Jairoce C, Macià D, Torres-Yaguana JP, Mayer L, Vidal M, Santano R, Hurtado-Guerrero R, Reiter K, Narum DL, Lopez-Gutierrez B, Hamerly T, Sacarlal J, Aguilar R, Dinglasan RR, Moncunill G, Izquierdo L, Dobaño C. RTS,S/AS02A Malaria Vaccine-Induced IgG Responses Equally Recognize Native-Like Fucosylated and Nonfucosylated Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Proteins. J Infect Dis. 2024 Mar 14;229(3):795-799. 10.1093/infdis/jiad471
Martín Pérez C, Aguilar R, Jiménez A, Salmerón G, Canyelles M, Rubio R, Vidal M, Cuamba I, Barrios D, Díaz N, Santano R, Serra P, Santamaria P, Izquierdo L, Trilla A, Vilella A, Barroso S, Tortajada M, García-Basteiro AL, Moncunill G, Dobaño C. Correlates of protection and determinants of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections 1 year after third dose vaccination. BMC Med. 2024 Mar 8;22(1):103. 10.1186/s12916-024-03304-3
Crispim M, Verdaguer IB, Hernández A, Kronenberger T, Fenollar À, Yamaguchi LF, Alberione MP, Ramirez M, de Oliveira SS, Katzin AM, Izquierdo L. Beyond the MEP Pathway: A novel kinase required for prenol utilization by malaria parasites. PLoS Pathog. 2024 Jan 26;20(1):e1011557. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011557
Natama HM, Moncunill G, Vidal M, Rouamba T, Aguilar R, Santano R, Rovira-Vallbona E, Jiménez A, Somé MA, Sorgho H, Valéa I, … Izquierdo L, Mens PF, Schalling HDFH, Tinto H, Rosanas-Urgell A, Dobaño C. Associations between prenatal malaria exposure, maternal antibodies at birth, and malaria susceptibility during the first year of life in Burkina Faso. Infection and Immunity. 2023 Oct 17;91(10):e00268-23. 10.1128/iai.00268-23
Izquierdo L. The glycobiology of plasmodium falciparum: New approaches and recent advances. Biotechnology Advances. 2023 Sept;66:108178. 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108178
Kogevinas M, Karachaliou M, Espinosa A, Aguilar R, Castaño-Vinyals G, Garcia-Aymerich J, Carreras A, Cortés B, … Izquierdo L, Cirach M, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Dadvand P, Straif K, Moncunill G, de Cid R, Dobaño C, Tonne C. Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and COVID-19 Vaccine Antibody Response in a General Population Cohort (COVICAT Study, Catalonia). Environmental Health Perspectives. 2023 Apr;131(4):047001. 10.1289/EHP11989
Aguilar R, Li X, Crowell CS, Burrell T, Vidal M, Rubio R, Jiménez A… Izquierdo L, Tortajada M, Angulo A, Soutschek E, Engel P, García-Basteiro A, Busch DH, Moncunill G, Protzer U, Dobaño C, Gerhard M. RBD-Based ELISA and Luminex Predict Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Surrogate-Neutralizing Activity in Two Longitudinal Cohorts of German and Spanish Health Care Workers. Microbiology Spectrum. 2023 Jan:e03165-22. 10.1128/spectrum.03165-22
Dobaño C, Ramírez-Morros A, Alonso S, Rubio R, Ruiz-Olalla G, Vidal-Alaball J, Macià D, Catalina QM, Vidal M, Casanovas AF, Prados de la Torre E… Izquierdo L, Aguilar R, Moncunill G, Ruiz-Comellas A. Sustained seropositivity up to 20.5 months after COVID-19. BMC medicine. 2022 Dec;20(1):1-0. 10.1186/s12916-022-02570-3
Prados de la Torre E, Obando I, Vidal M, de Felipe B, Aguilar R, Izquierdo L, Carolis C, …, Moncunill G, Rodríguez-Ortega MJ, Dobaño C. SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Study in Pediatric Patients and Health Care Workers Using Multiplex Antibody Immunoassays. Viruses 14(9):2039 (2022) 10.3390/v14092039
