology. Vol. 66, no. 1: 26-39.

Juhas M, Power PM, Harding RM, Ferguson DJ, Dimopoulou ID, Elamin AR, Mohd-Zain Z, Hood DW, Adegbola R, Erwin A, Smith A, Munson RS Jr, Harrison A, Mansfield L, Bentley S, Crook DW. 2007. Sequence and functional analyses of Haemophilus spp. genomic islands. Genome Biology. Vol. 8, no. 11: R237.

Jurcisek JA, Bookwalter JE, Baker BD, Fernandez S, Novotny LA, Munson RS Jr, Bakaletz LO. 2007. The PilA protein of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae plays a role in biofilm formation, adherence to epithelial cells and colonization of the mammalian upper respiratory tract. Molecular Microbiology. Vol. 65, no. 5: 1288-1299.

McGillivary G, Ray WC, Bevins CL, Munson RS Jr, Bakaletz LO. 2007. A member of the cathelicidin family of antimicrobial peptides is produced in the upper airway of the chinchilla and its mRNA expression is altered by common viral and bacterial co-pathogens of otitis media. Molecular Immunology. Vol. 44, no. 9: 2446-2458.

Post DM, Munson RS Jr, Baker B, Zhong H, Bozue JA, Gibson BW. 2007. Identification of genes involved in the expression of atypical lipooligosaccharide structures from a second class of Haemophilus ducreyi. Infection and Immunity. Vol. 75, no. 1: 113-121.

Novotny LA, Partida-Sánchez S, Munson RS Jr, Bakaletz LO. 2008. Differential uptake and processing of a Haemophilus influenzae P5-derived immunogen by chinchilla dendritic cells. Infect Immun. Vol. 76, no. 3. (March): 967-977. (IF: 3.996)

Bauer ME, Fortney KR, Harrison A, Janowicz DM, Munson RS Jr, Spinola SM. 2008. Identification of Haemophilus ducreyi genes expressed during human infection. Microbiology. Vol. 154, no. Pt 4. (April): 1152-1160. (IF: 0.597)

Banks KE, Fortney KR, Baker B, Billings SD, Katz BP, Munson RS Jr, Spinola SM. 2008. The enterobacterial common antigen-like gene cluster of Haemophilus ducreyicontributes to virulence in humans. J Infect Dis. Vol. 197, no. 11. (June 1): 1531-1536. (IF: 6.035)

Tracy E, Ye F, Baker BD, Munson RS Jr. 2008. Efficient construction of non-polar mutants in Haemophilus influenzae using FLP recombinase technology. BMC Mol Biol. Vol. 9, no. 1. (November 11): 101. (IF: 3.371)