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Patrick Forterre

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1 Mesophilic Crenarchaeota: proposal for a third archaeal phylum, the Thaumarchaeota. Nat Rev Microbiol 2008 5.31
2 The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus. Nature 2008 4.09
3 An alternative flavin-dependent mechanism for thymidylate synthesis. Science 2002 3.82
4 Redefining viruses: lessons from Mimivirus. Nat Rev Microbiol 2008 3.27
5 An integrated analysis of the genome of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. Mol Microbiol 2003 2.75
6 Viruses of the Archaea: a unifying view. Nat Rev Microbiol 2006 2.61
7 Archaeal phylogeny based on ribosomal proteins. Mol Biol Evol 2002 1.92
8 Evolution of DNA polymerase families: evidences for multiple gene exchange between cellular and viral proteins. J Mol Evol 2002 1.91
9 Archaeal phylogeny based on proteins of the transcription and translation machineries: tackling the Methanopyrus kandleri paradox. Genome Biol 2004 1.71
10 Genome analysis and genome-wide proteomics of Thermococcus gammatolerans, the most radioresistant organism known amongst the Archaea. Genome Biol 2009 1.69
11 Phylogeny and evolution of the Archaea: one hundred genomes later. Curr Opin Microbiol 2011 1.68
12 The archeoviruses. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2011 1.62
13 Nanoarchaea: representatives of a novel archaeal phylum or a fast-evolving euryarchaeal lineage related to Thermococcales? Genome Biol 2005 1.60
14 Pyrococcus genome comparison evidences chromosome shuffling-driven evolution. Nucleic Acids Res 2002 1.58
15 A unique virus release mechanism in the Archaea. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 1.47
16 The role played by viruses in the evolution of their hosts: a view based on informational protein phylogenies. Res Microbiol 2003 1.43
17 An emerging phylogenetic core of Archaea: phylogenies of transcription and translation machineries converge following addition of new genome sequences. BMC Evol Biol 2005 1.42
18 Phylogenomics of type II DNA topoisomerases. Bioessays 2003 1.42
19 A hidden reservoir of integrative elements is the major source of recently acquired foreign genes and ORFans in archaeal and bacterial genomes. Genome Biol 2009 1.41
20 The origin of eukaryotes and their relationship with the Archaea: are we at a phylogenomic impasse? Nat Rev Microbiol 2010 1.40
21 Identification of short 'eukaryotic' Okazaki fragments synthesized from a prokaryotic replication origin. EMBO Rep 2003 1.39
22 An archaeal orthologue of the universal protein Kae1 is an iron metalloprotein which exhibits atypical DNA-binding properties and apurinic-endonuclease activity in vitro. Nucleic Acids Res 2007 1.36
23 Four newly isolated fuselloviruses from extreme geothermal environments reveal unusual morphologies and a possible interviral recombination mechanism. Environ Microbiol 2009 1.27
24 Construction of a shuttle vector for, and spheroplast transformation of, the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002 1.26
25 NurA, a novel 5'-3' nuclease gene linked to rad50 and mre11 homologs of thermophilic Archaea. EMBO Rep 2002 1.25
26 Casposons: a new superfamily of self-synthesizing DNA transposons at the origin of prokaryotic CRISPR-Cas immunity. BMC Biol 2014 1.25
27 Structure of the archaeal Kae1/Bud32 fusion protein MJ1130: a model for the eukaryotic EKC/KEOPS subcomplex. EMBO J 2008 1.21
28 Widespread distribution of archaeal reverse gyrase in thermophilic bacteria suggests a complex history of vertical inheritance and lateral gene transfers. Archaea 2007 1.19
29 Microviridae goes temperate: microvirus-related proviruses reside in the genomes of Bacteroidetes. PLoS One 2011 1.18
30 Qri7/OSGEPL, the mitochondrial version of the universal Kae1/YgjD protein, is essential for mitochondrial genome maintenance. Nucleic Acids Res 2009 1.17
31 On the last common ancestor and early evolution of eukaryotes: reconstructing the history of mitochondrial ribosomes. Res Microbiol 2010 1.16
32 DNA bending, compaction and negative supercoiling by the architectural protein Sso7d of Sulfolobus solfataricus. Nucleic Acids Res 2002 1.14
33 The Sulfolobus rod-shaped virus 2 encodes a prominent structural component of the unique virion release system in Archaea. Virology 2010 1.13
