Commensal and pathogenic bacteria such as Escherichia coli produce various surface structures promoting their interaction with living or inert surfaces. We study the structure and regulation of E. coli adhesins and extracellular matrix polysaccharides contributing to biofilm formation.
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• Chekli Y, Perron-Cane C, Dell’Arcipret D, Allemand JF, Li C, Ghigo JM, Gauthier A, Lebreton A, Desprat N*, Beloin C* (2020) Visualizing the dynamics of exported bacterial proteins with the chemogenetic fluorescent reporter FAST. Scientific Reports, in press. (*co-corresponding authors)
• Krasteva*¶, PV, Bernal-Bayard* J.; Travier, L. ; Martin FA, Kaminski, PA ; Karimova, G. ; Fronzes, R. and JM Ghigo*¶.(2017) Insights into the structure and assembly of a cellulose secretion system Nature Communications. Dec 12;8(1):2065. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01523-2.* Equal contribution ; ¶co-corresponding authors
• Martinez-Gil*, Marta; . Goh*, Kelvin G.K, Elze Rackaytite, Chizuko Sakamoto, Bianca Audrain, Danilo G. Moriel, Makrina Totsika, Jean-Marc Ghigo, Mark A. Schembri and Christophe Beloin. (2017) YeeJ is an inverse autotransporter from Escherichia coli that binds to peptidoglycan and promotes biofilm formation. Scientific Reports. Sep 12;7(1):11326. * Equal contribution
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• Korea, C., J.M. Ghigo, and C. Beloin. (2011). The sweet connection: solving the riddle of multiple sugar-binding fimbrial adhesins in Escherichia coli.Bioessays
• Beloin, C., S. Da Re, and J.M. Ghigo. (2005-2012). Colonization of abiotic surfaces Escherichia coli andSalmonella (EcoSal). Cellular and Molecular Biology.
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