Publications list
2026
Poubanne F, Darii E, Mariage A, Elisée E, Sirvain P, Hassan C, Rivollier J, Fossey-Jouenne, Perret A, Méheust R, Pezo V.
Functional convergence in Z-DNA biosynthesis highlighted by the characterization of nucleotide metabolism enzymes in bacteriophages.
Nucleic Acids Research, 2026, 54, gkag079. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkag079. PMID: 41657244 ; PMIDC: PMC12884076
2025
Paupelin-Vaucelle H, Boschiero C, Lazennec-Schurdevin C, Schmitt E, Mechulam Y, Marlière P, Pezo V.
Cys-tRNAj as a Second Translation Initiator for Priming Proteins with Cysteine in Bacteria.
ACS Omega. 2025 Jan 29;10(5):4548-4560. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c08326. PMID: 39959092; PMCID: PMC11822699.
2024
Tiefenbacher S, Pezo V, Marlière P, Roberts TM, Panke S.
Systematic analysis of tRNA transcription unit deletions in E. coli reveals insights into tRNA gene essentiality and cellular adaptation.
Sci Rep. 2024 Oct 15;14(1):24102. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73407-7. PMID: 39406725; PMCID: PMC11480407.
2023
Blanchard A, Abramov M, Hassan C, Marlière P, Herdewijn P, Pezo V.
A microbiological system for screening the interference of XNA monomers with DNA and RNA metabolism.
RSC Adv. 2023 Oct 12;13(43):29862-29865. doi: 10.1039/d3ra06172h. PMID: 37842681; PMCID: PMC10568403.
2021
Pezo V, Jaziri F, Bourguignon PY, Louis D, Jacobs-Sera D, Rozenski J, Pochet S, Herdewijn P, Hatfull GF, Kaminski PA, Marliere P.
Noncanonical DNA polymerization by aminoadenine-based siphoviruses. Science. 2021 Apr 30;372(6541):520-524. doi: 10.1126/science.abe6542. PMID: 33926956
2019
Luo M, Groaz E, Froeyen M, Pezo V, Jaziri F, Leonczak P, Schepers G, Rozenski J, Marlière P, Herdewijn P.
Invading Escherichia coli Genetics with a Xenobiotic Nucleic Acid Carrying an Acyclic Phosphonate Backbone (ZNA).
J Am Chem Soc. 2019 Jul 10;141(27):10844-10851. doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b04714. Epub 2019 Jun 28. PMID: 31251601.
2018
Jabgunde AM, Jaziri F, Bande O, Froeyen M, Abramov M, Nguyen H, Schepers G, Lescrinier E, Pinheiro VB, Pezo V, Marlière P, Herdewijn P.
Methylated Nucleobases: Synthesis and Evaluation for Base Pairing In Vitro and In Vivo.
Chemistry. 2018 Aug 27;24(48):12695-12707. doi: 10.1002/chem.201802304. Epub 2018 Jul 23. PMID: 29883012.
Pezo V, Hassan C, Louis D, Sargueil B, Herdewijn P, Marlière P.
Metabolic Recruitment and Directed Evolution of Nucleoside Triphosphate Uptake in Escherichia coli.
ACS Synth Biol. 2018 Jun 15;7(6):1565-1572. doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00048. Epub 2018 May 18. PMID: 29746092.
Liu C, Cozens C, Jaziri F, Rozenski J, Maréchal A, Dumbre S, Pezo V, Marlière P, Pinheiro VB, Groaz E, Herdewijn P.
Phosphonomethyl Oligonucleotides as Backbone-Modified Artificial Genetic Polymers.
J Am Chem Soc. 2018 May 30;140(21):6690-6699. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b03447. Epub 2018 May 17. PMID: 29722977.
2016
Eremeeva E, Abramov M, Margamuljana L, Rozenski J, Pezo V, Marlière P, Herdewijn P.
Chemical Morphing of DNA Containing Four Noncanonical Bases.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016 Jun 20;55(26):7515-9. doi: 10.1002/anie.201601529. Epub 2016 May 9. PMID: 27159019.
Bande O, Braddick D, Agnello S, Jang M, Pezo V, Schepers G, Rozenski J, Lescrinier E, Marlière P, Herdewijn P.
Base pairing involving artificial bases in vitro and in vivo.
Chem Sci. 2016 Feb 1;7(2):995-1010. doi: 10.1039/c5sc03474d. Epub 2015 Nov 10. Erratum in: Chem Sci. 2016 Feb 1;7(2):1611. doi: 10.1039/c5sc90070k. PMID: 29896368; PMCID: PMC5954848.
2015
Bande O, Abu El Asrar R, Braddick D, Dumbre S, Pezo V, Schepers G, Pinheiro VB, Lescrinier E, Holliger P, Marlière P, Herdewijn P.
Isoguanine and 5-methyl-isocytosine bases, in vitro and in vivo.
Chemistry. 2015 Mar 23;21(13):5009-22. doi: 10.1002/chem.201406392. Epub 2015 Feb 13. PMID: 25684598; PMCID: PMC4531829.
2014
2013
2008
2004
Metzgar D, Bacher JM, Pezo V, Reader J, Döring V, Schimmel P, Marlière P, de Crécy-Lagard V.
Acinetobacter sp. ADP1: an ideal model organism for genetic analysis and genome engineering.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Oct 28;32(19):5780-90. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkh881. PMID: 15514111; PMCID: PMC528786.
Pezo V, Metzgar D, Hendrickson TL, Waas WF, Hazebrouck S, Döring V, Marlière P, Schimmel P, De Crécy-Lagard V.
Artificially ambiguous genetic code confers growth yield advantage.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jun 8;101(23):8593-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402893101. Epub 2004 May 26. PMID: 15163798; PMCID: PMC423239.
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