Alexandra Aubry

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Country: France

Publications

  1. ncbi Novel gyrase mutations in quinolone-resistant and -hypersusceptible clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: functional analysis of mutant enzymes
    Alexandra Aubry
    Molecular Genetics Group, Molecular and Metabolic Signaling Centre, Division of Basic Medical Scinces, St George s, University of London, United Kingdom
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 50:104-12. 2006
  2. ncbi [Trends in tuberculosis treatment duration]
    Nicolas Veziris
    Service de Pneumologie, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Centre National de Référence de la Résistance des Mycobactéries aux Antituberculeux, Faculte de Medecine Pierre et Marie Curie, Universite Paris 6
    Presse Med 35:1758-64. 2006
  3. ncbi Are all the DNA gyrase mutations found in Mycobacterium leprae clinical strains involved in resistance to fluoroquinolones?
    Stephanie Matrat
    Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Paris, France
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 52:745-7. 2008
  4. ncbi Gatifloxacin derivatives: synthesis, antimycobacterial activities, and inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA gyrase
    Dharmarajan Sriram
    Medicinal Chemistry Research Laboratory, Pharmacy Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, India
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett 16:2982-5. 2006
  5. ncbi Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA gyrase: interaction with quinolones and correlation with antimycobacterial drug activity
    Alexandra Aubry
    , , , Paris, France
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:1281-8. 2004
  6. ncbi Fluoroquinolone-containing third-line regimen against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vivo
    Nicolas Veziris
    , , , , Paris, France
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 47:3117-22. 2003
  7. ncbi Contribution of the ATP binding site of ParE to susceptibility to novobiocin and quinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae
    Philippe Dupont
    INSERM E0004, Laboratoire de Recherche Moleculaire sur les Antibiotiques, 15, rue de l Ecole de Medecine, Universite Paris VI, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France
    J Bacteriol 187:1536-40. 2005
  8. ncbi Design, synthesis and activity against Toxoplasma gondii, Plasmodium spp., and Mycobacterium tuberculosis of new 6-fluoroquinolones
    Guillaume Anquetin
    Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique UMR-CNRS 6001, , Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
    Eur J Med Chem 41:1478-93. 2006
  9. ncbi Expression and purification of an active form of the Mycobacterium leprae DNA gyrase and its inhibition by quinolones
    Stephanie Matrat
    Faculte de Medecine Pierre et Marie Curie, Site Pitié Salpêtrière, 91, Boulevard de l Hopital, Paris Cedex 13, France
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:1643-8. 2007
  10. ncbi First functional characterization of a singly expressed bacterial type II topoisomerase: the enzyme from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Alexandra Aubry
    , , EA1541, , France
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 348:158-65. 2006

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  1. ncbi Novel gyrase mutations in quinolone-resistant and -hypersusceptible clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: functional analysis of mutant enzymes
    Alexandra Aubry
    Molecular Genetics Group, Molecular and Metabolic Signaling Centre, Division of Basic Medical Scinces, St George s, University of London, United Kingdom
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 50:104-12. 2006
    ..This is the first detailed enzymatic analysis of hypersusceptibility and resistance in M. tuberculosis...
  2. ncbi [Trends in tuberculosis treatment duration]
    Nicolas Veziris
    Service de Pneumologie, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Centre National de Référence de la Résistance des Mycobactéries aux Antituberculeux, Faculte de Medecine Pierre et Marie Curie, Universite Paris 6
    Presse Med 35:1758-64. 2006
    ..New antituberculosis drugs under development allow us to envision further reduction in the duration of treatment of both drug-resistant and drug-sensitive tuberculosis...
  3. ncbi Are all the DNA gyrase mutations found in Mycobacterium leprae clinical strains involved in resistance to fluoroquinolones?
    Stephanie Matrat
    Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Paris, France
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 52:745-7. 2008
    ..We demonstrated that the gyrA mutations leading to G89C or A91V confer fluoroquinolone resistance whereas the gyrB mutation leading to D205N does not...
  4. ncbi Gatifloxacin derivatives: synthesis, antimycobacterial activities, and inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA gyrase
    Dharmarajan Sriram
    Medicinal Chemistry Research Laboratory, Pharmacy Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, India
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett 16:2982-5. 2006
    ..tuberculosis DNA gyrase with an IC50 of 3.0 microg/mL. The results demonstrate the potential and importance of developing new quinolone derivatives against mycobacterial infections...
  5. ncbi Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA gyrase: interaction with quinolones and correlation with antimycobacterial drug activity
    Alexandra Aubry
    , , , Paris, France
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:1281-8. 2004
    ..tuberculosis. The quinolone structure-activity relationship demonstrated here shows that C-8, the C-7 ring, the C-6 fluorine, and the N-1 cyclopropyl substituents are desirable structural features in targeting M. tuberculosis gyrase...
  6. ncbi Fluoroquinolone-containing third-line regimen against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vivo
    Nicolas Veziris
    , , , , Paris, France
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 47:3117-22. 2003
    ..The MXF-containing third-line regimen seems to be a powerful alternative for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) when isoniazid and rifampin cannot be used, which is the main feature of multidrug-resistant TB...
  7. ncbi Contribution of the ATP binding site of ParE to susceptibility to novobiocin and quinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae
    Philippe Dupont
    INSERM E0004, Laboratoire de Recherche Moleculaire sur les Antibiotiques, 15, rue de l Ecole de Medecine, Universite Paris VI, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France
    J Bacteriol 187:1536-40. 2005
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  8. ncbi Design, synthesis and activity against Toxoplasma gondii, Plasmodium spp., and Mycobacterium tuberculosis of new 6-fluoroquinolones
    Guillaume Anquetin
    Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique UMR-CNRS 6001, , Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
    Eur J Med Chem 41:1478-93. 2006
    ..They also inhibit DNA supercoiling by M. tuberculosis gyrase with an efficiency comparable to that of the most active quinolones but are poor inhibitors of M. tuberculosis growth...
  9. ncbi Expression and purification of an active form of the Mycobacterium leprae DNA gyrase and its inhibition by quinolones
    Stephanie Matrat
    Faculte de Medecine Pierre et Marie Curie, Site Pitié Salpêtrière, 91, Boulevard de l Hopital, Paris Cedex 13, France
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:1643-8. 2007
    ..leprae DNA gyrase are rapid, efficient, and safe methods for the screening of quinolone derivatives with potential in vivo activities against M. leprae...
  10. ncbi First functional characterization of a singly expressed bacterial type II topoisomerase: the enzyme from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Alexandra Aubry
    , , EA1541, , France
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 348:158-65. 2006
    ..coli gyrase. Overall, the type II topoisomerase of M. tuberculosis exhibits classical polyvalent activities of DNA gyrase for supercoiling but enhanced relaxation, cleavage, and decatenation activities...