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Overview

Marie Touchon is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France. Their research work primarily lies within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. The subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Molecular Medicine, and Endocrinology.

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Gut microbiota and health

Marie Touchon has published extensively in several scientific venues. Some frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Nature Communications
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • PLoS Genetics

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Marie Touchon include:

  • Phylogenetic background and habitat drive the genetic diversification of Escherichia coli, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • Systematic and quantitative view of the antiviral arsenal of prokaryotes, 2022, Nature Communications (authored by Florian Tesson)
  • Bacteria have numerous distinctive groups of phage-plasmids with conserved phage and variable plasmid gene repertoires, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research (authored by Eugen Pfeifer)
  • Selfish, promiscuous and sometimes useful: how mobile genetic elements drive horizontal gene transfer in microbial populations, 2022, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (authored by Matthieu Haudiquet)
  • Causes and Consequences of Bacteriophage Diversification via Genetic Exchanges across Lifestyles and Bacterial Taxa, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution (authored by Jorge A. Moura de Sousa)

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Eduardo P. C. Rocha
  • Jorge A. Moura de Sousa
  • Eugen Pfeifer
  • Jean Cury
  • Érick Denamur

Best Publications

  • CRISPRCasFinder, an update of CRISRFinder, includes a portable version, enhanced performance and integrates search for Cas proteins.

    David Couvin;Aude Bernheim;Aude Bernheim;Claire Toffano-Nioche;Marie Touchon;Marie Touchon

  • Organised Genome Dynamics in the Escherichia coli Species Results in Highly Diverse Adaptive Paths

    Marie Touchon;Marie Touchon;Claire Hoede;Olivier Tenaillon;Valérie Barbe

  • Uncovering Listeria monocytogenes hypervirulence by harnessing its biodiversity

    Mylène M. Maury;Mylène M. Maury;Mylène M. Maury;Yu Huan Tsai;Yu Huan Tsai;Caroline Charlier;Marie Touchon;Marie Touchon

  • Whole genome-based population biology and epidemiological surveillance of Listeria monocytogenes

    Alexandra Moura;Alexis Criscuolo;Hannes Pouseele;Mylène M. Maury

  • Identification of protein secretion systems in bacterial genomes

    Sophie S. Abby;Jean Cury;Jean Cury;Julien Guglielmini;Julien Guglielmini;Bertrand Néron

  • MacSyFinder: a program to mine genomes for molecular systems with an application to CRISPR-Cas systems.

    Sophie S. Abby;Bertrand Néron;Hervé Ménager;Marie Touchon

  • Genetic and life-history traits associated with the distribution of prophages in bacteria

    Marie Touchon;Aude Bernheim;Aude Bernheim;Eduardo Pc Rocha;Eduardo Pc Rocha

  • The interplay of restriction-modification systems with mobile genetic elements and their prokaryotic hosts

    Pedro H. Oliveira;Marie Touchon;Eduardo P.C. Rocha;Eduardo P.C. Rocha

  • Pervasive domestication of defective prophages by bacteria

    Louis-Marie Bobay;Marie Touchon;Eduardo P. C. Rocha

  • The Genomic Diversification of the Whole Acinetobacter Genus: Origins, Mechanisms, and Consequences

    Marie Touchon;Jean Cury;Jean Cury;Eun-Jeong Yoon;Lenka Krizova

  • The small, slow and specialized CRISPR and anti-CRISPR of Escherichia and Salmonella.

    Marie Touchon;Marie Touchon;Marie Touchon;Eduardo P. C. Rocha;Eduardo P. C. Rocha;Eduardo P. C. Rocha

  • Identification and analysis of integrons and cassette arrays in bacterial genomes

    Jean Cury;Thomas Jové;Marie Touchon;Bertrand Néron

  • Horizontal Gene Transfer of the Secretome Drives the Evolution of Bacterial Cooperation and Virulence

    Teresa Nogueira;Daniel J. Rankin;Daniel J. Rankin;Marie Touchon;François Taddei;François Taddei

  • Embracing the enemy: the diversification of microbial gene repertoires by phage-mediated horizontal gene transfer.

    Marie Touchon;Marie Touchon;Jorge A Moura de Sousa;Jorge A Moura de Sousa;Eduardo Pc Rocha;Eduardo Pc Rocha

  • Causes of Insertion Sequences Abundance in Prokaryotic Genomes

    Marie Touchon;Marie Touchon;Eduardo P. C. Rocha;Eduardo P. C. Rocha

  • Phylogenetic background and habitat drive the genetic diversification of Escherichia coli

    Marie Touchon;Amandine Perrin;Amandine Perrin;Jorge Andre Moura de Sousa;Belinda Vangchhia;Belinda Vangchhia

  • The adaptation of temperate bacteriophages to their host genomes.

    Louis-Marie Bobay;Eduardo P.C. Rocha;Eduardo P.C. Rocha;Marie Touchon;Marie Touchon

  • The chromosomal organization of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria.

    Pedro H. Oliveira;Pedro H. Oliveira;Marie Touchon;Marie Touchon;Jean Cury;Jean Cury;Eduardo P. C. Rocha;Eduardo P. C. Rocha

  • Human gene organization driven by the coordination of replication and transcription

    Maxime Huvet;Samuel Nicolay;Marie Touchon;Benjamin Audit

  • Genesis, effects and fates of repeats in prokaryotic genomes

    Todd J. Treangen;Anne-Laure Abraham;Marie Touchon;Eduardo P.C. Rocha

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduardo P. C. Rocha
Eduardo P. C. Rocha Institut Pasteur
Sylvain Brisse
Sylvain Brisse Institut Pasteur
Claude Thermes
Claude Thermes University of Paris-Saclay
Benjamin Audit
Benjamin Audit École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Marc Lecuit
Marc Lecuit Institut Pasteur
Robert Sebra
Robert Sebra Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Harm van Bakel
Harm van Bakel Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Erick Denamur
Erick Denamur Université Paris Cité
François Taddei
François Taddei Université Paris Cité
Aneel K. Aggarwal
Aneel K. Aggarwal Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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