Physician

Internal Medicine

Dr. Carol L. Bender works in the field of Internal Medicine. She researched medicine at State University of New York Upstate Medical University. Carol Bender is a published MD as well. She has 73 publications published. The latest was: Biosynthesis of the Pseudomonas polyketide coronafacic acid requires monofunctional and multifunctional polyketide synthase proteins.

Publications

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• The Plant Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato Is Genetically Monomorphic and under Strong Selection to Evade Tomato Immunity.
• A role for chloroplast-localized Thylakoid Formation 1 (THF1) in bacterial speck disease development.
• A virus-induced gene silencing screen identifies a role for Thylakoid Formation1 in Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato symptom development in tomato and Arabidopsis.
• Simple and rapid capillary zone electrophoresis method for the detection of coronamic acid, a precursor to the Pseudomonas syringae phytotoxin coronatine.
• Involvement of coronatine-inducible reactive oxygen species in bacterial speck disease of tomato.
• Pathogenicity of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato on tomato seedlings: phenotypic and gene expression analyses of the virulence function of coronatine.
• The phytotoxin coronatine contributes to pathogen fitness and is required for suppression of salicylic acid accumulation in tomato inoculated with Pseudomonas syringae...
• The algT gene of Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea and new insights into the transcriptional organization of the algT-muc gene cluster.
• CorR regulates multiple components of virulence in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000.
• Novel virulence gene of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato strain DC3000.
• Pseudomonas syringae manipulates systemic plant defenses against pathogens and herbivores.
• The Pseudomonas syringae genome encodes a combined mannuronan C-5-epimerase and O-acetylhydrolase, which strongly enhances the predicted gel-forming properties of algi...
• Characterization of Cfa1, a monofunctional acyl carrier protein involved in the biosynthesis of the phytotoxin coronatine.
• Identification and characterization of a well-defined series of coronatine biosynthetic mutants of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000.
• The complete genome sequence of the Arabidopsis and tomato pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000.
• RpoN (sigma(54)) is required for plasmid-encoded coronatine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae.
• Dissemination of the strA-strB streptomycin-resistance genes among commensal and pathogenic bacteria from humans, animals, and plants.
• Characterization of pXV10A, a Copper Resistance Plasmid in Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria.
• Characterisation of genes involved in biosynthesis of coronafacic acid, the polyketide component of the phytotoxin coronatine.
• Distribution of the streptomycin-resistance transposon Tn5393 among phylloplane and soil bacteria from managed agricultural habitats.
• Similarity between Copper Resistance Genes from Xanthomonas campestris and Pseudomonas syringae.
• DNA probes for detection of copper resistance genes in Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria.
• Indigenous plasmids in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato: conjugative transfer and role in copper resistance.
• Ecological and genetic analysis of copper and streptomycin resistance in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae.
• Genetic and plasmid diversity within natural populations of Pseudomonas syringae with various exposures to copper and streptomycin bactericides.
• Resistance to ultraviolet light in Pseudomonas syringae: sequence and functional analysis of the plasmid-encoded rulAB genes.
• Molecular cloning of copper resistance genes from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato.
• Expression of the strA-strB streptomycin resistance genes in Pseudomonas syringae and Xanthomonas campestris and characterization of IS6100 in X. campestris.
• Analysis of the enzymatic domains in the modular portion of the coronafacic acid polyketide synthase.
• Sequence, expression and transcriptional analysis of the coronafacate ligase-encoding gene required for coronatine biosynthesis by Pseudomonas syringae.
• The transcriptional activator CorR is involved in biosynthesis of the phytotoxin coronatine and binds to the cmaABT promoter region in a temperature-dependent manner.
• Identification and relatedness of coronatine-producing Pseudomonas syringae pathovars by PCR analysis and sequence determination of the amplification products.
• Involvement of the exopolysaccharide alginate in the virulence and epiphytic fitness of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae.
• Cloning and expression of genes required for coronamic Acid (2-ethyl-1-aminocyclopropane 1-carboxylic Acid), an intermediate in the biosynthesis of the phytotoxin coro...
• Effects of Environmental and Nutritional Factors on Production of the Polyketide Phytotoxin Coronatine by Pseudomonas syringae pv. Glycinea.
• Conservation of Plasmid DNA Sequences in Coronatine-Producing Pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae.
