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Patricia Romero; Daniel Llull; Ernesto García; Tim Mitchell; Rubens López; Miriam Moscoso
Isolation and characterization of a new plasmid pSpnP1 from a multidrug-resistant clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Patricia Romero; Rubens López; Ernesto García
Key role of amino acid residues in the dimerization and catalytic activation of the autolysin LytA, an important virulence factor in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Miriam Moscoso; Ernesto García; Rubens López
Biofilm formation by Streptococcus pneumoniae: role of choline, extracellular DNA, and capsular polysaccharide in microbial accretion.

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2007: Patricia Romero; Daniel Llull; Ernesto García; Tim Mitchell; Rubens López; Miriam Moscoso
Isolation and characterization of a new plasmid pSpnP1 from a multidrug-resistant clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Plasmid 2007;58(1):51-60.
2007: Patricia Romero; Rubens López; Ernesto García
Key role of amino acid residues in the dimerization and catalytic activation of the autolysin LytA, an important virulence factor in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2007;282(24):17729-37.
2006: Miriam Moscoso; Ernesto García; Rubens López
Biofilm formation by Streptococcus pneumoniae: role of choline, extracellular DNA, and capsular polysaccharide in microbial accretion.
Journal of bacteriology 2006;188(22):7785-95.
2006: Daniel Llull; Rubens López; Ernesto García
Skl, a novel choline-binding N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase of Streptococcus mitis SK137 containing a CHAP domain.
FEBS letters 2006;580(8):1959-64.
2006: Daniel Llull; Rubens López; Ernesto García
Characteristic signatures of the lytA gene provide a basis for rapid and reliable diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae infections.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2006;44(4):1250-6.
2005: Miriam Moscoso; Virginia Obregón; Rubens López; José L García; Ernesto García
Allelic variation of polymorphic locus lytB, encoding a choline-binding protein, from streptococci of the mitis group.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2005;71(12):8706-13.
2005: Miriam Moscoso; Elena López; Ernesto García; Rubens López
Implications of physiological studies based on genomic sequences: Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 synthesizes a functional LytC lysozyme.
Journal of bacteriology 2005;187(17):6238-41.
2005: Carlos Fernández-Tornero; Ernesto García; Beatriz de Pascual-Teresa; Rubens López; Guillermo Giménez-Gallego; Antonio Romero
Ofloxacin-like antibiotics inhibit pneumococcal cell wall-degrading virulence factors.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2005;280(20):19948-57.
2004: Patricia Romero; Rubens López; Ernesto García
Characterization of LytA-like N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidases from two new Streptococcus mitis bacteriophages provides insights into the properties of the major pneumococcal autolysin.
Journal of bacteriology 2004;186(24):8229-39.
2004: Rubens López; Ernesto García
Recent trends on the molecular biology of pneumococcal capsules, lytic enzymes, and bacteriophage.
FEMS microbiology reviews 2004;28(5):553-80.
2004: Patricia Romero; Rubens López; Ernesto García
Genomic organization and molecular analysis of the inducible prophage EJ-1, a mosaic myovirus from an atypical pneumococcus.
Virology 2004;322(2):239-52.
2003: Virginia Obregón; Pedro García; Rubens López; José L García
Molecular and biochemical analysis of the system regulating the lytic/lysogenic cycle in the pneumococcal temperate phage MM1.
FEMS microbiology letters 2003;222(2):193-7.
2003: Virginia Obregón; José L García; Ernesto García; Rubens López; Pedro García
Genome organization and molecular analysis of the temperate bacteriophage MM1 of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Journal of bacteriology 2003;185(7):2362-8.
2003: Virginia Obregón; Pedro García; Rubens López; José L García
VO1, a temperate bacteriophage of the type 19A multiresistant epidemic 8249 strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae: analysis of variability of lytic and putative C5 methyltransferase genes.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) 2003;9(1):7-15.
2002: E García; Rubens López
[The bacteriophages and their gene products as antimicrobial agents].
