Michael Mourez

Mapping the anthrax protective antigen binding site on the lethal and edema factors.

The lethal and edema factors of anthrax toxin bind only to oligomeric forms of the protective antigen.

2001: a year of major advances in anthrax toxin research.

Crystal structure of a defective folding protein.

A dually active anthrax vaccine that confers protection against both bacilli and toxins.

Mapping dominant-negative mutations of anthrax protective antigen by scanning mutagenesis.

Use of phage display and polyvalency to design inhibitors of protein-protein interactions.

The periplasmic folding of a cysteineless autotransporter passenger domain interferes with its outer membrane translocation.

Adhesion mediated by autotransporters of Gram-negative bacteria: structural and functional features.

Surface display of proteins by gram-negative bacterial autotransporters.

Proteolytic processing is not essential for multiple functions of the Escherichia coli autotransporter adhesin involved in diffuse adherence (AIDA-I).

paa, originally identified in attaching and effacing Escherichia coli, is also associated with enterotoxigenic E. coli.

Contribution of AIDA-I to the pathogenicity of a porcine diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and to intestinal colonization through biofilm formation in pigs.

Mutations affecting the biogenesis of the AIDA-I autotransporter.

Functional organization of the autotransporter adhesin involved in diffuse adherence.

O-linked glycosylation ensures the normal conformation of the autotransporter adhesin involved in diffuse adherence.

Escherichia coli STb toxin binding to sulfatide and its inhibition by carragenan.

Modulation of hexa-acyl pyrophosphate lipid A population under Escherichia coli phosphate (Pho) regulon activation.

Heterogeneity of Escherichia coli STb enterotoxin isolated from diseased pigs.

The Escherichia coli AIDA-I autotransporter undergoes cytoplasmic glycosylation independently of export.

Mutation in the LPS outer core biosynthesis gene, galU, affects LPS interaction with the RTX toxins ApxI and ApxII and cytolytic activity of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1.

Autoprocessing of the Escherichia coli AIDA-I autotransporter: a new mechanism involving acidic residues in the junction region.

Conformation change in a self-recognizing autotransporter modulates bacterial cell-cell interaction.

Molecular composition of staufen2-containing ribonucleoproteins in embryonic rat brain.

Growth-phase-dependent expression of the operon coding for the glycosylated autotransporter adhesin AIDA-I of pathogenic Escherichia coli.

Structure-function analysis of the TibA self-associating autotransporter reveals a modular organization.

Lrp-DNA complex stability determines the level of ON cells in type P fimbriae phase variation.

Biochemical and biological characterization of Escherichia coli STb His(12) to Asn variant.

A structural motif is the recognition site for a new family of bacterial protein O-glycosyltransferases.