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  1. Brucella favorite food

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2017, Frontiers

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  2. CtrA controls cell division and outer membrane composition of the pathogenBrucella abortus

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2017, Wiley

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  3. Identification of Immune Effectors Essential to the Control of Primary and Secondary Intranasal Infection with Brucella melitensis in Mice

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, April 2016, The American Association of Immunologists

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  4. Brucella abortus Cell Cycle and Infection Are Coordinated

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, December 2015, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  5. In Situ Characterization of Splenic Brucella melitensis Reservoir Cells during the Chronic Phase of Infection in Susceptible Mice

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2015, PLOS

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  6. Mitochondria: A target for bacteria

    Article • Biochemical Pharmacology, April 2015, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  7. Brucella, nitrogen and virulence

    Article • Critical Reviews in Microbiology, December 2014, Informa Healthcare

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  8. Erythritol feeds the pentose phosphate pathway via three new isomerases leading to D-erythrose-4-phosphate in Brucella

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  9. On the link between cell cycle and infection of the Alphaproteobacterium Brucella abortus

    Article • Microbial Cell, October 2014, Shared Science Publishers OG

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  10. Replication of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis in fibroblasts does not require Atg5-dependent macroautophagy

    Article • BMC Microbiology, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  11. G1-arrested newborn cells are the predominant infectious form of the pathogen Brucella abortus

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2014, Nature

    Dr Geraldine Laloux, Letesson Jean-Jacques

  12. Quorum Sensing and Self-Quorum Quenching in the Intracellular Pathogen Brucellamelitensis

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2013, PLOS

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  13. The Brucella pathogens are polarized bacteria

    Article • Microbes and Infection, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Angeles Zorreguieta, Letesson Jean-Jacques

  14. Innate immune recognition of flagellin limits systemic persistence ofBrucella

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, January 2013, Wiley

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  15. BtpB, a novel Brucella TIR-containing effector protein with immune modulatory functions

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Dr Diego J. Comerci, Letesson Jean-Jacques

  16. Small GTPases andBrucellaentry into the endoplasmic reticulum

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, December 2012, Portland Press Ltd.

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  17. Brucella melitensis MucR, an Orthologue of Sinorhizobium meliloti MucR, Is Involved in Resistance to Oxidative, Detergent, and Saline Stresses and Cell Envelope Modifications

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2012, ASM Journals

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  18. In Situ Microscopy Analysis Reveals Local Innate Immune Response Developed around Brucella Infected Cells in Resistant and Susceptible Mice

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, March 2012, PLOS

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  19. Structural analysis of Brucella abortus RicA substitutions that do not impair interaction with human Rab2 GTPase

    Article • BMC Biochemistry, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  20. Immunogenicity of eight Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis specific antigens in DNA vaccinated and Map infected mice

    Article • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  21. Identification of a Brucella spp. secreted effector specifically interacting with human small GTPase Rab2

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, May 2011, Wiley

    Dr Geraldine Laloux, Letesson Jean-Jacques

  22. The alkylation response protein AidB is localized at the new poles and constriction sites in Brucella abortus

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  23. Identification of the Essential Brucella melitensis Porin Omp2b as a Suppressor of Bax-Induced Cell Death in Yeast in a Genome-Wide Screening

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2010, PLOS

    Dr Geraldine Laloux, Letesson Jean-Jacques

  24. Functional Characterization of the Incomplete Phosphotransferase System (PTS) of the Intracellular Pathogen Brucella melitensis

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2010, PLOS

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  25. Brucella melitensis16M produces a mannan and other extracellular matrix components typical of a biofilm

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, August 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  26. Global Analysis of Quorum Sensing Targets in the Intracellular PathogenBrucella melitensis16 M

    Article • Journal of Proteome Research, June 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  27. Morphological analysis of the sheathed flagellum of Brucella melitensis

    Article • BMC Research Notes, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  28. Overproduced Brucella abortus PdhS-mCherry forms soluble aggregates in Escherichia coli, partially associating with mobile foci of IbpA-YFP

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  29. Rough mutants defective in core and O-polysaccharide synthesis and export induce antibodies reacting in an indirect ELISA with smooth lipopolysaccharide and are less effective than Rev 1 vaccine against Brucella melitensis infection of sheep

    Article • Vaccine, March 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Ignacio Moriyon, Letesson Jean-Jacques

  30. DNA polymorphism analysis of Brucella lipopolysaccharide genes reveals marked differences in O-polysaccharide biosynthetic genes between smooth and rough Brucella species and novel species-specific markers

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ignacio Moriyon, Letesson Jean-Jacques

  31. Correlations between Carbon Metabolism and Virulence in Bacteria

    Article • January 2009, Karger Publishers

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  32. Vaccination of calves using the BRSV nucleocapsid protein in a DNA prime–protein boost strategy stimulates cell-mediated immunity and protects the lungs against BRSV replication and pathology

    Article • Vaccine, September 2008, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  33. Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of DNA vaccines encoding MAP0586c and MAP4308c of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis secretome

    Article • Vaccine, September 2008, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  34. Brucellosis Vaccines: Assessment of Brucella melitensis Lipopolysaccharide Rough Mutants Defective in Core and O-Polysaccharide Synthesis and Export

