Constraints On Cosmological Parameters From Current Cmb Data (2007)
James Bartlett, Alain Blanchard, Marian Douspis, Morvan Le Dour
. We discuss the constraints one can place on cosmological parameters using current cosmic microwave background data. A standard Ø 2 -- minimization over band--power estimates is first presented,...
Max Tegmark, Joseph Silk, Martin J. Rees, Alain Blanchard, Francesco Palla, Fohringer Ring, ...
The minimum mass that a virialized gas cloud must have in order to be able to cool in a Hubble time is computed, using a detailed treatment of the chemistry of molecular hydrogen. With a simple model...
Being Pathogenic, Plastic, and Sexual while Living with a Nearly Minimal Bacterial Genome (2007)
Pascal Sirand-Pugnet, Carole Lartigue, Marc Marenda, Daniel Jacob, Aurélien Barré, Valérie Barbe, ...
Mycoplasmas are commonly described as the simplest self-replicating organisms, whose evolution was mainly characterized by genome downsizing with a proposed evolutionary scenario similar to that of...
Kay, Scott T., Da Silva, Antonio C., Aghanim, Nabila, Blanchard, Alain, Liddle, Andrew R., Puget, Jean-Loup, ...
We present results from a study of the X-ray cluster population that forms within the CLEF cosmological hydrodynamics simulation, a large N-body/SPH simulation of the Lambda CDM cosmology with...
Ferramacho, Luis, Blanchard, Alain
We investigate the cosmological test based on the evolution of the gas fraction in X-ray galaxy clusters and the stability of the cosmological parameters derived from it. Using a sample of distant...
What can we learn about dark energy evolution? (2006)
Douspis, Marian, Zolnierowski, Yves, Blanchard, Alain, Riazuelo, Alain
We examine some of the constraints that can be obtained on a two parameters model of dark energy in which the characteristic parameter of the equation of state $w (z) = P(z) / \rho (z)$ does not vary...
What can we learn about dark energy evolution? (2006)
Douspis, Marian, Zolnierowski, Yves, Blanchard, Alain, Riazuelo, Alain
We examine some of the constraints that can be obtained on a two parameters model of dark energy in which the characteristic parameter of the equation of state $w (z) = P(z) / \rho (z)$ does not vary...
What can we learn about dark energy evolution? (2006)
Douspis, Marian, Zolnierowski, Yves, Blanchard, Alain, Riazuelo, Alain
We examine some of the constraints that can be obtained on a two parameters model of dark energy in which the characteristic parameter of the equation of state $w (z) = P(z) / \rho (z)$ does not vary...
What can we learn about dark energy evolution? (2006)
Douspis, Marian, Zolnierowski, Yves, Blanchard, Alain, Riazuelo, Alain
We examine some of the constraints that can be obtained on a two parameters model of dark energy in which the characteristic parameter of the equation of state $w (z) = P(z) / \rho (z)$ does not vary...
What can we learn about dark energy evolution? (2006)
Douspis, Marian, Zolnierowski, Yves, Blanchard, Alain, Riazuelo, Alain
We examine some of the constraints that can be obtained on a two parameters model of dark energy in which the characteristic parameter of the equation of state $w (z) = P(z) / \rho (z)$ does not vary...
What can be learned about dark energy evolution? (2006)
Douspis, Marian, Zolnierowski, Yves, Blanchard, Alain, Riazuelo, Alain
We examine constraints obtained from SNIa surveys on a two parameter model of dark energy in which the equation of state $w (z) = P(z) / \rho (z)$ undergoes a transition over a period significantly...
What can be learned about dark energy evolution? (2006)
Douspis, Marian, Zolnierowski, Yves, Blanchard, Alain, Riazuelo, Alain
We examine constraints obtained from SNIa surveys on a two parameter model of dark energy in which the equation of state $w (z) = P(z) / \rho (z)$ undergoes a transition over a period significantly...
What can be learned about dark energy evolution? (2006)
Douspis, Marian, Zolnierowski, Yves, Blanchard, Alain, Riazuelo, Alain
We examine constraints obtained from SNIa surveys on a two parameter model of dark energy in which the equation of state $w (z) = P(z) / \rho (z)$ undergoes a transition over a period significantly...
