• 2024
  Fernández I, Bontems F, Brun D, Coquin Y, Goverde CA, Correia BE, Gessain A, Buseyne F, Rey FA, Backovic M, Structures of the Foamy virus fusion protein reveal an unexpected link with the F protein of paramyxo- and pneumoviruses., Sci Adv 2024 Oct; 10(41): eado7035.
• 2023
  Broketa M, Sokal A, Mor M, Canales-Herrerias P, Perima A, Meola A, Fernández I, Iannascoli B, Chenon G, Vandenberghe A, Languille L, Michel M, Godeau B, Gallien S, Melica G, Backovic M, Rey FA, Baudry J, Freund NT, Mahévas M, Bruhns P, Qualitative monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in humans using droplet microfluidics., JCI Insight 2023 Jul; 8(13): .
• 2023
  Woudenberg T, Pinaud L, Garcia L, Tondeur L, Pelleau S, De Thoisy A, Donnadieu F, Backovic M, Attia M, Hozé N, Duru C, Koffi AD, Castelain S, Ungeheuer MN, Fernandes Pellerin S, Planas D, Bruel T, Cauchemez S, Schwartz O, Fontanet A, White M, Estimated protection against COVID-19 based on predicted neutralisation titres from multiple antibody measurements in a longitudinal cohort, France, April 2020 to November 2021., Euro Surveill 2023 Jun; 28(25): .
• 2023
  Dynesen LT, Fernandez I, Coquin Y, Delaplace M, Montange T, Njouom R, Bilounga-Ndongo C, Rey FA, Gessain A, Backovic M, Buseyne F, Neutralization of zoonotic retroviruses by human antibodies: Genotype-specific epitopes within the receptor-binding domain from simian foamy virus., PLoS Pathog 2023 Apr; 19(4): e1011339.
• 2023
  Fernández I, Dynesen LT, Coquin Y, Pederzoli R, Brun D, Haouz A, Gessain A, Rey FA, Buseyne F, Backovic M, The crystal structure of a simian Foamy Virus receptor binding domain provides clues about entry into host cells., Nat Commun 2023 Mar; 14(1): 1262.
• 2022
  Planchais C, Fernández I, Bruel T, de Melo GD, Prot M, Beretta M, Guardado-Calvo P, Dufloo J, Molinos-Albert LM, Backovic M, Chiaravalli J, Giraud E, Vesin B, Conquet L, Grzelak L, Planas D, Staropoli I, Guivel-Benhassine F, Hieu T, Boullé M, Cervantes-Gonzalez M, Ungeheuer MN, Charneau P, van der Werf S, Agou F, , , Dimitrov JD, Simon-Lorière E, Bourhy H, Montagutelli X, Rey FA, Schwartz O, Mouquet H, Potent human broadly SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing IgA and IgG antibodies effective against Omicron BA.1 and BA.2., J Exp Med 2022 Jul; 219(7): .
• 2021
  Light TP, Brun D, Guardado-Calvo P, Pederzoli R, Haouz A, Neipel F, Rey FA, Hristova K, Backovic M, , Human herpesvirus 8 molecular mimicry of ephrin ligands facilitates cell entry and triggers EphA2 signaling., PLoS Biol 2021 Sep; 19(9): e3001392.
• 2020
  Ludivine Grzelak, Sarah Temmam, Cyril Planchais, Caroline Demeret, Laura Tondeur, Christèle Huon, Florence Guivel-Benhassine, Isabelle Staropoli, Maxime Chazal, Jeremy Dufloo, Delphine Planas, Julian Buchrieser, Maaran Michael Rajah, Remy Robinot, Françoise Porrot, Mélanie Albert, Kuang-Yu Chen, Bernadette Crescenzo-Chaigne, Flora Donati, François Anna, Philippe Souque, Marion Gransagne, Jacques Bellalou, Mireille Nowakowski, Marija Backovic, Lila Bouadma, Lucie Le Fevre, Quentin Le Hingrat, Diane Descamps, Annabelle Pourbaix, Cédric Laouénan, Jade Ghosn, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Camille Besombes, Nathalie Jolly, Sandrine Pellerin-Fernandes, Olivia Cheny, Marie-Noëlle Ungeheuer, Guillaume Mellon, Pascal Morel, Simon Rolland, Felix Rey, Sylvie Behillil, Vincent Enouf, Audrey Lemaitre, Marie-Aude Créach, Stéphane Pêtres, Nicolas Escriou, Pierre Charneau, Arnaud Fontanet, Bruno Hoen, Timothée Bruel, Marc Eloit, Hugo Mouquet, Olivier Schwartz, Sylvie van Der Werf, A comparison of four serological assays for detecting anti–SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in human serum samples from different populations, Science Translational Medicine, 2020, 12 (559), pp.eabc3103. ⟨10.1126/scitranslmed.abc3103⟩.
• 2020
  Theobald SJ, Kreer C, Khailaie S, Bonifacius A, Eiz-Vesper B, Figueiredo C, Mach M, Backovic M, Ballmaier M, Koenig J, Olbrich H, Schneider A, Volk V, Danisch S, Gieselmann L, Ercanoglu MS, Messerle M, Kaisenberg CV, Witte T, Klawonn F, Meyer-Hermann M, Klein F, Stripecke R, , Repertoire characterization and validation of gB-specific human IgGs directly cloned from humanized mice vaccinated with dendritic cells and protected against HCMV., PLoS Pathog 2020 07; 16(7): e1008560.
