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Alain Charbit is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans various subfields, including molecular biology, infectious diseases, insect science, genetics, and immunology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas with notable focus on antimicrobial resistance, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, as well as bacterial genetics and biotechnology. Their work also includes studies on Bacillus and Francisella bacteria, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Alain Charbit include:

  • "Reactive Oxygen Species-Dependent Innate Immune Mechanisms Control Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Virulence in the Drosophila Larval Model" (2021, mBio)
  • "The pentose phosphate pathway constitutes a major metabolic hub in pathogenic Francisella" (2021, PLoS Pathogens)
  • "BLI-MS: Combining biolayer interferometry and mass spectrometry" (2021, PROTEOMICS)
  • "Which Current and Novel Diagnostic Avenues for Bacterial Respiratory Diseases?" (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • "Airway environment drives the selection of quorum sensing mutants and promote Staphylococcus aureus chronic lifestyle" (2023, Nature Communications)

Alain Charbit frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Anne Jamet, Mathieu Coureuil, Daniel Euphrasie, Elodie Ramond, and Xiongqi Ding. These coauthors have been involved in multiple publications together, reflecting established collaborative relationships.

The scientist's publications appear in journals with a focus on infectious diseases and molecular biology. Frequent publication venues include The Journal of Infectious Diseases, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mBio, PLoS Pathogens, and PROTEOMICS.

Best Publications

  • Comparative Genomics of Listeria Species

    P Glaser;L Frangeul;C Buchrieser;C Rusniok

  • Probing the topology of a bacterial membrane protein by genetic insertion of a foreign epitope; expression at the cell surface.

    A. Charbit;J.C. Boulain;A. Ryter;M. Hofnung

  • Versatility of a vector for expressing foreign polypeptides at the surface of gram-negative bacteria.

    Alain Charbit;Annie Molla;William Saurin;Maurice Hofnung

  • Identification of the agr Locus of Listeria monocytogenes: Role in Bacterial Virulence

    Nicolas Autret;Catherine Raynaud;Iharilalao Dubail;Patrick Berche

  • Listeriolysin O: a key protein of Listeria monocytogenes with multiple functions.

    Samer Kayal;Alain Charbit

  • High efficiency transformation of Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella typhi by electroporation.

    David O'Callaghan;Alain Charbit

  • Glutathione provides a source of cysteine essential for intracellular multiplication of Francisella tularensis.

    Khaled Alkhuder;Karin L. Meibom;Karin L. Meibom;Iharilalao Dubail;Iharilalao Dubail;Marion Dupuis;Marion Dupuis

  • The sortase SrtA of Listeria monocytogenes is involved in processing of internalin and in virulence

    Caroline Garandeau;Hélène Réglier-Poupet;Iharilalao Dubail;Jean-Luc Beretti

  • Presentation of two epitopes of the preS2 region of hepatitis B virus on live recombinant bacteria.

    A Charbit;E Sobczak;M L Michel;A Molla

  • The C-terminal portion of the tail fiber protein of bacteriophage lambda is responsible for binding to LamB, its receptor at the surface of Escherichia coli K-12.

    Jiang Wang;Maurice Hofnung;Alain Charbit

  • The heat‐shock protein ClpB of Francisella tularensis is involved in stress tolerance and is required for multiplication in target organs of infected mice

    Karin L. Meibom;Karin L. Meibom;Iharilalao Dubail;Iharilalao Dubail;Marion Dupuis;Marion Dupuis;Monique Barel;Monique Barel

  • Sortase B, a New Class of Sortase in Listeria monocytogenes

    Hélène Bierne;Caroline Garandeau;M. Graciela Pucciarelli;Christophe Sabet

  • Identification of new genes involved in the virulence of Listeria monocytogenes by signature-tagged transposon mutagenesis.

    Nicolas Autret;Iharilalao Dubail;Patrick Trieu-Cuot;Patrick Berche

  • Intracellular Survival of Staphylococcus aureus in Endothelial Cells: A Matter of Growth or Persistence.

    Guillaume Rollin;Guillaume Rollin;Xin Tan;Xin Tan;Fabiola Tros;Fabiola Tros;Marion Dupuis;Marion Dupuis

  • Role of the wbt Locus of Francisella tularensis in Lipopolysaccharide O-Antigen Biogenesis and Pathogenicity

    Catherine Raynaud;Catherine Raynaud;Karin L. Meibom;Karin L. Meibom;Marie-Annick Lety;Marie-Annick Lety;Iharilalao Dubail;Iharilalao Dubail

  • A novel receptor – ligand pathway for entry of Francisella tularensis in monocyte-like THP-1 cells: interaction between surface nucleolin and bacterial elongation factor Tu

    Monique Barel;Ara G Hovanessian;Karin Meibom;Jean Paul Briand

  • Hfq, a novel pleiotropic regulator of virulence-associated genes in Francisella tularensis.

    Karin L. Meibom;Karin L. Meibom;Anna-Lena Forslund;Anna-Lena Forslund;Kerstin Kuoppa;Khaled Alkhuder;Khaled Alkhuder

  • ActA is required for crossing of the fetoplacental barrier by Listeria monocytogenes.

    Alban Le Monnier;Alban Le Monnier;Nicolas Autret;Olivier F. Join-Lambert;Olivier F. Join-Lambert;Francis Jaubert;Francis Jaubert

  • Iron acquisition systems for ferric hydroxamates, haemin and haemoglobin in Listeria monocytogenes.

    Bo Jin;Salete M. C. Newton;Yi Shao;Xiaoxu Jiang

  • Mutagenesis by random linker insertion into the lamB gene of Escherichia coli K12.

    Jean Claude Boulain;Alain Charbit;Maurice Hofnung

  • Maltose transport and starch binding in phage-resistant point mutants of maltoporin. Functional and topological implications.

    Alain Charbit;Kalle Gehring;Hiroshi Nikaido;Thomas Ferenci

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurice Hofnung
Maurice Hofnung Institut Pasteur
Patrick Berche
Patrick Berche Université Paris Cité
Xavier Nassif
Xavier Nassif Université Paris Cité
Thomas Henry
Thomas Henry Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
David O'Callaghan
David O'Callaghan University of Montpellier
Pascale Cossart
Pascale Cossart Institut Pasteur
Roland Benz
Roland Benz Jacobs University
Jonathan Livny
Jonathan Livny Broad Institute
Javier Pizarro-Cerdá
Javier Pizarro-Cerdá Institut Pasteur

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