The MatP/< i> matS</i> Site-Specific System Organizes the Terminus Region of the< i> E. coli</i> Chromosome into a Macrodomain R Mercier, MA Petit, S Schbath, S Robin, M El Karoui, F Boccard, O Espéli Cell 135 (3), 475-485, 2008 | 323 | 2008 |
DNA dynamics vary according to macrodomain topography in the E. coli chromosome O Espeli, R Mercier, F Boccard Molecular microbiology 68 (6), 1418-1427, 2008 | 302 | 2008 |
Excess membrane synthesis drives a primitive mode of cell proliferation R Mercier, Y Kawai, J Errington Cell 152 (5), 997-1007, 2013 | 227 | 2013 |
A MatP–divisome interaction coordinates chromosome segregation with cell division in E. coli O Espéli, R Borne, P Dupaigne, A Thiel, E Gigant, R Mercier, F Boccard The EMBO journal 31 (14), 3198-3211, 2012 | 209 | 2012 |
General principles for the formation and proliferation of a wall-free (L-form) state in bacteria R Mercier, Y Kawai, J Errington elife 3, e04629, 2014 | 126 | 2014 |
Crucial Role for Membrane Fluidity in Proliferation of Primitive Cells R Mercier, P Domínguez-Cuevas, J Errington Cell Reports, 2012 | 102 | 2012 |
Cell growth of wall-free L-form bacteria is limited by oxidative damage Y Kawai, R Mercier, LJ Wu, P Domínguez-Cuevas, T Oshima, J Errington Current Biology 25 (12), 1613-1618, 2015 | 96 | 2015 |
The rod to L‐form transition of Bacillus subtilis is limited by a requirement for the protoplast to escape from the cell wall sacculus P Domínguez‐Cuevas, R Mercier, M Leaver, Y Kawai, J Errington Molecular microbiology, 2012 | 77 | 2012 |
Crucial role for central carbon metabolism in the bacterial L-form switch and killing by β-lactam antibiotics Y Kawai, R Mercier, K Mickiewicz, A Serafini, LP Sório de Carvalho, ... Nature microbiology 4 (10), 1716-1726, 2019 | 64 | 2019 |
Bacterial cell morphogenesis does not require a preexisting template structure Y Kawai, R Mercier, J Errington Current Biology 24 (8), 863-867, 2014 | 64 | 2014 |
A Tad-like apparatus is required for contact-dependent prey killing in predatory social bacteria S Seef, J Herrou, P de Boissier, L My, G Brasseur, D Robert, R Jain, ... Elife 10, e72409, 2021 | 56 | 2021 |
Regulations governing the multicellular lifestyle of Myxococcus xanthus R Mercier, T Mignot Current Opinion in Microbiology 34, 104-110, 2016 | 37 | 2016 |
The polar Ras-like GTPase MglA activates type IV pilus via SgmX to enable twitching motility in Myxococcus xanthus R Mercier, S Bautista, M Delannoy, M Gibert, A Guiseppi, J Herrou, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (45), 28366-28373, 2020 | 36 | 2020 |
Roles for replichores and macrodomains in segregation of the Escherichia coli chromosome C Lesterlin, R Mercier, F Boccard, FX Barre, F Cornet EMBO reports 6 (6), 557-562, 2005 | 35 | 2005 |
Wall proficient E. coli capable of sustained growth in the absence of the Z-ring division machine R Mercier, Y Kawai, J Errington Nature microbiology 1 (8), 1-5, 2016 | 33 | 2016 |
A Defined Terminal Region of the E. coli Chromosome Shows Late Segregation and High FtsK Activity M Deghorain, C Pagès, JC Meile, M Stouf, H Capiaux, R Mercier, ... PLoS One 6 (7), e22164, 2011 | 33 | 2011 |
The terminal region of the E. coli chromosome localises at the periphery of the nucleoid JC Meile, R Mercier, M Stouf, C Pages, JY Bouet, F Cornet BMC microbiology 11, 1-9, 2011 | 21 | 2011 |
FrzS acts as a polar beacon to recruit SgmX, a central activator of type IV pili during Myxococcus xanthus motility S Bautista, V Schmidt, A Guiseppi, EMF Mauriello, B Attia, L Elantak, ... The EMBO Journal 42 (1), e111661, 2023 | 9 | 2023 |
The differential expression of PilY1 proteins by the HsfBA phosphorelay allows twitching motility in the absence of exopolysaccharides S Xue, R Mercier, A Guiseppi, A Kosta, R De Cegli, S Gagnot, T Mignot, ... PLoS Genetics 18 (4), e1010188, 2022 | 5 | 2022 |
Bacterial chromosome organization R Mercier, O Espéli, F Boccard Médecine sciences: M/S 25 (11), 885, 2009 | 2 | 2009 |