Rubio R, Aguilar R, Bustamante M, Muñoz E, …, Izquierdo L, Gómez-Roig MD, Dobaño C, Moncunill G, Mazarico E. Maternal and neonatal immune response to SARS-CoV-2, IgG transplacental transfer and cytokine profile. Frontiers in Immunology 20(1):347 (2022) 10.3389/fimmu.2022.999
Karachaliou M, Moncunill G, Espinosa A, Castaño-Vinyals G, Rubio R, Vidal M, Jiménez A, …, Izquierdo L, Santamaría P, Carolis C, Papantoniou K, Goldberg X, Aguilar R, Garcia-Aymerich J, de Cid R, Kogevinas M, Dobaño C. SARS-CoV-2 infection, vaccination and antibody response trajectories in adults: a cohort study in Catalonia. BMC Medicine 20(1):347 (2022) 10.1186/s12916-022-02547-2
Dobaño C, Ramírez-Morros, Alonso S, Ruiz-Olalla G, Rubio R, Vidal M, …, Carolis C, Izquierdo L, Zanoncello J, Aguilar R, Vidal-Alaball J, Moncunill G, Ruiz-Comellas A. Eleven-month longitudinal study of antibodies in SARS-CoV-2 exposed and naïve primary health care workers upon COVID-19 vaccination. Immunology (2022) 10.1111/imm.13551
Montoya AL, Carvajal EG, Ortega-Rodriguez U, Estevao IL, Ashmus RA, Jankuru SR, Portillo S, Ellis CC, Knight CD, Alonso-Padilla J, Izquierdo L, …, Noya O, Almeida IC, Michael K. A Branched and Double Alpha-Gal-Bearing Synthetic Neoglycoprotein as a Biomarker for Chagas Disease. Molecules 27(17):5714 (2022) 10.3390/molecules27175714
Santano R, Rubio R, Grau-Pujol B, …, Izquierdo L, Chitnis C, Coppel RL, Chauhan V, …, Zhan B, Muñoz J, Dobaño C, Moncunill G. Evaluation of antibody serology to determine current helminth and Plasmodium falciparum infections in a co-endemic area in Southern Mozambique. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 16(6): e0010138 (2022) 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010138
Fenollar À, Ros-Lucas A, Alberione MP, Martínez-Peinado N, Ramírez M, Rosales-Motos MÁ, Lee LY, Alonso-Padilla J, Izquierdo L. Compounds targeting GPI biosynthesis or N-glycosylation are active against Plasmodium falciparum. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 20: 850-863 (2022) 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.01.029
Dobaño C, Alonso S, Vidal M, Jiménez A, …, Izquierdo L, García-García JJ, Aguilar R, Jordan I, Moncunill G. Multiplex Antibody Analysis of IgM, IgA and IgG to SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva and Serum From Infected Children and Their Close Contacts. Frontiers in Immunology 13: 751705 (2022) 10.3389/fimmu.2022.751705
Dobaño C, Jiménez A, Rubio R, Alonso S, Ramírez-Morros A, Vidal M, Vidal-Alaball J, Ruiz-Comellas A, García-Basteiro AL, Izquierdo L, Aguilar R, Moncunill G. Spike-based COVID-19 immunization increases antibodies to nucleocapsid antigen. Translational Research 240, 26-32 (2022) 10.1016/j.trsl.2021.10.004
Moncunill G, Aguilar R, Ribes M, …, Izquierdo L, Varela P, Trilla A, Vilella A, Barroso S, Angulo A, Engel P, Tortajada M, García-Basteiro AL, Dobaño C. Determinants of early antibody responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in a cohort of exposed and naïve healthcare workers. EBioMedicine 75: 103805 (2022) 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103805
