Publications
members of the Gras lab are listed in bold
# equal contribution
* corresponding authors
Gras Lab Publications :
2023
Ludek Koreny, Brandon N. Mercado-Saavedra, Christen M. Klinger, Konstantin Barylyuk, Simon Butterworth, Jennifer Hirst, Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas, Nathan R. Zaccai, Victoria J. C. Holzer, Andreas Klingl, Joel B. Dacks, Vern B. Carruthers, Margaret S. Robinson, Simon Gras* & Ross F. Waller; Stable endoytic structures navigate the complex pellicle of apicomplexan parasites. Nature Communications volume 14, Article number: 2167 (2023) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37431-x
2020
Spielmann T, Gras S, Sabitzki R, Meissner M.; Endocytosis in Plasmodium and Toxoplasma Parasites. Trends Parasitol. 2020, Jun;36(6):520-532.Epub 2020 Apr 24. PMID: 32340866 Review. DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.03.010
Previous publications:
2019
Gras S*, Jimenez-Ruiz E, Klinger CM, Schneider K, Klingl A, Lemgruber L, Meissner M.; An endocytic-secretory cycle participates in Toxoplasma gondii in motility. In: PLOS Biology 2019, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000060
Periz J, Del Rosario M, McStea A, Gras S, Loney C, Wang L, Martin-Fernandez ML, Meissner M.; A highly dynamic F-actin network regulates transport and recycling of micronemes in Toxoplasma gondii vacuoles. Nat Commun. 2019 Sep 13;10(1):4183. PMID: 31519913 Free PMC article. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12136-2
2017
Jamie A Whitelaw , Fernanda Latorre-Barragan , Simon Gras , Gurman S Pall , Jacqueline M Leung , Aoife Heaslip , Saskia Egarter , Nicole Andenmatten , Shane R Nelson , David M Warshaw , Gary E Ward , Markus Meissner.; Surface attachment, promoted by the actomyosin system of Toxoplasma gondii is important for efficient gliding motility and invasion. BMC Biology, 2017, 15, 1; PMID:28100223; PMCID:PMC5242020 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-016-0343-5
Periz J, Whitelaw J, Harding C, Gras S, Del Rosario Minina MI, Latorre-Barragan F, Lemgruber L, Reimer MA, Insall R, Heaslip A, Meissner M.; Toxoplasma gondii F-actin forms an extensive filamentous network required for material exchange and parasite maturation. Elife. 2017 Mar 21;6:e24119. PMID: 28322189 Free PMC article DOI: 10.7554/eLife.24119
Gras S, Jackson A, Woods S, Pall G, Whitelaw J, Leung JM, Ward GE, Roberts CW and Meissner M.; Parasites lacking the micronemal protein MIC2 are deficient in surface attachment and host cell egress, but remain virulent in vivo. Wellcome Open Research, 2017, 2, 32.; PMID:28630943; PMCID:PMC5473411 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.11594.2
2014
Gras, S., Byzia, A., Gilbert, F. B., McGowan, S., Drag, M., Silvestre, A., Brossier, F. (2014). Aminopeptidase N1 (EtAPN1), an M1 metalloprotease of the apicomplexan parasite Eimeria tenella, participates in parasite development. Eukaryot Cell, 13(7), 884-895. DOI: 10.1128/EC.00062-14
2012
Rieux, A., Gras, S., Lecaille, F., Niepceron, A., Katrib, M., Smith, N. C., Brossier, F. (2012). Eimeripain, a cathepsin B-like cysteine protease, expressed throughout sporulation of the apicomplexan parasite Eimeria tenella. PLoS One, 7(3), e31914. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031914