Eduardo P. C. Rocha

Intragenomic conflicts with plasmids and chromosomal mobile genetic elements drive the evolution of natural transformation within species

X. Charpentier, Jason Baby Chirakadavil, G. Wilharm, 2023, bioRxiv.

Pathways for horizontal gene transfer in bacteria revealed by a global map of their plasmids

L. Vielva, E. Rocha, Raúl Fernández-López, 2020, Nature Communications.

YraN is a helicase-associated nuclease fostering extended recombination events by natural transformation

X. Charpentier, P. Polard, Léo Hardy, 2024, bioRxiv.

IMG/PR: a database of plasmids from genomes and metagenomes with rich annotations and metadata.

David A. Baltrus, N. Kyrpides, Krishna Palaniappan, 2023, Nucleic acids research.

Type IV-A3 CRISPR-Cas systems drive inter-plasmid conflicts by acquiring spacers in trans.

Chase L. Beisel, Lorrie Maccario, J. Madsen, 2024, Cell host & microbe.

Phage-plasmids promote recombination and emergence of phages and plasmids

E. Pfeifer, Eduardo P. C. Rocha, 2024, Nature communications.

Manipulation of natural transformation by AbaR-type islands promotes fixation of antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii.

Maria-Halima Laaberki, X. Charpentier, S. Venner, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Differences in vertical and horizontal transmission dynamics shape plasmid 1 distribution in clinical enterobacteria 2

E. Rocha, C. Ubeda, R. Cantón, 2023 .

Phage-inducible chromosomal minimalist islands (PICMIs), a novel family of small marine satellites of virulent phages

D. Goudenège, M. Marbouty, J. A. Moura de Sousa, 2024, Nature communications.