Santano R, Rubio R, Grau-Pujol B, …, Izquierdo L, Chitnis CE, Coppel RL, Chauhar V, Cavanagh D, Dutta S, Angov E, Gaur D, van Lieshout L, Zhan B, Muñoz J, Moncunill G, Dobaño C. Plasmodium falciparum and Helminth Coinfections Increase IgE and Parasite-Specific IgG Responses. Microbiology Spectrum 9(3): e01109-21 (2021) 10.1128/Spectrum.01109-21
Dobaño C, Alonso S, Fernández de Sevilla M, Vidal M, Jiménez A, …, Izquierdo L, Bassat Q, Gratacós E, Aguilar R, García-García JJ, Moncunill G, Jordan I. Antibody conversion rates to SARS-CoV-2 in saliva from children attending summer schools in Barcelona, Spain. BMC Medicine 19(1): 309 (2021) 10.1186/s12916-021-02184-1
Karachaliou M, Moncunill G, Espinosa A, …, Izquierdo L, Aguilar R, Basagaña X, Garcia-Aymerich J, de Cid R, Dobaño C, Kogevinas M. Infection induced SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and heterogeneity of antibody responses in a general population cohort study in Catalonia Spain. Scientific Reports 11, 21571 (2021) 10.1038/s41598-021-00807-4
Kogevinas M, Castaño-Vinyals G, Karachaliou M, Espinosa A, …, Izquierdo L, Nieuwenhuijsen, Davdand P, Aguilar R, Moncunill G, Dobaño C, Tonne C. Ambient air pollution in relation to SARS-CoV-2 infection, antibody response, and COVID-19 disease: a cohort study in Catalonia, Spain (COVICAT study). Environmental Health Perspectives 129(11):117003 (2021) 10.1289/EHP9726
Santano R, Barrios D, Crispi F, Crovetto F, Vidal M, Chi J, Izquierdo L, Gratacós E, Moncunill G, Dobaño C. Agreement between commercially available ELISA and in-house Luminex SARS-CoV-2 antibody immunoassays. Scientific Reports 2021 ;11(1):18984. 10.1038/s41598-021-98296-y
Ortega N, Ribes M, Vidal M, Rubio R, Aguilar R, Williams S, Barrios D, …, Tortajada M, Izquierdo L, Angulo A, Engel P, García-Basteiro AL, Moncunill G, Dobaño, C. Seven-month kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and role of pre-existing antibodies to human coronaviruses. Nature Communications. 2021 Aug 6;12(1):1-0. 10.1038/s41467-021-24979-9
Martinez-Peinado N, Lorente-Macías Á, García-Salguero A, Cortes-Serra N, Fenollar-Collado Á, Ros-Lucas A, Gascon J, … Izquierdo L, Alonso-Padilla J. Novel Purine Chemotypes with Activity against Plasmodium falciparum and Trypanosoma cruzi. Pharmaceuticals. 2021 Jul;14(7):638. (Co-corresponding senior author) 10.3390/ph14070638
Dobaño C, Santano R, Jiménez A, Vidal M, Chi J, Melero NR, Popovic M, López-Aladid R, Fernández-Barat L, Tortajada M, Carmona-Torre F…García-Basteiro AL, Aguilar R, Moncunill G, Izquierdo L. Immunogenicity and crossreactivity of antibodies to the nucleocapsid protein of SARS-CoV-2: utility and limitations in seroprevalence and immunity studies. Translational Research. 2021 Jun; 232:60-74 10.1016/j.trsl.2021.02.006
Suau R, Vidal M, Aguilar R, Ruiz-Olalla G, Vázquez-Santiago M, Jairoce C, Nhabomba AJ, Gyan B, Dosoo D, Asante KP, Owusu-Agyei S, Izquierdo L, Canavagh D, Coppel RL, Chauhan V, Angov E, …Beeson JG, Moncunill G, Dobaño C. RTS, S/AS01E malaria vaccine induces IgA responses against CSP and vaccine-unrelated antigens in African children in the phase 3 trial. Vaccine. 2021 Jan 22;39(4):687-98 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.038
Dobaño C, Vidal M, Santano R, Jiménez A, Chi J, Barrios D, Ruiz-Olalla G, Melero NR, Carolis C, Parras D, Serra P, Martínez de Aguirre P, Carmona-Torre F, Reina G, Santamaria P, Mayor A, García-Basteiro A, Izquierdo L, Aguilar R, Moncunill G. Highly sensitive and specific multiplex antibody assays to quantify immunoglobulins M, A, and G against SARS-CoV-2 antigens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2021 Jan 21;59(2) 10.1128/JCM.01731-20
