Bibliography

Rickettsia genes: RIGs

Reductive genome evolution from the mother of Rickettsia", Blanc G., Ogata H., Robert C., Audic S, Suhre K., Vestris G., Claverie J.-M., Raoult D., PLoS Genet. (accepted)

R. bellii genome

Genome sequence of Rickettsia bellii illuminates the role of amoebae in gene exchanges between intracellular pathogens. Ogata H., La Scola B., Audic S., Renesto P., Blanc G., Robert C., Fournier P.-E., Claverie J.-M., Raoult D., PLoS Genet., 2, e76 (2006). [PubMed]

R. felis genome

The genome sequence of Rickettsia felis identifies the first putative conjugative plasmid in an obligate intracellular parasite. Ogata H., Renesto P., Audic S., Robert C., Blanc G., Fournier P.-E., Parinello H., Claverie J.-M., Raoult D., PLoS Biol., 3, e248 (2005) [PubMed]

R. conorii genome and RicBase

Mechanisms of evolution in Rickettsia conorii and R. prowazekii. Ogata H., Audic S., Renesto-Audiffren P., Fournier P.-E., Barbe V., Samson V., Roux V., Cossart P., Weissenbach J., Claverie J.-M., Raoult D. Science, 293, 2093-2098 (2001) [PubMed]

Rickettsia palindromic elements

Impact of the excision of an ancient repeat insertion on Rickettsia conorii guanylate kinase activity. Abergel C., Blanc G., Monchois V., Renesto-Audiffren P., Sigoillot C., Ogata H., Raoult D., Claverie J.-M., Mol. Biol. Evol., 23, 2112-2122 (2006) [PubMed]

Discovery of protein-coding palindromic repeats in Wolbachia. Ogata H., Suhre, K. and Claverie J.-M., Trends Microbiol., 13, 253-255 (2005) [PubMed]

The insertion of palindromic repeats in the evolution of proteins. Claverie J.-M. and Ogata H., Trends Biochemical Sci., 28, 75-80 (2003) [PubMed]

Protein coding palindromes are a unique but recurrent feature in Rickettsia. Ogata H., Audic S., Abergel C., Fournier P.-E and Claverie J.-M. Genome Res., 12, 808-816 (2002) [PubMed]

Selfish DNA and the origin of genes. Ogata H., Audic S., Claverie J.-M., Science 291, 252-253 (2001) - letter - [Science]

Selfish DNA in protein-coding genes of Rickettsia. Ogata H., Audic S., Barbe V., Artiguenave F., Fournier P.-E., Raoult D., Claverie J.-M., Science 290, 347-350 (2000) [PubMed]