• 2020
  Temmam S, Barbarino A, Maso D, Behillil S, Enouf V, Huon C, Jaraud A, Chevallier L, Backovic M, Pérot P, Verwaerde P, Tiret L, van der Werf S, Eloit M, Absence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in cats and dogs in close contact with a cluster of COVID-19 patients in a veterinary campus., One Health 2020 Dec; 10(): 100164.
• 2019
  Ruigrok K, Vaney MC, Buchrieser J, Baquero E, Hellert J, Baron B, England P, Schwartz O, Rey FA, Backovic M, , X-ray Structures of the Post-fusion 6-Helix Bundle of the Human Syncytins and their Functional Implications., J Mol Biol 2019 12; 431(24): 4922-4940.
• 2019
  Vallbracht M, Backovic M, Klupp BG, Rey FA, Mettenleiter TC, , Common characteristics and unique features: A comparison of the fusion machinery of the alphaherpesviruses Pseudorabies virus and Herpes simplex virus., Adv Virus Res 2019 ; 104(): 225-281.
• 2018
  Vallbracht M, Brun D, Tassinari M, Vaney MC, Pehau-Arnaudet G, Guardado-Calvo P, Haouz A, Klupp BG, Mettenleiter TC, Rey FA, Backovic M, , Structure-Function Dissection of Pseudorabies Virus Glycoprotein B Fusion Loops., J Virol 2018 Jan; 92(1): .
• 2017
  Borst AJ, James ZM, Zagotta WN, Ginsberg M, Rey FA, DiMaio F, Backovic M, Veesler D, , The Therapeutic Antibody LM609 Selectively Inhibits Ligand Binding to Human αVβ3 Integrin via Steric Hindrance., Structure 2017 11; 25(11): 1732-1739.e5.
• 2016
  Backovic M, Krey T, , Stable Drosophila Cell Lines: An Alternative Approach to Exogenous Protein Expression., Methods Mol Biol 2016 ; 1350(): 349-58.
• 2016
  Böhm SW, Backovic M, Klupp BG, Rey FA, Mettenleiter TC, Fuchs W, , Functional Characterization of Glycoprotein H Chimeras Composed of Conserved Domains of the Pseudorabies Virus and Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Homologs., J Virol 2016 01; 90(1): 421-32.
• 2015
  Böhm SW, Backovic M, Klupp BG, Rey FA, Mettenleiter TC, Fuchs W, , A replication defect of pseudorabies virus induced by targeted α-helix distortion in the syntaxin-like bundle of glycoprotein H (V275P) is corrected by an adjacent compensatory mutation (V271A)., J Gen Virol 2015 Aug; 96(8): 2349-2354.
• 2014
  Böhm SW, Eckroth E, Backovic M, Klupp BG, Rey FA, Mettenleiter TC, Fuchs W, , Structure-based functional analyses of domains II and III of pseudorabies virus glycoprotein H., J Virol 2015 Jan; 89(2): 1364-76.
• 2014
  Schröter C, Klupp BG, Fuchs W, Gerhard M, Backovic M, Rey FA, Mettenleiter TC, , The highly conserved proline at position 438 in pseudorabies virus gH is important for regulation of membrane fusion., J Virol 2014 Nov; 88(22): 13064-72.
• 2012
  Backovic M, Rey FA, , Virus entry: old viruses, new receptors., Curr Opin Virol 2012 Feb; 2(1): 4-13.
• 2010
  Backovic M, DuBois RM, Cockburn JJ, Sharff AJ, Vaney MC, Granzow H, Klupp BG, Bricogne G, Mettenleiter TC, Rey FA, , Structure of a core fragment of glycoprotein H from pseudorabies virus in complex with antibody., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 Dec; 107(52): 22635-40.
• 2010
  Backovic M, Johansson DX, Klupp BG, Mettenleiter TC, Persson MA, Rey FA, , Efficient method for production of high yields of Fab fragments in Drosophila S2 cells., Protein Eng Des Sel 2010 Apr; 23(4): 169-74.
• 2009
  Backovic M, Longnecker R, Jardetzky TS, , Structure of a trimeric variant of the Epstein-Barr virus glycoprotein B., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 Feb; 106(8): 2880-5.
• 2009
  Reimer JJ, Backovic M, Deshpande CG, Jardetzky T, Longnecker R, , Analysis of Epstein-Barr virus glycoprotein B functional domains via linker insertion mutagenesis., J Virol 2009 Jan; 83(2): 734-47.
• 2007
  Backovic M, Leser GP, Lamb RA, Longnecker R, Jardetzky TS, , Characterization of EBV gB indicates properties of both class I and class II viral fusion proteins., Virology 2007 Nov; 368(1): 102-13.
• 2007
  Backovic M, Jardetzky TS, Longnecker R, , Hydrophobic residues that form putative fusion loops of Epstein-Barr virus glycoprotein B are critical for fusion activity., J Virol 2007 Sep; 81(17): 9596-600.
• 2004
  Gettins PG, Backovic M, Peterson FC, , Use of NMR to study serpin function., Methods 2004 Feb; 32(2): 120-9.
• 2002
  Backovic M, Stratikos E, Lawrence DA, Gettins PG, , Structural similarity of the covalent complexes formed between the serpin plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and the arginine-specific proteinases trypsin, LMW u-PA, HMW u-PA, and t-PA: use of site-specific fluorescent probes of local environment., Protein Sci 2002 May; 11(5): 1182-91.
• 2002
  Backovic M, Gettins PGW, , Insight into Residues Critical for Antithrombin Function from an Expanded Database of Sequences That Includes Frog, Turtle and Ostrich Antithrombins., ScientificWorldJournal 2002 ; 2(): 112-114.