• 2022
  Richard E, Darracq B, Loot C, Mazel D, , Unbridled Integrons: A Matter of Host Factors., Cells 2022 03; 11(6): .
• 2021
  Vit C, Richard E, Fournes F, Whiteway C, Eyer X, Lapaillerie D, Parissi V, Mazel D, Loot C, Cassette recruitment in the chromosomal Integron of Vibrio cholerae., Nucleic Acids Res 2021 May; (): .
• 2020
  Escudero JA, Nivina A, Kemble HE, Loot C, Tenaillon O, Mazel D, , Primary and promiscuous functions coexist during evolutionary innovation through whole protein domain acquisitions., Elife 2020 12; 9(): .
• 2020
  Nivina A, Grieb MS, Loot C, Bikard D, Cury J, Shehata L, Bernardes J, Mazel D, , Structure-specific DNA recombination sites: Design, validation, and machine learning-based refinement., Sci Adv 2020 Jul; 6(30): eaay2922.
• 2020
  Vit C, Loot C, Escudero JA, Nivina A, Mazel D, , Integron Identification in Bacterial Genomes and Cassette Recombination Assays., Methods Mol Biol 2020 ; 2075(): 189-208.
• 2019
  Mukhortava A, Pöge M, Grieb MS, Nivina A, Loot C, Mazel D, Schlierf M, , Structural heterogeneity of attC integron recombination sites revealed by optical tweezers., Nucleic Acids Res 2019 02; 47(4): 1861-1870.
• 2017
  Escudero JA, Nivina A, Cambray G, López-Igual R, Loot C, and Mazel D. , Recoding of synonymous genes to expand evolutionary landscapes requires control of secondary structure affecting translation, Biotechnology & Bioengineering (2018) 115(1):184-191. doi: 10.1002/bit.26450 .
• 2017
  Loot C, Nivina A, Cury J, Escudero JA, Ducos-Galand M, Bikard D, Rocha EP, Mazel D, Differences in Integron Cassette Excision Dynamics Shape a Trade-Off between Evolvability and Genetic Capacitance, MBio 2017 Mar;8(2).
• 2016
  Nivina A, Escudero JA, Vit C, Mazel D, Loot C., Efficiency of integron cassette insertion in correct orientation is ensured by the interplay of the three unpaired features of attC recombination sites., Nucleic Acids Res. 2016 Aug 5. pii: gkw646. [Epub ahead of print].
• 2016
  Rey O, Danchin E, Mirouze M, Loot C, Blanchet S, , Adaptation to Global Change: A Transposable Element-Epigenetics Perspective., Trends Ecol Evol 2016 07; 31(7): 514-526.
• 2016
  Escudero JA, Loot C, Parissi V, Nivina A, Bouchier C, Mazel D., Unmasking the ancestral activity of integron integrases reveals a smooth evolutionary transition during functional innovation., Nat Commun. 2016 Mar 10;7:10937. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10937..
• 2015
  Escudero JA, Loot C, Nivina A, Mazel D, The Integron: Adaptation On Demand, Microbiol Spectr 2015 Apr;3(2):MDNA3-0019-2014.
• 2013
  Loot C, Parissi V, Escudero JA, Amarir-Bouhram J, Bikard D, Mazel D, The integron integrase efficiently prevents the melting effect of Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA-binding protein on folded attC sites, J. Bacteriol. 2014 Feb;196(4):762-71.
• 2012
  Loot C, Ducos-Galand M, Escudero JA, Bouvier M, Mazel D, Replicative resolution of integron cassette insertion, Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Sep;40(17):8361-70.
• 2010
  Loot C, Bikard D, Rachlin A, Mazel D, Cellular pathways controlling integron cassette site folding, EMBO J. 2010 Aug;29(15):2623-34.
• 2009
  Bouvier M, Ducos-Galand M, Loot C, Bikard D, Mazel D, Structural features of single-stranded integron cassette attC sites and their role in strand selection, PLoS Genet. 2009 Sep;5(9):e1000632.
• 2008
  Guermonprez H, Loot C, Casacuberta JM, Different strategies to persist: the pogo-like Lemi1 transposon produces miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements or typical defective elements in different plant genomes, Genetics 2008 Sep;180(1):83-92.
• 2008
  Rousseau P, Loot C, Turlan C, Nolivos S, Chandler M, Bias between the left and right inverted repeats during IS911 targeted insertion, J. Bacteriol. 2008 Sep;190(18):6111-8.
• 2007
  Rousseau P, Loot C, Guynet C, Ah-Seng Y, Ton-Hoang B, Chandler M, Control of IS911 target selection: how OrfA may ensure IS dispersion, Mol. Microbiol. 2007 Mar;63(6):1701-9.
• 2006
  Loot C, Santiago N, Sanz A, Casacuberta JM, The proteins encoded by the pogo-like Lemi1 element bind the TIRs and subterminal repeated motifs of the Arabidopsis Emigrant MITE: consequences for the transposition mechanism of MITEs, Nucleic Acids Res. 2006;34(18):5238-46.
• 2004
  Turlan C, Loot C, Chandler M, IS911 partial transposition products and their processing by the Escherichia coli RecG helicase, Mol. Microbiol. 2004 Aug;53(4):1021-33.
• 2004
  Loot C, Turlan C, Chandler M, Host processing of branched DNA intermediates is involved in targeted transposition of IS911, Mol. Microbiol. 2004 Jan;51(2):385-93.
• 2002
  Loot C, Turlan C, Rousseau P, Ton-Hoang B, Chandler M, A target specificity switch in IS911 transposition: the role of the OrfA protein, EMBO J. 2002 Aug;21(15):4172-82.