Structure-activity analysis of thanatin, a 21-residue inducible insect defense peptide with sequence homology to frog skin antimicrobial peptides.

Pascale Fehlbaum, Philippe Bulet, Sergey Chernysh, +5

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Sequence HomologyPeptide LibraryMolecular BiologyPeptide SynthesisFrog Peptides +10

Insect defensin, an inducible antibacterial peptide, forms voltage-dependent channels in Micrococcus luteus.

Stéphane Cociancich, Alexandre Ghazi, Charles Hétru, +2

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Proteinlipid InteractionProtein SecretionMicrococcus LuteusBacteriologyBacteriophage +16

Kinetic studies of the action of lactacin F, a bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus johnsonii that forms poration complexes in the cytoplasmic membrane

Tjakko Abee, Todd R. Klaenhammer, L. Letellier

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Lactacin FAntimicrobial SusceptibilityBiochemistryAntibioticsPoration Complexes +11

Bacteriophage T5 Structure Reveals Similarities with HK97 and T4 Suggesting Evolutionary Relationships

Grégory Effantin, Pascale Boulanger, Emmanuelle Neumann, +2

Journal of Molecular Biology

Natural SciencesBacteriophageMolecular BiologyMicrobiologyEvolutionary Microbiology +4

Colicin A unfolds during its translocation in Escherichia coli cells and spans the whole cell envelope when its pore has formed.

Hélène Bénédetti, Roland Lloubès, Claude Lazdunski, +1

The EMBO Journal

Natural SciencesVirulence FactorBacteriologyMolecular BiologyEscherichia Coli Cells +8

Characterization of ion channels involved in the penetration of phage T4 DNA into Escherichia coli cells.

Pascale Boulanger, L. Letellier

Journal of Biological Chemistry

BacteriophageMolecular BiologyMicrobial VirusPhage T4 DnaCellular Physiology +14

Colicin A and the Tol proteins involved in its translocation are preferentially located in the contact sites between the inner and outer membranes of Escherichia coli cells.

Gilles Guihard, Pascale Boulanger, Hélène Bénédetti, +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry

In vivo properties of colicin A: channel activity is voltage dependent but translocation may be voltage independent.

Jean‐Paul Bourdineaud, Pascale Boulanger, Claude Lazdunski, +1

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Cellular PhysiologyHyperpolarization (Biology)Membrane TransportChannel ActivityBiochemical Engineering +17

FhuA, a transporter of the Escherichia coli outer membrane, is converted into a channel upon binding of bacteriophage T5.

Mélanie Bonhivers, Alexandre Ghazi, Pascale Boulanger, +1

The EMBO Journal

BiochemistryMedicineMembrane TransportNatural SciencesBacteriology +7

Depolarization-induced Ca2+ increase in isolated neurosecretory nerve terminals measured with fura-2.

Daniel Brèthes, Govindan Dayanithi, L. Letellier, +1

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Synaptic TransmissionNeurotransmitterNeurotransmissionPeripheral NervePeripheral Nervous System +17