Revista española de quimioterapia : publicación oficial de la Sociedad Española de Quimioterapia 2002;15(4):306-12.
2002: Blanca De Las Rivas; José L García; Rubens López; Pedro García
Purification and polar localization of pneumococcal LytB, a putative endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase: the chain-dispersing murein hydrolase.
Journal of bacteriology 2002;184(18):4988-5000.
2002: Carlos Fernández-Tornero; Ernesto García; Rubens López; Guillermo Giménez-Gallego; Antonio Romero
Two new crystal forms of the choline-binding domain of the major pneumococcal autolysin: insights into the dynamics of the active homodimer.
Journal of molecular biology 2002;321(1):163-73.
2002: Virginia Obregón; Pedro García; Ernesto García; Asunción Fenoll; Rubens López; José L García
Molecular peculiarities of the lytA gene isolated from clinical pneumococcal strains that are bile insoluble.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2002;40(7):2545-54.
2001: Carlos Fernández-Tornero; Rubens López; Ernesto García; Guillermo Giménez-Gallego; Antonio Romero
A novel solenoid fold in the cell wall anchoring domain of the pneumococcal virulence factor LytA.
Nature structural biology 2001;8(12):1020-4.
2001: Daniel Llull; Rubens López; Ernesto García
Genetic bases and medical relevance of capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in pathogenic streptococci.
Current molecular medicine 2001;1(4):475-91.
2001: B de las Rivas; José L García; Rubens López; Pedro García
Molecular characterization of the pneumococcal teichoic acid phosphorylcholine esterase.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) 2001;7(3):213-22.
2000: E Gindreau; Rubens López; Pedro García
MM1, a temperate bacteriophage of the type 23F Spanish/USA multiresistant epidemic clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae: structural analysis of the site-specific integration system.
Journal of virology 2000;74(17):7803-13.
2000: Rubens López; M P González; Ernesto García; José L García; Pedro García
Biological roles of two new murein hydrolases of Streptococcus pneumoniae representing examples of module shuffling.
Research in microbiology 2000;151(6):437-43.
2000: Ernesto García; Daniel Llull; R Muñoz; M Mollerach; Rubens López
Current trends in capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Research in microbiology 2000;151(6):429-35.
2000: Daniel Llull; Rubens López; Ernesto García
Clonal origin of the type 37 Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) 2000;6(4):269-75.
1999: R Muñoz; M Mollerach; Rubens López; Ernesto García
Characterization of the type 8 capsular gene cluster of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Journal of bacteriology 1999;181(19):6214-9.
1999: Daniel Llull; R Muñoz; Rubens López; Ernesto García
A single gene (tts) located outside the cap locus directs the formation of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 37 capsular polysaccharide. Type 37 pneumococci are natural, genetically binary strains.
The Journal of experimental medicine 1999;190(2):241-51.
1999: Pedro García; M Paz González; Ernesto García; José L García; Rubens López
The molecular characterization of the first autolytic lysozyme of Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals evolutionary mobile domains.
Molecular microbiology 1999;33(1):128-38.
1999: R Muñoz; Rubens López; M de Frutos; Ernesto García
First molecular characterization of a uridine diphosphate galacturonate 4-epimerase: an enzyme required for capsular biosynthesis in Streptococcus pneumoniae type 1.
Molecular microbiology 1999;31(2):703-13.
1998: Daniel Llull; Rubens López; Ernesto García; R Muñoz
Molecular structure of the gene cluster responsible for the synthesis of the polysaccharide capsule of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 33F.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1998;1443(1-2):217-24.
1998: AR Sánchez-Beato; Rubens López; José L García
Molecular characterization of PcpA: a novel choline-binding protein of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
FEMS microbiology letters 1998;164(1):207-14.
1998: AC Martín; Rubens López; Pedro García
Pneumococcal bacteriophage Cp-1 encodes its own protease essential for phage maturation.
Journal of virology 1998;72(4):3491-4.
