Timeline
Patrick Forterre
Permanent Researcher
05 Jun 2023
publication
A self-transmissible plasmid from a hyperthermophile that facilitates genetic modification of diverse Archaea.
Read more01 Apr 2023
08 Oct 2022
03 Feb 2022
01 Jan 2022
01 Jan 2020
publication
Expanding the type IIB DNA topoisomerase family: identification of new topoisomerase and topoisomerase-like proteins in mobile genetic elements
Read more10 Sep 2019
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Diversification of giant and large eukaryotic dsDNA viruses predated the origin of modern eukaryotes
Read more22 May 2019
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Sequence motifs recognized by the casposon integrase of Aciduliprofundum boonei
Read more28 Mar 2019
publication
Novel haloarchaeal viruses from Lake Retba infecting Haloferax and Halorubrum species
Read more17 Feb 2019
14 Feb 2019
02 Nov 2018
02 Mar 2018
publication
Novel families of archaeo-eukaryotic primases associated with mobile genetic elements of Bacteria and Archaea
Read more22 Jan 2018
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History of CRISPR-Cas from encounter with a mysterious repeated sequence to genome editing technology
Read more17 Jan 2018
10 Nov 2017
07 Nov 2017
publication
Primer-Independent DNA Synthesis by a Family B DNA Polymerase from Self-Replicating Mobile Genetic Elements
Read more06 Apr 2017
20 Sep 2016
publication
Casposon integration shows strong target site preference and recapitulates protospacer integration by CRISPR-Cas systems
Read more13 Sep 2016
24 Jun 2016
14 Apr 2016
project
EVOMOBIL-ERC Grant Agreement no. 340440 Co-evolution of viruses, plasmids and cells in Archaea: pattern and process
Read more13 Jan 2016
publication
Recent mobility of casposons, self-synthesizing transposons at the origin of the CRISPR-Cas immunity
Read more01 Nov 2015
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Comparative genomics reveals conserved positioning of essential genomic clusters in highly rearranged Thermococcales chromosomes.
Read more22 Apr 2015
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An abyssal mobilome: viruses, plasmids and vesicles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Read more17 Mar 2015
11 Feb 2015
publication
Single-stranded DNA viruses employ a variety of mechanisms for integration into host genomes
Read more01 Dec 2014
25 Nov 2014
publication
Synergistic template-free synthesis of dsDNA by Thermococcus nautili primase PolpTN2, DNA polymerase PolB, and pTN2 helicase
Read more13 Aug 2014
02 Jul 2014
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DNA topoisomerase VIII: a novel subfamily of type IIB topoisomerases encoded by free or integrated plasmids in Archaea and Bacteria
Read more03 Jun 2014
23 May 2014
19 May 2014
publication
Casposons: a new superfamily of self-synthesizing DNA transposons at the origin of prokaryotic CRISPR-Cas immunity
Read more01 Apr 2014
20 Jan 2014
publication
A highly divergent archaeo-eukaryotic primase from the Thermococcus nautilus plasmid, pTN2
Read more01 Jan 2014
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Global phylogenomic analysis disentangles the complex evolutionary history of DNA replication in archaea
Read more13 Dec 2013
17 Nov 2013
02 Oct 2013
26 Sep 2013
16 Jul 2013
22 May 2013
17 Apr 2013
publication
Genomics and genetics of Sulfolobus islandicus LAL14/1, a model hyperthermophilic archaeon
Read more11 Jan 2013
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Insights into dynamics of mobile genetic elements in hyperthermophilic environments from five new Thermococcus plasmids
Read more01 Jan 2013
12 Nov 2012
07 Nov 2012
04 Oct 2012
08 Aug 2012
23 Jul 2012
publication
Archaeal virus with exceptional virion architecture and the largest single-stranded DNA genome
Read more01 Jan 2012
06 Jun 2011
10 May 2011
publication
Microviridae goes temperate: microvirus-related proviruses reside in the genomes of Bacteroidetes
Read more31 Jan 2011
01 Jan 2011
publication
A thaumarchaeal provirus testifies for an ancient association of tailed viruses with archaea
Read more27 Oct 2010
publication
A new fusion hypothesis for the origin of Eukarya: better than previous ones, but probably also wrong
Read more27 Oct 2010
publication
On the last common ancestor and early evolution of eukaryotes: reconstructing the history of mitochondrial ribosomes
Read more21 Oct 2010
01 Oct 2010
publication
The origin of eukaryotes and their relationship with the Archaea: are we at a phylogenomic impasse?
Read more12 Jul 2010
15 Jun 2010
20 May 2010
publication
The Sulfolobus rod-shaped virus 2 encodes a prominent structural component of the unique virion release system in Archaea
Read more01 Oct 2009
publication
The great billion-year war between ribosome- and capsid-encoding organisms (cells and viruses) as the major source of evolutionary novelties
Read more23 Jul 2009
publication
Four newly isolated fuselloviruses from extreme geothermal environments reveal unusual morphologies and a possible interviral recombination mechanism
Read more19 Jun 2009
16 Jun 2009
publication
A hidden reservoir of integrative elements is the major source of recently acquired foreign genes and ORFans in archaeal and bacterial genomes
Read more23 Jan 2009
publication
Happy together: genomic insights into the unique Nanoarchaeum/Ignicoccus association
Read more10 Nov 2008
08 May 2008
14 Dec 2007
01 Nov 2006
02 May 2006
27 Feb 2006
publication
Three RNA cells for ribosomal lineages and three DNA viruses to replicate their genomes: a hypothesis for the origin of cellular domain
Read more01 Oct 2005
12 Apr 2005
publication
The two ages of the RNA world, and the transition to the DNA world: a story of viruses and cells
Read more01 Mar 2003
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