Publications and communications of Bernard Joris

Wan, H., Ben Othman, R., Le Corre, L., Poinsot, M., Oliver, M., Amoroso, A. M., Joris, B., Touzé, T., Auger, R., Calvet-Vitale, S., Bosco, M., & Gravier-Pelletier, C. (02 September 2022). New MraYAA Inhibitors with an Aminoribosyl Uridine Structure and an Oxadiazole. Antibiotics, 11 (9), 1189. doi:10.3390/antibiotics11091189

Oliver, M., Le Corre, L., Poinsot, M., Bosco, M., Wan, H., Amoroso, A. M., Joris, B., Bouhss, A., Calvet-Vitale, S., & Gravier-Pelletier, C. (08 March 2022). A Sub-Micromolar MraYAA Inhibitor with an Aminoribosyl Uridine Structure and a (S,S)-Tartaric Diamide: Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Modeling. Molecules, 27 (6), 1769. doi:10.3390/molecules27061769

Lupo, V., Mercuri, P., Frère, J.-M., Joris, B., Galleni, M., Baurain, D.* , & Kerff, F.*. (2022). An Extended Reservoir of Class-D Beta-Lactamases in Non-Clinical Bacterial Strains. Microbiology Spectrum, 10 (2), 0031522. doi:10.1128/spectrum.00315-22
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Delvaux, C., Dauvin, M., Boulanger, M., Quinton, L., Mengin-Lecreulx, D., Joris, B., De Pauw, E., & Far, J. (20 January 2021). Use of Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Coupled to Electrospray Mass Spectrometry for the Detection and Absolute Quantitation of Peptidoglycan-Derived Peptides in Bacterial Cytoplasmic Extracts. Analytical Chemistry, 93 (4), 2342-2350. doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04218

Oliver, M., Le Corre, L., Poinsot, M., Corio, A., Madegard, L., Bosco, M., Amoroso, A. M., Joris, B., Auger, R., Touzé, T., Bouhss, A., Calvet-Vitale, S., & Gravier-Pelletier, C. (2021). Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling of urea-containing MraY inhibitors. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 19 (26), 5844-5866. doi:10.1039/d1ob00710f

Decuyper, L., Jukič, M., Sosič, I., Amoroso, A. M., Verlaine, O., Joris, B., Gobec, S., & D'hooghe, M. (02 January 2020). Synthesis and Penicillin-binding Protein Inhibitory Assessment of Dipeptidic 4-Phenyl-β-lactams from α-Amino Acid-derived Imines. Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 15 (1), 51-55. doi:10.1002/asia.201901470

Carone, M., Corato, A., Dauvrin, T., Thanh, T. L., Durante, L., Joris, B., Franck, F., & Remacle, C. (2019). Heterotrophic growth of microalgae. In P. H. Rampelotto & A. Hallman, Heterotrophic growth of microalgae (Grand challenges in biology and biotechnology). Springer.

Raymackers, A., Verlaine, O., Amoroso, A. M., & Joris, B. (29 November 2019). A novel model proposed to explain the mechanism leading to β-lactam resistance in Enterococcus hirae and faecium [Poster presentation]. Bioforum 2019.

Decuyper, L., Magdalenić, K., Verstraete, M.-B., Jukič, M., Sosič, I., Sauvage, E., Amoroso, A. M., Verlaine, O., Joris, B., Gobec, S., & D'hooghe, M. (09 October 2019). α-Unsaturated 3-Amino-1-carboxymethyl-β-lactams as Bacterial PBP Inhibitors: Synthesis and Biochemical Assessment. Chemistry, 25 (70), 16128 - 16140. doi:10.1002/chem.201904139

Dauvin, M., Delvaux, C., Joris, B., Far, J., De Pauw, E., & Amoroso, A. M. (25 September 2019). Impact of penicillin stress on peptidoglycan peptides recycling in Bacillus spp [Poster presentation]. Great Wall Symposium.

Raymackers, A., Maréchal, M., Verlaine, O., Amoroso, A. M., & Joris, B. (July 2019). New insights to understand enterococcal ß-lactam resistance [Poster presentation]. 20th Conference on Bacilli and Gram Positive Bacteria, Washington DC, United States.

Mescola, A.* , Dauvin, M.* , Amoroso, A. M., Duwez, A.-S., & Joris, B. (June 2019). Single-molecule force spectroscopy to decipher the early signalling step in membrane-bound penicillin receptors embedded into a lipid bilayer. Nanoscale, 11, 12275. doi:10.1039/c9nr02466b
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Boulanger, M.* , Delvaux, C.* , Quinton, L., Joris, B., De Pauw, E., & Far, J. (2019). Bacillus licheniformis peptidoglycan characterization by CZE-MS: assessment with the benchmark RP-HPLC-MS method. Electrophoresis. doi:10.1002/elps.201900147
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Raymackers, A., Verlaine, O., Amoroso, A. M., & Joris, B. (07 February 2019). A new insight into β-lactam resistance in enterococci [Poster presentation]. InBioS Day.

Raymackers, A., Verlaine, O., Amoroso, A. M., & Joris, B. (2019). Understanfing PBP5 regulation and beta-lactam resistance mechanism in Enterococcus hirae and faecium [Poster presentation]. Annual Symposium of the Belgian Society for Microbiology.

Raymackers, A., Verlaine, O., Amoroso, A. M., & Joris, B. (2019). Understanding enterococcal β-lactam resistance [Poster presentation]. Interuniversity PhD Student Day.

Decuyper, L., Deketelaere, S., Vanparys, L., Jukič, M., Sosič, I., Sauvage, E., Amoroso, A. M., Verlaine, O., Joris, B., Gobec, S., & D'hooghe, M. (12 October 2018). In Silico Design and Enantioselective Synthesis of Functionalized Monocyclic 3-Amino-1-carboxymethyl-β-lactams as Inhibitors of Penicillin-Binding Proteins of Resistant Bacteria. Chemistry, 24 (57), 15254-15266. doi:10.1002/chem.201801868

Raymackers, A., Amoroso, A. M., Joris, B., & Verlaine, O. (Other coll.). (17 May 2018). Uncovering actors of enterococcal β-lactam resistance [Poster presentation]. Bioforum 2018.

Delvaux, C., Boulanger, M., Far, J., Quinton, L., Joris, B., & De Pauw, E. (2018). Peptidoglycan fragments characterization by reverse phase liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry [Poster presentation]. BSMS Annual Meeting 2018.

Raymackers, A., Verlaine, O., Amoroso, A. M., & Joris, B. (2018). Transcriptome analysis of Enterococcus hirae to uncover β-lactam resistance mechanism [Poster presentation]. 2nd InBioS Day.

Raymackers, A., Verlaine, O., Amoroso, A. M., & Joris, B. (07 December 2017). Uncovering Enterococcus hirae beta-lactam resistance mechanism through transcriptom analysis [Poster presentation]. IAP meeting Integrative Protein Science: from small molecules to complex biological systems, Liège, Belgium.

Raymackers, A., Maréchal, M., Verlaine, O., Amoroso, A. M., & Joris, B. (13 June 2017). Study of the regulation of β-lactam resistance in Enterococcus hirae [Poster presentation]. 19th International Conference on Bacilli and Gram Positive Bacteria, Berlin, Germany.

