Florian Fournès

This study shows that GcrA, a methylation-dependent regulator in Agrobacterium tumefaciens, controls replication timing and cell division by coordinating RepABC origins and divisome gene expression.

The paper identifies regulators that control R-tailocin expression in Pseudomonas protegens CHA0, showing how DNA damage activates these genes through LexA-like and H-NS proteins.

The paper identifies that XerCD recombination is used by large plasmids and chromids for dimer resolution, similar to chromosomes, and shows this is required for their faithful inheritance.

This study investigates the role of CcrM-mediated DNA methylation in genome maintenance in Agrobacterium tumefaciens, showing its impact on replication and cell cycle regulation.

The paper shows toxin-antitoxin systems regulate cassette recombination dynamics in chromosomal integrons by killing cells when excision rates are too high.

The paper investigates cassette recruitment in the chromosomal integron of Vibrio cholerae during conjugation and natural transformation, showing that horizontally transferred cassettes can be inserted and expressed.