Martínez-Flórez A, Galizzi M, Izquierdo L, Bustamante JM, Rodriguez A, Rodriguez F, Rodríguez-Cortés A, Alberola J. Repurposing bioenergetic modulators against protozoan parasites responsible for tropical diseases. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance. 2020 Dec 1;14:17-27 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2020.07.002
Chi J, Cova M, de Las Rivas M, Medina A, Borges RJ, Leivar P, Planas A, Usón I, Hurtado-Guerrero R, Izquierdo L. Plasmodium falciparum Apicomplexan-Specific Glucosamine-6-Phosphate N-Acetyltransferase Is Key for Amino Sugar Metabolism and Asexual Blood Stage Development. mBio. 2020 Oct 27;11(5) 10.1128/mBio.02045-20
López-Gutiérrez B, Cova M, Izquierdo L. A Plasmodium falciparum C-mannosyltransferase is dispensable for parasite asexual blood stage development. Parasitology. 2019 Sep 27:1-6 10.1017/S0031182019001380
Sanz S, Aquilini E, Tweedell RE, Verma G, Hamerly T, Hritzo B, Tripathi A, Machado MM, Churcher TS, Rodrigues JA, Izquierdo L, Dinglasan RR. Protein O-fucosyltransferase 2 is not essential for Plasmodium berghei development. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2019;9:238 (Co-corresponding senior author) 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00238
Ortega-Rodriguez U, Portillo S, Ashmus RA, Duran JA, Schocker NS, Iniguez E, Montoya AL, Zepeda BG, Olivas JJ, Karimi NH, Alonso-Padilla J, Izquierdo L, Pinazo M-J, Alarcón B, Noya O, Maldonado RA, Torrico F, Gascon J, Michael K, Almeida IC. Purification of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Mucins from Trypanosoma cruzi Trypomastigotes and Synthesis of α-Gal-Containing Neoglycoproteins: Application as Biomarkers for Reliable Diagnosis and Early Assessment of Chemotherapeutic Outcomes of Chagas Disease. In T. cruzi Infection 2019 (pp. 287-308). Humana Press, New York, NY 10.1007/978-1-4939-9148-8_22
Aguilar R, Ubillos I, Vidal M, Balanza N, Crespo N, Jiménez A, Nhabomba A, Jairoce C, Dosoo D, Gyan B, Ayestaran A, Sanz H, Campo JJ, Gómez-Pérez GP, Izquierdo L, Dobaño C. Antibody responses to α-Gal in African children vary with age and site and are associated with malaria protection. Scientific reports. 2018 Jul 3;8(1):9999 (Co-corresponding senior author) 10.1038/s41598-018-28325-w
Kanazawa H, Saavedra OM, Maianti JP, Young SA, Izquierdo L, Smith TK, Hanessian S, Kondo J. Structure-Based Design of a Eukaryote-Selective Antiprotozoal Fluorinated Aminoglycoside. ChemMedChem. 2018 Aug 10;13(15):1541-1548 10.1002/cmdc.201800166
Cova M, López-Gutiérrez B, Artigas-Jerónimo S, González-Díaz A, Bandini G, Maere S, Carretero-Paulet L, Izquierdo L. The Apicomplexa-specific glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase gene family encodes a key enzyme for glycoconjugate synthesis with potential as therapeutic target. Scientific reports. 2018 Mar 5;8(1):4005 10.1038/s41598-018-22441-3
Hoppe CM, Albuquerque A, Bandini G, Leon DR, Shcherbakova A, Buettner FF, Izquierdo L, Costello CE, Bakker H, Routier FH. Apicomplexan C-Mannosyltransferases Modify Thrombospondin Type I-Containing Adhesins of the TRAP Family. Glycobiology. 2018 Feb 8;1:11 10.1093/glycob/cwy013