Boulanger, M., Delvaux, C., Raymackers, A., Quinton, L., Far, J., Joris, B., & De Pauw, E. (05 June 2017). Separation, identification and quantification of peptidoglycan fragments by zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction chromatography and capillary electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry [Poster presentation]. 65th Annual Conference of American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Indianapolis, United States.

Raymackers, A., Maréchal, M., Verlaine, O., Amoroso, A. M., & Joris, B. (11 May 2017). Study of the regulation of the operon ftsW-psr-pbp5 in Enterococcus hirae [Poster presentation]. Interuniversity PhD student day.

Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Cornet, L., Verlaine, O., Rippka, R., Stelmach Pessi, I., Misztak, A., Joris, B., Javaux, E., Baurain, D., & Wilmotte, A. (2017). Draft genome sequence of the axenic strain Phormidesmis priestleyi ULC007, a cyanobacterium isolated from Lake Bruehwiler (Larsemann Hills, Antarctica). Genome Announcements, 01546-16. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01546-16

Boulanger, M., Raymackers, A., Delvaux, C., Quinton, L., Far, J., De Pauw, E., & Joris, B. (08 February 2017). Peptidoglycan fragments separation and identification by zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction chromatography and capillary electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry [Poster presentation]. 20th Annual Meeting of Belgian Society for Mass Spectrometry, Leuven, Belgium.

Boulanger, M., Raymackers, A., De Pauw, E., & Joris, B. (01 February 2017). Peptidoglycan fragments separation and identification by liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry [Poster presentation]. 1st InBioS Day, Liège, Belgium.

Dauvin, M., & Joris, B. (01 February 2017). Cellular stress and β-lactamase BlaP induction in Bacillus licheniformis [Poster presentation]. 1st InBioSDay, Liège, Belgium.

Boulanger, M., Raymackers, A., De Pauw, E., & Joris, B. (12 January 2017). Separation and identification of cytoplasmic peptidoglycan fragments by zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry [Poster presentation]. 8th IAP Meeting P7/44 "Integrative Protein Science: from small molecules to complex biological systems" (iPROS), Gembloux, Belgium.

Raymackers, A., Verlaine, O., & Joris, B. (12 January 2017). Studying the regulation of the operon ftsW-psr-pbp5 in Enterococcus hirae [Poster presentation]. IAP meeting, Gembloux, Belgium.

Di Gregorio, S., Fernandez, S., Cuirolo, A., Verlaine, O., Amoroso, A. M., Mengin-Lecreulx, D., Famiglietti, A., Joris, B., & Mollerach, M. (January 2017). Different Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Phenotypes Selected from the Same ST100-hVISA Parental Strain. Microbial Drug Resistance: Mechanism, Epidemiology, and Disease, 23 (1), 44-50. doi:10.1089/mdr.2016.0160

Boulanger, M., Raymackers, A., De Pauw, E., & Joris, B. (16 November 2016). Identification and quantification of peptidoglycan cytoplasmic fragments by LC-MS [Poster presentation]. Bioforum 2016, Liège, Belgium.

Maréchal, M., Amoroso, A. M., Morlot, C., Vernet, T., Coyette, J., & Joris, B. (12 October 2016). Enterococcus hirae LcpA (Psr), a new peptidoglycan-binding protein localized at the division site. BMC Microbiology, 16 (1), 239. doi:10.1186/s12866-016-0844-y

Boulanger, M., Delvaux, C., Far, J., De Pauw, E., & Joris, B. (07 July 2016). Peptidoglycan fragments separation and identification by CE/LC-MS [Poster presentation]. Department Day, Belgium.

Boulanger, M., Delvaux, C., Far, J., De Pauw, E., & Joris, B. (24 May 2016). Peptidoglycan fragments separation by CE/LC-MS [Poster presentation]. Seventh general assembly of the IAP P7/44 project "Integrative Protein Science (iPROS)", Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Dauvin, M., Raymackers, A., Delvigne, F., & Joris, B. (24 May 2016). Modelling of the β-lactamase BlaP induction in Bacillus licheniformis [Poster presentation]. PAI, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Simon, J., Lamborelle, N., Zervosen, A., Lemaire, C., Joris, B., & Luxen, A. (2016). Development of solid-supported methodology for the preparation of peptidoglycan fragments containing (2S,6R)-diaminopimelic acid. Tetrahedron Letters. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.02.098

Vanden Broeck, A., Van Der Heiden, E., Sauvage, E., Dauvin, M., Joris, B., & Duez, C. (2015). A lysine cluster in domain II of Bacillus subtilis PBP4a plays a role in the membrane attachment of this C1-PBP. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140082

Dauvin, M., Amoroso, A. M., & Joris, B. (23 June 2015). Fate of the coactivator in the induction of BlaP β-lactamase in Bacillus licheniformis 749/I [Poster presentation]. 8th International Conference on gram-positive Microorganisms, Montecatini Terme, Italy.

Lamborelle, N., Monbaliu, J.-C., Simon, J., Joris, B., & Luxen, A. (June 2015). Enantioselective Synthesis of Vinyglycine Derivatives Using Continuous-Flow Thermolysis for Meso- Diaminopimelic Acid Preparation [Poster presentation]. Biomedica 2015, Genk, Belgium.

Dauvin, M., Vandamme, F., Abujahrur, N., Amoroso, A. M., & Joris, B. (13 May 2015). Modeling β-lactamase induction in Bacillus licheniformis 749/I [Poster presentation]. Bioforum, Liège, Belgium.

Fer, M., Bouhss,, A. B., Patrão, M., Le Corre, L., Pietrancosta, N., Amoroso, A. M., Joris, B., Mengin-Lecreulx, D., Calvet-Vitale, S., & Gravier-Pelletier, C. (May 2015). 5′-Methylene-triazole-substituted-aminoribosyl uridines as MraY inhibitors: synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 13 (26), 7193. doi:10.1039/c5ob00707k

Lismont, M., Vandewalle, N., Joris, B., & Dreesen, L. (May 2015). Biosensor based on optical fibers [Poster presentation]. 4th International Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology, Lisbonne, Portugal.

Calusinska, M., Hamilton, C., Monsieurs, P., Mathy, G., Leys, N., Franck, F., Joris, B., Thonart, P., Hiligsmann, S., & Wilmotte, A. (2015). Genome-wide transcriptional analysis suggests hydrogenase- and nitrogenase-mediated hydrogen production in Clostridium butyricum CWBI 1009. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 8 (27), 1-16. doi:10.1186/s13068-015-0203-5

Crowet, J.-M., Dony, N., Joris, B., Brasseur, R., & Lins, L. (28 November 2014). Structure predictions of membrane domains of proteins from the Divisome and BlaR [Poster presentation]. IAP 7/44 Meeting: Integrative Protein Science: from small molecules to complex biological systems - iPros Date(s) de la manifestation.

Brans, A., Joris, B., Delmarcelle, M., Marchand, J., Tulkens, P., Hammaecher, C., Goormaghtigh, E., & De Conink, J. (28 August 2014). METHOD FOR MEASURING BETA-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS.

