| Definitions and guidelines for research on antibiotic persistence NQ Balaban, S Helaine, K Lewis, M Ackermann, B Aldridge, DI Andersson, ... Nature Reviews Microbiology 17 (7), 441-448, 2019 | 1170 | 2019 |
| Bacterial toxin–antitoxin systems: more than selfish entities? L Van Melderen, M Saavedra De Bast PLoS genetics 5 (3), e1000437, 2009 | 633 | 2009 |
| Diversity of bacterial type II toxin–antitoxin systems: a comprehensive search and functional analysis of novel families R Leplae, D Geeraerts, R Hallez, J Guglielmini, P Dreze, L Van Melderen Nucleic acids research 39 (13), 5513-5525, 2011 | 488 | 2011 |
| Toxin–antitoxin systems: why so many, what for? L Van Melderen Current opinion in microbiology 13 (6), 781-785, 2010 | 383 | 2010 |
| The F plasmid CcdB protein induces efficient ATP-dependent DNA cleavage by gyrase P Bernard, KE Kézdy, L Van Melderen, J Steyaert, L Wyns, ML Pato, ... Journal of molecular biology 234 (3), 534-541, 1993 | 348 | 1993 |
| A Systematic and Functional Classification of Streptococcus pyogenes That Serves as a New Tool for Molecular Typing and Vaccine Development M Sanderson-Smith, DMP De Oliveira, J Guglielmini, DJ McMillan, T Vu, ... The Journal of infectious diseases 210 (8), 1325-1338, 2014 | 329 | 2014 |
| Lon‐dependent proteolysis of CcdA is the key control for activation of CcdB in plasmid‐free segregant bacteria L Van Melderen, P Bernard, M Couturier Molecular microbiology 11 (6), 1151-1157, 1994 | 318 | 1994 |
| Toxins-antitoxins: diversity, evolution and function F Hayes, L Van Melderen Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology 46 (5), 386-408, 2011 | 297 | 2011 |
| Overproduction of the Lon protease triggers inhibition of translation in Escherichia coli: involvement of the yefM‐yoeB toxin‐antitoxin system SK Christensen, G Maenhaut‐Michel, N Mine, S Gottesman, K Gerdes, ... Molecular microbiology 51 (6), 1705-1717, 2004 | 295 | 2004 |
| The Staphylococci phages family: an overview M Deghorain, L Van Melderen Viruses 4 (12), 3316-3335, 2012 | 294 | 2012 |
| Biology and evolution of bacterial toxin–antitoxin systems D Jurėnas, N Fraikin, F Goormaghtigh, L Van Melderen Nature Reviews Microbiology 20 (6), 335-350, 2022 | 291 | 2022 |
| ATP-dependent degradation of CcdA by Lon protease: effects of secondary structure and heterologous subunit interactions L Van Melderen, MHD Thi, P Lecchi, S Gottesman, M Couturier, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 271 (44), 27730-27738, 1996 | 282 | 1996 |
| Toxin-antitoxin systems as multilevel interaction systems N Goeders, L Van Melderen Toxins 6 (1), 304-324, 2014 | 265 | 2014 |
| Biological roles of the Lon ATP-dependent protease V Tsilibaris, G Maenhaut-Michel, L Van Melderen Research in microbiology 157 (8), 701-713, 2006 | 258 | 2006 |
| What Is the Benefit to Escherichia coli of Having Multiple Toxin-Antitoxin Systems in Its Genome? V Tsilibaris, G Maenhaut-Michel, N Mine, L Van Melderen Journal of bacteriology 189 (17), 6101-6108, 2007 | 255 | 2007 |
| Type II toxin-antitoxin systems: evolution and revolutions N Fraikin, F Goormaghtigh, L Van Melderen Journal of bacteriology 202 (7), 10.1128/jb. 00763-19, 2020 | 254 | 2020 |
| Post-transcriptional global regulation by CsrA in bacteria J Timmermans, L Van Melderen Cellular and molecular life sciences 67, 2897-2908, 2010 | 239 | 2010 |
| Reassessing the role of type II toxin-antitoxin systems in formation of Escherichia coli type II persister cells F Goormaghtigh, N Fraikin, M Putrinš, T Hallaert, V Hauryliuk, ... MBio 9 (3), 10.1128/mbio. 00640-18, 2018 | 216 | 2018 |
| Updated model of group A Streptococcus M proteins based on a comprehensive worldwide study DJ McMillan, PA Drèze, T Vu, DE Bessen, J Guglielmini, AC Steer, ... Clinical Microbiology and Infection 19 (5), E222-E229, 2013 | 209 | 2013 |
| The ratio between CcdA and CcdB modulates the transcriptional repression of the ccd poison–antidote system H Afif, N Allali, M Couturier, L Van Melderen Molecular microbiology 41 (1), 73-82, 2001 | 204 | 2001 |
Frédéric GoormaghtighPost-doctoral researcher at Université Libre de BruxellesVerified email at unibas.ch