• Anti-biofilm molecules targeting functional amyloids 

      Matilla Cuenca, Leticia Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid (MDPI, 2021)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The choice of an effective therapeutic strategy in the treatment of biofilm-related infections is a significant issue. Amyloids, which have been historically related to human diseases, are now considered to be prevailing ...
    • Bap, a biofilm matrix protein of Staphylococcus aureus prevents cellular internalization through binding to GP96 host receptor 

      Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Latasa Osta, Cristina Upna; Gil Puig, Carmen Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Penadés, José R.; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (Public Library of Science, 2012)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The biofilm matrix, composed of exopolysaccharides, proteins, nucleic acids and lipids, plays a well-known role as a defence structure, protecting bacteria from the host immune system and antimicrobial therapy. However, ...
    • Base pairing interaction between 5′- and 3′-UTRs controls icaR mRNA translation in Staphylococcus aureus 

      Ruiz de los Mozos Aliaga, Igor Upna; Vergara Irigaray, Marta Upna; Segura, Víctor; Villanueva San Martín, Maite Upna Orcid; Bitarte, Nerea Upna; Saramago, Margarida; Domingues, Susana; Arraiano, Cecilia M.; Fechter, Pierre; Romby, Pascale; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid (Public Library of Science, 2013)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The presence of regulatory sequences in the 39 untranslated region (39-UTR) of eukaryotic mRNAs controlling RNA stability and translation efficiency is widely recognized. In contrast, the relevance of 39-UTRs in bacterial ...
    • Biofilm matrix exoproteins induce a protective immune response against Staphylococcus aureus biofilm infection 

      Gil Puig, Carmen Upna Orcid; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Burgui Erice, Saioa Upna Orcid; Latasa Osta, Cristina Upna; García Martínez, Begoña Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid (American Society for Microbiology, 2014)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The Staphylococcus aureus biofilm mode of growth is associated with several chronic infections that are very difficult to treat due to the recalcitrant nature of biofilms to clearance by antimicrobials. Accordingly, there ...
    • Biofilm switch and immune response determinants at early stages of infection 

      Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; García Martínez, Begoña Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (Elsevier (Cell Press), 2013)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Biofilm development is recognized as a major virulence factor underlying most chronic bacterial infections. When a biofilm community is established, planktonic cells growing in the surroundings of a tissue switch to a ...
    • Calcium inhibits bap-dependent multicellular behavior in Staphylococcus aureus 

      Arrizubieta Balerdi, María Jesús Upna; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Amorena Zabalza, Beatriz Upna; Penadés, José R.; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (American Society for Microbiology, 2004)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Bap (biofilm-associated protein) is a 254-kDa staphylococcal surface protein implicated in formation of biofilms by staphylococci isolated from chronic mastitis infections. The presence of potential EF-hand motifs in the ...
    • Coordinated cyclic-di-GMP repression of salmonella motility through YcgR and cellulose 

      Zorraquino Salvo, Violeta; García Martínez, Begoña Upna Orcid; Latasa Osta, Cristina Upna; Echeverz Sarasúa, Maite Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid (American Society for Microbiology, 2013)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) is a secondary messenger that controls a variety of cellular processes, including the switch between a biofilm and a planktonic bacterial lifestyle. This nucleotide binds to cellular effectors in ...
    • An effort to make sense of antisense transcription in bacteria 

      Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Gingeras, Thomas R. (Taylor & Francis, 2012)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Analysis of bacterial transcriptomes have shown the existence of a genome-wide process of overlapping transcription due to the presence of antisense RNAs, as well as mRNAs that overlapped in their entire length or in some ...
    • The enterococcal surface protein, Esp, is involved in Enterococcus faecalis biofilm formation 

      Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Arrizubieta Balerdi, María Jesús Upna; Cucarella, Carme; Lamata, Marta; Amorena Zabalza, Beatriz Upna; Leiva, José; Penadés, José R.; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (American Society for Microbiology, 2001)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The enterococcal surface protein, Esp, is a high-molecular-weight surface protein of unknown function whose frequency is significantly increased among infection-derived Enterococcus faecalis isolates. In this work, a ...
    • Evaluation of surface microtopography engineered by direct laser interference for bacterial anti-biofouling 

      Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Burgui Erice, Saioa Upna Orcid; Langheinrich, Denise; Gil Puig, Carmen Upna Orcid; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Helbig, Ralf; Lasagni, Andrés; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (2015)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Biofilm formation by bacterial pathogens on the surface of medical and industrial settings is a 25 serious health problem. Modification of the biomaterial surface topography is a promising 26 strategy to prevent bacterial ...
    • Genetic reductionist approach for dissecting individual roles of GGDEF proteins within the c-di-GMP signaling network in Salmonella 

      Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; García Martínez, Begoña Upna Orcid; Latasa Osta, Cristina Upna; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Zorraquino Salvo, Violeta; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Casals, Joan; Pedroso, Enrique; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (National Academy of Sciences, 2009)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Bacteria have developed an exclusive signal transduction system involving multiple diguanylate cyclase and phosphodiesterase domain-containing proteins (GGDEF and EAL/HD-GYP, respectively) that modulate the levels of the ...
    • Genome-wide antisense transcription drives mRNA processing in bacteria 

      Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Dobin, Alexander; Villanueva San Martín, Maite Upna Orcid; Ruiz de los Mozos Aliaga, Igor Upna; Vergara Irigaray, Marta Upna; Segura, Víctor; Fagegaltier, Delphine; Penadés, José R.; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Gingeras, Thomas R. (National Academy of Sciences, 2011)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      RNA deep sequencing technologies are revealing unexpected levels of complexity in bacterial transcriptomes with the discovery of abundant noncoding RNAs, antisense RNAs, long 5′ and 3′ untranslated regions, and alternative ...
    • Noncontiguous operon is a genetic organization for coordinating bacterial gene expression 

      Sáenz Lahoya, S.; Bitarte, Nerea Upna; García, Beñat; Burgui Erice, Saioa Upna Orcid; Vergara Irigaray, Marta Upna; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (National Academy of Sciences, 2019)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Bacterial genes are typically grouped into operons defined as clusters of adjacent genes encoding for proteins that fill related roles and are transcribed into a single polycistronic mRNA molecule. This simple organization ...
    • Protein A-mediated multicellular behavior in Staphylococcus aureus 

      Merino, Nekane Upna; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Vergara Irigaray, Marta Upna; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Calvo, Enrique; Lopez, Juan Antonio; Foster, Timothy J.; Penadés, José R.; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (American Society for Microbiology, 2008)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The capacity of Staphylococcus aureus to form biofilms on host tissues and implanted medical devices is one of the major virulence traits underlying persistent and chronic infections. The matrix in which S. aureus cells ...
    • The regulon of the RNA chaperone CspA and its auto-regulation in Staphylococcus aureus 

      Caballero Sánchez, Carlos Upna; Menéndez Gil, Pilar; Catalán Moreno, Arancha; Vergara Irigaray, Marta Upna; García Martínez, Begoña Upna Orcid; Segura, Víctor; Irurzun Domínguez, Naiara; Villanueva San Martín, Maite Upna Orcid; Ruiz de los Mozos Aliaga, Igor Upna; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid (Oxford University Press, 2018)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are essential to finetune gene expression. RBPs containing the coldshock domain are RNA chaperones that have been extensively studied. However, the RNA targets and specific functions for ...
    • Relevant role of fibronectin-binding proteins in Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-associated foreign-body infections 

      Vergara Irigaray, Marta Upna; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Merino, Nekane Upna; Latasa Osta, Cristina Upna; García Martínez, Begoña Upna Orcid; Ruiz de los Mozos Aliaga, Igor Upna; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Penadés, José R.; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (American Society for Microbiology, 2009)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Staphylococcus aureus can establish chronic infections on implanted medical devices due to its capacity to form biofilms. Analysis of the factors that assemble cells into a biofilm has revealed the occurrence of strains ...
    • RsaI, un ARN régulateur aux multiples facettes, module le métabolisme du pathogène opportuniste Staphylococcus aureus 

      Desgranges, Emma; Bronesky, Delphine; Corvaglia, Anna; François, Patrice; Caballero Sánchez, Carlos Upna; Prado, Laura; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid; Moreau, Karen; Vandenesch, François; Marzi, Stefano; Romby, Pascale; Caldelari, Isabelle (EDP Sciences, 2019)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Staphylococcus aureus est une bactérie commensale retrouvée chez environ 30 % des individus sains dont elle colonise la peau et la muqueuse nasale. Cependant, c’est également une bactérie pathogène opportuniste ...
    • Salmonella biofilm development depends on the phosphorylation status of RcsB 

      Latasa Osta, Cristina Upna; García Martínez, Begoña Upna Orcid; Echeverz Sarasúa, Maite Upna Orcid; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Campoy Sánchez, Susana; García del Portillo, Francisco; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (American Society for Microbiology, 2012)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The Rcs phosphorelay pathway is a complex signaling pathway involved in the regulation of many cell surface structures in enteric bacteria. In response to environmental stimuli, the sensor histidine kinase (RcsC) ...
    • Sensory deprivation in Staphylococcus aureus 

      Villanueva San Martín, Maite Upna Orcid; García Martínez, Begoña Upna Orcid; Valle Turrillas, Jaione Upna Orcid; Rapún Araiz, Beatriz Upna Orcid; Ruiz de los Mozos Aliaga, Igor Upna; Solano Goñi, Cristina Upna Orcid; Martí, Miguel; Penadés, José R.; Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (Springer Nature, 2018)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      Bacteria use two-component systems (TCSs) to sense and respond to environmental changes. The core genome of the major human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus encodes 16 TCSs, one of which (WalRK) is essential. Here we show ...
    • Staphylococcus aureus develops an alternative, ica-independent biofilm in the absence of the arlRS two-component system 

      Toledo Arana, Alejandro Upna Orcid; Merino, Nekane Upna; Vergara Irigaray, Marta Upna; Débarbouillé, Michel; Penadés, José R.; Lasa Uzcudun, Íñigo Upna Orcid (American Society for Microbiology, 2005)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      The biofilm formation capacity of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates is considered an important virulence factor for the establishment of chronic infections. Environmental conditions affect the biofilm formation capacity ...

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