What can be learned about dark energy evolution? (2006)
Douspis, Marian, Zolnierowski, Yves, Blanchard, Alain, Riazuelo, Alain
We examine constraints obtained from SNIa surveys on a two parameter model of dark energy in which the equation of state $w (z) = P(z) / \rho (z)$ undergoes a transition over a period significantly...
Large-scale galaxy correlations as a test for dark energy (2005)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Sarkar, Subir
We have shown earlier that, contrary to popular belief, Einstein--de Sitter (E--deS) models can still fit the {\sl WMAP} data on the cosmic microwave background provided one adopts a low Hubble...
$XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project: III. Gas mass fraction shape in high redshift clusters (2005)
Sadat, Rachida, Blanchard, Alain, Vauclair, Sebastien C., Lumb, David H., Bartlett, James, Romer, A. K., ...
We study the gas mass fraction, $f\_{\rm gas},$ behavior in $XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project. The typical $f\_{\rm gas}$ shape of high redshift galaxy clusters follows the global shape inferred at low...
$XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project: III. Gas mass fraction shape in high redshift clusters (2005)
Sadat, Rachida, Blanchard, Alain, Vauclair, Sebastien, Lumb, David, Bartlett, James, Romer, A.K., ...
We study the gas mass fraction, $f_{\rm gas},$ behavior in $XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project. The typical $f_{\rm gas}$ shape of high redshift galaxy clusters follows the global shape inferred at low...
During the last ten years astrophysical cosmology has brought three remarkable results of deep impact for fundamental physics: the existence of non-baryonic dark matter, the (nearly) flatness of...
During the last ten years astrophysical cosmology has brought three remarkable results of deep impact for fundamental physics: the existence of non-baryonic dark matter, the (nearly) flatness of...
During the last ten years astrophysical cosmology has brought three remarkable results of deep impact for fundamental physics: the existence of non-baryonic dark matter, the (nearly) flatness of...
Evidence for new physics from clusters ? (2005)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian
The abundance of local clusters is a traditional way to derive the amplitude of matter fluctuations. In the present work, by assuming that the observed baryon content of clusters is representative of...
$XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project: III. Gas mass fraction shape in high redshift clusters (2005)
Sadat, Rachida, Blanchard, Alain, Vauclair, Sebastien, Lumb, David, Bartlett, James, Romer, A.K., ...
We study the gas mass fraction, $f_{\rm gas},$ behavior in $XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project. The typical $f_{\rm gas}$ shape of high redshift galaxy clusters follows the global shape inferred at low...
Evidence for new physics from clusters ? (2005)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian
The abundance of local clusters is a traditional way to derive the amplitude of matter fluctuations. In the present work, by assuming that the observed baryon content of clusters is representative of...
During the last ten years astrophysical cosmology has brought three remarkable results of deep impact for fundamental physics: the existence of non-baryonic dark matter, the (nearly) flatness of...
$XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project: III. Gas mass fraction shape in high redshift clusters (2005)
Sadat, Rachida, Blanchard, Alain, Vauclair, Sebastien, Lumb, David, Bartlett, James, Romer, A.K., ...
We study the gas mass fraction, $f_{\rm gas},$ behavior in $XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project. The typical $f_{\rm gas}$ shape of high redshift galaxy clusters follows the global shape inferred at low...
Evidence for new physics from clusters ? (2005)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian
The abundance of local clusters is a traditional way to derive the amplitude of matter fluctuations. In the present work, by assuming that the observed baryon content of clusters is representative of...
$XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project: III. Gas mass fraction shape in high redshift clusters (2005)
Sadat, Rachida, Blanchard, Alain, Vauclair, Sebastien, Lumb, David, Bartlett, James, Romer, A.K., ...
We study the gas mass fraction, $f_{\rm gas},$ behavior in $XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project. The typical $f_{\rm gas}$ shape of high redshift galaxy clusters follows the global shape inferred at low...
Evidence for new physics from clusters ? (2005)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian
The abundance of local clusters is a traditional way to derive the amplitude of matter fluctuations. In the present work, by assuming that the observed baryon content of clusters is representative of...
During the last ten years astrophysical cosmology has brought three remarkable results of deep impact for fundamental physics: the existence of non-baryonic dark matter, the (nearly) flatness of...
$XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project: III. Gas mass fraction shape in high redshift clusters (2005)
Sadat, Rachida, Blanchard, Alain, Vauclair, Sebastien, Lumb, David, Bartlett, James, Romer, A.K., ...
We study the gas mass fraction, $f_{\rm gas},$ behavior in $XMM-Newton$ $\Omega$ project. The typical $f_{\rm gas}$ shape of high redshift galaxy clusters follows the global shape inferred at low...
Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides and Stress Response in (2005)
Lina Fassi Fehri, Pascal Sir, Géraldine Gourgues, Gwenaël Jan, Henri Wróblewski, Alain Blanchard
Antimicrobial peptides are widely distributed in nature, and in vertebrates, they play a key function in the innate immune defense system. It is generally agreed that these molecules may provide new...
Evidence for new physics from clusters ? (2004)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian
The abundance of local clusters is a traditional way to derive the amplitude of matter fluctuations. In the present work, by assuming that the observed baryon content of clusters is representative of...
Cosmological implications from the observed properties of CMB (2004)
Blanchard, Alain, Bartlett, James G., Douspis, Marian
Observations of the cosmic microwave background represent a remarkable source of information for modern cosmology. Besides providing impressive support for the Big Bang model itself, they quantify...
MolliGen, a database dedicated to the comparative genomics of Mollicutes (2004)
Barré, Aurélien, De Daruvar, Antoine, Blanchard, Alain
Bacteria belonging to the class Mollicutes were among the first ones to be selected for complete genome sequencing because of the minimal size of their genomes and their pathogenicity for humans and...
An alternative to the cosmological 'concordance model' (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Sarkar, Subir
Precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background by WMAP are believed to have established a flat $\Lambda$-dominated universe, seeded by nearly scale-invariant adiabatic primordial...
Cosmological implications from the observed properties ofCMB. (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Bartlett, James, Douspis, Marian
Observations of the cosmic microwave background represent a remarkable source of information for modern cosmology. Besides providing impressive support for the Big Bang model itself, they quantify...
An alternative to the cosmological 'concordance model' (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Sarkar, Subir
Precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background byWMAP are believed to have established a flat $\Lambda$-dominateduniverse, seeded by nearly scale-invariant adiabatic...
Cosmological implications from the observed properties of CMB. (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Bartlett, James, Douspis, Marian
Observations of the cosmic microwave background represent a remarkable source of information for modern cosmology. Besides providing impressive support for the Big Bang model itself, they quantify...
An alternative to the cosmological 'concordance model' (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Sarkar, Subir
Precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background byWMAP are believed to have established a flat $\Lambda$-dominateduniverse, seeded by nearly scale-invariant adiabatic...
Cosmological implications from the observed properties of CMB. (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Bartlett, James, Douspis, Marian
Observations of the cosmic microwave background represent a remarkable source of information for modern cosmology. Besides providing impressive support for the Big Bang model itself, they quantify...
An alternative to the cosmological 'concordance model' (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Sarkar, Subir
Precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background byWMAP are believed to have established a flat $\Lambda$-dominateduniverse, seeded by nearly scale-invariant adiabatic...
Cosmological implications from the observed properties of CMB. (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Bartlett, James, Douspis, Marian
Observations of the cosmic microwave background represent a remarkable source of information for modern cosmology. Besides providing impressive support for the Big Bang model itself, they quantify...
An alternative to the cosmological 'concordance model' (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Douspis, Marian, Rowan-Robinson, Michael, Sarkar, Subir
Precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background byWMAP are believed to have established a flat $\Lambda$-dominateduniverse, seeded by nearly scale-invariant adiabatic...
Cosmological implications from the observed properties of CMB. (2003)
Blanchard, Alain, Bartlett, James, Douspis, Marian
Observations of the cosmic microwave background represent a remarkable source of information for modern cosmology. Besides providing impressive support for the Big Bang model itself, they quantify...
Host specificity of mollicutes oriC plasmids: functional analysis of replication origin (2003)
Lartigue, Carole, Blanchard, Alain, Renaudin, Joël, Thiaucourt, François, Sirand-Pugnet, Pascal
Recently, artificial oriC plasmids containing the chromosomal dnaA gene and surrounding DnaA box sequences were obtained for the mollicutes Spiroplasma citri and Mycoplasma pulmonis. In order to...
