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  1. The apicoplast is important for the viability and persistence of Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoites

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  2. Differential contribution of two organelles of endosymbiotic origin to iron-sulfur cluster synthesis and overall fitness in Toxoplasma

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, November 2021, PLOS

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  3. The role of host autophagy machinery in controlling Toxoplasma infection

    Article • Virulence, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  4. Repurposing of conserved autophagy-related protein ATG8 in a divergent eukaryote

    Article • Communicative & Integrative Biology, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  5. An evolutionarily conserved SSNA1/DIP13 homologue is a component of both basal and apical complexes of Toxoplasma gondii

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2016, Nature

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  6. Unusual Functions for the Autophagy Machinery in Apicomplexan Parasites

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  7. ATG8 is required for apicoplast inheritance

    Article • mBio, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  8. Toxoplasma control of host apoptosis: the art of not biting too hard the hands that feeds you

    Article • Microbial Cell, June 2015, Shared Science Publishers OG

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  9. Montpellier Infectious Diseases – Pôle Rabelais (MID) 3rd annual meeting (2014)

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  10. HIV-1 Tat inhibits phagocytosis by preventing the recruitment of Cdc42 to the phagocytic cup

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2015, Nature

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  11. Autophagy in Parasitic Protists

    Article • January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  12. Regulation of ATG8 membrane association by ATG4 in the parasitic protistToxoplasma gondii

    Article • Autophagy, September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  13. A quantitative liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method for metabolomic analysis of Plasmodium falciparum lipid related metabolites

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, August 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  14. Which roles for autophagy in Toxoplasma gondii and related apicomplexan parasites?

    Article • Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  15. Role of ATG3 in the parasite Toxoplasma gondii

    Article • Autophagy, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  16. Autophagy Protein Atg3 is Essential for Maintaining Mitochondrial Integrity and for Normal Intracellular Development of Toxoplasma gondii Tachyzoites

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, December 2011, PLOS

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  17. The moving junction of apicomplexan parasites: a key structure for invasion

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, April 2011, Wiley

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  18. The RON2-AMA1 Interaction is a Critical Step in Moving Junction-Dependent Invasion by Apicomplexan Parasites

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, February 2011, PLOS

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  19. Exploring metabolomic approaches to analyse phospholipid biosynthetic pathways in Plasmodium

    Article • Parasitology, January 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  20. Overexpression of the Natural Inhibitor of Cysteine Peptidases in Leishmania mexicana Leads to Reduced Virulence and a Th1 Response

    Article • Infection and Immunity, May 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  21. Inhibitor of Cysteine Peptidase Does Not Influence the Development of Leishmania mexicana in Lutzomyia longipalpis

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, May 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  22. Export of a Toxoplasma gondii Rhoptry Neck Protein Complex at the Host Cell Membrane to Form the Moving Junction during Invasion

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, February 2009, PLOS

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  23. Lipidomic analysis of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites rhoptries: further insights into the role of cholesterol

    Article • Biochemical Journal, October 2008, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  24. The AP3 adaptor is involved in the transport of membrane proteins to acidocalcisomes of Leishmania

    Article • Journal of Cell Science, February 2008, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  25. Protein turnover and differentiation in Leishmania

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, August 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  26. Draft Genome Sequence of the Sexually Transmitted Pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis

    Article • Science, January 2007, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro, Professor Geoff Barton

  27. Fumarate Is an Essential Intermediary Metabolite Produced by the Procyclic Trypanosoma brucei

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2006, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  28. Endosome Sorting and Autophagy Are Essential for Differentiation and Virulence of Leishmania major

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2006, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  29. Energy generation in insect stages of Trypanosoma brucei: metabolism in flux

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, April 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  30. A Mitochondrial NADH-dependent Fumarate Reductase Involved in the Production of Succinate Excreted by Procyclic Trypanosoma brucei

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2005, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Michael Boshart, Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  31. A potential role for ICP, a leishmanial inhibitor of cysteine peptidases, in the interaction between host and parasite

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 2004, Wiley

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  32. ATP Generation in the Trypanosoma brucei Procyclic Form: CYTOSOLIC SUBSTRATE LEVEL PHOSPHORYLATION IS ESSENTIAL, BUT NOT OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2003, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro

  33. Succinate Secreted by Trypanosoma brucei Is Produced by a Novel and Unique Glycosomal Enzyme, NADH-dependent Fumarate Reductase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2002, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Sébastien Besteiro