Torrico F, Gascon J, Ortiz L, Alonso-Vega C, Pinazo MJ, Schijman A, Almeida IC, Alves F, Strub-Wourgaft N, Ribeiro I, E1224 Study Group. Treatment of adult chronic indeterminate Chagas disease with benznidazole and three E1224 dosing regimens: a proof-of-concept, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2018 18 (4), 419-430. (Izquierdo L and Silvia Sanz as the E1224 group at ISGlobal) 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30538-8
Schocker NS, Portillo S, Ashmus RA, Brito CR, Silva IE, Mendoza YC, Marques AF, Monroy EY, Pardo A, Izquierdo L, Gállego M, Gascón J, Almeida IC, Michael K. Probing for Trypanosoma cruzi Cell Surface Glycobiomarkers for the Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Chemotherapy of Chagas Disease. In Coupling and Decoupling of Diverse Molecular Units in Glycosciences 2018 (pp. 195-211). Springer, Cham. 10.1007/978-3-319-65587-1_9
López-Gutiérrez B, Dinglasan RR, Izquierdo L. Sugar nucleotide quantification by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry reveals a distinct profile in Plasmodium falciparum sexual stage parasites. Biochemical Journal 2017 474(6), 897-905 10.1042/BCJ20161030
Sanz S, López-Gutiérrez B, Bandini G, Damerow S, Absalon S, Dinglasan RR, Samuelson J, Izquierdo L. 2016. “The disruption of GDP-fucose de novo biosynthesis suggests the presence of a novel fucose-containing glycoconjugate in Plasmodium asexual blood stages”. Sci. Rep. 6, p.37230 10.1038/srep37230
Serrán-Aguilera L, Denton H, Rubio-Ruiz B, López-Gutiérrez B, Entrena A, Izquierdo L, Smith TK, Conejo-García A, Hurtado-Guerrero R. 2016. “Plasmodium falciparum Choline Kinase Inhibition Leads to a Major Decrease in Phosphatidylethanolamine Causing Parasite Death”. Sci. Rep. 6, p.33189 10.1038/srep33189
Damerow M, Graalfs F, Guther MLS, Mehlert A, Izquierdo L, Ferguson MAJ. 2016. “A gene of the β3-glycosyltransferase family encodes N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase II function in Trypanosoma brucei”. J. Biol. Chem. 291 (26): 13834-13845 10.1074/jbc.M116.733246
Pinazo MJ, Posada E, Izquierdo L, Tassies D, Marques AF, Lazzari E, Aldasoro E, Muñoz J, Abras A, Tebar S, Gallego M, Almeida IC, Reverter JC, Gascon J. 2016. “Altered hypercoagulability factors in patients with chronic Chagas disease: potential biomarkers of therapeutic response”. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 10(1): e0004269 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004269
Rodrigues JA, Acosta-Serrano A, Aebi M, Ferguson MAJ, Routier FH, Schiller I, Soares S, Spencer D, Titz A, Wilson IBH and Izquierdo L. 2015. “Parasite Glycobiology: a bittersweet symphony”. PLoS Pathog. 11(11): e1005169 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005169
Cova M, Rodrigues JA, Smith TK and Izquierdo L. 2015. “Sugar Activation and Glycosylation in Plasmodium”. Malaria J. 14: 427 10.1186/s12936-015-0949-z
Izquierdo L, Acosta-Serrano A, Mehlert A, Ferguson MAJ. 2015. “Identification of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor-modifying b1-3 galactosyltransferase in Trypanosoma brucei”. Glycobiology. 25 (4): 438-447 10.1093/glycob/cwu131
Requena-Méndez A, López MC, Angheben A, Izquierdo L, Ribeiro I, Pinazo M, Gascon J, and Muñoz J. 2013. “Evaluating Chagas disease progression and cure through biomarkers: a systematic review”. Expert Rev. Anti. Infect. Ther. 11(9): 957-976 10.1586/14787210.2013.824718
