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  • Pais, S. V., Milho, C., Almeida, F., Mota, L. J. (2013). Identification of novel type III secretion chaperone-substrate complexes of Chlamydia trachomatis. PLoS ONE. 8: e56292.
  • Almeida, F., Borges, V, Ferreira, R., Borrego, M. J., Gomes, J. P, and Mota, L. J. (2012). Polymorphisms in Inc proteins and differential expression of inc genes among Chlamydia trachomatis strains correlate with invasiveness and tropism of lymphogranuloma venereum isolates. J Bacteriol. 194: 6574-6785.
  • McGourty, K. Thurston, T. L., Matthews, S.A., Pinaud, L., Mota, L. J., and Holden, D.W. (2012). Salmonella inhibits retrograde trafficking of mannose-6-phosphate receptors and lysosome function. Science. 338:963-967.
  • Bacteria and protozoa differentially modulate the expression of Rab proteins (2012). Seixas, E., Ramalho, J. S., Mota, L. J., Barral, D. C, Seabra, M. C. (2012), PLoS ONE. 7:e39858.
  • Schroeder N., Mota L. J., Méresse S. (2011). Salmonella-induced tubular networks. Trends Microbiol.19:268-277. DOI:10.1016/j.tim.2011.01.006
  • Mota, L. J., Ramsden, A. E., Liu, M., Castle, J. D., and Holden, D. W. (2009). SCAMP3 is a component of the Salmonella-induced tubular network and reveals an interaction between bacterial effectors and post-Golgi trafficking. Cell. Microbiol 11, 1236-1253. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01329.x
  • Ramsden, A. E., Holden, D. W., Mota, L. J. (2007). Membrane dynamics and spatial distribution of Salmonella-containing vacuoles. Trends Microbiol. 15, 516-524. DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2007.10.002
  • Franco, I., Mota, L. J., Soares, C., and Sá-Nogueira, I. (2007). Probing key DNA contacts in AraR-mediated transcriptional repression of the Bacillus subtilis arabinose regulon. Nucleic Acids Res. 35, 4755-4766. DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm509
  • Ramsden, A. E., Mota, L. J., Holden, D. W. (2006). The SPI-2 type III secretion system restricts motility of Salmonella-containing vacuoles. Cell. Microbiol. 9, 2517-2529. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00977.x
  • Mota, L. J. (2006). Type III Secretion gets an LcrV tip. Trends Microbiol. 14, 197-200. DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2006.02.010
  • Letzelter, M., Sorg, I., Mota, L. J., Meyer, S., Stalder, J., Feldman, M., Kuhn, M., Callebaut, I., Cornelis, G. R. (2006). The discovery of SycO highlights a new function for type III secretion effector chaperones. EMBO J. 25: 3223-3233. DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601202 
  • Franco, I. S., Mota, L. J., Soares, C. M., Sá-Nogueira, I. (2006). Functional domains of the Bacillus subtilis transcription factor AraR and identification of amino acids important for nucleoprotein complex assembly and effector-binding. J. Bacteriol. 188:3024-3036. DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.8.3024-3036.2006
  • Mota, L. J., and Holden D. W. (2005). FlAsHlights on bacterial virulence proteins. Nature Methods. 2, 898-899. DOI:10.1038/nmeth1205-898
  • Mota, L. J., Sorg, I., and Cornelis, G. R. (2005). Type III secretion: the bacteria-eukaryotic cell express. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 252, 1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.08.036
  • Mota, L. J. and Cornelis, G. R. (2005). The bacterial injection kit: type III secretion systems. Ann Med. 37, 234-249. DOI: 10.1080/07853890510037329
  • Mota, L. J., Journet, L, Sorg, I., Agrain, C. and Cornelis, G. R. (2005). Bacterial Injectisomes: Needle Length Does Matter. Science 307: 1278. DOI: 10.1126/science.1107679 
  • Agrain, C., Callebaut, I., Journet, L., Sorg, I., Paroz, C., Mota, L. J., and Cornelis, G. R. (2005). Characterization of a type III secretion substrate specificity switch (T3S4) domain in YspP from Yersinia enterocolitica. Mol Microbiol 56: 54-67. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04534.x
  • Benabdillah, R., Mota, L. J., Lützelschwab, S., Demoinet, E., Cornelis, G. R. (2004). Identification of a nuclear targeting signal in YopM from Yersinia spp. Microb Pathog 36: 247-261. DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2003.12.006
  • Raposo, M. P., Inácio, J. M., Mota, L. J., Sá-Nogueira, I. (2004). Transcriptional regulation of arabinan-degrading genes in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 186:1287-1296. DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.5.1287-1296.2004
  • Marenne, M.-N., Journet, L., Mota, L. J., Cornelis, G. R. (2003) Genetic analysis of the formation of the Ysc-Yop translocation pore in macrophages by Yersinia enterocolitica: role of LcrV, YopE, YscF, YopN and adhesions. Microb Pathog 35: 243-255. DOI: 10.1016/S0882-4010(03)00154-2
  • Denecker, G., Totemeyer, S., Mota, L. J., Troisfontaines, P., Lambermont, I., Youta, C., Stainier, I., Ackermann, M., Cornelis, G. R. (2002). Effect of low- and high-virulence Yersinia enterocolitica strains on the inflammatory response of human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Infect Immun 70: 3510-3520. DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.7.3510-3520.2002
  • Mota, L. J., Sarmento, L. M., Sá-Nogueira, I. (2001). Control of the ara regulon in Bacillus subtilis by AraR in vivo: the crucial role of the operators, cooperativity and DNA looping. J Bacteriol 183: 4190-4201. PMID: 11418559
  • Mota, L. J., Tavares, P., and Sá-Nogueira, I. (1999). Mode of action of AraR, the key regulator of L-arabinose metabolism in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol 33: 476-489. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01484.x
  • Sá-Nogueira, I. and Mota, L. J. (1997). Negative regulation of L-arabinose metabolism in Bacillus subtilis: characterization of the araR (araC) gene. J Bacteriol 179: 1598-1608. PMID: 9045819.

 

Book Chapters
 
  • Mota, L. J. and Cornelis, G. R. (2005). Type III-delivered toxins that target signaling pathways. In Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology (vol. 7): Bacterial Protein Toxins - Role in the Interference with Cell Growth Regulation, pp. 117-146. Lax, A, ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN-13: 9780521820912 | ISBN-10: 052182091X
  • Marenne, M-N, Mota, L. J., Cornelis, G. R. (2004). The pYV plasmid and the Ysc-Yop type III secretion system. In Yersinia: Molecular and Cellular Biology, pp 319-348. Carniel, E. and Hinnebusch, J., ed. Horizon Scientific Press, Wymondham, UK. ISBN-13: 978-1-904933-06-9 | ISBN-10: 1-904933-06-8
 
 

 

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