Dr Brian D Robertson

Publications


Journals

  • Jenkins VA; Robertson BD; Williams KJ. (May 2012). Aspartate D48 is essential for the GlnR-mediated transcriptional response to nitrogen limitation in Mycobacterium smegmatis. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 330:38-45. DOI.
  • Andreu N; Fletcher T; Krishnan N; Wiles S; Robertson BD. (Feb 2012). Rapid measurement of antituberculosis drug activity in vitro and in macrophages using bioluminescence. J Antimicrob Chemother. 67:404-414. DOI.
  • Krishnan N; Malaga W; Constant P; Caws M; Tran TH; Salmons J; Nguyen TN; Nguyen DB; et alDaffé M; Young DB; Robertson BD; Guilhot C; Thwaites GE. (2011). Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage influences innate immune response and virulence and is associated with distinct cell envelope lipid profiles. PLoS One. 6:e23870. DOI.
  • Williams KJ; Boshoff HI; Krishnan N; Gonzales J; Schnappinger D; Robertson BD. (Nov 2011). The Mycobacterium tuberculosis β-oxidation genes echA5 and fadB3 are dispensable for growth in vitro and in vivo. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 91:549-555. DOI.
  • Elkington P; Shiomi T; Breen R; Nuttall RK; Ugarte-Gil CA; Walker NF; Saraiva L; Pedersen B; et alMauri F; Lipman M; Edwards DR; Robertson BD; D'Armiento J; Friedland JS. (May 2011). MMP-1 drives immunopathology in human tuberculosis and transgenic mice. J Clin Invest. 121:1827-1833. DOI.
  • Joyce G; Robertson BD; Williams KJ. (2011). A modified agar pad method for mycobacterial live-cell imaging. BMC Res Notes. 4:73. DOI.
  • Hickey AJ; Misra A; Robertson BD. (1 Jan 2011). Optimisation of inhaled tuberculosis therapies and implications for host-pathogen interactions. TUBERCULOSIS. 91:64-64. DOI.
  • Nisa S; Blokpoel MCJ; Robertson BD; Tyndall JDA; Lun S; Bishai WR; O'Toole R. (1 Nov 2010). Targeting the chromosome partitioning protein ParA in tuberculosis drug discovery. JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY. 65:2347-2358. Author weblink DOI.
  • Krishnan N; Robertson BD; Thwaites G. (Nov 2010). The mechanisms and consequences of the extra-pulmonary dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 90:361-366. DOI.
  • Andreu N; Zelmer A; Fletcher T; Elkington PT; Ward TH; Ripoll J; Parish T; Bancroft GJ; et alSchaible U; Robertson BD; Wiles S. (2010). Optimisation of bioluminescent reporters for use with mycobacteria. PLoS One. 5:e10777. DOI.
  • Williams KJ; Joyce G; Robertson BD. (Sep 2010). Improved mycobacterial tetracycline inducible vectors. Plasmid. 64:69-73. DOI.
  • Robertson BD. (27 Apr 2010). Professor DA Mitchison: 60 years of contributions to the chemotherapy of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb). DOI.
  • Carroll P; Schreuder LJ; Muwanguzi-Karugaba J; Wiles S; Robertson BD; Ripoll J; Ward TH; Bancroft GJ; et alSchaible UE; Parish T. (23 Mar 2010). Sensitive Detection of Gene Expression in Mycobacteria under Replicating and Non-Replicating Conditions Using Optimized Far-Red Reporters. PLOS ONE. 5. DOI.
  • Wiles S; Robertson BD; Frankel G; Kerton A. (2009). Bioluminescent monitoring of in vivo colonization and clearance dynamics by light-emitting bacteria. Methods Mol Biol. 574:137-153. DOI.
  • Marquina-Castillo B; García-García L; Ponce-de-León A; Jimenez-Corona ME; Bobadilla-Del Valle M; Cano-Arellano B; Canizales-Quintero S; Martinez-Gamboa A; et alKato-Maeda M; Robertson B; Young D; Small P; Schoolnik G; Sifuentes-Osornio J; Hernandez-Pando R. (2008). Virulence, immunopathology and transmissibility of selected strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a murine model. Immunology. 128:123-133. DOI.
  • Berg S; Firdessa R; Habtamu M; Gadisa E; Mengistu A; Yamuah L; Ameni G; Vordermeier M; et alRobertson BD; Smith NH; Engers H; Young D; Hewinson RG; Aseffa A; Gordon SV. (Apr 2009). The burden of mycobacterial disease in ethiopian cattle: implications for public health. PLoS One. 4:e5068. DOI.