34 A DNA topoisomerase IB in Thaumarchaeota testifies for the presence of this enzyme in the last common ancestor of Archaea and Eucarya. Biol Direct 2008 1.13
35 Diversity of virus-host systems in hypersaline Lake Retba, Senegal. Environ Microbiol 2010 1.12
36 Virus-like vesicles and extracellular DNA produced by hyperthermophilic archaea of the order Thermococcales. Res Microbiol 2008 1.12
37 Comparative analysis of the mosaic genomes of tailed archaeal viruses and proviruses suggests common themes for virion architecture and assembly with tailed viruses of bacteria. J Mol Biol 2010 1.12
38 The Mre11 protein interacts with both Rad50 and the HerA bipolar helicase and is recruited to DNA following gamma irradiation in the archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. BMC Mol Biol 2008 1.10
39 Thermococcus gammatolerans sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent that resists ionizing radiation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003 1.07
40 The evolutionary history of archaeal MCM helicases: a case study of vertical evolution combined with hitchhiking of mobile genetic elements. Mol Biol Evol 2010 1.07
41 Simple and elegant design of a virion egress structure in Archaea. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.04
42 Viral proteins functioning in organelles: a cryptic origin? Trends Microbiol 2005 1.04
43 Two novel families of plasmids from hyperthermophilic archaea encoding new families of replication proteins. Nucleic Acids Res 2010 1.04
44 Massive activation of archaeal defense genes during viral infection. J Virol 2013 1.03
45 Plasmids, viruses and virus-like membrane vesicles from Thermococcales. Biochem Soc Trans 2011 1.03
46 Global phylogenomic analysis disentangles the complex evolutionary history of DNA replication in archaea. Genome Biol Evol 2014 1.03
47 In vitro biosynthesis of a universal t6A tRNA modification in Archaea and Eukarya. Nucleic Acids Res 2012 1.03
48 Chimeric viruses blur the borders between the major groups of eukaryotic single-stranded DNA viruses. Nat Commun 2013 1.02
49 Genomics and genetics of Sulfolobus islandicus LAL14/1, a model hyperthermophilic archaeon. Open Biol 2013 1.02
50 Identification, purification, and characterization of an eukaryotic-like phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase (coenzyme A biosynthetic pathway) in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. J Biol Chem 2003 1.01
51 Insights into dynamics of mobile genetic elements in hyperthermophilic environments from five new Thermococcus plasmids. PLoS One 2013 1.01
52 Evidence for a Xer/dif system for chromosome resolution in archaea. PLoS Genet 2010 1.01
53 Archaeal virus with exceptional virion architecture and the largest single-stranded DNA genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012 1.01
54 Functional assignment of KEOPS/EKC complex subunits in the biosynthesis of the universal t6A tRNA modification. Nucleic Acids Res 2013 0.99
55 Unification of the globally distributed spindle-shaped viruses of the Archaea. J Virol 2013 0.99
56 Hyperthermophilic archaea produce membrane vesicles that can transfer DNA. Environ Microbiol Rep 2012 0.98
57 Postcards from the edge: structural genomics of archaeal viruses. Adv Virus Res 2012 0.98
58 Crenarchaeal CdvA forms double-helical filaments containing DNA and interacts with ESCRT-III-like CdvB. PLoS One 2011 0.98
59 The rolling-circle plasmid pTN1 from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus nautilus. Mol Microbiol 2007 0.97
60 Structural insights into a new homodimeric self-activated GTPase family. EMBO Rep 2007 0.97
61 Molecular diversity of new Thermococcales isolates from a single area of hydrothermal deep-sea vents as revealed by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004 0.97
62 Acidianus filamentous virus 1 coat proteins display a helical fold spanning the filamentous archaeal viruses lineage. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 0.97
63 Assessment of viral community functional potential from viral metagenomes may be hampered by contamination with cellular sequences. Open Biol 2013 0.96
64 The universal Kae1 protein and the associated Bud32 kinase (PRPK), a mysterious protein couple probably essential for genome maintenance in Archaea and Eukarya. Biochem Soc Trans 2009 0.95
65 Diversity of viruses of the hyperthermophilic archaeal genus Aeropyrum, and isolation of the Aeropyrum pernix bacilliform virus 1, APBV1, the first representative of the family Clavaviridae. Virology 2010 0.95
