Anna’s research centres on the cloning, expression, purification and characterisation of potential prophage encoded virulence factors in Streptococcal species, predominantly Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus equi.
She is a member of The Society for General Microbiology.
Smith NL, Taylor EJ, Lindsay A-M, Charnock SJ, Turkenburg JP, Dodson EJ, Davies GJ & Black GW (2005) Structure of a group A streptococcal phage-encoded virulence factor reveals a catalytically-active triple-stranded beta-helix. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 102, 17652-17657.
Lindsay A-M, Zhang M, Mitchell Z, Holden MTG, Waller AS, Sutcliffe IC & Black GW. The Streptococcus equi prophage-encoded protein SEQ2045 is a hyaluronan-specific hyaluronate lyase that is produced during equine infection. Microbiology-SGM In press.
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