Department of Biochemistry
315 Forcheimer Bldg.
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461-1602

(718) 430-3095
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Magnet S, Blanchard JS. (2005) "Molecular insights into aminoglycoside action and resistance."
Chem Rev. 2005 Feb;105(2):477-98.

Vetting MW, S de Carvalho LP, Yu M, Hegde SS, Magnet S, Roderick SL, Blanchard JS. (2005) "Structure and functions of the GNAT superfamily of acetyltransferases.
Arch Biochem Biophys. 433(1):212-26.

Vetting MW, Magnet S, Nieves E, Roderick SL, Blanchard JS. (2004) "A bacterial acetyltransferase capable of regioselective N-acetylation of antibiotics and histones." Chem Biol. Apr;11(4):565-73.

Disney MD, Magnet S, Blanchard JS, Seeberger PH. (2004) "Aminoglycoside microarrays to study antibiotic resistance." Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 43(12):1591-4.

Magnet S, Blanchard JS. (2004) "Mechanistic and kinetic study of the ATP-dependent DNA ligase of Neisseria meningitidis." Biochemistry, 43(3):710-7.

Vetting MW, Roderick SL, Hegde S, Magnet S, Blanchard JS. (2003). "What can structure tell us about in vivo function? The case of aminoglycoside-resistance genes."
Biochem Soc. Trans.31(Pt 3):520-2.

Magnet S, Smith TA, Zheng R, Nordmann P, Blanchard JS. (2003) "Aminoglycoside resistance resulting from tight drug binding to an altered aminoglycoside acetyltransferase." Antimicrob Agents Chemother., 47(5):1577-83.

Magnet S, Courvalin P, Lambert T. (2001) "Resistance-nodulation-cell division-type efflux pump involved in aminoglycoside resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii strain BM4454." Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 45(12):3375-80.

Magnet S, Lambert T, Courvalin P, Blanchard JS. (2001) "Kinetic and mutagenic characterization of the chromosomally encoded Salmonella enterica AAC(6')-Iy aminoglycoside N-acetyltransferase."
Biochemistry. 40(12):3700-9.

Magnet S, Courvalin P, Lambert T. (1999) "Activation of the cryptic aac(6')-Iy aminoglycoside resistance gene of Salmonella by a chromosomal deletion generating a transcriptional fusion." J Bacteriol. Nov;181(21):6650-5.