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2008, PLOS

    Professor Ignacio Moriyon, Letesson Jean-Jacques

  35. Design and implementation of a database for Brucella melitensis genome annotation

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, March 2008, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  36. The asymmetric distribution of the essential histidine kinase PdhS indicates a differentiation event in Brucella abortus

    Article • The EMBO Journal, February 2007, Wiley

    Letesson Jean-Jacques, Dr Régis Hallez

  37. The stringent response mediator Rsh is required for Brucella melitensis and Brucella suis virulence, and for expression of the type IV secretion system virB

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, November 2006, Wiley

    Letesson Jean-Jacques, Dr Régis Hallez

  38. A quorum-sensing regulator controls expression of both the type IV secretion system and the flagellar apparatus of Brucella melitensis

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, August 2005, Wiley

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  39. From the discovery of the Malta fever?s agent to the discovery of a marine mammal reservoir, brucellosis has continuously been a re-emerging zoonosis

    Article • Veterinary Research, May 2005, EDP Sciences

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  40. Morphological and functional asymmetry in α-proteobacteria

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, August 2004, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques, Dr Régis Hallez

  41. Functional, molecular and structural characterisation of five anti-Brucella LPS mAb

    Article • Molecular Immunology, March 2004, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  42. Protective killed Ehrlichia ruminantium vaccine elicits IFN-γ responses by CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes in goats

    Article • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, March 2004, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  43. Brucellapathogenesis, genes identified from random large-scale screens

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, February 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  44. First synthesis of 3-O-methyl-scyllo-inosamine, a natural product which favors the Rhizobium–Leguminosae symbiosis

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, February 2004, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  45. How to substantiate eradication of bovine brucellosis when aspecific serological reactions occur in the course of brucellosis testing

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, December 2002, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  46. Comparison between ‘IgY technology’ from chickens and ‘IgG technology’ from mice for production of tailor-made antibodies

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, March 2002, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  47. Plasticity of a transcriptional regulation network among alpha-proteobacteria is supported by the identification of CtrA targets in Brucella abortus

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2002, Wiley

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  48. Recognition of β-Ketoalcohol-derived Haptens by Tailor-made Antibodies

    Article • Synlett, January 2001, Thieme Publishing Group

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  49. Studies on the Potential of Microparticles EnTropping pDNA-Poly (Aminoacids) Complexes as Vaccine Delivery Systems

    Article • Journal of Drug Targeting, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  50. Selection of Phage-displayed Peptides Recognised by Monoclonal Antibodies Directed against the Lipopolysaccharide ofBrucella

    Article • International Reviews of Immunology, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  51. Genetic organisation of the lipopolysaccharide O-antigen biosynthesis region of Brucella melitensis 16M (wbk)

    Article • Research in Microbiology, October 2000, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  52. Isolation, sequencing and expression of Bartonella henselae omp43 and predicted membrane topology of the deduced protein

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, August 2000, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  53. Conservation of seven genes involved in the biosynthesis of the lipopolysaccharide O-side chain in Brucella spp.

    Article • Research in Microbiology, April 2000, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  54. Topology Prediction ofBrucella AbortusOmp2b and Omp2a Porins After Critical Assessment of Transmembrane β Strands Prediction by Several Secondary Structure Prediction Methods

    Article • Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, February 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  55. Antigenic properties of peptidic mimics for epitopes of the lipopolysaccharide from Brucella

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 1999, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  56. Quantitative assessment by flow cytometry of T-lymphocytes producing antigen-specific γ-interferon in Brucella immune cattle

    Article • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, December 1998, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  57. Serological cross-reactivity between Brucella abortus and Yersinia enterocolitica 0:9:

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, February 1998, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  58. Expression of Lamp‐1 and Lamp‐2 and their interactions with galectin‐3 in human tumor cells

    Article • International Journal of Cancer, January 1998, Wiley

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  59. Expression of Lamp-1 and Lamp-2 and their interactions with galectin-3 in human tumor cells

    Article • International Journal of Cancer, January 1998, Wiley

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  60. Assessment of the cell-mediated immunity in cattle infection after bovine herpesvirus 4 infection, using an in vitro antigen-specific interferon-γ assay

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, November 1996, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  61. Infection of cattle with Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 a cause of the false positive serological reactions in bovine brucellosis diagnostic tests

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, January 1996, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  62. Serological crossreactivity between Brucella abortus and Yersinia enterocolitica 0:9 I Immunoblot analysis of the antibody response to Brucella protein antigens in bovine brucellosis

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, December 1995, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  63. Cloning and sequencing of the bacterioferritin gene of Brucella melitensis 16M strain

    Article • FEBS Letters, March 1995, Wiley

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  64. Screening of phage-displayed peptide libraries with a monoclonal antibody raised against the F protein of the bovine respiratory syncytial virus

    Article • International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  65. Identification of Brucella cell wall antigenic determinants by immunoscreening of a random peptide library expressed at the surface of filamentous phage

    Article • International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  66. Streptococcal products and leukocyte activities

    Article • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, February 1992, Elsevier

    Letesson Jean-Jacques

  67. A study of lysosomal membrane with monoclonal antibodies

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, June 1987, Portland Press Ltd.

    Letesson Jean-Jacques