Dustin L. Higashi

Genome Sequencing Reveals Widespread Virulence Gene Exchange among Human Neisseria Species

Pradeep Reddy Marri, Mary Paniscus, Nathan J. Weyand et al. · PLoS ONE · 2010 · 207 citations · Full text

Human Commensal, Human Neisseria Species, Pathogen Transmission +13

Cooperative Retraction of Bundled Type IV Pili Enables Nanonewton Force Generation

Nicolas Biais, Benoît Ladoux, Dustin L. Higashi et al. · PLoS Biology · 2008 · 155 citations · Full text

Engineering, Bacteriology, Bacterial Pathogenesis +22

Force-dependent polymorphism in type IV pili reveals hidden epitopes

Nicolas Biais, Dustin L. Higashi, Jasna Brujić et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 129 citations · Full text

Biophysical Modeling, Allelic Variant, Single Molecule Biophysics +14

Dynamics of <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> Attachment: Microcolony Development, Cortical Plaque Formation, and Cytoprotection

Dustin L. Higashi, Shaun W. Lee, Aurelie Snyder et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2007 · 121 citations · Full text

Pathogenic Microbiology, Pathology, Cytoskeleton +17

Commensal Neisseria Kill Neisseria gonorrhoeae through a DNA-Dependent Mechanism

Won Jong Kim, Dustin L. Higashi, Maïra Goytia et al. · Cell Host & Microbe · 2019 · 82 citations · Full text

Medical Microbiology, Pathogen Transmission, Pathogenesis +5