| Organised genome dynamics in the Escherichia coli species results in highly diverse adaptive paths M Touchon, C Hoede, O Tenaillon, V Barbe, S Baeriswyl, P Bidet, ... PLoS genetics 5 (1), e1000344, 2009 | 1350 | 2009 |
| CRISPRCasFinder, an update of CRISRFinder, includes a portable version, enhanced performance and integrates search for Cas proteins D Couvin, A Bernheim, C Toffano-Nioche, M Touchon, J Michalik, ... Nucleic acids research 46 (W1), W246-W251, 2018 | 1172 | 2018 |
| Uncovering Listeria monocytogenes hypervirulence by harnessing its biodiversity MM Maury, YH Tsai, C Charlier, M Touchon, V Chenal-Francisque, ... Nature genetics 48 (3), 308-313, 2016 | 668 | 2016 |
| Whole genome-based population biology and epidemiological surveillance of Listeria monocytogenes A Moura, A Criscuolo, H Pouseele, MM Maury, A Leclercq, C Tarr, ... Nature microbiology 2 (2), 1-10, 2016 | 635 | 2016 |
| Systematic and quantitative view of the antiviral arsenal of prokaryotes F Tesson, A Hervé, E Mordret, M Touchon, C D’humières, J Cury, ... Nature communications 13 (1), 2561, 2022 | 406 | 2022 |
| Identification of protein secretion systems in bacterial genomes SS Abby, J Cury, J Guglielmini, B Néron, M Touchon, EPC Rocha Scientific reports 6 (1), 23080, 2016 | 397 | 2016 |
| MacSyFinder: a program to mine genomes for molecular systems with an application to CRISPR-Cas systems SS Abby, B Néron, H Ménager, M Touchon, EPC Rocha PloS one 9 (10), e110726, 2014 | 365 | 2014 |
| Pervasive domestication of defective prophages by bacteria LM Bobay, M Touchon, EPC Rocha Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (33), 12127-12132, 2014 | 365 | 2014 |
| Genetic and life-history traits associated with the distribution of prophages in bacteria M Touchon, A Bernheim, EPC Rocha The ISME journal 10 (11), 2744-2754, 2016 | 357 | 2016 |
| The interplay of restriction-modification systems with mobile genetic elements and their prokaryotic hosts PH Oliveira, M Touchon, EPC Rocha Nucleic acids research 42 (16), 10618-10631, 2014 | 355 | 2014 |
| Embracing the enemy: the diversification of microbial gene repertoires by phage-mediated horizontal gene transfer M Touchon, JAM De Sousa, EPC Rocha Current opinion in microbiology 38, 66-73, 2017 | 305 | 2017 |
| The genomic diversification of the whole Acinetobacter genus: origins, mechanisms, and consequences M Touchon, J Cury, EJ Yoon, L Krizova, GC Cerqueira, C Murphy, ... Genome biology and evolution 6 (10), 2866-2882, 2014 | 298 | 2014 |
| Identification and analysis of integrons and cassette arrays in bacterial genomes J Cury, T Jové, M Touchon, B Néron, EPC Rocha Nucleic acids research 44 (10), 4539-4550, 2016 | 287 | 2016 |
| Horizontal gene transfer of the secretome drives the evolution of bacterial cooperation and virulence T Nogueira, DJ Rankin, M Touchon, F Taddei, SP Brown, EPC Rocha Current Biology 19 (20), 1683-1691, 2009 | 277 | 2009 |
| The small, slow and specialized CRISPR and anti-CRISPR of Escherichia and Salmonella M Touchon, EPC Rocha PloS one 5 (6), e11126, 2010 | 269 | 2010 |
| Causes of insertion sequences abundance in prokaryotic genomes M Touchon, EPC Rocha Molecular biology and evolution 24 (4), 969-981, 2007 | 255 | 2007 |
| The adaptation of temperate bacteriophages to their host genomes LM Bobay, EPC Rocha, M Touchon Molecular biology and evolution 30 (4), 737-751, 2013 | 233 | 2013 |
| The chromosomal organization of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria PH Oliveira, M Touchon, J Cury, EPC Rocha Nature communications 8 (1), 841, 2017 | 217 | 2017 |
| Phylogenetic background and habitat drive the genetic diversification of Escherichia coli M Touchon, A Perrin, JAM De Sousa, B Vangchhia, S Burn, CL O’Brien, ... PLoS genetics 16 (6), e1008866, 2020 | 200 | 2020 |
| Human gene organization driven by the coordination of replication and transcription M Huvet, S Nicolay, M Touchon, B Audit, Y d'Aubenton-Carafa, A Arneodo, ... Genome research 17 (9), 1278-1285, 2007 | 191 | 2007 |
