Philippe Rousseau

This study investigates how the Xer recombination system in Acinetobacter baumannii facilitates plasmid co-integration and gene exchange, contributing to the spread of antibiotic resistance.

The paper identifies that XerCD recombination is used by large plasmids and chromids for dimer resolution, similar to chromosomes, and shows this is required for their faithful inheritance.

This study characterizes the recombination specificity of bacteriophage mv4 integrase and shows its unique tolerance to nucleotide variations in recombination sites.

The paper identifies a subclass of the IS1202 family of bacterial insertion sequences that specifically target XerCD recombination sites, revealing their role in mobile genetic elements.