66 The legacy of Carl Woese and Wolfram Zillig: from phylogeny to landmark discoveries. Nat Rev Microbiol 2013 0.94
67 Crystal structure of AFV3-109, a highly conserved protein from crenarchaeal viruses. Virol J 2007 0.94
68 Genomic context analysis in Archaea suggests previously unrecognized links between DNA replication and translation. Genome Biol 2008 0.94
69 Genomewide and biochemical analyses of DNA-binding activity of Cdc6/Orc1 and Mcm proteins in Pyrococcus sp. Nucleic Acids Res 2007 0.94
70 Genetic analysis of DNA repair in the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus kodakaraensis. Genes Genet Syst 2010 0.94
71 First insights into the entry process of hyperthermophilic archaeal viruses. J Virol 2013 0.93
72 A highly divergent archaeo-eukaryotic primase from the Thermococcus nautilus plasmid, pTN2. Nucleic Acids Res 2014 0.92
73 Dark matter in archaeal genomes: a rich source of novel mobile elements, defense systems and secretory complexes. Extremophiles 2014 0.92
74 Novel archaeal plasmid pAH1 and its interactions with the lipothrixvirus AFV1. Mol Microbiol 2008 0.90
75 Crystal structure of an intact type II DNA topoisomerase: insights into DNA transfer mechanisms. Structure 2008 0.89
76 Physiological responses of the hyperthermophilic archaeon "Pyrococcus abyssi" to DNA damage caused by ionizing radiation. J Bacteriol 2003 0.89
77 Extracellular membrane vesicles harbouring viral genomes. Environ Microbiol 2013 0.87
78 A thermodynamic model of the cooperative interaction between the archaeal transcription factor Ss-LrpB and its tripartite operator DNA. Gene 2013 0.86
79 Viruses in acidic geothermal environments of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Res Microbiol 2008 0.86
80 Membrane vesicles, nanopods and/or nanotubes produced by hyperthermophilic archaea of the genus Thermococcus. Biochem Soc Trans 2013 0.85
81 A thaumarchaeal provirus testifies for an ancient association of tailed viruses with archaea. Biochem Soc Trans 2011 0.85
82 Self-assembly of the general membrane-remodeling protein PVAP into sevenfold virus-associated pyramids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014 0.84
83 When DNA replication and protein synthesis come together. Trends Biochem Sci 2009 0.84
84 Thermococcus nautili sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a hydrothermal deep-sea vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014 0.84
85 Thermococcus marinus sp. nov. and Thermococcus radiotolerans sp. nov., two hyperthermophilic archaea from deep-sea hydrothermal vents that resist ionizing radiation. Extremophiles 2004 0.84
86 Synthesis and biological evaluation of acridine derivatives as antimalarial agents. ChemMedChem 2012 0.83
87 The origin of modern terrestrial life. HFSP J 2007 0.83
88 The HSP90 and DNA topoisomerase VI inhibitor radicicol also inhibits human type II DNA topoisomerase. Biochem Pharmacol 2006 0.82
89 RNA at 92 °C: the non-coding transcriptome of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. RNA Biol 2013 0.82
90 Living side by side with a virus: characterization of two novel plasmids from Thermococcus prieurii, a host for the spindle-shaped virus TPV1. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013 0.81
91 Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA gyrase possesses two functional GyrA-boxes. Biochem J 2013 0.80
92 The SF1 helicase encoded by the archaeal plasmid pTN2 of Thermococcus nautili. Extremophiles 2014 0.80
93 Genome Sequence of a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon, Thermococcus nautili 30-1, That Produces Viral Vesicles. Genome Announc 2014 0.78
94 Single-stranded DNA viruses employ a variety of mechanisms for integration into host genomes. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2015 0.78
95 Unique genome replication mechanism of the archaeal virus AFV1. Mol Microbiol 2014 0.78
96 Plasmids from Euryarchaeota. Microbiol Spectr 2014 0.77
97 Clustering of OB-fold domains of the partner protease complexed with trimeric stomatin from Thermococcales. Biochimie 2013 0.76
98 Archaea and the tree of life. Res Microbiol 2010 0.76
99 The archaeal cell cycle: clues from comparative genomics. Cell Cycle 2010 0.75
100 Synergistic template-free synthesis of dsDNA by Thermococcus nautili primase PolpTN2, DNA polymerase PolB, and pTN2 helicase. Extremophiles 2014 0.75