Lamborelle, N., Simon, J., Lemaire, C., Joris, B., & Luxen, A. (June 2014). Stereoselective synthesis of stable isotopomers of meso -2,6-diaminopimelic acid [Poster presentation]. 15th Tetrahedron Symposium Challenges in Bioorganic and Organic Medicinal Chemistry, Londres, United Kingdom.

Simon, J., Lamborelle, N., Joris, B., & Luxen, A. (June 2014). Stereoselective synthesis of peptidoglycan fragments on solid support [Poster presentation]. 15th Tetrahedron Symposium Challenges in Bioorganic and Organic Medicinal Chemistry, Londres, United Kingdom.

Vanden Broeck, A., Van Der Heiden, E., Sauvage, E., Rhazi, N., Huynen, C., Verlaine, O., Joris, B., & Duez, C. (23 April 2014). Studies of the Domains II and III of Bacillus subtilis PBP4a in relation with the protein localization [Poster presentation]. IAP Day - iPROS, Ghent, Belgium.

Arguelles Arias, A., Joris, B., & Fickers, P. (21 April 2014). Dual Mode of Action of Amylolysin, a Type-B Lantibiotic Produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens GA1. Protein and Peptide Letters, 4, 336-340. doi:10.2174/09298665113206660102

Lismont, M., Vandewalle, N., Weyer, F., Joris, B., & Dreesen, L. (February 2014). Microfluidic on optical fibers: Towards a new kind of fluorescent biosensor [Poster presentation]. SPIE West 2014, San Francisco, United States.

Denoel, T., Zervosen, A., Gerards, T., Lemaire, C., Joris, B., Blanot, D., & Luxen, A. (2014). Stereoselective synthesis of lanthionine derivatives in aqueous solution and their incorporation into the peptidoglycan of Escherichia coli. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 22 (17), 4621-8. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2014.07.023

Denoel, T., Zervosen, A., Lemaire, C., Joris, B., Herve, M., Blanot, D., Zaragoza, G., & Luxen, A. (2014). Enantioselective synthesis of [small alpha]-benzylated lanthionines and related tripeptides for biological incorporation into E. coli peptidoglycan. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. doi:10.1039/c4ob01476f

Franck, F., Remacle, C., Wilmotte, A., Joris, B., Thonart, P., & Hiligsmann, S. (2014). Summary of ARC Final Report – MicroH2 - A collaborative project on algal and bacterial H2 production. ULg - Université de Liège.

Lismont, M., Vandewalle, N., Joris, B., & Dreesen, L. (2014). Fiber based optofluidic biosensors. Applied Physics Letters. doi:10.1063/1.4896767

Vanden Broeck, A., Van Der Heiden, E., Joris, B., & Duez, C. (20 December 2013). Study of the Bacillus subtilis ATCC21332 pbpE-racX operon in relation with the formation or disassembly of biofilms [Poster presentation]. 1st Belgian Interdisciplinary Biofilm Research, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium.

Henry, X., Verlaine, O., Amoroso, A. M., Coyette, J., & Joris, B. (December 2013). Activity of ceftaroline against Enterococcus faecium PBP5. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 57 (12), 6358. doi:10.1128/AAC.00923-13

Dony, N., Crowet, J.-M., Joris, B., Brasseur, R., & Lins, L. (11 November 2013). SAHBNET, An Accessible Surface-Based Elastic Network to Insert a Protein in a Complex Lipid Membrane [Paper presentation]. 16th GEM – 10th GERLI lipidomics meeting “From Membranes to Pathologies”, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France.

Van Der Heiden, E., Hoebreck, C., Freichels, R., Cuirolo, A., Delmarcelle, M., Joris, B., & Duez, C. (03 October 2013). Insertion of domain III of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens PBP4a in the Bacillus licheniformis BlaP β-lactamase to study the binding to peptidoglycan and whole bacteria [Poster presentation]. PAI, Liège, Belgium.

Schyns, G., Serra, C., Henriques, A., Arguelles Arias, A., Joris, B., & Fickers, P. (22 July 2013). ISOLATION OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL CYCLIC PEPTIDE SUBTILOSIN A FROM A GUT-ASSOCIATED BACILLUS SUBTILIS STRAIN. American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 9 (3). doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2013.307.317

Arguelles Arias, A., Joris, B., Ongena, M., & Fickers, P. (June 2013). Characterisation, production and application of a novel lantibiotic from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens [Paper presentation]. XV Congreso Nacional de Biotecnología y Bioingeniería. SMBB/GIM-2013, Cancun, Mexico.

Van Der Heiden, E., Delmarcelle, M., Lebrun, S., Freichels, R., Brans, A., Vastenavond, C. M., Galleni, M., & Joris, B. (June 2013). A Pathway closely related to the D-tagatose pathway of Gram-Negative Enterobacteria Identified in the Gram-Positive Bacterium Bacillus licheniformis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 79 (11), 3511-3515. doi:10.1128/AEM.03918-12

Van Der Heiden, E., Delmarcelle, M., Lebrun, S., Freichels, R., Brans, A., Vastenavond, C. M., Galleni, M., & Joris, B. (June 2013). A Pathway closely related to the D-tagatose pathway of Gram-Negative Enterobacteria Identified in the Gram-Positive Bacterium Bacillus licheniformis [Poster presentation]. 7th International conference on Gram-positive Microorganisms, Montecatini, Italy.

Dony, N., Crowet, J.-M., Joris, B., Brasseur, R., & Lins, L. (May 2013). SAHBNET, an Accessible Surface-Based Elastic Network: An Application to Membrane Protein. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 14 (6), 11510-26. doi:10.3390/ijms140611510

Dauvin, M., Amoroso, A. M., & Joris, B. (18 April 2013). Modeling β-lactamase induction in Bacillus licheniformis [Poster presentation]. Bioforum, Liège, Belgium.

Dony, N., Crowet, J.-M., Joris, B., Brasseur, R., & Lins, L. (18 April 2013). SAHBEN, an accessible surface-based elastic network to insert a protein in a complex lipid membrane [Poster presentation]. PAI.

Crowet, J.-M., Dony, N., Joris, B., Brasseur, R., & Lins, L. (26 February 2013). Prediction of membrane protein structures and TM interactions Rosetta and molecular dynamic studies [Poster presentation]. IAP 7/44 Meeting: Integrative Protein Science: from small molecules to complex biological systems - iPros, Liège, Belgium.

Dony, N., Crowet, J.-M., Joris, B., Brasseur, R., & Lins, L. (26 February 2013). SAHBEN, an accessible surface-based elastic network to insert a protein in a complex lipid membrane [Poster presentation]. IAP meeting "Integrative Protein Science: from small molecules to complex biological systems".

