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Jesús Blázquez is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including epidemiology, molecular medicine, molecular biology, infectious diseases, and endocrinology.

The scientist's research topics focus primarily on antibiotic resistance in bacteria, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, tuberculosis research and epidemiology, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy, Escherichia coli research studies, and urinary tract infections management.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Specificity and mutagenesis bias of the mycobacterial alternative mismatch repair analyzed by mutation accumulation studies, 2020, Science Advances
  • Synergistic Quinolone Sensitization by Targeting the recA SOS Response Gene and Oxidative Stress, 2021, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Effect of RecA inactivation on quinolone susceptibility and the evolution of resistance in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli, 2020, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • 4-Amino-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione as a Promising Scaffold for the Inhibition of Serine and Metallo-β-Lactamases, 2020, Pharmaceuticals
  • Control of Genome Stability by EndoMS/NucS-Mediated Non-Canonical Mismatch Repair, 2021, Cells

Jesús Blázquez frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Microbiology Spectrum, and Antibiotics. The scientist's collaborations include recurring coauthors Alfredo Castañeda-García, Esmeralda Cebrián-Sastre, Fernando Docobo-Pérez, Álvaro Pascual, and José Manuel Rodríguez-Martínez.

Best Publications

  • High Frequency of Hypermutable Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infection

    Antonio Oliver;Rafael Cantón;Pilar Campo;Fernando Baquero

  • β-lactam antibiotics promote bacterial mutagenesis via an RpoS-mediated reduction in replication fidelity

    A. Gutierrez;L. Laureti;S. Crussard;H. Abida

  • Mutations in putative mutator genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the W-Beijing family.

    Mina Ebrahimi Rad;Pablo Bifani;Carlos Martin;Kristin Kremer

  • β-Lactam Resistance Response Triggered by Inactivation of a Nonessential Penicillin-Binding Protein

    Bartolomé Moya;Andreas Dötsch;Carlos Juan;Jesús Blázquez

  • Antibiotic-Selective Environments

    Fernando Baquero;Maria-Cristina Negri;Maria-Isabel Morosini;Jesús Blázquez

  • The mismatch repair system (mutS, mutL and uvrD genes) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: molecular characterization of naturally occurring mutants.

    Antonio Oliver;Fernando Baquero;Jesús Blázquez

  • Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance: a bitter fight against evolution.

    Alexandro Rodríguez-Rojas;Jerónimo Rodríguez-Beltrán;Alejandro Couce;Jesús Blázquez

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae subsp. nov.: a taxonomic study of a new member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolated from goats in Spain.

    Alicia Aranaz;Ernesto Liébana;Enrique Gómez-Mampaso;Juan C. Galán

  • Hypermutation as a Factor Contributing to the Acquisition of Antimicrobial Resistance

    George M. Eliopoulos;Jesús Blázquez

  • Evolution of antibiotic resistance

    Fernando Baquero;Jesús Blázquez

  • Antimicrobials as promoters of genetic variation

    Jesús Blázquez;Alejandro Couce;Jerónimo Rodríguez-Beltrán;Alexandro Rodríguez-Rojas

  • Evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Antimicrobial Resistance and Fitness under Low and High Mutation Rates.

    Gabriel Cabot;Laura Zamorano;Bartolomé Moyà;Carlos Juan

  • Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Impact of Acquired and Intrinsic Fosfomycin Resistance

    Alfredo Castañeda-García;Jesús Blázquez;Alexandro Rodríguez-Rojas

  • Victims of cardiac arrest occurring outside the hospital: a source of transplantable kidneys.

    Ana I. Sánchez-Fructuoso;Maria Marques;Dolores Prats;José Conesa

  • Nosocomial transmission of Mycobacterium bovis resistant to 11 drugs in people with advanced HIV-1 infection

    Antonio Guerrero;Javier Cobo;Jesús Fortün;Enrique Navas

  • Characterization of a new TEM-type beta-lactamase resistant to clavulanate, sulbactam, and tazobactam in a clinical isolate of Escherichia coli.

    J Blazquez;M R Baquero;R Canton;I Alos

  • Structure-based enhancement of boronic acid-based inhibitors of AmpC beta-lactamase.

    G S Weston;J Blázquez;F Baquero;B K Shoichet

  • Effect of recA inactivation on mutagenesis of Escherichia coli exposed to sublethal concentrations of antimicrobials

    Thuy Do Thi;Elena López;Alexandro Rodríguez-Rojas;Jerónimo Rodríguez-Beltrán

  • Hypermutation and the Preexistence of Antibiotic-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mutants: Implications for Susceptibility Testing and Treatment of Chronic Infections

    Antonio Oliver;Bruce R. Levin;Carlos Juan;Fernando Baquero

  • Antibiotic-mediated recombination: ciprofloxacin stimulates SOS-independent recombination of divergent sequences in Escherichia coli.

    Elena López;Marina Elez;Ivan Matic;Jesús Blázquez

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Oliver
Antonio Oliver Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Álvaro Pascual
Álvaro Pascual University of Seville
Fernando Baquero
Fernando Baquero Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria
José L. Martínez
José L. Martínez Spanish National Research Council
Carlos Juan
Carlos Juan University of the Balearic Islands
Brian K. Shoichet
Brian K. Shoichet University of California, San Francisco
Rafael Cantón
Rafael Cantón Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria
Carlos Martín
Carlos Martín Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño University of Seville
Brigitte Gicquel
Brigitte Gicquel Institut Pasteur

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