Requirements for invasion of epithelial cells by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.
Sreenivasan, P.K., D. H. Meyer, and P. Fives-Taylor. 1993.  Infect. Immun. 61:1239-1245.

Adhesion of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to a human oral cell line.
Mintz, K. P. and P. M. Fives-Taylor. (1994)  Infect. Immun. 62:3672-3678.

Characteristics of A. actinomycetemcomitans invasion of and adhesion to epithelial cells.
Fives-Taylor, P. M., D. H. Meyer, and K. P. Mintz. (1994)  Adv. Dent. Res. 9:55-64.

Virulence Factors of the Periodontopathogen Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.
Fives-Taylor, P.M., D. H. Meyer, and K. P. Mintz. (1996)  J. Periodontol. 67:291-297.

Invasion of epithelial cells by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans: a dynamic, multistep process.
Meyer, D., J. Lippmann, and P. Fives-Taylor. (1996)  Infect. Immun. 64:2988-2997.

Models of bacterial invasion of enteric and periodontal pathogens into epithelial cells: A comparative analysis.
Fives-Taylor, P., D. Meyer, and K. Mintz. 1997.  Critical Rev. Oral Biol Med. 8:389-409.

The role of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease.
Meyer, D. H. and P. Fives-Taylor. 1997.  Trends in Microbiol. 5:224-228.

Oral pathogens: from dental plaque to cardiac disease.
Meyer DH and Fives-Taylor PM. 1998.  Curr Opin Microbiol 1998: 1: 88-95.

What Makes the Periodontopathogen, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, a Virulent Microorganism.
Fives-Taylor, P. and D. Meyer. 1998.  Periodontology 2000. 20:136-167.

Detection of bacteria-microtubual interactions in a cell-free system.
Rose, J., D. Meyer, and P. Fives-Taylor. 1998. Meth. Cell Sci. 19:325-330.

Binding of the Periodontopathogen, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, to Extracellular Matrix Proteins.
Mintz, K. P. and P. Fives-Taylor. 1998. Oral Microbiol. Immunol. 14:109-116.

Microtubules and the intracellular movement and  spread of the periodontopathogen, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.
Meyer, D.H., J. E. Rose, J. E. Lippmann and P. Fives-Taylor. 1999.  Infect. Immun. Dec;67(12):6518-25.

Expression of the Green Fluorescent Protein in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.
Lippmann, J., E. Froeliger and P. Fives-Taylor. 1999. Oral Microbiol. Immunol. Oct;14(5):321-5.

Identification of genes coding for exported proteins of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.
Mintz KP, Fives-Taylor PM.  Infect Immun 1999 Nov;67(11):6217-20.

Streptococcus parasanguis

Characterization of allelic replacement in Streptococcus parasanguis: transformation and homologous recombination in a "nontransformable" streptococcus.
Fenno, J. C., A. Shaikh and P. Fives-Taylor. 1993.  Gene 130:81-90

Overexpression and purification of a fimbria-associated adhesin of Streptococcus parasanguis.
Oligino, L. and P. Fives-Taylor. 1993.  Infect. Immun. 61:1016-1022.

FimA, a major virulence factor associated with Streptococcus parasanguis endocarditis.
Burnette-Curley, D., V. Wells, H. Viscount, C. L. Munro, J. C. Fenno, P. Fives-Taylor, and F. L. Macrina. (1995)
Infect. Immun. 65:4669:4674.

The fimA locus of Streptococcus parasanguis encodes an ATP-binding membrane transport system.
Fenno, J. C., A. Shaikh, G. Spatafora, and P. Fives-Taylor. (1995) Mol. Microbiol. 15:849-863.

Isolation and characterization of Fap1, a fimbriae-associated adhesin of Streptococcus parasanguis FW213.
Wu, Hui, K. P. Mintz, M. Ladha, and P. M. Fives-Taylor. 1998.  Mol. Microbiol. 28:487-500.

Methods for studying the genetics, molecular biology, physiology, and pathogenesis of the streptococci.
Fives-Taylor, P. and D. L. LeBlanc. 1998.  Meth. Cell Sci. 20:vii-ix.

Analysis of adherence-associated gene expression in oral strptococci: a method for RNA isolation.
Froeliger, E. H. and P. Fives-Taylor. 1998.  Meth. Cell Sci. 20:141-151.

Solution Based Panning as a Means to Isolate Phage Display Fabs Specific for a Bacterial Surface Protein.
Stephenson, A. E., P. Fives-Taylor and R. J. Melamede. 1998.  Meth. Cell Sci. 20:241-249.

Streptococcus parasanguis pepO encodes an endopeptidase that is similar in structure and activity to mammalian neutral endopeptidase and endothelin-converting enzyme.
Froeliger, E.H., J. Oetjen, J.P.Bond, and P. Fives-Taylor. 1999.  Infect. Immun. Oct;67(10):5206-14.

Dipeptide repeats and a cell wall sorting signal of Fap1 are involved in the adherence of Streptococcus parasanguis FW213.
Wu, Hui and P. Fives-Taylor. 1999. Molec. Microbiol. Dec;34(5):1070-81

Expression and characterization of a recombinant PepO endopeptidase from Streptococcus parasanguis.
Oetjen, J., P. Fives-Taylor and E. Froeliger. 19. Submitted to Infect. Immun.