Publications

 

2022

Diallo I, Ho J, Lalaouna D, Massé E, Provost P. RNA Sequencing Unveils Very Small RNAs With Potential Regulatory Functions in Bacteria. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences.
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Beroual W, Prévost K, Lalaouna D, Ben Zaina N, Valette O, Denis Y, Djendli M, Brasseur G, Brilli M, Robledo Garrido M, Jimenez-Zurdo JI, Massé E, Biondi EG. The noncoding RNA CcnA modulates the master cell cycle regulators CtrA and GcrA in Caulobacter crescentus.
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2021

Beaudoin J, Normant V, Brault A, Henry DJ, Bachand F, Massé É, Chua G, Labbé S. Fission yeast RNA-binding proteins Puf2 and Puf4 are involved in repression of ferrireductase Frp1 expression in response to iron. Molecular Microbiology.
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Lalaouna D, Prévost K, Park S, Chénard T, Bouchard MP, Caron MP, Vanderpool CK, Fei J, Massé E. Binding of the RNA Chaperone Hfq on Target mRNAs Promotes the Small RNA RyhB-Induced Degradation in Escherichia coli. Noncoding RNA.
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Mihailovic MK, Ekdahl AM, Chen A, Leistra AN, Li B, González Martínez J, Law M, Ejindu C, Massé É, Freddolino PL, Contreras LM. Uncovering Transcriptional Regulators and Targets of sRNAs Using an Integrative Data-Mining Approach: H-NS-Regulated RseX as a Case Study. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.
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Mahdavi M, Laforest-Lapointe I, Massé E. Preventing Colorectal Cancer through Prebiotics. Microorganisms.
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Bessaiah H, Pokharel P, Loucif H, Kulbay M, Sasseville C, Habouria H, Houle S, Bernier J, Massé É, Van Grevenynghe J, Dozois CM. The RyfA small RNA regulates oxidative and osmotic stress responses and virulence in uropathogenic Escherichia coli. PLoS Pathogens.
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Mercier N, Prévost K, Massé E, Romby P, Caldelari I, Lalaouna D. MS2-Affinity Purification Coupled with RNA Sequencing in Gram-Positive Bacteria. Journal of Visualized Experiments.
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Park S, Prévost K, Heideman EM, Carrier MC, Azam MS, Reyer MA, Liu W, Massé E, Fei J. Dynamic interactions between the RNA chaperone Hfq, small regulatory RNAs, and mRNAs in live bacterial cells. Elife.
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**Special publication: The Massé Lab is the topic of a Research Feature!** ----- Carrier MC, Massé E. The fascinating biology of bacteria: from gene regulation to their role in colorectal cancer. Research Features.
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2020

Carrier MC, Ng Kwan Lim E, Jeannotte G, Massé E, Faucher SP. Trans-Acting Effectors Versus RNA Cis-Elements: A Tightly Knit Regulatory Mesh. Frontiers in Microbiology.
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Saoud J, Carrier MC, Massé E, Faucher SP. The small regulatory RNA Lpr10 regulates the expression of RpoS in Legionella pneumophila. Mol. Microbiol.
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Ng Kwan Lim E, Sasseville C, Carrier MC, Massé E. Keeping up with RNA-based regulation in bacteria: new roles for RNA Binding Proteins. Trends in Genetics.
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Chénard T, Prévost K, Dubé J, Massé E. Immune System Modulations by Products of the Gut Microbiota . Vaccines.
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Differding MK, Doyon M, Bouchard L, Perron P, Guérin, R, ASselin C, Massé E, Hivert MF, Mueller NT. Potential interaction between timing of infant complementary feeding and breastfeeding duration in determination of early childhood gut microbiota composition and BMI. Pediatric Obesity
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Differding MK, Hivert MF, Doyon M, Bouchard L, Perron P, Guérin, R, Massé E, , Mueller NT. Gut Microbiome Composition Is Associated with Blood Pressure in Mother-Child Pairs 5 Years After Birth. Current Development in Nutrition
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Chénard T, Malick M, Dubé J, Massé E. The influence of blood on the human gut microbiome. BMC Microbiology.
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2019

Chakravarty S, Massé E. RNA-Dependent Regulation of Virulence in Pathogenic Bacteria. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology.
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Grüll MP, Massé E. Mimicry, deception and competition: The life of competing endogenous RNAs. Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA.
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Silva IJ, Barahona S, Eyraud A, Lalaouna D, Figueroa-Bossi N, Massé E, Arraiano CM. SraL sRNA interaction regulates the terminator by preventing premature transcription termination of rho mRNA. PProc Natl Acad Sci USA
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Lalaouna D, Eyraud A, Devinck A, Prévost K, Massé E. GcvB small RNA uses two distinct seed regions to regulate an extensive targetome. Molecular Microbiology.
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2018