Arguelles Arias, A., Ongena, M., Devreese, B., Terrak, M., Joris, B., & Fickers, P. (2013). Characterization of amylolysin, a novel lantibiotic from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens GA1. PLoS ONE, 8 (12). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083037

Brulé, C., Grugier, J., Brans, A., Joris, B., Sauvage, E., Dive, G., & Marchand-Brynaert, J. (2013). 2-nitrobenzyl esters of penam and cephem derivatives as inhibitors of penicillin-binding proteins. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2, 654-661. doi:10.1002/ajoc.201300108

Gahungu, M., Arguelles Arias, A., Fickers, P., Zervosen, A., Joris, B., Damblon, C., & Luxen, A. (2013). Synthesis and biological evaluation of potential threonine synthase inhibitors: Rhizocticin A and Plumbemycin A. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 21 (17), 4958-67. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2013.06.064

MINGUET, G., de la Rebière de Pouyade, G., Franck, T., Joris, B., Serteyn, D., & Sandersen, C. (2013). Sevoflurane inhibits equine myeloperoxidase release and activity in vitro. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 40. doi:10.1111/j.1467-2995.2012.00786.x

Arguelles Arias, A., Ongena, M., Joris, B., & Fickers, P. (September 2012). Amylolysin, an unusual lantibiotic from the soil bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens with potent antilisterial activity on poultry meat [Paper presentation]. IBS 2012 - 15th International Biotechnology Symposium & Exhibition, Daegu, South Korea.

Arguelles Arias, A., Ongena, M., Fickers, P., & Joris, B. (30 August 2012). The Bacillus amyloliquefaciens lantibiotic Amylolysin : a potent weapon against multi-drug resistant pathogens [Paper presentation]. International Meeting on Antimicrobial Peptides, Leipzig, Germany.

Beckers, L., Calusinska, M., Hamilton, C., Hiligsmann, S., Wilmotte, A., Remacle, C., Franck, F., Joris, B., & Thonart, P. (04 June 2012). The MicroH2 project:an association of four laboratories to improve theknowledge on biohydrogen production precesses [Poster presentation]. 18th World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC), Toronto, Canada.

Zervosen, A., Sauvage, E., Bouillez, A., Herman, A., Amoroso, A. M., Joris, B., Charlier, P., & Luxen, A. (18 April 2012). Synthesis and evaluation of boronic acids as inhibitors of Penicillin Binding Proteins of classes A, B and C [Poster presentation]. Biomedica 2012, Liège, Belgium.

Amoroso, A. M., Boudet, J., Berzigotti, S., Duval, V., Teller, N., Mengin-Lecreulx, D., Luxen, A., Simorre, J.-P., & Joris, B. (2012). A peptidoglycan fragment triggers beta-lactam resistance in Bacillus licheniformis. PLoS Pathogens, 8 (3), 1002571. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002571

Berzigotti, S., Benlafya, K., Sepulchre, J., Amoroso, A. M., & Joris, B. (2012). Bacillus licheniformis BlaR1 L3 loop is a Zinc metalloprotease activated by self-proteolysis. PLoS ONE, 7, 36400. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036400

Dumbre, S., Derouaux, A., Lescrinier, E., Piette, A., Joris, B., Terrak, M., & Herdewijn, P. (2012). Synthesis of Modified Peptidoglycan Precursor Analogues for the Inhibition of Glycosyltransferase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. doi:10.1021/ja302099u

Joris, B., & Dusart, J. (2012). The induction of beta-lactamases in Eubacteria. In J.-M. Frère & V. N. Uversky (Eds.), Beta-lactamases. Hauppauge, NY, United States: Nova Science Publishers.

Masset, J., Calusinska, M., Hamilton, C., Hiligsmann, S., Joris, B., Wilmotte, A., & Thonart, P. (2012). Fermentative hydrogen production from glucose and starch using pure strains and artificial co-cultures ofClostridium spp. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 5 (35), 1-15.

Sosic, I., Turk, S., Sinreih, M., Trost, N., Verlaine, O., Amoroso, A. M., Zervosen, A., Luxen, A., Joris, B., & Gobec, S. (2012). Exploration of the chemical space of novel naphthalene-sulfonamide and anthranilic acid-based inhibitors of penicillin-binding Proteins. Acta Chimica Slovenica, 59 (2), 380-388.

Zervosen, A., Bouillez, A., Herman, A., Amoroso, A. M., Joris, B., Sauvage, E., Charlier, P., & Luxen, A. (2012). Synthesis and evaluation of boronic acids as inhibitors of Penicillin Binding Proteins of classes A, B and C. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 20 (12), 3915-24. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2012.04.018

Calusinska, M., Joris, B., Wilmotte, A., Thonart, P., Masset, J., Hamilton, C., & Hiligsmann, S. (07 September 2011). MICRO-H2 – Microbiological production of hydrogen: study of microalgal and bacterial processes [Poster presentation]. International Conference Environmental (Bio)Technologies & EU-FP7 Environment Brokerage Event, Gdansk, Poland.

Dony, N., Brasseur, R., & Joris, B. (16 August 2011). Study of the interactions between the late stage proteins of Escherichia coli divisome assembly [Poster presentation]. Summer School: Single Molecule Biophysics, Leuven, Belgium.

Calusinska, M., Joris, B., & Wilmotte, A. (06 August 2011). Genetic diversity and amplification of different clostridial [FeFe] hydrogenases by group-specific degenerate primers. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 53, 473-480. doi:10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03135.x

Zervosen, A., Herman, R., Kerff, F., Herman, A., Bouillez, A., Prati, F., Pratt, R. F., Frère, J.-M., Joris, B., Luxen, A., Charlier, P., & Sauvage, E. (2011). Unexpected tricovalent binding mode of boronic acids within the active site of a penicillin binding protein. Journal of the American Chemical Society. doi:10.1021/ja200696y

Savichtcheva, O., Joris, B., Wilmotte, A., & Calusinska, M. (April 2011). Novel FISH and quantitative PCR protocols to monitor artificial consortia composed of different hydrogen-producing Clostridium spp. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36, 7530-7542. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.03.097

Arguelles Arias, A., Ongena, M., Devreese, B., Joris, B., & Fickers, P. (2011). Production et purification de l’amylolysine, un lantibiotique produit par Bacillus amyloliquefaciens GA1 [Poster presentation]. 13ème Congrès de la Société Française de Génie des Procédés, Lille, France.

Contreras-Martel, C., Amoroso, A. M., Woon, E. C. Y., Zervosen, A., Inglis, S., Martins, A., Verlaine, O., Rydzik, A. M., Job, V., Luxen, A., Joris, B., Schofield, C. J., & Dessen, A. (2011). Structure-Guided Design of Cell Wall Biosynthesis Inhibitors That Overcome beta-Lactam Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). ACS Chemical Biology. doi:10.1021/cb2001846

Derouaux, A., Turk, S., Olrichs, N. K., Gobec, S., Breukink, E., Amoroso, A. M., Offant, J., Bostock, J., Mariner, K., Chopra, I., Vernet, T., Zervosen, A., Joris, B., Frère, J.-M., Nguyen Van, M., & Terrak, M. (2011). Small molecule inhibitors of peptidoglycan synthesis targeting the lipid II precursor. Biochemical Pharmacology, 81 (9), 1098-105. doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2011.02.008

Sosic, I., Barreteau, H., Simcic, M., Sink, R., Cesar, J., Zega, A., Grdadolnik, S. G., Contreras-Martel, C., Dessen, A., Amoroso, A. M., Joris, B., Blanot, D., & Gobec, S. (2011). Second-generation sulfonamide inhibitors of D-glutamic acid-adding enzyme: activity optimisation with conformationally rigid analogues of D-glutamic acid. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 46 (7), 2880-94. doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.04.011

