Frédéric Boccard

Chromosome Structuring Limits Genome Plasticity in Escherichia coli (2007)

Emilie Esnault, Michèle Valens, Olivier Espéli, Frédéric Boccard

Chromosome organizations of related bacterial genera are well conserved despite a very long divergence period. We have assessed the forces limiting bacterial genome plasticity in Escherichia coli by...

Prevalence of Local Immune Response against Oral Infection in a Drosophila/Pseudomonas Infection Model (2006)

Peter Liehl, Mark Blight, Nicolas Vodovar, Frédéric Boccard, Bruno Lemaitre

Pathogens have developed multiple strategies that allow them to exploit host resources and resist the immune response. To study how Drosophila flies deal with infectious diseases in a natural...

The phytopathogenic bacteria Erwinia carotovora infects Drosophila and activates an immune response

Basset, Alan, Khush, Ranjiv S., Braun, Anne, Gardan, Louis, Boccard, Frédéric, Hoffmann, Jules A., ...

Although Drosophila possesses potent immune responses, little is known about the microbial pathogens that infect Drosophila. We have identified members of the bacterial genus Erwinia that induce the...

Macrodomain organization of the Escherichia coli chromosome

Valens, Michèle, Penaud, Stéphanie, Rossignol, Michèle, Cornet, François, Boccard, Frédéric

We have explored the Escherichia coli chromosome architecture by genetic dissection, using a site-specific recombination system that reveals the spatial proximity of distant DNA sites and records...

Drosophila host defense after oral infection by an entomopathogenic Pseudomonas species

Vodovar, Nicolas, Vinals, Marisa, Liehl, Peter, Basset, Alan, Degrouard, Jeril, Spellman, Paul, ...

Drosophila has been shown to be a valuable model for the investigation of host–pathogen interactions. Study of the Drosophila immune response has been hampered, however, by the lack of true...

A single gene that promotes interaction of a phytopathogenic bacterium with its insect vector, Drosophila melanogaster

Basset, Alan, Tzou, Phoebe, Lemaitre, Bruno, Boccard, Frédéric

Insects are major vectors of plant and animal disease, and bacterial phytopathogens are often disseminated by flies. We have previously reported that some isolates of the phytopathogenic bacterial...

Roles for replichores and macrodomains in segregation of the Escherichia coli chromosome

Lesterlin, Christian, Mercier, Romain, Boccard, Frédéric, Barre, François-Xavier, Cornet, François

Recent work has highlighted two main levels of global organization of the Escherichia coli chromosome. Macrodomains are large domains inferred from structural data consisting of loci showing the same...

Prevalence of Local Immune Response against Oral Infection in a Drosophila/Pseudomonas Infection Model

Liehl, Peter, Blight, Mark, Vodovar, Nicolas, Boccard, Frédéric, Lemaitre, Bruno

Pathogens have developed multiple strategies that allow them to exploit host resources and resist the immune response. To study how Drosophila flies deal with infectious diseases in a natural...

The phytopathogenic bacteria Erwinia carotovora infects Drosophila and activates an immune response

Basset, Alan, Khush, Ranjiv S., Braun, Anne, Gardan, Louis, Boccard, Frédéric, Hoffmann, Jules A., ...

Although Drosophila possesses potent immune responses, little is known about the microbial pathogens that infect Drosophila. We have identified members of the bacterial genus Erwinia that induce the...

Macrodomain organization of the Escherichia coli chromosome

Valens, Michèle, Penaud, Stéphanie, Rossignol, Michèle, Cornet, François, Boccard, Frédéric

We have explored the Escherichia coli chromosome architecture by genetic dissection, using a site-specific recombination system that reveals the spatial proximity of distant DNA sites and records...

Drosophila host defense after oral infection by an entomopathogenic Pseudomonas species

Vodovar, Nicolas, Vinals, Marisa, Liehl, Peter, Basset, Alan, Degrouard, Jeril, Spellman, Paul, ...

Drosophila has been shown to be a valuable model for the investigation of host–pathogen interactions. Study of the Drosophila immune response has been hampered, however, by the lack of true...

A single gene that promotes interaction of a phytopathogenic bacterium with its insect vector, Drosophila melanogaster

Basset, Alan, Tzou, Phoebe, Lemaitre, Bruno, Boccard, Frédéric

Insects are major vectors of plant and animal disease, and bacterial phytopathogens are often disseminated by flies. We have previously reported that some isolates of the phytopathogenic bacterial...

Roles for replichores and macrodomains in segregation of the Escherichia coli chromosome

Lesterlin, Christian, Mercier, Romain, Boccard, Frédéric, Barre, François-Xavier, Cornet, François

Recent work has highlighted two main levels of global organization of the Escherichia coli chromosome. Macrodomains are large domains inferred from structural data consisting of loci showing the same...

Prevalence of Local Immune Response against Oral Infection in a Drosophila/Pseudomonas Infection Model

Liehl, Peter, Blight, Mark, Vodovar, Nicolas, Boccard, Frédéric, Lemaitre, Bruno

Pathogens have developed multiple strategies that allow them to exploit host resources and resist the immune response. To study how Drosophila flies deal with infectious diseases in a natural...

Chromosome Structuring Limits Genome Plasticity in Escherichia coli

Esnault, Emilie, Valens, Michèle, Espéli, Olivier, Boccard, Frédéric

Chromosome organizations of related bacterial genera are well conserved despite a very long divergence period. We have assessed the forces limiting bacterial genome plasticity in Escherichia coli by...