  • Martinez-Gamboa A; Ponce-de-Leon A; Galindo-Fraga A; Bobadilla-del-Valle M; Kato-Maeda M; Robertson BD; Young DB; Small PM; et alSifuentes-Osornio J. (1 Nov 2008). Molecular Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains with an Intact pks15/1 Gene in a Rural Community of Mexico. ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL RESEARCH. 39:809-814. Author weblink DOI.
  • Stumpf MP; Robertson BD; Duncan K; Young DB. (2007). Systems biology and its impact on anti-infective drug development. Prog Drug Res. 64:1-20.
  • Thanky NR; Young DB; Robertson BD. (May 2007). Unusual features of the cell cycle in mycobacteria: polar-restricted growth and the snapping-model of cell division. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 87:231-236. DOI.
  • Stadthagen G; Jackson M; Charles P; Boudou F; Barilone N; Huerre M; Constant P; Liav A; et alBottova I; Nigou J; Brando T; Puzo G; Daffe M; Benjamin P; Coade S; Buxton RS; Tascon RE; Rae A; Robertson BD; Lowrie DB; Young DB; Gicquel B; Griffin R. (1 Jul 2006). Comparative investigation of the pathogenicity of three Mycobacterium tuberculosis mutants defective in the synthesis of p-hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives. MICROBES AND INFECTION. 8:2245-2253. Author weblink DOI.
  • Stewart GR; Patel J; Robertson BD; Rae A; Young DB. (Nov 2005). Mycobacterial mutants with defective control of phagosomal acidification. PLoS Pathog. 1:269-278. DOI.
  • Wiles S; Ferguson K; Stefanidou M; Young DB; Robertson BD. (Jul 2005). Alternative luciferase for monitoring bacterial cells under adverse conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol. 71:3427-3432. DOI.
  • Murphy HN; Stewart GR; Mischenko VV; Apt AS; Harris R; McAlister MS; Driscoll PC; Young DB; et alRobertson BD. (15 Apr 2005). The OtsAB pathway is essential for trehalose biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Biol Chem. 280:14524-14529. DOI.
  • Stewart GR; Newton SM; Wilkinson KA; Humphreys IR; Murphy HN; Robertson BD; Wilkinson RJ; Young DB. (Feb 2005). The stress-responsive chaperone alpha-crystallin 2 is required for pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mol Microbiol. 55:1127-1137. DOI.
  • Blokpoel MC; Murphy HN; O'Toole R; Wiles S; Runn ES; Stewart GR; Young DB; Robertson BD. (2005). Tetracycline-inducible gene regulation in mycobacteria. Nucleic Acids Res. 33:e22. DOI.
  • Stewart GR; Robertson BD; Young DB. (2004). Analysis of the function of mycobacterial DnaJ proteins by overexpression and microarray profiling. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 84:180-187. DOI.
  • Papatheodorou I; Sergot M; Randall M; Stewart GR; Robertson BD. (2004). Visualization of microarray results to assist interpretation. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 84:275-281. DOI.
  • Stewart GR; Robertson BD; Young DB. (Nov 2003). Tuberculosis: a problem with persistence. Nat Rev Microbiol. 1:97-105. DOI.
  • Harrison OB; Robertson BD; Faust SN; Jepson MA; Goldin RD; Levin M; Heyderman RS. (Sep 2002). Analysis of pathogen-host cell interactions in purpura fulminans: expression of capsule, type IV pili, and PorA by Neisseria meningitidis in vivo. Infect Immun. 70:5193-5201.
  • Young D; Robertson B. (2001). Genomics: leprosy - a degenerative disease of the genome. Current Biology. 11.
  • Ho TBL; Robertson BD; Rhee JT; Young DB; Small PM; Shaw RJ. (1 Dec 2001). Are deletions in the PLCD locus associated with variation in infectivity in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis?. THORAX. 56:56-56. Author weblink.
