Hank Heath
Associate Professor Emeritus
Research Interests
- Bacterial gene structure, organization, and regulation
Selected Publications
- Gargis, S.R., H.E. Heath, P.A. LeBlanc, L. Dekker, R.S. Simmonds, and G.L. Sloan. 2010. Inhibition of the activity of both domains of lysostaphin through peptidoglycan modification by the lysostaphin immunity protein. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76:6944 – 6946.
- Gargis, A.S., A.H. Tate, L.S. Heath, H.E. Heath, P.A. LeBlanc, and G.L. Sloan. 2010. Complete nucleotide sequences of plasmids pACK1 and pACK3 from Staphylococcus simulans biovar staphylolyticus. Plasmid 64:104 – 109.
- Gargis, S.R., A.S. Gargis, H.E. Heath, L.S. Heath, P.A. LeBlanc, M.M. Senn, B. Berger-Bächi, R.S. Simmonds, and G.L. Sloan. 2009. Zif, the zoocin A immunity factor, is a FemABX-like immunity protein with a novel mode of action. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75: 6205 – 6210.
- Gargis, A.S., L.S. Heath, H.E. Heath, P.A. LeBlanc, and G.L. Sloan. 2009. Characterization of pACK4, a mobilizable plasmid from Staphylococcus simulans biovar staphylolyticus. Plasmid 62:201 – 205.
- Gargis, S.R., H.E. Heath, L.S. Heath, P.A. LeBlanc, R.S. Simmonds, B.D. Abbott, R. Timkovich, and G.L. Sloan. 2009. Use of 4-sulfophenyl isothiocyanate labeling and mass spectrometry to determine the site of action of the streptococcolytic peptidoglycan hydrolase zoocin A. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75:72 – 77.
- Heath, L.S., S.R. Gargis, S.R. Smithberg, H.P. Johnson, H.E. Heath, P.A. LeBlanc, and G.L. Sloan. 2005. Plasmid-specified FemABX-like immunity factor in Staphylococcus sciuri DD 4747. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 249:227 – 231.
- Heath, L.S., H.E. Heath, P.A. LeBlanc, S.R. Smithberg, M. Dufour, R.S. Simmonds, and G.L. Sloan. 2004. The streptococcolytic enzyme zoocin A is a penicillin-binding protein. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 236:205 – 211.