Sanz S, Bandini G, Ospina D, Bernabeu M, Mariño K, Fernández-Becerra C, Izquierdo L. 2013. “Biosynthesis of GDP-fucose and other sugar nucleotides in the blood-stages of Plasmodium falciparum”. J. Biol. Chem. 288 (23): 16506-16517 10.1074/jbc.M112.439828
Izquierdo L, Guther MLS, Ferguson MAJ. 2013. “Creation and characterization of glycosyltransferase mutants of Trypanosoma brucei”. Inka Brockhausen (ed.), Glycosyltransferases: Methods and Protocols. Methods Mol. Biol. vol. 1022. Springer Science+Business Media. New York 2013 10.1007/978-1-62703-465-4_19
Ashmus RA, Schocker NS, Cordero Y, Marques AF, Monroy EY, Pardo A, Izquierdo L, Gállego M, Gascon J, Almeida IC, Michael K. 2013. “Potential use of synthetic alpha-galactosyl-containing glycotopes of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi as new diagnostic biomarkers for Chagas disease”. Org. Biomol. Chem. 11 (34): 5579-5583 10.1039/c3ob40887f
Izquierdo L, Ferreira-Marques A, Gállego M, Sanz S, Tebar S, Riera C, Quintó L, Aldasoro E, Almeida IC, Gascón J. 2013. “Evaluation of a chemiluminescent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a nonendemic setting”. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. 108: 928-931 10.1590/0074-0276130112
Izquierdo L, Mehlert A, Ferguson MAJ. 2012. “The lipid linked oligosaccharide donor specificities of Trypanosoma brucei oligosaccharyltransferases”. Glycobiology 22 (5):696-703 10.1093/glycob/cws003
Paytubi S, Wang X, Lam YW, Izquierdo L, Hunter MJ, Jan E, Hundal HS, Proud CG. 2009. “ABC50 promotes translation initiation in mammalian cells”. J. Biol. Chem. 284 (36):24061-24073 10.1074/jbc.M109.031625
Izquierdo L, Schulz BL, Rodrigues JA, Guther MLS, Procter JB, Barton GJ, Aebi M, Ferguson MAJ. 2009. “Distinct donor and acceptor specificities of Trypanosoma brucei oligosaccharyltransferases”. EMBO J. 28 (17):2650-2661 10.1038/emboj.2009.203
Izquierdo L, Atrih A, Rodrigues JA, Jones DC, Ferguson MAJ. 2009. “Trypanosoma brucei UDP-Glucose : Glycoprotein Glucosyltransferase has unusual substrate specificity and protects the parasite from stress”. Eukaryot. Cell. 8 (2):230-240 10.1128/EC.00361-08
Izquierdo L, Nakanishi M, Mehlert A, Machray G, Barton GJ, Ferguson MAJ. 2009. “Identification of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor-modifying b1-3 N-acetylglucosaminyl transferase in Trypanosoma brucei“. Mol. Microbiol.. 71 (2):478-491 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06542.x
Manthri S, Güther MLS, Izquierdo L, Acosta-Serrano A, Ferguson MAJ. 2008. “Deletion of the TbALG3 Gene Demonstrates Novel Mechanisms of N-Glycosylation in Trypanosoma brucei“. Glycobiology. 18 (5):367-383 10.1093/glycob/cwn014
Turnock DC, Izquierdo L, Ferguson MAJ. 2007. “The de Novo Synthesis of GDP-fucose Is Essential for Flagellar Adhesion and Cell Growth in Trypanosoma brucei“. J. Biol. Chem. 282 (39): 28853-28863 10.1074/jbc.M704742200
Fresno S, Jiménez N, Izquierdo L, Merino S, Corsaro MM, De Castro C, Parrilli M, Naldi T, Regue M, Tomás JM. 2006. “The ionic interaction of Klebsiella pneumoniae K2 capsule and core lipopolysaccharide”. Microbiology 152: 1807-1818 10.1099/mic.0.28611-0
