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2011

1. zhou, H., Lin, J., Johnson, A., Morgan, R. L., Zhong, W. and Ma, W. 2011 Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopZ1 targets a host enzyme to suppress isoflavone biosynthesis and promote infection in soybean. Cell Host and Microbe 9: 177–186

2. Ma, K.-W., Flores, C. and Ma, W. 2011 Chromatin configuration as a battlefield in plant-bacteria interactions. Plant Physiology 157: 535–543

   2010

3. Morgan, R. L., Zhou, H., Lehto, E., Nguyen, N., Bains, A., Wang, X. and Ma, W. 2010 Catalytic domain of the diversified Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopZ1 determines the allelic specificity in plant hosts. Molecular Microbiology 76: 437–455

4. Yang, Y., Zhao, J., Morgan, R. L., Ma, W. and Jiang, T. 2010 Computational prediction of type III secreted proteins from gram-negative bacteria. BMC Bioinformatics 11: S47

   2009

5. Zhou, H., Morgan, R. L., Guttman, D. S. and Ma, W. 2009 Allelic variants of the Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopZ1 are differentially recognized by plant resistance systems. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 22: 176-189

   2008

6. Wang, H., Wang, D., Li, M., Zhou, C., Ma, W., Su, X., Liu, R. and Zhang, S. 2008 Enhanced anti-tumor immunity generated by Rituximab-coated tumor cell vaccine. Cancer Letters 268: 129-136

7. Ma, W. and Guttman, D.S. 2008 Evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic virulence effectors. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 11: 412-419

8. Lewis, J.D., Abada, W., Ma, W., Guttman, D.S. and Desveaux, D. 2008. The HopZ family of Pseudomonas syringae type III effectors require myristoylation for virulence and avirulence functions in Arabidopsis. Journal of Bacteriology 190: 2880-2891.

9. Liu, J., Mao, Y., Gu, Y., Huang, M., Zhang, W., Guo, L. and Ma, W. 2008 Large irradiance limiting induced by three-photon absorption of a symmetrical fluorene-based molecule. Optics Express 16: 4739-4746

   2007

10. Zhong, Y., Zhou, C., Ma, W., Wang, D., Guo, S., Su, X. and Zhang, S. 2007 Most MCF7 and SK-OV3 cells were deprived of their stem nature by Hoechst 33342. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 364: 338-343

11. Li, N., Qin, H., Li, X., Zhou, C., Wang, D., Ma, W., Lin, C., Zhang, Y., Wang, S. and Zhang, S. 2007 Synergistic antitumor effect of chemotactic-prostate tumor-associated antigen gene-modified tumor cell vaccine and anti-CTLA-4 mAb in murine tumor model. Immunology Letters 113: 90-98

12. Li, N., Qin,H., Li, X., Zhou, C., Wang, D., Ma, W., Lin, C., Zhang, Y., Wang, S. and Zhang, S. 2007 Potent systemic antitumor immunity induced by vaccination with chemotactic-prostate tumor associated antigen gene-modified tumor cell and blockade of B7-H1. Journal of Clinical Immunology 27: 117-130

    2006

13. Ma, W. Dong F.F.T, Stavrinides J. and Guttman, D.S. 2006. Type III effector diversification via both pathoadaptation and horizontal transfer in response to a coevolutionary arms race. PLoS Genetics 2: 2131-2142

14. Lin, X., Zhou, C., Wang, S., Wang, D., Ma, W., Liang, X., Lin, C., Wang, Z., Li, J., Guo, S., Zhang, Y. and Zhang, S. 2006 Enhanced antitumor effect against human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) by vaccination with chemotactic-hTERT gene-modified tumor cell and the combination with anti-4-1BB monoclonal antibodies. International Journal of Cancer 119: 1886-1896

15. Sun, W., Qian, H., Zhang, X., Zhou, C., Liang, X., Wang, D., Fu, M., Ma, W., Zhang, S. and Lin, C. 2006 Induction of protective and therapeutic antitumour immunity using a novel tumour-associated antigen-specific DNA vaccine. Immunology and Cell Biology 84: 440-447

16. Stavrinides, J., Ma, W. and Guttman, D.S. 2006 Terminal reassortment drives the quantum evolution of type III effectors in bacterial pathogens. PLoS Pathogens 2: 913-921

17. Liu, R., Zhou, C., Wang, D., Ma, W., Lin, C., Wang, Y., Liang, X., Li, J., Guo, S., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y. and Zhang, S. 2006 Enhancement of DNA vaccine potency by sandwiching antigen-coding gene between secondary lymphoid tissue chemokine (SLC) and IgG Fc fragment genes. Cancer Biology and Therapy 5: 427-434

18. Qin, H., Zhou, C., Wang, D., Ma, W., Liang, X., Lin, C., Zhang, Y. and Zhang, S. 2006 Enhancement of antitumour immunity by a novel chemotactic antigen DNA vaccine encoding chemokines and multiepitopes of prostate-tumour-associated antigens. Immunology 117: 419-430

    2005

19. Qin H, Zhou C, Wang D, Ma W, Liang X, Lin C, Zhang Y, Zhang S 2005 Specific antitumor immune response induced by a novel DNA vaccine composed of multiple CTL and T helper cell epitopes of prostate cancer associated antigens. Immunology Letters 99: 85-93

    2004

20. Ma, W., Charles, T.C. and Glick, B.R. 2004 Expression of an exogenous 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase gene in Sinorhizobium meliloti increases its ability to nodulate alfalfa. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70: 5891-5897

    2003

21. Ma, W., Guinel, F.C. and Glick, B.R.2003 Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase promotes nodulation of pea plants. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69: 4396-4402

22. Ma, W., Sebestianova, S.B., Sebestian, J., Burd, G.I., Guinel, F.C. and Glick, B.R. 2003 Prevalence of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase in Rhizobium spp. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 83: 285-291

    2002

23. Ma, W., Penrose, D.M. and Glick, B.R.2002 Strategies used by rhizobia to lower plant ethylene levels and increase nodulation. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 48: 947-954