Genomic repeats, genome plasticity and the dynamics of Mycoplasma evolution (2002)
Rocha, Eduardo P. C., Blanchard, Alain
Mycoplasmas evolved by a drastic reduction in genome size, but their genomes contain numerous repeated sequences with important roles in their evolution. We have established a bioinformatic strategy...
The complete genome sequence of the murine respiratory pathogen Mycoplasma pulmonis (2001)
Chambaud, Isabelle, Heilig, Roland, Ferris, Stéphane, Barbe, Valérie, Samson, Delphine, Galisson, Frédérique, ...
Mycoplasma pulmonis is a wall-less eubacterium belonging to the Mollicutes (trivial name, mycoplasmas) and responsible for murine respiratory diseases. The genome of strain UAB CTIP is composed of a...
The mean density of the Universe from cluster evolution (1998)
Blanchard, Alain, Bartlett, James G., Sadat, Rachida
The determination of the mean density of the Universe is a long standing problem of modern cosmology. The number density evolution of x-ray clusters at a fixed temperature is a powerful cosmological...
The IGM at high redshift and galaxy formation (1997)
Blanchard, Alain, Prunet, Simon
The conditions for structure formation which ultimately lead to galaxies request further ingredients behind the simple collapse criteria. The Jean's criteria and the cooling criteria are those which...
Lineweaver, Charles H., Barbosa, Domingos, Blanchard, Alain, Bartlett, James G.
In this paper we compare data to theory. We use a compilation of the most recent cosmic microwave background (CMB) measurements to constrain Hubble's constant h, the baryon fraction Omega_b, and the...
The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect as a Probe of $\Omega_{o}$ (1996)
Barbosa, Domingos, Bartlett, James G., Blanchard, Alain, Oukbir, Jamila
We examine how the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect of clusters can probe $\Omega_{o}$. Using self-consistent models of X-ray clusters in the context of hierarchical models of structure formation, we...
How small were the first cosmological objects? (1996)
Tegmark, Max, Silk, Joseph, Rees, Martin, Blanchard, Alain, Abel, Tom, Palla, Francesco
The minimum mass that a virialized gas cloud must have in order to be able to cool in a Hubble time is computed, using a detailed treatment of the chemistry of molecular hydrogen. With a simple model...
The Significance of the Cosmic Virial Theorem (1995)
Bartlett, James G., Blanchard, Alain
We discuss the development and physics of the cosmic virial theorem and its traditional application as an indicator of the cosmic mean density. The standard result that the density must be...
Thesis (doctoral)--Université de Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1994.
Tegmark, Max, Silk, Joseph, Blanchard, Alain
Early photoionization of the intergalactic medium is discussed in a nearly model-independent way, in order to investigate whether early structures corresponding to rare Gaussian peaks in a CDM model...
2nd Rencontres de Blois (1991)
Blanchard, Alain, Celnikier, Ludwik M, Lachièze-Rey, M, Trân Thanh Vân, Jean
16ème École d'été de Physique des Particules (1990)
Billoire, Alain, Blanchard, Alain, Kounnas, Costas, London, G W
Essai sur la composition des comédies de ménandre / par Alain Blanchard (1983)
Incluye bibliografía e índice
Phase-locked loops : application to coherent receiver design / Alain Blanchard (1976)
"A Wiley-Interscience Publication"
Thèse univ. : Paris-Sud : Pharm : 1973 ; no 7.
The complete genome sequence of the murine respiratory pathogen Mycoplasma pulmonis
Chambaud, Isabelle, Heilig, Roland, Ferris, Stéphane, Barbe, Valérie, Samson, Delphine, Galisson, Frédérique, ...
Mycoplasma pulmonis is a wall-less eubacterium belonging to the Mollicutes (trivial name, mycoplasmas) and responsible for murine respiratory diseases. The genome of strain UAB CTIP is composed of a...
Phase Variations of the Mycoplasma penetrans Main Surface Lipoprotein Increase Antigenic Diversity
Neyrolles, Olivier, Chambaud, Isabelle, Ferris, Stéphane, Prevost, Marie-Christine, Sasaki, Tsuguo, Montagnier, Luc, ...
Mycoplasma penetrans is a recently identified mycoplasma, isolated from urine samples collected from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. Its presence is significantly associated...
