Publications

• Phylogenetic structure and evolution of regulatory genes and integrases of P2-like phages
• Identification of bases required for P2 integrase core binding and recombination
• Crystal structure of the P2 C-repressor : a binder of nonpalindromic direct DNA repeats
• Characterization of the site-specific recombination system of phage ΦD145, and its capacity to promote recombination in human cells
• A comparative analysis of the bifunctional Cox proteins of two heteroimmune P2-like phages with different host integration sites
• Bacteriophage P2 integrase: another possible tool for site-specific recombination in eukaryotic cells
• Assignment of 1H, 13C, and 15N chemical shift resonances of P2 C-repressor protein
• A comparison of the DNA binding and bending capacities and the oligomeric states of the immunity repressors of heteroimmune coliphages P2 and W Phi
• Determination of the DNA-binding kinetics of three related but heteroimmune bacteriophage repressors using EMSA and SPR analysis
• Evolution of P2-like phages and their impact on bacterial evolution.
• Determination of the DNA-binding kinetics of three related but heteroimmune bacteriophage repressors using EMSA and SPR analysis.
• Evolution of immunity and host chromosome integration site of P2-like coliphages.
• Identification of a gene encoding a functional reverse transcriptase within a highly variable locus in the P2-like coliphages.
• Dimerization of bacteriophage P2 integrase is not required for binding to its DNA target but for its biological activity
• Cooperative interactions between bacteriophage P2 integrase and its accessory factors IHF and Cox