Anthony Levasseur

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Country: France

Publications

  1. ncbi Exploring laccase-like multicopper oxidase genes from the ascomycete Trichoderma reesei: a functional, phylogenetic and evolutionary study
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163, INRA de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR86 BAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, 163 Avenue de Luminy, CP 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    BMC Biochem 11:32. 2010
  2. ncbi Was the ancestral MHC involved in innate immunity?
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163, INRA de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR86 BAIM Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Eur J Immunol 40:2682-5. 2010
  3. ncbi The role of duplications in the evolution of genomes highlights the need for evolutionary-based approaches in comparative genomics
    Anthony Levasseur
    INRA, UMR1163 de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR86 BAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, 163 Avenue de Luminy, CP 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Biol Direct 6:11. 2011
  4. ncbi Production of a chimeric enzyme tool associating the Trichoderma reesei swollenin with the Aspergillus niger feruloyl esterase A for release of ferulic acid
    Anthony Levasseur
    , IFR-IBAIM, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Case Postale 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 73:872-80. 2006
  5. ncbi Overproduction and characterization of xylanase B from Aspergillus niger
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163 INRA de Biotechnologie des Chamignons Filamenteux, IFR BAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, Marseille, France
    Can J Microbiol 51:177-83. 2005
  6. ncbi Construction of engineered bifunctional enzymes and their overproduction in Aspergillus niger for improved enzymatic tools to degrade agricultural by-products
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163 INRA Université de Provence de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR IBAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Case Postale 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Appl Environ Microbiol 71:8132-40. 2005
  7. ncbi Design and production in Aspergillus niger of a chimeric protein associating a fungal feruloyl esterase and a clostridial dockerin domain
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163 INRA Université de Provence de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR IBAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Case Postale 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Appl Environ Microbiol 70:6984-91. 2004
  8. ncbi FOLy: an integrated database for the classification and functional annotation of fungal oxidoreductases potentially involved in the degradation of lignin and related aromatic compounds
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163 INRA de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR86 BAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Case Postale 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Fungal Genet Biol 45:638-45. 2008
  9. ncbi Phylogeographic relationships in the polypore fungus Pycnoporus inferred from molecular data
    Laurence Lesage-Meessen
    INRA, UMR 1163 de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, ESIL, Marseille, France
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 325:37-48. 2011
  10. ncbi Homologous expression of the feruloyl esterase B gene from Aspergillus niger and characterization of the recombinant enzyme
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163 INRA de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR BAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Case Postale 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Protein Expr Purif 37:126-33. 2004

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  1. ncbi Exploring laccase-like multicopper oxidase genes from the ascomycete Trichoderma reesei: a functional, phylogenetic and evolutionary study
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163, INRA de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR86 BAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, 163 Avenue de Luminy, CP 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    BMC Biochem 11:32. 2010
    ..The purpose of this work was i) to validate the function of a candidate LMCO gene from T. reesei, and ii) to reconstruct LMCO phylogeny and perform evolutionary analysis testing for positive selection...
  2. ncbi Was the ancestral MHC involved in innate immunity?
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163, INRA de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR86 BAIM Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Eur J Immunol 40:2682-5. 2010
    ..Moreover, we suggest that ancestral MHC may have been involved in innate immune responses before being recruited for adaptive immunity...
  3. ncbi The role of duplications in the evolution of genomes highlights the need for evolutionary-based approaches in comparative genomics
    Anthony Levasseur
    INRA, UMR1163 de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR86 BAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, 163 Avenue de Luminy, CP 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Biol Direct 6:11. 2011
    ..Here we review the mechanisms that increase or decrease the probability of fixation or maintenance of duplicated genes, and examine the outcome of these events on the adaptation of the organisms...
  4. ncbi Production of a chimeric enzyme tool associating the Trichoderma reesei swollenin with the Aspergillus niger feruloyl esterase A for release of ferulic acid
    Anthony Levasseur
    , IFR-IBAIM, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Case Postale 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 73:872-80. 2006
    ..Ferulic acid is used as an antioxidant and flavor precursor in the food and pharmaceutical industries. This is the first report of a potential application of the SWOI protein fused with an enzyme of industrial interest...
  5. ncbi Overproduction and characterization of xylanase B from Aspergillus niger
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163 INRA de Biotechnologie des Chamignons Filamenteux, IFR BAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, Marseille, France
    Can J Microbiol 51:177-83. 2005
    ..5 and 50 degrees C with stability in the pH range 4.0-7.0 and temperature up to 50 degrees C. Using soluble oat spelts xylan, the determined Km and Vmax values were 7.1 mg x mL(-1) and 3881 U x mg(-1), respectively...
  6. ncbi Construction of engineered bifunctional enzymes and their overproduction in Aspergillus niger for improved enzymatic tools to degrade agricultural by-products
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163 INRA Université de Provence de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR IBAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Case Postale 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Appl Environ Microbiol 71:8132-40. 2005
    ..niger-derived CBM onto bifunctional enzymes enables the increase of the synergistic effect on the degradation of complex substrates...
  7. ncbi Design and production in Aspergillus niger of a chimeric protein associating a fungal feruloyl esterase and a clostridial dockerin domain
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163 INRA Université de Provence de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR IBAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Case Postale 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Appl Environ Microbiol 70:6984-91. 2004
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  8. ncbi FOLy: an integrated database for the classification and functional annotation of fungal oxidoreductases potentially involved in the degradation of lignin and related aromatic compounds
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163 INRA de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR86 BAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Case Postale 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Fungal Genet Biol 45:638-45. 2008
    ..A WWW server giving access to the routinely updated FOLy classifications of enzymes potentially involved in lignin degradation can be found at http://foly.esil.univ-mrs.fr...
  9. ncbi Phylogeographic relationships in the polypore fungus Pycnoporus inferred from molecular data
    Laurence Lesage-Meessen
    INRA, UMR 1163 de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, ESIL, Marseille, France
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 325:37-48. 2011
    ..coccineus-like group. Laccase gene (lac 3-1) analysis within the Pycnoporus species can highlight enzyme functional diversity associated with biogeographical origin...
  10. ncbi Homologous expression of the feruloyl esterase B gene from Aspergillus niger and characterization of the recombinant enzyme
    Anthony Levasseur
    UMR 1163 INRA de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR BAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Case Postale 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Protein Expr Purif 37:126-33. 2004
    ..13, 0.029, and 0.16 mM and Vmax: 1101, 527.6, and 28.3 nkat mg(-1), respectively. This is the first report on the homologous overproduction of feruloyl esterase B in A. niger...
  11. ncbi Multiple markers pyrosequencing reveals highly diverse and host-specific fungal communities on the mangrove trees Avicennia marina and Rhizophora stylosa
    Yonathan Arfi
    INRA, UMR1163 Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, ESIL, Marseille Cedex 09, France
    FEMS Microbiol Ecol 79:433-44. 2012
    ..This study also validates the usefulness of multiple markers in tag-encoded pyrosequencing to consolidate and refine the assessment of the taxonomic diversity...
  12. ncbi The chordate proteome history database
    Anthony Levasseur
    INRA, UMR1163 Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, Aix Marseille Universite, ESIL Polytech, 163 Avenue de Luminy, CP 925, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
    Evol Bioinform Online 8:437-47. 2012
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