Infectious Diseases:
Affiliations:
Jacob Fleischmann
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Specialist, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Division of Infectious Diseases, 111F
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073
Tel: (310) 268-3015
Fax: (310) 268-4928
jfl@ucla.edu
Research Interests:
Ribosomal RNA transcription in Candida species
Fungal infections and host defense
Selected Publications:
Fleischmann J, Wu-Hsie H and Howard DH. The intracellular fate of Histoplasma capsulatum in human macrophages is unaffected by recombinant human gamma-interferon, Journal of Infectious Diseases161:143-145, 1990.
Baldwin GC, Fleischmann J, Chung Y, Koyanagi Y, Chen ISY, and Golde DW. Human immunodeficiency virus causes mononuclear phagocyte dysfunction. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 87:3933-3937, 1990.
Campbell DA, Kurath U and Fleischmann J. Identification of a gp63 surface glycoprotein in Leishmania tarentolae. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 96:89-92, 1992.
Fleischmann J and Campbell DA. Expression of the Leshmania tarentolae ubiquitin-encoding and mini-exon genes. Gene. 144:45-51, 1994.
Sturm N, Fleischmann J, and Campbell DA. Efficient trans-splicing of mutated spliced leader exons in Leishmania tarentolae. J. Biol. Chem. 273:18689-18692, 1998.
Fleischmann J and Liu H. Polyadenylation of ribosomal RNA by Candida albicans. Gene 265:71-76, 2001.
Sen BH, Chugal NM, Liu H, Fleischmann J. A new method for studying the adhesion of Candida albicans to dentin in the presence or absence of smear layer. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 96:201-6, 2003.
Fleischmann J, Liu H, Wu CP. Polyadenylation of ribosomal RNA by Candida albicans also involves the small subunit. BMC Mol Biol. 5:17; 2004.