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Karine G. Le Roch is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine and immunology. The scientist's work contributes notably to parasitology and epidemiology, reflecting a diverse range of topics studied in their publications.

Le Roch's main areas of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Subfields of their research cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Immunology
  • Parasitology
  • Epidemiology

Their work addresses various scientific topics such as:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Significant publications from Karine G. Le Roch span various high-impact journals, reflecting their focus on molecular aspects of parasites and immune receptors. Notable papers include:

  • The Arabidopsis PHD-finger protein EDM2 has multiple roles in balancing NLR immune receptor gene expression, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • Real-time dynamics of Plasmodium NDC80 reveals unusual modes of chromosome segregation during parasite proliferation, 2020, Journal of Cell Science
  • From Genes to Transcripts, a Tightly Regulated Journey in Plasmodium, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • The transcriptional regulator HDP1 controls expansion of the inner membrane complex during early sexual differentiation of malaria parasites, 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • Plasmodium Condensin Core Subunits SMC2/SMC4 Mediate Atypical Mitosis and Are Essential for Parasite Proliferation and Transmission, 2020, Cell Reports

Le Roch frequently publishes in venues focusing on cellular biology and microbiology, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Cell Reports

The scientist often collaborates with multiple coauthors who have contributed extensively alongside them. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Steven Abel
  • Thomas Hollin
  • Zeinab Chahine
  • Todd Lenz
  • Jacques Prudhomme

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Discovery of Gene Function by Expression Profiling of the Malaria Parasite Life Cycle

    Karine G. Le Roch;Yingyao Zhou;Peter L. Blair;Muni Grainger

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Global analysis of transcript and protein levels across the Plasmodium falciparum life cycle

    Karine G. Le Roch;Jeffrey R. Johnson;Laurence Florens;Yingyao Zhou

  • The Plasmodium falciparum sexual development transcriptome: a microarray analysis using ontology-based pattern identification.

    Jason A. Young;Quinton L. Fivelman;Peter L. Blair;Patricia de la Vega

  • Recent advances in malaria drug discovery.

    Marco A. Biamonte;Jutta Wanner;Karine G. Le Roch

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • A Systematic Map of Genetic Variation in Plasmodium falciparum

    Claire Kidgell;Sarah K Volkman;Johanna Daily;Justin O Borevitz

  • Gene expression signatures and small-molecule compounds link a protein kinase to Plasmodium falciparum motility.

    Nobutaka Kato;Tomoyo Sakata;Ghislain Breton;Karine G Le Roch

  • Three-dimensional modeling of the P. falciparum genome during the erythrocytic cycle reveals a strong connection between genome architecture and gene expression

    Ferhat Ay;Evelien M. Bunnik;Nelle Varoquaux;Sebastiaan M. Bol

  • Marine actinomycetes: a new source of compounds against the human malaria parasite.

    Jacques Prudhomme;Eric McDaniel;Nadia Ponts;Stéphane Bertani

  • A Plasmodium gene family encoding Maurer's cleft membrane proteins: structural properties and expression profiling.

    Tobili Y. Sam-Yellowe;Laurence Florens;Jeffrey R. Johnson;Tongmin Wang

  • Pfnek-1, a NIMA-related kinase from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum Biochemical properties and possible involvement in MAPK regulation.

    Dominique Dorin;Karine Le Roch;Pina Sallicandro;Pietro Alano

  • Nucleosome landscape and control of transcription in the human malaria parasite

    Nadia Ponts;Elena Y. Harris;Jacques Prudhomme;Ivan Wick

  • Polysome profiling reveals translational control of gene expression in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Evelien M Bunnik;Duk-Won Doug Chung;Michael Hamilton;Nadia Ponts;Nadia Ponts

  • In Vivo Transcriptome of Plasmodium falciparum Reveals Overexpression of Transcripts That Encode Surface Proteins

    Johanna P. Daily;Johanna P. Daily;Karine G. Le Roch;Ousmane Sarr;Daouda Ndiaye

  • Activation of a Plasmodium falciparum cdc2-related kinase by heterologous p25 and cyclin H. Functional characterization of a P. falciparum cyclin homologue.

    Karine Le Roch;Claude Sestier;Dominique Dorin;Norman Waters

  • Deciphering the ubiquitin-mediated pathway in apicomplexan parasites: a potential strategy to interfere with parasite virulence.

    Nadia Ponts;Jianfeng Yang;Duk-Won Doug Chung;Jacques Prudhomme

  • Excess Polymorphisms in Genes for Membrane Proteins in Plasmodium falciparum

    Sarah K. Volkman;Daniel L. Hartl;Dyann F. Wirth;Kaare M. Nielsen;Kaare M. Nielsen

  • Identification and initial characterization of three novel cyclin-related proteins of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

    Anaïs Merckx;Karine Le Roch;Marie Paule Nivez;Dominique Dorin

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth A. Winzeler
Elizabeth A. Winzeler University of California, San Diego
Julia Kubanek
Julia Kubanek Georgia Institute of Technology
Stefano Lonardi
Stefano Lonardi University of California, Riverside
Rita Tewari
Rita Tewari University of Nottingham
Mark E. Hay
Mark E. Hay Georgia Institute of Technology
Jean-Philippe Vert
Jean-Philippe Vert Google (United States)
Ferhat Ay
Ferhat Ay La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
William Stafford Noble
William Stafford Noble University of Washington
Anthony A. Holder
Anthony A. Holder The Francis Crick Institute
Dyann F. Wirth
Dyann F. Wirth Harvard University

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