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  1. Impairment of Lipoylation Mediated by Bromooctanoate Targets Eukaryotic Amidotransferases

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2025, Wiley

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  2. Fatty acid synthesis and utilization in gram-positive bacteria: insights from Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, June 2025, ASM Journals

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  3. Impairment of lipoylation mediated by bromooctanoate targets eukaryotic amidotransferases

    Article • December 2024, Wiley

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  4. Unveiling the Coordinated Action of DesK/DesR and YvfT/YvfU to Control the Expression of an ABC Transporter in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2024, Wiley

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  5. Unveiling the Coordinated action of DesK/DesR and YvfT/YvfU to control the expression of an ABC transporter in Bacillus subtilis .

    Article • August 2024, Wiley

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  6. Substrate Analogues Entering the Lipoic Acid Salvage Pathway via Lipoate-Protein Ligase 2 Interfere with Staphylococcus aureus Virulence

    Article • ACS Infectious Diseases, May 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  7. Functional characterization of the first lipoyl‐relay pathway from a parasitic protozoan

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2022, Wiley

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  8. Defining Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system to investigate lipoic acid metabolism

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2020, Elsevier

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  9. Transmembrane Prolines Mediate Signal Sensing and Decoding in Bacillus subtilis DesK Histidine Kinase

    Article • mBio, November 2019, ASM Journals

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  10. Bacilllus subtilis requires a lipoyl relay to scavenge lipoic acid

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2019, Wiley

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  11. A genetic screen for mutations affecting temperature sensing in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Microbiology, January 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  12. Regulation of Membrane Lipid Homeostasis in Bacteria upon Temperature Change

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  13. Deciphering the enigmatic role of the amidotransferase LipL in Bacillus subtilis lipoic acid utilization

    Article • September 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  14. Regulation of Membrane Lipid Homeostasis in Bacteria upon Temperature Change

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  15. Cerulenin inhibits unsaturated fatty acids synthesis inBacillus subtilisby modifying the input signal of DesK thermosensor

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, February 2014, Wiley

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla, Diego de Mendoza

  16. Remodeling of Membrane Phospholipids by Bacterial Desaturases

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  17. A novel amidotransferase required for lipoic acid cofactor assembly in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2011, Wiley

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  18. A novel two-gene requirement for the octanoyltransfer reaction of Bacillus subtilis lipoic acid biosynthesis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2011, Wiley

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  19. Membrane Thickness Cue for Cold Sensing in a Bacterium

    Article • Current Biology, September 2010, Elsevier

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  20. Differences in Cold Adaptation of Bacillus subtilis under Anaerobic and Aerobic Conditions

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  21. A lipA (yutB) Mutant, Encoding Lipoic Acid Synthase, Provides Insight into the Interplay between Branched-Chain and Unsaturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2009, ASM Journals

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  22. Structural plasticity and catalysis regulation of a thermosensor histidine kinase

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  23. Dual Promoters Control Expression of the Bacillus anthracis Virulence Factor AtxA

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2008, ASM Journals

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  24. Bacillus subtilis Cysteine Synthetase Is a Global Regulator of the Expression of Genes Involved in Sulfur Assimilation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2005, ASM Journals

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  25. The Bacillus subtilis desaturase: a model to understand phospholipid modification and temperature sensing

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, February 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  26. Control of Membrane Lipid Fluidity by Molecular Thermosensors

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  27. The Membrane Fluidity Sensor DesK of Bacillus subtilis Controls the Signal Decay of Its Cognate Response Regulator

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  28. Characterization and Reconstitution of a 4Fe-4S Adenylyl Sulfate/Phosphoadenylyl Sulfate Reductase fromBacillus subtilis

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2003, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  29. Studies on the Expression of Regulatory Locus sae in Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Current Microbiology, April 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  30. Regulation of fatty acid desaturation in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, February 2003, Elsevier

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  31. Membrane Topology of the Acyl-Lipid Desaturase fromBacillus subtilis

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2002, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  32. Mechanism of membrane fluidity optimization: isothermal control of the Bacillus subtilis acyl-lipid desaturase

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2002, Wiley

    Dr Larisa Cybulski, Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  33. Transcriptional Control of the Sulfur-RegulatedcysH Operon, Containing Genes Involved inl-Cysteine Biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2000, ASM Journals

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  34. The Bacillus subtilis cysP gene encodes a novel sulphate permease related to the inorganic phosphate transporter (Pit) family

    Article • Microbiology, April 2000, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla

  35. L-cysteine biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis: identification, sequencing, and functional characterization of the gene coding for phosphoadenylylsulfate sulfotransferase.

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 1997, ASM Journals

    Professor / Independent Researcher Maria Cecilia Mansilla