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Samuel J. Modlin

Project Scientist, Genome Science, San Diego State University
Verified email at modlin.com
Cited by 135

Drivers and sites of diversity in the DNA adenine methylomes of 93 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex clinical isolates

SJ Modlin, D Conkle-Gutierrez, C Kim, SN Mitchell… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
This study assembles DNA adenine methylomes for 93 Mycobacterium tuberculosis
complex (MTBC) isolates from seven lineages paired with fully-annotated, finished, de novo …

Atypical genetic basis of pyrazinamide resistance in monoresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

SJ Modlin, T Marbach, J Werngren… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pyrazinamide (PZA) is a widely used antitubercular chemotherapeutic. Typically, PZA
resistance (PZA-R) emerges in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with existing resistance to …

[HTML][HTML] Pyrazinamide-resistant Tuberculosis Obscured From Common Targeted Molecular Diagnostics

SJ Modlin, M Mansjö, J Werngren, CM Ejike… - Drug Resistance …, 2023 - Elsevier
Here, we describe a clinical case of pyrazinamide-resistant (PZA-R) tuberculosis (TB) reported
as PZA-susceptible (PZA-S) by common molecular diagnostics. Phenotypic susceptibility …

Service dogs as interventions: State of the science

SJ Modlin - Rehabilitation Nursing Journal, 2000 - journals.lww.com
… Another article by Susan Modlin, which discusses the author's personal experience with
a service dog training program, will be published in the January/February 2001 issue of …

Pyrazinamide susceptibility is driven by activation of the SigE-dependent cell envelope stress response in mycobacterium tuberculosis

JM Thiede, NA Dillon, MD Howe, R Aflakpui, SJ Modlin… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pyrazinamide (PZA) plays a crucial role in first-line tuberculosis drug therapy. Unlike other
antimicrobial agents, PZA is active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis only at low pH. The …

Exact mapping of Illumina blind spots in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome reveals platform-wide and workflow-specific biases

SJ Modlin, C Robinhold, C Morrissey… - Microbial …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is fundamental to Mycobacterium tuberculosis basic
research and many clinical applications. Coverage across Illumina-sequenced M. tuberculosis …

[HTML][HTML] SMRT genome assembly corrects reference errors, resolving the genetic basis of virulence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A Elghraoui, SJ Modlin, F Valafar - BMC genomics, 2017 - Springer
Background The genetic basis of virulence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been investigated
through genome comparisons of virulent (H37Rv) and attenuated (H37Ra) sister strains…

Structure-aware Mycobacterium tuberculosis functional annotation uncloaks resistance, metabolic, and virulence genes

SJ Modlin, A Elghraoui, D Gunasekaran, AM Zlotnicki… - …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Accurate and timely functional genome annotation is essential for translating basic pathogen
research into clinically impactful advances. Here, through literature curation and structure-…

Distribution of Common and Rare Genetic Markers of Second-Line-Injectable-Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Revealed by a Genome-Wide …

…, C Kim, SM Ramirez-Busby, SJ Modlin… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Point mutations in the rrs gene and the eis promoter are known to confer resistance to the
second-line injectable drugs (SLIDs) amikacin (AMK), capreomycin (CAP), and kanamycin (…

Good dog: Aspects of humans' causal attributions for a companion animal's social behavior

CR Sanders, JL Rasmussen, SJ Modlin, AM Holder… - Society & Animals, 1999 - brill.com
Lay theories or assumptions about nonhuman animal mentality undoubtedly influence
relations between people and companion animals. In two experiments respondents gave their …