Turk, S., Verlaine, O., Gerards, T., Zivec, M., Humljan, J., Sosic, I., Amoroso, A. M., Zervosen, A., Luxen, A., Joris, B., & Gobec, S. (2011). New noncovalent inhibitors of penicillin-binding proteins from penicillin-resistant bacteria. PLoS ONE, 6 (5), 19418. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019418

Halimi, B. E., Dortu, C., Arguelles Arias, A., Thonart, P., Joris, B., & Fickers, P. (2010). Antilisterial Activity on Poultry Meat of Amylolysin, a Bacteriocin from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens GA1. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. doi:10.1007/s12602-010-9040-9

Calusinska, M., Happe, T., Joris, B., & Wilmotte, A. (2010). The surprising diversity of clostridial hydrogenases: a comparative genomic perspective. Microbiology, 156, 1575-1588. doi:10.1099/mic.0.032771-0

Henry, X., Amoroso, A. M., Coyette, J., & Joris, B. (2010). Interaction of ceftobiprole with the low-affinity PBP 5 of Enterococcus faecium. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 54, 953-955. doi:10.1128/AAC.00983-09

Kerff, F., Petrella, S., Mercier, F., Sauvage, E., Herman, R., Pennartz, A., Zervosen, A., Luxen, A., Frère, J.-M., Joris, B., & Charlier, P. (2010). Specific Structural Features of the N-Acetylmuramoyl-l-Alanine Amidase AmiD from Escherichia coli and Mechanistic Implications for Enzymes of This Family. Journal of Molecular Biology, 397, 249-259. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.12.038

Kern, T., Giffard, M., Hediger, S., Amoroso, A. M., Giustini, C., Khai Bui, N., Joris, B., Vollmer, & Simorre, J.-P. (2010). Dynamics Characterization of Fully Hydrated Bacterial Cell Walls by Solid-State NMR: Evidence for Cooperative Binding of Metal Ions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132, 10911-10919. doi:10.1021/ja104533w

Mercier, F., Zervosen, A., Teller, N., Frère, J.-M., Herman, R., Pennartz, A., Joris, B., & Luxen, A. (2010). 1,6-AnhMurNAc derivatives for assay development of amidase AmiD. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 18 (21), 7422-31. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2010.09.010

Thomas, A., Joris, B., & Brasseur, R. (2010). Standardized evaluation of protein stability. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. doi:10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.02.008

Calusinska, M., Wilmotte, A., & Joris, B. (15 December 2009). The diversity of clostridial hydrogenases revealed by genome sequencing projects [Poster presentation]. Benelux Bioinformatics Conference, Liege, Belgium.

Calusinska, M., Savichtcheva, O., Joris, B., Masset, J., Hamilton, C., Hiligsmann, S., Thonart, P., & Wilmotte, A. (11 December 2009). Application of molecular techniques to monitor the evolution of bacterial consortia composed of Clostridium sp. in a hydrogen producing bioreactor [Poster presentation]. Analyzing complex microbial communities and their host microbe interactions, Brussels, Belgium.

Dony, N., Brasseur, R., & Joris, B. (2009). Etude du l'assemblage du divisome de Escherichia coli.

Arguelles Arias, A., Ongena, M., Halimi, B., Lara, Y., Brans, A., Joris, B., & Fickers, P. (26 November 2009). Bacillus amyloliquefaciens GA1 as a source of potent antibiotics and other secondary metabolites for biocontrol of plant pathogens. Microbial Cell Factories, 8 (1), 63. doi:10.1186/1475-2859-8-63

Derouaux, A., Turk, S., Offant, J., Amoroso, A. M., Breukink, E., Bostock, J., Chopra, I., Zervosen, A., Joris, B., Nguyen Van, M., Vernet, T., Gobec, S., & Terrak, M. (November 2009). Identification and characterization of novel peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase inhibitors with antibacterial activity [Poster presentation]. Exploration and exploitation of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis, Warwick, United Kingdom.

Dony, N., Brasseur, R., & Joris, B. (2009). Study of the interactions between the transmembrane segments of FtsW, PBP3, PBP1b and FtsN from Escherichia coli [Paper presentation]. IAP 6/19 MEETING.

Dortu, C., Fickers, P., Franz, C. M. A. P., Ndagano, D., Huch, M., Holzapfel, W. H., Joris, B., & Thonart, P. (2009). Characterisation of an Antilisterial Bacteriocin Produced by Lactobacillus sakei CWBI-B1365 Isolated from Raw Poultry Meat and Determination of Factors Controlling its Production. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 1, 75-84.

Fickers, P., Guez, J.-S., Damblon, C., Leclere, V., Bechet, M., Jacques, P., & Joris, B. (2009). High-level biosynthesis of the anteiso-C(17) isoform of the antibiotic mycosubtilin in Bacillus subtilis and characterization of its candidacidal activity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75 (13), 4636-40. doi:10.1128/AEM.00548-09

Lemaire, S., Glupczynski, Y., Duval, V., Joris, B., Tulkens, P. M., & Van Bambeke, F. (2009). Activities of ceftobiprole and other cephalosporins against extracellular and intracellular (THP-1 macrophages and keratinocytes) forms of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 53 (6), 2289-97. doi:10.1128/AAC.01135-08

Pennartz, A., Genereux, C., Parquet, C., Mengin-Lecreulx, D., & Joris, B. (2009). Substrate-induced inactivation of the Escherichia coli AmiD N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase highlights a new strategy to inhibit this class of enzyme. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 53 (7), 2991-7. doi:10.1128/AAC.01520-07

Sauvage, E., Zervosen, A., Dive, G., Herman, R., Amoroso, A. M., Joris, B., Fonzé, E., Pratt, R., Luxen, A., Charlier, P., & Kerff, F. (2009). Structural basis of the inhibition of class A beta-lactamases and penicillin-binding proteins by 6-beta-iodopenicillanate. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131 (42), 15262-15269. doi:10.1021/ja9051526

Leclere, V., Bechet, M., Brans, A., Coutte, F., Chollet-Imbert, M., Fickers, P., Gancel, F., Guez, J. S., Joris, B., Ongena, M., & Jacques, P. (March 2008). Bacillus lipopeptides properties leading to versatile weapons for plant disease biocontrol [Paper presentation]. BACELL 2008, Oslo, Norway.

