Faculty Detail    Name MICHAEL GRAY   Campus Address BBRB 656 Zip 2170 Phone  (205) 934-6293 E-mail  mjgray@uab.edu Other websites lab website

 Education

Faculty Appointment(s) Appointment Type Department Division Rank Primary  Microbiology  Microbiology Associate Professor Center  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci Associate Professor Center  UAB Immunology Institute  UAB Immunology Institute Associate Professor Center  UWIRC Microbiome Center  UWIRC Microbiome Center Associate Professor

Graduate Biomedical Sciences Affiliations Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Program  Cell, Molecular, & Developmental Biology  Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics  Immunology  Microbiology  Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine

Selected Publications  Rudat AK, Pokhrel A, Green TJ, Gray MJ. Mutations in Escherichia coli Polyphosphate Kinase That Lead to Dramatically Increased In Vivo Polyphosphate Levels. J Bacteriol. 2018 Feb 23;200(6). pii: e00697-17.  29311274  Gray, M.J. and Jakob, U. Oxidative stress protection by polyphosphate: new roles for an old player. Curr Opin Microbiol 2015; 24: 1-6.   25589044  Gray, M.J., Wholey, W.-Y., Cremers, C.M., Wagner, N.O., Mueller-Schickert, A., Hock, N.T., Krieger, A.G., Smith, E.M., Bender, R.A., Bardwell, J.C.A., and Jakob, U. Polyphosphate is a Primordial Chaperone. Mol Cell 2014; 53(5): 689-699.  24560923  Parker, B.W., Schwessinger, E.A., and Jakob, U, and Gray, M.J. The RclR protein is a reactive chlorine-specific transcription factor in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 2013; 288(45): 32574-32584.   24078635  Gray, M.J., Wholey, W.-Y., and Jakob, U. Bacterial responses to reactive chlorine species. Annu Rev Microbiol 2013; 67: 141-60.   23768204