Dr. Yuetan Dou

Post-doctoral Fellow
China Agricultural University, China


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

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Biography

Dr. Yuetan Dou is currently working as Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at China Agricultural University, China. He has completed his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from same University. His main area of interest focuses on Microbiology. His area of expertise includes Microbiology, Oral Pathogen, Protein Purification, In Vitro Transcription, Protein-Protein Interaction, Pseudomonas, Extremophile, Primer Extension, Sigma Factor, Streptococcus, Nitrogen fixation, Gene Cloning, EMSA, Anaerobe, ECF Sigma Factor, Porphyromonas, Infection, Protein Expression, 5-RACE, and Western-Blot. He has 18 publications in journals contributed as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Molecular Sciences
Microbiology
Pseudomonas
Oral Pathogen
DNA Microarray

Selected Publications

  1. McKenzie, R.M., W. Aruni, N.A. Johnson, A. Robles and Y. Dou et al., 2015. Metabolome variations in the Porphyromonas gingivalis vimA mutant during hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress. Mol. Oral. Microbiol., 30: 111-127.
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  2. Dou, Y., W. Aruni, A. Muthiah, F. Roy, C. Wang and H.M. Fletcher, 2015. Studies of the extracytoplasmic function sigma factor PG0162 in Porphyromonas gingivalis. Mol. Oral. Microbiol., 10.1111/omi.12122.
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  3. Dou, Y., A. Robles, F. Roy, A.W. Aruni, L. Sandberg, E. Nothnagel and H.M. Fletcher, 2015. The roles of RgpB and Kgp in late onset gingipain activity in the vimA-defective mutant of Porphyromonas gingivalis W83. Mol. Oral. Microbiol., 10.1111/omi.12098.
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  4. Aruni, A.W., Y. Dou, A. Mishra and H.M. Fletcher, 2015. The biofilm community-rebels with a cause. Curr. Oral Health Rep., 2: 48-56.
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  5. Aruni, A.W., A. Mishra, Y. Dou, O. Chioma, B.N. Hamilton and H.M. Fletcher, 2015. Filifactor alocis - a new emerging periodontal pathogen. Microbes Infect., 17: 517-530.
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  6. Dou, Y., W. Aruni, T. Luo, F. Roy, C. Wang and H.M. Fletcher, 2014. Involvement of PG2212 zinc finger protein in the regulation of oxidative stress resistance in Porphyromonas gingivalis W83. J. Bacteriol., 196: 4057-4070.
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  7. Aruni, A.W., K. Zhang, Y. Dou and H. Fletcher, 2014. Proteome analysis of coinfection of epithelial cells with Filifactor alocis and Porphyromonas gingivalis shows modulation of pathogen and host regulatory pathways. Infect. Immun., 82: 3261-3274.
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  8. Osbourne, D., A.W. Aruni, Y. Dou, C. Perry, D.S. Boskovic, F. Roy and H.M. Fletcher, 2012. VimA-dependent modulation of the secretome in Porphyromonas gingivalis. Mol. Oral Microbiol., 27: 420-435.
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  9. McKenzie, R.M., N.A. Johnson, W. Aruni, Y. Dou, G. Masinde and H.M. Fletcher, 2012. Differential response of Porphyromonas gingivalis to varying levels and duration of hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress. Microbiology, 158: 2465-2479.
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  10. Fletcher, H.M., A.P. Fox, W. Aruni and Y. Dou, 2012. Oral microbiology and immunology. Chap 8: Applied molecular biology and the oral microbes. ASM press, Washing, D.C...

  11. Aruni, A.W., J. Lee, D. Osbourne, Y. Dou and F. Roy, 2012. VimA-dependent modulation of acetyl coenzyme A levels and lipid A biosynthesis can alter virulence in Porphyromonas gingivalis. Infect. Immun., 80: 550-564.
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  12. Xu, P., X. Ge, L. Chen, X. Wang and Y. Dou et al., 2011. Genome-wide essential gene identification in Streptococcus sanguinis. Sci. Rep., 10.1038/srep00125.
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  13. Chen, L., X. Ge, Y. Dou, X. Wang, J.R. Patel and P. Xu, 2011. Identification of hydrogen peroxide production-related genes in Streptococcus sanguinis and their functional relationship with pyruvate oxidase. Microbiology, 157: 13-20.
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  14. Aruni, W., E. Vanterpool, D. Osbourne, F. Roy, A. Muthiah, Y. Dou and H.M. Fletcher, 2011. Sialidase and sialoglycoproteases can modulate virulence in Porphyromonas gingivalis. Infect. Immun., 79: 2779-2791.
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  15. Dou, Y., D. Osbourne, R. McKenzie and H.M. Fletcher, 2010. Involvement of extracytoplasmic function sigma factors in virulence regulation in Porphyromonas gingivalis W83. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 312: 24-32.
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  16. Yan, Y., J. Yang, Y. Dou, M. Chen and S. Ping et al., 2008. Nitrogen fixation island and rhizosphere competence traits in the genome of root-associated Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 105: 7564-7569.
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  17. Dou, Y.T., Y.L. Yan, S.Z. Ping, W. Lu and M. Chen et al., 2008. Expression profile analysis of the oxygen response in the nitrogen-fixing Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501 by genome-wide DNA microarray. Chin. Sci. Bull., 53: 1197-1204.
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  18. Ma, Y., Y. Xue, Y. Dou, Z. Xu, W. Tao and P. Zhou, 2004. Characterization and gene cloning of a novel beta-mannanase from alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. N16-5. Extremophiles, 8: 447-454.
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