Carrier MC, Morin C, Massé E. On the Prowl: An In Vivo Method to Identify RNA Partners of a sRNA. Methods in enzymology.
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Carrier MC, Lalaouna D, Massé E. Broadening the Definition of Bacterial Small RNAs: Characteristics and Mechanisms of Action. Annual Review of Microbiology
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Carrier MC, Laliberté G, Massé E. Identification of New Bacterial Small RNA Targets Using MS2 Affinity Purification Coupled to RNA Sequencing. Methods in Molecular Biology.
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Lalaouna D, Prévost K, Laliberté G, Houé V, Massé E. Contrasting silencing mechanisms of the same target mRNA by two regulatory RNAs in Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acid Research.
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2017

Lalaouna D, Prévost K, Laliberté G, Houé V, Massé E. Contrasting silencing mechanisms of the same target mRNA by two regulatory RNAs in Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acid Research.
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Carrier MC, Bourassa JS, Massé E. Cellular Homeostasis: A Small RNA at the Crossroads of Iron and Photosynthesis. Current Biology.
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Lalaouna D, Massé E. Cut in translation : ribosome-dependent mRNA decay. The EMBO Journal.
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2016

Lalaouna D, Prévost K, Eyraud A, Massé E. Identification of unknown RNA partners using MAPS. Methods.
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Carrier MC, Lalaouna D, Massé, E. A game of tag: MAPS catches up on RNA interactomes. RNA Biology.
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2015

Lalaouna D, Massé E. The spectrum of activity of the small RNA DsrA: not so narrow after all. Curr Genet.
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Lalaouna D, Massé E. Identification of sRNA interacting with a transcript of interest using MS2-affinity purification coupled with RNA sequencing (MAPS) technology. Genom Data
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Lalaouna D, Carrier MC, Massé E. Every little piece counts : the many faces of tRNA transcripts. Transcription.
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Lalaouna D, Morissette A, Carrier MC, Massé E. DsrA regulatory RNA represses both hns and rbsD mRNAs through distinct mechanisms in Escherichia coli. Microbiol. 2015 Oct.
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Lalaouna D, Carrier MC, Massé E. The shock absorber: preventing sRNA transcriptional noise. Cell Cycle. 2015.
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Lalaouna D, Carrier MC, Semsey S, Brouard JS, Wang J, Wade JT, Massé E. A 3' external transcribed spacer in a tRNA transcript acts as a sponge for small RNAs to prevent transcriptional noise. Mol Cell. 2015 May 7.
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2014

Benjamin JA, Masse E. The iron-sensing aconitase B binds its own mRNA to prevent sRNA-induced mRNA cleavage. Nucleic Acids Res 2014 Sept.
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Lalaouna D, Eyraud A, Chabelskaya S, Felden B, Massé E. Regulatory RNAs involved in bacterial antibiotic resistance. PLoS Pathog. 2014 Aug 28.
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2013

Salvail H, Caron MP, Bélanger J, Massé E. Antagonistic functions between the RNA chaperone Hfq and an sRNA regulate sensitivity to the antibiotic colicin. EMBO J. 2013.
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Lalaouna D, Simoneau-Roy M, Lafontaine D, Massé E. Regulatory RNAs and target mRNA decay in procaryotes. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013.
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2012

Caron MP, Bastet L, Lussier A, Simoneau-Roy M, Massé E, Lafontaine DA. Dual-acting riboswitch control of translation initiation and mRNA decay. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Nov 19
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Desnoyers G, Bouchard MP, Massé E. New insights into small RNA-dependent translational regulation in prokaryotes. Trends Genet. S0168-9525(12)00163-1.
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Desnoyers G, Massé E. Activity of Small RNAs on the Stability of Targeted mRNAs In Vivo. Methods Mol Biol. 2012. 905:245-55.
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Desnoyers G, Massé E. Noncanonical repression of translation initiation through small RNA recruitment of the RNA chaperone Hfq. Genes Dev. 2012. 26(7):726-39.
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2011

Salvail H, Massé E. Regulating iron storage and metabolism with RNA: an overview of posttranscriptional controls of intracellular iron homeostasis. Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA. 2011 Jul 25. doi: 10.1002/wrna.102. | Abstract |

Benjamin JA, Prévost K, Massé E. Remote control of mRNA cleavage by a small RNA. Cell Cycle. 2011 Jun 1;10(11)
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Bastet L, Dubé A, Massé E, Lafontaine DA. New insights into riboswitch regulation mechanisms. Mol Microbiol. 2011.
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Prévost, K., Desnoyers, G., Jacques, J.F. Lavoie, F., and Massé, E . Small RNA-induced mRNA degradation achieved through both translation block and activated cleavage . Genes Dev. 2011.
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# Lemay JF, # Desnoyers G., Blouin S., Heppell B., Bastet L., St-Pierre P., *Massé E ., and * Lafontaine D. Comparative study between transcriptionally- and translationally-acting adenine riboswitches reveals key differences in riboswitch regulatory mechanisms. PLoS Genetics. 2011. # Contribution égale. *Corresponding authors.
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2010

