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Sylvain Durand

Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueORCID 0000-0003-3509-6463Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 2 Molecular Biology· 2

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1

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Ciarán CondoniD· 4 shared Hannah LeBlanciD· 2 shared Alexandre Le ScornetiD· 1 shared Alexandre MaesiD· 1 shared Ambre JousseliniD· 1 shared Arnaud ChastanetiD· 1 shared Céline Péllisier· 1 shared Christine PéchouxiD· 1 shared

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2023-2026 · peak 2/yr

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintSep 15, 2026

RNase J2 is a specificity factor that governs global mRNA stability in Bacillus subtilis

Ninon Christol, Michelle Goujout, Alexandre Maes…·Sylvain Durand

This study shows RNase J2 in B. subtilis acts as a specificity factor for RNase J1, enhancing its degradation of mRNAs and influencing biofilm formation and swarming.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.27.728192

bacteria (other)experimental assay

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MicrobiologyJournal of Biological ChemistryPeer-reviewedOct 19, 2024

Complex sporulation-specific expression of transcription termination factor Rho highlights its involvement in Bacillus subtilis cell differentiation

Vladimir Bidnenko, Arnaud Chastanet, Christine Péchoux…·Elena Bidnenko

This study identifies two distinct mechanisms for rho gene expression during Bacillus subtilis sporulation, showing Rho's role in spore formation and viability.

8 citations

bacteria (other)DNA methylation

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintAug 22, 2023

Critical factors for precise and efficient RNA cleavage by RNase Y in Staphylococcus aureus

Alexandre Le Scornet, Ambre Jousselin, Kamila Belhabich-Baumas…·Peter Redder

This study identifies sequence elements that direct RNase Y cleavage in Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis, showing how RNA structure and sequence influence cleavage efficiency and positioning.

DOI 10.1101/2023.08.22.554078

bacteria (other)metagenomics

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintMar 12, 2023

A high-resolution view of RNA endonuclease cleavage in Bacillus subtilis

James Taggart, K. Julia Dierksheide, Hannah LeBlanc…·Gene‐Wei Li

The paper identifies endonucleolytic cleavage sites in Bacillus subtilis using transcriptome-wide mapping and deep mutational scanning, revealing distinct sequence determinants for different endoribonucleases.

6 citations

bacteria (other)bulk RNA-seq

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