1998: R Muñoz; Rubens López; Ernesto García
Characterization of IS1515, a functional insertion sequence in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Journal of bacteriology 1998;180(6):1381-8.
1998: José L García; AR Sánchez-Beato; F J Medrano; Rubens López
Versatility of choline-binding domain.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) 1998;4(1):25-36.
1998: AC Martín; Rubens López; Pedro García
Functional analysis of the two-gene lysis system of the pneumococcal phage Cp-1 in homologous and heterologous host cells.
Journal of bacteriology 1998;180(2):210-7.
1997: M M Sheehan; José L García; Rubens López; Pedro García
The lytic enzyme of the pneumococcal phage Dp-1: a chimeric lysin of intergeneric origin.
Molecular microbiology 1997;25(4):717-25.
1997: R Muñoz; M Mollerach; Rubens López; Ernesto García
Molecular organization of the genes required for the synthesis of type 1 capsular polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae: formation of binary encapsulated pneumococci and identification of cryptic dTDP-rhamnose biosynthesis genes.
Molecular microbiology 1997;25(1):79-92.
1997: Ernesto García; Rubens López
Molecular biology of the capsular genes of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
FEMS microbiology letters 1997;149(1):1-10.
1997: AR Sánchez-Beato; Ernesto García; Rubens López; José L García
Identification and characterization of IS1381, a new insertion sequence in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Journal of bacteriology 1997;179(7):2459-63.
1997: Rubens López; Ernesto García; Pedro García; José L García
The pneumococcal cell wall degrading enzymes: a modular design to create new lysins?
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) 1997;3(2):199-211.
1997: Pedro García; AC Martín; Rubens López
Bacteriophages of Streptococcus pneumoniae: a molecular approach.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) 1997;3(2):165-76.
1997: Ernesto García; C Arrecubieta; R Muñoz; M Mollerach; Rubens López
A functional analysis of the Streptococcus pneumoniae genes involved in the synthesis of type 1 and type 3 capsular polysaccharides.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) 1997;3(1):73-88.
1996: C Arrecubieta; Rubens López; Ernesto García
Type 3-specific synthase of Streptococcus pneumoniae (Cap3B) directs type 3 polysaccharide biosynthesis in Escherichia coli and in pneumococcal strains of different serotypes.
The Journal of experimental medicine 1996;184(2):449-55.
1996: Ernesto García; C Arrecubieta; Rubens López
The lytA gene and the DNA region located downstream of this gene are not involved in the formation of the type 3 capsular polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Current microbiology 1996;33(2):133-5.
1996: M M Sheehan; José L García; Rubens López; Pedro García
Analysis of the catalytic domain of the lysin of the lactococcal bacteriophage Tuc2009 by chimeric gene assembling.
FEMS microbiology letters 1996;140(1):23-8.
1996: C Arrecubieta; Ernesto García; Rubens López
Demonstration of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase activity in cell extracts of Escherichia coli expressing the pneumococcal cap3A gene required for the synthesis of type 3 capsular polysaccharide.
Journal of bacteriology 1996;178(10):2971-4.
1995: C Arrecubieta; Ernesto García; Rubens López
Sequence and transcriptional analysis of a DNA region involved in the production of capsular polysaccharide in Streptococcus pneumoniae type 3.
Gene 1995;167(1-2):1-7.
1995: A C Martín; Rubens López; Pedro García
Nucleotide sequence and transcription of the left early region of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteriophage Cp-1 coding for the terminal protein and the DNA polymerase.
Virology 1995;211(1):21-32.
1995: Rubens López; Ernesto García; Pedro García; José L García
Architecture and domain interchange of the pneumococcal cell wall lytic enzymes.
Developments in biological standardization 1995;85():273-81.
1994: Rubens López
[Maclyn McCarty: a forgotten genius. 50 years after the rediscovery of DNA].
Microbiología (Madrid, Spain) 1994;10(4):429-32.
