| The MatP/matS Site-Specific System Organizes the Terminus Region of the E. coli Chromosome into a Macrodomain R Mercier, MA Petit, S Schbath, S Robin, M El Karoui, F Boccard, O Espéli Cell 135 (3), 475-485, 2008 | 213 | 2008 |
| DNA dynamics vary according to macrodomain topography in the E. coli chromosome O Espeli, R Mercier, F Boccard Molecular microbiology 68 (6), 1418-1427, 2008 | 205 | 2008 |
| A MatP–divisome interaction coordinates chromosome segregation with cell division in E. coli O Espéli, R Borne, P Dupaigne, A Thiel, E Gigant, R Mercier, F Boccard The EMBO journal 31 (14), 3198-3211, 2012 | 140 | 2012 |
| A physical and functional interaction between Escherichia coli FtsK and topoisomerase IV O Espeli, C Lee, KJ Marians Journal of Biological Chemistry 278 (45), 44639-44644, 2003 | 127 | 2003 |
| Untangling intracellular DNA topology O Espeli, KJ Marians Molecular microbiology 52 (4), 925-931, 2004 | 119 | 2004 |
| Chromosome structuring limits genome plasticity in Escherichia coli E Esnault, M Valens, O Espéli, F Boccard PLoS genetics 3 (12), 2007 | 111 | 2007 |
| Temporal regulation of topoisomerase IV activity in E. coli O Espeli, C Levine, H Hassing, KJ Marians Molecular cell 11 (1), 189-201, 2003 | 109 | 2003 |
| Transcription attenuation associated with bacterial repetitive extragenic BIME elements O Espéli, L Moulin, F Boccard Journal of molecular biology 314 (3), 375-386, 2001 | 85 | 2001 |
| Molecular basis for a protein-mediated DNA-bridging mechanism that functions in condensation of the E. coli chromosome P Dupaigne, NK Tonthat, O Espéli, T Whitfill, F Boccard, MA Schumacher Molecular cell 48 (4), 560-571, 2012 | 79 | 2012 |
| The Sm‐like RNA chaperone Hfq mediates transcription antitermination at Rho‐dependent terminators M Rabhi, O Espéli, A Schwartz, B Cayrol, AR Rahmouni, V Arluison, ... The EMBO journal 30 (14), 2805-2816, 2011 | 78 | 2011 |
| Multiscale structuring of the E. coli chromosome by nucleoid-associated and condensin proteins VS Lioy, A Cournac, M Marbouty, S Duigou, J Mozziconacci, O Espéli, ... Cell 172 (4), 771-783. e18, 2018 | 76 | 2018 |
| SetB: an integral membrane protein that affects chromosome segregation in Escherichia coli O Espeli, P Nurse, C Levine, C Lee, KJ Marians Molecular microbiology 50 (2), 495-509, 2003 | 68 | 2003 |
| In vivo cleavage of Escherichia coli BIME‐2 repeats by DNA gyrase: genetic characterization of the target and identification of the cut site O Espéli, F Boccard Molecular microbiology 26 (4), 767-777, 1997 | 58 | 1997 |
| Polymer modeling of the E. coli genome reveals the involvement of locus positioning and macrodomain structuring for the control of chromosome conformation and … I Junier, F Boccard, O Espeli Nucleic acids research 42 (3), 1461-1473, 2014 | 47 | 2014 |
| Sister chromatid interactions in bacteria revealed by a site‐specific recombination assay C Lesterlin, E Gigant, F Boccard, O Espéli The EMBO journal 31 (16), 3468-3479, 2012 | 47 | 2012 |
| Long-range chromosome organization in E. coli: a site-specific system isolates the Ter macrodomain A Thiel, M Valens, I Vallet-Gely, O Espéli, F Boccard PLoS genetics 8 (4), 2012 | 45 | 2012 |
| Organization of the Escherichia coli chromosome into macrodomains and its possible functional implications O Espéli, F Boccard Journal of structural biology 156 (2), 304-310, 2006 | 42 | 2006 |
| Bacterial chromosome segregation C Possoz, I Junier, O Espeli Front. Biosci 17, 1020-1034, 2012 | 37 | 2012 |
| NKBOR, a mini-Tn10-based transposon for random insertion in the chromosome of Gram-negative bacteria and the rapid recovery of sequences flanking the insertion sites in … M Rossignol, A Basset, O Espéli, F Boccard Research in microbiology 152 (5), 481-485, 2001 | 36 | 2001 |
| Characterizing meiotic chromosomes' structure and pairing using a designer sequence optimized for Hi‐C H Muller, VF Scolari, N Agier, A Piazza, A Thierry, G Mercy, ... Molecular systems biology 14 (7), 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
