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Agnès Fouet
Researcher at University of Paris
Publications - 98
Citations - 6232
Agnès Fouet is an academic researcher from University of Paris. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bacillus anthracis & Gene. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 92 publications receiving 5846 citations. Previous affiliations of Agnès Fouet include French Institute of Health and Medical Research & Pasteur Institute.
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Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis—One Species on the Basis of Genetic Evidence
Erlendur Helgason,Ole Andreas Økstad,Dominique A. Caugant,Henning Johansen,Agnès Fouet,Michèle Mock,Ida K. Hegna,Anne-Brit Kolstø +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and by sequence analysis of nine chromosomal genes that B. anthracis should be considered a lineage of B. cereus and this determination is not only a formal matter of taxonomy but may also have consequences with respect to virulence and the potential of horizontal gene transfer within the B. Cereus group.
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Poly-gamma-glutamate in bacteria
Thomas Candela,Agnès Fouet +1 more
TL;DR: The anchoring of PGA to the bacterial surface is important for virulence and all cap genes are therefore potential targets for inhibitors specifically blocking PGA synthesis or anchorage.
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Bacterial SLH domain proteins are non‐covalently anchored to the cell surface via a conserved mechanism involving wall polysaccharide pyruvylation
TL;DR: The characterization of a two‐gene operon, csaAB, for cell surface anchoring, in Bacillus anthracis showed that CsaB was involved in the addition of a pyruvyl group to a peptidoglycan‐associated polysaccharide fraction and that this modification was necessary for binding of the SLH domain.
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Molecular characterization of the Bacillus anthracis main S‐layer component: evidence that it is the major cell‐associated antigen
TL;DR: Electron microscopy studies and in vivo experiments with the constructed mutants showed that EA1 constitutes the main lattice of the B. anthracis S‐layer, and is the major cell‐associated antigen.
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Bacillus anthracis CapD, belonging to the gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase family, is required for the covalent anchoring of capsule to peptidoglycan.
Thomas Candela,Agnès Fouet +1 more
TL;DR: It is reported that the polyglutamate is anchored directly to the peptidoglycan and that the bond is covalent, and suggested that CapD catalyses the capsule anchoring reaction.