Publications

Copper stress induces a global stress response in Staphylococcus aureus and represses sae and agr expression and biofilm formation. 2010. Appl Environ Microbiol 76: 150-160.

Fur is required for the activation of virulence gene expression through the induction of the sae regulatory system in Staphylococcus aureus. Int J Med Microbiol. 2010 Aug 10. [Epub ahead of print]

Comparison of the regulation, metabolic function and role in virulence of the Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) homologues gapA and gapB in Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Immun. 2010 Sep 27. [Epub ahead of print]

Johnson, M., Cockayne, A., Morrissey, J. A.(2008) Iron-regulated biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus Newman requires ica and the secreted protein Emp. Infect Immun. 76:1756-1765.

Johnson, M., Cockayne, A., Williams, P. H., and Morrissey J.A. (2005). Iron responsive regulation of biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus involves Fur-dependent and Fur-independent mechanisms. J. Bacteriol. 187: 8211-8215.

Morrissey J.A., Cockayne, A., Brumell, K. and Williams, P. (2004). The staphylococcal ferritins are differentially regulated in response to iron and manganese and via Fur and PerR. Infection and Immunity 72:972-979.

Morrissey, J.A., Cockayne, A., Hammacott, J., Bishop, K., Denman-Johnson, A., Hill, P.J., and Williams, P. (2002). Conservation, surface exposure and in vivo expression of the Frp family of iron-regulated cell wall proteins in Staphylococcus aureus. Infection and Immunity 70:2399-2407.

Qazi, S.N.A., Counil, E., Morrissey, J.A, Rees, C.E.D., Cockayne, A., Winzer, K., Chan W.C., Williams, P. and Hill P.J. (2001). agr-expression precedes escape of internalized Staphylococcus aureus from the host endosome. Infection and Immunity 69:7074-7082.

Morrissey, J.A., Cockayne, A., Hill, P.J. and Williams, P. (2000). Molecular cloning and analysis of a putative siderophore ABC transporter from Staphylococcus aureus. Infection and Immunity 68 (11): 6281-6288.

Modun, B., Morrissey, J.A. and Williams P. (2000). The staphylococcal transferrin receptor: a glycolytic enzyme with novel functions. Trends in Microbiology 8: 231-237.

Hill, P.J., Cockayne, A., Landers, P., Morrissey, J.A., Sims, C.M. and Williams, P. (1998). SirR – a novel iron dependent repressor in Staphylococcus epidermidis. Infection and Immunity 66:4123.

Morrissey, J.A., Williams, P.H. and Cashmore, A.M. (1996). Candida albicans has a cell-associated ferric-reductase activity, which is regulated in response to levels of iron and copper. Microbiology 142: 485.

Wooldridge, K.G., Morrissey, J.A. and Williams P.H. (1992). Transport of ferric-aerobactin into the periplasm and cytoplasm of E. coli K12* role of envelope-associated proteins and effect of endogenous siderophores. J. Gen. Micro. 138: 597.

Morrissey, J.A. and Cashmore, A.M. (1992). Use of a cis-acting mutation to study the role of FLP-mediated recombination in the maintenance of the native yeast 2mm plasmid. Molecular Microbiology 6: 3101.