UW-Madison Dept of Bacteriology
Diana M. Downs
Professor of Bacteriology
6472 Microbial Sciences Building
1550 Linden Drive
(608) 265-4630
downs@bact.wisc.edu
Select Publications
Link to PubMed for all publications
- Christopherson MR, Schmitz GE, Downs DM. YjgF is required for isoleucine biosynthesis when Salmonella enterica is grown on pyruvate medium. J Bacteriol. 2008 190:3057-62.
- Ramos I, Vivas EI, Downs DM. Mutations in the tryptophan operon allow PurF-independent thiamine synthesis by altering flux in vivo. J Bacteriol. 2008 190:815-22.
- Thorgersen MP, Downs DM. Cobalt targets multiple metabolic processes in Salmonella enterica. J Bacteriol. 2007 189:7774-81.
- Koenigsknecht MJ, Ramos I, Downs DM. Glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase-independent phosphoribosyl amine synthesis from ribose 5-phosphate and glutamine or asparagine. J Biol Chem. 2007 282:28379-84.
- Dougherty MJ, Boyd JM, Downs DM. Inhibition of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase by aminoimidazole carboxamide ribotide prevents growth of Salmonella enterica purH mutants on glycerol. J Biol Chem. 2006 281:33892-9.
- Browne BA, Ramos AI, Downs DM. PurF-independent phosphoribosyl amine formation in yjgF mutants of Salmonella enterica utilizes the tryptophan biosynthetic enzyme complex anthranilate synthase-phosphoribosyltransferase. J Bacteriol. 2006 188:6786-92.
- Dougherty MJ, Downs DM. A connection between iron-sulfur cluster metabolism and the biosynthesis of 4-amino-5-hydroxymethyl-2methylpyrimidine pyrophosphate in Salmonella enterica. Microbiology. 2006 152:2345-53.
- Schmitz GE, Downs DM. An allele of gyrA prevents Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium from using succinate as a carbon source. J Bacteriol. 2006 188:3126-9.