Colson, S., van Wezel, G. P., Craig, M., Noens, E. E., Nothaft, H., Mommaas, A. M., Titgemeyer, F., Joris, B., & Rigali, S. (February 2008). The Chitobiose-Binding Protein, DasA, Acts as a Link between Chitin Utilization and Morphogenesis in Streptomyces Coelicolor. Microbiology, 154 (Pt 2), 373-82. doi:10.1099/mic.0.2007/011940-0

Fickers, P., Leclere, V., Guez, J.-S., Bechet, M., Coucheney, F., Joris, B., & Jacques, P. (2008). Temperature dependence of mycosubtilin homologue production in Bacillus subtilis ATCC6633. Research in Microbiology, 159 (6), 449-57. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2008.05.004

Kerff, F., Amoroso, A. M., Herman, R., Sauvage, E., Petrella, S., Filée, P., Charlier, P., Joris, B., Tabuchi, A., Nikolaidis, N., & Cosgrove, D. J. (2008). Crystal structure and activity of Bacillus subtilis YoaJ (EXLX1), a bacterial expansin that promotes root colonization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105 (44), 16876-81. doi:10.1073/pnas.0809382105

Kern, T., Hediger, S., Muller, P., Giustini, C., Joris, B., Bougault, C., Vollmer, W., & Simorre, J.-P. (2008). Toward the characterization of peptidoglycan structure and protein-peptidoglycan interactions by solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (17), 5618-9. doi:10.1021/ja7108135

Vollmer, W., Joris, B., Charlier, P., & Foster, S. (2008). Bacterial peptidoglycan (murein) hydrolases. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 32 (2), 259-86. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6976.2007.00099.x

Macheboeuf, P., Fischer, D. S., Brown, T. J., Zervosen, A., Luxen, A., Joris, B., Dessen, A., & Schofield, C. J. (September 2007). Structural and mechanistic basis of penicillin-binding protein inhibition by lactivicins. Nature Chemical Biology, 3 (9), 565-569. doi:10.1038/nchembio.2007.21

Hiard, S., Marée, R., Colson, S., Hoskisson, P. A., Titgemeyer, F., van Wezel, G. P., Joris, B., Wehenkel, L., & Rigali, S. (June 2007). PREDetector: A new tool to identify regulatory elements in bacterial genomes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 357 (4), 861-864. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.03.180

Javaux, C., Joris, B., & De Witte, P. (June 2007). Functional characteristics of TauA binding protein from TauABC Escherichia coli system. Protein Journal, 26 (4), 231-238. doi:10.1007/s10930-006-9064-x

Mercier, F., Zervosen, A., Lemaire, C., Plenevaux, A., Joris, B., & Luxen, A. (22 March 2007). Synthesis of anhydro-muramic acid derivatives as substrates for MurNAc amidase [Poster presentation]. Biomedica, Aachen, Germany.

Boudet, J., Chouquet, A., Chahboune, A., Giustini, C., Joris, B., Simorre, J.-P., & Bougault, C. (2007). 1H, 13C and 15N resonance assignments of YajG, an Escherichia coli protein of unknown structure and function. Biomolecular NMR Assignments, 1 (1), 89-91. doi:10.1007/s12104-007-9025-0

Boudet, J., Duval, V., Van Melckebeke, H., Blackledge, M., Amoroso, A. M., Joris, B., & Simorre, J. P. (2007). Conformational and thermodynamic changes of the repressor/DNA operator complex upon monomerization shed new light an regulation mechanisms of bacterial resistance against beta-lactam antibiotics. Nucleic Acids Research, 35 (13), 4384-4395. doi:10.1093/nar/gkm448

Coutte, F., Bechet, M., Leclere, V., Fickers, P., Brans, A., Joris, B., Lecouturier, P., Dhulster, P., & Jacques, P. (2007). Influence of overexpression of mycosubtilin or surfactin synthetase on the phenotype of Bacillus subtilis strains [Poster presentation]. 14th International Conference on Bacilli, Pise, Italy.

Dreesen, L., Silien, C., Volcke, C., Sartenaer, Y., Thiry, P. A., Peremans, A., Grugier, J., Marchand-Brynaert, J., Brans, A., Grubisic, S., & Joris, B. (2007). Adsorption Properties of the Penicillin Derivative DTPA on Gold Substrates. Chemphyschem: A European Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, 8 (7), 1071-1076. doi:10.1002/cphc.200700087

Fickers, P., Brans, A., Barry, R., Joris, B., Bechet, M., Leclere, V., & Jacques, P. (2007). Engineering Bacillus subtilis ATCC6633 for the production of the lipopeptide mycosubtilin [Poster presentation]. 14th International Conference on Bacilli, Pise, Italy.

Ongena, M., Jourdan, E., Adam, A., Paquot, M., Brans, A., Joris, B., Arpigny, J.-L., & Thonart, P. (2007). Surfactin and fengycin lipopeptides of Bacillus subtilis as elicitors of induced systemic resistance in plants. Environmental Microbiology, 9 (4), 1084-1090. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01202.x

Giannotta, Filée, P., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., Joris, B., Brans, A., & Ruth, N. (25 October 2006). Hybrid proteins of active-site serine beta-lactamase.

Rigali, S., Nothaft, H., Noens, E. E. E., Schlicht, M., Colson, S., Müller, M., Joris, B., Koerten, H. K., Hopwood, D. A., Titgemeyer, F., & van Wezel, G. P. (September 2006). The sugar phosphotransferase system of Streptomyces coelicolor is regulated by the GntR-family regulator DasR and links N-acetylglucosamine metabolism to the control of development. Molecular Microbiology, 61 (5), 1237-1251. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05319.x

Dreesen, L., Thiry, P., Peremans, A., Grugier, J., Marchand-Brynaert, J., Brans, A., Grubisic, S., & Joris, B. (August 2006). On the immobilization of beta-lactamase proteins by aminopenicillanic acid functionalized self-assembled monolayers on metallic substrates [Poster presentation]. International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology, Bâle, Switzerland.

Mercier, F., Lemaire, C., Plenevaux, A., Nguyen-Distèche, M., Zervosen, A., Joris, B., & Luxen, A. (17 May 2006). Synthesis of anhydro-muramic acid derivatives as substrates for MurNAc amidase [Poster presentation]. Bioforum 2006.

Mercier, F., Lemaire, C., Plenevaux, A., Nguyen, M., Zervosen, A., Joris, B., & Luxen, A. (10 October 2005). Synthesis of anhydro-muranic acid derivatives as substrates for MurNAc amidase [Poster presentation]. 9. International SFB-Symposium. Asymmetric Synthesis with Chemical and Biological Methods, Aachen, Germany.

Teller, N., Lemaire, C., Plenevaux, A., Nguyen, M., Zervosen, A., Joris, B., & Luxen, A. (10 October 2005). Synthesis of protected meso-diaminopimelic acid [Poster presentation]. 9. International SFB-Symposium. Asymmetric Synthesis with Chemical and Biological Methods, Aachen, Germany.

Deleu, M., Brasseur, R., Paquot, M., Legros, H., Dufour, S., Jacques, P., Destain, J., Thonart, P., Brans, A., Joris, B., & Frère, J.-M. (11 May 2005). Novel use of lipopeptide preparations.

Chahboune, A., Decaffmeyer, M., Brasseur, R., & Joris, B. (2005). Membrane topology of the Escherichia coli AmpG permease required for recycling of cell wall anhydromuropeptides and AmpC beta-lactamase induction. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 49 (3), 1145-9. doi:10.1128/AAC.49.3.1145-1149.2005

Delmarcelle, M., Boursoit, M.-C., Filée, P., Baurin, S. L., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (2005). Specificity inversion of Ochrobactrum anthropi D-aminopeptidase to a D,D-carboxypeptidase with new penicillin binding activity by directed mutagenesis. Protein Science: A Publication of the Protein Society, 14, 2296-2303. doi:10.1110/ps.051475305

Idrissa-Sidikou, D., Remy, B., Gerardin-Otthiers, N., Joris, B., & Beckers, J.-F. (2005). Bovine pepsinogen A: Isolation and parial characterization of isoforms with high activity. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances.