1994: C Arrecubieta; Rubens López; Ernesto García
Molecular characterization of cap3A, a gene from the operon required for the synthesis of the capsule of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 3: sequencing of mutations responsible for the unencapsulated phenotype and localization of the capsular cluster on the pneumococcal chromosome.
Journal of bacteriology 1994;176(20):6375-83.
1994: Ernesto García; Pedro García; Rubens López
[Pathogenicity and pneumococcal capsular genes].
Microbiología (Madrid, Spain) 1994;10(1-2):19-26.
1994: Rubens López; José L García; C Ronda; Ernesto García; Pedro García
[Lytic enzymes of the pneumococcal system].
Microbiología (Madrid, Spain) 1994;10(1-2):13-8.
1993: Ernesto García; Pedro García; Rubens López
Cloning and sequencing of a gene involved in the synthesis of the capsular polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 3.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG 1993;239(1-2):188-95.
1993: A Romero; Rubens López; Pedro García
Lytic action of cloned pneumococcal phage lysis genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
FEMS microbiology letters 1993;108(1):87-92.
1992: Rubens López; José L García; Ernesto García; C Ronda; Pedro García
Structural analysis and biological significance of the cell wall lytic enzymes of Streptococcus pneumoniae and its bacteriophage.
FEMS microbiology letters 1992;79(1-3):439-47.
1992: Eduardo Díaz; Rubens López; José L García
EJ-1, a temperate bacteriophage of Streptococcus pneumoniae with a Myoviridae morphotype.
Journal of bacteriology 1992;174(17):5516-25.
1991: C Ronda; José L García; Rubens López
Teichoic acid choline esterase, a novel hydrolytic activity in Streptococcus oralis.
FEMS microbiology letters 1991;64(2-3):289-94.
1990: Eduardo Díaz; Rubens López; José L García
Chimeric phage-bacterial enzymes: a clue to the modular evolution of genes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1990;87(20):8125-9.
1990: Pedro García; José L García; Ernesto García; J M Sánchez-Puelles; Rubens López
Modular organization of the lytic enzymes of Streptococcus pneumoniae and its bacteriophages.
Gene 1990;86(1):81-8.
1990: Rubens López; C Ronda; Ernesto García
Autolysins are direct involved in the bactericidal effect caused by penicillin in wild type and in tolerant pneumococci.
FEMS microbiology letters 1990;54(1-3):317-22.
1989: C Ronda; José L García; Rubens López
Infection of Streptococcus oralis NCTC 11427 by pneumococcal phages.
FEMS microbiology letters 1989;53(1-2):187-92.
1989: Pedro García; José L García; Ernesto García; Rubens López
Purification and characterization of the autolytic glycosidase of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1989;158(1):251-6.
1989: Eduardo Díaz; Ernesto García; C Ascaso; E Méndez; Rubens López; José L García
Subcellular localization of the major pneumococcal autolysin: a peculiar mechanism of secretion in Escherichia coli.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1989;264(2):1238-44.
1988: C Ronda; José L García; Rubens López
Characterization of genetic transformation in Streptococcus oralis NCTC 11427: expression of the pneumococcal amidase in S. oralis using a new shuttle vector.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG 1988;215(1):53-7.
1988: Ernesto García; José L García; Pedro García; A Arrarás; J M Sánchez-Puelles; Rubens López
Molecular evolution of lytic enzymes of Streptococcus pneumoniae and its bacteriophages.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1988;85(3):914-8.
1987: José L García; Ernesto García; Rubens López
Overproduction and rapid purification of the amidase of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Archives of microbiology 1987;149(1):52-6.
1987: J M Sánchez-Puelles; José L García; Rubens López; Ernesto García
3'-end modifications of the Streptococcus pneumoniae lytA gene: role of the carboxy terminus of the pneumococcal autolysin in the process of enzymatic activation (conversion).
Gene 1987;61(1):13-9.
1986: Ernesto García; C Ronda; Pedro García; Rubens López
Studies on the replication of bacteriophage Cp-1 DNA in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Microbiología (Madrid, Spain) 1986;2(2):115-20.