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Jeffrey Felton - Professor of Microbiology
Background
Education
Ph.D., Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
1980 Dissertation - Genetic Studies in the Chromosomal Region Containing the DNA Replication Origin of Escherichia coli K-12
1971 S.B. in Life Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1981-83 Postdoctoral Study in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular
Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Courses Taught at Western University
OM5145 Introduction to Disease, Immunity and Therapeutics (DO Program)
Systems (in DO Program): Respiratory, Renal, Reproductive, Neurosensory

PA305 Structure and Function II (PA Program)

Prior Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmacy
University of California, San Francisco
1984-1992
Selected Publications
  • Felton, J.R., Wright, A., 1979. Plasmid pSC101 replication in integratively suppressed cells requires dnaA function. Molec. Gen. Genet. 175: 231-233.
  • Reynolds, A.E., Felton, J.R., Wright, A., 1981. Insertion of DNA activates the cryptic bgl operon in Escherichia coli K-12. Nature 293: 625-629.
  • Holt, S.C. , Ebersole, J., Felton, J.R., Brunsvold, M., Kornman, K.S., 1988. Implantation of Bacteroides gingivalis in nonhuman primates initiates progression of periodontitis. Science 239: 55-57.
  • De Souza, Y.G., Greenspan, D., Felton, J.R. , Hartzog, G.A., Hammer, M., Greenspan, J.S., 1989. Localization of Epstein-Barr virus DNA in the epithelial cells of oral hairy leukoplakia by in situ hybridization on tissue sections. N. Engl. J. Med. 320: 1559-1560.
  • Li, J., Ellen, R.P., Hoover , C.I., Felton, J.R., 1991. Association of proteases of Porphyromonas (Bacteroides) gingivalis with its adhesion to Actinomyces viscosus. J. Dent Res. 70: 82-86.
  • Hoover , C.I., Ng, C.Y., Felton, J.R., 1992. Correlation of haemagglutination activity with trypsin-like protease activity of Porphyromonas gingivalis. Archs. Oral Biol. 37: 515-520.
  • Hoover , C.I., Abarbarchuk, E., Ng, C.Y., Felton, J.R., 1992. Transposition of Tn4351 in Porphyromonas gingivalis. Plasmid 27: 246-250

Other

Founding Member, Editorial Board, BioTechniques, The Journal of Laboratory Technology for Bioresearch, 1982-2001

Last Updated:05/22/2009