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Lorenzo-Díaz F, Espinosa M  [2009]. Large-scale filter mating assay for intra- and inter-specific conjugal transfer of the promiscuous plasmid pMV158 in Gram-positive bacteria. Plasmid 61: 65-70

Serrano-Heras G, Bravo A, Salas M  [2008]. Phage Φ29 protein p56 prevents viral DNA replication impairment caused by uracil excision activity of uracil-DNA glycosylase. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105: 19044-19049

Serrano-Heras G, Ruiz-Masó JA, del Solar G, Espinosa M, Bravo A, Salas M  [2007]. Protein p56 from the Bacillus subtilis phage Φ29 inhibits DNA-binding ability of uracil-DNA glycosylase. Nucleic Acids Res. 35: 5393-5401

Alonso JC, Balsa D, Cherny I, Espinosa M* (chapter coordinator), Francuski D, Gazit E, Gerdes K, Hitchin E, Martín MT, Nieto C, Overweg K, Pellicer T, Saenger W, Welfle W, Welfle H, Wells J  [2007]. Bacterial Toxin-Antitoxin Systems as Targets for the Development of Novel Antibiotics. Eds: Bonomo RA, Tomalsky ME. Enzyme-mediated resistance to antibiotics: mechanisms, dissemination, and prospects for inhibition. ASM Press, Washington DC pp 313-329.

Ruiz-Masó, JA, Lurz, R Espinosa, M, del Solar, G  [2007]. Interactions between the RepB initiator protein of plasmid pMV158 and two distant DNA regions within the origin of replication. Nucl. Acids Res. 35: 1230-1244.

Nieto C, Cherny I, Khoo SK, García de Lacoba M, Chan WT, Yeo CC, Gazit E, Espinosa M  [2007]. The yefM-yoeB toxin-antitoxin systems of Escherichia coli and Streptococcus pneumoniae: functional and structural correlation. J. Bacteriol. 189: 1266-1278.

Ruiz-Masó JA, Anand SP, Espinosa M, Khan SA, del Solar G  [2006]. Genetic and biochemical characterization of the Streptococcus pneumoniae PcrA helicase and its role in plasmid rolling circle replication. J. Bacteriol. 188: 7416-7425.

Nieto C, Pellicer T, Balsa D, Christensen SK, Gerdes K, Espinosa M  [2006]. The chromosomal relBE2 toxin-antitoxin locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae: characterization and use of a bioluminescence resonance energy transfer assay to detect toxin-antitoxin interaction. Mol Microbiol 59: 1280-1296

Letiembre M, Echchannaoui H, Bachmann P, Ferracin F, Nieto C, Espinosa M, Landmann R  [2005]. Toll-Like Receptor 2 deficiency delays pneumococcal phagocytosis and impairs oxidative killing by granulocytes. Infect Immun 73: 8397-8401.

Fernández-López R, Machón C, Longshaw CM, Martin S, Molin S, Zechner E, Espinosa M, Lanka, E, de la Cruz F  [2005]. Unsaturated fatty acids are inhibitors of bacterial conjugation. Microbiology 151: 3517-3526.

Echchannaoui H, Bachmann P, Letiembre M, Espinosa M, Landmann R  [2005]. Regulation of Streptococcus pneumoniae distribution by Toll-like receptor 2 in vivo. Immunobiology 210: 229-236.