• Copper Homeostasis in Agrobacterium tumefaciens
• The role of thioredoxin and thioredoxin like genes in oxidative stress response in A. tumefaciens
• Thiol:disulfide oxidoreductase system in A. tumefaciens

Publications:

1. Sukchawalit R, Prapagdee B, Charoenlap N, Vattanaviboon P, Mongkolsuk S. Protection of Xanthomonas against arsenic toxicity involves the peroxide-sensing transcription regulator OxyR. Res Microbiol 2005;156(1):30-4.
2. Chauvatcharin N, Atichartpongkul S, Utamapongchai S, Whangsuk W, Vattanaviboon P, Mongkolsuk S. Genetic and physiological analysis of the major OxyR-regulated katA from Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli. Microbiology 2005;151:597-605.
3. Banjerdkij P, Vattanaviboon P, Mongkolsuk S. Exposure to cadmium elevates expression of genes in the OxyR and OhrR Regulons and induces cross-resistance to peroxide killing treatment in Xanthomonas campestris. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005;71(4):1843-1849.
4. Klomsiri C, Panmanee W, Dharmsthiti S, Vattanaviboon P, Mongkolsuk S. Novel roles of ohrR-ohr in Xanthomonas sensing, metabolism, and physiological adaptive response to lipid hydroperoxide. J Bacteriol 2005;187(9):3277-3281.
5. Charoenlap N, Eiamphungporn W, Chauvatcharin N, Utamapongchai S, Vattanaviboon P, Mongkolsuk S. OxyR mediated compensatory expression between ahpC and katA and the significance of ahpC in protection from hydrogen peroxide in Xanthomonas campestris. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005;249(1):73-8.
6. Vattanaviboon P, Seeanukun C, Whangsuk W, Utamapongchai S, Mongkolsuk S. Important role for methionine sulfoxide reductase in the oxidative stress response of Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli. J Bacteriol 2005;187(16):5831-6.
7. Korbsrisate S, Vanaporn M, Kerdsuk P, Kespichayawattana W, Vattanaviboon P, Kiatpapan P, et al. The Burkholderia pseudomallei RpoE (AlgU) operon is involved in environmental stress tolerance and biofilm formation. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005.252 (2):243-9.
8. Mongkolsuk S, Dubbs JM, Vattanaviboon P. Chemical modulation of physiological adaptation and cross-protective responses against oxidative stress in soil bacterium and phytopathogen, Xanthomonas. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2005;32(11-12):687-90.
9. Chuchue T, Tanboon W, Prapagdee B, Dubbs JM, Vattanaviboon P, Mongkolsuk S. ohrR and ohr are the primary sensor/regulator and protective genes against organic hydroperoxide stress in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. J Bacteriol 2006;188(3):842-51.
10. Panmanee W, Vattanaviboon P, Poole LB, Mongkolsuk S. Novel organic hydroperoxide-sensing and responding mechanisms for OhrR, a major bacterial sensor and regulator of organic hydroperoxide stress. J Bacteriol 2006;188(4):1389-95.
11. Hrimpeng K, Prapagdee B, Banjerdkij P, Vattanaviboon P, Dubbs JM, Mongkolsuk S. Challenging Xanthomonas campestris with low levels of arsenic mediates cross-protection against oxidant killing. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2006;262(1):121-7.
12. Eiamphungporn W, Charoenlap N, Vattanaviboon P, Mongkolsuk S. Agrobacterium tumefaciens soxR is involved in superoxide stress protection and also directly regulates superoxide-inducible expression of itself and a target gene. J Bacteriol 2006;188(24):8669-73.
13. Vattanaviboon P, Tanboon W, Mongkolsuk S. Physiological and expression analyses of Agrobacterium tumefaciens trxA, encoding thioredoxin. J Bacteriol. 2007; 189(17):6477-81.