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22. Mannino MH, Patel RS, Eccardt AM, Janowiak BE, Wood DC, He F, Fisher JS. Reversible Oxidative Modifications in Myoglobin and Functional Implications. Antioxidants (Basel). 2020 Jun 24;9(6):E549. doi: 10.3390/antiox9060549. PMID: 32599765.

21. Eccardt AM, Pelzel RJ, Mattathil L, Moon YA, Mannino MH, Janowiak BE, Fisher JS. A peroxidase mimetic protects skeletal muscle cells from peroxide challenge and stimulates insulin signaling. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2020 Jun 1;318(6):C1214-C1225. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00167.2019. Epub 2020 Apr 29. PMID: 32348172; PMCID: PMC7311744.

20. Walker EA, Port GC, Caparon MG, Janowiak BE. Glutathione Synthesis Contributes to Virulence of Streptococcus agalactiae in a Murine Model of Sepsis. J Bacteriol. 2019 Sep 20;201(20):e00367-19. doi: 10.1128/JB.00367-19. PMID: 31331978; PMCID: PMC6755738.

19. Mannino MH, Patel RS, Eccardt AM, Perez Magnelli RA, Robinson CLC, Janowiak BE, Warren DE, Fisher JS. Myoglobin as a versatile peroxidase: Implications for a more important role for vertebrate striated muscle in antioxidant defense. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 2019 Aug;234:9-17. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2019.04.005. Epub 2019 Apr 30. PMID: 31051268; PMCID: PMC6594547.

18. Hixon KR, Bogner SJ, Ronning-Arnesen G, Janowiak BE, Sell SA. Investigating Manuka Honey Antibacterial Properties When Incorporated into Cryogel, Hydrogel, and Electrospun Tissue Engineering Scaffolds. Gels. 2019 Apr 18;5(2):21. doi: 10.3390/gels5020021. PMID: 31003516; PMCID: PMC6631429.

17. Hixon, KR; Lu, T; Carletta, MN; McBride-Gagyi, SH, Janowiak, BE; and Sell, SA. A preliminary in vitro evaluation of the bioactive potential of cryogel scaffolds incorporated with Manuka honey for the treatment of chronic bone infections. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials. 106 (5) 1918-1933. (2018).

16. Hixon, KR; Lu, T; McBride-Gagyi, SH, Janowiak, BE; and Sell, SA. A Comparison of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Incorporated with Manuka Honey of Varying UMF. BioMed Research International. (2017).

15. Minden-Birkenmaier, B.A.; Neuhalfen, R.M.; Janowiak, B.E.; and Sell, S.A. Preliminary Investigation and Characterization of Electrospun Polycaprolactone and Manuka Honey Scaffolds for Dermal Repair. Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics. (JEFF) 10 (4) (2015).

14. Akkaladevi, N., Mukherjee, S., Katayama, H., Janowiak, B.E., Patel, D., Gogol, E.P., Pentelute, B.L., John Collier, R., and Fisher, M.T. Following Natures Lead: On the Construction of Membrane-Inserted Toxins in Lipid Bilayer Nanodiscs. J Membr Biol. (2015) Jan 13. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 25578459.

13. Rajapaksha, M., Lovell, S., Janowiak, B.E., Sun, J., Andra, K.K., Battaile, K.P., and Bann, J.G., pH effects on binding between the anthrax protective antigen and the host cellular receptor CMG2. Protein Science. 21, 1467-1480 (2012).

12. Janowiak, B.E., Jennings-Antipov, L.D., and Collier, R.J., Cys-Cys crosslinking shows contact between the N-terminus of lethal factor and Phe427 within the anthrax toxin pore. Biochemistry. 2011 May 3;50(17):3512-6.

11. Wimalasena, D.S., Janowiak, B.E., Lovell, S., Miyagi, M., Sun, J., Zhou, H., Hajduch, J., Pooput, C., Kirk, K.L., Battaile, K.P., Bann, J.G., Evidence That Histidine Protonation of Receptor-Bound Anthrax Protective Antigen Is a Trigger for Pore Formation. Biochemistry. 2010 Aug 24;49(33):6973-83.

10. Zornetta I, Brandi L, Janowiak B, Dal Molin F, Tonello F, Collier RJ, Montecucco C., Imaging the cell entry of the anthrax oedema and lethal toxins with fluorescent protein chimeras. Cell Microbiol. 2010 Oct;12(10):1435-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01480.x.

9. Pentelute BL, Barker AP, Janowiak BE, Kent SB, Collier RJ., A semisynthesis platform for investigating structure-function relationships in the N-terminal domain of the anthrax Lethal Factor. ACS Chem Biol. 2010 Apr 16;5(4):359-64.

8. Janowiak BE*, Fischer A*, Collier RJ., Effects of introducing a single charged residue into the phenylalanine clamp of multimeric anthrax protective antigen. J Biol Chem. 2010 Mar 12;285(11):8130-7. Epub 2010 Jan 8. *both authors contributed equally

7. Nakashima Y, Nii H, Janowiak BE, Griffith OW, Hibi T., Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of bifunctional gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase-glutatione synthetase from Streptococcus agalactiae. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2009 Jul 1;65(Pt 7):678-80. Epub 2009 Jun 27.

6. Janowiak BE, Finkelstein A, Collier RJ., An approach to characterizing single-subunit mutations in multimeric prepores and pores of anthrax protective antigen. Protein Sci. 2009 Feb;18(2):348-58.

5. Katayama H*, Janowiak BE*, Brzozowski M, Juryck J, Falke S, Gogol EP, Collier RJ, Fisher MT., GroEL as a molecular scaffold for structural analysis of the anthrax toxin pore., Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2008 Jul;15(7):754-60. Epub 2008 Jun 22.

*both authors contributed equally

4. Wimalasena DS, Cramer JC, Janowiak BE, Juris SJ, Melnyk RA, Anderson DE, Kirk KL, Collier RJ, Bann JG., Effect of 2-fluorohistidine labeling of the anthrax protective antigen on stability, pore formation, and translocation. Biochemistry. 2007 Dec 25;46(51):14928-36. Epub 2007 Nov 29.

3. Janowiak BE, Hayward MA, Peterson FC, Volkman BF, Griffith OW., Gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase-glutathione synthetase: domain structure and identification of residues important in substrate and glutathione binding. Biochemistry. 2006 Sep 5;45(35):10461-73.

2. Janowiak BE, Griffith OW., Glutathione synthesis in Streptococcus agalactiae. One protein accounts for gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase and glutathione synthetase activities. J Biol Chem. 2005 Mar 25;280(12):11829-39. Epub 2005 Jan 10.

1. Brenot A, King KY, Janowiak B, Griffith O, Caparon MG., Contribution of glutathione peroxidase to the virulence of Streptococcus pyogenes. Infect Immun. 2004 Jan;72(1):408-13.

Last Updated: July 16, 2020