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Alan Emmanuel Basset, PH.D.

 
Title
Research Associate in Pediatrics
Institution
Children's Hospital
Department
Pediatrics
Address
Childrens Hospital
Enders 850
300 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Telephone
617/919-2892
Fax
617/730-0255
Email
Email Address
Awards and Honors
2008 Robert Austrian, International Pneumococcal meeting
Publications
1. Basset A, Khush RS, Braun A, Gardan L, Boccard F, Hoffmann JA, Lemaitre B. The phytopathogenic bacteria Erwinia carotovora infects Drosophila and activates an immune response. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Mar 28; 97(7):3376-81.
2. Rossignol M, Basset A, Espéli O, Boccard F. NKBOR, a mini-Tn10-based transposon for random insertion in the chromosome of Gram-negative bacteria and the rapid recovery of sequences flanking the insertion sites in Escherichia coli. Res Microbiol. 2001 Jun; 152(5):481-5.
3. Basset A, Tzou P, Lemaitre B, Boccard F. A single gene that promotes interaction of a phytopathogenic bacterium with its insect vector, Drosophila melanogaster. EMBO Rep. 2003 Feb; 4(2):205-9.
4. Vodovar N, Vinals M, Liehl P, Basset A, Degrouard J, Spellman P, Boccard F, Lemaitre B. Drosophila host defense after oral infection by an entomopathogenic Pseudomonas species. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Aug 9; 102(32):11414-9.
5. LeMieux J, Hava DL, Basset A, Camilli A. RrgA and RrgB are components of a multisubunit pilus encoded by the Streptococcus pneumoniae rlrA pathogenicity islet. Infect Immun. 2006 Apr; 74(4):2453-6.
6. Basset A, Trzcinski K, Hermos C, O'Brien KL, Reid R, Santosham M, McAdam AJ, Lipsitch M, Malley R. Association of the pneumococcal pilus with certain capsular serotypes but not with increased virulence. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jun; 45(6):1684-9.
7. Basset A, Thompson CM, Hollingshead SK, Briles DE, Ades EW, Lipsitch M, Malley R. Antibody-independent, CD4+ T-cell-dependent protection against pneumococcal colonization elicited by intranasal immunization with purified pneumococcal proteins. Infect Immun. 2007 Nov; 75(11):5460-4.
8. Trzcinski K, Thompson CM, Srivastava A, Basset A, Malley R, Lipsitch M. Protection against nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae is mediated by antigen-specific CD4+ T cells. Infect Immun. 2008 Jun; 76(6):2678-84.
 
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