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Alvin Fox
Researcher at University of South Carolina
Publications - 127
Citations - 4521
Alvin Fox is an academic researcher from University of South Carolina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mass spectrometry & Muramic acid. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 127 publications receiving 4384 citations.
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Monomeric and Polymeric Gram-Negative Peptidoglycan but Not Purified LPS Stimulate the Drosophila IMD Pathway
Takashi Kaneko,Takashi Kaneko,William E. Goldman,Peter Mellroth,Håkan Steiner,Koichi Fukase,Shoichi Kusumoto,William M. Harley,Alvin Fox,Douglas T. Golenbock,Neal S. Silverman +10 more
TL;DR: It was found that highly purified LPS did not stimulate the IMD pathway, however, lipid A, the active portion of LPS in mammals, activated melanization in the silkworm Bombyx morii, and the IMd pathway was remarkably sensitive to polymeric and monomeric gram-negative peptidoglycan.
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Characterization of PCR products from bacilli using electrospray ionization FTICR mass spectrometry.
David C. Muddiman,David S. Wunschel,Chuanliang Liu,Ljiljana Paša-Tolić,Karen F. Fox,Alvin Fox,Gordon A. Anderson,Richard Smith +7 more
TL;DR: This constitutes the first report demonstrating the ionization and detection of PCR products by mass spectrometry with mass precision and accuracy for assignment of such modifications or substitutions.
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Utility of 16S–23S rRNA spacer region methodology: how similar are interspace regions within a genome and between strains for closely related organisms?
TL;DR: This is the first study to make sequence comparisons at the genome, strain and species level for the rRNA interspace region and is consistent with the previous suggestion that B .
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Discrimination Among the B. Cereus Group, in Comparison to B. Subtilis, by Structural Carbohydrate Profiles and Ribosomal RNA Spacer Region PCR
TL;DR: In this paper, the 16S / 23S rRNA spacer region was amplified with three major products: 270, 400, and 430 nucleotides, with the corresponding bands in the B. cereus group at 250, 430, and 480.
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Ruthenium red staining for ultrastructural visualization of a glycoprotein layer surrounding the spore of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus subtilis.
TL;DR: Ruthenium red staining was used to demonstrate the presence of an external glycoprotein layer surrounding the spore of both Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus subtilis, helping explain a long-standing controversy as to ultrastructural differences among these genetically closely related organisms.