Brans, A., Filée, P., Chevigné, A., Claessens, A., & Joris, B. (December 2004). New integrative method to generate Bacillus subtilis recombinant strains free of selection markers. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70 (12), 7241-7250. doi:10.1128/AEM.70.12.7241-7250.2004

Vreuls, C., Filée, P., Van Melckebeke, H., Aerts, T., De Deyn, P., Llabres, G., Matagne, A., Simorre, J. P., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (15 November 2004). Guanidinium chloride denaturation of the dimeric Bacillus licheniformis Blal repressor highlights an independent domain unfolding pathway. Biochemical Journal, 384 (Pt 1), 179-190. doi:10.1042/BJ20040658

Rigali, S., Schlicht, M., Hoskisson, P., Nothaft, H., Merzbacher, M., Joris, B., & Titgemeyer, F. (June 2004). Extending the classification of bacterial transcription factors beyond the helix-turn-helix motif as an alternative approach to discover new cis/trans relationships. Nucleic Acids Research, 32 (11), 3418-3426. doi:10.1093/nar/gkh673

Hanique, S., Colombo, M.-L., Goormaghtigh, E., Soumillion, P., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (02 April 2004). Evidence of an intramolecular interaction between the two domains of the BlaR1 penicillin receptor during the signal transduction. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279 (14), 14264-14272. doi:10.1074/jbc.M313488200

Colombo, M.-L., Hanique, S., Baurin, S. L., Bauvois, C., De Vriendt, K., Van Beeumen, J. J., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (February 2004). The ybxI gene of Bacillus subtilis 168 encodes a class D beta-lactamase of low activity. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 48 (2), 484-490. doi:10.1128/AAC.48.2.484-490.2004

Deleu, M., Brans, A., Brasseur, R., Destain, J., Dufour, S., Frère, J.-M., Jacques, P., Joris, B., Legros, H., Paquot, M., & Thonart, P. (2004). Novel use of lipopeptide preparations.

Genereux, C., Dehareng, D., Devreese, B., Van Beeumen, J., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (01 January 2004). Mutational analysis of the catalytic centre of the Citrobacter freundii AmpD N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase. Biochemical Journal, 377 (Pt 1), 111-120. doi:10.1042/BJ20030862

Kerff, F., Charlier, P., Colombo, M. L., Sauvage, E., Brans, A., Frère, J.-M., Joris, B., & Fonze, E. (11 November 2003). Crystal structure of the sensor domain of the BlaR penicillin receptor from Bacillus licheniformis. Biochemistry, 42 (44), 12835-12843. doi:10.1021/bi034976a

Duval, V., Swinnen, M., Lepage, S., Brans, A., Granier, B., Franssen, C., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (June 2003). The kinetic properties of the carboxy terminal domain of the Bacillus licheniformis 749/I BlaR penicillin-receptor shed a new light on the derepression of beta-lactamase synthesis. Molecular Microbiology, 48 (6), 1553-1564. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03520.x

Filée, P., Vreuls, C., Herman, R., Thamm, I., Aerts, T., De Deyn, P. P., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (May 2003). Dimerization and DNA binding properties of the Bacillus licheniformis 749/I BlaI repressor. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278 (19), 16482-16487. doi:10.1074/jbc.M210887200

El Amiri, B., Remy, B., Melo de Sousa, N., Joris, B., Otthiers, N., Perenyi, Z., Mboko, H. B., & Beckers, J.-F. (2003). Isolation and partial characterization of three pregnancy-associated glycoproteins from the ewe placenta. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 64 (2), 199-206. doi:10.1002/mrd.10246

Liepinsh, E., Genereux, C., Dehareng, D., Joris, B., & Otting, G. (2003). NMR structure of Citrobacter freundii AmpD, comparison with bacteriophage T7 lysozyme and homology with PGRP domains. Journal of Molecular Biology, 327 (4), 833-42. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00185-2

Melckebeke, H. V., Vreuls, C., Gans, P., Filée, P., Llabres, G., Joris, B., & Simorre, J.-P. (2003). Solution structural study of BlaI: implications for the repression of genes involved in beta-lactam antibiotic resistance. Journal of Molecular Biology, 333 (4), 711-20. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.005

Lakaye, B., Dubus, A., Joris, B., & Frère, J.-M. (September 2002). Method for estimation of low outer membrane permeability to beta-lactam antibiotics. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 46 (9), 2901-2907. doi:10.1128/AAC.46.9.2901-2907.2002

Filée, P., Benlafya, K., Delmarcelle, M., Moutzourelis, G., Frère, J.-M., Brans, A., & Joris, B. (May 2002). The fate of the Blal repressor during the induction of the Bacillus licheniformis BlaP beta-lactamase. Molecular Microbiology, 44 (3), 685-694. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02888.x

Gabelica, V., Vreuls, C., Filée, P., Duval, V., Joris, B., & De Pauw, E. (2002). Advantages and drawbacks of nanospray for studying noncovalent protein-DNA complexes by mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 16 (18), 1723-1728. doi:10.1002/rcm.776

Filée, P., Delmarcelle, M., Thamm, I., & Joris, B. (May 2001). Use of an Alfexpress DNA Sequencer to Analyze Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions by Band Shift Assay. BioTechniques, 30 (5), 1044-8, 1050-1. doi:10.2144/01305rr03

Dinant, M.* , Baurain, D.* , Coosemans, N., Joris, B., & Matagne, R.-F. (April 2001). Characterization of two genes encoding the mitochondrial alternative oxidase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Current Genetics, 39 (2), 101-108. doi:10.1007/s002940000183
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Cheggour, A., Fanuel, L., Duez, C., Joris, B., Bouillenne, F., Devreese, B., Van Driessche, G., Van Beeumen, J., Frère, J.-M., & Goffin, C. (November 2000). The Dppa Gene of Bacillus Subtilis Encodes a New D-Aminopeptidase. Molecular Microbiology, 38 (3), 504-13. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02117.x

Bompard-Gilles, C., Remaut, H., Villeret, V., Prange, T., Fanuel, L., Delmarcelle, M., Joris, B., Frère, J.-M., & Van Beeumen, J. (2000). Crystal structure of a D-aminopeptidase from Ochrobactrum anthropi, a new member of the 'penicillin-recognizing enzyme' family. Structure, 8 (9), 971-80. doi:10.1016/S0969-2126(00)00188-X

Bompard-Gilles, C., Villeret, V., Davies, G. J., Fanuel, L., Joris, B., Frère, J.-M., & Van Beeumen, J. (2000). A new variant of the Ntn hydrolase fold revealed by the crystal structure of L-aminopeptidase D-ala-esterase/amidase from Ochrobactrum anthropi. Structure, 8 (2), 153-62. doi:10.1016/S0969-2126(00)00091-5