Salvail H, Lanthier-Bourbonnais P, Sobota JM, Caza M, Benjamin JA, Mendieta ME, Lépine F, Dozois CM, Imlay J, Massé E. A small RNA promotes siderophore production through transcriptional and metabolic remodeling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010. 107(34):15223-8.
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Caron, M.P., Lafontaine, D. and Massé, E. Small RNA-mediated regulation at the level of the transcription stability. 2010. RNA biology.
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Benjamin J.A., Desnoyers, G., Morissette, A., Salvail, H., and Massé E. 2010. Dealing with oxydative stress and iron starvation in microoganisms: an overview. CJPP.
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2009

*Semsey S., Benjamin J.A.M., Mitarai N., Krishna S., Csiszovszki Z., Sneppen K., and *Massé E. Dynamics of the recovery from sRNA-mediated gene silencing. Cell cycle. *Corresponding authors.
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* † Mitarai N, † Benjamin JA, Krishna S, Semsey S, Csiszovski Z, * Massé E, and Sneppen K. Dynamic Features of Gene Expression Control by Small regulatory RNAs. P.N.A.S. † Contributed equally.
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Desnoyers G., Morissette A., Prévost K. and Massé E., "Small RNA-induced differential degradation of the polycistronic mRNA iscRSUA", EMBO J.
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2008

*Massé E. and Pawelek P.D. Iron as nutrient: strategies for iron acquisition and usage by pathogenic microorganisms. In "Iron Deficiency and Overload: From Basic Biology to Clinical Medicine". Shlomo Yehuda and David I. Mostofsky (Editors). *Corresponding author.

2007

Prévost K, Salvail H, Desnoyers G., Jacques JF, Phaneuf E, Massé E, The small RNA RyhB activates the translation of shiA mRNA encoding a permease of shikimate, a compound involved in siderophore synthesis. Mol Microbiol. 2007, 64(5):1260-73.
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Massé E, Salvail H, Desnoyers G, Arguin M. : Small RNAs controlling iron metabolism. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2007, (2):1405.
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2006

Jacques JF, Jang S, Prévost K, Desnoyers G, Desmarais M, Imlay J, Massé E. : RyhB small RNA modulates the free intracellular iron pool and is essential for normal growth during iron limitation in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol. 2006, 62(4):1181-90. 
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Semsey S, Andersson AM, Krishna S, Jensen MH, Massé E, Sneppen K., Genetic regulation of fluxes: iron homeostasis of Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res. 2006;34(17):4960-7.
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2005

Massé E, Vanderpool CK, Gottesman S. : Effect of RyhB small RNA on global iron use in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 2005, 187(20):6962-71. 
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Massé E, Arguin M. : Ironing out the problem: new mechanisms of iron homeostasis. Trends Biochem Sci. 2005, (8):462-8. 
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2003

Massé E, Escorcia FE, Gottesman S. : Coupled degradation of a small regulatory RNA and its mRNA targets in Escherichia coli. Genes Dev. 2003, 17(19):2374-83. 
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Massé E, Majdalani N, Gottesman S. Regulatory roles for small RNAs in bacteria. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2003 Apr;6(2):120-4.
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Drolet M, Broccoli S, Rallu F, Hraiky C, Fortin C, Massé E, Baaklini I. The problem of hypernegative supercoiling and R-loop formation in transcription. Front Biosci. 2003 Jan 1;8:d210-21. Review.
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2002

Massé E, Gottesman S. A small RNA regulates the expression of genes involved in iron metabolism in Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2002, 99(7):4620-5. 
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1999

Massé E, Drolet M. R-loop-dependent hypernegative supercoiling in Escherichia coli topA mutants preferentially occurs at low temperatures and correlates with growth inhibition. J Mol Biol. 1999 Nov 26;294(2):321-32.
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Massé E, Drolet M. Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I inhibits R-loop formation by relaxing transcription-induced negative supercoiling. J Biol Chem. 1999 Jun 4;274(23):16659-64.
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Massé E, Drolet M. Relaxation of transcription-induced negative supercoiling is an essential function of Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I. J Biol Chem. 1999 Jun 4;274(23):16654-8
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1997

Massé E, Phoenix P, Drolet M. DNA topoisomerases regulate R-loop formation during transcription of the rrnB operon in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 1997 May 9;272(19):12816-23.
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Phoenix P, Raymond MA, Massé E, Drolet M. Roles of DNA topoisomerases in the regulation of R-loop formation in vitro. J Biol Chem. 1997 Jan 17;272(3):1473-9.
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1995

Drolet M, Phoenix P, Menzel R, Massé E, Liu LF, Crouch RJ. Overexpression of RNase H partially complements the growth defect of an Escherichia coli delta topA mutant: R-loop formation is a major problem in the absence of DNA topoisomerase I. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Apr 11;92(8):3526-30.
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Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la santé - Université de Sherbrooke
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Pavillon de Recherche Appliquée sur le Cancer (PRAC)
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