• Phosphorylation of CorS and CorR, regulatory proteins that modulate production of the phytotoxin coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae.
• Biosynthesis of the Pseudomonas polyketide coronafacic acid requires monofunctional and multifunctional polyketide synthase proteins.
• Characterization of alginate lyase from Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae.
• Molecular analysis of closely related copper- and streptomycin-resistance plasmids in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae.
• Analysis and expression of algL, which encodes alginate lyase in Pseudomonas syringae Pv. syringae.
• Characterization and transcriptional analysis of the gene cluster for coronafacic acid, the polyketide component of the phytotoxin coronatine.
• Genetic divergence in the algT-muc operon controlling alginate biosynthesis and response to environmental stress in Pseudomonas syringae.
• Analysis of the rpoN locus in the plant pathogenic bacterium, Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea.
• Biosynthesis and regulation of coronatine, a non-host-specific phytotoxin produced by Pseudomonas syringae.
• Growth phase and temperature influence promoter activity, transcript abundance, and protein stability during biosynthesis of the Pseudomonas syringae phytotoxin corona...
• Expression and analysis of coronafacate ligase, a thermoregulated gene required for production of the phytotoxin coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae.
• Use of Tn5-gusA5 to investigate environmental and nutritional effects on gene expression in the coronatine biosynthetic gene cluster of Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea.
• Pseudomonas syringae phytotoxins: mode of action, regulation, and biosynthesis by peptide and polyketide synthetases.
• Copper as a signal for alginate synthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae.
• Characterization of the genes controlling the biosynthesis of the polyketide phytotoxin coronatine including conjugation between coronafacic and coronamic acid.
• The biosynthetic gene cluster for coronamic acid, an ethylcyclopropyl amino acid, contains genes homologous to amino acid-activating enzymes and thioesterases.
• Regulatory interactions between the Hrp type III protein secretion system and coronatine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000.
• AlgT (sigma22) controls alginate production and tolerance to environmental stress in Pseudomonas syringae.
• Characterization of plasmids encoding the phytotoxin coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae.
• dnaK and the heat stress response of Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea.
• Regulation of alginate biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae.
• Characterization of CorR, a transcriptional activator which is required for biosynthesis of the phytotoxin coronatine.
• Characterization of the alginate biosynthetic gene cluster in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae.
• Use of translational fusions to the maltose-binding protein to produce and purify proteins in Pseudomonas syringae and assess their activity in vivo.
• A modified two-component regulatory system is involved in temperature-dependent biosynthesis of the Pseudomonas syringae phytotoxin coronatine.
• Plasmid-mediated production of the phytotoxin coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato.
• Physical and functional characterization of the gene cluster encoding the polyketide phytotoxin coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea.
• Alginate gene expression by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 in host and non-host plants.
• Analysis of rILERS, an isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase gene associated with mupirocin production by Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 10586.
• AlgR functions in algC expression and virulence in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae.
• Virulence systems of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato promote bacterial speck disease in tomato by targeting the jasmonate signaling pathway.
• The phytotoxin coronatine and methyl jasmonate impact multiple phytohormone pathways in tomato.
• The phytotoxin coronatine induces light-dependent reactive oxygen species in tomato seedlings.
• Transcriptional studies of the hrpM/opgH gene in Pseudomonas syringae during biofilm formation and in response to different environmental challenges.
• The Pseudomonas syringae phytotoxin coronatine promotes virulence by overcoming salicylic acid-dependent defences in Arabidopsis thaliana.
• The phytotoxin coronatine from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 functions as a virulence factor and influences defence pathways in edible brassicas.

Schools

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• SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse

• George Washington University

• Washington Hospital Center

Doctors Specialties

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• Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Georgetown University Hospital - Washington Hospital Center
• George Washington University
• State University of New York Upstate Medical University

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