Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine

T. Hackstadt, Scidmore, M. A., and Rockey, D. D., “Lipid metabolism in Chlamydia trachomatis-infected cells: directed trafficking of Golgi-derived sphingolipids to the chlamydial inclusion.”, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 92, no. 11, pp. 4877-81, 1995.

D. D. Rockey, Chesebro, B. B., Heinzen, R. A., and Hackstadt, T., “A 28 kDa major immunogen of Chlamydia psittaci shares identity with Mip proteins of Legionella spp. and Chlamydia trachomatis-cloning and characterization of the C. psittaci mip-like gene.”, Microbiology (Reading), vol. 142 ( Pt 4), pp. 945-53, 1996.

T. Hackstadt, Rockey, D. D., Heinzen, R. A., and Scidmore, M. A., “Chlamydia trachomatis interrupts an exocytic pathway to acquire endogenously synthesized sphingomyelin in transit from the Golgi apparatus to the plasma membrane.”, EMBO J, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 964-77, 1996.

R. A. Heinzen, Scidmore, M. A., Rockey, D. D., and Hackstadt, T., “Differential interaction with endocytic and exocytic pathways distinguish parasitophorous vacuoles of Coxiella burnetii and Chlamydia trachomatis.”, Infect Immun, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 796-809, 1996.

H. Su, Raymond, L., Rockey, D. D., Fischer, E., Hackstadt, T., and Caldwell, H. D., “A recombinant Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein binds to heparan sulfate receptors on epithelial cells.”, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 93, no. 20, pp. 11143-8, 1996.

M. A. Scidmore, Rockey, D. D., Fischer, E. R., Heinzen, R. A., and Hackstadt, T., “Vesicular interactions of the Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion are determined by chlamydial early protein synthesis rather than route of entry.”, Infect Immun, vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 5366-72, 1996.

T. Hackstadt, Fischer, E. R., Scidmore, M. A., Rockey, D. D., and Heinzen, R. A., “Origins and functions of the chlamydial inclusion.”, Trends Microbiol, vol. 5, no. 7, pp. 288-93, 1997.

J. P. Bannantine, Stamm, W. E., Suchland, R. J., and Rockey, D. D., “Chlamydia trachomatis IncA is localized to the inclusion membrane and is recognized by antisera from infected humans and primates.”, Infect Immun, vol. 66, no. 12, pp. 6017-21, 1998.

J. P. Bannantine and Rockey, D. D., “Use of primate model system to identify Chlamydia trachomatis protein antigens recognized uniquely in the context of infection.”, Microbiology (Reading), vol. 145 ( Pt 8), pp. 2077-2085, 1999.

W. J. Brown and Rockey, D. D., “Identification of an antigen localized to an apparent septum within dividing chlamydiae.”, Infect Immun, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 708-15, 2000.

R. J. Suchland, Rockey, D. D., Bannantine, J. P., and Stamm, W. E., “Isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis that occupy nonfusogenic inclusions lack IncA, a protein localized to the inclusion membrane.”, Infect Immun, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 360-7, 2000.

J. P. Bannantine, Griffiths, R. S., Viratyosin, W., Brown, W. J., and Rockey, D. D., “A secondary structure motif predictive of protein localization to the chlamydial inclusion membrane.”, Cell Microbiol, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 35-47, 2000.

W. M. Geisler, Suchland, R. J., Rockey, D. D., and Stamm, W. E., “Epidemiology and clinical manifestations of unique Chlamydia trachomatis isolates that occupy nonfusogenic inclusions.”, J Infect Dis, vol. 184, no. 7, pp. 879-84, 2001.

W. J. Brown, Skeiky, Y. A. W., Probst, P., and Rockey, D. D., “Chlamydial antigens colocalize within IncA-laden fibers extending from the inclusion membrane into the host cytosol.”, Infect Immun, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 5860-4, 2002.

D. D. Rockey, Viratyosin, W., Bannantine, J. P., Suchland, R. J., and Stamm, W. E., “Diversity within inc genes of clinical Chlamydia trachomatis variant isolates that occupy non-fusogenic inclusions.”, Microbiology (Reading), vol. 148, no. Pt 8, pp. 2497-2505, 2002.

D. Alzhanov, Barnes, J., Hruby, D. E., and Rockey, D. D., “Chlamydial development is blocked in host cells transfected with Chlamydophila caviae incA.”, BMC Microbiol, vol. 4, p. 24, 2004.

M. Xia, Suchland, R. J., Bumgarner, R. E., Peng, T., Rockey, D. D., and Stamm, W. E., “Chlamydia trachomatis variant with nonfusing inclusions: growth dynamic and host-cell transcriptional response.”, J Infect Dis, vol. 192, no. 7, pp. 1229-36, 2005.

R. J. Suchland, Rockey, D. D., Weeks, S. K., Alzhanov, D. T., and Stamm, W. E., “Development of secondary inclusions in cells infected by Chlamydia trachomatis.”, Infect Immun, vol. 73, no. 7, pp. 3954-62, 2005.

D. T. Alzhanov, Suchland, R. J., Bakke, A. C., Stamm, W. E., and Rockey, D. D., “Clonal isolation of chlamydia-infected cells using flow cytometry.”, J Microbiol Methods, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 201-8, 2007.

H. G. Chu, Weeks, S. K., Gilligan, D. M., and Rockey, D. D., “Host alpha-adducin is redistributed and localized to the inclusion membrane in chlamydia- and chlamydophila-infected cells.”, Microbiology (Reading), vol. 154, no. Pt 12, pp. 3848-3855, 2008.

R. J. Suchland, Jeffrey, B. M., Xia, M., Bhatia, A., Chu, H. G., Rockey, D. D., and Stamm, W. E., “Identification of concomitant infection with Chlamydia trachomatis IncA-negative mutant and wild-type strains by genomic, transcriptional, and biological characterizations.”, Infect Immun, vol. 76, no. 12, pp. 5438-46, 2008.

D. T. Alzhanov, Weeks, S. K., Burnett, J. R., and Rockey, D. D., “Cytokinesis is blocked in mammalian cells transfected with Chlamydia trachomatis gene CT223.”, BMC Microbiol, vol. 9, p. 2, 2009.

B. M. Jeffrey, Suchland, R. J., Quinn, K. L., Davidson, J. R., Stamm, W. E., and Rockey, D. D., “Genome sequencing of recent clinical Chlamydia trachomatis strains identifies loci associated with tissue tropism and regions of apparent recombination.”, Infect Immun, vol. 78, no. 6, pp. 2544-53, 2010.

D. D. Rockey, “Unraveling the basic biology and clinical significance of the chlamydial plasmid.”, J Exp Med, vol. 208, no. 11, pp. 2159-62, 2011.

K. M. Sandoz, Eriksen, S. G., Jeffrey, B. M., Suchland, R. J., Putman, T. E., Hruby, D. E., Jordan, R., and Rockey, D. D., “Resistance to a novel antichlamydial compound is mediated through mutations in Chlamydia trachomatis secY.”, Antimicrob Agents Chemother, vol. 56, no. 8, pp. 4296-302, 2012.