Selected Publications:
- Weingarten, Rebecca A., Grimes, Jesse L, and Jonathan W. Olson. 2008 The Role of Campylobacter jejuni Respiratory Oxidases and Reductases in Host Colonization Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:1367-1375.
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Weerakoon, Dilan R. and Olson, Jonathan W. 2008 The Campylobacter jejuni. (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) utilizes flavodoxin rather than NADH. J. Bacteriol. 190:915-925.
- Wang, Ge., Conover, Richard C., Benoit, Stephane., Olczak, Adriana A., Olson, Jonathan, W. Johnson, Michael K., and Maier, Robert J. 2004. Role of a bacterial organic hydroperoxide detoxification system in preventing catalase inactivation. J. Biological Chemistry 279:51908-51914.
- Brahmachary, P., Dashti, M., Olson, J.W. and Hoover, T.R.
2004. Helicobacter pylori FlgR is an enhancer- independent
activator of σ54-RNA polymerase holoenzyme. J. Bacteriol.
186:4535-4542..
- Maier, Robert J., Olson, Jonathan W. and Olczak, Adriana.
2003. Hydrogen Oxidizing Capabilities of Helicobacter hepaticus
and in vivo Availability of the Substrate. J. Bacteriol.
185: 2680-2682.
- Mehta, Nalini M., Olson, Jonathan W., and Maier, Robert J.
2003. Characterization of Helicobacter pylori nickel metabolism
accessory proteins needed for the maturation of both urease and
hydrogenase. J. Bacteriol. 185:726-734.
- Olczak, Adriana A., Seyler, Richard W. Olson, Jonathan W.,
and Maier, Robert J. 2003. Association of Helicobacter pylori
antioxidant activities with host colonization efficiency.
Infection and Immunity 71:580-583.
- Olson, J.W. and Maier, R.J. 2002. Hydrogen as an Energy Substrate
for Helicobacter pylori. Science
298:1788-1790.
- Olczak, A.A., Olson, J.W., and Maier, R.J. 2002. Oxidative
stress resistance mutants in Helicobacter pylori. J.
Bacteriol. 184:3186-2193.
- Seyler, R.W., Olson, J.W., and Maier, R.J. 2001. Superoxide
dismutase-deficient mutants of Helicobacter pylori are
hypersensitive to oxidative stress and defective in host colonization.
Infection and Immunity 69: 4034-4040.
- Olson, J.W., Mehta, N.S., and Maier, R.J. 2001. Requirement
of nickel metabolism proteins HypA and HypB for full activity
of both hydrogenase and urease in Helicobacter pylori.
Molecular Microbiology 39: 176-182.
- Olson, J.W., Agar, J.N., Johnson, M.K., and Maier, R.J. 2000.
Characterization of the NifU and NifS Fe-S cluster formation
proteins essential for viability in Helicobacter pylori.
Biochemistry 39: 16213-16219.
- Olson, J.W. and Maier, R.J. 2000. Dual Roles of Bradyrhizobium
japonicum Nickelin Protein in Nickel-storage and GTP dependent
Ni-mobilization. J. Bacteriol. 182: 1702-1705.
- Olson, J.W., Fu, C., and Maier, R.J. 1997. The HypB protein
from Bradyrhizobium japonicum can store nickel and is
required for the nickel-dependent transcriptional regulation
of hydrogenase. Molecular Microbiology 24: 119-128
- Olson, J.W. and Maier, R.J. 1997. The sequences hypF,
hypC and hypD complete the hyp gene cluster required
for hydrogenase activity in Bradyrhizobium japonicum.
Gene 199: 93-99.
- Maier, R.J., Fu, C., Gilbert, J.. Moshiri, F., Olson, J.,
and Plaut, A.G. 1996. Hydrogen uptake hydrogenase in Helicobacter
pylori. FEMS Microbiology Letters 141: 71-76.
- Fu, C., Olson, J.W., and Maier, R.J. 1995. HypB protein of
Bradyrhizobium japonicum is a metal-Binding GTPase capable
of Binding 18 divalent nickel ions per dimer. Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci., USA 92: 2333-2337.
- Miller, K.W., Konen, P.L., Olson, J.W., and Ratanavanich,
K.M. 1993. Membrane Topology Determination by Proteolysis of
Maltose Binding Protein Fusions. Analytical Biochemistry 215:
118-128.
- Ruyechan, W.T., and Olson, J.W. 1992. Surface Lysine and
Tyrosine Residues Are Required for Interaction of the Major Herpes
Simplex Virus Type 1 DNA-Binding Protein with Single Stranded
DNA. Journal of Virology 66:6273-6279.
- Gupta, S.S., Olson, J.W., and Ruyechan, W. T. 1991. The Major
Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1 DNA-Binding Protein Is a Zinc Metalloprotein.
The Journal of Biological Chemistry 266: 11413-11416.