Role of Mycoplasma penetrans Endonuclease P40 as a Potential Pathogenic Determinant
Bendjennat, Mourad, Blanchard, Alain, Loutfi, Mohammed, Montagnier, Luc, Bahraoui, Elmostafa
Recently, we reported the purification to homogeneity and characterization of Ca2+- and Mg2+-dependent endonuclease P40 produced by Mycoplasma penetrans (M. Bendjennat, A. Blanchard, M. Loutfi, L....
Phase Variation among Major Surface Antigens of Mycoplasma penetrans
Röske, Kerstin, Blanchard, Alain, Chambaud, Isabelle, Citti, Christine, Helbig, Jürgen H., Prevost, Marie-Christine, ...
The pathogenicity and prevalence of Mycoplasma penetrans, a Mycoplasma species recently isolated from humans, are still debated. A major P35 antigen, which is used as target epitope in serological...
Blanchard, Alain, Ferris, Stéphane, Chamaret, Sophie, Guétard, Denise, Montagnier, Luc
We have investigated the molecular evidence in favor of the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from an HIV-infected surgeon to one of his patients. After PCR amplification, the env...
Genomic repeats, genome plasticity and the dynamics of Mycoplasma evolution
Rocha, Eduardo P. C., Blanchard, Alain
Mycoplasmas evolved by a drastic reduction in genome size, but their genomes contain numerous repeated sequences with important roles in their evolution. We have established a bioinformatic strategy...
Nir-Paz, Ran, Prévost, Marie-Christine, Nicolas, Pierre, Blanchard, Alain, Wróblewski, Henri
Mycoplasmas, which are bacteria that are devoid of a cell wall and which belong to the class Mollicutes, are pathogenic for humans and animals and are frequent contaminants of tissue cell cultures....
Host specificity of mollicutes oriC plasmids: functional analysis of replication origin
Lartigue, Carole, Blanchard, Alain, Renaudin, Joël, Thiaucourt, François, Sirand-Pugnet, Pascal
Recently, artificial oriC plasmids containing the chromosomal dnaA gene and surrounding DnaA box sequences were obtained for the mollicutes Spiroplasma citri and Mycoplasma pulmonis. In order to...
MolliGen, a database dedicated to the comparative genomics of Mollicutes
Barré, Aurélien, De Daruvar, Antoine, Blanchard, Alain
Bacteria belonging to the class Mollicutes were among the first ones to be selected for complete genome sequencing because of the minimal size of their genomes and their pathogenicity for humans and...
Versatile Use of oriC Plasmids for Functional Genomics of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum†
Janis, Carole, Lartigue, Carole, Frey, Joachim, Wróblewski, Henri, Thiaucourt, François, Blanchard, Alain, ...
Replicative oriC plasmids were recently developed for several mollicutes, including three Mycoplasma species belonging to the mycoides cluster that are responsible for bovine and caprine diseases:...
Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides and Stress Response in Mycoplasma pulmonis
Fehri, Lina Fassi, Sirand-Pugnet, Pascal, Gourgues, Géraldine, Jan, Gwenaël, Wróblewski, Henri, Blanchard, Alain
Antimicrobial peptides are widely distributed in nature, and in vertebrates, they play a key function in the innate immune defense system. It is generally agreed that these molecules may provide new...
The complete genome sequence of the murine respiratory pathogen Mycoplasma pulmonis
Chambaud, Isabelle, Heilig, Roland, Ferris, Stéphane, Barbe, Valérie, Samson, Delphine, Galisson, Frédérique, ...
Mycoplasma pulmonis is a wall-less eubacterium belonging to the Mollicutes (trivial name, mycoplasmas) and responsible for murine respiratory diseases. The genome of strain UAB CTIP is composed of a...
Phase Variations of the Mycoplasma penetrans Main Surface Lipoprotein Increase Antigenic Diversity
Neyrolles, Olivier, Chambaud, Isabelle, Ferris, Stéphane, Prevost, Marie-Christine, Sasaki, Tsuguo, Montagnier, Luc, ...
Mycoplasma penetrans is a recently identified mycoplasma, isolated from urine samples collected from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. Its presence is significantly associated...
