All Stories

  1. Synthetic biology of modular proteins

    Article • Bioengineered, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yves Briers

  2. A proposed integrated approach for the preclinical evaluation of phage therapy in Pseudomonas infections

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2016, Nature

    Prof Yves Briers

  3. DUF3380 Domain from a Salmonella Phage Endolysin Shows PotentN-Acetylmuramidase Activity

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2016, ASM Journals

    Prof Yves Briers

  4. The Absence of a Mature Cell Wall Sacculus in Stable Listeria monocytogenes L-Form Cells Is Independent of Peptidoglycan Synthesis

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2016, PLOS

    Prof Yves Briers

  5. Efficacy of Artilysin Art-175 against Resistant and Persistent Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2016, ASM Journals

    Prof Yves Briers, Jan Michiels

  6. Characterization of Novel Bacteriophages for Biocontrol of Bacterial Blight in Leek Caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. porri

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2016, Frontiers

    Prof Yves Briers

  7. Role of the Pre-neck Appendage Protein (Dpo7) from Phage vB_SepiS-phiIPLA7 as an Anti-biofilm Agent in Staphylococcal Species

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2015, Frontiers

    Prof Yves Briers

  8. Correction: Characterization of the Newly Isolated Lytic Bacteriophages KTN6 and KT28 and Their Efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2015, PLOS

    Prof Yves Briers

  9. Characterization of the Newly Isolated Lytic Bacteriophages KTN6 and KT28 and Their Efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2015, PLOS

    Prof Yves Briers

  10. Two Complete and One Draft Genome Sequence of Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum Type E Strains NCTC 8266, NCTC 8550, and NCTC 11219

    Article • Genome Announcements, March 2015, ASM Journals

    Prof Yves Briers

  11. Breaking barriers: expansion of the use of endolysins as novel antibacterials against Gram-negative bacteria

    Article • Future Microbiology, March 2015, Future Medicine

    Prof Yves Briers

  12. Evaluation of the antibacterial and antibiofilm activities of novel CRAMP–vancomycin conjugates with diverse linkers

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Yves Briers

  13. The Zeamine Antibiotics Affect the Integrity of Bacterial Membranes

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2014, ASM Journals

    Miss Joleen Masschelein, Prof Yves Briers, Professor Wim M De Borggraeve

  14. Metabolite profiling and peptidoglycan analysis of transient cell wall-deficient bacteria in a newEscherichia colimodel system

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, September 2014, Wiley

    Prof Yves Briers

  15. Hurdles in bacteriophage therapy: Deconstructing the parameters

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, July 2014, Elsevier

    Prof Yves Briers

  16. Discovery of an acyclic nucleoside phosphonate that inhibits Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ThyX based on the binding mode of a 5-alkynyl substrate analogue

    Article • January 2014, Institute of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry

    Prof Yves Briers

  17. Discovery of an Acyclic Nucleoside Phosphonate that InhibitsMycobacterium tuberculosisThyX Based on the Binding Mode of a 5-Alkynyl Substrate Analogue

    Article • ChemMedChem, July 2013, Wiley

    Prof Yves Briers

  18. How did bacterial ancestors reproduce? Lessons from L-form cells and giant lipid vesicles

    Article • BioEssays, October 2012, Wiley

    Prof Yves Briers

  19. Characterization of five novel endolysins from Gram-negative infecting bacteriophages

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Yves Briers

  20. Intracellular Vesicles as Reproduction Elements in Cell Wall-Deficient L-Form Bacteria

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2012, PLOS

    Prof Yves Briers, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Wagner

  21. Characterization of Modular Bacteriophage Endolysins from Myoviridae Phages OBP, 201φ2-1 and PVP-SE1

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2012, PLOS

    Prof Yves Briers

  22. The lysis cassette of bacteriophage фKMV encodes a signal-arrest-release endolysin and a pinholin

    Article • Bacteriophage, January 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yves Briers

  23. Listeria monocytogenesl-forms respond to cell wall deficiency by modifying gene expression and the mode of division

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2009, Wiley

    Prof Yves Briers

  24. The high-affinity peptidoglycan binding domain of Pseudomonas phage endolysin KZ144

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, May 2009, Elsevier

    Prof Yves Briers

  25. The structural peptidoglycan hydrolase gp181 of bacteriophage φKZ

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, October 2008, Elsevier

    Prof Yves Briers

  26. Structural analysis of bacteriophage-encoded peptidoglycan hydrolase domain KMV36C: crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, March 2008, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Luc Van Meervelt, Prof Yves Briers

  27. Analysis of outer membrane permeability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and bactericidal activity of endolysins KZ144 and EL188 under high hydrostatic pressure

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Yves Briers

  28. Muralytic activity and modular structure of the endolysins of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophages ?KZ and EL

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2007, Wiley

    Prof Yves Briers

  29. A standardized approach for accurate quantification of murein hydrolase activity in high-throughput assays

    Article • Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods, April 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Yves Briers