Bouillenne, F., Matagne, A., Joris, B., & Frère, J.-M. (2000). Technique for a rapid and efficient purification of the SHV-1 and PSE-2 beta-lactamases. Journal of Chromatography. B, Biomedical Sciences and Applications, 737 (1-2), 261-5. doi:10.1016/S0378-4347(99)00436-3

Bompard-Gilles, C., Villeret, V., Fanuel, L., Joris, B., Frère, J.-M., & Van Beeumen, J. (1999). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a new L-aminopeptidase-D-amidase/D-esterase activated by a Gly-Ser peptide bond hydrolysis. Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Biological Crystallography, 55 (Pt 3), 699-701. doi:10.1107/S0907444998015807

Fanuel, L., Goffin, C., Cheggour, A., Devreese, B., Van Driessche, G., Joris, B., Van Beeumen, J., & Frère, J.-M. (1999). The DmpA aminopeptidase from Ochrobactrum anthropi LMG7991 is the prototype of a new terminal nucleophile hydrolase family. Biochemical Journal, 341 (Pt 1), 147-55. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3410147

Fanuel, L., Thamm, I., Kostanjevecki, V., Samyn, B., Joris, B., Goffin, C., Brannigan, J., Van Beeumen, J., & Frère, J.-M. (1999). Two new aminopeptidases from Ochrobactrum anthropi active on D-alanyl-p-nitroanilide. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 55 (5), 812-8. doi:10.1007/s000180050334

Charlier, P., Coyette, J., Dehareng, D., Dive, G., Duez, C., Dusart, J., Fonzé, E., Fraipont, C., Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., Goffin, C., Joris, B., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., & Nguyen-Distèche, M. (1998). Résistance bactérienne aux beta-lactamines. MS. Medecine Sciences, 14 (5), 544-555. doi:10.4267/10608/1092

Philippon, A., Dusart, J., Joris, B., & Frère, J.-M. (1998). The diversity, structure and regulation of beta-lactamases. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 54 (4), 341-6. doi:10.1007/s000180050161

Lepage, S., Dubois, P., Ghosh, T.-K., Joris, B., Mahapatra, S., Kundu, M., Basu, J., Chakrabarti, P., Cole, S.-T., Nguyen-Distèche, M., & Ghuysen, J.-M. (July 1997). Dual Multimodular Class a Penicillin-Binding Proteins in Mycobacterium Leprae. Journal of Bacteriology, 179 (14), 4627-4630. doi:10.1128/jb.179.14.4627-4630.1997

Brans, A., Loriaux, A., Thamm, I., Joris, B., & Dusart, J. (15 April 1997). Use of an Automatic DNA Sequencer for S1 Mapping: Transcriptional Analysis of the Streptomyces Coelicolor A3(2) Dnak Operon. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 149 (2), 189-94. doi:10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00074-8

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Anne, J., Fiten, P., Van Mellaert, L., Joris, B., Opdenakker, G., & Eyssen, H. (1995). Analysis of the open reading frames of the main capsid proteins of actinophage VWB. Archives of Virology, 140 (6), 1033-47. doi:10.1007/BF01315413

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Ghuysen, J.-M., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., Joris, B., & Shockman, G. D. (28 March 1994). Binding Site-Shaped Repeated Sequences of Bacterial Wall Peptidoglycan Hydrolases. FEBS Letters, 342 (1), 23-28. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(94)80577-6

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Malissard, M., Duez, C., Guinand, M., Vacheron, M.-J., Michel, G., Marty, N., Joris, B., Thamm, I., & Ghuysen, J.-M. (1993). Sequence of a gene encoding a (poly ManA) alginate lyase active on Pseudomonas aeruginosa alginate. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 110 (1), 101-106. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1993.tb06302.x

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Zhu, Y., Englebert, S., Joris, B., Ghuysen, J.-M., Kobayashi, T., & Lampen, J.-O. (01 October 1992). Structure, function, and fate of the BlaR signal transducer involved in induction of β-lactamase in Bacillus licheniformis. Journal of Bacteriology, 174 (19), 6171-6178. doi:10.1128/jb.174.19.6171-6178.1992

Hadonou, A. M., Wilkin, J.-M., Varetto, L., Joris, B., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., Klein, D., Duez, C., Ghuysen, J.-M., & Frère, J.-M. (01 July 1992). Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the Streptomyces R61 Dd-Peptidase. Catalytic Function of the Conserved Residues around the Active Site and a Comparison with Class-a and Class-C Beta-Lactamases. European Journal of Biochemistry, 207 (1), 97-102. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb17025.x

Bourguignon-Bellefroid, C., Joris, B., Van Beeumen, J., Ghuysen, J.-M., & Frère, J.-M. (01 April 1992). Point Mutations of Two Arginine Residues in the Streptomyces R61 Dd-Peptidase. Biochemical Journal, 283 (1), 123-128. doi:10.1042/bj2830123

Joris, B., Englebert, S., Chu, C.-P., Kariyama, R., Daneo-Moore, L., Shockman, G. D., & Ghuysen, J.-M. (15 March 1992). Modular Design of the Enterococcus Hirae Muramidase-2 and Streptococcus Faecalis Autolysin. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 91 (3), 257-264. doi:10.1016/0378-1097(92)90707-U

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Hourdou, M.-L., Duez, C., Joris, B., Vacheron, M.-J., Guinand, M., Michel, G., & Ghuysen, J.-M. (01 March 1992). Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding the γ-D-glutamyl-L-diamino acid endopeptidase II of Bacillus sphaericus. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 91 (2), 165-170. doi:10.1016/0378-1097(92)90678-H

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Joris, B., Ledent, P., Dideberg, O., Fonze, E., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., Kelly, J. A., Ghuysen, J.-M., & Frère, J.-M. (November 1991). Comparison of the Sequences of Class a β-lactamase and of the Secondary Structure Elements of Penicillin-Recognizing Proteins. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 35 (11), 2294-2301. doi:10.1128/AAC.35.11.2294

Jacob, F., Joris, B., & Frère, J.-M. (01 August 1991). Active-Site Serine Mutants of the Streptomyces Albus G Beta-Lactamase. Biochemical Journal, 277 ((Pt 3)), 647-52. doi:10.1042/bj2770647

Ambler, R. P., Coulson, A. F. W., Frère, J.-M., Ghuysen, J.-M., Joris, B., Forsman, M., Levesque, R. C., Tiraby, G., & Waley, S. G. (15 May 1991). A standard numbering scheme for the class A beta-lactamases. Biochemical Journal, 276 (Pt 1), 269-270. doi:10.1042/bj2760269

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Perilli, M., Franceschini, N., Segatore, B., Amicosante, G., Oratore, A., Duez, C., Joris, B., & Frère, J.-M. (1991). Cloning and nucleotide sequencing of the gene encoding the beta-lactamase from Citrobacter diversus. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 83, 79-84. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1991.tb04393.x

Jacob, F., Joris, B., Lepage, S., Dusart, J., & Frère, J.-M. (15 October 1990). Role of the Conserved Amino Acids of the 'Sdn' Loop (Ser130, Asp131 and Asn132) in a Class a Beta-Lactamase Studied by Site-Directed Mutagenesis. Biochemical Journal, 271 (2), 399-406. doi:10.1042/bj2710399

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