Role of Mycoplasma penetrans Endonuclease P40 as a Potential Pathogenic Determinant
Bendjennat, Mourad, Blanchard, Alain, Loutfi, Mohammed, Montagnier, Luc, Bahraoui, Elmostafa
Recently, we reported the purification to homogeneity and characterization of Ca2+- and Mg2+-dependent endonuclease P40 produced by Mycoplasma penetrans (M. Bendjennat, A. Blanchard, M. Loutfi, L....
Phase Variation among Major Surface Antigens of Mycoplasma penetrans
Röske, Kerstin, Blanchard, Alain, Chambaud, Isabelle, Citti, Christine, Helbig, Jürgen H., Prevost, Marie-Christine, ...
The pathogenicity and prevalence of Mycoplasma penetrans, a Mycoplasma species recently isolated from humans, are still debated. A major P35 antigen, which is used as target epitope in serological...
Blanchard, Alain, Ferris, Stéphane, Chamaret, Sophie, Guétard, Denise, Montagnier, Luc
We have investigated the molecular evidence in favor of the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from an HIV-infected surgeon to one of his patients. After PCR amplification, the env...
Genomic repeats, genome plasticity and the dynamics of Mycoplasma evolution
Rocha, Eduardo P. C., Blanchard, Alain
Mycoplasmas evolved by a drastic reduction in genome size, but their genomes contain numerous repeated sequences with important roles in their evolution. We have established a bioinformatic strategy...
Nir-Paz, Ran, Prévost, Marie-Christine, Nicolas, Pierre, Blanchard, Alain, Wróblewski, Henri
Mycoplasmas, which are bacteria that are devoid of a cell wall and which belong to the class Mollicutes, are pathogenic for humans and animals and are frequent contaminants of tissue cell cultures....
Host specificity of mollicutes oriC plasmids: functional analysis of replication origin
Lartigue, Carole, Blanchard, Alain, Renaudin, Joël, Thiaucourt, François, Sirand-Pugnet, Pascal
Recently, artificial oriC plasmids containing the chromosomal dnaA gene and surrounding DnaA box sequences were obtained for the mollicutes Spiroplasma citri and Mycoplasma pulmonis. In order to...
MolliGen, a database dedicated to the comparative genomics of Mollicutes
Barré, Aurélien, De Daruvar, Antoine, Blanchard, Alain
Bacteria belonging to the class Mollicutes were among the first ones to be selected for complete genome sequencing because of the minimal size of their genomes and their pathogenicity for humans and...
Versatile Use of oriC Plasmids for Functional Genomics of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum†
Janis, Carole, Lartigue, Carole, Frey, Joachim, Wróblewski, Henri, Thiaucourt, François, Blanchard, Alain, ...
Replicative oriC plasmids were recently developed for several mollicutes, including three Mycoplasma species belonging to the mycoides cluster that are responsible for bovine and caprine diseases:...
Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides and Stress Response in Mycoplasma pulmonis
Fehri, Lina Fassi, Sirand-Pugnet, Pascal, Gourgues, Géraldine, Jan, Gwenaël, Wróblewski, Henri, Blanchard, Alain
Antimicrobial peptides are widely distributed in nature, and in vertebrates, they play a key function in the innate immune defense system. It is generally agreed that these molecules may provide new...
Being Pathogenic, Plastic, and Sexual while Living with a Nearly Minimal Bacterial Genome
Sirand-Pugnet, Pascal, Lartigue, Carole, Marenda, Marc, Jacob, Daniel, Barré, Aurélien, Barbe, Valérie, ...
Mycoplasmas are commonly described as the simplest self-replicating organisms, whose evolution was mainly characterized by genome downsizing with a proposed evolutionary scenario similar to that of...
Activities of Antimicrobial Peptides and Synergy with Enrofloxacin against Mycoplasma pulmonis▿
Fassi Fehri, Lina, Wróblewski, Henri, Blanchard, Alain
We showed in a previous study that associations of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which are key components of the innate immune systems of all living species, with the fluoroquinolone enrofloxacin...
Pereyre, Sabine, Sirand-Pugnet, Pascal, Beven, Laure, Charron, Alain, Renaudin, Hélène, Barré, Aurélien, ...
Mycoplasma hominis is an opportunistic human mycoplasma. Two other pathogenic human species, M. genitalium and Ureaplasma parvum, reside within the same natural niche as M. hominis: the urogenital...