Recent Publications
Publications
Key publications relevant to current research
Refereed journal article
Potter AJ, Kidd SP, Edwards JL, Falsetta ML, Apicella MA, Jennings MP, McEwan AG. Thioredoxin reductase is essential for protection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae against killling by Nitric Oxide and for bacterial growth during interaction with cervical epithelial cells. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2008 Nov 25. [Epub ahead of print]
Stroeher, U., Kidd, S. P., Jennings, M. P., Paton, J. C., and McEwan A. G. 2007. A pneumococcal MerR-like regulator and S-nitrosoglutathione reductase are required for systemic virulence. Journal of Infectious Diseases 196:1820-1826.
Kidd, S.P., Jiang, D., Jennings, M. P., and McEwan, A.G. 2007. Glutathione-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase AdhC is required for defense against nitrosative stress in Haemophilus influenzae. Infection and Immunity. 75: 4506-4513
Potter, A. J., Kidd, S. P., Jennings, M. P., and McEwan, A.G. 2007. Evidence for distinctive mechanisms of S-nitrosoglutathione metabolism by AdhC in two closely related species, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis. Infection and Immunity 75: 1534-1536
Wu, H., Seib, K. L., Srikhanta, Y., Kidd, S. P., Edwards, J. L., Maguire, T. L., Grimmond, S. M., Apicella, M. A., McEwan, A. G., and Jennings, M. P. 2006. PerR controls Mn-dependent resistance to oxidative stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Molecular Microbiology 60: 401-416.
Kidd, S. P., Potter, A. J., Apicella, M. A., Jennings, M. P., and McEwan, A. G. 2005. NmlR of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a novel redox response transcription factor from the MerR family. Molecular Microbiology 57:1676-1689.
Faculty of 1000 Biology Recommended paper.
Tree, J. J., Kidd, S. P., Jennings, M. P., and McEwan, A. G. 2005. Copper sensitivity of cueO mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 and the biochemical suppression of this phenotype. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 328: 1205-1210.
Kidd, S.P., and Brown, N. L. 2003. ZccR - a MerR-like transcriptional regulator from Bordetella pertussis which responds to zinc, cadmium and cobalt. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 302: 697-702.
Reviews
Seib, K. L., Wu, H. J., Kidd, S. P., Apicella, M. A., Jennings, M. P., and McEwan, A. G. 2006. Defenses against oxidative stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a system tailored for a challenging environment. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 70:344-361. (IF: 15.500).
Brown, N. L., Stoyanov, J. V., Kidd, S. P., and Hobman, J. L. 2003. The MerR family of transcriptional regulators. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 27:145-163. (IF: 10.000).