Regué M, Izquierdo L, Fresno S, Jiménez N, Piqué N, Corsaro MM, Parrilli M, Naldi T, Merino S, Tomás JM. 2005. “The incorporation of glucosamine into enterobacterial core lipopolysaccharide: two enzymatic steps are required”. J. Biol. Chem. 280 (44): 36648-36656 10.1074/jbc.M506278200
Regué M, Izquierdo L, Fresno S, Jiménez N, Piqué N, Corsaro MM, Naldi T, De Castro C, Waidelich D, Merino S, Tomás JM. 2005. “A second outer-core region in Klebsiella pneumoniae lipopolysaccharide”. J. Bacteriol. 187 (12): 4198-4206 10.1128/JB.187.12.4198-4206.2005
Coderch N, Piqué N, Lindner B, Abitiu N, Merino S, Izquierdo L, Jimenez N, Tomás JM, Holst O, Regué M. 2004. “Genetic and Structural Characterization of the Core Region of the Lipopolysaccharide from Serratia marcescens N28b (Serovar O4)”. J. Bacteriol. 186 (4): 978-988 PMC344232
Regué M, Hita B, Piqué N, Izquierdo L, Merino S, Fresno S, Benedí VJ, Tomás JM. 2003. “A gene (uridinediphosphate galacturonate 4-epimerase) is essential for Klebsiella pneumoniae virulence”. Infect. Immun. 72 (1): 54-61 PMC343961
Izquierdo L., Coderch N, Piqué N, Bedini E, Corsaro MM, Merino S, Fresno S, Tomás JM, Regué M. 2003. “The Klebsiella pneumoniae wabG gene: Role in biosynthesis of the core lipopolysaccharide and virulence”. J. Bacteriol. 185 (24): 7213-21 PMC296265
Izquierdo L, Merino S, Regué M, Rodríguez F, Tomás JM. 2003. “A Klebsiella pneumoniae O-antigen heteropolysaccharide (O12) requiring and ABC-2-transporter-dependent pathway”. J. Bacteriol. 185 (5): 1634-41 PMC148082
Izquierdo L, Merino S, Coderch N, Regué M, Tomás JM. 2002. “The wavB gene of Vibrio cholerae and the waaE gene of Klebsiella pneumoniae codify for a b1,4 glucosiltransferase involved in the transfer of a glucose residue to the L-glycero-D-manno-heptose I in the lipopolysaccharide inner-core”. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 216 (2): 211-6 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11437.x
Izquierdo L, Abitiu N, Coderch N, Hita B, Merino S, Gavín R, Tomás JM, Regué M. 2002. “The inner-core lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic waaE gene: function and genetic distribution among some Enterobacteriaceae”. Microbiology. 148 (Pt 11): 3485-96 10.1099/00221287-148-11-3485
Regué M, Climent N, Abitiu N, Coderch N, Merino S, Izquierdo L, Altarriba M, Tomás JM. 2001. “Genetic characterization of the Klebsiella pneumoniae waa gene cluster, involved in core lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis”. J. Bacteriol. 183 (12): 3564-3573 10.1128/JB.183.12.3564-3573.2001
Merino S, Gavín R, Altarriba M, Izquierdo L, Maguire ME, Tomás JM. 2001. “The MgtE Mg2+ transport protein is involved in Aeromonas hydrophila adherence”. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 198 (2): 189-195 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10641.x
Merino S, Altarriba M, Gavín R, Izquierdo L, Tomás JM. 2001. “The cell division genes (ftsE and X) of Aeromonas hydrophila and their relationship with opsonophagocytosis”. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 198(2): 183-188 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10640.x
Merino S, Altarriba M, Izquierdo L, Nogueras MM, Regué M, Tomás JM. 2000. “Cloning and sequencing of the Klebsiella pneumoniae O5 wb gene cluster and its role in pathogenesis”. Infect. Immun. 68 (5): 2435-2440 PMC97443
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