  • Dockrell HM; Brahmbhatt S; Robertson BD; Britton S; Fruth U; Gebre N; Hunegnaw M; Hussain R; et alManandhar R; Murillo L; Pessolani MCV; Roche P; Salgado JL; Sampaio E; Shahid F; Thole JER; Young DB. (1 Oct 2000). A postgenomic approach to identification of Mycobacterium leprae-specific peptides as T-cell reagents. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 68:5846-5855. Author weblink DOI.
  • Devyatyrova-Johnson M; Rees IH; Robertson BD; Turner MW; Klein NJ; Jack DL. (1 Jul 2000). The lipopolysaccharide structures of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Neisseria gonorrhoeae determine the attachment of human mannose-binding lectin to intact organisms. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY. 68:3894-3899. Author weblink DOI.
  • De Smet KAL; Weston A; Brown IN; Young DB; Robertson BD. (1 Jan 2000). Three pathways for trehalose biosynthesis in mycobacteria. MICROBIOLOGY-UK. 146:199-208. Author weblink.
  • Young DB; Robertson BD. (28 May 1999). Microbiology - TB vaccines: Global solutions for global problems. SCIENCE. 284:1479-1480. Author weblink DOI.
  • Young DB; Robertson BD. (1 Dec 1998). Commentary - Approaches to combat tuberculosis. CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY. 9:650-652. Author weblink DOI.
  • Gill MJ; Simjee S; Al-Hattawi K; Robertson BD; Easmon CSF; Ison CA. (1 Nov 1998). Gonococcal resistance to beta-lactams and tetracycline involves mutation in loop 3 of the porin encoded at the penB locus. ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY. 42:2799-2803. Author weblink.
  • Delahay RM; Robertson BD; Balthazar JT; Shafer WM; Ison CA. (Jul 1997). Involvement of the gonococcal MtrE protein in the resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to toxic hydrophobic agents. Microbiology. 143 ( Pt 7):2127-2133.
  • Petering H; Hammerschmidt S; Frosch M; vanPutten JPM; Ison CA; Robertson BD. (1 Jun 1996). Genes associated with the meningococcal capsule complex are also found in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY. 178:3342-3345. Author weblink.
  • GILLESPIE SH; BIDWELL D; VOLLER A; ROBERTSON BD; MAIZELS RM. (1 Jun 1993). DIAGNOSIS OF HUMAN TOXOCARIASIS BY ANTIGEN CAPTURE ENZYME-LINKED-IMMUNOSORBENT-ASSAY. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY. 46:551-554. Author weblink DOI.
  • BIANCO AE; ROBERTSON BD; KUO YM; TOWNSON S; HAM PJ. (1 Mar 1990). DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED EXPRESSION AND SECRETION OF A POLYMORPHIC ANTIGEN BY ONCHOCERCA INFECTIVE-STAGE LARVAE. MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY. 39:203-212. Author weblink DOI.
  • MAIZELS RM; KENNEDY MW; MEGHJI M; ROBERTSON BD; SMITH HV. (1 Jul 1987). SHARED CARBOHYDRATE EPITOPES ON DISTINCT SURFACE AND SECRETED ANTIGENS OF THE PARASITIC NEMATODE TOXOCARA-CANIS. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 139:207-214. Author weblink.
  • ROBERTSON BD; RATHAUR S; MCKERROW JH; MAIZELS RM. (1 Jan 1987). FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES OF THE EXCRETORY-SECRETORY MOLECULES OF TOXOCARA-CANIS INFECTIVE LARVAE. JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY. 172-172. Author weblink.

Books

  • Robertson BD; Wren B. Robertson BD (ed); Wren B (ed). Systems Microbiology. . Caister Academic Pr (1 Jun 2012).

Chapters in books

  • Young DB; Robertson BD. Immune intervention in tuberculosis. In Immunology of Infectious Diseases. 439-451. (2002).

Conferences

  • Dockrell HM; Brahmbhatt S; Robertson BD; Britton S; Fruth U; Gebre N; Hunegnaw M; Hussain R; et alManadhar R; Murrillo L; Pessolani MCV; Roche P; Salgado JL; Sampaio E; Shahid F; Thole JER; Young DB. Diagnostic assays for leprosy based on T-cell epitopes. Workshop on Leprosy Research at the New Millennium, 26 Jun 2000 - 28 Jun 2000. 71:S55-S58. LEPRA (1 Dec 2000). Author weblink.
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